Mercury Watch

Mercury

Watch

Charting the improvement of artisanal small-scale gold mining

Country	Population	Year	Human Development Index	Year	Life Expectancy at Birth	Adult Literacy Rate	GDP per Capita (PPP US$)	Education Index
Afghanistan	27208	2008	0.352	2007	43.6	28	1054	0.354
Albania	3143	2008	0.818	2007	76.5	99	7041	0.886
Algeria	34373	2008	0.754	2007	72.2	75.4	7740	0.748
Andorra	84	2008	0.934	2007	0	0	41235	0.877
Angola	18021	2008	0.564	2007	46.5	67.4	5385	0.667
Antigua and Barbuda	87	2008	0.868	2007	0	99	18691	0.945
Argentina	39883	2008	0.866	2007	75.2	97.6	13238	0.946
Armenia	3077	2008	0.798	2007	73.6	99.5	5693	0.909
Australia	21074	2008	0.97	2007	81.4	0	34923	0.993
Austria	8337	2008	0.955	2007	79.9	0	37370	0.962
Azerbaijan	8731	2008	0.787	2007	70	99.5	7851	0.881
Bahamas	338	2008	0.856	2007	73.2	0	20253	0.878
Bahrain	776	2008	0.895	2007	75.6	88.8	29723	0.893
Bangladesh	160000	2008	0.543	2007	65.7	53.5	1241	0.53
Barbados	255	2008	0.903	2007	77	0	17956	0.975
Belarus	9679	2008	0.826	2007	69	99.7	10841	0.961
Belgium	10590	2008	0.953	2007	79.5	0	34935	0.974
Belize	301	2008	0.772	2007	76	75.1	6734	0.762
Benin	8662	2008	0.492	2007	61	40.5	1312	0.445
Bhutan	687	2008	0.619	2007	65.7	52.8	4837	0.533
Bolivia	9694	2008	0.729	2007	65.4	90.7	4206	0.892
Botswana	1921	2008	0.694	2007	53.4	82.9	13604	0.788
Brazil	191972	2008	0.813	2007	72.2	90	9567	0.891
Bulgaria	7593	2008	0.84	2007	73.1	98.3	11222	0.93
Burkina Faso	15234	2008	0.389	2007	52.7	28.7	1124	0.301
Burundi	8074	2008	0.394	2007	50.1	59.3	341	0.559
Cambodia	14562	2008	0.593	2007	60.6	76.3	1802	0.704
Cameroon	19088	2008	0.523	2007	50.9	67.9	2128	0.627
Canada	33259	2008	0.966	2007	80.6	0	35812	0.991
Cape Verde	499	2008	0.708	2007	71.1	83.8	3041	0.786
Chad	10914	2008	0.392	2007	48.6	31.8	1477	0.334
Chile	16804	2008	0.878	2007	78.5	96.5	13880	0.919
China	1337411	2008	0.772	2007	72.9	93.3	5383	0.851
Colombia	45012	2008	0.807	2007	72.7	92.7	8587	0.881
Comoros	661	2008	0.576	2007	64.9	75.1	1143	0.655
Congo	3615	2008	0.601	2007	53.5	81.1	3511	0.736
Costa Rica	4519	2008	0.854	2007	78.7	95.9	10842	0.883
Croatia	4423	2008	0.871	2007	76	98.7	16027	0.916
Cuba	11205	2008	0.863	2007	78.5	99.8	6876	0.993
Cyprus	862	2008	0.914	2007	79.6	97.7	24789	0.91
Denmark	5458	2008	0.955	2007	78.2	0	36130	0.993
Dominica	67	2008	0.814	2007	0	88	7893	0.848
Ecuador	13481	2008	0.806	2007	75	91	7449	0.866
Egypt	81527	2008	0.703	2007	69.9	66.4	5349	0.697
El Salvador	6134	2008	0.747	2007	71.3	82	5804	0.794
Eritrea	4927	2008	0.472	2007	59.2	64.2	626	0.539
Estonia	1341	2008	0.883	2007	72.9	99.8	20361	0.964
Ethiopia	80713	2008	0.414	2007	54.7	35.9	779	0.403
Fiji	844	2008	0.741	2007	68.7	0	4304	0.868
Finland	5304	2008	0.959	2007	79.5	0	34526	0.993
France	62036	2008	0.961	2007	81	0	33674	0.978
Gabon	1448	2008	0.755	2007	60.1	86.2	15167	0.843
Georgia	4307	2008	0.778	2007	71.6	100	4662	0.916
Germany	82264	2008	0.947	2007	79.8	0	34401	0.954
Ghana	23351	2008	0.526	2007	56.5	65	1334	0.622
Greece	11137	2008	0.942	2007	79.1	97.1	28517	0.981
Grenada	104	2008	0.813	2007	75.3	96	7344	0.884
Guatemala	13686	2008	0.704	2007	70.1	73.2	4562	0.723
Guinea	9833	2008	0.435	2007	57.3	29.5	1140	0.361
Guinea-Bissau	1575	2008	0.396	2007	47.5	64.6	477	0.552
Guyana	763	2008	0.729	2007	66.5	0	2782	0.939
Haiti	9876	2008	0.532	2007	61	62.1	1155	0.588
Honduras	7319	2008	0.732	2007	72	83.6	3796	0.806
Hungary	10012	2008	0.879	2007	73.3	98.9	18755	0.96
Iceland	315	2008	0.969	2007	81.7	0	35742	0.98
India	1181412	2008	0.612	2007	63.4	66	2753	0.643
Indonesia	227345	2008	0.734	2007	70.5	92	3712	0.84
Iran	73312	2008	0.782	2007	71.2	82.3	10955	0.793
Iraq	30096	2008	0	2007	67.8	74.1	0	0.695
Ireland	4437	2008	0.965	2007	79.7	0	44613	0.985
Israel	7051	2008	0.935	2007	80.7	97.1	26315	0.947
Italy	59604	2008	0.951	2007	81.1	98.9	30353	0.965
Jamaica	2708	2008	0.766	2007	71.7	86	6079	0.834
Japan	127293	2008	0.96	2007	82.7	0	33632	0.949
Jordan	6136	2008	0.77	2007	72.4	91.1	4901	0.87
Kazakhstan	15521	2008	0.804	2007	64.9	99.6	10863	0.965
Kenya	38765	2008	0.541	2007	53.6	73.6	1542	0.69
Kiribati	97	2008	0	2007	0	0	1295	0
Kuwait	2919	2008	0.916	2007	77.5	94.5	47812	0.872
Kyrgyzstan	5414	2008	0.71	2007	67.6	99.3	2006	0.918
Latvia	2259	2008	0.866	2007	72.3	99.8	16377	0.961
Lebanon	4194	2008	0.803	2007	71.9	89.6	10109	0.857
Lesotho	2049	2008	0.514	2007	44.9	82.2	1541	0.753
Lithuania	3321	2008	0.87	2007	71.8	99.7	17575	0.968
Luxembourg	481	2008	0.96	2007	79.4	0	79485	0.975
Madagascar	19111	2008	0.543	2007	59.9	70.7	932	0.676
Malawi	14846	2008	0.493	2007	52.4	71.8	761	0.685
Malaysia	27014	2008	0.829	2007	74.1	91.9	13518	0.851
Maldives	305	2008	0.771	2007	71.1	97	5196	0.885
Mali	12706	2008	0.371	2007	48.1	26.2	1083	0.331
Malta	407	2008	0.902	2007	79.6	92.4	23080	0.887
Mauritania	3215	2008	0.52	2007	56.6	55.8	1927	0.541
Mauritius	1280	2008	0.804	2007	72.1	87.4	11296	0.839
Mexico	108555	2008	0.854	2007	76	92.8	14104	0.886
Mongolia	2641	2008	0.727	2007	66.2	97.3	3236	0.913
Morocco	31606	2008	0.654	2007	71	55.6	4108	0.574
Mozambique	22383	2008	0.402	2007	47.8	44.4	802	0.478
Myanmar	49563	2008	0.586	2007	61.2	89.9	904	0.787
Namibia	2130	2008	0.686	2007	60.4	88	5155	0.811
Nepal	28810	2008	0.553	2007	66.3	56.5	1049	0.579
Netherlands	16528	2008	0.964	2007	79.8	0	38694	0.985
New Zealand	4230	2008	0.95	2007	80.1	0	27336	0.993
Nicaragua	5667	2008	0.699	2007	72.7	78	2570	0.76
Niger	14704	2008	0.34	2007	50.8	28.7	627	0.282
Nigeria	151212	2008	0.511	2007	47.7	72	1969	0.657
Norway	4767	2008	0.971	2007	80.5	0	53433	0.989
Oman	2785	2008	0.846	2007	75.5	84.4	22816	0.79
Pakistan	176952	2008	0.572	2007	66.2	54.2	2496	0.492
Panama	3399	2008	0.84	2007	75.5	93.4	11391	0.888
Papua New Guinea	6577	2008	0.541	2007	60.7	57.8	2084	0.521
Paraguay	6238	2008	0.761	2007	71.7	94.6	4433	0.871
Peru	28837	2008	0.806	2007	73	89.6	7836	0.891
Philippines	90348	2008	0.751	2007	71.6	93.4	3406	0.888
Poland	38104	2008	0.88	2007	75.5	99.3	15987	0.952
Portugal	10677	2008	0.909	2007	78.6	94.9	22765	0.929
Qatar	1281	2008	0.91	2007	75.5	93.1	74882	0.888
Romania	21361	2008	0.837	2007	72.5	97.6	12369	0.915
Russian Federation	141394	2008	0.817	2007	66.2	99.5	14690	0.933
Rwanda	9721	2008	0.46	2007	49.7	64.9	866	0.607
Saint Kitts and Nevis	51	2008	0.838	2007	0	97.8	14481	0.896
Saint Lucia	170	2008	0.821	2007	73.6	94.8	9786	0.889
Samoa	179	2008	0.771	2007	71.4	98.7	4467	0.905
Sao Tome and Principe	160	2008	0.651	2007	65.4	87.9	1638	0.813
Saudi Arabia	25201	2008	0.843	2007	72.7	85	22935	0.828
Senegal	12211	2008	0.464	2007	55.4	41.9	1666	0.417
Serbia	622	2008	0.826	2007	73.9	96.4	10248	0.891
Seychelles	84	2008	0.845	2007	0	91.8	16394	0.886
Sierra Leone	5560	2008	0.365	2007	47.3	38.1	679	0.403
Singapore	4615	2008	0.944	2007	80.2	94.4	49704	0.913
Slovakia	5400	2008	0.88	2007	74.6	0	20076	0.928
Slovenia	2015	2008	0.929	2007	78.2	99.7	26753	0.969
South Africa	49668	2008	0.683	2007	51.5	88	9757	0.843
Spain	44486	2008	0.955	2007	80.7	97.9	31560	0.975
Sri Lanka	20061	2008	0.759	2007	74	90.8	4243	0.834
Sudan	41348	2008	0.531	2007	57.9	60.9	2086	0.539
Suriname	515	2008	0.769	2007	68.8	90.4	7813	0.85
Swaziland	1168	2008	0.572	2007	45.3	79.6	4789	0.731
Sweden	9205	2008	0.963	2007	80.8	0	36712	0.974
Switzerland	7541	2008	0.96	2007	81.7	0	40658	0.936
Thailand	67386	2008	0.783	2007	68.7	94.1	8135	0.888
Togo	6459	2008	0.499	2007	62.2	53.2	788	0.534
Tonga	104	2008	0.768	2007	71.7	99.2	3748	0.92
Trinidad and Tobago	1333	2008	0.837	2007	69.2	98.7	23507	0.861
Tunisia	10169	2008	0.769	2007	73.8	77.7	7520	0.772
Turkey	73914	2008	0.806	2007	71.7	88.7	12955	0.828
Turkmenistan	5044	2008	0.739	2007	64.6	99.5	4953	0.906
Tuvalu	10	2008	0	2007	0	0	0	0
Uganda	31657	2008	0.514	2007	51.9	73.6	1059	0.698
Ukraine	45992	2008	0.796	2007	68.2	99.7	6914	0.96
United Arab Emirates	4485	2008	0.903	2007	77.3	90	54626	0.838
United Kingdom	61231	2008	0.947	2007	79.3	0	35130	0.957
Uruguay	3349	2008	0.865	2007	76.1	97.9	11216	0.955
Uzbekistan	27191	2008	0.71	2007	67.6	96.9	2425	0.888
Vanuatu	234	2008	0.693	2007	69.9	78.1	3666	0.728
Venezuela	28121	2008	0.844	2007	73.6	95.2	12156	0.921
Yemen	22917	2008	0.575	2007	62.5	58.9	2335	0.574
Zambia	12620	2008	0.481	2007	44.5	70.6	1358	0.682
Zimbabwe	12463	2008	0	2007	43.4	91.2	0	0.789

Sep 03, 2010 16:15 NY Time
GOLD (ozt)		SILVER (ozt)		MERCURY (76lb. flask)	MERCURY (kilo)	MERCURY (ozt)	Gold:Mercury ratio
1246.60	-4.70	19.85	+0.20	1,300	37.71	1.17	1065.47