Facts About Children, Diarrhoea, Water, Women, Hunger ...

Cartograms - Images of the Social and Economic World On a regular map, the sizes of the countries of the world are in proportion to their actual sizes on the surface of the planet and their shapes are the same as their actual shapes. Here are redrawn maps with the sizes of countries made bigger or smaller in order to represent something of interest. Such maps are called cartograms and can be an effective and natural way of portraying geographic or social data. Here are some examples of Population, Gross domestic product, Child mortality, People living with HIV/AIDS, Total spending on healthcare, Energy consumption (including oil), and Greenhouse gas emissions.

Millennium Development Goals and Facts, you decide.

Goal 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
	14.1%    The proportion of people living on less than $1 a day in Eastern Asia in 2002 - down from 33.0% in 1990 ... more
	824 million    The number of people in the developing world affected by chronic hunger in 2003 ... more
Goal 2 Achieve universal primary education
	114    The number of countries where primary education lasts for six years ... more
	115 million    The number of out-of-school primary school age children in 2001-02 ... more
	24 million    The number of out-of-school children in West and Central Africa ... more
	1 of 5    The number of out-of-school primary school age children globally in 2001-02 ... more
	28%    The proportion of children globally not in school at official school entry age ... more
	65%    The proportion of out-of-school children who have never attended school globally in 2001/02 ... more
	95%    Net enrolment ratio in primary education in Latin American and the Caribbean in 2003/04 ... more
	82%    The distribution of primary-school age children out of school in rural areas compared to urban areas in 1996/2003 ... more
	36%    The proportion of out-of-school children with uneducated mothers compared to 16% with educated mothers ... more
Goal 3 Promote gender equality and empower women
	1 of 3    The proportion of women excluded from taking decisions on household expenditures ... more
	10%    The estimated proportion of land owned by women compared to men in parts of sub-Saharan Africa ... more
	163    The number of countries lacking sex-disaggregated data on school attendance ... more
	17 of 20    The number of countries with women parliamentarians using a quota system ... more
	9.5%    The rate that women deputies in Argentina were more likely to sponsor children and family bills than their male counterparts in 1993-1994 ... more
	80%    The proportion of the population of Thailand that think a woman could be a good prime minister ... more
	8%    The proportion of women parliamentarians in Arab States ... more
	14.3%    The proportion of women government ministers worldwide ... more
	57%    Girls in developing world miss out on secondary education ... more
	2 of 3    The proportion of male respondents in Bangladesh who indicate that university education for boys should be prioritized over that of girls ... more
	60-90 hours    The number of hours women work per week in developing countries ... more
	20%    Shortfall in nominal wage for women than men ... more
	84%    Women in sub-Saharan Africa work in the informal sector ... more
	21%    The share of women in single or lower houses of parliament in developing countries in 2006 - up from 15% in 1990 ... more
	17%    The share of women in non-agricultural wage employment in Southern Asia in 2004 compared to 46% in developed regions ... more
Goal 4 Reduce child mortality
	98    The number of countries which may not reach the MDG target for under-five mortality ... more
	30%    The proportion of increased chances of receiving appropriate medical care for rich children with pneumonia as compared to poor children ... more
	10 per 1000    Average world child mortality rate in 60 years or so from now if the current rates of progress are maintained ... more
	1 in 12    The proportion of children under five who died in 2002 compared to 1 in 5 in the 1960s ... more
	43 of 1000    The proportion of children who die before their fifth birthday in East Asia and Pacific Region ... more
	95%    The proportion of new cases of pneumonia among children under five occurring in developing countries ... more
	1 in 143    The proportion of children who died before their 5th birthday in industrialized countries in 2002 ... more
	146 million    The number of children under-five who are underweight in the developing world ... more
	73%    The proportion of children 12-23 months old immunized against measles in 2004 ... more
	10.5 million    The number of children who died before their fifth birthday in 2004 - mostly from preventable causes ... more
	1 of 5    The proportion of caregivers recognizing the 2 key symptoms of pneumonia ... more
Goal 5 Improve maternal health
	54%     The proportion of pregnant women in South Asia who had at least one antenatal visit in 1990-2001 ... more
	6    The median number of antenatal care visits reported by pregnant women in Latin America and the Caribbean ... more
	1 of 3    Women in rural areas of developing countries report no antenatal care ... more
	20%    Women from the richest quintile are more likely to use antenatal services than those in the poorest quintiles ... more
	99%    The proportion of maternal deaths that occur in developing countries ... more
	50%    Husbands in South Asia particularly Bangladesh & Nepal decide on wifes health care ... more
	71%    The proportion of deliveries attended by skilled health care personnel in Northern Africa in 2004 compared to 56% in developing regions ... more
	79%    The proportion of deliveries in Eastern Asia attended by skilled health care personnel in 2004 ... more
	2:1    The ratio of urban and rural women reporting at least 4 antenatal care visits ... more
Goal 6 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
	2 of 3    The proportion of young women in 24 sub-Saharan countries who lack HIV/AIDS prevention knowledge ... more
	50%    The proportion of children under five years who were given antimalaria drugs in Africa from 1998- 2004 ... more
	1000%    The increase in the distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito nets in sub-Saharan Africa from 1999 to 2003 ... more
	38.6 million    The number of people living with HIV in 2005 - nearly half of whom are women ... more
Goal 7 Ensure environmental sustainability
	1.1 billion     The number of people that need to be covered during 2005-2015 to meet the MDG drinking water target ... more
	31%    The percentage increase in antenatal care in Asia from 1990-2000 ... more
	80%    The proportion of population in developing countries who have access to improved drinking water sources ... more
	2:1    The ratio of rural dwellers without basic sanitation compared to urban dwellers in 2015 ... more
	36%    The percentage increase in population served with improved drinking water sources in urban areas from 1990 to 2004 ... more
	80%    The share of people using drinking water from improved sources in developing countries in 2004 ... more
	13 million    The number of hectares of land deforested in 2005 ... more
	900 million    The number of people globally without access to drinking water from an improved source by 2015 ... more
Goal 8 Develop a global partnership for development
	$106 billion    The amount in US dollars of aid to developing countries in 2005 ... more
	7%    The proportion of the population with Internet access in developing regions in 2004 compared to over 50% in developed regions ... more