Fast facts about the 56 UNECE countries

• Did you know that 46% of Armenia’s population is employed in the agricultural sector?

• Did you know that in 2005, exports of goods and services accounted for 87.1% of Belgium's GDP?

• Did you know that Iceland has the lowest youth unemployment rate (7.2%) within the UNECE nations?

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s Statistical Division has developed and recently released a new fast fact guide - UNECE Countries in Figures 2007 . Each and every UNECE country in Europe, North America, the Caucasus, and Central Asia^* has a two-page profile of social and economic indicators.

Data is presented for the most recent whole year available. The latest data is available on-line through the UNECE Statistical Database (http://www.unece.org/stats/data ).

The UNECE Statistical Database contains internationally comparable statistics, and is regularly updated by statistical experts. UNECE Countries in Figures 2007 provides an example of the types of data available in that database.

This publication is also intended for readers who are not so familiar with statistical terms or with interpreting statistical tables. It includes explanations of the terminology used, and translations of that terminology into French and Russian.

This fast fact guide can be purchased through the United Nations bookshops in Geneva and New York, or at the email address: unogbookshop@unog.ch. The publication may also be obtained from distributors of United Nations publications: https://unp.un.org/howto_distributors.aspx.

Please visit the UNECE Countries in Figures 2007 website for further information and sample country profiles: http://www.unece.org/stats/profiles2007.

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^*Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uzbekistan.