I reckon that Slovenia has to be the quiet achiever of very small bunch of countries that used to be poor and now aren't. It has per capita GDP of US$23,000 which is way near the top. GINI index of 28. Yes. That's right. Only 28. 100% literacy. Life expectancy of 77 years. Infant mortality lower than Australia. And all of this with government expenditure at a hefty 43% of GDP. Who says that governments are evil and drag down the infant mortality stats with all that baby eating? Slovenia is living proof of how much fun a bloated bureaucracy can really be.
So good on you Slovenia. I'm usually a sucker for the heart-warming socialist story. But your capitalist rags to riches epic is a fine effort too. And really, with a GINI of 28 who the hell am I to question your methods.
But maybe Slovenia is becoming a little like Coruscant.
Wil / 4:06am / 30 August 2007
I suppose it is possible that the stats don’t tell you absolutely everything. I doubt it will be long before the CIA World Fact Book has a Coruscan Likeness Index.
Ryan / 8:58am / 30 August 2007
I like that you seem to have so much good news. I mean I guess we don’t know everything but sometimes I feel all I hear about is poverty and I start to think it must be impossible to escape and then you share things like that, that inspire hope. Thanks Ryan.
emily / 1:16pm / 30 August 2007
I do seem to be in a good mood lately. I don’t know what to put it down too. Maybe things are actually getting better.
Ryan / 7:12pm / 30 August 2007