According to the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world's largest companies in 2008, Canada had 69 companies in the list, ranking 5th next to France.

In terms of the 2008 Environmental Performance Index ranking, Costa Rica is 5th in the world, up from the 15th place in 2006.

Dachshunds are one of the most popular pets in the United States, ranking seventh in the 2008 AKC registration statistics.

In the 2008 ARWU ranking, Gothenburg University is ranked in the 201 – 302 range when compared to the top 500 universities in the world.

In 2008 Tanzania had of rail, ranking it 46th in the world by extent of railway system.

According to a survey by Forbes magazine, Istanbul, Turkey's financial capital, had a total of 28 billionaires as of March 2010 ( down from 34 in 2008 ), ranking 4th in the world behind New York City ( 60 billionaires ), Moscow ( 50 billionaires ), and London ( 32 billionaires ).

In 2008 Turkey produced 1, 147, 110 motor vehicles, ranking as the 6th largest producer in Europe ( behind the United Kingdom and above Italy ) and the 15th largest producer in the world.

She has been a regular on FHMs 100 Sexiest Women list since 1996, ranking at # 79 in 2012, # 81 in 2010, # 24 in 2009 and # 27 in 2008.

As of 31 August 2008 there were 303, 492 inhabitants living in the Turku sub-region, ranking it as the third largest urban area in Finland after the Greater Helsinki area and Tampere sub-region.

In 2008 Loveless Academic Magnet Program ( LAMP ) High School was named No. 20 on U. S. News & World Report's Gold Medal List, a nationwide ranking, bringing national attention to the city.

The university's RAE ranking rose from 80th place in 2001 to 59th in 2008, leading it to be described as one of the " rising stars " in the UK.

It was ranked the 1st in mainland China by Chinese University Ranking Chinese university ranking and ranked 1st in mainland China by Netbig in 2010, 2009, 2008.

It was one of five graphic novels to make Entertainment Weeklys " 100 best reads from 1983 to 2008 ", ranking at 46.

Omsk was ranked by Forbes as the 6th-best city in Russia for business in 2008, an improvement over its 20th-place ranking the previous year.

During his reign as world champion, Kramnik never regained the world number-one ranking, doing so only in January 2008 after he had lost the title to Viswanathan Anand ; as in 1996, Kramnik had the same FIDE rating as Anand ( 2799 ) but became number-one due to more games played within the rating period.

Gosnold was first in a 2008 ranking of all Massachusetts communities in terms of total value of real estate per resident.

In 2008, the violent crime Rate for Lowell was 1, 126. 3 per 100, 000 of the population, ranking it the 7th most violent city in Massachusetts right ahead of Boston with 1, 104 per 100, 000 .. Lowell's crime rate has dropped tremendously since the 1990's

In 2008 two years later, Money Magazine changed the town's ranking to 35 out of the top 100 places to live in the United States of America.

In a 2008 ranking of undergraduate programs by Forbes Magazine, Swarthmore was ranked fourth after Princeton, Caltech, and Harvard, respectively.

*** Zeng Qinghong 曾慶紅 / 曾庆红 ( 1939 -; Ji ' an, Jiangxi ; Hakka pronunciation: Tsen Khin Fung ), Vice-President, People's Republic of China, 2003 – 2008 ; Was second in ranking after Hu Jintao in the fourth generation leadership

He regained the world No. 1 ranking again in October 2008.

It is more popular in American cities in 2008, ranking joint tenth ( with American Bulldog ) in Detroit and Orlando, ninth in Los Angeles, a joint seventh in Seattle ( again, with the American Bulldog ), but third in Honolulu, only bested by the Labrador Retriever and the German Shepherd Dog.

The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of with a total population of 522, 522 by January 1, 2008, ranking it as the 5th most populous in Belgium after Brussels, Antwerp, Liège and Ghent.

In June 2008, the new Cambridge City Hall facility opened as the first city hall in Canada to achieve the ranking of gold in the LEED from the Canada Green Building Council.

As of April 24, 2008, the average monthly salary is 75, 000 drams ( about $ 242 US dollars ).

According to the ROA National Statistical Service, the average monthly salary during January-June 2008 is 86, 850 drams ( about $ 287 at the time ).

At the end of the 2008 / 09 season, Chievo had an average crowd attendance of 13, 352.

In both 2008 and 2010, Ellensburg was just slightly more Republican than the statewide average, making it one of the most Democratic cities in Eastern Washington.

During the Fiscal Year 2008, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing delivered 7. 7 billion notes at an average cost of 6. 4 cents per note.

In 2008, the city had the 17th highest average income in Italy.

In the United Kingdom, a study by Flynn ( 2009 ) found that tests carried out in 1980 and again in 2008 show that the IQ score of an average 14-year-old dropped by more than two points over the period.

A study of granite countertops was done ( initiated and paid for by the Marble Institute of America ) in November 2008 by National Health and Engineering Inc of USA, and found that all of the 39 full size granite slabs that were measured for the study showed radiation levels well below the European Union safety standards ( section 4. 1. 1. 1 of the National Health and Engineering study ) and radon emission levels well below the average outdoor radon concentrations in the US.

In other words, even though low average correlations may appear to make hedge funds attractive this may not work in turbulent period, for example around the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008.

Hedge funds posted disappointing returns in 2008, but the average hedge fund return of − 18. 65 % ( the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index return ) was far better than the returns generated by most assets other than cash or cash equivalents.

Most foreign and domestic corporate debt indices also suffered in 2008, posting losses significantly worse than the average hedge fund.

According to Lipper, the average US domestic equity mutual fund decreased 37. 6 % in 2008.

The average annual salary for an on-site worker in 2008 was $ 77, 235.

By comparison, in 2008 Koenigsegg with its staff of 45 produced 18 cars at an average price of US $ 1 million each ; Saab employed 3, 400 workers and made more than 93, 000 cars.

Macedonia's GDP grew by an average of 6 % on a yearly basis until the 2008 economic crisis when its economy contracted with the rest of the world.

An average of twenty-nine roadblocks, almost 4 for every 100 km, were reported from June to September 2008.

This compares very favourably with other sub-Saharan African countries and is largely due to sustained progress in economic conditions ; between 1977 and 2008, growth averaged 4. 6 % compared with a 2. 9 % average in sub-Saharan Africa.

Meditel's focus on lower-income markets impacted their average revenue per user, which fell by 16 %, but the resulting expansion of the customer base helped drive up the country's mobile penetration rate from 65. 7 % in 2007 to 74 % in 2008.

The city also boasts a GDP per capita of 200, 4 % ( 2008 ) of Poland's average.

Thus if the 2008 recession followed the average, the downturn in the stock market would have bottomed around November 2008.

The average nominal salary in Russia was $ 640 per month in early 2008, up from $ 80 in 2000.

EU trade with South Korea exceeded € 65 billion in 2008 and has enjoyed an annual average growth rate of 7. 5 % between 2004 and 2008.

In 2008 the total Spanish public debt ( government debt ) relative to the total GDP was well below the European Union average, and in fact the government budget was in surplus.