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Particulate emissions in Kabul and elsewhere in Afghanistan have detrimental effects on the nation's economic output.

15 Countries With The Highest Relative Productivity Losses From Particulate Emissions

Poor environmental health can devastate worker productivity, especially in the developing world.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Lasting from 1983 to 2005, the Second Sudanese Civil War saw Sudan lose its largest oil fields to the newly independent South Sudan, a major economic blow.

10 National Economies Least Dependent On Exports

Relative to GDP, these countries have the lowest share of their value added by the export of goods and services.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Ships being loaded in Hong Kong Harbor to transport exports all around the globe.

15 Countries With The Most Export-Driven Economies

In these parts of the globe, producing goods and services for consumers abroad keeps national economies humming.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Eastern Libyan cities and towns in Cyrenaica, such as the one pictured above, were struck especially hard by the recent civil war in the country.

12 Countries With The Worst GNI Growth Per Capita

In today's global economy, there are developed and developing countries alike struggling to achieve GNI per capita growth.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Countries Where Teachers Are Paid Small Shares Of Secondary School Budgets

In certain places, large portions of secondary education budgets are used for financial aid to students, scholarships, uniforms, school supplies, and similar needs instead of paying staff.

April 25, 2017 12:31

In many Muslim countries, partaking of alcohol could mean a trip to jail.

14 Countries Where Drinking Alcohol Is Illegal

In many countries with large Muslim populations, alcohol is completely banned across most of their realms.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Throughout much of Africa and the Middle East, higher level teaching opportunities for women remain few and far between.

15 Countries With The Smallest Proportions Of Female College Professors

Throughout much of Africa and the Middle East, finding a female college instructor is a rare sight indeed.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Multiple advantages renders teaching a popular profession among females.

12 Countries With The Highest Percentage Of Female High School Teachers

Opportunities for women abound in secondary education in former Soviet Republics and Western and Central Asia.

April 25, 2017 12:31

The Great Barrier Reef of Australia Is Currently Facing Immense Threat From Global Warming And Pollution.

Top 12 Countries For Coastline And Marine Conservation

Many countries have dedicated the majority of their marine, subtidal, and intertidal regions as protected areas.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Countries with external debts employ various means and methods to pay-off external long-term debts.

12 Countries With The Highest Payments Of External Long-Term Debt Service

External debt service is the total repayments of principal and interest actually made by one country's residents to nonresidents from abroad. India tops this list.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Nurses have some of the most personal, hands-on, and vital jobs in the medical field.

20 Countries With The Best Acess To Nurses And Midwives

Nurse and midwife access is especially high across much of the European Union and other developed regions.

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Quick and easy access to surgeons is necessary for medical emergency situations to save lives.

12 Countries With The Best Access To Surgeons

In some wealthy countries, more than 1 in 1,000 people may be employed as specialist surgeons.

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A hospital in Afghanistan: Only a few bravehearts dare to work as surgeons in these hospitals, healing patients in need.

15 Countries With The Worst Access To Surgeons

1 or fewer specialized surgical team members exist for every 100,000 people in Afghanistan and many developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Many of Chad's exports and imports must pass through the port of Douala, Cameroon (pictured) hundreds of miles away.

12 Countries With The Worst Access To Quality Shipping Ports

In this list, landlocked countries' access to other countries' ports are considered, in addition to coastal nations where ports of their own are inadequate.

April 25, 2017 12:31

The Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands is one of the busiest and most modern in the world.

15 Countries With The Best Access To Quality Shipping Ports

Developed economies with navigable coastlines tend to have the best port infrastructures.

April 25, 2017 12:31

EriTel, the sole provider of mobile service in Eritrea, is strictly controlled by the government.

12 Countries With The Lowest Rates Of Cell Phone Subscriptions

With cell phone subscriptions per person of 1 in 17 and 1 in 9, respectively, Eritrea and North Korea have the lowest mobile phone subscription rates.

April 25, 2017 12:31

Offering bribes to public officials is more common than many would wish to believe, with such incidences being incredibly common in some countries.

20 Countries Where Bribery In Business Is Common Practice

Public firms in each of these countries regularly report receiving bribe requests, with much of Asia and Africa and former Soviet states having particularly high incidence.

April 25, 2017 12:31