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English: Map of countries according to their metrication status, based on Metrication article (English Wikipedia).[1][2][3]
 
Complete
 
Almost complete
 
Partially complete
 
Little adoption
  1. ↑ Ley de Pesas and Medidas del Estado Libre Asociado de Purto Rico: Número de Ley 145 (Law of Weights and Measures of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: Law No. 145) (puerto rican spanish). DACO. Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs (27 June 1968). "Section 3: The system of weights and measures commonly used in the United States of America and the decimal metric system, shall be recognized and used in Puerto Rico for all commercial, industrial and agricultural purposes, to the extent of land and in the documents related thereto. , the unit called "rope" may be used, which shall be understood as an equivalence of 3,930,395625 square meters."
  2. ↑ 11 GCA Finance & Taxation Ch. 2 Weights & Measures. Judiciary of Guam. "The customary system of weights and measures used in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are jointly recognized and either one or both of these systems shall be used for all commercial and governmental purposes in the Territory."
  3. ↑ Buchholz, Katharina (6 June 2019). Only Three Countries in the World (Officially) Still Use the Imperial System. Statista. "The UK is the country stuck in the middle of both systems, being the birthplace of the imperial system itself. Here, metric is partially adopted but miles persist, and people routinely refer to pints, miles per gallon, pounds and even stone in their everyday lives."
Date
  • 6 January 2016 (original upload date)
  • 17 September 2018
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This SVG world map includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this world map:
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  • Metric system uptake for statutory purposes (SVG files)
  • English: By degree. Data from the English Wikipedia Metrication article, the Law of Weights and Measures of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Weights & Measures law of Guam and a June 2019 article by Katharina Buchholz on the Statista statistics portal.
    English: By degree. Data from the English Wikipedia Metrication article, the Law of Weights and Measures of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Weights & Measures law of Guam and a June 2019 article by Katharina Buchholz on the Statista statistics portal.
  • English: By degree. Data from Vera's PhD thesis on metrication in the United States and Mexico (2011).
    English: By degree.
    Data from Vera's PhD thesis on metrication in the United States and Mexico (2011).
  • English: By date (colorblind safe palette). Data from Vera's PhD thesis on metrication in the United States and Mexico (2011).
    English: By date (colorblind safe palette).
    Data from Vera's PhD thesis on metrication in the United States and Mexico (2011).
  • English: By date. Data from NIST (1975) and Vera's PhD thesis on metrication in the United States and Mexico (2011).
    English: By date.
    Data from NIST (1975) and Vera's PhD thesis on metrication in the United States and Mexico (2011).
  • English: By system. Data from Statistica, ANSI, en:Metric Conversion Act, en:Metrication in the United States.
    English: By system.
    Data from Statistica, ANSI, en:Metric Conversion Act, en:Metrication in the United States.
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