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The Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University in Shanghai put the number at 145 as of March 2022. We used the figure of \"around 140\" as the number has been changing and so any specific number is likely to  change.","Most people haven't yet recognized the sheer scale of this initiative, which is funding roads, railways and ports in many countries to better integrate them into the global trade of the future. The aim is to connect Europe, Asia and Africa. There are also several Latin American countries that have joined. Although most countries are on board in some way, there has been criticism of the project and China's intentions - particularly in the US - but there is no doubt it is a hugely ambitious infrastructure project.","A global mega agreement!",{"metadata":165,"sys":168,"fields":177},{"tags":166,"concepts":167},[],[],{"space":169,"id":171,"type":14,"createdAt":172,"updatedAt":172,"environment":173,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":175,"locale":26},{"sys":170},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"5dlJmXFRrHDp6sKCimaKDx","2022-06-22T13:29:48.113Z",{"sys":174},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":176},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":178,"answers":179,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":180,"name":181,"questionText":182,"statistics":183,"veryWrongStatistics":188,"correctSentence":193,"youWereWrong":194,"youWereRight":195,"dataSourceShortText":196,"dataSourceLinkLongText":197,"extendedAnswerText":198,"headingVeryWrong":199,"youWereVeryWrong":200,"headingWrong":199},"287",[],86,"How many people in China are 6","How many people in China are 65 and older?",[184,185,186,187],"uk 0.8899999999999999","usa 0.8300000000000001","rus 0.8300000000000001","jpn 0.91",[189,190,191,192],"uk 0.6","usa 0.49","rus 0.5","jpn 0.45","12% of people in China are aged 65 or older.","It is true that China's population is ageing, but nowhere near as much as you imagined.","It is true that China's population is aging, but nowhere near as much as they imagined.","Source: UN Population Div.","For this question, we use figures from the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects.  There are countries where there is little or no data and the UN use data modelling, but the margins of error are much smaller than the size of the misconceptions people have (as proved if they choose either of the other two answer options).\n\nSource link: [UN Population Div.](https:\u002F\u002Fpopulation.un.org\u002Fwpp\u002F)","People think there are lots of seniors in China, but in reality only 12% of people in China are over 65. The overestimation of old people is not specific to China. For example, in Japan, where the share of seniors of 28% is the highest in the world, many guessed that it was more than 50%!","Most people in China are not seniors!","It is true that China's population is aging, but nowhere near as much as you imagined.",{"metadata":202,"sys":205,"fields":217},{"tags":203,"concepts":204},[],[],{"space":206,"id":208,"type":14,"createdAt":209,"updatedAt":210,"environment":211,"publishedVersion":213,"revision":214,"contentType":215,"locale":26},{"sys":207},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"2Hg6SCZyGeyVRoo5iacqqN","2022-01-11T14:46:10.948Z","2024-04-23T11:36:38.052Z",{"sys":212},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},36,12,{"sys":216},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"globalId":218,"answers":219,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":220,"name":221,"questionText":222,"statistics":223,"veryWrongStatistics":228,"correctSentence":233,"youWereWrong":234,"youWereRight":235,"dataSourceShortText":236,"dataSourceLinkLongText":237,"extendedAnswerText":238,"headingVeryWrong":239,"youWereVeryWrong":234,"headingWrong":239},"115",[],84,"How many people in China have ","How many people in China have some access to electricity?",[224,225,226,227],"uk 0.8600000000000001","usa 0.83","rus 0.72","jpn 0.94",[229,230,231,232],"uk 0.52","usa 0.41","rus 0.29","jpn 0.46","Close to 100% of people in China have some access to electricity. ","China is an upper-middle-income country. Nearly every person there is on the grid and that has been the case for a long time.","Perhaps they didn't recognize that China in an upper-middle-income country, so nearly every person there is on the grid and that has been the case for a long time.","Source: ESMAP","For this question, the source we use is The Energy Progress Report, which tracks the progress of SDG 7.  The term “access” is defined differently in all their underlying sources. In some extreme cases, households may experience an average of 60 power outages per week and still be listed as “having access to electricity”. We have made sure to avoid using data for countries where experts said the data is particularly unreliable\nand we also use \"more than\" so we avoid using a specific number which may overstate progress. \n\nSource link: [ESMAP](https:\u002F\u002Ftrackingsdg7.esmap.org\u002Fcountry\u002Fchina)","Today almost everyone (close to 100%) in China has some access to electricity. In fact, over 90% of people in China had access to electricity already 30 years ago. But outside of China the perception of the country lags many decades behind.","You are decades out of date!",{"metadata":241,"sys":244,"fields":253},{"tags":242,"concepts":243},[],[],{"space":245,"id":247,"type":14,"createdAt":248,"updatedAt":248,"environment":249,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":251,"locale":26},{"sys":246},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"5eM1f1TLAGJj1uHV8sRRwB","2022-06-22T13:29:48.466Z",{"sys":250},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":252},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":254,"answers":255,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":256,"name":257,"questionText":258,"statistics":259,"veryWrongStatistics":261,"correctSentence":263,"youWereWrong":264,"youWereRight":265,"dataSourceShortText":266,"dataSourceLinkLongText":267,"extendedAnswerText":268,"headingVeryWrong":269,"youWereVeryWrong":264,"headingWrong":269,"aboutSurveys":270},"907",[],51,"How many babies in China were ","How many babies in China were vaccinated against some disease in 2019?",[260],"gmi 0.51",[262],"gmi 0.31","More than 95% of children were vaccinated against some disease in China in 2019.","You missed the modernization that means nearly every child in China is vaccinated.","They missed the modernization that means nearly every baby in China gets vaccinated.","Source: Source: WHO","The data comes from the Global Health Observatory data repository of the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO estimates are based mainly on data from national administrative records and household surveys, such as the Expanded Programme on Immunization cluster survey, the UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, and the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). These surveys assess the vaccination coverage among children aged 12-23 months who received a vaccination anytime before the survey.\nGapminder has compiled the estimates on the percentage of 1-year-old children who received nine different vaccinations (Haemophilus influenzae type B, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, tuberculosis BCG, measles, pneumococcal disease, poliomyelitis and rotavirus) for the period 1980-2019 for countries and territories and average global immunization coverage. To avoid overestimating the share of children who have been vaccinated at least once, we use \"more than\" rather than a specific number\n\nSource link: [Source: WHO](https:\u002F\u002Fapps.who.int\u002Fimmunization_monitoring\u002Fglobalsummary\u002Fcountries?countrycriteria%5Bcountry%5D%5B%5D=CHN)","Basic healthcare has improved a lot in China, as the vaccination rate of 99% in 2019 shows. This also tells us something about the progress in China's education and infrastructure. Vaccinating so many children requires good roads for transport, electricity to keep vaccines cold, and educated nurses and parents to ensure they reach the babies. These exist close to the majority of children born in China nowadays.","A majority of the babies are vaccinated!","During 2021, we conducted hundreds of online surveys asking thousands of people in Japan, the UK and Brazil about their perceptions of progress of all 197 countries. We call it the Gapminder Misconception Index pilot (GMI). The results you see above is what the respondents answered on this question. In total, we asked around 600 questions in each country, using Google Surveys. The results are based on answers from 7,875 online respondents: roughly 35 per country for each question. The majority of the surveys were run in August 2021. Some of the surveys in the UK were conducted already in 2020. This is not an academic study. It hasn’t been peer reviewed and is not intended for any academic journal. If some academic researcher wants to build on our work, they are most welcome. We published these findings freely on our website, on 14 January 2022, because we think the world needs to know this. You can read more about the Gapminder Misconception Index pilot study [here](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gapminder.org\u002Fignorance\u002Fgapminder-index-pilot\u002F)   ",{"metadata":272,"sys":283,"fields":295},{"tags":273,"concepts":282},[274,277,280],{"sys":275},{"type":10,"linkType":123,"id":276},"climate",{"sys":278},{"type":10,"linkType":123,"id":279},"energy",{"sys":281},{"type":10,"linkType":123,"id":124},[],{"space":284,"id":286,"type":14,"createdAt":287,"updatedAt":288,"environment":289,"publishedVersion":291,"revision":292,"contentType":293,"locale":26},{"sys":285},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"1wAfu51RJBKSGHQWXhSk4E","2023-05-11T12:56:11.936Z","2023-12-13T10:54:37.189Z",{"sys":290},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},44,28,{"sys":294},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"isRequiredForChallenge":93,"globalId":296,"answers":297,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":298,"name":299,"questionText":300,"statistics":301,"veryWrongStatistics":303,"correctSentence":305,"dataSourceShortText":306,"dataSourceLinkLongText":307},"1633",[],87,"Greener energy provider China","70% of Europeans said they were planning to switch to a more environmentally friendly energy provider to fight climate change, in 2020. What was this number in China?",[302],"usa 0.87",[304],"usa 0.4789","In 2020, 94% of people in China said they had either already switched or planned to switch to a more environmentally friendly energy provider to fight climate change.","Sources:  European Investment Bank","[1]    [European Investment Bank, 2019-20 Climate Survey](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eib.org\u002Fen\u002Fsurveys\u002Fclimate-survey\u002Fall-resources.htm)        ",{"metadata":309,"sys":312,"fields":322},{"tags":310,"concepts":311},[],[],{"space":313,"id":315,"type":14,"createdAt":316,"updatedAt":316,"environment":317,"publishedVersion":319,"revision":21,"contentType":320,"locale":26},{"sys":314},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"6jKkRanY41RQagmwN6lyCe","2022-06-22T13:29:48.748Z",{"sys":318},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},110,{"sys":321},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":323,"answers":324,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":325,"name":326,"questionText":327,"correctSentence":328,"youWereWrong":329,"youWereRight":330,"dataSourceShortText":331,"dataSourceLinkLongText":332,"extendedAnswerText":333,"headingVeryWrong":334,"youWereVeryWrong":329,"headingWrong":334},"1392",[],40,"China primary school","In China, of all children aged 6 to 11, how many went to school in 2019?","More than 95% of children aged 6 to 11 went to school in China in 2019.","Nearly every Chinese child of primary school age is in a classroom learning. You thought many were at home, in the streets or out working instead!","They thought that lots of Chinese children didn't spend their days in a classroom learning but were probably at home, in the streets or out working instead.","Ministry of Education","For this question, we used data directly from China's Ministry of Education which had more up-to-date data than UNESCO, which we used for all of the other countries. Having cross-checked that data with other sources, nothing contradicts the figure of 95% plus children being in primary school.\n\nSource link: [China Ministry of Education](http:\u002F\u002Fen.moe.gov.cn\u002Fdocuments\u002Freports\u002F202102\u002Ft20210209_513095.html)","Around 99% of children go to primary school in China. It is a country that has experienced remarkable economic growth over the past couple of decades and nowadays it is an upper-middle-income country where being out of school is extremely rare. The rise of China's economy has been covered a lot in the media and a majority of people are aware that the education system in China includes almost every single child.","Children go to school in China!",{"metadata":336,"sys":339,"fields":349},{"tags":337,"concepts":338},[],[],{"space":340,"id":342,"type":14,"createdAt":343,"updatedAt":344,"environment":345,"publishedVersion":20,"revision":70,"contentType":347,"locale":26},{"sys":341},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"2Km3IBTup7dshRFfmdNSEc","2022-06-22T13:29:48.882Z","2023-05-11T13:19:27.861Z",{"sys":346},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":348},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":113},{"globalId":350,"heading":351,"slug":350,"questions":352,"certificateText":353},"chn-cert","China Cert",[164,201,240,118,271],"for answering 100% correct on questions about China, and thereby proving essential knowledge that most people are wrong about.",{"metadata":355,"sys":358,"fields":365},{"tags":356,"concepts":357},[],[],{"space":359,"id":361,"type":38,"createdAt":362,"updatedAt":362,"environment":363,"publishedVersion":44,"revision":21,"locale":26},{"sys":360},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"74Q3A4jXQseyFecXR2Fglq","2022-06-22T13:29:47.704Z",{"sys":364},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"title":366,"description":47,"file":367},"cn",{"url":368,"details":369,"fileName":373,"contentType":374},"\u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fghhpjogyw4x7\u002F74Q3A4jXQseyFecXR2Fglq\u002F00d1ed152088015fbf3ccb95e7dc3d62\u002Fcn.svg",{"size":370,"image":371},642,{"width":372,"height":372},512,"cn.svg","image\u002Fsvg+xml","cover","Country",{"metadata":378,"sys":381,"fields":390},{"tags":379,"concepts":380},[],[],{"space":382,"id":384,"type":14,"createdAt":385,"updatedAt":385,"environment":386,"publishedVersion":88,"revision":21,"contentType":388,"locale":26},{"sys":383},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"6p9WkVU0QtOic1K422TiG8","2022-06-22T14:34:45.192Z",{"sys":387},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":389},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":91},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":391,"name":392,"slug":393,"tests":394,"diplomaTest":574,"icon":592,"iconDisplayType":375,"topicCategory":376},"jpn","Japan","japan",[395],{"metadata":396,"sys":399,"fields":408},{"tags":397,"concepts":398},[],[],{"space":400,"id":402,"type":14,"createdAt":403,"updatedAt":403,"environment":404,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":406,"locale":26},{"sys":401},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"2wvLzG6YhxYikcW32KltgZ","2022-06-22T14:34:45.226Z",{"sys":405},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":407},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":113},{"globalId":409,"heading":410,"slug":409,"questions":411,"certificateText":47},"jpn-t1","Japan T1",[412,448,482,518,545],{"metadata":413,"sys":416,"fields":425},{"tags":414,"concepts":415},[],[],{"space":417,"id":419,"type":14,"createdAt":420,"updatedAt":420,"environment":421,"publishedVersion":44,"revision":21,"contentType":423,"locale":26},{"sys":418},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"5WVlm10DUar7NOLT2bACMr","2022-06-22T14:34:45.262Z",{"sys":422},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":424},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":426,"answers":427,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":428,"name":429,"questionText":430,"statistics":431,"veryWrongStatistics":436,"correctSentence":441,"youWereWrong":442,"youWereRight":443,"dataSourceShortText":444,"dataSourceLinkLongText":445,"extendedAnswerText":446,"headingVeryWrong":447,"youWereVeryWrong":442,"headingWrong":447},"455",[],74,"Worldwide, 28% of people are e","Worldwide, 28% of people are employed in the agricultural sector. What is this figure in Japan?",[432,433,434,435],"uk 0.86","usa 0.72","are 0.77","jpn 0.62",[437,438,439,440],"uk 0.43","usa 0.21","are 0.33","jpn 0.08","In Japan, 3% of people were employed in the agricultural sector in 2019. ","Japan has a modern workforce. Only 3% of those employed worked in the agricultural sector in 2019. ","They underestimate how modern Japan's workforce is.","Source: ILO","This question refers to the share of people working in agriculture who are of working age. The census data often used by the ILO is collected every 5-10 years so is not always very current. The quality of data obviously varies by country, with one particular issue being that in some countries it only covers employees and so doesn't include those who are self-employed and unpaid family workers. In those cases, the employment share of the agricultural sector is likely severely underreported. Another issue is where the census data only includes people in urban areas. Where the data is like those two, we do not ask questions about those countries. We also put big differences between the answer options so that our correct answer is way more correct than the other options.\n\nSource link: [ILO](https:\u002F\u002Fdata.worldbank.org\u002Findicator\u002FSL.AGR.EMPL.ZS?locations=1W-JP)","Japanese agriculture produces lots of food, but not because it hires lots of people. It is highly modernized and uses extremely effective farming machines, so it only employs a small fraction of the total workforce.","Few are farmers in Japan!",{"metadata":449,"sys":452,"fields":461},{"tags":450,"concepts":451},[],[],{"space":453,"id":455,"type":14,"createdAt":456,"updatedAt":456,"environment":457,"publishedVersion":44,"revision":21,"contentType":459,"locale":26},{"sys":454},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"5zgi9zYpOnxhswyVd0WdBm","2022-06-22T14:34:45.403Z",{"sys":458},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":460},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":462,"answers":463,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":220,"name":464,"questionText":465,"statistics":466,"veryWrongStatistics":471,"correctSentence":475,"youWereWrong":476,"youWereRight":477,"dataSourceShortText":478,"dataSourceLinkLongText":479,"extendedAnswerText":480,"headingVeryWrong":481,"youWereVeryWrong":476,"headingWrong":481},"456",[],"How many people in Japan are 6","How many people in Japan are 65 and older?",[467,468,469,470],"uk 0.9199999999999999","usa 0.8800000000000001","are 0.8600000000000001","jpn 0.6799999999999999",[472,155,473,474],"uk 0.57","are 0.53","jpn 0.39","28% of people in Japan are aged 65 or older.","Japan has a higher share of old people than any other country and the population IS INDEED ageing, but nowhere near as much as you imagine.","Japan has a higher share of old people than any other country and the population IS INDEED ageing, but nowhere near as much as they imagine.","Source: UN","For this question, we use figures from the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects.  There are countries where there is little or no data and the UN use data modelling, but the margins of error are much smaller than the size of the misconceptions people have (as proved if they choose either of the other two answer options).\n\nSource link: [UN](https:\u002F\u002Fpopulation.un.org\u002Fwpp\u002FGraphs\u002FDemographicProfiles\u002FPyramid\u002F392)","Despite the share of old people increasing as life expectancy has grown across the world, adults aged 16-64 still make up the majority of the world’s population and it isn't the unmanageable problem people often think it is.","Most people in Japan are not seniors!",{"metadata":483,"sys":486,"fields":495},{"tags":484,"concepts":485},[],[],{"space":487,"id":489,"type":14,"createdAt":490,"updatedAt":490,"environment":491,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":493,"locale":26},{"sys":488},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"6aL4CV6ytn9ufk2IyMdprK","2022-06-22T14:34:45.539Z",{"sys":492},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":494},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":496,"answers":497,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":498,"name":499,"questionText":500,"statistics":501,"veryWrongStatistics":506,"correctSentence":511,"youWereWrong":512,"youWereRight":513,"dataSourceShortText":514,"dataSourceLinkLongText":515,"extendedAnswerText":516,"headingVeryWrong":517,"youWereVeryWrong":512,"headingWrong":517},"457",[],70,"Japan ranks among the top ten ","Japan ranks among the top ten countries in terms of total income from tourism. How much of its GDP comes from tourism?",[502,503,504,505],"uk 0.66","usa 0.81","are 0.7","jpn 0.64",[507,508,509,510],"uk 0.33","usa 0.27","are 0.21","jpn 0.17","Less than 10% of Japan's economy comes from tourism.","Japan has a very diverse economy, so even if it manages to top the ranks of hospitality, tourism is still only just a fraction, (roughly 2%) of its total economy.","Japan has a very diverse economy, and they didn't recognize that even if it manages to top the ranks of hospitality, tourism is still only just a fraction, (roughly 2%) of its total economy.","Source: UNWTO","Data on tourism are tricky to compile and no source is considered absolutely 100% reliable. However, the five independent experts we consulted for this questions considered the data from the UNWTO the most scientific and reliable. Because of the limitations of tourism data we didn't use an exact answer and put big differences between the answer options so there is no doubt that our correct answer is the most correct.\n\nSource link: [UNWTO](https:\u002F\u002Ftcdata360.worldbank.org\u002Findicators\u002Ftot.direct.gdp?country=JPN&indicator=24648&viz=line_chart&years=1995,2028)","If we have any experiences from another country, it’s often with their tourism industry, and that’s probably why we think it’s a much larger share of their total economy. But almost no countries depend mostly on tourism. ","Tourism is just a fraction of the economy!",{"metadata":519,"sys":522,"fields":531},{"tags":520,"concepts":521},[],[],{"space":523,"id":525,"type":14,"createdAt":526,"updatedAt":526,"environment":527,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":529,"locale":26},{"sys":524},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"3vRmAiTgwdAzXfUs19bMij","2022-06-22T14:34:45.689Z",{"sys":528},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":530},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":532,"answers":533,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":534,"name":535,"questionText":536,"statistics":537,"veryWrongStatistics":539,"correctSentence":541,"youWereWrong":542,"youWereRight":542,"dataSourceShortText":266,"dataSourceLinkLongText":543,"extendedAnswerText":544,"headingVeryWrong":269,"youWereVeryWrong":542,"headingWrong":269,"aboutSurveys":270},"1035",[],34,"How many babies in Japan were ","How many babies in Japan were vaccinated against some disease in 2020?",[538],"gmi 0.33999999999999997",[540],"gmi 0.13","More than 95% of children were vaccinated against some disease in Japan in 2020.","Japan, like other rich countries, has had the infrastructure and education in place to vaccinate the majority of its population for many years.","The data comes from the Global Health Observatory data repository of the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO estimates are based mainly on data from national administrative records and household surveys, such as the Expanded Programme on Immunization cluster survey, the UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, and the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). These surveys assess the vaccination coverage among children aged 12-23 months who received a vaccination anytime before the survey.\nGapminder has compiled the estimates on the percentage of 1-year-old children who received nine different vaccinations (Haemophilus influenzae type B, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, tuberculosis BCG, measles, pneumococcal disease, poliomyelitis and rotavirus) for the period 1980-2019 for countries and territories and average global immunization coverage. To avoid overestimating the share of children who have been vaccinated at least once, we use \"more than\" rather than a specific number\n\nSource link: [Source: WHO](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fdata\u002Fgho\u002Fdata\u002Fthemes\u002Ftopics\u002Findicator-groups\u002Findicator-group-details\u002FGHO\u002Fimmunization-coverage-estimates)","In Japan in 2020, 98% of children were vaccinated against at least one illness. Vaccinating so many children requires good roads for transport, electricity to keep vaccines cold, and educated nurses and parents to ensure they reach the babies. These exist close to the majority of children born in Japan nowadays.",{"metadata":546,"sys":549,"fields":558},{"tags":547,"concepts":548},[],[],{"space":550,"id":552,"type":14,"createdAt":553,"updatedAt":553,"environment":554,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":556,"locale":26},{"sys":551},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"5KDDATZDqSTISHtl0eN4qL","2022-06-22T14:34:45.827Z",{"sys":555},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":557},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":559,"answers":560,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":561,"name":562,"questionText":563,"statistics":564,"veryWrongStatistics":566,"correctSentence":568,"youWereWrong":569,"youWereRight":570,"dataSourceShortText":236,"dataSourceLinkLongText":571,"extendedAnswerText":572,"headingVeryWrong":573,"youWereVeryWrong":569,"headingWrong":573,"aboutSurveys":270},"1036",[],32,"How many people in Japan have ","How many people in Japan have some access to electricity?",[565],"gmi 0.32",[567],"gmi 0.15","More than 95% of people in Japan have some access to electricity. ","Nearly everyone in Japan has access to electricity.","They didn't know nearly every person in Japan is on the grid.","For this question, the source we use is The Energy Progress Report, which tracks the progress of SDG 7.  The term “access” is defined differently in all their underlying sources. In some extreme cases, households may experience an average of 60 power outages per week and still be listed as “having access to electricity”. We have made sure to avoid using data for countries where experts said the data is particularly unreliable\nand we also use \"more than\" so we avoid using a specific number which may overstate progress. \n\nSource link: [ESMAP](https:\u002F\u002Ftrackingsdg7.esmap.org\u002Fcountry\u002Fjapan)","Today, close to 100% of people in Japan have some access to electricity and that has been the case for many years. Japan is among the richest countries in the world, with a modern infrastructure and where almost no-one lacks the basics like food, water, electricity and vaccinations.","Most people are on the grid!",{"metadata":575,"sys":578,"fields":587},{"tags":576,"concepts":577},[],[],{"space":579,"id":581,"type":14,"createdAt":582,"updatedAt":582,"environment":583,"publishedVersion":21,"revision":21,"contentType":585,"locale":26},{"sys":580},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"4tz2DhkDeYvFcqdVLxr1K7","2022-06-22T14:34:45.962Z",{"sys":584},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":586},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":113},{"globalId":588,"heading":589,"slug":588,"questions":590,"certificateText":591},"jpn-cert","Japan Cert",[412,448,482,518,545],"for answering 100% correct on questions about Japan, and thereby proving essential knowledge that most people are wrong about.",{"metadata":593,"sys":596,"fields":603},{"tags":594,"concepts":595},[],[],{"space":597,"id":599,"type":38,"createdAt":600,"updatedAt":600,"environment":601,"publishedVersion":44,"revision":21,"locale":26},{"sys":598},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"5YSjBL2VImLGRbcgtMoP76","2022-06-22T14:34:45.133Z",{"sys":602},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"title":604,"description":47,"file":605},"jp",{"url":606,"details":607,"fileName":610,"contentType":374},"\u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fghhpjogyw4x7\u002F5YSjBL2VImLGRbcgtMoP76\u002Fb1d08e5acb2ee9a20c6a88ce31f82b93\u002Fjp.svg",{"size":608,"image":609},210,{"width":372,"height":372},"jp.svg",{"metadata":612,"sys":615,"fields":625},{"tags":613,"concepts":614},[],[],{"space":616,"id":618,"type":14,"createdAt":619,"updatedAt":619,"environment":620,"publishedVersion":622,"revision":21,"contentType":623,"locale":26},{"sys":617},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"cMZs9te6IIzYnPQ77rPkw","2022-06-22T15:36:45.130Z",{"sys":621},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},6,{"sys":624},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":91},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":626,"name":627,"slug":628,"tests":629,"diplomaTest":871,"icon":889,"iconDisplayType":375,"topicCategory":376},"mng","Mongolia","mongolia",[630],{"metadata":631,"sys":634,"fields":643},{"tags":632,"concepts":633},[],[],{"space":635,"id":637,"type":14,"createdAt":638,"updatedAt":638,"environment":639,"publishedVersion":44,"revision":21,"contentType":641,"locale":26},{"sys":636},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"7aa3jwr1yi9WvVUnTIDXtW","2022-06-22T15:36:45.183Z",{"sys":640},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":642},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":113},{"globalId":644,"heading":645,"slug":644,"questions":646,"certificateText":47},"mng-t1","Mongolia T1",[647,682,719,750,784,814,844],{"metadata":648,"sys":651,"fields":660},{"tags":649,"concepts":650},[],[],{"space":652,"id":654,"type":14,"createdAt":655,"updatedAt":655,"environment":656,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":658,"locale":26},{"sys":653},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"hdLismMmJgkR02OxBptWC","2022-06-22T15:36:45.226Z",{"sys":657},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":659},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":661,"answers":662,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":663,"name":664,"questionText":665,"statistics":666,"veryWrongStatistics":670,"correctSentence":675,"youWereWrong":676,"youWereRight":677,"dataSourceShortText":678,"dataSourceLinkLongText":679,"extendedAnswerText":680,"headingVeryWrong":681,"youWereVeryWrong":676,"headingWrong":681},"567",[],78,"How many women in Mongolia can","How many women in Mongolia can read and write?",[184,667,668,669],"jpn 0.8999999999999999","rus 0.53","usa 0.8200000000000001",[671,672,673,674],"uk 0.59","jpn 0.57","rus 0.27","usa 0.5","Around 99% of women in Mongolia can read and write.","Nearly every woman can read and write in Mongolia and that has been the case for many decades.","They have failed to understand that nearly every woman in Mongolia can read and write.","Source: UNESCO","Literacy data is from UNESCO. Data quality varies between countries and generally it is less reliable in low-income countries. \nIt has been collected using different methodologies in different countries. In some countries the people surveyed are asked if they can read a short text aloud. In many countries, though, people are just asked if they can read or sometimes only if they and the people they live with went to school. There is some evidence from studies that people do not read as well as they report themselves to and that, in some cases, going to school may not mean a person is what we might consider to be literate. These doubts should not stop us recognizing the overall trend, that more women have more years of education and more people say they can read than ever before. \nWe have put big differences between our three answer options to ensure our correct answer is more correct than the other two.\n\nSource link: [UNESCO](https:\u002F\u002Fdata.worldbank.org\u002Findicator\u002FSE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS?locations=MN)","In recent decades more and more women are attending school and getting a high quality education in Mongolia. Roughly 99% of women can now read and write in Mongolia, and this number is continually increasing. Underestimating women's literacy, puts them at risk of being overlooked for employment opportunities.","Illiteracy is unusual!",{"metadata":683,"sys":686,"fields":695},{"tags":684,"concepts":685},[],[],{"space":687,"id":689,"type":14,"createdAt":690,"updatedAt":690,"environment":691,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":693,"locale":26},{"sys":688},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"7zD745qW9sjZVl0FRLyPw9","2022-06-22T15:36:45.431Z",{"sys":692},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":694},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":696,"answers":697,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":498,"name":698,"questionText":699,"statistics":700,"veryWrongStatistics":705,"correctSentence":710,"youWereWrong":711,"youWereRight":712,"dataSourceShortText":713,"dataSourceLinkLongText":714,"extendedAnswerText":715,"headingVeryWrong":716,"youWereVeryWrong":717,"headingWrong":718},"568",[],"Is Mongolia a low-, middle-, o","Is Mongolia a low-, middle-, or high-income country?",[701,702,703,704],"uk 0.8200000000000001","jpn 0.59","rus 0.54","usa 0.8400000000000001",[706,707,708,709],"uk 0.02","jpn 0.02","rus 0.1","usa 0.06","Mongolia is a middle-income country.","Like many others, you assumed that Mongolia is among the world's poorest countries. Like them, you were wrong!","They didn't realize that Mongolia is not among the world's poorest countries.","Source: World Bank","The World Bank categorizes countries as low-, middle- or high-income countries based on gross national income per person. This is calculated using the World Bank Atlas method. In 2022, a country was classified as low-income with an average income of $1,045 or less in 2020; lower middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $1,046 and $4,095; upper middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $4,096 and $12,695; high-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of $12,696 or more.\n\nSource link: [World Bank](https:\u002F\u002Fdatahelpdesk.worldbank.org\u002Fknowledgebase\u002Farticles\u002F906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups)","People often simplify their image of the world, and think only of countries as either rich or poor, high- or low-income. But most countries are middle-income countries, and that’s the kind of countries where 75% of people live. ","Mongolia is not a high-income country!","Despite improvements in income and living standards, Mongolia is not yet among the world's richest countries.","Mongolia is not a low-income country!",{"metadata":720,"sys":723,"fields":732},{"tags":721,"concepts":722},[],[],{"space":724,"id":726,"type":14,"createdAt":727,"updatedAt":727,"environment":728,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":730,"locale":26},{"sys":725},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"2Uu6BKgUVQo4Ma2Mh4JHHI","2022-06-22T15:36:45.578Z",{"sys":729},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":731},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":733,"answers":734,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":735,"name":736,"questionText":737,"statistics":738,"veryWrongStatistics":741,"correctSentence":744,"youWereWrong":745,"youWereRight":746,"dataSourceShortText":713,"dataSourceLinkLongText":747,"extendedAnswerText":748,"headingVeryWrong":749,"youWereVeryWrong":745,"headingWrong":749},"569",[],83,"How many companies in Mongolia","How many companies in Mongolia have a woman as one of their main owners?",[739,667,740,225],"uk 0.8500000000000001","rus 0.73",[502,672,742,743],"rus 0.48","usa 0.61","In 2019, around 40% of companies in Mongolia had a woman as one of their main owners.","Across the world men own more resources than women, and they still do in Mongolia, but you completely underestimated how many women in Mongolia own a business today.","Across the world men own more resources than women, and they still do in Mongolia, but they completely underestimated how many women in Mongolia own a business today.","For this question we use data from the Enterprise Survey by the World Bank. This is based on interviews conducted during the period 2009 to 2020 with tens of thousands of businesses with 5 or more employees in the manufacturing and service sectors in 144 countries. Firms with 100% government\u002Fstate ownership are not included. The number of businesses per country ranges from 150 in small countries, to nearly 2000 in large countries. Because the data is based on a small sample of all companies in the world, there is a large margin of error which we take into consideration by putting big differences between the correct answer and the two wrong options.\n\nSource link: [World Bank](https:\u002F\u002Fdata.worldbank.org\u002Findicator\u002FIC.FRM.FEMO.ZS?locations=MN)","Like in many other countries, women's influence in business in Mongolia has been steadily increasing. But instead the negative picture is maintained that almost no women are in power, which can be self reinforcing as it may discourage young women from pursuing a career in business.","Women own firms in Mongolia!",{"metadata":751,"sys":754,"fields":763},{"tags":752,"concepts":753},[],[],{"space":755,"id":757,"type":14,"createdAt":758,"updatedAt":758,"environment":759,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":761,"locale":26},{"sys":756},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"705GDERu8X2SeFlXgHou6M","2022-06-22T15:36:45.939Z",{"sys":760},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":762},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":764,"answers":765,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":766,"name":767,"questionText":768,"statistics":769,"veryWrongStatistics":772,"correctSentence":777,"youWereWrong":778,"youWereRight":779,"dataSourceShortText":780,"dataSourceLinkLongText":781,"extendedAnswerText":782,"headingVeryWrong":783,"youWereVeryWrong":778,"headingWrong":783},"571",[],81,"In Mongolia in 2018, how many ","In Mongolia in 2018, how many babies were born with a trained health worker present?",[739,152,770,771],"rus 0.7","usa 0.7999999999999999",[773,774,775,776],"uk 0.65","jpn 0.67","rus 0.43","usa 0.57","More than 95% of babies in Mongolia are born with a trained health worker present.","The misconception that most mothers in Mongolia still don’t have access to modern delivery care proves how unaware you were of the modernization that has happened.","The misconception that most mothers in Mongolia still don’t have access to modern delivery care proves how unaware they were of the modernization that has happened.","Source: UNICEF","This data is complied by the World Health Organization and Unicef. The number we use is based on the most recent data. Data from some countries is more reliable than from others. Different countries also use very different criteria for what is a “trained” health worker. To account for this we use the correct option “more than” rather than using a specific number, to ensure we do not overestimate progress. Since 2004, we have known how many skilled health workers attend births but not their quality. After 2004, there was an increase in births attended by skilled workers, and even though there was a lot of progress, the decline in maternal mortality didn’t reach the 75% by 2015 that was stated in the Millennium Development Goals (The decrease in maternal mortality ratio from 2000 to 2017 was 38%. This was addressed in 2018, with a newer definition of who is a skilled health worker, which has stricter standards. Our data doesn’t yet take this new definition into account as most of the data was collected before 2018. Due to the issue around the definition of “skilled” we tweaked the question to say “trained” health worker instead, as the definition the data uses still meets that criteria.\n\nSource link: [UNICEF](https:\u002F\u002Fdata.unicef.org\u002Ftopic\u002Fmaternal-health\u002Fdelivery-care\u002F)","A majority of births in Mongolia are supervised by trained health workers nowadays (99% in 2018). Basic healthcare is inexpensive today and most mothers get help during childbirth, which means that fewer mothers and babies die. Even though the average amount of attended births has gone up everywhere, there are enormous inequalities within some countries.","A majority of all deliveries in Mongolia are attended by professionals!",{"metadata":785,"sys":788,"fields":797},{"tags":786,"concepts":787},[],[],{"space":789,"id":791,"type":14,"createdAt":792,"updatedAt":792,"environment":793,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":795,"locale":26},{"sys":790},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"4DLGDUV1GNk1DDkb1fKgrD","2022-06-22T15:36:46.086Z",{"sys":794},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":796},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":798,"answers":799,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":220,"name":800,"questionText":801,"statistics":802,"veryWrongStatistics":805,"correctSentence":807,"youWereWrong":808,"youWereRight":809,"dataSourceShortText":236,"dataSourceLinkLongText":810,"extendedAnswerText":811,"headingVeryWrong":812,"youWereVeryWrong":813,"headingWrong":812},"572",[],"How many people in Mongolia ha","How many people in Mongolia have some access to electricity?",[224,803,151,804],"jpn 0.8799999999999999","usa 0.85",[229,672,668,806],"usa 0.62","More than 95% of people in Mongolia have access to electricity.","Your view of Mongolia is 20 years out of date.","Their view of Mongolia is decades out of date.","For this question, the source we use is The Energy Progress Report, which tracks the progress of SDG 7.  The term “access” is defined differently in all their underlying sources. In some extreme cases, households may experience an average of 60 power outages per week and still be listed as “having access to electricity”. We have made sure to avoid using data for countries where experts said the data is particularly unreliable\nand we also use \"more than\" so we avoid using a specific number which may overstate progress. \n\nSource link: [ESMAP](https:\u002F\u002Ftrackingsdg7.esmap.org\u002Fcountry\u002Fmongolia)","Today almost everyone in Mongolia has some access to electricity. In the last 20 years, the share of people in Mongolia with access to electricity has improved from below 70% to roughly 99% in 2019! Most people are generally unaware of the amazing progress Mongolia has made during the past decades.","Nearly everyone in Mongolia is on the grid!","Your view of Mongolia is many decades out of date.",{"metadata":815,"sys":818,"fields":827},{"tags":816,"concepts":817},[],[],{"space":819,"id":821,"type":14,"createdAt":822,"updatedAt":822,"environment":823,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":825,"locale":26},{"sys":820},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"4AmaHLBzogXi6ZSIlT8bmE","2022-06-22T15:36:46.261Z",{"sys":824},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":826},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":828,"answers":829,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":830,"name":831,"questionText":832,"statistics":833,"veryWrongStatistics":835,"correctSentence":837,"youWereWrong":838,"youWereRight":839,"dataSourceShortText":840,"dataSourceLinkLongText":841,"extendedAnswerText":842,"headingVeryWrong":843,"youWereVeryWrong":838,"headingWrong":843,"aboutSurveys":270},"1209",[],71,"In Mongolia, of all children a","In Mongolia, of all children aged 7 to 11, how many went to school in 2018?",[834],"gmi 0.71",[836],"gmi 0.4","More than 95% of children aged 7 to 11 went to school in Mongolia in 2018.","Nearly every Mongolian child of primary school age is in a classroom learning. You thought many were at home, in the streets or out working instead!","They wrongly thought that lots of Mongolian children didn't spend their days in a classroom learning but were probably at home, in the streets or out working instead.","Source: Source: UNESCO","The data comes from UNESCO. The ages we use in the question refer to primary school age in that particular country (the ages people attend primary school differ slightly by country). The number used is the percentage of children of that age in the country who are enrolled in school. This number does not show actual school attendance or how many children drop out, just how many are signed up for school. Despite that limitation, five independent experts we contacted said this data is the best available. We also put in big differences between the three options so that the 'correct' answer we use is way more correct than the two other options.\n\nSource link: [Source: UNESCO](https:\u002F\u002Fdata.worldbank.org\u002Findicator\u002FSE.PRM.TENR?locations=MN)","98% of children go to school in Mongolia. But people truly underestimate the share of children in school. It really shows that people have missed important, positive trends in Mongolia.","Children go to school in Mongolia!",{"metadata":845,"sys":848,"fields":857},{"tags":846,"concepts":847},[],[],{"space":849,"id":851,"type":14,"createdAt":852,"updatedAt":852,"environment":853,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":855,"locale":26},{"sys":850},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"52guXNyaiakb1zLjICbDpu","2022-06-22T15:36:46.408Z",{"sys":854},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":856},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":858,"answers":859,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":860,"name":861,"questionText":862,"statistics":863,"veryWrongStatistics":865,"correctSentence":867,"youWereWrong":868,"youWereRight":869,"dataSourceShortText":266,"dataSourceLinkLongText":543,"extendedAnswerText":870,"headingVeryWrong":269,"youWereVeryWrong":868,"headingWrong":269,"aboutSurveys":270},"1210",[],68,"How many babies in Mongolia we","How many babies in Mongolia were vaccinated against some disease in 2020?",[864],"gmi 0.6799999999999999",[866],"gmi 0.38","More than 95% of children were vaccinated against some disease in Mongolia in 2020.","You missed the modernization that means nearly every child in Mongolia is vaccinated.","They missed the modernization that means nearly every baby in Mongolia gets vaccinated.","Basic healthcare has improved a lot in Mongolia, as the vaccination rate of 99% in 2020 shows. This also tells us something about the progress in Mongolia's education and infrastructure. Vaccinating so many children requires good roads for transport, electricity to keep vaccines cold, and educated nurses and parents to ensure they reach the babies. These exist close to the majority of children born in Mongolia nowadays.",{"metadata":872,"sys":875,"fields":884},{"tags":873,"concepts":874},[],[],{"space":876,"id":878,"type":14,"createdAt":879,"updatedAt":879,"environment":880,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":882,"locale":26},{"sys":877},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"1htvLV4s1J69tz9uuqoy4c","2022-06-22T15:36:46.557Z",{"sys":881},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":883},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":113},{"globalId":885,"heading":886,"slug":885,"questions":887,"certificateText":888},"mng-cert","Mongolia Cert",[647,682,719,750,784,814,844],"for answering 100% correct on questions about Mongolia, and thereby proving essential knowledge that most people are wrong about.",{"metadata":890,"sys":893,"fields":900},{"tags":891,"concepts":892},[],[],{"space":894,"id":896,"type":38,"createdAt":897,"updatedAt":897,"environment":898,"publishedVersion":44,"revision":21,"locale":26},{"sys":895},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"FBLEDji0gKb2WG5MAJt6f","2022-06-22T13:29:47.732Z",{"sys":899},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"title":901,"description":47,"file":902},"mn",{"url":903,"details":904,"fileName":907,"contentType":374},"\u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fghhpjogyw4x7\u002FFBLEDji0gKb2WG5MAJt6f\u002F0fb11c1e5aee4ee18f52560385ca9def\u002Fmn.svg",{"size":905,"image":906},537,{"width":372,"height":372},"mn.svg",{"metadata":909,"sys":912,"fields":921},{"tags":910,"concepts":911},[],[],{"space":913,"id":915,"type":14,"createdAt":916,"updatedAt":916,"environment":917,"publishedVersion":622,"revision":21,"contentType":919,"locale":26},{"sys":914},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"1AIKN2CVz3wk81v5qOkAXd","2022-06-22T13:29:48.927Z",{"sys":918},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":920},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":91},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":922,"name":923,"slug":924,"tests":925,"diplomaTest":1098,"icon":1116,"iconDisplayType":375,"topicCategory":376},"prk","North Korea","north-korea",[926],{"metadata":927,"sys":930,"fields":939},{"tags":928,"concepts":929},[],[],{"space":931,"id":933,"type":14,"createdAt":934,"updatedAt":934,"environment":935,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":937,"locale":26},{"sys":932},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"4scWVSTrNsBJSIzml6iHYZ","2022-06-22T13:29:48.969Z",{"sys":936},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":938},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":113},{"globalId":940,"heading":941,"slug":940,"questions":942,"certificateText":47},"prk-t1","Korea, DPRK T1",[943,976,1011,1046,1069],{"metadata":944,"sys":947,"fields":956},{"tags":945,"concepts":946},[],[],{"space":948,"id":950,"type":14,"createdAt":951,"updatedAt":951,"environment":952,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":954,"locale":26},{"sys":949},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"7mM1xiFBuZcmVkyB3GOYfH","2022-06-22T13:29:49.011Z",{"sys":953},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":955},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":957,"answers":958,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":498,"name":959,"questionText":960,"statistics":961,"veryWrongStatistics":964,"correctSentence":969,"youWereWrong":970,"youWereRight":971,"dataSourceShortText":972,"dataSourceLinkLongText":973,"extendedAnswerText":974,"headingVeryWrong":975,"youWereVeryWrong":970,"headingWrong":975},"470",[],"What was the life expectancy i","What was the life expectancy in North Korea in 2019?",[189,962,770,963],"jpn 0.8300000000000001","usa 0.69",[965,966,967,968],"uk 0.21","jpn 0.16","rus 0.4","usa 0.19","Life expectancy in North Korea was around 73 years in 2019.","Since the year 2000, life expectancy in North Korea has risen by 10 years to 73. Like most people, you thought the population can expect to live much shorter lives.","Since the year 2000, life expectancy in North Korea has risen by 10 years to 73. Yet most people thought the population can expect to live much shorter lives.","Source: IHME","Life expectancy is the number of years the average newborn in a population can expect to live if mortality rates in that year continue for the rest of a person’s life. For this question, we have used data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)'s 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study, which are estimates. This data is not collected annually (usually once every 10 years or so) and, as such, some of the countries’ figures may be slightly outdated. If data were available for every country for this year it is quite likely the average life expectancy would be even higher. \n\nSource link: [IHME](http:\u002F\u002Fihmeuw.org\u002F5cy0)","Life expectancy is a measure of the health and development of a nation, and is very often underestimated. Because North Korea is such a secretive place that we know so little about, it is tempting to assume life expectancy is much lower than it really is.","Longer lives for people in North Korea!",{"metadata":977,"sys":980,"fields":989},{"tags":978,"concepts":979},[],[],{"space":981,"id":983,"type":14,"createdAt":984,"updatedAt":984,"environment":985,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":987,"locale":26},{"sys":982},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"4hMDXF6AoIgBwpPkcMYL79","2022-06-22T13:29:49.146Z",{"sys":986},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":988},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":990,"answers":991,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":992,"name":993,"questionText":994,"statistics":995,"veryWrongStatistics":999,"correctSentence":1004,"youWereWrong":1005,"youWereRight":1006,"dataSourceShortText":1007,"dataSourceLinkLongText":1008,"extendedAnswerText":1009,"headingVeryWrong":1010,"youWereVeryWrong":1005,"headingWrong":1010},"471",[],82,"In how many countries does Nor","In how many countries does North Korea have embassies?",[996,997,151,998],"uk 0.8799999999999999","jpn 0.8099999999999999","usa 0.86",[1000,1001,1002,1003],"uk 0.7","jpn 0.24","rus 0.35","usa 0.6","North Korea has embassies in more than 45 countries.","The number of embassies North Korea has shows it is more interested in engaging with the world beyond its borders than you expected.","They expected North Korea to be less interested in engaging with the world beyond its borders.","Source: Embassy Pages","For this question, we use the website Embassy Pages as our main source. Embassy Pages says it gathers information \"from multiple official quality resources. A series of automated and manual data mining, data cleansing and data triangulation procedures are employed to ensure the high quality of our content\". The lists of embassies are updated regularly, but obviously there may be some embassies missing from the list. That is why we cross-check the number of embassies with other sources if possible, preferably those from the country itself.\n\nSource link: [Embassy Pages](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.embassypages.com\u002F)","The many embassies North Korea has in different countries shows it is interested in establishing relationships with the rest of the world. In this sense, people think that North Korea is much less outward facing than it actually is.","Embassies in every 4th country!",{"metadata":1012,"sys":1015,"fields":1024},{"tags":1013,"concepts":1014},[],[],{"space":1016,"id":1018,"type":14,"createdAt":1019,"updatedAt":1019,"environment":1020,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":1022,"locale":26},{"sys":1017},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"30fBH2m0QigowVgFEH9GbU","2022-06-22T13:29:49.297Z",{"sys":1021},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":1023},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":1025,"answers":1026,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":766,"name":1027,"questionText":1028,"statistics":1029,"veryWrongStatistics":1034,"correctSentence":1039,"youWereWrong":1040,"youWereRight":1041,"dataSourceShortText":678,"dataSourceLinkLongText":1042,"extendedAnswerText":1043,"headingVeryWrong":1044,"youWereVeryWrong":1045,"headingWrong":1044},"472",[],"How many UNESCO world heritage","How many UNESCO world heritage sites are there in North Korea?",[1030,1031,1032,1033],"uk 0.8400000000000001","jpn 0.8700000000000001","rus 0.74","usa 0.8",[1035,1036,1037,1038],"uk 0.5","jpn 0.68","rus 0.38","usa 0.45","There are two UNESCO world heritage sites in North Korea.","It joined UNESCO in 1974 and has two world heritage sites, but you assumed it had none.","They assumed North Korea wasn't a member of UNESCO and probably had no designated World Heritage sites.","These figures come directly from UNESCO. It is important to recognize that the UNESCO system of designating world heritage sites is not without controversy. Firstly, there are accustions of favoritism and that poorer countries struggle to have their sites recognized due to a lack of expertize. Next, there is an accusation that it can be used to profit from people's heritage and resources in a way that excludes them. Those issues aside, it is clear that in the right hands (i.e., historic and cultural preservation organizations, and indigenous community development organizations.) the recognition of these sites can be used as a force for good to bring more opportunity for economically depressed communities.\n\nSource link: [UNESCO](https:\u002F\u002Fwhc.unesco.org\u002Fen\u002Fstatesparties\u002Fkp)","The complex of Koguryo Tombs was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2004 and the historic monuments and sites in Kaesong was made one in 2013.","There are UNESCO sites in North Korea!","It joined UNESCO in 1974 and has two world heritage sites, but you assumed it hadn't engaged with this global organization at all.",{"metadata":1047,"sys":1050,"fields":1059},{"tags":1048,"concepts":1049},[],[],{"space":1051,"id":1053,"type":14,"createdAt":1054,"updatedAt":1054,"environment":1055,"publishedVersion":21,"revision":21,"contentType":1057,"locale":26},{"sys":1052},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"4JoLnf1ll92Lnyf57LA3P8","2022-06-22T13:29:49.428Z",{"sys":1056},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":1058},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":1060,"answers":1061,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":830,"name":1062,"questionText":1063,"statistics":1064,"veryWrongStatistics":1065,"correctSentence":1066,"youWereWrong":1067,"youWereRight":1067,"dataSourceShortText":266,"dataSourceLinkLongText":543,"extendedAnswerText":1068,"headingVeryWrong":269,"youWereVeryWrong":1067,"headingWrong":269,"aboutSurveys":270},"1267",[],"How many babies in North Korea","How many babies in North Korea were vaccinated against some disease in 2020?",[834],[866],"More than 95% of children were vaccinated against some disease in North Korea in 2020.","There are only a few subjects about North Korea that are ever on the news and access to basic healthcare isn't one of them.","In 2020, around 99% of babies in North Korea were vaccinated against at least one disease. The data is confirmed by WHO and UNICEF, as North Korea is a member of the international child vaccination programs. North Korea is more closed to foreign media than almost any other country and we rarely see what the society looks like. Most media stories we see and hear are of missile tests or, the regime’s various parades or we might hear of harsh punishments for people who get in trouble with the authorities. Therefore it is no surprise that people assume access to basic healthcare like child vaccinations is limited.",{"metadata":1070,"sys":1073,"fields":1082},{"tags":1071,"concepts":1072},[],[],{"space":1074,"id":1076,"type":14,"createdAt":1077,"updatedAt":1077,"environment":1078,"publishedVersion":21,"revision":21,"contentType":1080,"locale":26},{"sys":1075},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"5izb4MmTvPBk6tmrBTNKtx","2022-06-22T13:29:49.574Z",{"sys":1079},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":1081},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":1083,"answers":1084,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":1085,"name":1086,"questionText":1087,"statistics":1088,"veryWrongStatistics":1090,"correctSentence":1092,"youWereWrong":1093,"youWereRight":1094,"dataSourceShortText":236,"dataSourceLinkLongText":1095,"extendedAnswerText":1096,"headingVeryWrong":1097,"youWereVeryWrong":1093,"headingWrong":1097,"aboutSurveys":270},"1268",[],61,"How many people in North Korea","How many people in North Korea have some access to electricity?",[1089],"gmi 0.61",[1091],"gmi 0.21","Around 45% of people in North Korea have some access to electricity. ","But there are still far more people with electricity access than you imagined.","Nearly half of people in North Korea aren't on the grid. But there are still far more people with electricity access than they imagined.","For this question, the source we use is The Energy Progress Report, which tracks the progress of SDG 7.  The term “access” is defined differently in all their underlying sources. In some extreme cases, households may experience an average of 60 power outages per week and still be listed as “having access to electricity”. We have made sure to avoid using data for countries where experts said the data is particularly unreliable\nand we also use \"more than\" so we avoid using a specific number which may overstate progress. \n\nSource link: [ESMAP](https:\u002F\u002Ftrackingsdg7.esmap.org\u002Fcountry\u002Fdemocratic-peoples-republic-korea)","Today, 45% of people in North Korea have some access to electricity. Back in 2009, it was 26%. It is clear there has been progress, but more needs to be done to bring the number of people in North Korea who are able to light their home, charge their phone and keep their food cool with electricity, up to the global average of 90%.","Half of people in North Korea are not on the grid",{"metadata":1099,"sys":1102,"fields":1111},{"tags":1100,"concepts":1101},[],[],{"space":1103,"id":1105,"type":14,"createdAt":1106,"updatedAt":1106,"environment":1107,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":1109,"locale":26},{"sys":1104},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"2OhqezxVqA2ZMe3UWMOHbW","2022-06-22T13:29:49.710Z",{"sys":1108},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":1110},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":113},{"globalId":1112,"heading":1113,"slug":1112,"questions":1114,"certificateText":1115},"prk-cert","Korea, DPRK Cert",[943,976,1011,1046,1069],"for answering 100% correct on questions about Korea, DPRK, and thereby proving essential knowledge that most people are wrong about.",{"metadata":1117,"sys":1120,"fields":1127},{"tags":1118,"concepts":1119},[],[],{"space":1121,"id":1123,"type":38,"createdAt":1124,"updatedAt":1124,"environment":1125,"publishedVersion":44,"revision":21,"locale":26},{"sys":1122},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"6pqwxPVTwCdgStjjSCAQUg","2022-06-22T13:29:47.716Z",{"sys":1126},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"title":1128,"description":47,"file":1129},"kp",{"url":1130,"details":1131,"fileName":1134,"contentType":374},"\u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fghhpjogyw4x7\u002F6pqwxPVTwCdgStjjSCAQUg\u002F87982e854936b9185a77f601c94703c9\u002Fkp.svg",{"size":1132,"image":1133},496,{"width":372,"height":372},"kp.svg",{"metadata":1136,"sys":1139,"fields":1149},{"tags":1137,"concepts":1138},[],[],{"space":1140,"id":1142,"type":14,"createdAt":1143,"updatedAt":1143,"environment":1144,"publishedVersion":1146,"revision":21,"contentType":1147,"locale":26},{"sys":1141},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"7I34uoik9yxmvJotgQMndz","2022-06-22T13:29:49.751Z",{"sys":1145},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},5,{"sys":1148},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":91},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":1150,"name":1151,"slug":1152,"tests":1153,"diplomaTest":1391,"icon":1409,"iconDisplayType":375,"topicCategory":376},"kor","South Korea","south-korea",[1154],{"metadata":1155,"sys":1158,"fields":1167},{"tags":1156,"concepts":1157},[],[],{"space":1159,"id":1161,"type":14,"createdAt":1162,"updatedAt":1162,"environment":1163,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":1165,"locale":26},{"sys":1160},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"6yHpKosjlMxlHF9AORAoRA","2022-06-22T13:29:49.787Z",{"sys":1164},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":1166},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":113},{"globalId":1168,"heading":1169,"slug":1168,"questions":1170,"certificateText":47},"kor-t1","Korea, Rep. 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There are some differences between them and to avoid overstating how globally impressive a country's universities are, we take the lowest number from the three rankings.\n\nSource link: [QS, Shanghai & THE rankings](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.timeshighereducation.com\u002Fworld-university-rankings\u002F2022\u002Fworld-ranking#!\u002Fpage\u002F0\u002Flength\u002F25\u002Fsort_by\u002Frank\u002Fsort_order\u002Fasc\u002Fcols\u002Fstats\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fwww.topuniversities.com\u002Funiversity-rankings\u002Fworld-university-rankings\u002F2022\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fwww.shanghairanking.com\u002Frankings\u002Farwu\u002F2021 )","When looking at different popular rankings of the 1000 top universities across the world, the one that lists least South Korean universities, the Times Higher Education ranking, still put 19 among the top 1000. The other lists both have 30. Most people have no idea that so many of the best universities in the world can be found in South Korea!","South Korea has world-class universities!",{"metadata":1207,"sys":1210,"fields":1220},{"tags":1208,"concepts":1209},[],[],{"space":1211,"id":1213,"type":14,"createdAt":1214,"updatedAt":1215,"environment":1216,"publishedVersion":1146,"revision":70,"contentType":1218,"locale":26},{"sys":1212},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"3SuNBLFPwUTqVUA2ECPDbT","2022-06-22T13:29:49.980Z","2024-12-16T21:11:15.923Z",{"sys":1217},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":1219},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":1221,"answers":1222,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":1223,"name":1224,"questionText":1225,"statistics":1226,"veryWrongStatistics":1231,"correctSentence":1236,"youWereWrong":1237,"youWereRight":1238,"dataSourceShortText":1239,"dataSourceLinkLongText":1240,"extendedAnswerText":1241,"headingVeryWrong":1242,"youWereVeryWrong":1243,"headingWrong":1242},"474",[],76,"How many people in South Korea","How many people in South Korea consider climate change to be a threat to their country?",[1227,1228,1229,1230],"uk 0.5900000000000001","nga 0.73","kor 0.9099999999999999","jpn 0.83",[1232,1233,1234,1235],"uk 0.31","nga 0.36","kor 0.6","jpn 0.47","Around 80% of people in South Korea consider climate change a major threat to their country.","Climate change is a global problem, yet you thought nearly half of people in South Korea were unconcerned.","Even though climate change is a global problem, they thought many in South Korea were unconcerned.","Source: Vlasceanu et al and Lloyd's Register Foundation","In November 2024, we changed the source for this question to a more recent study and it also mirrored the results from the original survey we used. This particular study is about the beliefs people had in 2023. The questions nearly 60,000 people in 63 countries were asked regarding their beliefs were whether action was necessary to avoid a global catastrophe, whether humans were causing climate change, whether it was a serious threat to humanity, and whether it was a global emergency. This \"belief\" in climate change averaged 86% across those 63 countries. \nThe original data we used came from The Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll. That survey was conducted by Gallup in 2021.\n\n[1] [Madalina Vlasceanu et al, \"Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries\", published in Science Advances in February 2024](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.science.org\u002Fdoi\u002F10.1126\u002Fsciadv.adj5778) \n\n[2] [Our World In Data – More people care about climate change than you think](https:\u002F\u002Fourworldindata.org\u002Fclimate-change-support)\n\n[3]  [The Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll 2021](https:\u002F\u002Fwrp.lrfoundation.org.uk\u002FLRF_2021_report_risk-in-the-covid-age_online_version.pdf)     \n\n[4]  [The Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll 2021 - Climate change Perception Dataset - v2 via Gapminder](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.google.com\u002Fspreadsheets\u002Fd\u002F1OYxxRgJ0N_3TxhdvhNdrnPI2I9CUPOngZpGGKlFhL6A\u002Fedit#gid=501532268) ","Even though most scientists have warned that climate change is a huge threat to the world, many people seem to think that people in South Korea are not really concerned about it. In reality, 54% of South Koreans consider climate change a “very serious threat” and another 41% say it is a “somewhat serious threat” to their country within the next 20 years. That means pretty much everybody is somewhat worried!","Most in South Korea worry about climate change!","Climate change is a global problem, yet you thought a majority in South Korea were unconcerned.",{"metadata":1245,"sys":1248,"fields":1257},{"tags":1246,"concepts":1247},[],[],{"space":1249,"id":1251,"type":14,"createdAt":1252,"updatedAt":1252,"environment":1253,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":1255,"locale":26},{"sys":1250},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"3Lb1sN31Epb2yD9ktnn4pI","2022-06-22T13:29:50.119Z",{"sys":1254},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":1256},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":1258,"answers":1259,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":1260,"name":1261,"questionText":1262,"statistics":1263,"veryWrongStatistics":1268,"correctSentence":1273,"youWereWrong":1274,"youWereRight":1275,"dataSourceShortText":444,"dataSourceLinkLongText":1276,"extendedAnswerText":1277,"headingVeryWrong":1278,"youWereVeryWrong":1274,"headingWrong":1278},"475",[],72,"Of all workers in South Korea,","Of all workers in South Korea, how many work in the public sector?",[1264,1265,1266,1267],"uk 0.87","nga 0.8","kor 0.5700000000000001","jpn 0.63",[1269,1270,1271,1272],"uk 0.49","nga 0.41","kor 0.11","jpn 0.2","Around 9% of all workers in South Korea work in the public sector. ","Like all high-income countries South Korea has a diverse and vibrant private sector which drives growth and creates jobs.","Like all high-income countries, South Korea has a diverse and vibrant private sector which drives growth and creates jobs. ","The data we use for this question comes from the ILO that they get from a country's national accounts. According to the ILO: \"The total public sector employment covers all employment of general government sector as defined in System of National Accounts 1993 plus employment of publicly owned enterprises and companies, resident and operating at central, state (or regional) and local levels of government. It covers all persons employed directly by those institutions, without regard for the particular type of employment contract.\"\n\nSource link: [ILO](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ilo.org\u002Fshinyapps\u002Fbulkexplorer18\u002F?lang=en&segment=indicator&id=PSE_TPSE_GOV_NB_A)","Typically in the public sector in rich countries, most of the jobs relate to education and social care. But in South Korea and Japan, the care sector is much smaller than in other OECD countries, because a lot of that kind of care work is still performed by women taking care of their family members, like they did when the country was poorer.","Most work in the private sector!",{"metadata":1280,"sys":1283,"fields":1292},{"tags":1281,"concepts":1282},[],[],{"space":1284,"id":1286,"type":14,"createdAt":1287,"updatedAt":1287,"environment":1288,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":1290,"locale":26},{"sys":1285},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"3XlOTYn3eTGb4qi7HuAgFM","2022-06-22T13:29:50.283Z",{"sys":1289},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":1291},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":1293,"answers":1294,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":1223,"name":1224,"questionText":1295,"statistics":1296,"veryWrongStatistics":1301,"correctSentence":1306,"youWereWrong":1307,"youWereRight":1308,"dataSourceShortText":478,"dataSourceLinkLongText":1309,"extendedAnswerText":1310,"headingVeryWrong":1311,"youWereVeryWrong":1307,"headingWrong":1311},"476",[],"How many people in South Korea are 65 and older?",[1297,1298,1299,1300],"uk 0.89","nga 0.82","kor 0.61","jpn 0.73",[1302,1303,1304,1305],"uk 0.54","nga 0.47","kor 0.23","jpn 0.35","Around 16% of people in South Korea are aged 65 or older.","It is true that South Korea's population is aging, but nowhere near as much as you imagined.","It is true that South Korea's population is aging, but nowhere near as much as they imagined.","For this question, we use figures from the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects.  There are countries where there is little or no data and the UN use data modelling, but the margins of error are much smaller than the size of the misconceptions people have (as proved if they choose either of the other two answer options).\n\nSource link: [UN](https:\u002F\u002Fpopulation.un.org\u002Fwpp\u002F)","This misconception is not specifically about South Korea, because most people overestimate the number of over 65s almost everywhere – even within their own countries. That’s probably because there is so much talk about the burden of caring for an older population both within their own countries and in others.","One in every six South Koreans is a senior!",{"metadata":1313,"sys":1316,"fields":1325},{"tags":1314,"concepts":1315},[],[],{"space":1317,"id":1319,"type":14,"createdAt":1320,"updatedAt":1320,"environment":1321,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":1323,"locale":26},{"sys":1318},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"3QMkuD6bkRgxpv2mygVI07","2022-06-22T13:29:50.423Z",{"sys":1322},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":1324},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":1326,"answers":1327,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":1328,"name":1329,"questionText":1330,"statistics":1331,"veryWrongStatistics":1332,"correctSentence":1334,"youWereWrong":1335,"youWereRight":1336,"dataSourceShortText":840,"dataSourceLinkLongText":1337,"extendedAnswerText":1338,"headingVeryWrong":1339,"youWereVeryWrong":1340,"headingWrong":1339,"aboutSurveys":270},"1049",[],38,"In South Korea, of all childre","In South Korea, of all children aged 7 to 11, how many went to school in 2017?",[866],[1333],"gmi 0.16","More than 95% of children aged 7 to 11 went to school in South Korea in 2017.","Nearly every Korean child of primary school age is in a classroom learning. You thought many were at home, in the streets or out working instead!","They wrongly thought that lots of Korean children didn't spend their days in a classroom learning but were probably at home, in the streets or out working instead.","The data comes from UNESCO. The ages we use in the question refer to primary school age in that particular country (the ages people attend primary school differ slightly by country). The number used is the percentage of children of that age in the country who are enrolled in school. This number does not show actual school attendance or how many children drop out, just how many are signed up for school. Despite that limitation, five independent experts we contacted said this data is the best available. We also put in big differences between the three options so that the 'correct' answer we use is way more correct than the two other options.\n\nSource link: [Source: UNESCO](https:\u002F\u002Fdata.worldbank.org\u002Findicator\u002FSE.PRM.TENR?locations=KR)","98% of children go to school in South Korea. Children being out of school is rare and that has been the case for many years.","Children go to school in South Korea!","Nearly every Korean child of primary school age is in a classroom learning. You thought most were at home, in the streets or out working instead!",{"metadata":1342,"sys":1345,"fields":1354},{"tags":1343,"concepts":1344},[],[],{"space":1346,"id":1348,"type":14,"createdAt":1349,"updatedAt":1349,"environment":1350,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":1352,"locale":26},{"sys":1347},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"3qJiwwb3xrUqCdEZwh8NLU","2022-06-22T13:29:50.562Z",{"sys":1351},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":1353},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":1355,"answers":1356,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":1357,"name":1358,"questionText":1359,"statistics":1360,"veryWrongStatistics":1362,"correctSentence":1364,"youWereWrong":1365,"youWereRight":1365,"dataSourceShortText":266,"dataSourceLinkLongText":543,"extendedAnswerText":1366,"headingVeryWrong":269,"youWereVeryWrong":1365,"headingWrong":269,"aboutSurveys":270},"1050",[],49,"How many babies in South Korea","How many babies in South Korea were vaccinated against some disease in 2019?",[1361],"gmi 0.49",[1363],"gmi 0.2","More than 95% of children were vaccinated against some disease in South Korea in 2019.","South Korea, like other rich countries, has had the infrastructure and education in place to vaccinate the majority of its population for many years.","In South Korea in 2019, 98% of children were vaccinated against at least one illness. Vaccinating so many children requires good roads for transport, electricity to keep vaccines cold, and educated nurses and parents to ensure they reach the babies. These exist close to the majority of children born in South Korea nowadays.",{"metadata":1368,"sys":1371,"fields":1380},{"tags":1369,"concepts":1370},[],[],{"space":1372,"id":1374,"type":14,"createdAt":1375,"updatedAt":1375,"environment":1376,"publishedVersion":70,"revision":21,"contentType":1378,"locale":26},{"sys":1373},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"6iTlgCTQZsP54jATETyQs5","2022-06-22T13:29:50.706Z",{"sys":1377},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":1379},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":141},{"isHidden":93,"globalId":1381,"answers":1382,"answersAsImages":93,"wrongPercentage":561,"name":1224,"questionText":1383,"statistics":1384,"veryWrongStatistics":1385,"correctSentence":1386,"youWereWrong":1387,"youWereRight":1388,"dataSourceShortText":236,"dataSourceLinkLongText":1389,"extendedAnswerText":1390,"headingVeryWrong":573,"youWereVeryWrong":1387,"headingWrong":573,"aboutSurveys":270},"1051",[],"How many people in South Korea have some access to electricity?",[565],[1333],"More than 95% of people in South Korea have some access to electricity. ","Nearly everyone in South Korea has access to electricity.","They didn't know nearly every person in South Korea is on the grid.","For this question, the source we use is The Energy Progress Report, which tracks the progress of SDG 7.  The term “access” is defined differently in all their underlying sources. In some extreme cases, households may experience an average of 60 power outages per week and still be listed as “having access to electricity”. We have made sure to avoid using data for countries where experts said the data is particularly unreliable\nand we also use \"more than\" so we avoid using a specific number which may overstate progress. \n\nSource link: [ESMAP](https:\u002F\u002Ftrackingsdg7.esmap.org\u002Fcountry\u002Frepublic-korea)","Today, close to 100% of people in South Korea have some access to electricity and that has been the case for many years. South Korea is among the richest countries in the world, with a modern infrastructure and where almost no-one lacks the basics like food, water, electricity and vaccinations.",{"metadata":1392,"sys":1395,"fields":1404},{"tags":1393,"concepts":1394},[],[],{"space":1396,"id":1398,"type":14,"createdAt":1399,"updatedAt":1399,"environment":1400,"publishedVersion":21,"revision":21,"contentType":1402,"locale":26},{"sys":1397},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"4RGKKQRdu6fUbnyewUZhrA","2022-06-22T13:29:50.845Z",{"sys":1401},{"id":18,"type":10,"linkType":19},{"sys":1403},{"type":10,"linkType":24,"id":113},{"globalId":1405,"heading":1406,"slug":1405,"questions":1407,"certificateText":1408},"kor-cert","Korea, Rep. 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