Sentences with phrase «higher than in any other country»

Advocates of gun control contend, rightly — according to the best available data, that the mean ownership of firearms in the U.S. higher than in any other country.

Thérèse Lecomte, one of the authors of the CREDES report, says the study shows «indisputably» that the use of psychotropic drugs in France is much higher than in other countries.

This argument has some merit, but it does not explain why Canadian fund expenses are significantly higher than those in other countries with modest population bases, such as Belgium, Australia, Sweden, Norway, and Hong Kong, to name a few.

Not exact matches

Federal Labor MP Pat Conroy will demand to know why Australian banks have higher returns on equity than those in other countries when he questions bank chief executives attending a Canberra hearing next week.

Statistics Canada provides high - quality economic data, but it takes longer than its peers in other countries.

It noted that trading prices of most virtual currencies were much higher on South Korean exchanges than they were on exchanges in other countries, although it did not provide specific examples.

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

«We see a level of economic satisfaction that's insanely higher in Canada than in the U.S. and U.K.,» says Mario Canseco, an Angus Reid vice-president — 60 % here, compared to mid-teens in the other two countries.

Farmers operating under supply - management boards in the Canadian dairy, chicken and other protected agricultural sectors can be expected to offer justifications for the market power that enables them to sell their wares at prices substantially higher than in most other countries.

China certainly has a high absolute level of debt, with levels much higher than those seen in other emerging market (EM) countries who experienced debt crises, according to Bloomberg data.

First, although it should be clear that neither GDP is «correct» as a true measure of wealth creation, I think there are good reasons to argue that the difference in real wealth creation might be greater than the difference in GDP — in other words that U.S. wealth creation is higher relative to U.S. GDP than China's wealth creation is relative to China's GDP — and it is this adjusted GDP, representing real wealth creation, whose value must be discounted to determine the economic «wealth» of each country.

This is because in China the gap between lending and deposit rates during this century has been much higher than in other developing countries, probably as part of the process of recapitalizing the banks after the last banking crisis at the turn of the century.

In other words, it makes sense for many countries to tap into existing international markets, rather than trying to develop all elements of capital markets within their own borders — particularly given the high costs in terms of skilled manpower and other resources involved in establishing some capital marketIn other words, it makes sense for many countries to tap into existing international markets, rather than trying to develop all elements of capital markets within their own borders — particularly given the high costs in terms of skilled manpower and other resources involved in establishing some capital marketin terms of skilled manpower and other resources involved in establishing some capital marketin establishing some capital markets.

This is the next great challenge for Beijing, and when the regulators finally do start to repair overextended balance sheet, with a much higher debt - to - GDP ratio than any other country at China's stage of economic development, according to a presentation Monday night by my very smart former student, Chen Long, I expect annual GDP growth rates will continue dropping steadily, by 1 - 2 percentage points a year through the rest of this decade (and there has been increasing talk in the past month or two that GDP growth rates are already 1 - 2 points below the printed rates).

As you can see, Japan is one of the top holders of gold, but at 400 percent, its debt - to - GDP ratio is higher than any other country's in the world.

The top corporate income tax rate in the US is 35 percent, higher than that in any other developed country.

The MSCI and Standard & Poor's benchmarks for these frontier markets and their underlying countries are vastly different where some countries have a significantly higher weight in the benchmark than others.

Starbucks will pay a premium to those partners working in London, where costs of living are much higher than in other parts of the country.

In other English - speaking countries, interest rates that intermediaries currently charge businesses are generally higher than at their previous cyclical low point for the decade.

Barclays advised its clients on three M&A deals with a total value of $ 2.5 billion, a higher value than any other bank in Israel, and led the country's debt market by raising $ 1.4 billion in three bond deals.

KB Financial raised $ 13.1 billion in 182 bond deals for its clients in Korea, a higher value than any other bank in the country last year.

Grupo Aval, based in Bogotá, raised $ 669 million in a single equity deal last year, more than any other bank in Colombia, making it the country's second - highest overall earner of investment banking fees, according to Dealogic.

Due to the oligopolistic nature of the industry (caused, in part, by high barriers to entry), Canada's Big Six are more profitable than similarly sized banks in other countries.

Australia, for example, recorded more sustained growth in employment in the 1980s than any other OECD country, but generally higher inflation.

Interest rates in China already are significantly higher than in many other countries, making it a tempting target for speculative «hot money» flows, which tend to find a way in despite the country's capital controls.

While governments like to boast of Canada's «low and competitive business tax rates,» the fact remains that Canadian companies now pay rates higher than those borne by their counterparts in most other OECD countries.

One factor supporting the Australian dollar over the past couple of years has been that interest rates right across the yield curve in Australia, and perceived returns on other assets, have been higher than those in a number of other countries, particularly those which experienced a recession and a collapse of share prices in the early part of this decade.

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Using MSCI global real estate dataset, we find evidence that higher - value assets have been more likely to outperform other assets in the same country and sector than lower - priced assets.

This rate of growth is the fastest in over a decade and is considerably higher than that being recorded in most other countries.

In a research report recently completed for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, I document some startling findings: Canada, perhaps more than any other country, has played a pivotal role in the development of China's system of higher education since the beginning of China's period of Opening and ReforIn a research report recently completed for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, I document some startling findings: Canada, perhaps more than any other country, has played a pivotal role in the development of China's system of higher education since the beginning of China's period of Opening and Reforin the development of China's system of higher education since the beginning of China's period of Opening and Reform.

As we showed last year, average retirement income in the United States is among the highest in the world — higher than all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries other than Luxembourg (more recent estimates from Andrew Biggs find that Norway also has higher income).

Countless studies have proven that there is a higher incidence of incest in the bible belt states than in any other part of the country.

What did the revolts brought to the people in those countries any thing other than continuos unending revolts and demonstrations scarcity of essential commodities and products adding to the sky high prices... While other essential needs such as electricity power supply, water, gas, diesel, petrol are being used as a pressure tool by the opposition or the ruling party to keep people mad on the streets rather than going home seeing to their daily living making and minding their own businesses... but what business will continue with such chaos and disorder...?

Many Americans assume that because we are the richest country in the world, with real G.D.P per capita higher than that of other major advanced countries, Americans must be better off across the board - that it's not just our rich who are richer than their counterparts abroad, but that the typical American family is much better off than the typical family elsewhere, and that even our poor are well off by foreign standards.

Southern men and women had higher rates of divorce in 2009 than their counterparts in other parts of the country: 10.2 per 1,000 for men and 11.1 per 1,000 for women, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday.

The U.S. needs to stop holding other countries to higher standards of order than it does itself if it wants to tout being the greatest country in the world.

The latest global findings from the Pew Research Center, released two days before Religious Freedom Day in the United States, show that overall restrictions on religion in nearly 200 countries and territories have reached a six - year high, and Christians are harassed in more countries than any other religious group (though Muslims are a close second).

Atheist believe in nothing but they still exist, Most Atheist believe in Global Warming, Our EPA regulations, laws are higher than any other country, just implement's the laws on the books and we will be fine.

As Taylor documents, over 2 million people are incarcerated in the U.S., which works out to a per capita rate up to ten times higher than most other countries on the planet, including China and Russia.

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These countries in particular have higher levels of wine consumption than other parts of Asia and this translates into greater understanding of wine and greater potential for appreciation of Australia's fine wine offering.

More than any other country in the Congo Basin, Cameroon has allowed community forests to be established in high - biodiversity natural forests.

But the higher - quality and higher - profile Australian brands were in a stronger position than those being produced in other countries because under the regulatory regime, there are 13 facilities in Australia with separate CNCA approval, which in practical terms means there are 39 «brand slots» for Australian brands potentially available to companies going through the China FDA registration process.

Brazil's high consumer awareness on the issue, is confirmed by a recent Euromonitor International survey that shows how Brazilians raised more than in any other country the issue of «reducing salt purchased» as a main health concern.

On the other hand, organic crop yields in developing countries may be considerably higher than the national average, which has implications on organic matter return and carbon sinks102.

Due to high concentration in the retail trade — over 2,800 businesses in the Netherlands alone — online wine retail has developed less rapidly than in other central European countries.

In fact, I will let the motivated among you do a little research if you are curious — my state has the highest population use of Facebook than any other state in the countrIn fact, I will let the motivated among you do a little research if you are curious — my state has the highest population use of Facebook than any other state in the countrin the country.

Until women and their families start expecting respect and look at themselves as the main player in childbirth we will continue to have higher maternal mortality rates than 33 other countries (according to WHO) and higher low birth weight rates than 23 other countries.

In other words, obstetricians are faced with a population that suffers poorer health than other developed countries, yet manage to save the lives of the babies under their care at a comparatively higher rate.