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Country
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Greece |
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Leader
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President: Karolos Papoulias
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Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Prime minister: Denzil Douglas
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Population
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10,767,827
| 50,726
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Life Expectancy
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80.050 years
| 74.840 years
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Capital City
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Athens
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Largest city
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| Athens (population: 729,137) | Basseterre (population: 12,920) |
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Human Development Index
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0.947
| 0.83
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| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
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Literacy Rate
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96%
| 97.8%
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Corruption Perception Index
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4.7
| NA
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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14.7%
| 6.7%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| NA
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| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Legal
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Political System
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parliamentary republic
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
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| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
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| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| English
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| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
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| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
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| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
4.300%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 0
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| Location |
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
| Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago
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| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 261 km sq
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| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 135 km
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| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| tropical, tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
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