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.
– Running pace: minutes per mile. Though we do 3K, 5K and 10K too lol.
– 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
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 😆
Sudden-Pea1413 on
American units are just better and feel better. Miles are really easy to understand, there are 3 miles to a league, very good for estimating walking distance and time. But Kilometers? There are 4.8 kilometers in a league, that is much less intuitive…
It is also ridiculous the whole grams thing, I once was baking a recipe that I had to scrap because there was a measure in grams, so idiotic.
Metric is cultural jacobinism, the idea that every aspect of life and culture must be conformed to some globalized homogenization (usually these people say it must be like Europe). You must all dress the same, speak the same, and everyone must be the same it is so soulless.
ekoth on
It would have been less effort to just do a little less research and color everything yellow and “unknown”
Would have been a more valuable map too.
robot-downey-jnr on
No matter which way you measure it, New Zealand sure as fuck ain’t there. At this point I’d rather by left off the map than put in the wrong place.
BoggleHS on
In the uk we value fuel by the litre but measure fuel efficiency by the gallon.
Which means nobody has any idea how much it costs to drive anywhere.
Otherwise-Pirate6839 on
Why the US strongly refuses metric is beyond me. Would make science SO much easier. Keep Fahrenheit for weather and feet/inches for human height if you want; make everything else metric.
Rejnavick on
In Canada the imperial system will die out thankfully.
ElMondiola on
Because of old British influence, in Argentina some things are in imperial. Water and gas pipes, wood planks, for example
angelwolf71885 on
Maps Without New Zealand
brmaf on
The only non metric (International system of units) measure I respect is the pint, cheers.
HeemeyerDidNoWrong on
Most of the world uses inches for TV and monitor sizes, a mix of inches and mm for tire sizes. Then there’s stuff like the Chinese inch which is different but be careful if you buy a Temu measuring device.
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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.
– Running pace: minutes per mile. Though we do 3K, 5K and 10K too lol.
– 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 😆
American units are just better and feel better. Miles are really easy to understand, there are 3 miles to a league, very good for estimating walking distance and time. But Kilometers? There are 4.8 kilometers in a league, that is much less intuitive…
It is also ridiculous the whole grams thing, I once was baking a recipe that I had to scrap because there was a measure in grams, so idiotic.
Metric is cultural jacobinism, the idea that every aspect of life and culture must be conformed to some globalized homogenization (usually these people say it must be like Europe). You must all dress the same, speak the same, and everyone must be the same it is so soulless.
It would have been less effort to just do a little less research and color everything yellow and “unknown”
Would have been a more valuable map too.
No matter which way you measure it, New Zealand sure as fuck ain’t there. At this point I’d rather by left off the map than put in the wrong place.
In the uk we value fuel by the litre but measure fuel efficiency by the gallon.
Which means nobody has any idea how much it costs to drive anywhere.
Why the US strongly refuses metric is beyond me. Would make science SO much easier. Keep Fahrenheit for weather and feet/inches for human height if you want; make everything else metric.
In Canada the imperial system will die out thankfully.
Because of old British influence, in Argentina some things are in imperial. Water and gas pipes, wood planks, for example
Maps Without New Zealand
The only non metric (International system of units) measure I respect is the pint, cheers.
Most of the world uses inches for TV and monitor sizes, a mix of inches and mm for tire sizes. Then there’s stuff like the Chinese inch which is different but be careful if you buy a Temu measuring device.