|
Country
|
Liberia | 
Tunisia |
|
Leader
|
President: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
|
President: Moncef Marzouki
|
|
Population
|
3,887,886
| 10,732,900
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
57.410 years
| 75.240 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Monrovia
| Tunis
|
|
Largest city
|
| Monrovia (population: 939,524) | Tunis (population: 693,210) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.364
| 0.762
|
| GDP per capita |
$500 US
| $9,600 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
57.5%
| 74.3%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.4
| 4.4
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
13.8%
| 19.9%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
85.000%
| 18.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished in practice
|
| |
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Political System
|
republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
26 July 1847
| 20 March 1956 (from France)
|
| Religions |
Christian 40%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 40%
| Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
|
| Languages |
English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
| Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
|
| Exports |
rubber, timber, iron, diamonds, cocoa, coffee
| clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
|
| External Debt |
$228,000,000 $
| $23,210,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Liberian dollars (LRD) per US dollar - NA (2007), 59.43 (2006), 53.098 (2005), 54.906 (2004), 59.379 (2003)
| Tunisian dinars (TND) per US dollar - 1.211 (2008 est.), 1.2776 (2007), 1.331 (2006), 1.2974 (2005), 1.2455 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.300%
| 1.400%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 1
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone
| Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
|
| Area |
111,369 km sq
| 163,610 km sq
|
| Coastline |
579 km
| 1,148 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers
| temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
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