Is The Economist trying to make me crazy? Because it’s doing a damn fine job of it

April 4, 2007 · by wciecon · in Media · 3 Comments

A chart from this story in The Economist:

Spot the missing G-7 country. Its population is roughly the same as the top five countries put together; the vast majority of which are able to read English.

Hint: it’s not Chad.

3 comments

true dough · April 6, 2007 - 1:39 pm · Reply→

I often get my basic information from The Economist, and then I do my own research by going straight to the sources they supply. I realize that we can’t expect too much from a news magazine, but I’m with you — I wish The Economist would do my work for me (ie. mention Canada!).
Forbes is pretty good about including Canada in its rankings and profiles. In fact, if it became a weekly, I might be tempted to just cancel my Economist subscription.
BTW, we’re ranked 11th, down from 10th, on the NRI.

Click to access rankings2007.pdf
embutler · April 7, 2007 - 5:56 am · Reply→

ozland is among the missing too
Toro · April 7, 2007 - 3:56 pm · Reply→

Canada often gets left out of international comparisons of this type, I have noticed.