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"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.43 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "53.6% (2018/19)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 99.6% of population"
"text": "urban: 96.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 98.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 90.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 99.4% of population"
"text": "total: 94.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 0.4% of population"
"text": "urban: 3.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 1.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 9.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 0.6% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 5.3% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
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},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 98.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 98.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 91.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 91.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 96.5% of population"
"text": "total: 96.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 1.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 1.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 8.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 8.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 3.5% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 3.4% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "1.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "22.68 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "163.661 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "150.01 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "741,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "49.94 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "57.795 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "105.125 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "22.4 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "2,561.1 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "256 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "486.4 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "7.6 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "12,378,740 tons (2016 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "990,299 tons (2013 est.)"
"text": "12.379 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "8% (2013 est.)"
"text": "11% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "3.6 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "3.389 billion cubic meters (2022)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "190 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "181 million cubic meters (2022)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "6.67 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "7.391 billion cubic meters (2022)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "11.67 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "11.667 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
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"text": "President Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE (since 12 December 2019)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Prime Minister Nadir LARBAOUI (since 11 November 2023)"
"text": "Prime Minister Sifi GHRIEB (since 28 August 2025)"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president"
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"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 5 July (1962); Revolution Day, 1 November (1954)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white; a red, five-pointed star within a red crescent centered over the two-color boundary; the colors represent Islam (green), purity and peace (white), and liberty (red); the crescent and star are also Islamic symbols, but the crescent is more closed than those of other Muslim countries because Algerians believe the long crescent horns bring happiness"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> two equal vertical bands of green (left) and white; a red, five-pointed star inside a red crescent, centered over the two-color boundary <br><br><strong>meaning: </strong>the colors represent Islam (green), purity and peace (white), and liberty (red); the crescent and star are also Islamic symbols, but the crescent is more closed than those of other Muslim countries because Algerians believe the long crescent horns bring happiness"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "five-pointed star between the extended horns of a crescent moon; fennec fox"
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"text": "4.504 trillion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "163.661 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "741,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "57.795 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "105.125 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "61.843 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
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},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "more than 100,000 (Sahrawi, mostly living in Algerian-sponsored camps in the southwestern Algerian town of Tindouf); 7,345 (Syria) (mid-year 2022)"
"refugees": {
"text": "188,206 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "25 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch list — Algeria does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so, therefore Algeria was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/algeria/"
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Algeria did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Algeria remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/algeria/"
}
}
}

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"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.81 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "13.7% (2015/16)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 81.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 71.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 36.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 27.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 66.5% of population"
"text": "total: 57.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 18.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 28.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 63.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 72.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 33.5% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 42.3% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
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},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 93.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 93.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 30.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 30.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 72.7% of population"
"text": "total: 73.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 6.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 6.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 69.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 69.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 27.3% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 26.5% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "4.04% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "27.16 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "19.66 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "34.69 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "9,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "23.28 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "17.21 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "2.441 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "27.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "1,009.1 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "374.5 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "123 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "78.5 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "4,213,644 tons (2012 est.)"
"text": "4.214 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "19% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "320 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "319.5 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "240 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "239.6 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "150 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "146.7 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "148.4 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "148.4 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "18 provinces (<em>provincias</em>, singular - <em>provincia</em>); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza-Norte, Cuanza-Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda-Norte, Lunda-Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire"
"text": "21 provinces (<em>provincias</em>, singular - <em>provincia</em>); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando, Cubango, Cuanza-Norte, Cuanza-Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Icolo e Bengo, Luanda, Lunda-Norte, Lunda-Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Moxico Leste, Namibe, Uige, Zaire"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil legal system based on Portuguese civil law; no judicial review of legislation"
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},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Ambassador James Story (since 23 October 2024)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Ambassador Noah ZARING (since March 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "Rua Houari Boumedienne, #32, Luanda"
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"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 11 November (1975)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle); red represents liberty and black the African continent; the symbols characterize workers and peasants"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem of a five-pointed star inside half a cogwheel, crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle)<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> red stands for liberty and black for the African continent; the emblem symbolizes workers and peasants"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "giant black sable antelope (<em>Palanca negra gigante</em>)"
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},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "75.3% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "10.1% (of GDP) (2019 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
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"text": "343.002 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "19.66 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "9,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "17.21 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "2.441 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "9.146 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
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},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "9,272 (Guinea), 6,357 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,725 (Mauritania) (2023); 22,841 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "55,542 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "75,308 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.15 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "67.4% (2017)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 98.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 97.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 96.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 79.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 99.4% of population"
"text": "total: 92.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 0.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 2.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 3.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 20.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 0.6% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 7.4% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
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},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 94.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 94.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 63% of population"
"text": "rural: 63% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 85.6% of population"
"text": "total: 86% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 5.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 5.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 37% of population"
"text": "rural: 37% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 14.4% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 14% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "2.47% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "12.82 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "5.897 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "6.34 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "2.818 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "5.73 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "3.079 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "12.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "26 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "144 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "841.4 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "1.7 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "210,854 tons (2010 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "2,109 tons (2005 est.)"
"text": "210,900 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "1% (2005 est.)"
"text": "21% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "110 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "129.327 million cubic meters (2022)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "30 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "24.295 million cubic meters (2022)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "80 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "59.661 million cubic meters (2022)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "12.24 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "12.24 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
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"text": "Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) (36); Botswana Congress Party (BCP) (15); Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) (5); Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) (4); Other (1)"
},
"percentage of women in chamber": {
"text": "8.7%"
"text": "9%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "October 2029"
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"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day (Botswana Day), 30 September (1966)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "light blue with a horizontal white-edged black stripe in the center; the blue symbolizes water in the form of rain, and the black and white bands represent racial harmony"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> light blue with a horizontal white-edged black stripe across the middle<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> the blue symbolizes rainwater, and the black and white bands represent racial harmony"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "zebra"
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},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$5.989 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$5.474 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$5.099 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$6.296 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
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"text": "22,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "5.897 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "2.818 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "3.079 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "32.443 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
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}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees": {
"text": "823 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "99 (2023 est.)"
}
}
}
}

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"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.61 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "15.5% (2017/18)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 79% of population"
"text": "urban: 74.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 70.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 60.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 74.7% of population"
"text": "total: 67.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 21% of population"
"text": "urban: 25.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 29.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 39.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 25.3% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 32.6% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
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},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 56.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 58.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 18.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 20.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 36.6% of population"
"text": "total: 39.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 43.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 41.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 81.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 79.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 63.4% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 60.5% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "3.74% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "31.51 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "5.948 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "6.48 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "379,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "5.8 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "5.263 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "306,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "32.6 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "63.4 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "106.1 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "34.3 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "43.5 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "685,936 tons (1993 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "171,484 tons (2005 est.)"
"text": "685,900 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "25% (2005 est.)"
"text": "56.9% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "150 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "145 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "30 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "30 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "60 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "59 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "26.39 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "26.39 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -658,9 +672,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 1 August (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and red (bottom) with a vertical green band on the hoist side; green stands for hope and revival, yellow for wealth, and red for courage",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and red (bottom) to the right, with a vertical green band on the left side <br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> green stands for hope and revival, yellow for wealth, and red for courage<br><br><strong>history:</strong> uses the colors of the Pan-African movement"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "leopard"
@ -855,6 +868,11 @@
"text": "$2.101 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "49.7% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$1.609 billion (2023 est.)"
@ -998,20 +1016,6 @@
"text": "1.133 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "5.948 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "379,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "5.263 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "306,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "6.472 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1144,9 +1148,12 @@
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch list — Benin did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/benin/"
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees": {
"text": "23,225 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "12,501 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -254,27 +254,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.41 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "28.5% (2016/17)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 98.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 90.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 78.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 57.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 81.6% of population"
"text": "total: 62.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 1.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 9.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 21.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 42.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 18.4% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 37.6% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -290,22 +287,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 87.4% of population"
"text": "urban: 87.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 53.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 53.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 58.4% of population"
"text": "total: 58.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 12.6% of population"
"text": "urban: 12.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 46.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 46.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 41.6% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 41.4% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -430,35 +427,41 @@
"text": "5.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "28 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "838,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "0.5 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "32,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "1.42 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "806,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "26.3 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "1,872,016 tons (2002 est.)"
"text": "1.872 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "7.1% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "40 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "43.1 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "20 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "15 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "220 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "222 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "12.54 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "12.536 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -501,8 +504,7 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in January 2019, the Burundian parliament voted to make Gitega the political capital of the country while Bujumbura would remain its economic capital; as of 2023, the government's move to Gitega remains incomplete"
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "18 provinces; Bubanza, Bujumbura Mairie, Bujumbura Rural, Bururi, Cankuzo, Cibitoke, Gitega, Karuzi, Kayanza, Kirundo, Makamba, Muramvya, Muyinga, Mwaro, Ngozi, Rumonge, Rutana, Ruyigi",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> a law was passed in March 2023 reducing the number of provinces to five: Buhumuza, Bujumbura, Burunga, Butanyerera, Gitega, with full implementation by 2025"
"text": "5 provinces: Buhumuza, Bujumbura, Burunga, Butanyerera, Gitega"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of Belgian civil law and customary law"
@ -610,16 +612,16 @@
"text": "5 years"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "7/20/2020"
"text": "7/23/2025"
},
"parties elected and seats per party": {
"text": "National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Front for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) (34); Other (2)"
"text": "National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Front for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) (10)"
},
"percentage of women in chamber": {
"text": "41%"
"text": "46.2%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "July 2025"
"text": "July 2030"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 3 seats in the Senate are reserved for Twas, and 30% of all votes are reserved for women"
},
@ -683,8 +685,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 1 July (1962)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "divided by a white diagonal cross into red panels (top and bottom) and green panels (hoist side and fly side) with a white disk at the center bearing three red six-pointed stars outlined in green and arranged in a triangular design; green stands for hope and optimism, white for purity and peace, and red for the blood shed in the struggle for independence; the three stars in the disk represent the major ethnic groups (Hutu, Twa, Tutsi), as well as unity, work, and progress"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> divided by a white diagonal cross into red triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (on each side) with a white disk at the center bearing three six-pointed red stars outlined in green and arranged in a triangular design<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> green stands for hope and optimism, white for purity and peace, and red for the blood shed in the struggle for independence; the three stars represent the major ethnic groups (Hutu, Twa, Tutsi), as well as unity, work, and progress"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion"
@ -868,10 +870,15 @@
"text": "$713.694 million (2021 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$506.147 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "$737.898 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "48.4% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "15.6% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
@ -1020,17 +1027,6 @@
"text": "6,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "838,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "32,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "806,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "946,000 Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1123,14 +1119,14 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "87,157 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "91,164 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "76,987 (some ethnic Tutsis remain displaced from intercommunal violence that broke out after the 1993 coup and fighting between government forces and rebel groups; violence since April 2015) (2023)"
"text": "92,174 (2024 est.)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "767 (mid-year 2021)"
"text": "791 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
"text": "hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "<p><strong>note 1:</strong> Chad is the largest of Africa's 16 landlocked countries</p> <p><strong>note 2:</strong> a wide variety of animals lived in modern-day Chad during the African Humid Period, including elephants, giraffes, hippos, and antelope; the last remnant of this \"Green Sahara\" exists in the Lakes of Ounianga in northern Chad, a series of 18 interconnected freshwater, saline, and hypersaline lakes </p> <p><strong>note 3:</strong> Lake Chad, the most significant water body in the Sahel, is a remnant of a former inland sea, paleolake Mega-Chad; at its greatest extent, sometime before 5000 B.C., Lake Mega-Chad was the largest of four Saharan paleolakes that existed during the African Humid Period; it covered an area of about 400,000 sq km (150,000 sq mi), roughly the size of today's Caspian Sea</p>"
"text": "<strong>note 1:</strong> Chad is the largest of Africa's 16 landlocked countries <br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> a wide variety of animals lived in modern-day Chad during the African Humid Period, including elephants, giraffes, hippos, and antelope; the last remnant of this \"Green Sahara\" exists in the Lakes of Ounianga in northern Chad, a series of 18 interconnected freshwater, saline, and hypersaline lakes  <br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> Lake Chad, the most significant water body in the Sahel, is a remnant of a former inland sea, paleolake Mega-Chad; at its greatest extent, sometime before 5000 B.C., Lake Mega-Chad was the largest of four Saharan paleolakes that existed during the African Humid Period; it covered an area of about 400,000 sq km (150,000 sq mi), roughly the size of today's Caspian Sea"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -259,27 +259,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.57 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "8.1% (2019)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 90.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 77.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 51.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 43.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 60.9% of population"
"text": "total: 52% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 9.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 22.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 48.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 56.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 39.1% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 48% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -298,22 +295,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 57.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 56.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 4.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 6.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 17.3% of population"
"text": "total: 18.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 42.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 43.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 95.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 93.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 82.7% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 81.6% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -438,35 +435,55 @@
"text": "4.1% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "41.15 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "2.054 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "1.02 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "2 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "30.69 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "2.054 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "41.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "101.8 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "1,282.9 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "60.3 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "12 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "1,358,851 tons (2010 est.)"
"text": "1.359 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "11.1% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "100 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "103.7 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "100 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "103.7 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "670 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "672.2 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "45.7 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "45.7 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -636,7 +653,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador KITOKO GATA Ngoulou (since 30 June 2023)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires ANWAR SADAT Fatahalbab (since 30 July 2025)"
},
"chancery": {
"text": "2401 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008"
@ -653,7 +670,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Rick SWART (since 28 February 2025)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires William FLENS (since July 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "Rond-Point Chagoua, B.P. 413, N&rsquo;Djamena"
@ -680,9 +697,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 11 August (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), gold, and red; the flag combines the blue and red French (former colonial) colors with the red and yellow of the Pan-African colors; blue symbolizes the sky, hope, and the south of the country; gold represents the sun and the desert in the north; red stands for progress, unity, and sacrifice",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> almost identical to the flag of Romania but with a darker shade of blue; also similar to the flags of Andorra and Moldova, both of which have a national coat of arms centered in the yellow band; design based on France's flag"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal vertical bands of blue (left side), gold, and red<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> combines the blue and red French (former colonial) colors with the red and yellow Pan-African colors; blue stands for the sky, hope, and the south of the country; gold for the sun and the desert in the north; red for progress, unity, and sacrifice",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> almost identical to the flag of Romania, but with a darker shade of blue; also similar to the flags of Andorra and Moldova, both of which have a national coat of arms centered in the yellow band; design based on France's flag"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "goat (north), lion (south)"
@ -871,10 +888,16 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$2.29 billion (2020 est.)"
"text": "$2.129 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$2.12 billion (2020 est.)"
"text": "$2.15 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "52.4% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Exports": {
@ -1009,17 +1032,6 @@
"text": "1.5 billion barrels (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "2.054 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "2 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "2.054 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "1.502 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1118,16 +1130,16 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "694,569 (Sudan) (includes refugees since 15 April 2023), 26,692 (Cameroon) (2023); 134,015 (Central African Republic), 21,381 (Nigeria) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "1,286,645 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "215,918 (majority are in the east) (2023)"
"text": "1,542,532 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Chad does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so, therefore Chad was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/chad/"
"text": "Tier 3 — Chad does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Chad was downgraded to Tier 3; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/chad/"
}
}
}

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@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
}
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Roman Catholic 33.1%, Awakening Churches/Christian Revival 22.3%, Protestant 19.9%, Salutiste 2.2%, Muslim 1.6%, Kimbanguiste 1.5%, other 8.1%, none 11.3% (2007 est.)"
"text": "Roman Catholic 33.1%, Awakening Churches/Christian Revival 22.3%, Protestant 19.9%, Salutiste 2.2%, Muslim 1.6%, Kimbanguist 1.5%, other 8.1%, none 11.3% (2007 est.)"
},
"Age structure": {
"0-14 years": {
@ -262,29 +262,6 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.87 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "30.1% (2014/15)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 97.5% of population"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 56.4% of population"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 84.2% of population"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 2.5% of population"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 43.6% of population"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 15.8% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "3.9% of GDP (2021)"
@ -296,26 +273,6 @@
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 73.4% of population"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 15.1% of population"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 54.7% of population"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 26.6% of population"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 84.9% of population"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 45.3% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
"text": "9.6% (2016)"
},
@ -413,41 +370,55 @@
"text": "3.19% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "29.48 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "2.66 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "3.28 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "1.826 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "2.24 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "834,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "36.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "308.8 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "19.7 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "25.3 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "11.4 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "451,200 tons (1993 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "118,214 tons (2005 est.)"
"text": "451,200 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "26.2% (2005 est.)"
"text": "17.2% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "60 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "63.7 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "20 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "24 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "4 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "4 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "832 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "832 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -489,7 +460,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "12 departments; Bouenza, Brazzaville, Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, Kouilou, Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pointe-Noire, Pool, Sangha"
"text": "15 departments; Bouenza, Brazzaville, Congo-Oubangui, Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, Djoue-Lefini, Kouilou, Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Nkeni-Alima, Plateaux, Pointe-Noire, Pool, Sangha"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of French civil law and customary law"
@ -622,7 +593,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Serge MOMBOULI (since 31 July 2001)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Firmine BOUITY (since 6 September 2025)"
},
"chancery": {
"text": "1720 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009"
@ -639,7 +610,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Eugene S. YOUNG (since 30 March 2022)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Amanda S. JACOBSEN (since 18 July 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "70-83 Section D, Boulevard Denis Sassou N'Guesso, Brazzaville"
@ -663,9 +634,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 15 August (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a yellow band; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is red; green symbolizes agriculture and forests, and yellow the friendship and nobility of the people; the meaning of the red color is not noted but has been associated with the struggle for independence",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> divided diagonally from the lower-left side by a wide yellow band; the upper triangle (left side) is green, and the lower triangle is red<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> green stands for agriculture and forests, and yellow for the people's friendship and nobility; the meaning of the red color is not noted but has been associated with the struggle for independence",
"note": "<strong>history:</strong> uses the colors of the Pan-African movement"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion, elephant"
@ -838,9 +809,14 @@
"text": "$2.393 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$2.409 billion (2020 est.)"
"text": "$3.231 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "128.7% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "6.5% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
@ -1007,17 +983,6 @@
"text": "283.99 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "2.66 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "1.826 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "834,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "7.351 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1148,16 +1113,13 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "33,593 (Central African Republic), 29,785 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2024)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "27,000 (multiple civil wars since 1992) (2022)"
"refugees": {
"text": "69,766 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore the Republic of the Congo remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/republic-of-the-congo/"
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the Republic of the Congo does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, but the government has devoted sufficient resources to a written plan that, if implemented, would constitute significant efforts to meet the minimum standards; therefore, the Republic of the Congo was granted a waiver per the Trafficking Victims Protection Act from an otherwise required downgrade to Tier 3 and remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/republic-of-the-congo/"
}
}
}

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@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
"text": "periodic droughts in south; Congo River floods (seasonal); active volcanoes in the east along the Great Rift Valley <br><br><strong>volcanism:</strong> the active volcano Nyiragongo (3,470 m) poses a major threat to the city of Goma, home to a quarter of a million people; it produces unusually fast-moving lava, known to travel up to 100 km/hr; Nyiragongo has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; its neighbor Nyamuragira is Africa's most active volcano; Visoke is the only other historically active volcano"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "<p><strong>note 1:</strong> second-largest country in Africa (after Algeria) and largest country in sub-Saharan Africa; straddles the equator; dense tropical rain forest in central river basin and eastern highlands; the narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River is the DRC's only outlet to the South Atlantic Ocean</p> <p><strong>note 2:</strong> the Congo River, most of which flows through the DRC, has never been accurately measured along much of its length because of its speed, cataracts, rapids, and turbulence; nonetheless, it is conceded to be the deepest river in the world, with estimates of the point of greatest depth varying between 220 and 250 meters</p>"
"text": "<strong>note 1:</strong> second-largest country in Africa (after Algeria) and largest country in sub-Saharan Africa; straddles the equator; dense tropical rainforest in central river basin and eastern highlands; the narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River is the DRC's only outlet to the South Atlantic Ocean <br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Congo River, most of which flows through the DRC, has never been accurately measured along much of its length because of its speed, cataracts, rapids, and turbulence; nonetheless, it is conceded to be the deepest river in the world, with estimates of the point of greatest depth varying between 220 and 250 meters"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -268,27 +268,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "28.1% (2017/18)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 88.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 59.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 34.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 13.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 59.4% of population"
"text": "total: 35.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 11.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 40.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 65.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 86.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 40.6% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 64.9% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -304,22 +301,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 53.4% of population"
"text": "urban: 48.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 20.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 20.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 35.5% of population"
"text": "total: 33.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 46.6% of population"
"text": "urban: 51.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 79.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 79.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 64.5% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 66.3% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -433,41 +430,55 @@
"text": "4.33% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "31.58 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "5.883 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "2.02 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "731,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "61.24 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "5.152 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "33.7 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "780.6 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "567.3 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "499.2 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "214.3 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "14,385,226 tons (2016 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "704,876 tons (2005 est.)"
"text": "14.385 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "4.9% (2005 est.)"
"text": "6.4% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "460 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "464.9 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "150 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "146.8 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "70 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "71.9 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "1.29 trillion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "1.283 trillion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -694,8 +705,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 30 June (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "sky-blue field divided diagonally from the lower hoist corner to upper fly corner by a red stripe bordered by two narrow yellow stripes; a yellow five-pointed star appears in the upper hoist corner; blue stands for peace and hope, red for the blood of the country's martyrs, and yellow for the country's wealth and prosperity; the star symbolizes unity and the brilliant future for the country"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> sky-blue field divided diagonally from the lower-left corner to the upper-right corner by a red stripe bordered with two narrow yellow stripes; a five-pointed yellow star is in the upper-left corner<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> blue stands for peace and hope, red for the blood of the country's martyrs, and yellow for the country's wealth and prosperity; the star symbolizes unity and a brilliant future for the country"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "leopard"
@ -868,7 +879,7 @@
"highest 10%": {
"text": "35.7% (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "% share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population"
},
"Remittances": {
"Remittances 2023": {
@ -884,10 +895,10 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$7.524 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$11.568 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$5.109 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$13.026 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
@ -895,7 +906,7 @@
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "16% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">note:</strong> central government debt as a % of GDP"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "11.4% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
@ -1065,17 +1076,6 @@
"text": "991.09 million cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "5.883 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "731,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "5.152 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "1.305 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Forces d'Armees de la Republique Democratique du Congo, FARDC): Land Forces (Forces Terrestres), National Navy (La Marine Nationale), Congolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Congolaise, FAC); Republican Guard (Garde Républicaine, GR)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Congolese National Police (Police Nationale Congolaise, PNC) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the Republican Guard is overseen by the office of the presidency rather than the FARDC; it focuses on protecting the president and government institutions and enforcing internal security"
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the Republican Guard is overseen by the office of the presidency rather than the FARDC; it focuses on protecting the president and government institutions and enforcing internal security<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> community-based self-defense groups, known as Wazalendo militias, are also active in areas contested by illegal armed groups, such as M23"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
@ -1214,11 +1214,16 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "208,328 (Rwanda), 53,297 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 49,836 (Burundi) (2023); 212,211 (Central African Republic) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "518,445 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "6.38 million (fighting between government forces and rebels since mid-1990s; conflict in Kasai region since 2016) (2023)"
"text": "6,895,648 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the Democratic Republic of the Congo did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/"
}
}
}

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@ -264,27 +264,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.19 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "19.3% (2018)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 95.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 81.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 56.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 52.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 78.6% of population"
"text": "total: 69.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 4.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 18.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 43.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 47.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 21.4% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 30.4% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -303,22 +300,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 83.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 83.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 27.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 27.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 59.7% of population"
"text": "total: 60.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 16.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 16.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 72.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 72.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 40.3% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 39.8% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -443,41 +440,58 @@
"text": "3.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "56.37 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "6.707 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "8.29 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "200 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "30.71 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "5.658 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "1.049 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "62 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "293.3 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "278.2 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "166.4 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "24 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "3,270,617 tons (2013 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "13,082 tons (2009 est.)"
"text": "3.271 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "0.4% (2009 est.)"
"text": "4.6% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "250 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "246.8 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "100 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "104.6 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "740 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "737 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "283.15 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "283.15 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -698,9 +712,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "State Unification Day (National Day), 20 May (1972)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), red, and yellow, with a yellow five-pointed star centered in the red band; the vertical tricolor recalls France's flag; red stands for unity, yellow for the sun, happiness, and the northern savannahs, and green for hope and the southern forests; the star is referred to as the \"star of unity\"",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal vertical bands of green (left side), red, and yellow, with a small five-pointed yellow star centered in the red band<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> red stands for unity; yellow for the sun, happiness, and the northern savannahs; green for hope and the southern forests; the star is called the \"star of unity;\" the vertical tricolor design is similar to the French flag<br><br><strong>history:</strong> uses the colors of the Pan-African movement"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion"
@ -896,10 +909,15 @@
"text": "$6.385 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$5.592 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$7.624 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "32.5% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "11.3% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
@ -1065,20 +1083,6 @@
"text": "135.071 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "6.707 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "200 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "5.658 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "1.049 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "4.271 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1223,11 +1227,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "354,725 (Central African Republic), 121,172 (Nigeria) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "443,740 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "1.066 million (2023) (includes far north, northwest, and southwest)"
"text": "1,058,405 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -238,9 +238,6 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.28 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "19.4% (2012)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 97.4% of population"
@ -272,26 +269,6 @@
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.42 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 62.4% of population"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 43.6% of population"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 49% of population"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 37.6% of population"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 56.4% of population"
},
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"text": "total: 51% of population (2017 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
"text": "7.8% (2016)"
},
@ -389,35 +366,38 @@
"text": "2.97% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "14.37 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "436,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "0.2 megatons (2016 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "0.19 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "436,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "14.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "91,013 tons (2015 est.)"
"text": "91,000 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "10.1% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "4.8 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "4.8 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "500,000 cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "500,000 cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "4.7 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "4.7 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "1.2 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "1.2 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -594,8 +574,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 6 July (1975)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "four equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), white, red, and blue, with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist; a vertical white crescent moon is centered in the triangle, with the convex side facing the hoist and four white five-pointed stars placed vertically in a line between the points of the crescent; the horizontal bands and the four stars represent the four main islands of the archipelago -- Mwali, N'gazidja, Ndzuwani, and Mahore (Mayotte is a department of France, but claimed by Comoros)",
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> four equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), white, red, and blue, with a green isosceles triangle based on the left; a vertical white crescent moon is centered in the triangle, with four five-pointed white stars placed vertically in a line between the points of the crescent<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> the horizontal bands and the stars represent the four main islands of the archipelago -- Mwali, N'gazidja, Ndzuwani, and Mahore (Mayotte is a department of France, but claimed by Comoros)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the crescent, stars, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam"
},
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@ -762,10 +742,16 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$223 million (2018 est.)"
"text": "$212.551 million (2023 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$228 million (2018 est.)"
"text": "$230.338 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
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"text": "27.7% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -897,14 +883,6 @@
"text": "3,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "436,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "436,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "7.139 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1006,5 +984,13 @@
}
},
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"refugees": {
"text": "18 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "38 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}
}

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@ -249,27 +249,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.94 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "17.8% (2019)"
},
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"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 83.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 48.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 47.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 27.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "total: 62.9% of population"
"text": "total: 36.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "urban: 16.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 51.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 52.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 72.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 37.1% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 63.7% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -285,22 +282,22 @@
},
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"text": "urban: 53.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 53.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 12.4% of population"
"text": "rural: 12.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 29.9% of population"
"text": "total: 30.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 46.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 46.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 87.6% of population"
"text": "rural: 87.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 70.1% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 69.8% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -403,35 +400,38 @@
"text": "3.32% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
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"text": "27.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "313,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "0.3 megatons (2016 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "22.44 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "313,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "25.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
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"text": "1,105,983 tons (2014 est.)"
"text": "1.106 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
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"text": "9.1% (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"municipal": {
"text": "60 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "60.1 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "12 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "400,000 cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "400,000 cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "141 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "141 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -598,7 +598,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires TBD (since 27 March 2025)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Melanie Anne ZIMMERMAN (since July 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "Avenue David Dacko, Bangui"
@ -625,8 +625,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Republic Day, 1 December (1958)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "four equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, green, and yellow with a vertical red band in the center; a yellow five-pointed star to the hoist side of the blue band; banner combines the pan-African and French flag colors; red stands for the blood spilled in the struggle for independence, blue for the sky and freedom, white for peace and dignity, green for hope and faith, and yellow for tolerance; the star represents aspiration towards a vibrant future"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> four equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, green, and yellow with a vertical red band in the center; a five-pointed yellow star sits in the top left corner of the flag, on the blue band<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> combines the pan-African and French flag colors; red stands for blood spilled in the struggle for independence, blue for the sky and freedom, white for peace and dignity, green for hope and faith, and yellow for tolerance; the star represents aspiring to a vibrant future"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "elephant"
@ -818,10 +818,15 @@
"text": "$360.48 million (2021 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$293.459 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "$462.104 million (2021 est.)"
},
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},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "56% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "8.2% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
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@ -949,14 +954,6 @@
"text": "2,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "313,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "313,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "954,000 Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1046,16 +1043,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
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"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "28,217 (Sudan) (refugees since 15 April 2023), 6,707 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "53,378 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "490,868 (clashes between army and rebel groups since 2005; tensions between ethnic groups) (2023)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch list — The Central African Republic did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/central-african-republic/"
"text": "469,342 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -237,27 +237,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.03 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "55.8% (2018)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 100% of population"
"text": "urban: 93.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 90% of population"
"text": "rural: 82.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 96.7% of population"
"text": "total: 89.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 0% of population"
"text": "urban: 6.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 10% of population"
"text": "rural: 17.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 3.3% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 10.1% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -276,22 +273,22 @@
},
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"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 91.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 95.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 73.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 77.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 85.6% of population"
"text": "total: 89.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 8.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 4.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 26.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 22.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 14.4% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 10.2% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -413,35 +410,38 @@
"text": "1.83% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "31.08 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "714,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "0.54 megatons (2016 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "0.13 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "714,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "27.4 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "132,555 tons (2012 est.)"
"text": "132,600 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "17.4% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
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"text": "1.6 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "155.895 million cubic meters (2022)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "400,000 cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "5.614 million cubic meters (2022)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "30 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "103.217 million cubic meters (2022)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "300 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "300 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -631,8 +631,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 5 July (1975)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "five unequal horizontal bands; the top-most band of blue -- equal to half the width of the flag -- is followed by three narrow bands of white, red, and white, and a bottom&nbsp; stripe of blue; a circle of 10 yellow five-pointed stars is centered on the red stripe and sits toward the left side of the flag; blue stands for the sea and sky; the stripes symbolize the country's formation through peace (white) and effort (red); the circle of stars represents the 10 major islands"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> five unequal horizontal bands; the top band of blue is half the height of the flag; under it are three narrow bands of white, red, and white, and a bottom stripe of blue; a circle of 10 five-pointed yellow stars is centered on the red stripe and sits toward the left side of the flag<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> blue stands for the sea and sky; the stripes symbolize the country's formation through peace (white) and effort (red); the stars represent the 10 major islands"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "ten five-pointed yellow stars"
@ -821,12 +821,17 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$574.917 million (2017 est.)"
"text": "$453.182 million (2020 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$503.059 million (2017 est.)"
"text": "$623.816 million (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "127.6% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "18.4% (of GDP) (2020 est.)",
@ -962,14 +967,6 @@
"text": "5,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "714,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "714,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "19.999 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1090,7 +1087,12 @@
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"stateless persons": {
"text": "115 (2022)"
"text": "115 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Cabo Verde did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/cabo-verde/"
}
}
}

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@ -247,27 +247,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.04 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "19% (2012)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 99.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 84.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 59.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 47.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 90.8% of population"
"text": "total: 76.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 0.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 15.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 40.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 52.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 9.2% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 23.8% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -286,22 +283,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 87.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 87.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 24.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 24.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 73.8% of population"
"text": "total: 74% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 12.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 12.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 75.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 75.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 26.2% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 26% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -390,35 +387,41 @@
"text": "1.56% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "19.98 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "685,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "0.62 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "45,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "0.52 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "640,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "21 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "114,997 tons (2002 est.)"
"text": "115,000 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "14.9% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "20 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "16 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "0 cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "0 cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "3 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "3 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "300 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "300 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -609,8 +612,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 27 June (1977)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top) and light green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and with a red five-pointed star in the center; blue stands for sea and sky and the Issa Somali people, green for earth and the Afar people, and white for peace; the red star stands for the struggle for independence and for unity"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top) and light green, with a white isosceles triangle based on the left side that has a five-pointed red star in the center<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> blue stands for sea, sky, and the Issa Somali people, green for earth and the Afar people, and white for peace; the red star stands for the struggle for independence and unity"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "red star"
@ -797,6 +800,11 @@
"text": "$754 million (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "33.7% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2024": {
"text": "$610.124 million (2024 est.)"
@ -938,17 +946,6 @@
"text": "5,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "685,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "45,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "640,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "10.428 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1088,13 +1085,13 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "6,518 (Yemen) (mid-year 2022); 13,467 (Somalia) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "32,636 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 3 — Djibouti does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore, Djibouti remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/djibouti/"
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Djibouti does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so, therefore Djibouti was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/djibouti/"
}
}
}

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@ -271,27 +271,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.28 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "58.5% (2014)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 99.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 99.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 99.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 98.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 99.7% of population"
"text": "total: 98.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 0.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 0.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 0.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 1.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 0.3% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 1.2% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -310,22 +307,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 99.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 99.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 98.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 98.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 98.9% of population"
"text": "total: 99.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 0.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 0.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 1.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 1.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 1.1% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 0.9% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -444,26 +441,43 @@
"text": "1.9% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "63.16 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "236.618 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "238.56 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "6.966 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "59.68 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "114.507 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "115.144 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "66.4 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "690.8 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "548.9 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "874 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "9.2 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "21 million tons (2012 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "2.625 million tons (2013 est.)"
"text": "21 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "12.5% (2013 est.)"
"text": "26.6% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
@ -630,7 +644,7 @@
"text": "5 years"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "8/11/2020 to 9/9/2020"
"text": "8/4/2025 to 8/28/2025"
},
"parties elected and seats per party": {
"text": "Future of the Nation (Mostakbal Watan) (148); Republican People's party (17); Independents (88); Other (47)"
@ -639,7 +653,7 @@
"text": "13.7%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "August 2025"
"text": "July 2030"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
@ -709,8 +723,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Revolution Day, 23 July (1952)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; centered in the white band is the national emblem, a gold Eagle of Saladin facing the hoist side with a shield on its chest above a scroll with the country's name in Arabic; the band colors derive from the Arab Liberation flag and represent oppression (black) overcome through bloody struggle (red), to be replaced by a bright future (white)",
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; centered in the white band is the national emblem, a gold Eagle of Saladin; it faces the left side, with a shield on its chest, above a scroll with the country's name in Arabic<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> the band colors derive from the Arab Liberation flag and represent oppression (black) overcome through bloody struggle (red), to be replaced by a bright future (white)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flags of Syria (two green stars in the white band), Iraq (an Arabic inscription centered in the white band), and Yemen (plain white band)"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
@ -1106,20 +1120,6 @@
"text": "1.784 trillion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "236.618 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "6.966 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "114.507 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "115.144 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "34.975 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1257,10 +1257,10 @@
},
"Space": {
"Space agency/agencies": {
"text": "Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA; public economic authority established 2019); National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science (NARSS; formed in 1994 from the Remote Sensing Center, which was established in 1971) (2024)"
"text": "Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA; established 2019); National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science (NARSS; formed in 1994 from the Remote Sensing Center, which was established in 1971) (2025)"
},
"Space program overview": {
"text": "has a growing program to manufacture satellites and associated support infrastructure; seeks to become a regional space power; operates satellites; builds satellites jointly with foreign partners but developing localized satellite manufacturing capabilities; acquiring other space-related technologies through transfers and domestic development, including on communications, Earth imaging/remote sensing (RS), and satellite payloads and components; cooperating on space-related issues with a variety of foreign governments and commercial space companies, including those of Belarus, Canada, China, the European Space Agency and its member states (particularly France, Germany, Italy), Ghana, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Ukraine, the UAE, and the US; also a member of the Arab Space Coordination Group; has a commercial space sector that focuses on satellite communications, satellite design and production, RS, and space applications (2024)",
"text": "has a growing space program and seeks to become a regional space power; operates satellites; builds satellites jointly with foreign partners but developing localized satellite manufacturing capabilities and associated support infrastructure; acquiring other space-related technologies through transfers and domestic development, including on communications, Earth imaging/remote sensing (RS), and satellite payloads and components; cooperating on space-related issues with a variety of foreign governments and commercial space companies, including those of Belarus, Canada, China, the European Space Agency and its member states (particularly France, Germany, Italy), Ghana, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Ukraine, the UAE, and the US; also a member of the Arab Space Coordination Group; has a commercial space sector that focuses on satellite communications, satellite design and production, RS capabilities, and space applications (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the countrys space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide"
}
},
@ -1272,11 +1272,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "70,021 (West Bank and Gaza Strip) (mid-year 2022); 52,446 (Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 20,970 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 21,105 (Eritrea) (refugees and asylum seekers), 15,585 (Ethiopia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 10,025 (Yemen) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,815 (Iraq) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,802 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022); 464,827 (Sudan) (refugees since 15 April 2023), 156,159 (Syria) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "876,962 (2024 est.)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "10 (2022)"
"text": "5 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -244,29 +244,6 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.03 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "NA"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 81.7% of population"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 32.1% of population"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 67.6% of population"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 18.3% of population"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 67.9% of population"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 32.4% of population (2017 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "3.4% of GDP (2021)"
@ -278,26 +255,6 @@
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.15 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 81.2% of population"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 63.4% of population"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 76.2% of population"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 18.8% of population"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 36.6% of population"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 23.8% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
"text": "8% (2016)"
},
@ -365,35 +322,58 @@
"text": "3.62% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "25.67 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "5.471 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "5.65 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "1 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "11.21 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "896,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "4.575 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "26.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "129.8 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "0.4 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "10 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "2.2 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "198,443 tons (2016 est.)"
"text": "198,400 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "23.9% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "20 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "15.8 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "3 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "3 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "1 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "1 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "26 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "26 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -617,8 +597,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 12 October (1968)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red, with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has six yellow six-pointed stars (representing the mainland and five offshore islands) above a gray shield bearing a silk-cotton tree; below is a scroll with the motto UNIDAD, PAZ, JUSTICIA (Unity, Peace, Justice); green stands for the jungle and natural resources, blue for the sea, white for peace, and red for the fight for independence"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red, with a blue isosceles triangle based on the left side and the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has six six-pointed yellow stars (representing the mainland and five offshore islands) above a gray shield with a silk-cotton tree; below is a scroll with the motto UNIDAD, PAZ, JUSTICIA (Unity, Peace, Justice)<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> green stands for the jungle and natural resources, blue for the sea, white for peace, and red for the fight for independence"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "silk cotton tree"
@ -626,6 +606,9 @@
"National color(s)": {
"text": "green, white, red, blue"
},
"National coat of arms": {
"text": "the national symbol, the silk cotton tree, is in the center of the coat of arms; the tree represents the location where the first treaty was signed between local rulers and the Portuguese; the stars above the tree symbolize the mainland and the five offshore islands; a ribbon below the shield displays the national motto, &ldquo;Unidad, Paz, Justicia&rdquo; (Unity, Peace, Justice)"
},
"National anthem(s)": {
"title": {
"text": "\"Caminemos pisando la senda\" (Let Us Tread the Path)"
@ -779,7 +762,7 @@
"highest 10%": {
"text": "29.1% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "% share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population"
},
"Remittances": {
"Remittances 2023": {
@ -798,10 +781,15 @@
"text": "$3.62 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$1.512 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$2.051 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "43.3% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "6.6% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
@ -940,20 +928,6 @@
"text": "139.007 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "5.471 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "1 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "896,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "4.575 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "54.509 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1072,9 +1046,9 @@
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Equatorial Guinea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, but it is making significant efforts to do so and was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/equatorial-guinea/"
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees": {
"text": "5 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -241,29 +241,6 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.69 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "NA"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 73.2% of population"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 53.3% of population"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 57.8% of population"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 26.8% of population"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 46.7% of population"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 42.2% of population (2015 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "4.2% of GDP (2021)"
@ -278,26 +255,6 @@
"Hospital bed density": {
"text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)"
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 44.5% of population"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 7.3% of population"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 15.7% of population"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 55.5% of population"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 92.7% of population"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 84.3% of population (2017 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
"text": "5% (2016)"
},
@ -387,35 +344,52 @@
"text": "3.67% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "22.74 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "733,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "0.71 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "733,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "22.7 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "15.7 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "4.48 megatons (2020 est.)"
"agriculture": {
"text": "117.4 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "20.5 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "2.8 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "726,957 tons (2011 est.)"
"text": "727,000 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "6.8% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "30 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "31 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "1 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "1 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "550 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "550 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "7.32 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "7.315 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -568,7 +542,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Leslie FRERIKSEN (since 18 July 2022)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Christine E. MEYER (since July 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "179 Alaa Street, Asmara"
@ -595,9 +569,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 24 May (1991)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "a red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) divides the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the lower is blue; a gold wreath encircling a gold olive branch is centered on the hoist side of the red triangle; green stands for the country's agriculture economy, red for the blood shed in the fight for freedom, and blue for the sea's bounty; the shape of the red triangle mimics the shape of the country",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> one of four national flags that reflect the shape of the country in the flag design; the others are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Vanuatu"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> a red isosceles triangle (based on the left side) divides the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the lower is blue; a gold wreath around a gold olive branch is on the left side of the red triangle<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> green stands for the country's agriculture economy, red for the blood shed in the fight for freedom, and blue for the sea's bounty; the shape of the red triangle mimics the country's shape",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> one of four national flags that reflect the country's shape in the flag design; the others are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Vanuatu"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "camel"
@ -605,6 +579,9 @@
"National color(s)": {
"text": "green, red, blue"
},
"National coat of arms": {
"text": "Eritrea adopted its coat of arms on May 24, 1993, when it won independence from Ethiopia; the camel was used to transport supplies and goods during the war, and it became a symbol of the country&rsquo;s success; the olive wreath represents peace, reconciliation, and harmony; under the camel is name of the country in its three official languages: Tigrinya, English, and Arabic"
},
"National anthem(s)": {
"title": {
"text": "\"Ertra, Ertra, Ertra\" (Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea)"
@ -629,6 +606,18 @@
"Economic overview": {
"text": "largely agrarian economy with a significant mining sector; substantial fiscal surplus due to tight controls; high and vulnerable debts; increased Ethiopian trade and shared port usage decreasing prices; financial and economic data integrity challenges"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024": {
"text": "$2.534 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": {
"text": "$2.465 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
"text": "$2.398 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data in 2015 dollars"
},
"Real GDP growth rate": {
"Real GDP growth rate 2017": {
"text": "5% (2017 est.)"
@ -641,19 +630,32 @@
}
},
"Real GDP per capita": {
"Real GDP per capita 2017": {
"text": "$1,600 (2017 est.)"
"Real GDP per capita 2024": {
"text": "$700 (2024 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2016": {
"text": "$1,500 (2016 est.)"
"Real GDP per capita 2023": {
"text": "$700 (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2015": {
"text": "$1,500 (2015 est.)"
"Real GDP per capita 2022": {
"text": "$700 (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data in 2015 dollars"
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$5.813 billion (2017 est.)"
"text": "$2.535 billion (2024 est.)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "7.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "6.6% (2021 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020": {
"text": "5.6% (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Agricultural products": {
"text": "sorghum, milk, barley, vegetables, root vegetables, cereals, pulses, wheat, beef, maize (2023)",
@ -698,6 +700,11 @@
"text": "$549 million (2018 est.)"
}
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "132.8% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2017": {
"text": "$624.3 million (2017 est.)"
@ -717,6 +724,14 @@
"text": "copper ore, zinc ore, gold, garments, liquor (2023)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2010": {
"text": "$494.229 million (2010 est.)"
},
"Imports 2009": {
"text": "$435.275 million (2009 est.)"
}
},
"Imports - partners": {
"text": "China 32%, UAE 27%, Turkey 9%, USA 7%, Italy 5% (2023)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import partners based on percentage share of imports"
@ -803,14 +818,6 @@
"text": "5,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "733,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "733,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "2.977 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -937,9 +944,14 @@
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees": {
"text": "119 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 3 — Eritrea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore Eritrea remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/eritrea/"
"text": "Tier 3 — Eritrea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore Eritrea remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/eritrea/"
}
}
}

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@ -263,27 +263,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.89 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "37.7% (2020)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 98.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 83.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 70.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 42.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 76.4% of population"
"text": "total: 51.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 1.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 16.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 29.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 57.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 23.6% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 48.5% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -302,22 +299,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 52.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 50.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 8.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 8.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 17.7% of population"
"text": "total: 17.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 47.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 49.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 91.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 91.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 82.3% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 82.2% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -431,35 +428,55 @@
"text": "4.4% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "21.8 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "18.519 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "14.87 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "3.427 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "114.21 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "15.092 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "23.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "1,108.5 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "1,948.6 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "356.3 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "143.9 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "6,532,787 tons (2015 est.)"
"text": "6.533 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "12.8% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "810 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "810 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "50 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "51.1 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "9.69 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "9.687 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "122 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "122 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -680,9 +697,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Derg Downfall Day (defeat of MENGISTU regime), 28 May (1991)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red, with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands; green stands for hope and the land's fertility, yellow for justice and harmony, and red for sacrifice and heroism; the blue of the disk symbolizes peace, and the pentagram represents the unity and equality of the Ethiopian people",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and newly independent African countries often adopted the Ethiopian flag's colors, leading them to become known as the pan-African colors; the emblem in the center of the current flag was added in 1996"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red, with a light blue disk centered on the three bands; on the disk is a yellow pentagram with single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> green stands for hope and the land's fertility, yellow for justice and harmony, and red for sacrifice and heroism; the blue of the disk symbolizes peace, and the pentagram represents the Ethiopian people's unity and equality<br><br><strong>history:</strong> the emblem in the center of the current flag was added in 1996",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and newly independent African countries often adopted the Ethiopian flag's colors, which were later known as the Pan-African movement's colors"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Abyssinian lion (traditional), yellow pentagram with five rays of light on a blue field (promoted by government)"
@ -879,10 +896,10 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$7.009 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$8.808 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$8.83 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$12.49 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
@ -1054,17 +1071,6 @@
"text": "24.919 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "18.519 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "3.427 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "15.092 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "2.366 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1176,10 +1182,10 @@
},
"Space": {
"Space agency/agencies": {
"text": "Ethiopian Space Science and Geospatial Institute (ESSGI; formed in 2022 from the joining of the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute or ESSTI and the Ethiopian Geospatial Information Institute or EGII) (2024)"
"text": "Ethiopian Space Science and Geospatial Institute (ESSGI; formed in 2022 from the joining of the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute or ESSTI and the Ethiopian Geospatial Information Institute or EGII) (2025)"
},
"Space program overview": {
"text": "has a small space program to acquire and operate satellites, as well as conduct research; jointly builds satellites with foreign partners and operates and exploits remote sensing (RS) satellites; developing the ability to manufacture satellites and their associated payloads; involved in astronomy and in the construction of space observatories; cooperates on space-related issues with a variety of countries, including China, France, India, Russia, and multiple African countries, particularly Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda; shares RS data with neighboring countries (2024)",
"text": "has a small space program focused on acquiring and operating satellites, as well as conducting research; jointly builds satellites with foreign partners and operates and exploits remote sensing (RS) satellites; developing the ability to manufacture satellites and their associated payloads; involved in astronomy and in the construction of space observatories; cooperates on space-related issues with a variety of countries, including China, France, India, Russia, and multiple African countries, particularly Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda; shares RS data with neighboring countries (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the countrys space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide"
}
},
@ -1191,11 +1197,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "167,391 (Eritrea) (2023); 420,502 (South Sudan), 314,976 (Somalia), 111,778 (Sudan) (refugees since 15 April 2023) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "1,071,881 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "4.385 million (includes conflict- and climate-induced IDPs, excluding unverified estimates from the Amhara region; border war with Eritrea from 1998-2000; ethnic clashes; and ongoing fighting between the Ethiopian military and separatist rebel groups in the Somali and Oromia regions; natural disasters; intercommunal violence; most IDPs live in Sumale state) (2023)"
"text": "3,134,600 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -256,27 +256,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.74 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "18.9% (2019/20)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 91.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 90.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 85.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 76.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 89.5% of population"
"text": "total: 85.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 8.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 9.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 14.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 23.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 10.5% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 14.4% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -295,22 +292,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 75.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 74.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 33.6% of population"
"text": "rural: 32% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 60% of population"
"text": "total: 59.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 24.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 25.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 66.4% of population"
"text": "rural: 68% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 40% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 40.6% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -424,35 +421,38 @@
"text": "3.75% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "39.1 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "537,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "0.53 megatons (2016 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "1.96 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "537,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "34.9 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "193,441 tons (2002 est.)"
"text": "193,400 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "13% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "40 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "41.2 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "20 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "21.2 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "40 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "39.2 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "8 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "8 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -607,7 +607,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Sharon L. CROMER (since 18 March 2022)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Robert ANDERSON (since 22 August 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "Kairaba Avenue, Fajara, P.M.B. 19, Banjul"
@ -634,8 +634,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 18 February (1965)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue with white edges, and green; red stands for the sun and the savannah, blue for the Gambia River, and green for forests and agriculture; the white stripes denote unity and peace"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue with white edges, and green<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> red stands for the sun and the savannah, blue for the Gambia River, and green for forests and agriculture; the white stripes denote unity and peace"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion"
@ -831,6 +831,11 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "82.3% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2024": {
"text": "-$74.374 million (2024 est.)"
@ -961,14 +966,6 @@
"text": "3,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "537,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "537,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "2.731 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1088,8 +1085,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees": {
"text": "4,411 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "5,600 (2022)"
"text": "7,462 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -254,27 +254,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.58 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "31.1% (2012)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 97.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 90.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 55.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 54.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 93.1% of population"
"text": "total: 86.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 2.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 9.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 44.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 45.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 6.9% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 13.1% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -290,22 +287,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 81.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 81.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 55.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 55.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 78.7% of population"
"text": "total: 78.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 18.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 18.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 44.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 44.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 21.3% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 21.1% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -408,35 +405,58 @@
"text": "2.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "26.29 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "3.144 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "5.32 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "230,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "1.13 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "2.005 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "908,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "29.6 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "272.4 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "4.9 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "18.6 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "5.4 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "238,102 tons (1995 est.)"
"text": "238,100 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "22.4% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "80 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "84.7 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "14.1 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "40 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "40.3 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "166 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "166 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -640,8 +660,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 17 August (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and blue; green stands for the country's forests and natural resources, gold for the equator and the sun, and blue for the sea"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and blue<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> green stands for the country's forests and natural resources, gold for the equator and the sun, and blue for the sea"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "black panther"
@ -836,10 +856,15 @@
"text": "$2.939 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$2.732 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$3.226 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "64.2% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "9.5% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
@ -999,20 +1024,6 @@
"text": "25.995 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "3.144 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "230,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "2.005 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "908,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "22.101 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1140,17 +1151,17 @@
},
"Space": {
"Space agency/agencies": {
"text": "Gabonese Studies and Space Observations Agency (Agence Gabonaise d&rsquo;Etudes et d&rsquo;Observations Spatiales or AGEOS; established 2015) (2024)"
"text": "Gabonese Studies and Space Observations Agency (Agence Gabonaise d&rsquo;Etudes et d&rsquo;Observations Spatiales or AGEOS; established 2015) (2025)"
},
"Space program overview": {
"text": "has a small space program focused on the acquisition, processing, analysis, and furnishing of data from foreign remote sensing (RS) satellites for environmental management, mapping, natural resources, land use planning, and maritime surveillance, as well as research and innovation; has relationships with Brazil, China, the European Space Agency (ESA) and its member states (particularly France), Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, South Africa, and the US; shares RS data with neighboring countries (2024)",
"text": "has a small space program focused on the acquisition, processing, analysis, and furnishing of data from remote sensing (RS) satellites for environmental management, mapping, natural resources, land use planning, and maritime surveillance, as well as research and innovation; member of the African Space Agency; has relationships with Brazil, China, the European Space Agency and its member states (particularly France), and the US, as well as African countries such as Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, and South Africa; shares RS data with neighboring countries (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the countrys space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Gabon does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, but the government has devoted sufficient resources to a written plan that, if implemented, would constitute significant efforts to meet the minimum standards; therefore, Gabon was granted a waiver per the Trafficking Victims Protection Act from an otherwise required downgrade to Tier 3 and remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/gabon/"
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees": {
"text": "261 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -258,27 +258,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.75 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "27.2% (2017/18)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 98.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 98.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 83.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 74.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 92.4% of population"
"text": "total: 88.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 1.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 1.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 16.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 25.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 7.6% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 11.6% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -297,22 +294,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 84.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 85.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 52.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 55.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 71.1% of population"
"text": "total: 73.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 15.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 14.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 47.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 44.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 28.9% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 26.9% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -437,35 +434,58 @@
"text": "3.06% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "46.04 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "20.822 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "16.67 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "107,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "22.75 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "13.349 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "7.366 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "43.4 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "164.9 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "166.7 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "134 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "28.1 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "3,538,275 tons (2005 est.)"
"text": "3.538 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "13.3% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "300 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "299.6 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "100 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "95 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "1.07 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "1.07 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "56.2 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "56.2 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -605,7 +625,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Jane Gasu AHETO (since 31 May 2025)"
"text": "Ambassador Victor Emmanuel SMITH (since 19 September 2025)"
},
"chancery": {
"text": "3512 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008"
@ -625,7 +645,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Virginia E. PALMER (since 16 June 2022)"
"text": "Ambassador&nbsp;(vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Rolf OLSON (since 29 May 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "No. 24, Fourth Circular Road, Cantonments, Accra, P.O. Box 2288, Accra"
@ -649,9 +669,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 6 March (1957)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green, with a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; red stands for the blood shed for independence, yellow for the country's mineral wealth, and green for its forests and natural wealth; the black star is said to be the lodestar of African freedom",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Bolivia, which has a coat of arms centered in the yellow band"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green, with a large five-pointed black star centered in the yellow band<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> red stands for the blood shed for independence, yellow for the country's mineral wealth, and green for its forests and natural wealth; the black star is said to be the lodestar of African freedom<br><br><strong>history:</strong> uses the colors of the Pan-African movement",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of Bolivia, which has a coat of arms centered in the yellow band"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "black star, golden eagle"
@ -851,10 +871,15 @@
"text": "$11.684 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$16.842 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$19.102 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "73.4% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "12.3% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
@ -1029,20 +1054,6 @@
"text": "22.653 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "20.822 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "107,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "13.349 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "7.366 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "10.493 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1174,18 +1185,26 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> since sending a contingent of troops to the Congo in 1960, the military has been a regular contributor to African- and UN-sponsored peacekeeping missions"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the militarys primary missions are border defense, assisting with internal security, peacekeeping, and protecting the countrys territorial waters, particularly its offshore oil and gas infrastructure; it has benefited from cooperation with foreign partners, such as the UK and the US, and experience gained from participation in multiple international peacekeeping missions<br> <br>in recent years, Ghana has expanded the Army and reinforced its presence in the northern part of the country to shore up porous borders, interdict smuggling routes, and counter threats from the terrorist organization Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida linked militant groups, which has a considerable presence in Burkina Faso and has conducted attacks in Cote d'Ivoire and Togo; Ghana has also made efforts to increase the Navy's capabilities to protect its maritime claims and counter threats such as piracy and illegal fishing (2025)"
"text": "the militarys primary missions are border defense, assisting with internal security, peacekeeping, and protecting the countrys territorial waters, particularly its offshore oil and gas infrastructure; it has benefited from cooperation with foreign partners, such as the UK and the US, and experience gained from participation in multiple international peacekeeping missions<br> <br>in recent years, Ghana has expanded the Army and reinforced its presence in the northern part of the country to shore up porous borders, interdict smuggling routes, and counter threats from the terrorist organization Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida linked militant groups which has a considerable presence in Burkina Faso and has conducted attacks in Cote d'Ivoire and Togo; Ghana has also made efforts to increase the Navy's capabilities to protect its maritime claims and counter threats such as piracy and illegal fishing (2025)"
}
},
"Space": {
"Space agency/agencies": {
"text": "Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI; established 2011); note &ndash; the GSSTI is eventually slated to become the Ghana Space Agency (2024)"
"text": "Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI; established 2011); note &ndash; the GSSTI is eventually slated to become the Ghana Space Agency (2025)"
},
"Space program overview": {
"text": "has a small, nascent space program focused on research in space sciences and exploiting remote sensing (RS) technology for natural resource management, weather forecasting, agriculture, and national security issues; relies on foreign imagery for analysis but seeks to develop its own RS satellite capabilities; one of Africas leaders in satellite dish research; trains aerospace scientists and engineers; has established relations on space-related issues with China, Japan, and South Africa; cooperating with Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda to establish a joint satellite to monitor climate changes in the African continent; partner of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) international astronomy initiative (2024)",
"text": "has nascent space program focused on earth observation, space science education, and telecommunications; seeks to exploit remote sensing (RS) technology for agriculture, natural resource management, weather forecasting, and national security issues; relies on foreign imagery for analysis but seeks to develop its own RS satellite capabilities; has established cooperative relationships with China and Japan, as well as a number of regional states, particularly South Africa; cooperating with Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda to establish a joint satellite to monitor climate changes in the African continent; member of the African Space Agency; partner of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) international astronomy initiative (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the countrys space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees": {
"text": "17,334 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "4,937 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}
}

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@ -252,27 +252,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.36 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "10.9% (2018)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 99.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 92% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 76.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 59% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 85.2% of population"
"text": "total: 71.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 0.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 23.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 41% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 14.8% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 28.5% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -288,22 +285,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 90.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 95.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 38.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 39.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 58% of population"
"text": "total: 60.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 9.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 4.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 61.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 60.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 42% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 39.4% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -417,26 +414,26 @@
"text": "3.64% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "37.57 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "4.505 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "3 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "1,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "11.13 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "4.504 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "34.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "596,911 tons (1996 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "29,846 tons (2005 est.)"
"text": "596,900 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "5% (2005 est.)"
"text": "23.9% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
@ -528,7 +525,7 @@
"text": "Interim President Col. Mamady DOUMBOUYA (since 1 October 2021)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Prime Minister Mamadou Oury BAH (since 27 February 2024)"
"text": "Prime Minister Amadou Oury BAH (since 27 February 2024)"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "formerly the Council of Ministers appointed by the president"
@ -607,7 +604,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Troy Damian FITRELL (since January 2022)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Mary E. DASCHBACH (since 15 July 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "Transversale No. 2, Centre Administratif de Koloma, Commune de Ratoma, Conakry"
@ -634,9 +631,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 2 October (1958)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green; red stands for the people's sacrifice for liberation and work; yellow for the sun, the riches of the earth, and justice; green for the country's vegetation and unity",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the reverse of those on the flags of neighboring Mali and Senegal"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description: </strong>three equal vertical bands of red (left side), yellow, and green<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> red stands for the people's sacrifice for liberation and work; yellow for the sun, the riches of the earth, and justice; green for the country's vegetation and unity<br><br><strong>history:</strong> uses the colors of the Pan-African movement",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the colors from left to right are the reverse of those on the flags of neighboring Mali and Senegal"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "elephant"
@ -831,6 +828,11 @@
"text": "$2.014 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "41.8% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "$2.288 billion (2023 est.)"
@ -966,17 +968,6 @@
"text": "32,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "4.505 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "1,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "4.504 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "5.235 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1109,5 +1100,13 @@
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees": {
"text": "2,343 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "5,160 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}
}

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@ -262,27 +262,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.67 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "27.8% (2020)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 89.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 86.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 69.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 58% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 79.8% of population"
"text": "total: 72.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 10.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 13.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 30.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 42% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 20.2% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 27.1% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -298,22 +295,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 77.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 84.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 35% of population"
"text": "rural: 41.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 57.1% of population"
"text": "total: 64.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 22.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 15.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 65% of population"
"text": "rural: 58.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 42.9% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 35.8% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -438,41 +435,55 @@
"text": "3.38% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "40.41 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "16.28 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "9.67 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "11.641 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "10.3 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "4.639 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "36 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "187.7 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "192 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "199.9 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "28.9 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "4,440,814 tons (2010 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "133,224 tons (2005 est.)"
"text": "4.441 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "3% (2005 est.)"
"text": "13.3% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "320 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "320 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "240 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "242 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "600 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "600 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "84.14 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "84.14 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -515,7 +526,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "12 districts and 2 autonomous districts*; Abidjan*, Bas-Sassandra, Comoe, Denguele, Goh-Djiboua, Lacs, Lagunes, Montagnes, Sassandra-Marahoue, Savanes, Vallee du Bandama, Woroba, Yamoussoukro*, Zanzan"
"text": "12 districts and 2 autonomous districts*; Abidjan*, Bas-Sassandra, Comoe, Denguele, Goh-Djiboua, Lacs, Lagunes, Montagnes, Sassandra-Marahoue, Savanes, Vall&eacute;e du Bandama, Woroba, Yamoussoukro*, Zanzan"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French civil code; Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court reviews legislation"
@ -607,7 +618,7 @@
"text": "13.4%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "March 2026"
"text": "December 2025"
}
},
"Legislative branch - upper chamber": {
@ -693,9 +704,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 7 August (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal vertical bands of orange (hoist side), white, and green; orange stands for the savannah and fertility, white for peace and unity, green for the forests of the south and the hope for a bright future; design based on France's flag",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of Ireland, which is longer and has the colors reversed -- green (hoist side), white, and orange; also similar to the flag of Italy, which is green (hoist side), white, and red"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal vertical bands of orange (left side), white, and green<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> orange stands for the savannah and fertility, white for peace and unity, green for the forests of the south and the hope for a bright future; design based on France's flag",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of Ireland, which is wider and has the colors reversed -- green (left side), white, and orange; also similar to the flag of Italy, which is green (left side), white, and red"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "elephant"
@ -892,12 +903,17 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$9.755 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$12.351 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$13.255 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$16.03 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "47% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "13.2% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
@ -1047,17 +1063,6 @@
"text": "28.317 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "16.28 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "11.641 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "4.639 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "8.489 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1192,10 +1197,11 @@
},
"Space": {
"Space agency/agencies": {
"text": "Space Agency of C&ocirc;te d&rsquo;Ivoire (ASCI; established June 2025) (2025)"
"text": "National Office for Technical Studies and Development (Bureau d'Études Techniques et de Développement or BNETD) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in mid-2025, Côte dIvoire announced that it would establish the Space Agency of Côte dIvoire (ASCI) in 2026 under the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research"
},
"Space program overview": {
"text": "has a small, nascent program focused on acquiring a remote sensing (RS) satellite for detecting illegal gold mining, facilitating access to drinking water, mapping deforestation, and national security issues; new space agency's responsibilities also include advancing the use of space-based technologies for sustainable development, promoting domestic expertise, and supporting scientific research (2025)",
"text": "has a small, nascent program with a focus on satellite technology and geospatial information systems for effective national planning, resource management, addressing environmental challenges, supporting the agricultural sector and scientific research, promoting domestic expertise, and national security issues (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the countrys space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide"
}
},
@ -1207,11 +1213,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"IDPs": {
"text": "302,000 (post-election conflict in 2010-11, as well as civil war from 2002-04; land disputes; most pronounced in western and southwestern regions) (2022)"
"refugees": {
"text": "69,176 (2024 est.)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "930,578 (2022); note - many Ivoirians lack documentation proving their nationality, which prevent them from accessing education and healthcare; birth on Ivorian soil does not automatically result in citizenship; disputes over citizenship and the associated rights of the large population descended from migrants from neighboring countries is an ongoing source of tension and contributed to the country's 2002 civil war; some observers believe the government's mass naturalizations of thousands of people over the last couple of years is intended to boost its electoral support base; the government in October 2013 acceded to international conventions on statelessness and in August 2013 reformed its nationality law, key steps to clarify the nationality of thousands of residents; since the adoption of the Abidjan Declaration to eradicate statelessness in West Africa in February 2015, 6,400 people have received nationality papers in Cote d'Ivoire; in September 2020, Cote d'Ivoire adopted Africa's first statelessness determination procedure to regularize the status of stateless people"
"text": "930,978 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -267,27 +267,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.56 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "64.6% (2020)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 91.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 86.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 63.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 53.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 71.2% of population"
"text": "total: 62.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 8.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 13.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 36.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 46.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 28.8% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 37.1% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -306,22 +303,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 84% of population"
"text": "urban: 84.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 48.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 51.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 58.2% of population"
"text": "total: 60.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 16% of population"
"text": "urban: 15.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 51.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 48.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 41.8% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 39.1% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -424,41 +421,55 @@
"text": "4.09% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "12.52 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "19.023 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "17.91 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "3.316 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "37.65 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "15.707 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "12.7 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "334.4 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "1,241 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "127.1 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "32.8 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "5,595,099 tons (2010 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "447,608 tons (2009 est.)"
"text": "5.595 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "8% (2009 est.)"
"text": "19.9% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "500 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "495 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "300 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "303 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "3.23 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "3.234 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "30.7 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "30.7 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -659,7 +670,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Marc DILLARD (since November 2024)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Susan M. BURNS (since 25 August 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "P.O. Box 606 Village Market, 00621 Nairobi"
@ -687,8 +698,8 @@
"text": "Jamhuri Day (Independence Day), 12 December (1963)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Madaraka Day, 1 June (1963), marks the day Kenya attained internal self-rule"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a large Maasai warrior's shield covering crossed spears is at the center; black stands for the majority population, red for the blood shed in the struggle for freedom, green for natural wealth, and white for peace; the shield and crossed spears symbolize the defense of freedom"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a large Maasai warrior's shield covering crossed spears is at the center<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> black stands for the majority population, red for the blood shed in the struggle for freedom, green for natural wealth, and white for peace; the shield and crossed spears symbolize the defense of freedom"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion"
@ -891,9 +902,14 @@
"text": "$20.202 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$29.933 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$30.924 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "53.2% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "14% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
@ -1055,17 +1071,6 @@
"text": "113,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "19.023 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "3.316 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "15.707 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "5.486 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1199,13 +1204,14 @@
},
"Space": {
"Space agency/agencies": {
"text": "Kenya Space Agency (KSA; established, 2017) (2024)"
"text": "Kenya Space Agency (KSA; established 2017) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>KSA's predecessor, the National Space Secretariat, was established in 2009"
},
"Space launch site(s)": {
"text": "Luigi Broglio Space Center (aka Malindi Space Center, Malindi Station, San Marco Satellite Launching and Tracking Station; Kilifi County; over 20 sounding rockets and nine satellites launched from the site, 1967-1989); in 2020, Kenya concluded a new deal with Italy to conduct rocket launches from the site again in the future (2024)"
"text": "Luigi Broglio Space Center (aka Malindi Space Center, Malindi Station, San Marco Satellite Launching and Tracking Station; Kilifi County; over 20 sounding rockets and nine satellites launched from the site, 1967-1989); in 2020, Kenya concluded a new deal with Italy to conduct rocket launches from the site again in the future (2025)"
},
"Space program overview": {
"text": "has a national space strategy focused on acquiring and applying space technologies and applications for agriculture, communications, disaster and resource management, security, urban planning, and weather monitoring; jointly develops and builds nanosatellites with foreign partners; operates satellites; researching and developing satellite payloads and imagery data analysis capabilities; has cooperated on space issues with China, Japan, India, Italy, and the US, as well as a variety African partners, including Egypt and South Africa; developing a satellite imagery/geospatial analysis and data sharing portal that contains 17 years of satellite imagery for other African countries, including Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania; cooperating with Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda to establish a joint remote sensing (RS) satellite to monitor climate changes on the African continent (African Development Satellite program) (2024)",
"text": "has a national space strategy focused on acquiring and applying space technologies and applications for agriculture, communications, disaster and resource management, security, urban planning, and weather monitoring; jointly develops and builds nanosatellites with foreign partners; operates satellites; researching and developing satellite payloads and imagery data analysis capabilities; has cooperated on space issues with China, Japan, India, Italy, and the US, as well as a variety African partners; member of the African Space Agency (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the countrys space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide"
}
},
@ -1217,14 +1223,14 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "21,847 (Ethiopia), 5,756 (Sudan) (2023); 298,117 (Somalia), 176,776 (South Sudan), 59,384 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 8,701 (Burundi) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "823,904 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "30,000 (election-related violence, intercommunal violence, resource conflicts, al-Shabaab attacks in 2017 and 2018) (2022)"
"text": "284,886 (2024 est.)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "16,779 (2022); note - the stateless population consists of Nubians, Kenyan Somalis, and coastal Arabs; the Nubians are descendants of Sudanese soldiers recruited by the British to fight for them in East Africa more than a century ago; Nubians did not receive Kenyan citizenship when the country became independent in 1963; only recently have Nubians become a formally recognized tribe and had less trouble obtaining national IDs; Galjeel and other Somalis who have lived in Kenya for decades are included with more recent Somali refugees and denied ID cards"
"text": "9,800 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -249,27 +249,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.94 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "24.9% (2019/20)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 96.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 84.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 70.6% of population"
"text": "rural: 65.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 84% of population"
"text": "total: 75.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 3.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 15.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 29.4% of population"
"text": "rural: 34.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 16% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 24.4% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -288,22 +285,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 68% of population"
"text": "urban: 70.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 25.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 25.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 47.5% of population"
"text": "total: 49% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 32% of population"
"text": "urban: 29.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 74.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 74.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 52.5% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 51% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -406,35 +403,41 @@
"text": "3.41% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "35.8 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "671,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "1.39 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "4 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "6.56 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "671,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "41.9 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "564,467 tons (2007 est.)"
"text": "564,500 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "7.9% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "80 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "80.2 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "50 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "53.4 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "12.3 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "232 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "232 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -627,7 +630,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Mark TONER (since 7 August 2024)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Joseph ZADROZNY (since August 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "502 Benson Street, Monrovia"
@ -654,8 +657,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 26 July (1847)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "11 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; a five-pointed white star sits on a blue square in the upper hoist-side corner; the stripes symbolize the signatories of the Liberian Declaration of Independence, the blue square represents the African mainland, and the star represents the freedom granted to the ex-slaves; the blue stands for liberty, justice, and fidelity, the white for purity, cleanliness, and guilelessness, and the red for steadfastness, valor, and fervor; the design is based on the US flag"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> 11 equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white; a five-pointed white star sits on a blue square in the upper-left corner<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> the stripes stand for the signatories of the Liberian Declaration of Independence, the blue square for the African mainland, and the star for the freedom granted to ex-slaves; the blue stands for liberty, justice, and fidelity; the white for purity, cleanliness, and guilelessness; the red for steadfastness, valor, and fervor",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the design is based on the US flag"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "white star"
@ -821,6 +825,11 @@
"text": "$6 million (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "28.3% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "$64.806 million (2022 est.)"
@ -959,17 +968,6 @@
"text": "5,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "671,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "4 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "671,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "1.822 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1099,9 +1097,14 @@
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees": {
"text": "1,854 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Liberia was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/liberia/"
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Liberia remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/liberia/"
}
}
}

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@ -246,27 +246,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "64.9% (2018)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 95.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 93% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 77.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 65.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 82.6% of population"
"text": "total: 74% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 4.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 22.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 34.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 17.4% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 26% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -282,22 +279,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 93.6% of population"
"text": "urban: 93.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 62.4% of population"
"text": "rural: 62.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 71.4% of population"
"text": "total: 71.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 6.4% of population"
"text": "urban: 6.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 37.6% of population"
"text": "rural: 37.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 28.6% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 28.3% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -422,35 +419,41 @@
"text": "2.77% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "17.6 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "1.148 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "2.51 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "175,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "2.56 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "973,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "17.4 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "73,457 tons (2006 est.)"
"text": "73,500 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "11.9% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "20 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "20 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "20 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "20 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "3.8 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "3.8 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "3.02 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "3.022 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -661,8 +664,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 4 October (1966)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three horizontal stripes of blue (top), white, and green, representing respectively rain, peace, and prosperity; centered in the white stripe is a black <em>mokorotlo</em>, a traditional Basotho straw hat and national symbol; the redesigned flag was introduced in 2006 to celebrate 40 years of independence"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description: </strong>three horizontal stripes of blue (top), white, and green; centered on the white stripe is a black <em>mokorotlo</em>, a traditional Basotho straw hat and national symbol<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> blue stands for rain, white for peace, and green for prosperity<br><br><strong>history:</strong> the redesigned flag was introduced in 2006 to celebrate 40 years of independence"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "mokorotio (Basotho hat)"
@ -854,7 +857,7 @@
"text": "$1.13 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$947.517 million (2022 est.)"
"text": "$1.256 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
@ -1015,17 +1018,6 @@
"text": "7,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "1.148 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "175,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "973,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "8.117 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1113,5 +1105,10 @@
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees": {
"text": "610 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}
}

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@ -255,27 +255,12 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.46 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "27.7% (2014)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: NA"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: NA"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 99.9% of population"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: NA"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: NA"
"text": "total: 99.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 0.1% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -288,23 +273,11 @@
"text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: NA"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: NA"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 99.3% of population"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: NA"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: NA"
"text": "total: 99.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 0.7% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 0.7% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -377,20 +350,40 @@
"text": "1.45% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "29.84 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "46.479 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "50.56 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "700 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "45.76 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "29.542 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "16.936 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "29.8 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "1,357.4 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "63.4 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "77.3 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "3.6 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "2,147,596 tons (2011 est.)"
"text": "2.148 million tons (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
@ -568,8 +561,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Liberation Day, 23 October (2011)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three horizontal bands of red (top), black (double-width), and green, with a white crescent and star centered on the black stripe; the National Transitional Council reintroduced this flag design from the former Kingdom of Libya (1951-1969) in 2011 to replace the all-green banner of the QADHAFI regime; the colors represent the three major regions of the country: red stands for Fezzan, black for Cyrenaica, and green for Tripolitania; the crescent and star represent Islam"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three horizontal bands of red (top), black (double-width), and green, with a white crescent and star centered on the black stripe<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> the colors represent the three major regions of the country: red stands for Fezzan, black for Cyrenaica, and green for Tripolitania; the crescent and star represent Islam<br><br><strong>history:</strong> the National Transitional Council reintroduced this flag design from the former Kingdom of Libya (1951-69) in 2011 to replace the all-green banner of the QADHAFI regime"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "star and crescent, hawk"
@ -745,6 +738,11 @@
"text": "$37.475 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "7.5% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "$1.865 billion (2023 est.)"
@ -888,20 +886,6 @@
"text": "1.505 trillion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "46.479 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "700 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "29.542 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "16.936 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "100.844 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1014,11 +998,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "11,623 (Syria) (refugees and asylum seekers), 8,302 (Eritrea) (2023); 6,293 (Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "277,010 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "125,802 (conflict between pro-QADHAFI and anti-QADHAFI forces in 2011; post-QADHAFI tribal clashes 2014) (2023)"
"text": "139,305 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -247,27 +247,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.71 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "49.7% (2020)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 85% of population"
"text": "urban: 79.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 38% of population"
"text": "rural: 36% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 56.1% of population"
"text": "total: 53.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 15% of population"
"text": "urban: 20.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 62% of population"
"text": "rural: 64% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 43.9% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 46.5% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -283,22 +280,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 49.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 53.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 22.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 25.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 32.6% of population"
"text": "total: 36.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 50.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 46.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 77.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 74.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 67.4% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 63.3% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -423,35 +420,41 @@
"text": "4.26% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "16.02 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "3.936 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "3.91 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "1.057 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "10.14 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "2.879 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "16.7 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "3,768,759 tons (2016 est.)"
"text": "3.769 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "9.2% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "400 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "395 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "160 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "161.9 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "13 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "13 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "337 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "337 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -666,8 +669,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 26 June (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green, with a vertical white band of the same width on hoist side; red stands for sovereignty, green for hope, and white for purity"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green, with a vertical white band on the left side<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> red stands for sovereignty, green for hope, and white for purity"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "traveller's palm (ravenala), zebu"
@ -837,13 +840,18 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$1.756 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$2.066 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$1.523 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$2.876 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "38.4% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "9.6% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
@ -992,17 +1000,6 @@
"text": "20,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "3.936 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "1.057 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "2.879 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "1.816 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1129,9 +1126,12 @@
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government has devoted sufficient resources to a written plan that, if implemented, would constitute significant efforts to meet the minimum standards; therefore, Madagascar was granted a waiver per the Trafficking Victims Protection Act from an otherwise required downgrade to Tier 3 and remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/madagascar/"
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees": {
"text": "1,256 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "9,868 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -258,27 +258,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.58 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "65.6% (2019/20)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 96.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 85.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 91% of population"
"text": "rural: 68.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 92% of population"
"text": "total: 71.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 3.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 14.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 9% of population"
"text": "rural: 31.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 8% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 28.1% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -294,22 +291,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 59.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 87.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 35.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 73.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 40% of population"
"text": "total: 75.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 40.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 12.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 64.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 26.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 60% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 24.2% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -434,35 +431,41 @@
"text": "4.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "18.57 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "2.265 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "1.3 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "65,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "11.12 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "2.2 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "18.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "1,297,844 tons (2013 est.)"
"text": "1.298 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "9.6% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "140 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "143.1 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "50 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "47.7 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "1.17 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "1.166 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "17.28 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "17.28 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -551,13 +554,13 @@
"text": "president directly elected by simple-majority popular vote for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term)"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "23 June 2020"
"text": "September 2030"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br><em>2020: </em>Lazarus CHAKWERA elected president; Lazarus CHAKWERA (MCP) 59.3%, Peter Mutharika (DPP) 39.9%, other 0.8%<br><br><em>2014:</em> Peter MUTHARIKA elected president; percent of vote - Peter MUTHARIKA (DPP) 36.4%, Lazarus CHAKWERA (MCP) 27.8%, Joyce BANDA (PP) 20.2%, Atupele MULUZI (UDF) 13.7%, other 1.9%"
"text": "2025: Peter MUTHARIKA elected president; percent of vote- Peter MUTHARIKA (DPP) 56.8%, Lazarus CHAKWERA (MCP) 33.0%, Dalitso KABAMBE (UTM) 3.95, Atupele MULUZI (UDF) 1.92%, Joyce BANDA (PP) 1.61%, other 2.72%<br><br><em>2020: </em>Lazarus CHAKWERA elected president; Lazarus CHAKWERA (MCP) 59.3%, Peter Mutharika (DPP) 39.9%, other 0.8%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "June 2025"
"text": "September 2025"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the president is both chief of state and head of government"
},
@ -623,7 +626,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Amy W. DIAZ (since February 2024)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Jonathan FISCHER (since 8 August 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "16 Jomo Kenyatta Road, Lilongwe 3"
@ -651,8 +654,8 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 6 July (1964)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> also called Republic Day since 6 July 1966"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green, with a rising red sun centered on the black band; black represents ethnic groups, red the blood shed in their struggle for freedom, and green the color of nature; the sun represents the hope of freedom for the continent of Africa"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description: </strong>three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green, with a rising red sun centered on the black band<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> black stands for ethnic groups, red for the blood shed in the struggle for freedom, and green for nature; the sun represents the hope of freedom for the continent of Africa"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion"
@ -820,10 +823,10 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$1.688 billion (2020 est.)"
"text": "$2.208 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$1.941 billion (2020 est.)"
"text": "$3.523 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
@ -987,17 +990,6 @@
"text": "15,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "2.265 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "65,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "2.2 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "1.792 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1097,8 +1089,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "11,502 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,594 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023); 34,605 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers)"
"refugees": {
"text": "56,659 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "135,728 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -256,27 +256,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.64 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "17.2% (2018)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 99.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 94.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 75.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 74.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 86.4% of population"
"text": "total: 83.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 0.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 5.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 24.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 25.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 13.6% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 16.4% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -295,22 +292,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 85.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 88.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 44.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 49.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 62.7% of population"
"text": "total: 67.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 14.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 11.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 55.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 50.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 37.3% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 32.8% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -435,35 +432,41 @@
"text": "4.57% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "38.55 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "6.858 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "3.18 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "83 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "19.16 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "6.858 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "48.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "1,937,354 tons (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.937 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "10.4% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "110 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "107 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "4 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "4 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "5.08 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "5.075 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "120 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "120 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -647,9 +650,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 22 September (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the same as those of neighboring Senegal (which has an additional green central star) and the reverse of those on the flag of neighboring Guinea"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal vertical bands of green (left side), yellow, and red<br><br><strong>history:</strong> uses the colors of the Pan-African movement",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the colors from left to right are the same as those of neighboring Senegal (which has an additional green central star) and the reverse of the flag of neighboring Guinea"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Great Mosque of Djenne"
@ -665,7 +668,7 @@
"text": "Seydou Badian KOUYATE/Banzoumana SISSOKO"
},
"history": {
"text": "adopted 1962; also known as \"Pour l'Afrique et pour toi, Mali\" (For Africa and for You, Mali) and \"A ton appel, Mali\" (At Your Call, Mali)"
"text": "adopted 1962"
}
},
"National heritage": {
@ -841,10 +844,15 @@
"text": "$2.841 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$2.533 billion (2020 est.)"
"text": "$3.563 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "36% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "12% (of GDP) (2020 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
@ -981,17 +989,6 @@
"text": "46,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "6.858 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "83 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "6.858 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "4.307 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1100,16 +1097,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "29,138 (Burkina Faso) (refugees and asylum seekers), 20,617 (Niger) (refugees and asylum seekers), 14,956 (Mauritania) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023)"
"refugees": {
"text": "135,827 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "375,539 (Tuareg rebellion since 2012) (2023)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch list — Mali did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/mali/"
"text": "378,363 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -260,27 +260,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "70.8% (2018)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 98.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 98.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 79.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 65.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 91% of population"
"text": "total: 87% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 1.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 1.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 20.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 34.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 9% of population (2017 est.)"
"text": "total: 13% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -300,24 +297,23 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 98.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 98.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 72.4% of population"
"text": "rural: 72.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 88.8% of population"
"text": "total: 89.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 1.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 1.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 27.6% of population"
"text": "rural: 27.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 11.2% of population (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> does not include data from the former Western Sahara"
"text": "total: 10.9% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
"text": "26.1% (2016)",
@ -432,44 +428,60 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong>  data does not include former Western Sahara"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "13.44 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "64.173 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "61.28 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "23.024 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "17.16 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "39.329 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong>  data does not include former Western Sahara"
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "1.82 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "13.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "36.6 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "283.7 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "377.5 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "4.5 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "6.852 million tons (2014 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "548,160 tons (2014 est.)"
"text": "6.852 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "8% (2014 est.)"
"text": "25.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong>  data does not include former Western Sahara"
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "1.06 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "1.063 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "210 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "212 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "9.16 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "9.156 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong>  data does not include former Western Sahara"
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "29 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)",
"text": "29 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong>  data does not include former Western Sahara"
},
"Geoparks": {
@ -664,7 +676,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador&nbsp;(vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Aimee CUTRONA (since January 2025)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Ben ZIFF (since 28 August 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "Km 5.7 Avenue Mohammed VI, Souissi, Rabat 10170"
@ -694,8 +706,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Throne Day (accession of King MOHAMMED VI to the throne), 30 July (1999)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "red with a green pentacle (five-pointed linear star) known as Sulayman's (Solomon's) seal in the center of the flag; red and green are traditional colors in Arab flags, although the use of red is more commonly associated with the Arab states of the Persian Gulf; the pentacle represents the five pillars of Islam and signifies the association between God and the nation; the design dates to 1912"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> red with a green pentacle (five-pointed linear star) known as Sulayman's (Solomon's) seal in the center of the flag<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> red and green are traditional colors in Arab flags, although the use of red is more commonly associated with the Arab states of the Persian Gulf; the pentacle represents the five pillars of Islam and the association between God and the nation<br><br><strong>history:</strong> the design dates to 1912"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "pentacle symbol, lion"
@ -877,13 +889,18 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$35.356 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$38.458 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$36.939 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$44.819 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "64.9% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "21% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
@ -1058,20 +1075,6 @@
"text": "1.444 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "64.173 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "23.024 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "39.329 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "1.82 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "23.52 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1211,8 +1214,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "5,250 (Syria) (mid-year 2022)"
"refugees": {
"text": "18,848 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "256 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -239,27 +239,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "0.66 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "63.8% (2014)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 99.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 99.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 99.9% of population"
"text": "total: 100% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 0.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 0.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 0% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -278,22 +275,10 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 99.9% of population"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: NA"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: NA"
"text": "urban: 99.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 0.1% of population"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: NA"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: (2020 est.) NA"
"text": "urban: 0.3% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -404,35 +389,41 @@
"text": "0.28% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "10.48 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "5.551 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "4.35 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "1.495 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "2.06 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "4.056 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "10.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "438,000 tons (2016 est.)"
"text": "438,000 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "15.9% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "290 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "320 million cubic meters (2022)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "10 million cubic meters (2022)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "310 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "303 million cubic meters (2022)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "2.75 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "2.751 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -625,9 +616,9 @@
"text": "Independence and Republic Day, 12 March (1968, 1992)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> became independent and a republic on the same date in 1968 and 1992, respectively"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "four equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, yellow, and green; red stands for self-determination and independence, blue for the Indian Ocean, yellow for the new light of independence, golden sunshine, or the bright future, and green for agriculture or the island's lush vegetation",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the flag of Mauritius is the only national flag with four horizontal color bands"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> four equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, yellow, and green<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> red stands for self-determination and independence; blue for the Indian Ocean; yellow for the new light of independence, golden sunshine, or the bright future; and green for agriculture or the island's lush vegetation",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Mauritius has the only national flag with four horizontal color bands"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "dodo bird, earring tree flower (<em>Trochetia boutoniana</em>)"
@ -816,12 +807,12 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$3.134 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$3.801 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$3.647 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$5.042 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2019": {
@ -977,17 +968,6 @@
"text": "28,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "5.551 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "1.495 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "4.056 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "60.188 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1085,5 +1065,13 @@
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees": {
"text": "82 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "39 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}
}

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@ -266,27 +266,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.68 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "11.5% (2019/20)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 98.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 94.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 68.4% of population"
"text": "rural: 55.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 85.2% of population"
"text": "total: 77.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 1.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 5.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 31.6% of population"
"text": "rural: 44.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 14.8% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 22.2% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -302,22 +299,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 83.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 89.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 25.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 33.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 57.5% of population"
"text": "total: 65.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 16.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 10.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 74.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 66.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 42.5% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 34.5% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -442,41 +439,38 @@
"text": "3.84% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "41.98 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "4.86 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "2.74 megatons (2016 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "6.16 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "4.86 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "35.1 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "454,000 tons (2009 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "36,320 tons (2009 est.)"
"text": "454,000 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "8% (2009 est.)"
"text": "10% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "100 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "95.4 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "30 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "31.8 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "1.2 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "1.223 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "11.4 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "11.4 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -664,8 +658,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 28 November (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "green with a five-pointed yellow star between the ends of a yellow, upward-pointing crescent moon and red stripes along the top and bottom edges; the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam; green also represents hope for a bright future; the yellow color stands for the sands of the Sahara, and red for blood shed in the fight for independence"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> green with red stripes along the top and bottom edges; on the green field, a five-pointed yellow star is centered over a yellow, upward-pointing crescent moon<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam; green also represents hope for a bright future; yellow stands for the sands of the Sahara, and red for blood shed in the fight for independence"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "five-pointed star between the horns of a horizontal crescent moon"
@ -675,13 +669,13 @@
},
"National anthem(s)": {
"title": {
"text": "\"Bilāda l-ʾubāti l-hudāti l-kirām\" (Land of the Proud, Guided by Noblemen)"
"text": "\"National Anthem of Mauritania\"&nbsp;"
},
"lyrics/music": {
"text": "unknown/traditional, Rageh DAOUD"
"text": "unknown/Rageh DAOUD"
},
"history": {
"text": "adopted 28 November 2017"
"text": "adopted 2017"
}
},
"National heritage": {
@ -861,6 +855,11 @@
"text": "$1.407 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "100% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$966.506 million (2023 est.)"
@ -1007,14 +1006,6 @@
"text": "28.317 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "4.86 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "4.86 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "14.135 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1153,8 +1144,8 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "26,000 (Sahrawis) (2021); 104,080 (Mali) (2023)"
"refugees": {
"text": "162,277 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -256,27 +256,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.29 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "27.1% (2015)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 93.4% of population"
"text": "urban: 87.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 61.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 48.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 73.3% of population"
"text": "total: 63.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 6.6% of population"
"text": "urban: 12.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 38.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 51.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 26.7% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 36.8% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -295,22 +292,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 71.9% of population (2015 est.)"
"text": "urban: 71.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 24.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 24.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 42.2% of population"
"text": "total: 42.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 28.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 28.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 75.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 75.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 57.8% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 57.6% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -435,41 +432,58 @@
"text": "4.24% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "16.45 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "9.549 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "7.94 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "-68,287 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "16.26 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "6.244 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "3.373 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "17.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "320.1 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "169.5 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "117.5 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "101.2 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "2.5 million tons (2014 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "25,000 tons (2014 est.)"
"text": "2.5 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "1% (2014 est.)"
"text": "5.2% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "370 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "372 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "30 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "25 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "1.08 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "1.076 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "217.1 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "217.1 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -629,7 +643,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Peter Hendrick VROOMAN (since 3 March 2022)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Abigail L. DRESSEL (since 11 August 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "Avenida Marginal 5467, Maputo"
@ -653,8 +667,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 25 June (1975)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), black, and yellow, with a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; the black band is edged in white; centered in the triangle is a yellow five-pointed star with a crossed rifle and hoe in black superimposed on an open white book; green stands for the riches of the land, white for peace, black for the African continent, yellow for the country's minerals, and red for the fight for independence; the rifle symbolizes defense and vigilance, the hoe refers to the country's agriculture, the open book stresses the importance of education, and the star represents Marxism and internationalism",
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal horizontal bands of green (top), black, and yellow, with a red isosceles triangle based on the left side; the black band is edged in white; centered in the triangle is a five-pointed yellow star with a crossed black-and-white rifle and hoe, on top of an open white book<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> green stands for the riches of the land, white for peace, black for the African continent, yellow for the country's minerals, and red for the fight for independence; the rifle stands for defense and vigilance, the hoe for agriculture, the open book for the importance of education, and the star for Marxism and internationalism",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> one of two national flags featuring a firearm; the other is Guatemala"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
@ -665,13 +679,13 @@
},
"National anthem(s)": {
"title": {
"text": "\"Patria Amada\" (Lovely Fatherland)"
"text": "&ldquo;P&aacute;tria Amada&rdquo; (Lovely Fatherland)"
},
"lyrics/music": {
"text": "Salomao J. MANHICA/unknown"
"text": "Salom&atilde;o J. MANHICA/unkown"
},
"history": {
"text": "adopted 2002"
"text": "adopted 2002; the new anthem reflects the new multi-party political system"
}
},
"National heritage": {
@ -844,10 +858,10 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$5.388 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$6.243 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$4.91 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$7.223 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
@ -1031,20 +1045,6 @@
"text": "2.832 trillion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "9.549 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "-68,287 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "6.244 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "3.373 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "5.789 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1178,11 +1178,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "10,655 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023); 9,340 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "24,250 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "850,599 (north Mozambique, violence between the government and an opposition group, violence associated with extremists groups in 2018, political violence 2019) (2023)"
"text": "718,154 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -258,27 +258,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "3.27 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "11% (2021)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 95.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 88.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 63.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 40.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 68.6% of population"
"text": "total: 48.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 4.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 11.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 36.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 59.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 31.4% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 51.1% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -297,22 +294,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 81.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 81.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 13.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 15.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 24.8% of population"
"text": "total: 26.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 18.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 18.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 86.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 84.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 75.2% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 73.6% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -426,41 +423,58 @@
"text": "4.72% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "50.15 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "3.132 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "2.02 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "622,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "22.99 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "2.457 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "52,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "59.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "137.8 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "713.8 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "128.2 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "11.1 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "1,865,646 tons (1993 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "74,626 tons (2005 est.)"
"text": "1.866 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "4% (2005 est.)"
"text": "20.3% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "190 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "193.247 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "40 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "38.654 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "2.35 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "2.351 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "34.05 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "34,050,000,000 cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -645,9 +659,9 @@
"text": "Republic Day, 18 December (1958)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> commemorates the founding of the Republic of Niger, which predated independence from France in 1960"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and green, with a small orange disk centered in the white band; the orange stands for the northern Sahara regions, white for purity and innocence, and green for hope and the fertile and productive southern and western areas, as well as the Niger River; the orange disc represents the sun and the people's sacrifices ",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of India, which has a blue spoked wheel centered in the white band"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and green, with an orange disk centered on the white band<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> orange stands for the northern Sahara regions, white for purity and innocence, and green for hope and the fertile and productive southern and western areas, as well as the Niger River; the orange disc represents the sun and the people's sacrifices",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of India, which has a blue spoked wheel centered on the white band"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "zebu"
@ -842,6 +856,11 @@
"text": "$2.785 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "45.2% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$2.333 billion (2023 est.)"
@ -988,20 +1007,6 @@
"text": "26.872 million cubic meters (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "3.132 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "622,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "2.457 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "52,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "1.772 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1100,16 +1105,16 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "67,191 (Mali) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023); 200,423 (Nigeria) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "421,795 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "335,277 (includes the regions of Diffa, Tillaberi, and Tahoua; unknown how many of the 11,000 people displaced by clashes between government forces and the Tuareg militant group, Niger Movement for Justice, in 2007 are still displaced; inter-communal violence; Boko Haram attacks in southern Niger, 2015) (2023)"
"text": "891,565 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Niger was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/niger/"
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Niger remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/niger/"
}
}
}

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@ -266,27 +266,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.19 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "16.6% (2018)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 95.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 93.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 68.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 63.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 82.6% of population"
"text": "total: 79.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 4.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 6.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 31.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 36.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 17.4% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 20.4% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -302,22 +299,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 81.6% of population"
"text": "urban: 81.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 41.4% of population"
"text": "rural: 41.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 62.3% of population"
"text": "total: 62.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 18.4% of population"
"text": "urban: 18.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 58.6% of population"
"text": "rural: 58.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 37.7% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 37.1% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -432,35 +429,58 @@
"text": "3.92% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "55.64 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "114.397 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "120.37 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "2.962 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "143.99 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "72.425 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "39.01 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "56 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "2,794.3 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "1,991.9 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "729.4 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "362.7 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "27,614,830 tons (2009 est.)"
"text": "27.615 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "4.7% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "5 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "5 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "1.97 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "1.965 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "5.51 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "5.51 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "286.2 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "286.2 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -682,8 +702,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day (National Day), 1 October (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green; the color green stands for the country's forests and natural resources, and white for peace and unity"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal vertical bands of green (left side), white, and green<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> green stands for the country's forests and natural resources, and white for peace and unity"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "eagle"
@ -866,6 +886,11 @@
"text": "$59.868 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "19.6% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2024": {
"text": "$17.215 billion (2024 est.)"
@ -1039,20 +1064,6 @@
"text": "5.761 trillion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "114.397 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "2.962 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "72.425 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "39.01 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "7.993 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1191,10 +1202,11 @@
},
"Space": {
"Space agency/agencies": {
"text": "National Space Research and Development Agency (NARSDA; established 1999); NARSDA originated from the National Centre for Remote Sensing and National Committee on Space Applications (both established in 1987), and the Directorate of Science (established 1993); Defense Space Administration (DSA; established 2014) (2024)"
"text": "National Space Research and Development Agency (NARSDA; established 1999); Defense Space Administration (DSA; established 2014) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> NARSDA originated from the National Centre for Remote Sensing, the National Committee on Space Applications (both established in 1987), and the Directorate of Science (established 1993)"
},
"Space program overview": {
"text": "has a formal national space program, which is one of the largest in Africa; focused on acquiring satellites for agricultural, environmental, meteorology, mining and disaster monitoring, socio-economic development, and security purposes; designs, builds (mostly with foreign assistance), and operates satellites; processes overhead imagery data for analysis and sharing; developing additional capabilities in satellite and satellite payload production, including remote sensing (RS) technologies; has a sounding rocket program for researching rockets and rocket propulsion systems with goal of launching domestically produced satellites into space from a Nigerian spaceport by 2030; has relations and/or cooperation agreements with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, China, Ghana, India, Japan, Kenya, Mongolia, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, the UK, the US, and Vietnam; has a government-owned satellite company and a small commercial aerospace sector (2024)",
"text": "has a national space program with a focus on acquiring satellites for agricultural, environmental, meteorology, mining and disaster monitoring, socio-economic development, and security purposes; designs, builds (mostly with foreign assistance), and operates satellites; processes overhead imagery data for analysis and sharing; developing additional capabilities in satellite and satellite payload production, including remote sensing (RS) technologies; has a sounding rocket program for researching rockets and rocket propulsion systems with goal of launching domestically produced satellites into space from a Nigerian spaceport by 2030; has relations and/or cooperation agreements with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, China, Ghana, India, Japan, Kenya, Mongolia, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, the UK, the US, and Vietnam; has a government-owned satellite company and a small commercial aerospace sector (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the countrys space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide"
}
},
@ -1206,11 +1218,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "89,045 (Cameroon) (2023)"
"refugees": {
"text": "127,131 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "3.09 million (northeast Nigeria; Boko Haram attacks and counterinsurgency efforts in northern Nigeria; communal violence between Christians and Muslims in the middle belt region, political violence; flooding; forced evictions; cattle rustling; competition for resources) (2024)"
"text": "3,709,022 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Illicit drugs": {

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@ -243,27 +243,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.48 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "NA"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 88.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 70% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 75.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 33.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 78.4% of population"
"text": "total: 41.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 11.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 30% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 24.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 66.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 21.6% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 58.8% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -279,22 +276,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 60.6% of population"
"text": "urban: 60.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 15.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 15.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 24.6% of population"
"text": "total: 24.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 39.4% of population"
"text": "urban: 39.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 84.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 84.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 75.4% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 75.1% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -355,35 +352,49 @@
"text": "4.12% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "20.18 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "1.725 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "1.73 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "1.725 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "20.6 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "59.4 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "7.61 megatons (2020 est.)"
"agriculture": {
"text": "696 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "120.2 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "12.7 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "2,680,681 tons (2013 est.)"
"text": "2.681 million tons (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "190 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "193 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "230 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "225 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "240 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "240 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "49.5 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "49.5 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -574,9 +585,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 9 July (2011)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side has a gold, five-pointed star; black stands for the people, red for the blood shed in the struggle for freedom, green for the land, and blue for the Nile; the gold star represents the unity of the country's states",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> resembles the flag of Kenya; South Sudan has one of two national flags that display six colors as part of the primary design -- the other is South Africa's"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a five-pointed gold star is in the middle of a blue isosceles triangle based on the left side<br><br><strong>meaning: </strong>black stands for the people, red for the blood shed in the struggle for freedom, green for the land, and blue for the Nile; the gold star represents the unity of the country's states",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> similar to the flag of Kenya<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> South Sudan has one of two national flags that display six colors as part of the primary design -- the other is South Africa's"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "African fish eagle"
@ -589,7 +600,7 @@
"text": "\"South Sudan Oyee!\" (South Sudan, Hooray!)"
},
"lyrics/music": {
"text": "collective of 49 poets/Juba University students and teachers"
"text": "collective/Mido SAMUEL and Juba University students&nbsp;"
},
"history": {
"text": "adopted 2011; anthem selected in a national contest"
@ -601,16 +612,16 @@
"text": "low-income, oil-based Sahelian economy; extreme poverty and food insecurity; COVID-19 and ongoing violence threaten socioeconomic potential; environmentally fragile; ongoing land and property rights issues; natural resource rich but lacks infrastructure"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2017": {
"text": "$20.01 billion (2017 est.)"
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": {
"text": "$6.752 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2016": {
"text": "$21.1 billion (2016 est.)"
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
"text": "$6.585 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2015": {
"text": "$24.52 billion (2015 est.)"
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
"text": "$6.945 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data in 2015 dollars"
},
"Real GDP growth rate": {
"Real GDP growth rate 2017": {
@ -625,19 +636,19 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency"
},
"Real GDP per capita": {
"Real GDP per capita 2017": {
"text": "$1,600 (2017 est.)"
"Real GDP per capita 2023": {
"text": "$400 (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2016": {
"text": "$1,700 (2016 est.)"
"Real GDP per capita 2022": {
"text": "$400 (2022 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2015": {
"text": "$2,100 (2015 est.)"
"Real GDP per capita 2021": {
"text": "$400 (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data in 2015 dollars"
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$11.998 billion (2015 est.)",
"text": "$4.629 billion (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
@ -717,7 +728,7 @@
"highest 10%": {
"text": "33% (2016 est.)"
},
"note": "% share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population"
},
"Remittances": {
"Remittances 2015": {
@ -733,10 +744,16 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$1.94 billion (2019 est.)"
"text": "$2.513 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$1.938 billion (2019 est.)"
"text": "$1.984 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "86.6% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -871,14 +888,6 @@
"text": "3.75 billion barrels (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "1.725 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "1.725 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "2.092 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -977,19 +986,19 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "564,738 (Sudan) (refugees since 15 April 2023), 13,833 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "517,471 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "2.258 million (alleged coup attempt and ethnic conflict beginning in December 2013; information is lacking on those displaced in earlier years by: fighting in Abyei between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in May 2011; clashes between the SPLA and dissident militia groups in South Sudan; inter-ethnic conflicts over resources and cattle; attacks from the Lord's Resistance Army; floods and drought) (2023)"
"text": "1,359,795 (2024 est.)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "10,000 (2022)"
"text": "18,000 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 3 — South Sudan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, South Sudan remains on Tier 3; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/south-sudan/"
"text": "Tier 3 — South Sudan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, South Sudan remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/south-sudan/"
}
}
}

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@ -242,27 +242,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.28 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "20.6% (2018/19)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 90.6% of population"
"text": "urban: 73.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 59.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 52.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 73.1% of population"
"text": "total: 61.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 9.4% of population"
"text": "urban: 26.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 40.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 47.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 26.9% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 38.2% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -278,22 +275,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 62.4% of population"
"text": "urban: 72.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 7.6% of population"
"text": "rural: 23.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 31.8% of population"
"text": "total: 45.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 37.6% of population"
"text": "urban: 27.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 92.4% of population"
"text": "rural: 76.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 68.2% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 54.4% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -402,35 +399,41 @@
"text": "3.22% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "34.85 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "366,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "0.29 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "1 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "1.46 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "366,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "42.6 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "289,514 tons (2015 est.)"
"text": "289,500 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "10.1% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "30 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "34.1 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "11.9 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "140 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "144 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "31.4 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "31.4 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -610,9 +613,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 24 September (1973)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green with a vertical red band on the hoist side; a black five-pointed star is centered in the red band; yellow stands for the sun, green for hope, red for blood shed during the struggle for independence; the black star stands for African unity",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the Ghanaian flag heavily influenced the design"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green, with a vertical red band on the left side; a five-pointed black star is centered in the red band<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> yellow stands for the sun, green for hope, red for blood shed during the struggle for independence; the black star stands for African unity<br><br><strong>history:</strong> uses the colors of the Pan-African movement; the Ghanaian flag heavily influenced the design"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "black star"
@ -793,13 +795,18 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$220.219 million (2019 est.)"
"text": "$269.794 million (2023 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$210.858 million (2019 est.)"
"text": "$450.953 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "57.9% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "8.8% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
@ -924,17 +931,6 @@
"text": "2,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "366,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "1 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "366,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "2.351 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1054,13 +1050,8 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "7,757 (Senegal) (2022)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — The Government of Guinea-Bissau does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so, therefore Guinea-Bissau was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/guinea-bissau/"
"refugees": {
"text": "54 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -256,27 +256,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.54 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "64.1% (2019/20)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 92.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 88.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 80.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 60.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 82.7% of population"
"text": "total: 65.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 7.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 11.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 19.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 39.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 17.3% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 34.9% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -295,22 +292,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 89.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 91.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 83.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 87% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 84.2% of population"
"text": "total: 87.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 10.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 8.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 16.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 13% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 15.8% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 12.2% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -435,35 +432,44 @@
"text": "3.07% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "35.66 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "1.645 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "1.11 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "226,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "2.92 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "1.295 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "124,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "35.7 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "4,384,969 tons (2016 est.)"
"text": "4.385 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "11.5% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "230 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "230 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "10 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "360 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "361 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "13.3 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "13.3 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -683,8 +689,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 1 July (1962)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three horizontal bands of sky blue (top, double-width), yellow, and green, with a golden sun with 24 rays near the fly end of the blue band; blue stands for happiness and peace, yellow for economic development and mineral wealth, and green for hope for prosperity and natural resources; the sun symbolizes unity and enlightenment"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three horizontal bands of sky blue (top, double-width), yellow, and green, with a golden sun with 24 rays on the right end of the blue band<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> blue stands for happiness and peace, yellow for economic development and mineral wealth, and green for hope for prosperity and natural resources; the sun symbolizes unity and enlightenment"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "traditional woven basket with peaked lid"
@ -873,12 +879,17 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$2.676 billion (2020 est.)"
"text": "$3.41 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$2.191 billion (2020 est.)"
"text": "$3.996 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "37.3% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "13.5% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
@ -1042,20 +1053,6 @@
"text": "56.634 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "1.645 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "226,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "1.295 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "124,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "1.808 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1147,25 +1144,28 @@
},
"Space": {
"Space agency/agencies": {
"text": "Rwanda Space Agency (L&rsquo;Agence Spatiale Rwandaise; RSA; established 2020 and approved by legislature in 2021) (2024)"
"text": "Rwanda Space Agency (L&rsquo;Agence Spatiale Rwandaise; RSA; established 2020 and approved by legislature in 2021) (2025)"
},
"Space program overview": {
"text": "has a small program focused on developing and utilizing space technologies, such as satellite imagery for socioeconomic development and security purposes; operates communications and remote sensing (RS) satellites; the RSA is responsible for regulating and coordinating the countrys space activities and encouraging commercial and industrial development; has established ties with the space agencies or industries of several countries, including France, Israel, Japan, the UAE, and the US (2024)",
"text": "has a small program focused on developing and utilizing space technologies, such as satellite communications and imagery for connectivity, disaster management, security purposes, and socioeconomic development; seeks to establish itself as an African hub for satellite development; operates communications and remote sensing (RS) satellites; the RSA is responsible for regulating and coordinating the countrys space activities and encouraging commercial and industrial development; has established ties with the space agencies or industries of several countries, including France, Israel, Japan, Poland, the UAE, and the US, as well as those of the African Space Agency (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the countrys space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "79,720 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 48,533 (Burundi) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "128,561 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "21,948 (2024 est.)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "9,500 (2022)"
"text": "14,500 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Rwanda was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/rwanda/"
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Rwanda remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/rwanda"
}
}
}

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@ -239,27 +239,12 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "0.89 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "NA"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: NA"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: NA"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 96.2% of population"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: NA"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: NA"
"text": "total: 96.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 3.8% of population (2017 est.)"
"text": "total: 3.6% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -277,23 +262,11 @@
"text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)"
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: NA"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: NA"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 100% of population"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: NA"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: NA"
"text": "total: 100% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 0% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 0% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -393,35 +366,38 @@
"text": "0.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "16.96 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "893,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "0.61 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "92 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "0.1 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "893,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "17.4 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "48,000 tons (2012 est.)"
"text": "48,000 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "24.4% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "9 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "3.8 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "3.8 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "900,000 cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "900,000 cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "0 cubic meters (2017 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -600,8 +576,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Constitution Day, 18 June (1993); Independence Day (National Day), 29 June (1976)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "five oblique bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, red, white, and green (bottom), radiating from the bottom of the hoist side; the bands symbolize a dynamic new country moving into the future; blue stands for the sky and sea, yellow for the sun giving light and life, red for the people's determination to work for the future in unity and love, white for social justice and harmony, and green for the land and natural environment"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> five expanding bands of blue, yellow, red, white, and green, radiating from the bottom left corner<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> the bands symbolize a dynamic new country moving into the future; blue stands for the sky and sea, yellow for the sun giving light and life, red for the people's determination to work for the future in unity and love, white for social justice and harmony, and green for the land and natural environment"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "coco de mer (sea coconut)"
@ -762,12 +738,12 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$431.07 million (2020 est.)"
"text": "$695.973 million (2023 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$611.548 million (2020 est.)"
"text": "$728.171 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenditures (excluding grants and social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
@ -902,17 +878,6 @@
"text": "6,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "893,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "92 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "893,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "98.847 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"

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@ -265,27 +265,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.12 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "54.6% (2016)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 99.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 99.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 90.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 84.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 96.7% of population"
"text": "total: 94.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 0.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 0.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 9.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 15.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 3.3% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 5.5% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -301,22 +298,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 96.6% of population"
"text": "urban: 95.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 86.4% of population"
"text": "rural: 81.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 93.2% of population"
"text": "total: 91.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 3.4% of population"
"text": "urban: 4.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 13.6% of population"
"text": "rural: 18.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 6.8% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 8.6% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -441,41 +438,58 @@
"text": "1.72% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "19.75 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "446.704 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "476.64 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "365.269 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "55.89 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "73.913 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "7.522 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "17 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "1,489.2 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "754.2 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "770.2 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "32.1 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "18,457,232 tons (2011 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "5,168,025 tons (2011 est.)"
"text": "18.457 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "28% (2011 est.)"
"text": "28.2% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "3.11 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "3.476 billion cubic meters (2022)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "4.09 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "4.616 billion cubic meters (2022)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "11.99 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "11.839 billion cubic meters (2022)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "51.35 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "51.35 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -599,7 +613,7 @@
"text": "5/29/2024"
},
"percentage of women in chamber": {
"text": "44.9%"
"text": "45%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "May 2029"
@ -695,8 +709,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Freedom Day, 27 April (1994)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "two equal-width horizontal bands of red (top) and blue separated by a central green band that splits into a horizontal Y; a black isosceles triangle is in the Y, with narrow yellow bands around it; the red and blue bands are bordered by narrow white stripes; the colors have no official meaning, but the Y stands for \"the convergence of diverse elements within South African society, taking the road ahead in unity\"",
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> two equal-width horizontal bands of red (top) and blue separated by a central green band that splits into a horizontal Y; a black isosceles triangle is in the Y, with narrow yellow bands around it; the red and blue bands are bordered by narrow white stripes<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> the colors have no official meaning, but the Y stands for \"the convergence of diverse elements within South African society, taking the road ahead in unity\"",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> South Africa has one of two national flags that display six colors as part of the primary design -- the other is South Sudan's"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
@ -713,7 +727,7 @@
"text": "Enoch SONTONGA and Cornelius Jacob LANGENHOVEN/Enoch SONTONGA and Marthinus LOURENS de Villiers"
},
"history": {
"text": "adopted 1994; a combination of \"N'kosi Sikelel' iAfrica\" (God Bless Africa) and \"Die Stem van Suid Afrika\" (The Call of South Africa), which were respectively the anthems of the non-white and white communities under apartheid; official lyrics contain a mixture of Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and English (the five most widely spoken of South Africa's 11 official languages); music incorporates the melody used in the Tanzanian and Zambian anthems"
"text": "adopted 1997; a combination of \"N'kosi Sikelel' iAfrica\" (God Bless Africa) and \"Die Stem van Suid Afrika\" (The Call of South Africa), which were respectively the anthems of the non-white and white communities under apartheid; official lyrics contain a mixture of Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and English (the five most widely spoken of South Africa's 11 official languages)"
}
},
"National heritage": {
@ -875,12 +889,12 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$123.264 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$123.263 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$136.236 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$137.593 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
@ -1082,20 +1096,6 @@
"text": "3.768 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "446.704 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "365.269 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "73.913 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "7.522 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "86.197 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1232,13 +1232,13 @@
},
"Space": {
"Space agency/agencies": {
"text": "South African National Space Agency (SANSA; established 2010); South Africa Council for Space Affairs (SACSA; statutory body established 1995); South African Radio Telescope Observatory (SARAO) (2024)"
"text": "South African National Space Agency (SANSA; established 2010) (2025)"
},
"Space launch site(s)": {
"text": "Arniston launch facility (Western Cape) used to support space launch vehicle and ballistic missile program (1980s-1990s); it is now a weapons testing facility called the Denel Overberg Test Range (2024)"
},
"Space program overview": {
"text": "the largest producer of satellites (particularly nanosatellites) in Africa; areas of focus for development include remote sensing (RS) capabilities, such as optical instruments and synthetic aperture radar systems, space engineering, ground support to space operations (tracking, telemetry, etc.), and space science, particularly astronomy; SANSA is responsible for aggregating RS data for southern African countries; has a sounding rocket program for carrying experimental payloads for research purposes; cooperates with foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, France, India, Russia, and the US; participates in international programs such as the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Project, an international effort to build the worlds largest radio telescope by 2030; has a substantial number of state- and privately-owned aerospace companies, as well as academic and research institutions involved in space-related activities (2024)",
"text": "space program is one of the most advanced in Africa; key areas of emphasis include Earth observation/remote sensing (RS), space weather monitoring, space scientific research, space engineering, and space operations (tracking, telemetry, etc); produces and operates satellites; has a sounding rocket program for carrying experimental payloads for research purposes; cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, France, India, Russia, and the US; member of the African Space Agency; participates in international programs such as the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Project, an effort to build the worlds largest radio telescope by 2030; has a substantial number of state- and privately-owned aerospace companies, as well as academic and research institutions involved in space-related activities (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the countrys space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide"
}
},
@ -1250,11 +1250,16 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "22,388 (Somalia), 15,240 (Ethiopia) (mid-year 2022); 42,132 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "171,484 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "5,000 (2020)"
"text": "7,385 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore South Africa was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/south-africa/"
}
},
"Illicit drugs": {

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@ -260,27 +260,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.98 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "26.9% (2019)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 95.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 95.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 79.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 77% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 87.3% of population"
"text": "total: 86.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 4.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 4.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 20.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 23% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 12.7% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 13.8% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -299,22 +296,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 94.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 95.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 55.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 60.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 74.1% of population"
"text": "total: 77.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 5.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 4.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 44.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 39.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 25.9% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 22.6% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -439,35 +436,58 @@
"text": "3.59% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "38.21 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "10.373 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "10.9 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "456,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "11.74 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "9.859 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "58,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "42.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "37 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "258.5 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "89.6 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "4.5 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "2,454,059 tons (2016 est.)"
"text": "2.454 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "11.9% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "260 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "261 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "58 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "1.416 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "2.76 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "2.759 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "38.97 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "38.97 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -657,9 +677,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 4 April (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red, with a small green five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; green stands for Islam, progress, and hope, yellow for natural wealth and progress, and red for sacrifice and determination; the star represents unity and hope",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the same as Mali's flag and the reverse of Guinea's flag"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal vertical bands of green (left side), yellow, and red, with a small five-pointed green star centered on the yellow band; green stands for Islam, progress, and hope, yellow for natural wealth and progress, and red for sacrifice and determination; the star represents unity and hope<br><br><strong>history:</strong> uses the colors of the Pan-African movement",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the colors from left to right are the same as Mali's flag and the reverse of Guinea's flag"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion"
@ -844,12 +864,17 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$6.423 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$7.749 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$6.424 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$9.267 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "47.8% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "19.5% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
@ -1004,20 +1029,6 @@
"text": "34.604 million cubic meters (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "10.373 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "456,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "9.859 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "58,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "8.303 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1148,10 +1159,10 @@
},
"Space": {
"Space agency/agencies": {
"text": "Senegalese Space Study Agency (Agence S&eacute;n&eacute;galaise d'Etudes Spatiales or ASES; launched in 2023 under the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation) (2024)"
"text": "Senegalese Space Study Agency (Agence S&eacute;n&eacute;galaise d'Etudes Spatiales or ASES; launched in 2023 under the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation) (2025)"
},
"Space program overview": {
"text": "small, nascent program focused on acquiring satellites, largely for socio-economic development and research; conducts research in such fields as astronomy and planetary sciences; has cooperated with the European Space Agency, and the space agencies of China, France, Turkey, and the US (2024)"
"text": "small, nascent program focused on earth observation capabilities, largely for climate resilience, environmental management, research, and socio-economic development; conducts research in such fields as astronomy and planetary sciences; has cooperated with the European Space Agency, and the space agencies of China, France, Turkey, and the US (2025)"
}
},
"Terrorism": {
@ -1161,11 +1172,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "11,518 (Mauritania) (2023)"
"refugees": {
"text": "13,064 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "8,400 (2022)"
"text": "5,922 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
"text": "English"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Protestant 69.4% (includes Anglican 63.2%, Baptist 2.3%, Salvation Army 2%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.9%), Jehovah's Witness 3.8%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, New Apostolic 1.6%, other Christian 1.4%, other 1.1%, none 9%, unspecified 11.4% (2021 est.)",
"text": "Anglican 63.2%, unspecified 11.4%, no religion 9%, Jehovah's Witness 3.8%, Baptist 2.3%, Salvation Army 2%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.9%, New Apostolic 1.6%, other Christian 1.4%, other 1.1%  (2021 est.)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data represent Saint Helena only"
},
"Age structure": {
@ -140,16 +140,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "50.4 (2024 est.) NA"
"text": "50.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "21.5 (2024 est.) NA"
"text": "21.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "28.9 (2024 est.) NA"
"text": "28.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "3.5 (2024 est.) NA"
"text": "3.5 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -234,47 +234,20 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "0.78 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "NA"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: NA"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: NA"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 99.1% of population"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: NA"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: NA"
"text": "total: 99.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 0.9% of population (2020)"
"text": "total: 0.9% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: NA"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: NA"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 100% of population"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: NA"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: NA"
"text": "total: 100% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 0% of population (2020)"
"text": "total: 0% of population (2022 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -312,6 +285,14 @@
"rate of urbanization": {
"text": "0.98% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "12,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "12,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
}
},
"Government": {
@ -411,10 +392,11 @@
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Official birthday of King Charles III, April or June as designated by the governor"
"text": "Official birthday of King Charles III, celebrated in April or June as designated by the governor (1948)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Saint Helenian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the upper third of the shield depicts a white plover on a yellow field; the rest of the shield depicts a rocky coastline and a three-masted sailing ship with sails furled and flying an English flag"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> blue with the UK flag in the upper-left quadrant and the Saint Helenian shield centered on the right half of the flag; the upper third of the shield depicts a white plover on a yellow field; under the bird is a rocky coastline and a three-masted sailing ship with sails furled and flying an English flag<br><br><strong>history:</strong> the flag has been in use since 1984, when it was commissioned to mark the 150th anniversary of Saint Helena becoming a Crown Colony",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the French flag flies at Longwood House (Napoleon's former residence) and Napoleon's (now-empty) tomb on the island, because the French Government has owned the properties since 1858"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Saint Helena plover (wire bird)"
@ -512,14 +494,6 @@
"refined petroleum consumption": {
"text": "85 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "12,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "12,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
}
},
"Communications": {
@ -543,7 +517,8 @@
"text": "<em>Saint Helena</em>: no local TV station; 2 local radio stations, one of which is relayed to Ascension Island; satellite TV stations rebroadcast terrestrially<br><br><em>Ascension Island</em>: no local TV station; 1 local radio station and receives relays of broadcasts from radio station on Saint Helena; broadcasts from the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) available, as well as US military TV <br><br><em>Tristan da Cunha</em>: 1 local radio station and receives BFBS TV and radio broadcasts"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".sh; note - Ascension Island assigned .ac"
"text": ".sh",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Ascension Island assigned .ac"
},
"Internet users": {
"percent of population": {

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@ -254,27 +254,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.78 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "21.2% (2019)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 92.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 79.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 58% of population"
"text": "rural: 54.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 72.8% of population"
"text": "total: 65.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 7.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 20.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 42% of population"
"text": "rural: 45.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 27.2% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 34.7% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -290,22 +287,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 79.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 81.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 35.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 37.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 54.4% of population"
"text": "total: 57.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 20.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 18.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 64.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 62.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 45.6% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 42.8% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -419,35 +416,38 @@
"text": "3.02% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "39.42 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "1.342 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "1.09 megatons (2016 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "3.16 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "1.342 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "45.4 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "610,222 tons (2004 est.)"
"text": "610,200 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "9.7% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "110 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "111 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "60 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "55.5 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "50 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "45.7 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "160 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "160 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -633,8 +633,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 27 April (1961)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of light green (top), white, and light blue; green stands for agriculture, mountains, and natural resources, white for unity and justice, and blue for the sea and the natural harbor in Freetown"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description: </strong>three equal horizontal bands of light green (top), white, and light blue<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> green stands for agriculture, mountains, and natural resources; white for unity and justice; and blue for the sea and the natural harbor in Freetown"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion"
@ -821,6 +821,11 @@
"text": "$867 million (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "54.9% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$606.358 million (2023 est.)"
@ -954,14 +959,6 @@
"text": "9,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "1.342 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "1.342 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "2.301 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1082,10 +1079,5 @@
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"IDPs": {
"text": "IDPs: 3000 currently displaced due to post-electoral violence in 2018 and clashes in the Pujehun region in 2019); 900 internal displacements due to flood in 2022 (2022)<br><br>5,500 (displacement caused by post-electoral violence in 2018 and clashes in the Pujehun region in 2019) (2021)"
}
}
}
}

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@ -247,27 +247,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.52 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "6.9% (2018/19)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 96.4% of population"
"text": "urban: 80.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 73.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 38.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 84.2% of population"
"text": "total: 58.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 3.6% of population"
"text": "urban: 19.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 26.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 61.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 15.8% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 41.7% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -281,22 +278,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 82.4% of population"
"text": "urban: 82.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 33.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 34.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 56.2% of population"
"text": "total: 57.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 17.6% of population"
"text": "urban: 17.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 66.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 65.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 43.8% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 42.4% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -385,35 +382,38 @@
"text": "4.2% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "14.28 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "838,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "0.65 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "10 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "20.13 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "838,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "14.3 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "2,326,099 tons (2016 est.)"
"text": "2.326 million tons (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "20 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "15 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "2 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "2 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "3.28 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "3.281 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "14.7 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "14.7 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -593,7 +593,7 @@
"text": "[1] (202) 853-9164"
},
"email address and website": {
"text": "<br>info@somaliembassydc.net<br><br>https://somaliembassydc.net/"
"text": "<br>washingtonembassy@mfa.gov.so<br><br>https://usa.mfa.gov.so/"
}
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
@ -622,8 +622,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Foundation of the Somali Republic, 1 July (1960); note - 26 June (1960) in Somaliland"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "light blue with a large white five-pointed star in the center; the blue field was originally influenced by the UN flag but today is said to represent the sky and the Indian Ocean; the five points of the star represent the regions in the horn of Africa where Somali people live: the former British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland (which together make up Somalia), Djibouti, Ogaden (Ethiopia), and the Northeast Province (Kenya)"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> light blue with a large white five-pointed star in the center<br><br><strong>meaning: </strong>the blue field was originally influenced by the UN flag but today is said to represent the sky and the Indian Ocean; the five points of the star represent the regions in the horn of Africa where Somali people live: the former British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland (which together make up Somalia), Djibouti, Ogaden (Ethiopia), and the Northeast Province (Kenya)"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "leopard"
@ -636,10 +636,10 @@
"text": "\"Qolobaa Calankeed\" (Every Nation Has Its Own Flag)"
},
"lyrics/music": {
"text": "lyrics/music: Abdullahi QARSHE"
"text": "Abdullahi QARSHE"
},
"history": {
"text": "adopted 2012; written in 1959"
"text": "adopted 2012"
}
},
"Government - note": {
@ -690,6 +690,18 @@
"text": "$12.109 billion (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "6.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "4.6% (2021 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020": {
"text": "4.3% (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
"household consumption": {
"text": "124% (2024 est.)"
@ -762,6 +774,11 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2014": {
"text": "93% of GDP (2014 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "0% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
@ -882,17 +899,6 @@
"text": "5.663 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "838,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "10 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "838,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "649,000 Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1019,11 +1025,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "23,364 (Ethiopia), 9,969 (Yemen) (2023)"
"refugees": {
"text": "41,763 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "3.864 million (civil war since 1988, clan-based competition for resources; famine; insecurity because of fighting between al-Shabaab and the Transitional Federal Government's allied forces) (2022)"
"text": "3,869,345 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -262,27 +262,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.18 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "12.2% (2014)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 99% of population"
"text": "urban: 74.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 80.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 59.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 87.1% of population"
"text": "total: 64.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 1% of population"
"text": "urban: 25.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 19.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 40.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 12.9% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 35.1% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -299,26 +296,6 @@
"Hospital bed density": {
"text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)"
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 72.1% of population"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 30.6% of population"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 45.3% of population"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 27.9% of population"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 69.4% of population"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 54.7% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
"text": "6.6% (2014)"
},
@ -400,35 +377,55 @@
"text": "3.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "21.43 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "18.242 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "20 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "300 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "75.1 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "18.242 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "24.4 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "218.5 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "1,509.6 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "198.7 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "38.8 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "2,831,291 tons (2015 est.)"
"text": "2.831 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "8.9% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "950 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "950 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "80 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "75 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "25.91 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "25.91 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "37.8 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "37.8 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -585,8 +582,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 1 January (1956)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black, with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; colors and design based on the Arab Revolt flag of World War I; red stands for the struggle for freedom, white for peace, light, and love, black for the people, and green for Islam, agriculture, and prosperity"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black, with a green isosceles triangle based on the left side<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> red stands for the struggle for freedom; white for peace, light, and love, black for the people; green for Islam, agriculture, and prosperity<br><br><strong>history:</strong> colors and design are based on the Arab Revolt flag of World War I"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "secretary bird"
@ -763,6 +760,11 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "99.5% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "7.4% (of GDP) (2016 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
@ -922,17 +924,6 @@
"text": "84.951 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "18.242 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "300 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "18.242 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "6.145 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1073,16 +1064,16 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "696,246 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 137,402 (Eritrea) (refugees and asylum seekers), 93,477 (Syria) (refugees and asylum seekers), 72,334 (Ethiopia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 18,279 (Central African Republic) (2023)"
"refugees": {
"text": "837,988 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "6.5 million (armed conflict between rival factions of the military government of Sudan since 15 April 2023) (2024); note - includes some non-Sudanese nationals"
"text": "11,559,970 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 3 — Sudan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore, Sudan was downgraded to Tier 3; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/sudan/"
"text": "Tier 3 — Sudan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore, Sudan remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/sudan"
}
}
}

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@ -250,27 +250,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.03 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "23.9% (2017)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 93.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 87% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 60.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 58.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 74.6% of population"
"text": "total: 71% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 6.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 13% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 39.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 41.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 25.4% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 29% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -289,22 +286,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 81.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 82% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 18.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 19.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 45.5% of population"
"text": "total: 46.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 18.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 18% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 81.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 80.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 54.5% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 53.3% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -429,41 +426,58 @@
"text": "3.6% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "35.66 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "2.656 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "3 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "372,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "3.06 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "1.941 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "343,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "33.9 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "43.3 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "51.8 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "31.3 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "10.4 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "1,109,030 tons (2014 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "22,181 tons (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.109 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "2% (2012 est.)"
"text": "3.5% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "140 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "140.7 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "6.3 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "80 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "76 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "14.7 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "14.7 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -653,10 +667,10 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Ronald E. HAWKINS Jr. (since 31 May 2024)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Richard C. MICHAELS (since June 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "DoS PDF Ambassador Assignments Overseas Report, 23 December 2024 and 28 June 2024, accessed 14 January 2025; and<br>U.S. Embassy Togo website homepage, U.S. Mission Leaders, https://tg.usembassy.gov/, Homepage - U.S. Embassy in Togo, current as of 14 January 2025, accessed 14 January 2025; and<br>U.S. Embassy Togo website, U.S. Mission Leaders, (undated), https://tg.usembassy.gov/category/u-s-mission-leaders/, U.S. Mission Leaders Archives - U.S. Embassy in Togo, accessed 14 January 2025<br>X@USEmbassyLome post on departure of Ambassador, 30 May 2024, accessed 14 January 2025"
"text": "Boulevard Eyadema<br>B.P. 852, Lomé"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "2300 Lome Place, Washington, DC 20521-2300"
@ -680,9 +694,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 27 April (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; a white five-pointed star on a red square is in the upper hoist-side corner; the five horizontal stripes stand for the country's regions; red stands for the people's loyalty and patriotism, green for hope, fertility, and agriculture, and yellow for mineral wealth and faith that hard work and strength will bring prosperity; the star symbolizes life, purity, peace, dignity, and national independence",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; a five-pointed white star on a red square is in the upper-left corner<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> the five horizontal stripes stand for the country's regions; red stands for the people's loyalty and patriotism; green for hope, fertility, and agriculture; yellow for mineral wealth and faith that hard work and strength will bring prosperity; the star symbolizes life, purity, peace, dignity, and national independence<br><br><strong>history:</strong> uses the colors of the Pan-African movement"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion"
@ -871,13 +884,18 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$1.434 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$1.801 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$1.32 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$2.407 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "81.6% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "14.8% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
@ -1025,20 +1043,6 @@
"text": "176.16 million cubic meters (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "2.656 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "372,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "1.941 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "343,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "4.538 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1173,8 +1177,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "9,846 (Burkina Faso), 8,436 (Ghana) (2023)"
"refugees": {
"text": "48,756 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "18,429 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -239,27 +239,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.63 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "49.7% (2019)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 100% of population"
"text": "urban: 79.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 94% of population"
"text": "rural: 71.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 98.5% of population"
"text": "total: 77.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 0% of population"
"text": "urban: 20.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 6% of population"
"text": "rural: 28.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 1.5% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 22.7% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -278,22 +275,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 57.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 56.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 42.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 43.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 53.4% of population"
"text": "total: 53.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 42.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 43.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 57.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 56.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 46.6% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 46.5% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -418,35 +415,38 @@
"text": "2.96% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "33.75 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "146,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "0.12 megatons (2016 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "0.04 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "146,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "29 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "25,587 tons (2014 est.)"
"text": "25,600 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "16.9% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "14.7 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "600,000 cubic meters (2017 est.)"
"text": "600,000 cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "30 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "25.6 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "2.18 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "2.18 billion cubic meters (2022)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -621,9 +621,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 12 July (1975)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three horizontal bands of green (top), yellow (double-width), and green with two black five-pointed stars in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; green stands for the country's rich vegetation, red for the struggle for independence, and yellow for cocoa, one of the country's main agricultural products; the two stars symbolize the main islands",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three horizontal bands of green (top), yellow (double-width), and green with two five-pointed black stars in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles triangle based on the left side<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> green stands for the country's rich vegetation, red for the struggle for independence, and yellow for cocoa, one of the country's main agricultural products; the two stars symbolize the main islands<br><br><strong>history:</strong> uses the colors of the Pan-African movement"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "palm tree"
@ -803,13 +802,18 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$128.764 million (2022 est.)"
"text": "$128.767 million (2022 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$122.193 million (2022 est.)"
"text": "$165.95 million (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "93.1% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$79.437 million (2022 est.)"
@ -937,14 +941,6 @@
"text": "1,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "146,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "146,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "8.875 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"

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@ -251,27 +251,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "0.94 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "50.7% (2018)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 100% of population"
"text": "urban: 98.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 97.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 93.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 99.2% of population"
"text": "total: 97.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 0% of population"
"text": "urban: 1.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 2.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 6.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 0.8% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 2.8% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -290,22 +287,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 98.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 98.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 99.4% of population"
"text": "rural: 99.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 99% of population"
"text": "total: 99% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 1.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 1.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 0.6% of population"
"text": "rural: 0.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 1% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 1% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -430,41 +427,58 @@
"text": "1.34% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "26.52 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "24.645 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "29.94 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "4,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "7.89 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "14.249 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "10.392 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "26.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "88 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "94.5 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "97.9 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "3 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "2.7 million tons (2014 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "108,000 tons (2014 est.)"
"text": "2.7 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "4% (2014 est.)"
"text": "10.9% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "820 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "815.5 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "60 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "61.9 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "2.71 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "2.71 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "4.62 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "4.615 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -633,7 +647,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Hanene&nbsp;TAJOURI&nbsp;BESSASSI (since 1 December 2021)"
"text": "Ambassador&nbsp;(vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Anis HAJRI (since 1 August 2025)"
},
"chancery": {
"text": "1515 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005"
@ -677,8 +691,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 20 March (1956); Revolution and Youth Day, 14 January (2011)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "red with a white disk in the center with a red crescent around a five-pointed red star; resembles the Ottoman flag (red banner with white crescent and star), a reference to Tunisia's history as part of the Ottoman Empire; red stands for martyrs' blood shed the fight against oppression, and white for peace; the crescent and star are traditional symbols of Islam"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> red with a white disk in the center that displays a red crescent around a five-pointed red star<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> red stands for martyrs' blood shed the fight against oppression, and white for peace; the crescent and star are traditional symbols of Islam<br><br><strong>history:</strong> resembles the Ottoman flag (red banner with white crescent and star), a reference to Tunisia's history as part of the Ottoman Empire"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "red crescent moon and five-pointed star in a white circle"
@ -881,6 +895,11 @@
"text": "$12.375 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "62.3% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$1.111 billion (2023 est.)"
@ -1048,20 +1067,6 @@
"text": "65.129 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "24.645 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "4,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "14.249 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "10.392 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "33.754 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1207,5 +1212,15 @@
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees": {
"text": "12,575 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Tunisia was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report-174/"
}
}
}
}

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@ -269,27 +269,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "38.4% (2015/16)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 95.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 81.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 59.4% of population"
"text": "rural: 49% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 72% of population"
"text": "total: 60.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 4.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 18.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 40.6% of population"
"text": "rural: 51% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 28% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 39.2% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -308,22 +305,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 89.4% of population"
"text": "urban: 89.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 29.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 27.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 50.4% of population"
"text": "total: 50.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 10.6% of population"
"text": "urban: 10.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 70.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 72.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 49.6% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 49.9% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -448,35 +445,58 @@
"text": "4.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "15.36 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "17.707 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "11.97 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "1.687 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "59.08 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "12.066 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "3.954 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "14.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "568.3 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "1,176.8 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "168.3 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "1,226.8 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "9,276,995 tons (2012 est.)"
"text": "9.277 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "12.3% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "530 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "527 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "30 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "25 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "4.63 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "4.632 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "96.3 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)"
"text": "96.27 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"Geoparks": {
"total global geoparks and regional networks": {
@ -675,8 +695,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Union Day (Tanganyika and Zanzibar), 26 April (1964)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green, and the lower is blue; combines colors from the flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; green stands for natural vegetation, gold for rich mineral deposits, black for the Swahili people, and blue for lakes and rivers, as well as the Indian Ocean"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band, from the lower left corner to the upper right corner; the upper triangle (left side) is green, and the lower is blue<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> colors come from the flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; green stands for natural vegetation, gold for rich mineral deposits, black for the Swahili people, and blue for lakes and rivers, as well as the Indian Ocean"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Uhuru (freedom) torch, giraffe"
@ -692,7 +712,7 @@
"text": "collective/Enoch Mankayi SONTONGA"
},
"history": {
"text": "adopted 1961; the anthem, which is also a popular song in Africa, shares the melody of Zambia's anthem; the melody is also part of South Africa's anthem"
"text": "adopted 1961; the anthem, which is also a popular African popular song in Africa, shares the melody of Zambia's anthem and is&nbsp; part of South Africa's anthem"
}
},
"National heritage": {
@ -873,12 +893,17 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$9.114 billion (2014 est.)"
"text": "$11.716 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$8.926 billion (2014 est.)"
"text": "$13.583 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "38% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "11.5% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
@ -1048,20 +1073,6 @@
"text": "6.513 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "17.707 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "1.687 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "12.066 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from consumed natural gas": {
"text": "3.954 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "4.091 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1204,8 +1215,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
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"text": "89,163 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 112,779 (Burundi) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "218,123 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "75,117 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -248,27 +248,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.55 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "50.2% (2021)"
},
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"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 92.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 80.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 80% of population"
"text": "rural: 51.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 83.1% of population"
"text": "total: 59.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 7.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 19.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 20% of population"
"text": "rural: 48.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 16.9% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 40.7% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -284,22 +281,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 67.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 67.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 27.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 27.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 37.4% of population"
"text": "total: 38.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 32.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 32.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 72.5% of population"
"text": "rural: 72.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 62.6% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 61.8% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -424,41 +421,41 @@
"text": "5.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "31.31 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "6.354 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "5.68 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "-398 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "30.24 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "6.354 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "31.3 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "7,045,050 tons (2016 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "422,703 tons (2017 est.)"
"text": "7.045 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "6% (2017 est.)"
"text": "24.1% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "330 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "328 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "50 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "50 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "260 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "259 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "60.1 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "60.1 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -639,8 +636,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 9 October (1962)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is at the center and shows a grey crowned crane (the national symbol); black stands for the African people, yellow for sunshine and vitality, and red for African brotherhood"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is at the center and shows a grey crowned crane (the national symbol)<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> black stands for the African people, yellow for sunshine and vitality, and red for African brotherhood"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "grey crowned crane"
@ -656,7 +653,7 @@
"text": "George Wilberforce KAKOMOA"
},
"history": {
"text": "adopted 1962"
"text": "adopted 1962; one of the shortest national anthems in the world"
}
},
"National heritage": {
@ -837,12 +834,12 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$6.895 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$7.616 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$7.473 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$10.043 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2023": {
@ -1015,17 +1012,6 @@
"text": "14.158 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "6.354 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "-398 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "6.354 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "2.252 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1131,11 +1117,14 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "34,368 (Eritrea), 23,388 (Rwanda), 8,936 (Ethiopia), 5,776 (Sudan) (2023); 931,666 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 512,445 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 40,326 (Somalia), 40,326 (Burundi) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "1,796,597 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "22,209 (2024 est.)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "67,000 (2022)"
"text": "10,284 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -246,27 +246,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.98 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "35.3% (2020/21 est.)"
},
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"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 94.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 80.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 71.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 34.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 78.5% of population"
"text": "total: 49.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 5.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 19.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 28.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 65.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 21.5% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 50.5% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -285,22 +282,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 90.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 91.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 37.7% of population"
"text": "rural: 42.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 54% of population"
"text": "total: 58.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 9.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 8.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 62.3% of population"
"text": "rural: 57.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 46% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 41.9% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -425,41 +422,41 @@
"text": "4.75% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "40.74 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "5.243 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "3.42 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "7 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "12.85 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "5.243 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "38.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "2,575,251 tons (2015 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "309,030 tons (2005 est.)"
"text": "2.575 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "12% (2005 est.)"
"text": "23% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "380 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "375.6 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "20 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "21.7 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "420 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "420.7 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "13.5 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "13.5 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -646,9 +643,8 @@
"text": "Republic Day, 11 December (1958)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> commemorates the day that Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center; red stands for the country's struggle for independence, green for hope and abundance, and yellow for the country's mineral wealth",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green, with a five-pointed yellow star in the center<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> red stands for the country's struggle for independence, green for hope and abundance, and yellow for the country's mineral wealth<br><br><strong>history:</strong> uses the colors of the Pan-African movement"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "white stallion"
@ -837,12 +833,12 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$4.649 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$5.174 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$4.018 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$6.308 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2023": {
@ -986,17 +982,6 @@
"text": "37,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "5.243 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "7 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "5.243 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "3.481 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1104,16 +1089,16 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "36,372 (Mali) (2023)"
"refugees": {
"text": "41,408 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "<p>2,062,534 (2023)</p>"
"text": "2,065,358 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch list — Burkina Faso did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/burkina-faso/"
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Burkina Faso remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/burkina-faso/"
}
}
}

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@ -265,27 +265,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.43 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "56.1% (2013)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 98.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 96.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 83.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 73.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 91.4% of population"
"text": "total: 85.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 1.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 3.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 16.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 26.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 8.6% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 14.1% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -301,22 +298,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 70.6% of population"
"text": "urban: 70.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 23.6% of population"
"text": "rural: 23.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 48.1% of population"
"text": "total: 49% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 29.4% of population"
"text": "urban: 29.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 76.4% of population"
"text": "rural: 76.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 51.9% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 51% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -405,41 +402,55 @@
"text": "3.64% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "11.81 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "3.46 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "4.23 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "48,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "10.4 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "3.412 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "11.8 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Methane emissions": {
"energy": {
"text": "2.1 kt (2022-2024 est.)"
},
"agriculture": {
"text": "193.6 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"waste": {
"text": "13.7 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "0.9 kt (2019-2021 est.)"
}
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "256,729 tons (1993 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "11,553 tons (2005 est.)"
"text": "256,700 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "4.5% (2005 est.)"
"text": "19.6% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "70 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "61.568 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "18.61 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "201 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "201 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "39.91 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "39.91 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -660,8 +671,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 21 March (1990)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "a wide red stripe edged with narrow white stripes divides the flag diagonally from lower hoist corner to upper fly corner; the upper triangle is blue and has a golden-yellow, 12-rayed sunburst, and the lower triangle is green; red stands for the heroism of the people and their determination to build a future of equal opportunity; white stands for peace, unity, tranquility, and harmony; blue stands for the sky and the Atlantic Ocean, the sun for power and existence, and green for vegetation and agricultural resources"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> a wide red stripe edged with narrow white stripes divides the flag diagonally from lower-left corner to upper-right corner; the upper triangle is blue and has a golden-yellow, 12-ray sunburst, and the lower triangle is green<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> red stands for the heroism of the people and their determination to build a future of equal opportunity; white stands for peace, unity, tranquility, and harmony; blue stands for the sky and the Atlantic Ocean, the sun for power and existence, and green for vegetation and agricultural resources"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "oryx (antelope)"
@ -850,12 +861,12 @@
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$3.998 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$4.415 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$4.535 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$4.779 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2019": {
@ -1019,17 +1030,6 @@
"text": "62.297 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "3.46 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "48,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "3.412 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "21.734 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1161,8 +1161,14 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "6,288 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "6,575 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "1,399 (2024 est.)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "14,796 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -234,27 +234,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.17 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "66.1% (2014)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 97.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 98% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 74.8% of population"
"text": "rural: 65.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 80.3% of population"
"text": "total: 73.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 2.5% of population"
"text": "urban: 2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 25.2% of population"
"text": "rural: 34.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 19.7% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 26.5% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -270,22 +267,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 92.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 92.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 83.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 84.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 85.9% of population"
"text": "total: 86.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 7.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 7.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 16.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 15.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 14.1% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 13.8% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -396,35 +393,41 @@
"text": "2.42% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "15.07 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "1.326 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "1.16 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "410,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "1.9 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "916,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "16.4 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "218,199 tons (2016 est.)"
"text": "218,200 tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "17.3% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "40 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "41.3 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "20 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "20.7 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "1.01 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "1.006 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "4.51 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "4.51 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -606,7 +609,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant) Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Caitlin PIPER (since 27 October 2023)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant) Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Marc WEINSTOCK (since August 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "Corner of MR 103 and Cultural Center Drive, Ezulwini, P.O. Box D202, The Gables, H106"
@ -633,8 +636,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day (Somhlolo Day), 6 September (1968)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple-width), and blue; the red band is edged in yellow, with a large black-and-white shield in the center and covering two horizontal spears and a staff with feather tassels; blue stands for peace and stability, red for past struggles, and yellow for the mineral resources of the country; the shield, spears, and staff symbolize protection from enemies, and the shield colors stand for ethnic groups living in peaceful coexistence"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple-width), and blue; the red band is edged in yellow, with a large black-and-white shield in the center that covers two horizontal spears and a staff with feather tassels<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> blue stands for peace and stability, red for past struggles, and yellow for the mineral resources of the country; the shield, spears, and staff symbolize protection from enemies, and the shield colors stand for ethnic groups living in peaceful coexistence"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion, elephant"
@ -821,7 +824,7 @@
"text": "$1.217 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"expenditures": {
"text": "$1.183 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$1.439 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
@ -829,7 +832,7 @@
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "35.9% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">note:</strong> central government debt as a % of GDP"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "24.5% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
@ -988,17 +991,6 @@
"text": "6,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "1.326 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "410,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "916,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "18.823 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1096,5 +1088,13 @@
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees": {
"text": "4,459 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "56 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}
}

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@ -258,27 +258,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.18 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "49.6% (2018)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 90.2% of population"
"text": "urban: 88.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 56.6% of population"
"text": "rural: 51.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 71.6% of population"
"text": "total: 68.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 9.8% of population"
"text": "urban: 11.4% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 43.4% of population"
"text": "rural: 48.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 28.4% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 31.8% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -294,22 +291,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 76.3% of population"
"text": "urban: 78.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 31.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 40.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 51.7% of population"
"text": "total: 57.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 23.7% of population"
"text": "urban: 21.9% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 68.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 59.1% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 48.3% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 42.1% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -423,20 +420,26 @@
"text": "4.15% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "16.9 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "9.877 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "5.14 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "4.835 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "14.1 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "5.042 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "16.1 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "2,608,268 tons (2002 est.)"
"text": "2.608 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "12.6% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
@ -635,8 +638,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 24 October (1964)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "green field with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side), black, and orange, below a soaring orange eagle on the outer edge of the flag; green stands for the country's natural resources and vegetation, red for the struggle for freedom, black for the people, and orange for the country's mineral wealth; the eagle represents the people's ability to rise above the nation's problems"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description: </strong>green field with a soaring orange eagle in the upper-right corner; a panel of three vertical bands is under the eagle, in red (left side), black, and orange<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> green stands for the country's natural resources and vegetation, red for the struggle for freedom, black for the people, and orange for the country's mineral wealth; the eagle represents the people's ability to rise above the nation's problems"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "African fish eagle"
@ -652,7 +655,7 @@
"text": "multiple/Enoch Mankayi SONTONGA"
},
"history": {
"text": "adopted 1964; the melody, which comes from the popular song \"God Bless Africa,\" is the same as Tanzania's anthem, but with different lyrics; the melody is also incorporated into South Africa's anthem"
"text": "adopted 1964; the melody, which comes from the popular song \"God Bless Africa,\" a popular song and anthem in southern Africa <br><br>"
}
},
"National heritage": {
@ -998,17 +1001,6 @@
"text": "34,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "9.877 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "4.835 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "5.042 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "8.265 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1121,8 +1113,11 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "8,436 (Burundi) (2023); 62,660 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "88,918 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "131,349 (2024 est.)"
}
}
}

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@ -253,27 +253,24 @@
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.71 (2024 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "66.8% (2015)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 97.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 92.8% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 66.9% of population"
"text": "rural: 47.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 76.9% of population"
"text": "total: 62.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 2.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 7.2% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 33.1% of population"
"text": "rural: 52.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 23.1% of population (2020 est.)"
"text": "total: 37.7% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
@ -289,22 +286,22 @@
},
"Sanitation facility access": {
"improved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 96.1% of population"
"text": "urban: 97.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 49% of population"
"text": "rural: 50.3% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"improved: total": {
"text": "total: 64.2% of population"
"text": "total: 65.6% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: urban": {
"text": "urban: 3.9% of population"
"text": "urban: 2.5% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: rural": {
"text": "rural: 51% of population"
"text": "rural: 49.7% of population (2022 est.)"
},
"unimproved: total": {
"text": "total: 35.8% of population (2017 est.)"
"text": "total: 34.4% of population (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
@ -418,41 +415,41 @@
"text": "2.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "13.08 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "12.578 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "10.98 megatons (2016 est.)"
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "7.629 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"methane emissions": {
"text": "12.1 megatons (2020 est.)"
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "4.949 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "14.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "1,449,752 tons (2015 est.)"
},
"municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
"text": "231,960 tons (2005 est.)"
"text": "1.45 million tons (2024 est.)"
},
"percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
"text": "16% (2005 est.)"
"text": "21.8% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total water withdrawal": {
"municipal": {
"text": "650 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "547.078 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"industrial": {
"text": "80 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "81.352 million cubic meters (2022 est.)"
},
"agricultural": {
"text": "3.04 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "4.281 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Total renewable water resources": {
"text": "20 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
"text": "20 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Government": {
@ -672,8 +669,8 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 18 April (1980)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "seven equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, red, black, red, yellow, and green, with a white isosceles triangle edged in black with its base on the hoist side; a yellow bird representing the long history of the country is on top of a five-pointed red star in the center of the triangle, which symbolizes peace; green stands for agriculture, yellow for mineral wealth, red for the blood shed to achieve independence, and black for the people"
"Flag": {
"text": "<strong>description:</strong> seven equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, red, black, red, yellow, and green, with a white isosceles triangle edged in black based on the left side; in the middle of the triangle, a yellow bird is on top of a five-pointed red star<br><br><strong>meaning: </strong>the bird represents the long history of the country; white stands for peace, green for agriculture, yellow for mineral wealth, red for the blood shed to achieve independence, and black for the people"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Zimbabwe bird symbol, African fish eagle, flame lily"
@ -683,13 +680,13 @@
},
"National anthem(s)": {
"title": {
"text": "\"Kalibusiswe Ilizwe leZimbabwe\" [Northern Ndebele language] \"Simudzai Mureza WeZimbabwe\" [Shona] (Blessed Be the Land of Zimbabwe)"
"text": "\"Kalibusiswe Ilizwe leZimbabwe\" [Ndebele] \"Simudzai Mureza WeZimbabwe\" [Shona] (Blessed Be the Land of Zimbabwe)"
},
"lyrics/music": {
"text": "Solomon MUTSWAIRO/Fred Lecture CHANGUNDEGA"
},
"history": {
"text": "adopted 1994"
"text": "adopted 1994; lyrics in the country's three main languages were written by Zimbabwean poet and academic MUTSWAIRO"
}
},
"National heritage": {
@ -868,6 +865,11 @@
"text": "$23 million (2018 est.)"
}
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "69.9% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "7.2% (of GDP) (2018 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
@ -1032,17 +1034,6 @@
"text": "34,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
"total emissions": {
"text": "12.578 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
"text": "7.629 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
},
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
"text": "4.949 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Energy consumption per capita": {
"Total energy consumption per capita 2023": {
"text": "10.855 million Btu/person (2023 est.)"
@ -1150,13 +1141,16 @@
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "9,931 (Mozambique) (2023); 12,293 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2024)"
"refugees": {
"text": "22,432 (2024 est.)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "32,675 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Zimbabwe was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/zimbabwe/"
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Zimbabwe remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/zimbabwe/"
}
}
}