Facts & Figures 
- Population (2017): 80.75 million (WB)
- GDP (2017): 851.5 billion USD (WB)
- 17th largest economy in the world in 2017 (WB)
- Global Innovation Index (2018): 50/126 (WIPO)
- Global Competitiveness Index (2017-2018): 53/137 (WEF)
- Gross domestic expenditure on R&D in % of GDP (2017): 0.96 (EUROSTAT)
- Government effectiveness score (-2.5 to 2.5; 2017): 0.07 (World Bank)
- Scientific/technical journal articles per million inhabitants (2016): 419.8 (World Bank)
- Ease of Doing Business score (2018): 43 (World Bank)