|
Country
|
Greece | 
Moldova |
|
Leader
|
President: Karolos Papoulias
|
President: Nicolae Timofti
|
|
Population
|
10,767,827
| 3,656,843
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.050 years
| 69.510 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Athens
| Chisinau (Kishinev)
|
|
Largest city
|
| Athens (population: 729,137) | Chisinau (population: 635,994) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.947
| 0.719
|
| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
| $3,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96%
| 99.1%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.7
| 2.9
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.7%
| 21.8%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
| 6.700%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
parliamentary republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
| 27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)
|
| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
|
| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
| foodstuffs, textiles, machinery
|
| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
| $5,200,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| Moldovan lei (MDL) per US dollar - 10.326 (2008 est.), 12.177 (2007), 13.131 (2006), 12.6 (2005), 12.33 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
4.300%
| 0.400%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 1
|
| Location |
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
| Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
|
| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 33,851 km sq
|
| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| moderate winters, warm summers
|
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