|
Country
|
Greece | 
Argentina |
|
Leader
|
President: Karolos Papoulias
|
President: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
|
|
Population
|
10,767,827
| 42,192,494
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.050 years
| 77.140 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Athens
| Buenos Aires
|
|
Largest city
|
| Athens (population: 729,137) | Buenos Aires (population: 13,076,300) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.947
| 0.86
|
| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
| $17,700 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96%
| 97.2%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.7
| 2.9
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.7%
| 39.8%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| Gregorio Perez Companc & family ($1.8bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
| 7.200%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
parliamentary republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
| 9 July 1816 (from Spain)
|
| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
|
| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
|
| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
| soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat
|
| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
| $136,800,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| Argentine pesos (ARS) per US dollar - 3.1636 (2008 est.), 3.1105 (2007), 3.0543 (2006), 2.9037 (2005), 2.9233 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
4.300%
| 0.800%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 6
|
| Location |
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
| Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
|
| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 2,780,400 km sq
|
| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 4,989 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
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