But down at the street level, global statistics break down, and the nuances of and exceptions to the data become just as important.
Helvetian zeal for direct votes skews global statistics.
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Another major problem with global youth unemployment statistics is the quality of the data itself.
Mexico's large surplus is partly reflected in America's deficit: the route between Mexico and the United States is the second busiest for international traffic, after the route between Canada and the United States, according to the annual survey of global telecommunications traffic statistics, just published by TeleGeography, a consultancy.
But when you look at it on a global basis, recent trade statistics suggest that this may not be the case, and that the renminbi may, in fact, be more or less in line when all currencies are taken into account.
Global integration requires new thinking about trade statistics, which should be reported on a constituent value-added basis, if at all.
The region now makes up around 58% of the global market for gold, according to statistics gathered by the World Gold Council, compared with 35% in 1970, while the combined demand from Europe and North America has fallen from 47% to 27% in the same period.
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The horrifying statistics demonstrate the need for a greater global commitment to saving millions of new-born lives lost unnecessarily.
For me, this global recession is not to be measured just in statistics, or in graphs or in figures on a balance sheet.
Science and technology are the bedrock of the global economy, and according to business and labor statistics, employment in these areas will increase about 70% faster than the rate for all occupations.
In 2006 it produced 872 movies compared with 485 major feature films in the U.S. (although for a fraction of the cost), according to a global cinema survey conducted by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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While the macroeconomic statistics suggest China has been relatively insulated from the global financial crisis by massive government spending and new loans from the state-owned banks, on the ground the picture is more mixed.
The National Bureau of Statistics, in releasing the Q3 number, blamed the global financial crisis for the lowest increase in five years.
According to the Global Education Digest, a report published last year by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 69 out of 100 adults of college age are enrolled in higher-education programs in Europe and North America.
Nelson is meant to clue you in on a book's context by providing online commentary, fact-checking, and statistics about cultural impact, which is great when you're studying global warming for a class, perhaps, but seems a little over the top if you're curling up with the latest Left Behind novel.
The U.S. trend hasn't led to a global decline in carbon emissions, which increased 15% from 2005 through 2011, according to federal statistics.
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But rather than the avalanche of statistics rolled out by the head of the consumer business Richard Yu, it was the presentation by the global brand director Amy Lou which really made an impression.
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