Caspian Sea 2011

State of the Environment of the Caspian Sea

The expenditures on health per capita (currency US$) have increased in all Caspian countries (with the exception of Iran’s decrease in 2004), ranging between 2.6 per cent in Turkmenistan and 6.4 per cent in Iran, and relating to total health expendi- tures of GDP in 2007 (WHO 2010; WB 2010). The number of undernourished people is decreasing in all Caspian countries. The improvement is es- pecially visible in Iran, where the malnourished population dropped from 19 per cent (in 2002) to 11 per cent (in 2006) (UNSD 2010).

Caspian countries GDP per capita

Thousand US dollars

25

Projected

Russia

20

Note: Estimates for Iran and Turkmenistan starts from 2008

Kazakhstan

15

10

Azerbaijan

5

Iran

Turkmenistan

0

Source: IMF on line database, 2010. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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