Top 10 Date-Producing countries, 2001

The date palm is one of the oldest fruit trees in the Arabian countries and a most important fruit for people. Date fruit is marketed all over the world as a fresh fruit .It is produced largely in the hot arid regions of the world i.e. GCC countries. The bar graph shows date production in tonnes for the world's top countries in 2001.

First, Egypt has the most of date production, with over a million tonnes, and Iran was a close second, with around 0.9 million. Third, came the UAE and Saudi Arabia, about 740,000 tonnes each. Then came Pakistan with around 620,000 tonnes and Iraq were not far behind. Other countries had less production. Algeria produced around 400,000 tonnes. Oman came next to Algeria, with 250,000 tonnes. In contrast, Libya and Sudan produced under 0.2 million each.

In conclusion, date production in the world is only confined to a small number of countries, most of them being the Arab countries. The date industry in the Arab world is not yet fully developed.

Valentines's Day Gifts

Valentine's Day is an extremely popular festival in the United States of America. People in the US observe a holiday on this day to express love. These charts show the types of gifts that US people buy for each other on Valentine’s Day.

The most popular gifts people like to buy are cards, flowers and candy. Cards are the most popular gift for both genders. Women buy flowers less than men, 11% compared to 16%; also women buy cards more than men,27% to 18%. Most amazing, more women buy candy for men 21% to 14% for men. Around 10% of both men and women buy jewelry. Over twice as many women than men buy perfume or cologne, 10% to 4%. Men spend more than women on lingerie. Also men spend more in spa/personal care than women.

Valentine's Day dinner and dance parties are organized all over the country to celebrate the occasion. Many couples hold private celebrations in homes or restaurants.

UK Budget 1996

The UK government spends in 1996 around £315 billion. The government spends the money in all ministries of the country. This pie chart shows what government spent the money on.

The largest budget goes for social security. It’s around £100 billion. This was almost triple as much as the next category, health and personal services. Next came education with £38 billion and defence with £22 billion. There was less than £20 billion spent on the next three categories, which were: first, law and order next, industry, agriculture and employment. Next came housing, heritage and environment. The smallest budget was transport, with £9 billion. Dept interest was £25 billion and other expenditure was £23 billion.

The most striking feature of the pie chart is that the government spends on social security more than an others. The second biggest budget is for health and personal services.