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

83

0.759

Armenia

950

36

64

100

0.732

Georgia

830

48

52

101

0.729

Azerbaijan

810

50

50

 

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

62

0.756

Armenia

74.7

68.0

99.2

99.7

N/a

n/a

Georgia

74.3

66.6

993/

99

77

0.725

Azerbaijan

70.5

63.2

98.2

99.5

 

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

62

0.756

Armenia

13

6

9

N/a

n/a

Georgia

11

12

11

77

0.725

Azerbaijan

124

10

11

 

Gender- Related
Development Index
(GDI) 1

Country

Estimated earned
income

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

62

0.756

Armenia

3,026

4,352

0.70

5.3

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

1/ UNDP Human Development Report, 2005

2/ World Bank, World Development Indicators, 2004

3/ According to the State Department of Statistics, 2004

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

 

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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