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Description

English: Adoption of the metric system of units.^[1]

Countries which have officially adopted the metric system

Countries which either have not officially adopted the metric system or have officially adopted the metric system, but use is voluntary (USA, Myanmar, Liberia, Samoa, and 3 associated states of the US: Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and Marshall Islands)

Territories without permanent population and government (incl. Antarctica) (neutral, no official policy)

Español: Adopción del sistema métrico.^[1]

Países que han adoptado oficialmente el sistema métrico

Países que no han adoptado oficialmente el sistema métrico o han adoptado oficialmente el sistema métrico, pero el uso es voluntario (Estados Unidos, Birmania, Liberia, Samoa, así como tres Estados asociados con EE. UU.: Palaos, Estados Federados de Micronesia e Islas Marshall)

Territorios sin población ni gobierno permanentes (incluida la Antártida) (neutral, sin normatividad oficial)

Data

↑ ^a ^b Vera, Hector (2011-09) The Social Life of Measures: Metrication in the United States and Mexico, 1789–2004 (PhD)^[1] (in English), The New School for Social Research of The New School

Date

Original version: 2009-03-18

Source

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Author

Authors of BlankMap-World.svg / NYKevin, Pabloab, Cherkash, Martinvl

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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 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 system.
Data from Statistica, ANSI, en:Metric Conversion Act, en:Metrication in the United States.