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Post by Bonobo on Sept 21, 2009 20:52:19 GMT 1
Poland – world's most literate country
thenews.pl
08.09.2009
According to the United Nations Development Program, Poland is one of the most literate nations on Earth.
September 8, however, is International Literacy Day, proclaimed by UNESCO in 1965 to highlight the problem of illiteracy all over the world.
According to UNESCO, about 774 million people - that is one in five persons - are illiterate. The number of adults lacking basic literacy skills has fallen, from 871 million in years 1985-94 to 776 million in years 2000-08.
The problem doesn't seem to affect Poland, however. In the UNDP 2007-8 report on literacy rates worldwide, Poland came out on top with Estonia and Cuba, with a 99.8 percent reading rate.
The UK and US came 17th with 99 percent.
Least literate nations are Mali, with just 24 percent able to read and Burkina Faso with 23 percent.
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 13, 2015 23:13:43 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 24, 2015 16:06:40 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 29, 2015 22:32:11 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 19, 2016 21:28:21 GMT 1
Poland 57th in happiness report
16.03.2016 15:03
Poland has moved up three places to no. 57 in the World Happiness Report 2016 Update, which ranks 157 countries by happiness levels.
The report has been produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network and the Earth Institute at Columbia University in the US. Its goal is to describe how measurements of well-being can be used effectively to assess the progress of nations.
Factors taken into consideration by experts include per capita gross domestic product, the level of corruption in a country and healthy years of life expectancy.
The Top 10 on the list are Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia and Sweden.
Poland is behind the Czech Republic (in 27th place), Slovakia (45th) and Uzbekistan (47th) but ahead of Lithuania (60th), Belarus (61st), Latvia (68th), Romania (71st) and Hungary (91st).- See more at: www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/244896,Poland-57th-in-happiness-report#sthash.VCXXVz4J.dpuf
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 22, 2016 19:34:50 GMT 1
Little rubbish means backwardness in today`s world but one should be glad of it.
Municipal waste in Poland ‘second lowest in EU’: Eurostat
22.03.2016 14:51
Poles generated an average of 272 kg of municipal waste in 2014, placing them second lowest in the European Union, according to the European statistics office, Eurostat.
Photo: Flickr.com/ilan sharifPhoto: Flickr.com/ilan sharif
“With less than 300 kg per person, Romania (based on 2013 data), Poland and Latvia had the lowest amounts of waste generated in 2014, followed by the Czech Republic and Slovakia (both just over 300 kg per person),” said the report, published by Eurostat on Tuesday.
The office added that in the whole of the EU, the amount of municipal waste generated per person in 2014 amounted to 475 kg, “down by 10 percent compared with its peak of 527 kg per person in 2002”.
The highest level of waste was recorded in Denmark, with 759 kg per person.- See more at: www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/245700,Municipal-waste-in-Poland-%E2%80%98second-lowest-in-EU%E2%80%99-Eurostat#sthash.lyeZSQuT.dpuf |
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 21, 2016 18:07:08 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 6, 2016 21:07:15 GMT 1
The percentage of young people in Europe who live with parents - Poland one of the highest.  Many years ago I was shocked reading an article about teenagers in a Scandinavian country who leave family home at 15 and rent a flat in a group. |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 1, 2017 16:20:10 GMT 1
80% people have access to Internet. Not bad but could be better.  |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 22, 2017 21:57:28 GMT 1
On windy days, wind farms in Poland are able to cover 1/5 of energy needs.  |
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 4, 2017 17:20:15 GMT 1
Poles getting richer: report
29.05.2017 13:35
Poles are spending a smaller part of their income on food, which means that they are getting richer, the Gazeta Wyborcza daily has reported.
“It is clearly visible that Poland is one of the countries for which the EU accession was the most profitable,” the paper wrote
According to data provided by Eurostat, 15 years ago Poles spent an average of 30 percent of their income on food, while today that has dropped to 18.4 percent, the daily said.
According to the newspaper this is a sign that the quality of life in Poland is improving.
However, Gazeta Wyborcza also wrote that Poland still has room for improvement when compared to well-developed countries like Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Ireland, where people spend only slightly more than 10 percent of their income on food. (tf/rg)
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 2, 2018 9:09:51 GMT 1
Poland is the 5th roundest country in the world  |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 22, 2019 20:27:52 GMT 1
Personal consumption index It is not bad. That is why I have never thought of emigration - exchange my Polish 76 for lousy 120 in Germany? Never! They need to have over 300 for me to start considering the issue. hahaha tvn24bis.pl/z-kraju,74/rzeczywista-konsumpcja-prywatna-w-ue-jak-wypadla-polska,993414.html  |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 4, 2020 9:55:19 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 6, 2020 11:07:55 GMT 1
Minimum pay in Europe in euros. Some countries don`t have such regulations. Poland the best in Central/Eastern Europe. tvn24bis.pl/pieniadze,79/placa-minimalna-w-unii-europejskiej-dane-eurostatu,1003440.html  History of rise  |
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 21, 2020 11:40:29 GMT 1
Still, Polish males live shorter than females. That`s because we love more passionately and it burns us out too quickly. 82 to 88.  |
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Post by jeanne on Apr 7, 2020 17:34:43 GMT 1
Still, Polish males live shorter than females. That`s because we love more passionately and it burns us out too quickly. Actually. . .it's because men don't listen to their wives and take care of their health the way they should...  Those that do take their wives' advice are the outliers and live longer. It's well-known that single men live shorter lives because of this factor of wife-care. www.health.harvard.edu/mens-health/marriage-and-mens-health |
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 16, 2020 17:05:20 GMT 1
It's well-known that single men live shorter lives because of this factor of wife-care. Yes, I read about it several times. But I also read it is enough to get a pet like a dog or cat and you will make up for the lack of wife. |
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Post by jeanne on Aug 5, 2020 20:02:07 GMT 1
It's well-known that single men live shorter lives because of this factor of wife-care. Yes, I read about it several times. But I also read it is enough to get a pet like a dog or cat and you will make up for the lack of wife. Do I detect some lack of appreciation in this post?  |
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Post by Bonobo on Aug 29, 2020 20:06:52 GMT 1
Do I detect some lack of appreciation in this post? hahaha lack of appreciation of wives?? of course not, I never cease to appreciate wives, especially mine, whom I have known for 25 years now, and to who I have always been loyal (except that stag party event, you know hahahaha). |
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Post by jeanne on Sept 23, 2020 19:54:50 GMT 1
(except that stag party event, you know hahahaha). Don't even joke about things like that! Trust me, your wife wouldn't laugh at that joke! |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 11, 2020 7:24:25 GMT 1
(except that stag party event, you know hahahaha). Don't even joke about things like that! Trust me, your wife wouldn't laugh at that joke! hahahaha When we got married, such parties weren`t in fashion yet. |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 6, 2021 13:08:25 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 27, 2022 23:52:49 GMT 1
www.onet.pl/turystyka/onetpodroze/ten-rankingi-nie-pozostawia-zludzen-w-tych-krajach-zycie-jest-najdrozsze/x5kkv40,07640b54
Bermuda, Switzerland and Norway are the three countries with the highest costs of living according to numbeo.com. Poland was ranked 86th out of 139 countries in the ranking. Of the twenty most expensive countries in the world, 10 are in Europe and 7 are in Asia and Oceania.
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Switzerland is the highest-ranked European country. It took second place in the ranking, just behind BermudaSwitzerland is the highest-ranked European country. In the ranking, she took second place just behind Bermuda - Fedor Selivanov / Shutterstock
The ranking was built around a dozen factors such as purchasing power, safety, healthcare, cost of living, real estate prices versus people's incomes, commuting, pollution and climate.
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The data has been compiled into an index using New York's high-priced New York as a benchmark , with an index score of 100. So a country with a score higher than 100 is more expensive than New York, and below that it is cheaper.
The top 10, apart from Bermuda , Switzerland and Norway , also included "Iceland, Barbados, Jersey, Israel, Denmark, Bahamas and Singapore.
For years, European countries have dominated the top 20For years, European countries have dominated the top 20 - www.numbeo.com
Poland near the center
In this ranking, Poland took a distant 86th place. Our neighbors do the same - Russia (101st), Lithuania (69th), Belarus (120th), Ukraine (121st), Slovakia (70th), and the Czech Republic (63rd). Traditionally, Germany stands out against this background (34th).
The cheapest countries in the world
Kazakhstan opens the top ten cheapest countries. The list is closed by: Turkey, Nepal, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Kosovo, Algeria, India, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Those that do take their wives' advice are the outliers and live longer.