|
Country
|
Morocco | 
Czech Republic |
|
Leader
|
King: King Mohammed VI
|
President: Vaclav Klaus
|
|
Population
|
32,309,239
| 10,177,300
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
76.110 years
| 77.380 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Rabat
| Prague
|
|
Largest city
|
| Casablanca (population: 3,144,910) | Praha (population: 1,165,580) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.646
| 0.897
|
| GDP per capita |
$5,100 US
| $27,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
52.3%
| 99%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
3.5
| 5.2
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
6.2%
| 16%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Petr Kellner ($6.0bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
8.900%
| 8.500%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
constitutional monarchy
| parliamentary democracy
|
|
Independence date
|
2 March 1956 (from France)
| 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%
| Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)
|
| Languages |
Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the language of business, government, and diplomacy
| Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)
|
| Exports |
clothing and textiles, electric components, inorganic chemicals, transistors, crude minerals, fertilizers (including phosphates), petroleum products, citrus fruits, vegetables, fish
| machinery and transport equipment 52%, raw materials and fuel 9%, chemicals 5% (2003)
|
| External Debt |
$28,080,000,000 $
| $101,600,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Moroccan dirhams (MAD) per US dollar - 7.526 (2008 est.), 8.3563 (2007), 8.7722 (2006), 8.865 (2005), 8.868 (2004)
| koruny (CZK) per US dollar - 17.037 (2008 est.), 20.53 (2007), 22.596 (2006), 23.957 (2005), 25.7 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
5.000%
| 1.150%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
2
| 6
|
| Location |
Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara
| Central Europe, southeast of Germany
|
| Area |
446,550 km sq
| 78,867 km sq
|
| Coastline |
1,835 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior
| temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
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