12 Countries With The Worst Access To Quality Shipping Ports
In this list, landlocked countries' access to other countries' ports are considered, in addition to coastal nations where ports of their own are inadequate.
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15 Countries With The Best Access To Quality Shipping Ports
Developed economies with navigable coastlines tend to have the best port infrastructures.
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12 Countries With The Lowest Rates Of Cell Phone Subscriptions
With cell phone subscriptions per person of 1 in 17 and 1 in 9, respectively, Eritrea and North Korea have the lowest mobile phone subscription rates.
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20 Countries Where Bribery In Business Is Common Practice
Public firms in each of these countries regularly report receiving bribe requests, with much of Asia and Africa and former Soviet states having particularly high incidence.
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20 Most Expensive Countries To Ship Exports From
On a standardized container basis, West and Central Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa experience the highest costs to export.
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10 Cheapest Countries To Ship Exports From
Southeast Asian, African, and island nations with quality ports reign supreme when it comes to low export costs.
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15 Countries Where It Takes The Longest To Prepare And Pay Taxes
In several South American and African nations, the tax-paying process takes residents hundreds of hours each year.
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12 Countries With The Shortest Tax Paying Processes
Relative to the rest of the world, tax season must feel like a breeze to those from wealthy nations of the Arabian Peninsula and elsewhere making this list.
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20 Countries Where It Takes The Least Time To Receive Imports
At a mere 4 days on average to complete imports, Singapore tops this list of developed countries.
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10 Countries With The Longest Wait Times For Imports
Importers in South Sudan and Uzbekistan on average must wait more than 100 days to be ready to receive goods from other countries.
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12 Countries With The Slowest Movements Of Exports
Security concerns and low access to ports and other infrastructure leave Afghani and Iraqi exporters lagging far behind global norms.
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15 Countries With The Worst Environmental Sustainability CPIA Ratings
Concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa, these countries fail to exhibit environmental sustainability in their policies.
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10 Countries With The Shortest Life Expectancies
Men and women in Sub-Saharan Africa live shorter lives than those from anywhere else on earth.
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20 Countries Publishing The Most Scholarly Articles
The U.S. and China combine to produce more than 800,000 scientific and technical journal articles a year.
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The Busiest Ports In The World
Six Chinese ports are among the 10 busiest in the world, with Shanghai ranking the highest among them all in terms of container handling traffic.
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12 Countries With The Highest Rates Of Part-Time Employment
Several countries have part-time rates in excess of 20%, with more than 50% of Dutch workers classified as part-time.
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15 Countries With The Lowest Rates Of Self-Employment
In several member states of the EU, less than 1 in 10 workers are classified as self-employed.
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Top Meat Consuming Countries In The World
Australians are the highest meat consumers in the world, followed closely by Americans.
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Best Countries In The World For Highly Skilled Employment
In Luxembourg, 59.5% of the entire workforce is employed in jobs demanding high levels of education and skills.
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Countries That Use The Most Solar Power
Germany leads the world in solar power utilization, followed by Italy, China, and US.
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