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Disposable Camera (U.S.A)

- Population- 307,212,123

- Labor by Occupation- farming, forestry, and fishing: 0.7%

manufacturing, transaction, transportation, and crafts: 20.3%

managerial, professional, technical: 37.3%

sales and office: 24.2%

other services: 17.6%

- Unemployment- 9.3% (in 2009)

- % Below Poverty Line- 12%

Erasers (China)


- Population: 1,338,,612,968

- Labor by Occupation- agriculture: 39.5%

Industry: 27.2% Services: 33.2%

- Unemployment: 4.3%

% Below Poverty Line: 2.7% (2007)

Toothpaste (Mexico)

- Population: 111, 211,789

- Labor by Occupation- agriculture: 13.7%

Industry: 23.4%

Services: 62.9% (2005)

- Unemployment: 5.5% (2009)

- % Below Poverty Line: 18.2% using food-based definition of poverty;

asset based poverty amounted to more than 47%

     Snowboarding Wax (Norway)


- Population: 4,660,539

- Labor by Occupation- agriculture: 2.9%

Industry: 21.1%

Services: 76% (2009)

- Unemployment: 3.2%

- % Below Poverty Line: NA%

Hand Soap (France)


- Population: 64,420,073,057,792

- Labor by Occupation- agriculture: 3.8%

Industry: 24.3%

Services: 71.8%

- Unemployment: 9.1%(2009)

- % Below Poverty Line: 6.2% (2004)