Armenia 159 Azerbaijan 103 Georgia 61 Turkey 75 Russia 105 UK 16 Denmark 13 *measured across 183 economies based on the total tax rate, time taken to comply, and number of tax payments Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Survey 2011
Percentage of population who borrow money for food each month
More Facts for Thought 2009 2010 Armeina 18.4 29.1 Azerbaijan 10.2 14.3 Georgia 21.3 17.4 Source: CRRC CB 2009-2010
Percentage of women in national parliaments
2002 2010 Armenia 3 9 Azerbaijan 11 11 Georgia 7 7 Turkey 4 9 Russia 8 14 Sweden 43 45 Source: worldbank.org
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Tourist arrivals
2005 2010 Armenia 319,000 684,000 Azerbaijan 693,000 1,280,000 Georgia 560,000 2,033,000 More Facts for Thought Sources: armstat.am, azstat.org, gnta.ge
Number of forest fires (1) and forest-covered area fires in Armenia, hectare (2)
1 2 2008 8 15.2 2009 17 7.5 2010 49 775.1 Source: armstat.am
Real wages in Armenia (nominal wages adjusted to level of inflation), AMD
2008 80,189 2009 92,862 2010 100,591 2011* 96,878 * FebruarySource: armstat.am
Share of agriculture* in GDP (1) and increase in the sector compared to the previous year (2)
1 2 2007 18.0% +10.2% 2008 15.9% +1.4% 2009 16.6% -0.1% 2010 16.9% -13.4% *Data also includes hunting, forestry, fishing, fish-breedingSource: armstat.am
Strength of investor protection index*
2005 2010 Armenia 5.0 5.0 Azerbaijan 4.3 6.7 Georgia 4.0 6.7 * The index ranges from 0 to 10, with higher values indicating more investor protection.Source: doingbusiness.org
Foreign direct investment inflow (1) and outflow (2), mln USD
1 2 2008 935.4 10.2 2009 906.2 52.7 2010 693.4 8.3 Source: armstat.am