Mauritania

None

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

United Arab Emirates

Western Sahara

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Chad

Comoros

Djibouti

Eritrea

Somalia

Sudan

Sub-Saharan Africa

A world map shows countries where Arabic is an official or de facto language. The countries are highlighted in dark green and include Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Somalia.

Countries where Arabic is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Countries

World

Arabic as Official or de facto Language

Fiji

Marshall Is.

Solomon Is.

Australia & Oceania

Caribbean Netherlands (Neth.)

St. Barthélemy (France)

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Martin (France)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Aruba (Neth.)

Anguilla (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

St. Lucia

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Barbados

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Caribbean

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Macau S.A.R. (China)

China

East Asia

Austria

Belgium

Germany

United Kingdom

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Cyprus

Czechia

Estonia

France

Switzerland

Denmark

Greece

Croatia

Ireland

Malta

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Guernsey (U.K.)

Jersey (U.K.)

Europe

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

New Caledonia (France)

Curaçao (Neth.)

Sint Maarten (Neth.)

United States

North America

Singapore

Philippines

Southeast Asia

Cabo Verde

Guinea-Bissau

Global map shows oil slicks in 1990s, depicted by black-shaded areas along coastlines, notably in East and Southeast Asia, Arabian Peninsula, East and West Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Mediterranean, Western Europe, North Atlantic, and America coastlines.

Generalized historical oil slicks.

Oil Slicks (1990s)

Geosystems: Intro to Physical Geography

Australia

New Zealand

Bermuda (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Jamaica

Trinidad and Tobago

Kazakhstan

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

Japan

Mongolia

Nepal

South Korea

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Finland

Hungary

Iceland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Moldova

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

Greenland (Denmark)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Canada

Mexico

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Indonesia

Malaysia

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

Iran

Israel

Turkey

Angola

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ghana

Guinea

Kenya

Madagascar

Mali

Mozambique

Niger

Rwanda

Senegal

South Africa

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Adult females with a bachelor's degree by country. Dark purple (more than 29 percent) in the U S A and Australia. Medium purple (25 to 29) in Canada. Pink (15 to 24) in Brazil. Light pink (less than 15) in African, Eurasian countries.

The percentage of the female population ages 25 and older that attained or completed Bachelor's degree or equivalent as the highest level of education

World Bank

Adult Females with College Education (Bachelor's)

Percent

Ukraine

Kosovo

Botswana

A world map shows nickel mining locations marked by yellow circles with "N i." Key areas include the U S, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, Russia, Australia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Major clusters are in Canada, Australia, and South Africa.

USGS

Nickel Mines

Arabic as Official or de facto Language	Oil Slicks (1990s)	Adult Females with College Education (Bachelor's)			Nickel Mines
Value	Oil Slicks (1990s)	Class	Rank	Percent	Nickel Mines
	3.94%

	20.2%				3.5
					1
	1.59%				2
					21
	8.49%				4.6
					3.75
	5.14%				23
	2.51%				83.5
	1.19%				3.5
	10.5%				1
	2.42%				11.666666666666666