China's smart device market grew just over 400% year-over-year, easily pulling ahead of BRIC compatriots Russia and Brazil, whose smartphone markets grew (a completely respectable) 189% and 220% respectively between July 2011 and July 2012.
Recently, Jonathan Franzen, Kazuo Ishiguro, Donna Tartt and Milan Kundera have taken nine, 10, 11 and 14 years, respectively, between novels.
And in India, price supports for wheat and rice grew by 72%and75%5%, respectively, between 2005-06 and 2010-11, significantly exceeding those in the US.
YPF's proven reserves of crude and natural gas – which do not include the new shale finds – fell 15%and31%1% respectively between 2007 and 2010.
11) The number of new HIV infections in southern and central Africa fell by 48%and54%4% respectively between 2001 and 2012.
In France and Italy, annual inflation averaged 20% and 27%, respectively, between 1938 and 1955.
Meanwhile, he pointed out, despite an overall fall in the number of youths in custody, the proportion of black and mixed-race youths in jail rose 37.5% and 50% respectively between 2012 and 2014.
One's annual Data report showed that two of the countries worst affected by the sovereign debt crisis – Greece and Spain – slashed their aid budgets by 40% and 30% respectively between 2010 and 2011 as EU financial assistance dropped by 1.5%.
Approximately 435,000 STIs were diagnosed in England in 2015, including 200,000 cases of chlamydia, says Nice. Syphilis and gonorrhoea rates have risen by 76% and 53% respectively between 2012 and 2015.
Dubai and Dublin, the second and sixth best-performing cities respectively between 1993 and 2007, now rank as the most stagnant.
But giving is vulnerable to dips in the economy: corporate and individual donations to the arts fell by 17% and 13% respectively between 2007 and 2010.
