Only three countries—the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar—officially use the imperial system for measurements like inches, feet, miles, and Fahrenheit. Liberia and Myanmar are gradually moving toward metrication, but the U.S. remains the world’s main stronghold of imperial units.
chase25 on
In the UK we decide on the day which system to use, sometimes switching mid-day as it keeps life exciting.
Faelchu on
The US uses US customary, not imperial, despite the commonly held referencing of imperial in the US. Imperial has units not used in the US and US customary has units not used in Imperial. Then there are US units that are used in imperial, but they do not measure the same (particularly in volume). Further, you have Ireland labeled as entirely metric, yet the sale of things like pints and pounds is extremely frequent and most people still measure their heights and weights in feet and inches and stones and pounds. I rate this map maybe 3/10.
StoneRaizer on
I’m in Canada. I know my height and weight in imperial but not metric, golf distance in yards and feet, vehicle speed and distance in kilometres.
luxtabula on
I’ve been to Jamaica enough to know it should be purple. metric is official like in the UK and Canada but imperial still is used on a day to day basis.
gensererme on
What do you mean “unknown”, they’re not aliens
Lunar_denizen on
Really the US should be purple here. In the household we use customary, so cooking, driving distances, construction, air temperature and so on. The other side is science and industry which heavily utilized metric. Engineering, chemistry, physics etc. all use metric.
6502zx81 on
Title: Metric or Imperial. On it: Not a single country using imperial.
glucklandau on
Not completely true for India.
Liquids are always metric.
Lengths depend. Paper? cm. Human height: Inches traditionally. Geography: km
Weights metric
But we use a different system of counting: Thousand, lakhs, crores
100,000 is one lakh or 1,00,000.
1m is 10 lakhs
100 lakhs is 1 crore or 1,00,00,000
We do it so percentages are easy
La-de on
As an American using Imperial, I’m decent with understanding Metric distances but have no concept of metric weight or temperature.
dreamnbinary on
In Honduras we use metric and imperial simultaneously.
runningoutofwords on
The US is a mixed system as well, to be honest.
Ryanaissance on
I don’t see blue countries measuring weight in the SI units of force, nor temperature in its SI units…
ttombombadillo on
In Russia, metric systems, thanks to communist, got incorporated really well, even though Russia had it’s own traditional measurement system. Metric system incorporated even in phraseologism, like „I can smell/see it from a versta“ to „I can smell/see it from a kilometer“
ButterscotchSure6589 on
I buy my petrol in litres to drive 15 miles to the supermarket to buy a kilo of beef and 4 pints of milk. Then I go to the pub to buy a pint of beer, a 175 cl glass of whine followed by 50ml of gin.
Crimson__Fox on
The UK uses the imperial system for road distances, road speed limits, beer volume and milk volume. Also human height and human weight in casual speech. Everything else is metric.
Jackspladt on
What does it mean by “unknown”, can’t we just go ask them?
creeper321448 on
Belize full-on uses the imperial system.
I have a friend from Myanmar and actually asked once. They use a mix of metric, Imperial, and Their own system.
So example: They buy food in their traditional units of weight, but weigh humans in lbs
Speed is km/h but people do distance in miles
Stores sell things by the traditional units if it’s length
People do height in feet and inches
Celsius for temp but people still understand Fahrenheit since this only changed VEEERY recently
Liquids use a mix of all 3.
Some-Air1274 on
For clarity. This is how it works in Northern Ireland. We’re different to ROI in that we do not use kilometres:
– Speed: miles per hour.
– Distance: miles, metres and yards.
– Weight of baby food: ounces and fluid ounces.
– Body weight: lbs, stones and kgs. Mostly stones.
– Height: feet and inches. (I have no clue what my height is in cm).
– Car fuel tank capacity: litres.
– Car fuel usage: miles per gallon.
– Weight of food in the supermarket: grams.
– Milk: pints or litres.
– Weight of dumbbells: KG.
– Elevation: feet or metres.
So it really depends. I can use both measurements and am used to our system.
I think the imperial system is better for certain things such as distance.
TourDuhFrance on
If Canada is purple spent the UK also be purple?
Edit: Clearly I need to check my prescription.
Sudden-Pea1413 on
Myanmar is not „unknown“ the map maker is just lazy
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Only three countries—the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar—officially use the imperial system for measurements like inches, feet, miles, and Fahrenheit. Liberia and Myanmar are gradually moving toward metrication, but the U.S. remains the world’s main stronghold of imperial units.
In the UK we decide on the day which system to use, sometimes switching mid-day as it keeps life exciting.
The US uses US customary, not imperial, despite the commonly held referencing of imperial in the US. Imperial has units not used in the US and US customary has units not used in Imperial. Then there are US units that are used in imperial, but they do not measure the same (particularly in volume). Further, you have Ireland labeled as entirely metric, yet the sale of things like pints and pounds is extremely frequent and most people still measure their heights and weights in feet and inches and stones and pounds. I rate this map maybe 3/10.
I’m in Canada. I know my height and weight in imperial but not metric, golf distance in yards and feet, vehicle speed and distance in kilometres.
I’ve been to Jamaica enough to know it should be purple. metric is official like in the UK and Canada but imperial still is used on a day to day basis.
What do you mean “unknown”, they’re not aliens
Really the US should be purple here. In the household we use customary, so cooking, driving distances, construction, air temperature and so on. The other side is science and industry which heavily utilized metric. Engineering, chemistry, physics etc. all use metric.
Title: Metric or Imperial. On it: Not a single country using imperial.
Not completely true for India.
Liquids are always metric.
Lengths depend. Paper? cm. Human height: Inches traditionally. Geography: km
Weights metric
But we use a different system of counting: Thousand, lakhs, crores
100,000 is one lakh or 1,00,000.
1m is 10 lakhs
100 lakhs is 1 crore or 1,00,00,000
We do it so percentages are easy
As an American using Imperial, I’m decent with understanding Metric distances but have no concept of metric weight or temperature.
In Honduras we use metric and imperial simultaneously.
The US is a mixed system as well, to be honest.
I don’t see blue countries measuring weight in the SI units of force, nor temperature in its SI units…
In Russia, metric systems, thanks to communist, got incorporated really well, even though Russia had it’s own traditional measurement system. Metric system incorporated even in phraseologism, like „I can smell/see it from a versta“ to „I can smell/see it from a kilometer“
I buy my petrol in litres to drive 15 miles to the supermarket to buy a kilo of beef and 4 pints of milk. Then I go to the pub to buy a pint of beer, a 175 cl glass of whine followed by 50ml of gin.
The UK uses the imperial system for road distances, road speed limits, beer volume and milk volume. Also human height and human weight in casual speech. Everything else is metric.
What does it mean by “unknown”, can’t we just go ask them?
Belize full-on uses the imperial system.
I have a friend from Myanmar and actually asked once. They use a mix of metric, Imperial, and Their own system.
So example: They buy food in their traditional units of weight, but weigh humans in lbs
Speed is km/h but people do distance in miles
Stores sell things by the traditional units if it’s length
People do height in feet and inches
Celsius for temp but people still understand Fahrenheit since this only changed VEEERY recently
Liquids use a mix of all 3.
For clarity. This is how it works in Northern Ireland. We’re different to ROI in that we do not use kilometres:
– Speed: miles per hour.
– Distance: miles, metres and yards.
– Weight of baby food: ounces and fluid ounces.
– Body weight: lbs, stones and kgs. Mostly stones.
– Height: feet and inches. (I have no clue what my height is in cm).
– Car fuel tank capacity: litres.
– Car fuel usage: miles per gallon.
– Weight of food in the supermarket: grams.
– Milk: pints or litres.
– Weight of dumbbells: KG.
– Elevation: feet or metres.
So it really depends. I can use both measurements and am used to our system.
I think the imperial system is better for certain things such as distance.
If Canada is purple spent the UK also be purple?
Edit: Clearly I need to check my prescription.
Myanmar is not „unknown“ the map maker is just lazy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_units_of_measurement
I’m English and use miles per hour and feet to measure height.
I also do everything else in metric and I’m so happy I do 😆