Five years after the end of the civil war, Sierra Leone remains the second-least-developed nation on earth, according to United Nations statistics.
It produced nearly 4,400 metric tons of opium this year, almost half the country's total output, United Nations statistics show.
The United Nations statistics hold bad and good news about the epidemic in Africa.
In 2007, less than half of the civilian casualties were caused by the insurgents, according to United Nations statistics.
Recent United Nations statistics indicated that killings this year already rivaled the 832 violent deaths recorded for all of 2009.
United Nations statistics reveal that for every 10 Guatemalans who live in extreme poverty, seven are indigenous.
Cuba's literacy rate, 96percentt, is third in Latin America, behind Uruguay and Argentina, according to United Nations statistics.
So far this month, 60 people have died in attacks, according to United Nations statistics, and 320 were killed in April.
Uganda's infection rates have dropped to 8percentt from 14percentt in the early 1990's, according to United Nations statistics for the most recent years available.
Average use in Tehran, for example, is 63 gallons per person per day, compared to about 32 gallons in Western Europe, according to United Nations statistics.
According to United Nations statistics, the number of people who will have been infected worldwide by 2021 will easily top 150 million.
