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World Map showing Metrication, colour-coded by year of conversion. Using data from USMA (U.S. Metric Association) here.
(Note regarding the United Kingdom and the United States: Data indicates UK was metric in the 1960s - they made a decision to go metric in the 1960s and made a legal commitment to do so in 1973 as part of its conditions for membership in the EEC (now the EU), but then did little about the decision. The UK now uses a combination of metric and imperial however, and it is illegal to sell products weighed only in imperial measurements but imperial may be shown alongside metric weights; imperial measurements have not been taught in schools since the 1970s either. The European Union no longer requires the United Kingdom to convert completely to metric. This is similar to the situation occurring in the US, where metric is the 'official' system for lengths and weights, though its metrication process has been very slow due to public pressure and lack of funding.)
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| 13:49, 25 July 2006 | 1,357×700 (28 KB) | Roke | (World Map showing Metrication, color-coded by year of conversion. Using data from USMA (U.S. Metric Association) here. (Note regarding the United Kingdom and the United States: Data indicates UK was metric in the 1960s - they made a decision to go metric) |
