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

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.

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.

(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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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).

Charles, as King of Sicily, also had his own interests in this area of the Mediterranean.

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 legal system is clear and business bureaucracy less than most countries.

The fortress of Sveaborg also made the place less vulnerable from overseas.

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.

Also, it has a lower vapour pressure than gasoline, which results in less emission through evaporation (see box 1).

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.

Migrants change jobs twice a year on average, as they grease the wheels of European labor markets with their mobility from less to more productive jobs.

But in the two years since, the costs have been well below average, virtually disappearing in 2006.

Real GDP grew at an average annual rate of less than 3 per year for 1997 and 1998 and only 1 in 1999.

The averaging method has been used for Kigali given that the average actual rates from January to December 2005 yield the lowest estimates.

The number of poor will drop from a billion to less than five million.

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

On average, the studies found that 74.4 of the curative outcomes were successful, falling short of the WHO s 85 target.

It also relegated other important topics to a lower level of priority.

American consumers are shopped out, saving less, debt burdened (136 of income, on average), and buffeted by many negative shocks.

As fundraising has grown over the past few years, so too has the number of investors in the average fund.

That is less than half the annual budget for New York City, and well under a third of the roughly 105 billion that the US military has been spending each year, on average, in Afghanistan.

First, Sub Saharan African countries are less corrupt on average than countries at the same income level in other parts of the world.

Just under 60 percent of all rental stock in Canada, or about 2.26 million dwellings, were renting for less than this average gross rent in 2001.

They also found that students spoke with their parents an average of 1.5 times a day about a wide range of topics.