So this is the median for all of the trees that are less than the real median, or less than the main median.

So this is the middle of all of the trees that are less than 21, this is the middle age for all of the trees that are greater or older than 21.

That is, an uncertain outcome is worth less than the average of the outcomes.

And so, half of the ages are going to be less than the median we see right over here that the median is 21.

For many developing countries, the figure is well under 20 kwh China is still well below the global average, and even most emerging markets consume less than one third of the average in many advanced economies.

And then I creep up to the point that I get a score of 79, which is just below 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).

They also have, on average, slightly lower intelligence.

On average, the region receives less than 15 inches (381mm) of rainfall per year.

The average small village farmer works on two acres or less.

For Finland, Britain, and Italy, below average growth rates are expected.

Demographics The population density, although it has increased over the last decades, is well below the national average.

In a tracking system, the entire school population is assigned to classes according to whether the students' overall achievement is above average, normal, or below average.

On average, they apply less than 10 kilograms of fertilizer per hectare, compared to 140 kilograms in India.

Labor costs in the US industrial sector are currently 25 lower than the European average.

Brazil has 4.1 tonnes, which is lower than the average for the region, because the LUCF sector is not taken into account and most of Brazil's emissions come from that sector.

The bad rainy season with rainfall far below the annual average occurred in summer 2006 07.

A shower uses less water on average than a bath 80 litres for a shower compared to 150 litres for a bath.

However, women continue, on average, to earn less than men, a situation that is only partially attributable to job differences.

And that sounds strange to our ears, but what ends up happening is that 80 percent of the contributors have contributed a below average amount.

This approach is less expensive and enables wider coverage and many more orientation workshops than the current average of five per year.

It has been calculated that New York residents save 19 billion each year simply by owning fewer cars and driving less than the average American.

In 1992, that figure was over 18,000 in the developed countries, while in the developing countries it did not exceed 800.

Even more important has been the growing gap between average (mean) and median income that is, the proportion of the population living on half or less of the average income in the US and Britain has been growing.

Thus, even if the absolute income gap between an average American and an average African increases, why worry? After all, such people argue, the average African would be a bit less poor.

The average age of a person with HIV is 34 plus or minus 22 years 32 plus or minus 18 years for females, and 39 plus or minus 19 years for males.

These countries mutual hatred and suspicion was no less bitter and deep seated than that afflicting the Eastern Mediterranean.

The medium term outlook of many of the least developed countries in Africa appears dim in the absence of some extraordinary efforts.

That way, France could hold onto its European project at a lower medium term cost to domestic living standards.

In cows, the horns are, on average, 10 20 smaller, and the boss is less prominent.

Not only is the region s economic performance strong so is its score on the Human Development Index (HDI), which includes social indicators such as education and health. Indeed, while Latin America s GDP per capita is lower than the world average, it surpasses all other developing regions, as well as the world average, in the main social indicators.

Additionally, some groups among those exposed in utero have shown lower than average intelligence scores and poor performance in school.

This is why there are significantly less middle aged women seeking employment through Employment Bureaus. There is a difference in the average age of men and women seeking employment.

Clearing the existing biomass there emits an extra 16 tons of CO2 per year on average (and this is likely an underestimate).

At the same time, there has been much less progress in providing institutional mechanisms for the debt problems facing middle income countries.

In these settlements the United States has, in fact, demonstrated its readiness to compromise, having accepted an average of somewhat less than 50 per cent of the stated value of the nationalized property, without any provision for interest, notwithstanding that on average more than 20 years elapsed between nationalization and payment.

The rates in Brussels are higher than the national average (1.79 in 1997, 1.93 in 2002 and 2.09 in 2007), while they are below the average in Flanders (1.54 in 1997, 1.56 in 2002 and 1.77 in 2007), due to Brussels having relatively more Muslims and Africans and Flanders relatively fewer.

The average pension fund has an annual turnover of 70 , which means that the probability that a stake is retained continuously for three years is less than 3 .

The census showed that there are fewer young people in Aberdeen, with 16.4 under 16, opposed to the national average of 19.2 .

The UK spends around 8.4 of its gross domestic product on healthcare, which is 0.5 percentage points below the Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development average and about one percentage point below the average of the European Union.

The image comes from the Mediterranean.

Number of spaces under mean height

This is how far from the mean.

Second, Latin American companies should increase their investment in research and development. As it stands, companies in the region devote about 0.4 of their sales, on average, to R amp D far less than the 1.9 average in OECD countries.

Given low tariffs in the EU and the US less than 5 , on average further preferential reductions will not seriously handicap outsiders.