Appendix A. Tables

Table 1. Metric Conversion Coofficients and Factors


When you kow	Multiply by	To find
Millimeters	0.04	inches
Centimeters	0.39	inches
Meters	3.3	feet
Kilometers	0.62	miles
Hectares	2.47	acres
Square kilometers	0.39	square miles
Cubic meters	35.3	cubic feet
Liters	0.26	gallons
Kilograms	2.2	pounds
Metric tons	0.98	long tons
	1.1	short tons
	2,204	pounds
Degrees Celsius (Centigrade)	1.8 and add 32	degrees Fahrenheit

Table 2. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Selected Health and Health Care Statistics, 1989, 1990, and 1991


	Armenia	Azerbaijan	Georgia
Disease diagnosis¹
Tuberculosis	17.6	36.2	28.9
Viral hepatitis	279.0	310.5	226.3
Cancer	223.1	224.9	140.9
Hospital beds²	89.4	99.4	110.7
Doctors²	42.8	38.9	59.2
Pharmacists³	7.0	6.7	14.3
Infant mortality⁴	17.1	25.0	15.9

¹ For tuberculosis and cancer, first diagnoses per 100,000 population in 1990; for viral hepatitis, registered cases per 100,000 population in 1989.
² Per 10,000 population: in 1990 for Georgia, in 1991 for Armenia and Azerbaijan.
³ Per 10,000 population in 1989.
⁴ Per 1,000 live births: in 1990 for Georgia, in 1991 for Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Source: Based on information from Christopher M. Davis, "Health Care Crisis: The Former Soviet Union," RFE/RL Research Report [Munich], 2, No. 40, October 8, 1993, 36.

Table 13. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Share of Total Production of Major Agricultural Commodities in Former Soviet Union By Republic, 1986-90 Average

**(in percentages)**
Commodity	Armenia	Azerbaijan	Georgia
Citrus fruits	0.0	0.0	96.3
Cotton	0.0	7.7	0.0
Eggs	0.7	1.2	1.0
Fruits and berries	2.0	4.3	6.8
Grains	0.2	0.6	0.3
Grapes	3.1	22.6	11.0
Meat	0.5	0.9	0.9
Milk	0.5	1.0	0.7
Potatoes	0.3	0.3	0.5
Sugar beets	0.1	0.0	0.1
Sunflowers	0.0	0.0	0.1
Vegetables	1.8	3.1	2.0
Wool	0.8	2.3	1.4

Source: Based on information from World Bank, Food and Agricultural Policy Reforms in the Former USSR, Washington, 1992, 194.

Table 17. Georgia: Government Budget, 1991 and 1992

**(in millions of rubles)**
	1991		1992
	Budget	Actual	Budget	Approved
Revenues
Tax revenues	3,972	4,631	22,202	15,218
Nontax revenues	1,295	1,567	2,898	3,655
Total revenues	5,267	6,198	25,100	18,873
Expenditures
National economy¹	2,979	2,878	11,885	20,815
Social and cultural
Education and culture	n.a.	1,520	n.a.	8,421
Health and sports	n.a.	812	n.a.	2,996
Social security	n.a.	120	n.a.	34
Science	n.a.	74	n.a.	874
Total social and cultural	2,717	2,526	10,082	12,325
Administration and law enforcement
State administration	n.a.	124	n.a.	1,28 8
Internal security and defense	n.a.	118	n.a.	5,282
Total administration and law enforcement	245	242	2,631	6,570
Other	327	276	1,765	2,972
Total expenditures	6,268	5,922	26,363	42,682
Extrabudgetary factors²	n.a.	1,000	12,713	-23,320
Interest on foreign debt	0	0	0	21,714
Balance	-1,001	- 724	-13,976	-68,843

n.a.--not available.
¹ Investment by budgetary institutions and transfers to the enterprise sector.
² Errors and omissions and extrabudgetary expenditures for social security fund and net lending.

Source: Based on information from World Bank, Georgia: A Blueprint for Reforms, Washington, 1993, 120; and The Europa World Year Book, 1993, 1, London, 1993, 50.

Table 18. Georgia: Output of Major Industrial Products, 1990, 1991, and 1992

**(in thousands of tons unless otherwise specified)**
Product	1990	1991	1992*
Beer (in thousands of decaliters)	9,477	6,011	3,288
Cigarettes (in millions)	11,200	9,800	5,100
Cotton fabric (in millions of square meters)	34	17	13
Diesel fuel	658	495	111
Footwear (in millions of pairs)	13	12	3
Heavy oil (mazut)	898	737	189
Machine tools (in units)	1,565	1,417	1,149
Margarine	34	16	2
Motor fuel	399	324	72
Steel	1,316	962	535
Synthetic fibers	32	20	5
Synthetic resins and plastics	40	26	8
Vegetable oil	14	7	0.1
Wine (in thousands of decaliters)	16,283	12,166	7,130

* Estimated.

Source: Based on information from The Europa World Year Book, 1993, 1, London, 1993, 1236; and United States, Central Intelligence Agency, Handbook of International Economic Statistics, 1993, Washington, 1993, 76.

Table 19. Georgia: Employment by Economic Activity, 1989, 1990, and 1991

**(in thousands of people)**
Activity	1989	1990	1991
Agriculture	656	695	671
Forestry	12	12	11
Industry	537	560	488
Construction	266	281	225
Transportation and communications	123	115	104
Trade and commercial services	267	257	227
Housing and municipal services	123	131	110
Science and research and development	73	73	63
Education and culture	301	310	290
Health, social welfare, and sports	189	184	186
Banking and financial	12	12	12
Government	55	52	48
Other services	86	82	79
TOTAL*	2,700	2,763	2,514

* Figures may not add to totals because of rounding.

Source: Based on information from The Europa World Year Book, 1993, 1, London, 1993, 1235.

Table 20. Georgia: Population and Employment, 1988-91

**(in thousands of people)**
	1988	1989	1990	1991
Total population	5,396	5,414	5,422	5,421
Males	2,561	2,571	2,579	n .a.
Females	2,835	2,843	2,843	n.a.
Urban	2,989	3,014	3,029	3 ,024
Rural	2,407	2,400	2,393	2 ,397
Total employed	2,650	2,635	2,685	2,543
Males employed	n.a.	1,414	n.a.	n.a.
Females employed	n.a.	1,221	n.a.	n.a.
In state sector	2,205	2,148	2,087	1,886
In collective farms	249	218	200	154
Self-employed	177	211	229	356
Other	19	58	169	147

n.a.--not available.

Source: Based on information from World Bank, Georgia: A Blueprint for Reforms, Washington, 1993, 109-10.

Table 21. Georgia: Annual Per Capita Food Consumption, Selected Years, 1970-90

**(in kilograms unless otherwise specified)**
Food	1970	1980	1985	1990
Bread	195	190	190	183
Eggs (in units)	85	135	148	140
Fish	6	8	9	9
Meat	31	43	47	46
Milk and dairy products	235	309	309	289
Potatoes	38	46	49	41
Sugar	35	45	43	39
Vegetable oil	3	5	6	6
Vegetables	51	79	87	82

Source: Based on information from World Bank, Food and Agricultural Policy Reforms in the Former USSR, Washington, 1992, 183-84.

Table 22. Georgia: Durable Consumer Goods, 1989, 1990, and 1991

**(items per 100 families)**
Product	1988	1989	1990
Automobiles	31	31	34
Refrigerators	95	95	95
Sewing machines	63	63	61
Tape recorders	44	48	52
Televisions	102	106	112
Washing machines	76	81	86

Source: Based on information from United States, Central Intelligence Agency, Handbook of International Economic Statistics, 1993, Washington, 1993, 77.

Table 23. Georgia: External Trade, 1988, 1989, and 1990

**(in millions of rubles)**
	1988	1989	1990
Exports
Oil and gas	100	68	68
Ferrous metallurgy	375	376	318
Chemical fuels	316	343	339
Machines and processed metals	848	869	804
Nonfood light industrial products	1,275	1,285	1,260
Processed foods	2,438	2,573	2,387
Other industrial products	258	275	310
Agricultural products	280	190	404
Other	11	105	93
Total exports	5,901	6,084	5,983
To other Soviet republics	5,508	5,719*	5,724
To other countries	393	465*	259
Imports
Oil and gas	413	360	285
Ferrous metallurgy	489	443	430
Nonferrous metallurgy	102	106	97
Chemical fuels	541	544	576
Machines and processed metals	1,533	1,522	1,580
Timber and wood products	248	244	279
Building materials	155	148	117
Nonfood light industrial products	1,221	1,287	1,372
Processed foods	1,204	1,142	1,174
Other industrial products	212	212	291
Agricultural products	348	358	498
Other	27	103	140
Total imports	6,493	6,469	6,839
From other Soviet republics	5,218	4,888	4,948
From other countries	1,275	1,581	1,891

* As published.

Source: Based on information from The Europa World Year Book, 1994, 1, London, 1994, 1237.

Table 24. Georgia: Major Trading Partners, 1990


Country	Value*		Percentage of Total
	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports
Europe	213	1,687	71.4	71.2
Austria	6	53	2.0	2.2
Bulgaria	32	202	10.7	8.5<
ungary	18	144	6.0	6.1
Italy	13	53	4.4	2.2
Poland	25	256	8.4	10.8
Germany	32	420	10.7	17.7<
inland	7	76	2.3	3.2
Czechoslovakia	23	227	7.7	9.6
Yugoslavia	8	64	2.7	2.7
Asia	45	377	15.2	15.9
India	6	48	2.0	2.0
China	6	34	1.9	2.7
Syria	1	76	0.2	3.2
Japan	12	115	4.0	4.9
North America	22	192	7.3	8.1
Cuba	16	114	5.4	4.8
United States	3	37	1.0	1.6

* In millions of rubles.

Source: Based on information from World Bank, Statistical Handbook: States of the Former USSR, Washington, 1992, 152.

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