Slovenia and Kyrgyzstan Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Slovenia	Kyrgyzstan
Leader
President: Danilo Turk	Caretaker president : Roza Otunbayeva
Population
1,996,617	5,496,737
Life Expectancy
77.480 years	69.450 years
Capital City
Ljubljana	Bishkek
Largest city
Ljubljana (population: 255,115)	Bishkek (population: 900,000)
Human Development Index
0.923	0.694
GDP per capita
$29,000 US	$2,400 US
Literacy Rate
99.7%	98.7%
Corruption Perception Index
6.7	1.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
10%	25.6%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
11.800%	8.600%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished except for special circumstances

Political System
parliamentary republic	republic
Independence date
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)	31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Religions
Catholic 57.8%, Muslim 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3%, other Christian 0.9%, unaffiliated 3.5%, other or unspecified 23%, none 10.1% (2002 census)	Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
Languages
Slovenian 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4% (2002 census)	Kyrgyz 64.7% (official), Uzbek 13.6%, Russian 12.5% (official), Dungun 1%, other 8.2% (1999 census)
Exports
manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food	cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, hydropower; machinery; shoes
External Debt
$61,230,000,000 $	$3,601,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.67 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), tolars per US dollar - 190.85 (2006), 192.71 (2005), 192.38 (2004) note: Slovenia adopted the euro as its currency on 1 January 2007	soms (KGS) per US dollar - 36.108 (2008 est.), 37.746 (2007), 40.149 (2006), 41.012 (2005), 42.65 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.700%	0.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
5	2
Location
Central Europe, eastern Alps bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Austria and Croatia	Central Asia, west of China
Area
20,273 km sq	199,951 km sq
Coastline
47 km	0 km
Climate
Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east	dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone

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