But what does two out of five mean? It obviously means worse than average, which would be three.

But these statistics mask a glaring fact the average American family is worse off than it was three and half years ago.

Countries that become democracies do not, on average, achieve faster economic growth after their political transition and, vice versa, democracies that fail and relapse into autocracy do not, on average, do worse than before.

Are Humans Worse than Chernobyl?

Nothing is worse than war.

Worse, litigation in the Philippines takes at least five years on average to be concluded.

Russia's international position is worse than ever.

It was worse than in that movie...

The situation is worse than we believed.

Third, financial shocks will be worse than expected.

The cure would be worse than the disease.

For me, it was worse than physical torture.

There is a curious phenomenon that economists call the resource curse so named because, on average, countries with large endowments of natural resources perform worse than countries that are less well endowed.

While advanced economies have performed far worse on average, there are notable exceptions, such as Germany and Sweden.

What could be worse or more costly than that?

Moreover, the cure can be worse than the disease.

This disease (the stigma) is worse than the fever.

The average American is nearly 20 times richer than the average Chinese by the 1970s.

Overall health statistics are worse than those in comparable countries.

The country was worse prepared for disaster than most others.

Gazans are worse off than Israelis in every conceivable way.

Libya s new leaders suffer from something worse than foot dragging.

In fact, it is worse than a straightforward carbon tax.

These commissions are higher than the industry average.

(a) the average standard of living would not be lower than 75 of the Estonian average (b) unemployment would not exceed the Estonian average by more than 35 (c) the tax income of local governments would not be less than 75 of the Estonian average (the city of Tallinn would be excluded in calculating the average).

Today, the average Korean works a thousand hours more a year than the average German a thousand.

Turkey, however, scores 24, worse even than Tunisia s authoritarian secular regime.

To say that rice is worse than sugar is simply ludicrous.

When you get to the 1970s, which is where this chart ends, the average Briton is more than 10 times richer than the average Indian.

It states that in 1990 the average American was 38 times richer than the average Tanzanian, while today the average American is 61 times richer.

So I say to Tony, Sorry, but it's worse than you think.

Self censorship is worse than censorship itself, because it sacrifices freedom voluntarily.

Most Americans are worse off today than they were seven years ago.

For many girls and women, non marital sex remains worse than death.

The average temperature is lower than that of the country, the average humidity is higher (7 800 mm year.

The average period of waiting is more than six months.

Now, what's even worse than restriction is that adults often underestimate kids abilities.

Russia s economy is now in far worse shape than that of EU members.

I would say that this is worse than a crime. It s a mistake.

Cervical cancer is five times higher than the U.S. national average.

Teacher turnover is eight times higher than the U.S. national average.

Nonetheless, Venezuela fared far better than the average Latin American country.

There is a higher than average suicide rate associated with schizophrenia.

It has a greater than average number of churches and monasteries.

On average, each SINTNC has more than two subsidiaries in China.