Sunday Rant - Figures

Here are some interesting figures and statistics for your perusal

Population:

• Global Population, October 1 2011: 7 billion
• Australian population today (estimated by ABS): 22 .75 million 

Some Australian Mining and business stats:

• Percentage of the total global mining resources located in Australia:  40 %

• Large (Australian) mining firms profit margins:  46.1%
• Large (total global) mining industry profit margins: 30%

• Second highest profit making category (large professional, scientific and technical services firms) profit margins:  24.6%
• Profit margin for large agricultural, forestry and fishing industries: 8.7%
• Profit margins for large retail firms: 3.9%

• Percentage of the Australian population employed in retail:  12%
• Percentage of Australians employed by mining companies:  1.3%

Mining profits (Australia) reported in 2010 - 2011 financial year:

• Fortescue Metals Group: $US1.022 billion (up 76% on previous year)
• BHP Billiton: $A22.46 billion (increase of 86% on previous year)
• BHP Billiton: in the global top 10 companies (ranked by profit).
• BHP Billiton: Only 6 other companies world wide have ever recorded a profit higher BHP Billiton last year.

Click here for Forbes' List of the world's richest people- with their net worth.

Australia's richest - estimated net 'worth' February 2011:

• Gina Rinehart -  $9 billion (trebled in last year - but she is only number 100 in the world)
• Andrew Twiggy Forrest -  $6.9 billion.
• James Packer - $4.4 billion (going down...spending Daddy's money)
• Frank Lowy -  $4.3 billion
• Harry Triguboff - $3.4 billion
• Net worth of Australia's richest 40 people rose by 40% in the past year to a combined wealth of $68.4 billion.

Poverty

• Number of Americans living below the poverty line : 46 million
• Number of Americans living at 50% or less of the official poverty level: 20 million (7% of US pop)
• Estimated number of hungry people in the world in 2010: 925 million
• Percentage of hungry people world wide: 13.1% (1 in 7)

Number of hungry people in the world

Crickey

Sydney Morning Herald

Australian Bureau of statistics.

American Bureau of statistics (November 2011)

I could go on, 

but I have to run off 

and meet with my 

(gardening, self sustaining, 

frugal, recycling etc.) 

blogging buddies at Heronswood.