#15 Tchad by the Numbers

0- Physicians per 1,000 people (2.2 per 100,000, compared to Washington DC with 752 per 100,000)

1- Ranking on Transparency International’s list of most corrupt countries in 2005.

1- Number of TV stations in the country (government-operated).

1- Number of movie theaters in the country.

2- Ranking on Fund for Peace’s list of most failed states in 2010. (We lost to Somalia. Again.)

2- Percent of pregnancies resulting in the death of the mother (compared to 0.001% in Ireland), most world-wide.

2- Number of flights/day to get out of the country (one to Paris, one to Addis Ababa).

5- Number of Internet hosts, 225th in the world.

8- Number of paved runways in the country (46 unpaved).

8- Percent of population with HIV (18th in the world).

9- Percent of women who die while pregnant or within six weeks of delivery (compared to 0.02% in Ireland).

10- Percent of population who read well enough to use it to earn a living.

11- Number of radio stations (2 AM, 4 FM, 5 short wave).

12.4- Percent of infants who die at childbirth (compared to 0.2% in Singapore) (190th out of 195).

21- Percent of children who die before the age of five (compared to 0.39% in Iceland).

40- Percent of children suffering from chronic malnutrition.

65- Percent of population living on less than $1/day.

80- Percent of population living below the poverty line.

80- Percent of population relying on livestock and subsistence farming for survival.

105- Degrees for an average high in April (76 is the average low).

120- Number of distinct languages in the country. Distinct means one village can’t understand the next.

171- Ranking (out of 177) on UN Human Development Index.

267- Kilometers of paved roads (33,400 unpaved).

13,000- Number of phone lines in the country, 199th in the world.

40,000,000,000- Dollars required to give basic health/education to the world without it.

1,200,000,000,000- Dollars allocated to the military by the US for 2011.