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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)
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  1. ↑ 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
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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. Data source not recorded.
    English: By date.
    Data source not recorded.
  • 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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current18:50, 23 March 2020Thumbnail for version as of 18:50, 23 March 20202,754 × 1,398 (1.06 MB)Martinvl (talk | contribs)Added Samoa as non-metric
03:06, 15 January 2020Thumbnail for version as of 03:06, 15 January 20202,754 × 1,398 (1.06 MB)Cherkash (talk | contribs)updated to the latest version of the base map
04:06, 11 February 2019Thumbnail for version as of 04:06, 11 February 20192,560 × 1,314 (1.06 MB)Cherkash (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 03:18, 11 February 2019 (UTC) - reversing the test uploads
03:54, 11 February 2019Thumbnail for version as of 03:54, 11 February 20192,560 × 1,314 (1.02 MB)Pbrks (talk | contribs)optimizing
03:52, 11 February 2019Thumbnail for version as of 03:52, 11 February 20192,560 × 1,314 (1.31 MB)Pbrks (talk | contribs)testing render issues
03:18, 11 February 2019Thumbnail for version as of 03:18, 11 February 20192,560 × 1,314 (1.06 MB)Cherkash (talk | contribs)trying to force gray coloring even more explicitly
02:59, 11 February 2019Thumbnail for version as of 02:59, 11 February 20192,560 × 1,314 (1.06 MB)Cherkash (talk | contribs)the PNG renderer doesn't seem to render the colors correctly (Antractica et al.) don't get the appropriate color – trying a workaround
02:40, 11 February 2019Thumbnail for version as of 02:40, 11 February 20192,560 × 1,314 (1.06 MB)Cherkash (talk | contribs)updated to the most recent version of the blank map; also updated the countries (there are 3 more: the associated states of the US)
19:22, 7 May 2018Thumbnail for version as of 19:22, 7 May 2018940 × 477 (1.66 MB)Pabloab (talk | contribs)Lands that have adopted the metric system stay green, lands that dos not adopted it colored in red, and Antarctica (neither metric nor other) colored gray (neutral).
19:09, 28 May 2009Thumbnail for version as of 19:09, 28 May 2009940 × 477 (1.66 MB)NYKevin (talk | contribs) Antarctica is not a country (no permanent population) and cannot have a standard system of units; thus it cannot be said to have adopted the metric system.
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