(1) (2) 2006 1.2 18.9% 2008 1.6 13.2% 2010 3.3 35.1% Source: armstat.am
Money transfers to Armenia by individuals, mln USD
Total Of which from Russia 2004 761 436 2006 1,238 766 2008 2,271 1,462 2010 1,627 1,114 Source: cba.am
Cost of city living: ranking out of 214 cities – 2011*
Yerevan 167 Baku 48 Tbilisi 191 Moscow 4 Paris 27 Berlin 84 *from 1 (the costliest) to 214 (the least expensive)Source: mercer.com
Life satisfaction of population, %
Armenia 22% Azerbaijan 42% Georgia 25% Russia 43% Slovenia 60% Turkey 50% Source: ebrd.com, survey 2010
Global innovation index – 2011*
Armenia 69 Azerbaijan 88 Georgia 73 Russia 56 Iran 95 Turkey 65 *Rank out of 125 countries, measured by the following categories: institutions, human capital and research, infrastructure, market and business sophistication, as well as scientific and creative outputs Source:
Forest area as a % of land area – 2010
Armenia 9.2% Azerbaijan 11.3% Georgia 39.5% Finland 72.9% Source: worldbank.org
Distrust of TV journalists – 2010, %
Armenia 27,7 Azerbaijan 14,6 Georgia 15,7 Source: CRRC CB 2010
Number of convicts per 100 000 population – 2010
Armenia 135 Azerbaijan 157 Georgia 433 Sources: armstat.am, azstat.org, geostat.ge
Country risk assessment* – 2011
Armenia 69 Azerbaijan 78 Georgia 76 Turkey 54 Russia 57 Sweden 5 UK 16 Sources: euromoney.com, cba.am* Rank out of 100 countries, measured by six categories: political risk (30%), economic performance (30%) and structural assessment (10%), dept indicators (10%), credit ratings
In the Run-up to Kazan…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2mo7RLCOpo