Sentences with phrase «higher than the country»

As one of the biggest financial and economic centres in Central and Eastern Europe, the city has a GDP three times higher than the country average — providing investors with a substantial consumer market.

Confirmed cases in Japan climb to 191, mostly among school children, and higher than any country outside of the Americas.

If one country's test - score performance was 0.5 standard deviations higher than another country during the 1960s — a little less than the current difference in the scores between such top - performing countries as Finland and Hong Kong and the United States — the first country's growth rate was, on average, one full percentage point higher annually over the following 40 - year period than the second country's growth rate.

Do countries where Christmas is a public holiday, as listed in Wikipedia, score higher than countries where it is not?

German emissions are thus at approximately the same level as they were in 2009 — an amount that is 150 million tonnes (carbon dioxide - equivalent) higher than the country's 2020 climate target, which was abandoned in 2017.

You look at consumer debt in Calgary — it's $ 28k which is significantly higher than the country as a whole.

In terms of mortgages in Toronto — and it's going to be a big part of that, what your home is worth, and what part of your home has a mortgage — the average home price in Toronto, it's quite a bit higher than the country as a whole.

That said, as of September 2011, the unemployment rate in St. Petersburg was 10.50 percent — higher than the country as a whole — as competition remains keen for good jobs.

Not exact matches

The OECD data finds other industrialized countries, not members of the G7, have come out of the slump a shade better than Canada, including Austria, Israel, Sweden and Switzerland, all of whom have higher employment rates today than prior to the recession.

Editor's note: People over 50 are among the country's most active entrepreneurs, starting businesses at rates higher than their young counterparts.

That number is indeed higher than any other country, so Trump's statement here isn't entirely wrong.

The annual cost of incarceration for a single juvenile is over $ 100,000 — more than twice as high as tuition at the most expensive college in the country, according to the American Correctional Association and the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Since launch, users from more than 14,000 different high schools across the country have already downloaded the app, says Levy.

Two more years of economic pain Australia faces a longer period of low growth, higher debt and higher unemployment than predicted just four weeks ago as the wave of job losses gathered strength, with clothing manufacturer Pacific Brands axing 1850 staff across the country.

The Las Vegas Police Department reported that at least 50 people have died and more than 400 were injured by a gunman with a high - powered assault weapon during country singer Jason Aldean's performance at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival near the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino on Sunday evening.

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.

Bitcoin prices in the country are persistently higher than those in the U.S.

Expanding on this belief, they assessed over 15,000 leaders from more than 300 organizations across 20 industries and 18 countries to determine which conversational skills have the highest impact on overall performance.

Much the year - end maneuvering noted by the Rockefeller Institute involved the country's millionaires and billionaires rearranging their finances to maximize the portion of their income that would be taxed in 2012, at lower rates, rather than in 2013, at potentially higher rates.

If you live in a first world country, you more than likely have a chance to take advantage of these various high - tech services.

In some parts of the country (hi, New York and the rest of the Northeast), the percentage spent on housing can be even higher than the 37 % average.

Meanwhile, «transportation in the U.S. costs the equivalent of less than one yuan ($) per kilometer, while road tolls [in China] are higher,» he added, pointing out that some mid - and small - sized Chinese enterprises have already started moving to Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam and Cambodia for cheaper wages and materials.

That is a higher altitude and longer flight time than any other missile the country has test - launched, according to several South Korean analysts reached by the Associated Press.

Since Europe is so small, when a cellphone user from one country enters another, rather than pay high roaming rates, they just slip in a SIM card from the new country and take advantage of local rates.

At the time of highest impact — 1:40 EDT (10:30 PDT) when the eclipse is passing through Wyoming — the MDA solar forecasting system predicts solar generation potential across the country will decrease to less than 50 percent of capacity.

It's a huge feat in a country where illiteracy is high and fewer than 10 % of the population has a bank account.

China taps its resources more aggressively than any country, thanks to cheap labor, high demand and money to spare.

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.

We have a higher caliber of universities, file more patents and produce more scientific reports than other countries on the list.

The company does offer team discounts for high school squads, though, and Marver says more than 400 teams around the country have placed orders for the upcoming season.

«Employees in Alberta's petroleum sector are the highest paid in the country — and even with the current downturn, paycheques for those workers are still more than double the Canadian average.

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.

With Facebook, Twitter, and Zynga valuations higher than the annual GDP of many small countries, it's no wonder young entrepreneurs are chasing big dreams — and even bigger fortunes.

With cities like Seattle raising minimum wage significantly higher than their state's mandate ($ 15 versus $ 9.32 per hour, in Seattle and Washington), minimum wage gaps» effect on competition and employment is becoming an issue across the country.

Add to that the fact that Honolulu has one of the highest costs of living in the country — due in part to the cost of importing supplies and exporting products from the islands — and it's no wonder that most business owners are quickly lured back to the mainland for anything more than a long vacation.

The company has particularly targeted this campaign at developing countries like India where, according to the World Health Organization, more than 1,000 children under five die from diarrhea every day — the highest rate in the world.

It fluctuates across the country, but according to Amino, a consumer healthcare company, in the Bay Area a broken arm could cost more than $ 1,200 if you have a high deductible health plan.

The November 2015 average weekly wage of $ 1,073 was the second highest in the country, and was 5.6 % higher than the weekly wage in November 2014, the third highest wage growth rate.

Other countries, such as Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland, have higher thresholds of more than 5 percent.

The $ 549 price is «materially higher» than what Forte would have anticipated, but until Apple makes its official launch in China, he's not convinced that $ 549 is going to be the go - to - market off - contract price for the 5C in all countries.

According to rate - tracking website Ratehub.ca, youth accounts at Tangerine, the online bank owned by Scotiabank, pays the highest interest rate for young savers at 1.2 per cent compared with typically less than one per cent at the country's big banks.

Today HighWired.com is the world's largest online community of high schools, with more than 10,000 from 50 states and 65 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.

Though Morgan Stanley did point out that the risk of a referendum was higher in countries where they are called by garnering signatures rather than by the ruling parties.

«We spend more than virtually any other country on public investments and job training and skills development, and yet we have unacceptably high levels of unemployment amongst young Canadians, aboriginal Canadians, new immigrants, and persons with disabilities,» he said.

Notably, families in the Northeast spend about 70 % more on college than those in the West, Midwest, and South, which might explain why the average debt per graduate is higher in that part of the country.

It is the poorest region in France, part of the country's rust belt, and is plagued by higher - than - average unemployment rates.

Based on Google search index results, there appears to be several distinct reasons for a population to search for a brand in much higher volume than in the rest of the country.