|
Country
|
Greece | 
Mauritania |
|
Leader
|
President: Karolos Papoulias
|
President: Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz
|
|
Population
|
10,767,827
| 3,359,185
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.050 years
| 61.530 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Athens
| Nouakchott
|
|
Largest city
|
| Athens (population: 729,137) | Nouakchott (population: 661,400) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.947
| 0.557
|
| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
| $2,200 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96%
| 51.2%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.7
| 2.8
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.7%
| 19.9%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
| 30.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished in practice
|
| |
|
Political System
|
parliamentary republic
| military junta
|
|
Independence date
|
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
| 28 November 1960 (from France)
|
| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| Muslim 100%
|
| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| Arabic (official and national), Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof (all national languages), French, Hassaniya
|
| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
| iron ore, fish and fish products, gold, copper, petroleum
|
| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
| $2,816,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| ouguiyas (MRO) per US dollar - NA (2007), 271.3 (2006), 267.04 (2005), 265.8 (2004), 263.03 (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
| Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara
|
| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 1,030,700 km sq
|
| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 754 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty
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