Nice infoporn site that is. A little hard to navigate, just because it seems to take pretty much whatever data people want to send it. Very comprehensive.
A sweet infoporn site for comparing countries is www.nationmaster.com . It aggregates data from many reputable sources on a very broad number of subjects. Crime, economy, religion, education, and my personal favourite, mortality!
Did you know that Cubans are more likely to die from lightning than anyone else in the world?
Some stats even have a cool correlations section. Here's a chart showing the obvious connection between growing barley and the murder rate:
http://www.nationmaster.com/plot/cri_mur/agr_are_bar/flag
Okay, maybe the correlations are a little dicey...
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