Working Women
Women in the Workforce 🇮🇳🇺🇸
Women in the Workforce 🇮🇳🇺🇸
| # | Country | Female labor force participation rate (% of women 15+, ILO modeled estimate) (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 United States | 56.34 | 2025 |
| 2 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 53.03 | 2025 |
| 3 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 40.81 | 2025 |
| 4 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 33.57 | 2025 |
| 5 | 🇮🇳 India | 32.42 | 2025 |
United States leads this card at 56.34, with India at 32.42. The gap is 23.92 %. United States is 1.74 times India.
Gulf reforms pulled women into jobs: the UAE now nearly matches the US, and Saudi women out-participate Indian women. Italy stays lower than the UAE.
Source: ILO modeled estimates via World Bank, World Development Indicators (SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS) See the source.
The game that became chess
Which country invented the game that became chess?
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The game that became chess | IND |
The pieces Western chess still uses started in India as chaturanga. Persia renamed it shatranj, so Iran looks like the source, and Europe learned the game from there. China's xiangqi is a cousin, with a river and cannons, not the parent.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chess See the source.
Algebra
Which country invented algebra?
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Algebra | IRN |
Al-Khwarizmi's book, al-jabr, gave algebra its name. Historians call him Persian, so the country is Iran. He was born in Khwarazm, in today's Uzbekistan, and he wrote the book in Baghdad, in today's Iraq. Greece had geometry, which is why it looks right. This is the book that named the subject, not the first time anyone solved for an unknown.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, al-Khwarizmi See the source.
Not Just the UK
English speakers, leaving out the United States
| # | Country | People who speak English (English speakers) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇮🇳 India | 269,800,000 |
| 2 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 125,039,688 |
| 3 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 108,044,691 |
| 4 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 85,968,611 |
| 5 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 70,117,935 |
India has 269.8 million English speakers on this list, just behind the United States at 299.3 million, which is left off. Nigeria (125.0 million) has more than Pakistan (108.0 million). Indonesia (86.0 million) has more than the Philippines (70.1 million) and the United Kingdom (63.7 million), so the UK does not make this five. The counts are people who say they speak English, and the census years differ.
Source: Wikipedia, List of countries by English-speaking population, total English speakers column See the source.