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Country
|
Greece | 
Maldives |
|
Leader
|
President: Karolos Papoulias
|
President: Mohamed Nasheed
|
|
Population
|
10,767,827
| 394,451
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.050 years
| 74.690 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Athens
| Male
|
|
Largest city
|
| Athens (population: 729,137) | Male (population: 84,972) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.947
| 0.749
|
| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
| $8,800 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96%
| 96.3%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.7
| 2.8
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.7%
| 12%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
| 14.500%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished in practice
|
| |
|
Political System
|
parliamentary republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
| 26 July 1965 (from UK)
|
| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| Sunni Muslim
|
| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
|
| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
| fish
|
| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
| $943,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| rufiyaa (MVR) per US dollar - NA (2007), 12.8 (2006), 12.8 (2005), 12.8 (2004), 12.8 (2003)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
4.300%
| 5.500%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 0
|
| Location |
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
| Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India
|
| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 298 km sq
|
| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 644 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
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