|
Country
|
Greece | 
Belarus |
|
Leader
|
President: Karolos Papoulias
|
President: Alexander Lukashenko
|
|
Population
|
10,767,827
| 9,643,566
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.050 years
| 71.480 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Athens
| Minsk
|
|
Largest city
|
| Athens (population: 729,137) | Minsk (population: 1,742,120) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.947
| 0.817
|
| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
| $15,200 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96%
| 99.6%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.7
| 2
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.7%
| 32.5%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
| 1.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Legal
|
| |
|
Political System
|
parliamentary republic
| republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship
|
|
Independence date
|
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
| 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
|
| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| Belarusian, Russian, other
|
| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
| machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
|
| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
| $33,730,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| Belarusian rubles (BYB/BYR) per US dollar - 2,130 (2008 est.), 2,145 (2007), 2,144.6 (2006), 2,150 (2005), 2,160.26 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
4.300%
| 1.400%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 19
|
| Location |
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
| Eastern Europe, east of Poland
|
| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 207,600 km sq
|
| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime
|
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