About three-quarters of the population depends on the agricultural sector for its livelihood and the sector provides for about one-fifth of GDP.
That prospect worries the three-quarters of the population who belong to smaller tribes.
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The oil revenues of Equatorial Guinea, where three-quarters of the population live below the poverty line, are a state secret.
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Bank of America's U.S. flag-themed logo is apropos, for the company is the lone nationwide bank: It is in 31 states and the District of Columbia, encompassing three-quarters of the population.
Some three-quarters of the adult population are now in work, close to a record and some ten percentage points higher than in Europe.
More than three-quarters of the Honduran population's daily calorie consumption comes from maize and beans, and Mitch destroyed an estimated 60% of these crops.
Worse, President Chandrika Kumaratunga's plan for a more devolved system of government designed to win over the milder sort of Tamils has not only been rejected by the Tigers but has also run into stiff opposition from many Buddhists, who make up nearly three-quarters of the island's population.
Protesters have taken to the streets, complaining that although three quarters of the population have rejected genetically-modified food, the government consistently supports genetic engineering, supports the biotech companies and doesn't take action on their behalf.
The largest remaining short-wave broadcaster, VOA says it has no plans to junk its transmitters: its short-wave audience has actually grown over the past decade in countries like Myanmar (where it claims a quarter of the adult population listens, and three-quarters in rural areas).
Meanwhile, that Internet growth rolls on: Even though its online population is more than 338 million, three-quarters of the country has yet to use the Internet.
And Spain's cement mixers were on fire: three-quarters of a million homes were built in 2006, half the number in America, whose population is seven times larger.
Opening the debate on 26 March 2012, Mr Vaizey said three quarters of the population of England, Wales and Northern Ireland have access to high-speed broadband.
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