If you're wondering which countries have adopted major UN conventions against terrorism such as the Convention on the Seizure of Aircraft or the Convention on Protection of Nuclear Material, look no further! If you're fed up with politics, you might want to check out how often diplomats get away with not paying their parking fines.
This update includes some valuable statistics on what many people consider the most important thing in the world - happiness. How many of your country's citizens rate themselves as "very happy"? How many are not happy at all? Which nations provide the greatest life satisfaction?
Some of the new stats are sure to generate some controversy. Is there any relationship between church attendance and teenage pregnancy? What about with cannabis use? Which nation has put the most of its citizens in prison?
We also have a huge number of great new stats on education. Check out the starting salaries for primary teachers all over the world, the proportion of 20 year olds in tertiary education, and the share of university degrees awarded to females. Which nation's kids study the most? Which nation's teachers work the most weeks per year? How much teaching time is devoted to, say, mathematics? The answers are all here.
On the military front, take a look at our stats on tanks, US military exports, and worldwide military exports to developing nations.
This list doesn't really even scratch the surface. Kidnappings, world poverty, banana imports, days off work, and many, many more - we are the world's largest country database, after all.
In other news, a blogger has created a NationMaster search plugin for Mozilla / Firefox users, bringing NationMaster search into your browser.
