The Trade Structure Between Turkey and Norway
ECON 353
INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS I
TERM PROJECT
“The Trade Structure Between Turkey and Norway”
TAHA SANTALU 1723436 23 January 2012
KINGDOM OF NORWAY
•Official language: Norwegian (Bokmal and Nynorsk) •Demonym: Norwegians •Area: 385,199 sq. km (water 7.0 %) •Population: 4,885,240 (2010) •Density: 12.5/ sq. km
•Annual population growth rate: 1.3 %
•Capital: Oslo (population: 599,230) •Other cities: Bergen (260,392), Trondheim (173,486)
•Terrain: Rugged with high plateaus, steep fjords, mountains and fertile valleys.
•Climate: Temperate along the coast, colder inland.
•GDP (nominal 2010): $412,989,604,299 •GDP Per Capita (nominal 2010): $84,538.2
•GDP PPP (2010): $277,941 million •GDP per capita PPP (2010): $53,738 •Annual GDP growth rate: 2.9 % (2010)
•Unemployment (2010): 3.4 % •Gini (2008): 25.8 (low) (5th)
•HDI (2011): 0.943 (very high) (1st) •Exchange Rate: $1=5.8861 Kroner (December 2011)
•Education: 10 years compulsory •Literacy: 100 %
•Current Account Balance (2010): 53,243 US$ •Current Acc. Bal. per GDP (2010): 12.4%
•Work force (2011, 2.6 million): Legislators, senior officials, and managers 6%; professionals 13%; technicians and associate professionals 25.3%; clerks 6.8%; service workers and market sales workers 24%; agricultural, forestry, and fishery workers 2.2%; craft and related trades workers 10.2%; plant and machine operators and assemblers 7.1%; other occupations and unspecified 5.2%.
•Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, titanium, pyrites, nickel, fish, timber, hydropower.
•Agriculture: Products--dairy, livestock, grain (barley, oats, wheat), potatoes and other vegetables, fruits and berries,
INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS I
TERM PROJECT
“The Trade Structure Between Turkey and Norway”
TAHA SANTALU 1723436 23 January 2012
KINGDOM OF NORWAY
•Official language: Norwegian (Bokmal and Nynorsk) •Demonym: Norwegians •Area: 385,199 sq. km (water 7.0 %) •Population: 4,885,240 (2010) •Density: 12.5/ sq. km
•Annual population growth rate: 1.3 %
•Capital: Oslo (population: 599,230) •Other cities: Bergen (260,392), Trondheim (173,486)
•Terrain: Rugged with high plateaus, steep fjords, mountains and fertile valleys.
•Climate: Temperate along the coast, colder inland.
•GDP (nominal 2010): $412,989,604,299 •GDP Per Capita (nominal 2010): $84,538.2
•GDP PPP (2010): $277,941 million •GDP per capita PPP (2010): $53,738 •Annual GDP growth rate: 2.9 % (2010)
•Unemployment (2010): 3.4 % •Gini (2008): 25.8 (low) (5th)
•HDI (2011): 0.943 (very high) (1st) •Exchange Rate: $1=5.8861 Kroner (December 2011)
•Education: 10 years compulsory •Literacy: 100 %
•Current Account Balance (2010): 53,243 US$ •Current Acc. Bal. per GDP (2010): 12.4%
•Work force (2011, 2.6 million): Legislators, senior officials, and managers 6%; professionals 13%; technicians and associate professionals 25.3%; clerks 6.8%; service workers and market sales workers 24%; agricultural, forestry, and fishery workers 2.2%; craft and related trades workers 10.2%; plant and machine operators and assemblers 7.1%; other occupations and unspecified 5.2%.
•Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, titanium, pyrites, nickel, fish, timber, hydropower.
•Agriculture: Products--dairy, livestock, grain (barley, oats, wheat), potatoes and other vegetables, fruits and berries,
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