1 2 Yerevan 4 3 Aragatsotn 385 2 Ararat 320 3 Armavir 384 0 Gegharkunik 392 10 Lori 132 12 Kotayk 142 4 Shirak 200 4 Syunik 221 515 Vayots Dzor 206 0 Tavush 182 4 Source: armstat.am
Salpi Ghazarian: On Armenia, Diaspora and Missing Ideologies
Recently, Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobian appealed to Armenian youth around the world to come and serve in Armenia’s army, as is done in Israel. In an interview with Capital Daily, Salpi Ghazarian, Director of the Civilitas Foundation, says that
Money transfers to Armenia by individuals in Jan-Sep, mln USD
Total from Russia from USA 2010 431 272 52 2009 519 367 59 2008 649 485 71 2007 901 727 60 2006 1,205 1,003 47 2005 786 629 42 2004 886 722 48 Source: cba.am Ընդամենը
Calendar days required to deal with construction permits in 2010
Armenia 137 Azerbaijan 207 Georgia 7 Slovenia 63 Singapore 2 Source: doingbusiness.org
Exports (1) and Trade Balance (2) in bln USD, Jan-Sep.
1 2 2010 0.7 -2.0 2009 0.5 -1.8 2008 0.8 -2.3 2007 0.8 -1.4 2006 0.7 -0.8 Source: armstat.am
GDP growth, September compared to August
2010 -24.6% 2009 +4.8% 2008 +2.4% 2007 +0.4% 2006 +26.3% 2005 +14.7% Source: armstat.am
Books borrowed from libraries in 2009, per capita
Yerevan 0.98 Ararat 2.25 Gegharkunik 4.16 Syunik 5.50 Armenia 3.39 Source: armstat.am
2009 State Budget Spending per Resident, USD
Armenia 802 Azerbaijan 1,485 Georgia 733 Finland 6,238 Sources: armstat.am, azstat.org, cbar.az, geostat.ge, stat.fi, bof.fi
Crimes per 100,000 population in Jan-Aug
2010 316 2009 290 2008 180 2007 178 2006 206 Source: armstat.am
Poverty rate (1) and Poverty line (2) in 2008
1 2 Armenia 23.5 % $ 82.3 Azerbaijan 13.2 % $ 87.5 Georgia 22.1 % $ 53.7 Sources: armstat.am, azstat.org, cled.az, geostat.ge, unicef.org