Guess, how much a Lok Sabha election can cost to the Government? As per Ministry of Law and Justice, 2009 election cost was around 1200cr. Conducting Lok Sabha election in states like Mahashtra & West Bengal are double time costiler than Andra Pradesh/Tamil Nadu. Wondering why? Data Source: Ministry of Law and Justice, cited at Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MOSPI)
Norway and Sweden prevail as the most committed and the United States ranks near last in all 3 indices among the countries studied.
As the expansion of technology has come to imply more opportunities for education, the United States, a presumed leader, has surprisingly fallen behind in two key international statistics: internet users and broadband subscribers per 100 persons.
This page explores enrollment, expenditure spent on, and test scores for basic education. Although the percent of GDP the United States spends on education is moderate in relations to the other countries, its Science and Math scores are ranked relatively poorly.
The United States’ number of nuclear warheads and military expenditures as a percent of GDP are the most intriguing statistics on this page.
The health care page compares each country’s health system and how much money it spends on it, noting that the United States has one of the world’s worst health systems according to the World Health Organization, yet spends the most money among the nations compared.