President: Dr Nicholas Liverpool Prime minister: Roosevelt Skerrit
Population
10,767,827
73,126
Life Expectancy
80.050 years
76.180 years
Capital City
Athens
Largest city
Athens (population: 729,137)
Roseau (population: 16,571)
Human Development Index
0.947
0.797
GDP per capita
$26,600 US
Literacy Rate
96%
94%
Corruption Perception Index
4.7
6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
14.7%
19.4%
Wealthiest Citizens
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
17.300%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Legal
Political System
parliamentary republic
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
Religions
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
Roman Catholic 61.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.6%, none 6.1% (2001 census)
Languages
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
English (official), French patois
Exports
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
External Debt
$583,300,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
4.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
4
0
Location
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
Area
131,957 km sq
751 km sq
Coastline
13,676 km
148 km
Climate
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
