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According to Raffi Hovannisian, Armenia's former foreign minister, the country now depends for some one-third of its economy on money sent by Armenians abroad.

Nearly half of the present population may claim lineal descent from the Pitcairners; some one-third of the population was born on the Australian mainland, and about one-fifth in New Zealand.

Trade accounts for some one-fourth of GDP, and Tunisia relies heavily on its trade with Europe, with the EU accounting for the bulk of both exports and imports.

It said that some one-third of the British public had wanted to become one of the volunteer force of pink-and-magenta-clad games makers and many were inspired to volunteer afterwards.

Unification caused the public debt to grow dramatically, and at the beginning of the 21st century some one-fifth of the annual federal budget went toward interest payments on the accrued national debt.

Some one-fifth of residents are Hispanic or Latino.

Some one-fifth of humanity is of Chinese nationality.

Foreign assistance is an obvious lever since it makes up some one-fifth of Rwanda's economy.

Some one-fifth of the city's area (including Lake Wendouree) is in recreational use.

Some one-fifth of the seats in the House of Peoples Representativess are designated for underrepresented minorities.

In both 1994 and 1998 the PDS captured some one-fifth of the votes in eastern Germany.