|
Country
|
Greece | 
Morocco |
|
Leader
|
President: Karolos Papoulias
|
King: King Mohammed VI
|
|
Population
|
10,767,827
| 32,309,239
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.050 years
| 76.110 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Athens
| Rabat
|
|
Largest city
|
| Athens (population: 729,137) | Casablanca (population: 3,144,910) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.947
| 0.646
|
| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
| $5,100 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96%
| 52.3%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.7
| 3.5
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.7%
| 6.2%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
| 8.900%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished in practice
|
| |
|
Political System
|
parliamentary republic
| constitutional monarchy
|
|
Independence date
|
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
| 2 March 1956 (from France)
|
| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%
|
| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the language of business, government, and diplomacy
|
| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
| clothing and textiles, electric components, inorganic chemicals, transistors, crude minerals, fertilizers (including phosphates), petroleum products, citrus fruits, vegetables, fish
|
| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
| $28,080,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| Moroccan dirhams (MAD) per US dollar - 7.526 (2008 est.), 8.3563 (2007), 8.7722 (2006), 8.865 (2005), 8.868 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
4.300%
| 5.000%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 2
|
| Location |
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
| Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara
|
| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 446,550 km sq
|
| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 1,835 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior
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