updated: 5 March, 2007
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General country information

Human Development
Index (HDI) 1
Country
Gross National Income
(GNI) per capita
($) 2
Population
(%) 2
Rank
Value
Rural Urban
1
0.963
Norway
43,350
21
79
72
0.780
Albania
1,740
56
44
100
0.732
Georgia
830
48
52
101
0.729
Azerbaijan
810
50
50
115
0.671
Moldova, Rep. of
590
54
46

 

Gender-related developmentĀ 

Gender- Related
Development
Index (GDI) 1

Country
Life expectancy at birth 1
Adult literacy
rate 1
Rank
Value
Female
Male
Female
Male
1
0.960
Norway
81.9
76.8
99
99
56
0.776
Albania
76.7
71.0
98.3
99.2
n/a
n/a
Georgia
74.3
66.6
993
99
77
0.725
Azerbaijan
70.5
63.2
98.2
99.5
91

0.668

Moldova, Rep. of
71.3

63.9

95.0

97.5

 

Gender- Related
Development
Index (GDI) 1

Country

Unemployment 2

Rank

Value

Female

Male

Total

1
0.960

Norway

4
4
4
56
0.776
Albania
28
19
23

n/a

n/a

Georgia

11

12

11

77

0.725

Azerbaijan

124

10

11

91

0.668

Moldova, Rep. of

6

9

7

 

Gender- Related
Development
Index (GDI) 1
Country
Estimated earned
income 1
Ratio of estimated
Female to
male income 1
Seats in
parliament 
Women
(% of total)1
Rank
Value
Female
Male
1
0.960
Norway
32,272
43,148
0.75
38.2
56
0.776
Albania
3,266
5,836
0.56
6.4
n/a
n/a
Georgia
1,566
3,715
0.42
9.4
77
0.725
Azerbaijan
2,683
4,591
0.58
10.5
91
0.668
Moldova, Rep. of
1,200
1,850
0.65
15.8

 

1/ UNDP Human Development Report, 2005

2/ World Bank, World Development Indicators, 2004

3/ State Department of Statistics, 2004

4/ According to the results of a Labour Force Survey, State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan Republic, Baku, 2003)

IFAD country profiles
Contact information

Ms. Lenyara Khayasedinova
Programme Coordinator
Gender Mainstreaming Programme for Central, Eastern Europe and Newly Independent States
IFAD
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 0654592686
Fax: +39 0654593686
l.khayasedinova@ifad.org