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"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 28 November (1912), also known as Flag Day"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system except in the northern rural areas where customary law known as the \"Code of Leke\" is still present"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous; latest approved by the Assembly 21 October 1998, adopted by referendum 22 November 1998, promulgated 28 November 1998"
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"text": "proposed by at least one-fifth of the Assembly membership; passage requires at least a two-thirds majority vote by the Assembly; referendum required only if approved by two-thirds of the Assembly; amendments approved by referendum effective upon declaration by the president of the republic; amended several times, last in 2020"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system except in the northern rural areas where customary law known as the \"Code of Leke\" is still present"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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"text": "$4.489 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "82.38% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "83.89% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2019": {
"text": "75.7% of GDP (2019 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Our Lady of Meritxell Day, 8 September (1278)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil and customary law with the influence of canon (religious) law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "drafted 1991, approved by referendum 14 March 1993, effective 28 April 1993"
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"text": "proposed by the coprinces jointly or by the General Council; passage requires at least a two-thirds majority vote by the General Council, ratification in a referendum, and sanctioning by the coprinces"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil and customary law with the influence of canon (religious) law"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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"text": "$2.06 billion (2016)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-6.9% (of GDP) (2016)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2014": {
"text": "41% of GDP (2014 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2013": {
"text": "41.4% of GDP (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "National Day (commemorates passage of the law on permanent neutrality), 26 October (1955)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous; latest adopted 1 October 1920, revised 1929, replaced May 1934, replaced by German Weimar constitution in 1938 following German annexation, reinstated 1 May 1945"
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"text": "proposed through laws designated \"constitutional laws\" or through the constitutional process if the amendment is part of another law; approval required by at least a two-thirds majority vote by the National Assembly and the presence of one-half of the members; a referendum is required only if requested by one-third of the National Council or Federal Council membership; passage by referendum requires absolute majority vote; amended many times, last in 2020"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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"text": "$215.485 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-0.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "75.05% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "94.64% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "99.91% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Belgian National Day (ascension to the throne of King LEOPOLD I), 21 July (1831)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French Civil Code; note - Belgian law continues to be modified in conformance with the legislative norms mandated by the European Union; judicial review of legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "drafted 25 November 1830, approved 7 February 1831, entered into force 26 July 1831, revised 14 July 1993 (creating a federal state)"
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"text": "\"revisions\" proposed as declarations by the federal government in accord with the king or by Parliament followed by dissolution of Parliament and new elections; adoption requires two-thirds majority vote of a two-thirds quorum in both houses of the next elected Parliament; amended many times, last in 2019"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French Civil Code; note - Belgian law continues to be modified in conformance with the legislative norms mandated by the European Union; judicial review of legislative acts"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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"text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:<br>Senate or Senaat (in Dutch), Senat (in French) (60 seats; 50 members indirectly elected by the community and regional parliaments based on their election results, and 10 elected by the 50 other senators; members serve 5-year terms)<br>Chamber of Representatives or Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers (in Dutch), Chambre des Representants (in French) (150 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "Senate - last held 4 July 2019 (next to be held on 24 July 2024) <br>Chamber of Representatives - last held on 9 June 2024 (next to be held on 30 June 2029); note - elections coincided with the EU parliamentary elections"
"text": "Senate - last held 18 July 2024 (next to be held on 31 July 2029) <br>Chamber of Representatives - last held on 9 June 2024 (next to be held on 30 June 2029); note - elections coincided with the EU parliamentary elections"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - N-VA 15%, VB 12%, PS 12%, MR 12%, CD&amp;V 8.3%, Open VLD 8.3%, Ecolo 15%, SP.A 6.7%, CDH 3.3%, PVDA-PTB 8.3%; seats by party - N-VA 9, VB 7, PS 7, MR 7, CD&amp;V 5, Open VLD 5, Ecolo 9, SP.A 4, CDH 2, PVDA-PTB 5; composition - men 34, women 26, percent percentage women 43.3%<br><br>Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party - N-VA 16.7%, VB 13.5%, MR 10.3%, PVDA-PTB 9.9%, Vooruit 8.1%, PS 8%, CD&amp;V 8%, Les Engages 6.8%, Open VLD 5.5%, Green 4.7%, Ecolo 3%, Defi 1%; seats by party - N-VA 24, VB 20, MR 20, PS 16, PVDA+PTB 15, Les Engages 14, Vooruit 13, CD&amp;V 11, Open VLD 7,Green 6, Ecolo 3, Defi 1; composition - men 86, women 64, percentage women 42.7%; total Parliament percentage women 42.9%"
"text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - N/A; seats by party - N-VA 10, MR 10, VB 8, PS 6, PVDA-PTB 6, CD&amp;V 5, Les Engages 5, Open VLD 3, Ecolo 3, Vooruit 4; composition - men 32, women 28, percent percentage women 46.7%<br><br>Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party - N-VA 16.7%, VB 13.5%, MR 10.3%, PVDA-PTB 9.9%, Vooruit 8.1%, PS 8%, CD&amp;V 8%, Les Engages 6.8%, Open VLD 5.5%, Green 4.7%, Ecolo 3%, Defi 1%; seats by party - N-VA 24, VB 20, MR 20, PS 16, PVDA+PTB 15, Les Engages 14, Vooruit 13, CD&amp;V 11, Open VLD 7,Green 6, Ecolo 3, Defi 1; composition - men 86, women 64, percentage women 42.7%; total Parliament percentage women 42.9%"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the 1993 constitutional revision that further devolved Belgium into a federal state created three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities; this reality leaves six governments, each with its own legislative assembly; changes above occurred since the sixth state reform"
},
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}
},
"Political parties": {
"text": "<strong>Flemish parties:</strong> <br>Christian Democratic and Flemish or CD&amp;V <br>Vooruit or Forward (formerly Social Progressive Alternative or SP.A)<br>Groen or Green  (formerly AGALEV, Flemish Greens)<br>New Flemish Alliance or N-VA <br>Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats or Open VLD <br>Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) or VB <br><strong>Francophone parties:</strong> <br>Ecolo (Francophone Greens) <br>Francophone Federalist Democrats or Defi <br>Les Engages (formerly Humanist and Democratic Center or CDH)<br>Reform Movement or MR <br>Socialist Party or PS <br>Workers' Party or PVDA-PTB "
"text": "<strong>Flemish parties:</strong> <br>Christian Democratic and Flemish or CD&amp;V <br>Vooruit or Forward (formerly Social Progressive Alternative or SP.A)<br>Groen or Green (formerly AGALEV, Flemish Greens)<br>New Flemish Alliance or N-VA <br>Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats or Open VLD <br>Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) or VB <br><strong>Francophone parties:</strong> <br>Ecolo (Francophone Greens) <br>Francophone Federalist Democrats or Defi <br>Les Engages (formerly Humanist and Democratic Center or CDH)<br>Reform Movement or MR <br>Socialist Party or PS <br>Workers' Party or PVDA-PTB"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ADB (nonregional members), AfDB (nonregional members), Australia Group, Benelux, BIS, CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNOOSA, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
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"text": "$277.492 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "94.04% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "108.01% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "119.27% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"text": "Independence Day, 1 March (1992) and Statehood Day, 25 November (1943) - both observed in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity; Victory Day, 9 May (1945) and Dayton Agreement Day, 21 November (1995) - both observed in the Republika Srpska entity",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> there is no national-level holiday"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; Constitutional Court review of legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "14 December 1995 (constitution included as part of the Dayton Peace Accords); note - each of the political entities has its own constitution"
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"text": "decided by the Parliamentary Assembly, including a two-thirds majority vote of members present in the House of Representatives; the constitutional article on human rights and fundamental freedoms cannot be amended; amended several times, last in 2009"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; Constitutional Court review of legislative acts"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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"text": "16.9% (2015 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of population with income below national poverty line"
},
"Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income": {
"Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2011": {
"text": "33 (2011 est.)"
}
},
"Average household expenditures": {
"on food": {
"text": "30% of household expenditures (2021 est.)"
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"text": "8.2% of household expenditures (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Household income or consumption by percentage share": {
"lowest 10%": {
"text": "2.9%"
},
"highest 10%": {
"text": "25.8% (2011 est.)"
}
},
"Remittances": {
"Remittances 2023": {
"text": "10.53% of GDP (2023 est.)"
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"text": "$8.154 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "2.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "41.74% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "46.97% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "45.42% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 3 July (1944); note - 3 July 1944 was the date Minsk was liberated from German troops, 25 August 1991 was the date of independence from the Soviet Union"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; note - nearly all major codes (civil, civil procedure, criminal, criminal procedure, family, and labor) were revised and came into force in 1999 and 2000"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous; latest drafted between late 1991 and early 1994, signed 15 March 1994"
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"text": "proposed by the president of the republic through petition to the National Assembly or by petition of least 150,000 eligible voters; approval required by at least two-thirds majority vote in both chambers or by simple majority of votes cast in a referendum; amended 1996, 2004"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; note - nearly all major codes (civil, civil procedure, criminal, criminal procedure, family, and labor) were revised and came into force in 1999 and 2000"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
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"text": "$24.239 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "2.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2019": {
"text": "33.24% of GDP (2019 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2018": {
"text": "37.1% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "39.88% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Liberation Day, 3 March (1878)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous; latest drafted between late 1990 and early 1991, adopted 13 July 1991"
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"text": "proposed by the National Assembly or by the president of the republic; passage requires three-fourths majority vote of National Assembly members in three ballots; signed by the National Assembly chairperson; note - under special circumstances, a \"Grand National Assembly\" is elected with the authority to write a new constitution and amend certain articles of the constitution, including those affecting basic civil rights and national sovereignty; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote in each of several readings; amended several times, last in 2023"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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"text": "$26.544 billion (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "1.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "30.3% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "32.9% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "32.26% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
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},
"Languages": {
"Languages": {
"text": "Greek (official) 80.9%, Turkish (official) 0.2%, English 4.1%, Romanian 2.9%, Russian 2.5%, Bulgarian 2.2%, Arabic 1.2%, Filipino 1.1%, other 4.3%, unspecified 0.6%; note - data represent only the Republic of Cyprus (2011 est.)"
"text": "Greek (official) 80.9%, Turkish (official) 0.2%, English 4.1%, Romanian 2.9%, Russian 2.5%, Bulgarian 2.2%, Arabic 1.2%, Filipino 1.1%, other 4.3%, unspecified 0.6%&nbsp; (2011 est.)"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data represent only the Republic of Cyprus"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Eastern Orthodox Christian 89.1%, Roman Catholic 2.9%, Protestant/Anglican 2%, Muslim 1.8%, Buddhist 1%, other (includes Maronite Catholic, Armenian Apostolic, Hindu) 1.4%, unknown 1.1%, none/atheist 0.6% (2011 est.)",
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"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 1 October (1960); note - Turkish Cypriots celebrate 15 November (1983) as \"Republic Day\""
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law and civil law with European law supremacy"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "ratified 16 August 1960; note - in 1963, the constitution was partly suspended as Turkish Cypriots withdrew from the government; Turkish-held territory in 1983 was declared the \"Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus\" (\"TRNC\"); in 1985, the \"TRNC\" approved its own constitution"
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"text": "constitution of the Republic of Cyprus - proposed by the House of Representatives; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote of the total membership of the \"Greek Community\" and the \"Turkish Community\"; however, all seats of Turkish Cypriot members have remained vacant since 1964; amended many times, last in 2020;<br>constitution of the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” - proposed by at least 10 members of the \"Assembly of the Republic\"; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote of the total Assembly membership and approval by referendum; amended 2014"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law and civil law with European law supremacy"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> area administered by Turkish Cypriots - revenues: $2.5 billion; expenditures: $2.5 billion (est. 2006)"
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "1.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "97.5% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "106.6% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data exclude debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Constitution Day, 5 June (1849); note - closest equivalent to a national holiday"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law; judicial review of legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous; latest adopted 5 June 1953"
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"text": "proposed by the Folketing (Parliament) with consent of the government; passage requires approval by the next Folketing following a general election, approval by simple majority vote of at least 40% of voters in a referendum, and assent of the chief of state; changed several times, last in 2009 (Danish Act of Succession)"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law; judicial review of legislative acts"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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"text": "$172.408 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "1.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "35.3% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "37.9% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intra-governmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Europe Day (also known as Schuman Day), 9 May (1950); note - the day in 1950 that Robert SCHUMAN proposed the creation of what became the European Coal and Steel Community, the progenitor of today's European Union, with the aim of achieving a united Europe"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "unique supranational system of laws in which, according to an interpretive declaration of member-state governments appended to the Treaty of Lisbon, \"the Treaties and the law adopted by the Union on the basis of the Treaties have primacy over the law of Member States\" under conditions laid down in the case law of the Court of Justice; key principles of EU jurisprudence include universal rights as guaranteed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights and as resulting from constitutional traditions common to the EU's 27 member states; EU law is divided into 'primary' and 'secondary' legislation; primary legislation is derived from the consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and are the basis for all EU action; secondary legislation - which includes directives, regulations, and decisions - is derived from the principles and objectives set out in the treaties"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "none; note - the EU legal order relies primarily on two consolidated texts encompassing all provisions as amended from a series of past treaties: the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU); The TEU as modified by the 2009 Lisbon Treaty states in Article 1 that \"the HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES establish among themselves a EUROPEAN UNION ... on which the Member States confer competences to attain objectives they have in common\"; Article 1 of the TEU states further that the EU is \"founded on the present Treaty and on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as 'the Treaties'),\" both possessing the same legal value; Article 6 of the TEU provides that a separately adopted Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union \"shall have the same legal value as the Treaties\""
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"text": "European Union treaties can be amended in several ways: 1) Ordinary Revision Procedure (for key amendments to the treaties); initiated by an EU member state, by the European Parliament, or by the European Commission; following adoption of the proposal by the European Council, a convention is formed of national government representatives to review the proposal and a conference of government representatives&nbsp; subsequently reviews the proposal; passage requires ratification by all EU member states; 2) Simplified Revision Procedure (for amendment of EU internal policies and actions); passage of a proposal requires unanimous European Council vote following European Council consultation with the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the European Central Bank (if the amendment concerns monetary matters) and requires ratification by all EU member states; 3) Passerelle Clause (allows the alteration of a legislative procedure without a formal amendment of the treaties); 4) Flexibility Clause (permits the EU to decide in subject areas where EU competences have not been explicitly granted in the Treaties but are necessary to the attainment of the objectives set out in the Treaty); note - the Treaty of Lisbon (signed in December 2007 and effective in December 2009) amended the two treaties that formed the EU - the Maastricht Treaty (1992), also known as the TEU,&nbsp; and the Treaty of Rome (1957), known in updated form as the TFEU"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "unique supranational system of laws in which, according to an interpretive declaration of member-state governments appended to the Treaty of Lisbon, \"the Treaties and the law adopted by the Union on the basis of the Treaties have primacy over the law of Member States\" under conditions laid down in the case law of the Court of Justice; key principles of EU jurisprudence include universal rights as guaranteed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights and as resulting from constitutional traditions common to the EU's 27 member states; EU law is divided into 'primary' and 'secondary' legislation; primary legislation is derived from the consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and are the basis for all EU action; secondary legislation - which includes directives, regulations, and decisions - is derived from the principles and objectives set out in the treaties"
},
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age (16 years in Austria); universal; voting for the European Parliament is permitted in each member state"
},
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},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Jovita NELIUP&Scaron;IENĖ (since 27 February 2024)"
"text": "Ambassador Jovita NELIUP&Scaron;IENĖ, Head of Delegation (since 27 February 2024)"
},
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},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
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"text": "9.8% (2013 est.)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> see individual country entries of member states"
},
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"text": "30.8 (2016 est.)"
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},
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},
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"text": "-3% (of GDP) (2014)"
},
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"text": "86.8% of GDP (2014)"
},
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"text": "85.5% of GDP (2013)"
}
},
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"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 31 December 2014": {
"text": "$740.9 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "$746.9 billion (31 December 2013)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are for the European Central Bank"
},
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"text": "Irish 76.6%, Irish travelers 0.6%, other White 9.9%, Asian 3.3%, Black 1.5%, other (includes Arab, Roma, and persons of mixed backgrounds) 2%, unspecified 2.6% (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "English (official, the language generally used), Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official, spoken by approximately 37.7% of the population as of 2022; mainly spoken in areas along Ireland's western coast known as gaeltachtai, which are officially recognized regions where Irish is the predominant language)"
"text": "English (official, the language generally used), Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official, spoken by approximately 37.7% of the population)"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Roman Catholic 69.2% (includes lapsed), Protestant 3.7% (Church of Ireland/England/Anglican/Episcopalian 2.5%, other Protestant 1.2%), Orthodox 2%, other Christian 0.9%, Muslim 1.6%, other 1.4%, agnostic/atheist 0.1%, none 14.5%, unspecified 6.7% (2022 est.)"
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"National holiday": {
"text": "Saint Patrick's Day, 17 March; note - marks the traditional death date of Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, during the latter half of the fifth century A.D. (most commonly cited years are c. 461 and c. 493); although Saint Patrick's feast day was celebrated in Ireland as early as the ninth century, it only became an official public holiday in Ireland in 1903"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "common law system based on the English model but substantially modified by customary law; judicial review of legislative acts by Supreme Court"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "previous 1922; latest drafted 14 June 1937, adopted by plebiscite 1 July 1937, effective 29 December 1937"
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"text": "proposed as bills by Parliament; passage requires majority vote by both the Senate and House of Representatives, majority vote in a referendum, and presidential signature; amended many times, last in 2019"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "common law system based on the English model but substantially modified by customary law; judicial review of legislative acts by Supreme Court"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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"text": "$97.713 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-0.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "46.71% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "64.34% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "71.3% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
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"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 24 February (1918); note - 24 February 1918 was the date Estonia declared its independence from Soviet Russia and established its statehood; 20 August 1991 was the date it declared its independence from the Soviet Union restoring its statehood"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous; latest adopted 28 June 1992, entered into force 3 July 1992"
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"text": "proposed by at least one-fifth of Parliament members or by the president of the republic; passage requires three readings of the proposed amendment and a simple majority vote in two successive memberships of Parliament; passage of amendments to the \"General Provisions\" and \"Amendment of the Constitution\" chapters requires at least three-fifths majority vote by Parliament to conduct a referendum and majority vote in a referendum; amended several times, last in 2015"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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"text": "$12.269 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-0.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "25.2% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "23.89% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "23.77% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
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},
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"text": "Czech (official) 88.4%, Slovak 1.5%, other 2.6%, unspecified 7.2%<br><br><strong>note:</strong> includes only persons with one mother tongue (2021 est.)"
"text": "Czech (official) 88.4%, Slovak 1.5%, other 2.6%, unspecified 7.2% (2021 est.)"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>World Factbook, nepostradatelný zdroj základních informací. (Czech)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> includes only persons with one mother tongue"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Roman Catholic 7%, other believers belonging to a church or religious society 6% (includes Evangelical United Brethren Church and Czechoslovak Hussite Church), believers unaffiliated with a religious society 9.1%, none 47.8%, unspecified 30.1% (2021 est.)"
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"National holiday": {
"text": "Czechoslovak Founding Day, 28 October (1918)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "new civil code enacted in 2014, replacing civil code of 1964 - based on former Austro-Hungarian civil codes and socialist theory - and reintroducing former Czech legal terminology"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "previous 1960; latest ratified 16 December 1992, effective 1 January 1993"
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"text": "passage requires at least three-fifths concurrence of members present in both houses of Parliament; amended several times, last in 2021"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "new civil code enacted in 2014, replacing civil code of 1964 - based on former Austro-Hungarian civil codes and socialist theory - and reintroducing former Czech legal terminology"
},
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"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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"text": "$103.167 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "1.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "34.7% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "36.8% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
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"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 6 December (1917)"
},
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"text": "civil law system based on the Swedish model"
},
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"history": {
"text": "previous 1906, 1919; latest drafted 17 June 1997, approved by Parliament 11 June 1999, entered into force 1 March 2000"
@ -537,9 +540,6 @@
"text": "proposed by Parliament; passage normally requires simple majority vote in two readings in the first parliamentary session and at least two-thirds majority vote in a single reading by the newly elected Parliament; proposals declared \"urgent\" by five-sixths of Parliament members can be passed by at least two-thirds majority vote in the first parliamentary session only; amended several times, last in 2018"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the Swedish model"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Central Government Budget data; these numbers represent a significant reduction from previous official reporting"
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-0.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "61.3% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "62.9% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions"
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"National holiday": {
"text": "Olaifest (Olavsoka) (commemorates the death in battle of King OLAF II of Norway, later St. OLAF), 29 July (1030)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of Denmark apply where applicable"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "5 June 1953 (Danish Constitution), 23 March 1948 (Home Rule Act), and 24 June 2005 (Takeover Act) serve as the Faroe Islands' constitutional position in the Unity of the Realm"
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"text": "see entry for Denmark"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of Denmark apply where applicable"
},
"Citizenship": {
"text": "see Denmark"
},
@ -593,11 +593,6 @@
"Population below poverty line": {
"text": "10% (2015 est.)"
},
"Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income": {
"Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2013": {
"text": "22.7 (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Remittances": {
"Remittances 2022": {
"text": "4.45% of GDP (2022 est.)"
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},
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},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-1.7% (of GDP) (2014 est.)"
},
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"Public debt 2014": {
"text": "35% of GDP (2014 est.)"

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},
"Languages": {
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"text": "French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard); note - overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)"
"text": "French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard)"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> overseas departments - French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Roman Catholic 47%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 2%, Buddhist 2%, Orthodox 1%, Jewish 1%, other 1%, none 33%, unspecified 9% (2021 est.)",
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"National holiday": {
"text": "Fête de la Fédération, 14 July (1790); note - often incorrectly referred to as Bastille Day, the celebration commemorates the holiday held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille (on 14 July 1789) and the establishment of a constitutional monarchy; other names for the holiday are <em>la Fête nationale</em> (National Holiday) and <em>le Quatorze Juillet</em> (14th of July)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law; review of administrative but not legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "many previous; latest effective 4 October 1958"
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"text": "proposed by the president of the republic (upon recommendation of the prime minister and Parliament) or by Parliament; proposals submitted by Parliament members require passage by both houses followed by approval in a referendum; passage of proposals submitted by the government can bypass a referendum if submitted by the president to Parliament and passed by at least three-fifths majority vote by Parliament&rsquo;s National Assembly; amended many times, last in 2008"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law; review of administrative but not legislative acts"
},
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"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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"text": "$1.509 trillion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-2.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "98.66% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "116.89% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
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"text": "123.17% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
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"National holiday": {
"text": "National Day, 10 September (1967); note - day of the national referendum to decide whether to remain with the UK or join Spain"
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"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply"
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"history": {
"text": "previous 1969; latest passed by referendum 30 November 2006, entered into effect 14 December 2006, entered into force 2 January 2007"
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"text": "proposed by Parliament and requires prior consent of the British monarch (through the Secretary of State); passage requires at least three-fourths majority vote in Parliament followed by simple majority vote in a referendum; note &ndash; only sections 1 through 15 in Chapter 1 (Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms) can be amended by Parliament"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply"
},
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"text": "see United Kingdom"
},
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"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2014": {
"text": "$2.044 billion (2014 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2013": {
"text": "$1.85 billion (2013 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2012": {
"text": "$2 billion (2012 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2014 dollars"
},
"Real GDP per capita": {
"Real GDP per capita 2014": {
"text": "$61,700 (2014 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2008": {
"text": "$43,000 (2008 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2007": {
"text": "$41,200 (2007 est.)"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$2.044 billion (2014 est.)"
},
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"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2013": {
"text": "2.5% (2013 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2012": {
"text": "2.2% (2012 est.)"
}
},
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"agriculture": {
"text": "0% (2016 est.)"
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"text": "$452.3 million (2008 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "1.1% (of GDP) (2008 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2008": {
"text": "7.5% of GDP (2008 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2006": {
"text": "8.4% of GDP (2006 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "$202.3 million (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "$271 million (2004 est.)"
}
},
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"National holiday": {
"text": "Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)"
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"text": "customary legal system based on Norman customary law; includes elements of the French civil code and English common law"
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"history": {
"text": "unwritten; includes royal charters, statutes, and common law and practice"
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"text": "new laws or changes to existing laws are initiated by the States of Deliberation; passage requires majority vote; many laws have been passed; in 2019, 60 laws were passed"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "customary legal system based on Norman customary law; includes elements of the French civil code and English common law"
},
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"text": "see United Kingdom"
},
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"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2014": {
"text": "$3.451 billion (2014 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2013": {
"text": "$3.42 billion (2013 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2015 dollars"
},
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"text": "$530.9 million (2005 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "1.2% (of GDP) (2005)"
},
"Exports - partners": {
"text": "almost entirely United Kingdom (2022)"
},

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},
"Languages": {
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"text": "German (official); note - Danish, Frisian, Sorbian, and Romani are official minority languages; Low German, Danish, North Frisian, Sater Frisian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, and Romani are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages"
"text": "German (official); note - Danish, Frisian, Sorbian, and Romani are official minority languages; Low German, Danish, North Frisian, Sater Frisian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, and Romani are recognized as regional languages"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
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"National holiday": {
"text": "German Unity Day, 3 October (1990)"
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"text": "civil law system"
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"history": {
"text": "previous 1919 (Weimar Constitution); latest drafted 10-23 August 1948, approved 12 May 1949, promulgated 23 May 1949, entered into force 24 May 1949"
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"text": "proposed by Parliament; passage and enactment into law require two-thirds majority vote by both the Bundesrat (upper house) and the Bundestag (lower house) of Parliament; articles including those on basic human rights and freedoms cannot be amended; amended many times, last in 2020; note - in early 2021, the German federal government introduced a bill to incorporate children&rsquo;s rights into the constitution"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system"
},
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"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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"text": "$1.945 trillion (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "1.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
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"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "63.9% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
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"text": "67.9% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
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"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 25 March (1821)"
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"text": "civil legal system based on Roman law"
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"history": {
"text": "many previous; latest entered into force 11 June 1975"
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"text": "proposed by at least 50 members of Parliament and agreed by three-fifths majority vote in two separate ballots at least 30 days apart; passage requires absolute majority vote by the next elected Parliament; entry into force finalized through a \"special parliamentary resolution\"; articles on human rights and freedoms and the form of government cannot be amended; amended 1986, 2001, 2008, 2019"
}
},
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"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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"text": "$97.277 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "0.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "203.29% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "237.49% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "253.23% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
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"National holiday": {
"text": "Statehood Day (National Day), 30 May (1990); note - marks the day in 1990 that the first modern multi-party Croatian parliament convened"
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"text": "civil law system influenced by legal heritage of Austria-Hungary; note - Croatian law was fully harmonized with the European Community acquis as of the June 2010 completion of EU accession negotiations"
},
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"history": {
"text": "several previous; latest adopted 22 December 1990"
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"text": "proposed by at least one fifth of the Assembly membership, by the president of the republic, by the Government of Croatia, or through petition by at least 10% of the total electorate; proceedings to amend require majority vote by the Assembly; passage requires two-thirds majority vote by the Assembly; passage by petition requires a majority vote in a referendum and promulgation by the Assembly; amended several times, last in 2014"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system influenced by legal heritage of Austria-Hungary; note - Croatian law was fully harmonized with the European Community acquis as of the June 2010 completion of EU accession negotiations"
},
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"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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"text": "$211.069 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "0.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
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"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "82.08% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "90.32% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "98% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
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"text": "euros (EUR) per US dollar -"
},
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"text": "0.925 (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "7.16 (2022 est.)"
"text": "0.95 (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "6.36 (2021 est.)"
"text": "0.845 (2021 est.)"
},
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"text": "6.614 (2020 est.)"
"text": "0.876 (2020 est.)"
},
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"text": "6.623 (2019 est.)"
"text": "0.893 (2019 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2018": {
"text": "6.279 (2018 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Rates shown through 2022 are for the kuna, which Croatia used prior to conversion to the euro on 1 January 2023. During the transition period the exchange rate was fixed at 7.53450 kuna to 1 euro."
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Croatia used the kuna prior to conversion to the euro on 1 January 2023. During the transition period the exchange rate was fixed at 7.53450 kuna to 1 euro."
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"National holiday": {
"text": "Saint Stephen's Day, 20 August (1083); note - commemorates his canonization and the transfer of his remains to Buda (now Budapest) in 1083"
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"text": "civil legal system influenced by the German model"
},
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"history": {
"text": "previous 1949 (heavily amended in 1989 following the collapse of communism); latest approved 18 April 2011, signed 25 April 2011, effective 1 January 2012"
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"text": "proposed by the president of the republic, by the government, by parliamentary committee, or by Parliament members; passage requires two-thirds majority vote of Parliament members and approval by the president; amended several times, last in 2018"
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},
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"text": "civil legal system influenced by the German model"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICC jurisdiction"
},
@ -861,19 +861,10 @@
"text": "$74.127 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "75.53% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "86.92% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "95.94% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 17 June (1944)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system influenced by the Danish model"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous; latest ratified 16 June 1944, effective 17 June 1944 (at independence)"
@ -507,9 +510,6 @@
"text": "proposed by the Althingi; passage requires approval by the Althingi and by the next elected Althingi, and confirmation by the president of the republic; proposed amendments to Article 62 of the constitution &ndash; that the Evangelical Lutheran Church shall be the state church of Iceland &ndash; also require passage by referendum; amended many times, last in 2013"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system influenced by the Danish model"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
"text": "President Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON (since 1 August 2016)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Prime Minister Bjarni BENEDIKTSSON (since 9 April 2024)"
"text": "Prime Minister Halla TOMASDOTTIR (since 1 August 2024)"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "Cabinet appointed by the president upon the recommendation of the prime minister"
@ -544,9 +544,8 @@
"text": "president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 4-year term (no term limits); election last held on 1 June 2024 (next to be held in June 2028); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition becomes prime minister"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em>2024:</em> percent of vote - Halla TOMASDOTTIR (independent) 34.1%, Katrin JAKOBSDOTTIR (Left-Green Movement) 25.2%, Halla Hrund LOGADOTTIR (independent) 15.7%, Jon GNARR (Social Democratic Alliance) 10.1%, Baldur PORHALLSSON (independent) 8.4%, other 6.5%<em><br><br>2020: </em>Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON reelected president; percent of vote - Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON (independent) 92.2%, Gudmundur Franklin JONSSON (independent) 7.8%<br><br><em>2016: </em>Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON elected president; Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON (independent) 39.1%, Halla TOMASDOTTIR (independent) 27.9%, Andri Snær MAGNASON (Democracy Movement) 14.3%, David ODDSSON (independent) 13.7%, other 5%"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Prime Minister Katrin JAKOBSDOTTIR resigned on 5 April 2024 in order to be a candidate in the 1 June 2024 presidential election<br><br><strong>note:  </strong>Halla TOMASDOTTIR was elected president on 1 June 2024 and will take office 1 August 2024"
"text": "<em><br>2024:</em> percent of vote - Halla TOMASDOTTIR (independent) 34.1%, Katrin JAKOBSDOTTIR (Left-Green Movement) 25.2%, Halla Hrund LOGADOTTIR (independent) 15.7%, Jon GNARR (Social Democratic Alliance) 10.1%, Baldur PORHALLSSON (independent) 8.4%, other 6.5%<em><br><br>2020: </em>Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON reelected president; percent of vote - Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON (independent) 92.2%, Gudmundur Franklin JONSSON (independent) 7.8%<br><br><em>2016: </em>Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON elected president; Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON (independent) 39.1%, Halla TOMASDOTTIR (independent) 27.9%, Andri Snær MAGNASON (Democracy Movement) 14.3%, David ODDSSON (independent) 13.7%, other 5%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
@ -814,19 +813,10 @@
"text": "$11.536 billion (2018 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "1.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "86.5% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "95.92% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "100.32% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Tynwald Day, 5 July (1417); date Tynwald Day was first recorded"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of the UK&nbsp;apply where applicable and include Manx statutes"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "development of the Isle of Man constitution dates to at least the 14th century"
@ -403,9 +406,6 @@
"text": "proposed as a bill in the House of Keys, by the \"Government,\" by a \"Member of the House,\" or through petition to the House or Legislative Council; passage normally requires three separate readings and approval of at least 13 House members; following both House and Council agreement, assent is required by the lieutenant governor on behalf of the Crown; the constitution has been expanded and amended many times, last in 2020"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of the UK&nbsp;apply where applicable and include Manx statutes"
},
"Citizenship": {
"text": "see United Kingdom"
},
@ -493,9 +493,6 @@
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2014": {
"text": "$7.428 billion (2014 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2013": {
"text": "$6.298 billion (2013 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2014 dollars"
},
"Real GDP growth rate": {
@ -513,12 +510,6 @@
"Real GDP per capita": {
"Real GDP per capita 2014": {
"text": "$84,600 (2014 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2013": {
"text": "$86,200 (2013 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2012": {
"text": "$73,700 (2012 est.)"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
@ -566,20 +557,6 @@
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2017": {
"text": "1.1% (2017 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate April 2011": {
"text": "2% (April 2011 est.)"
}
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "10.1% (2011 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "11.8%"
},
"female": {
"text": "8.2%"
}
},
"Budget": {
@ -590,9 +567,6 @@
"text": "$943 million (FY05/06 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "0.3% (of GDP) (FY05/06 est.)"
},
"Exports - partners": {
"text": "almost entirely United Kingdom (2022)"
},

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Republic Day, 2 June (1946)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; judicial review of legislation under certain conditions in Constitutional Court"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "previous 1848 (originally for the Kingdom of Sardinia and adopted by the Kingdom of Italy in 1861); latest enacted 22 December 1947, adopted 27 December 1947, entered into force 1 January 1948"
@ -522,9 +525,6 @@
"text": "proposed by both houses of Parliament; passage requires two successive debates and approval by absolute majority of each house on the second vote; a referendum is only required when requested by one fifth of the members of either house, by voter petition, or by 5 Regional Councils (elected legislative assemblies of the 15 first-level administrative regions and 5 autonomous regions of Italy); referendum not required if an amendment has been approved by a two-thirds majority in each house in the second vote; amended many times, last in 2020; note - in June 2024, the Senate approved in its first vote an amendment calling for the direct election of the prime minister; subsequent votes by both the Senate and House of Deputies is required for passage; lacking approval by Parliament, approval is required by constitutional referendum"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; judicial review of legislation under certain conditions in Constitutional Court"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -847,16 +847,10 @@
"text": "$1.08 trillion (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-2.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "131.8% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "132% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Italy reports its data on public debt according to guidelines set out in the Maastricht Treaty; general government gross debt is defined in the Maastricht Treaty as consolidated general government gross debt at nominal value, outstanding at the end of the year, in the following categories of government liabilities (as defined in ESA95): currency and deposits (AF.2), securities other than shares excluding financial derivatives (AF.3, excluding AF.34), and loans (AF.4); the general government sector comprises central, state, and local government and social security funds"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of the UK apply where applicable; includes local statutes"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice"
@ -393,9 +396,6 @@
"text": "proposed by a government minister to the Assembly of the States of Jersey, by an Assembly member, or by an elected parish head; passage requires several Assembly readings, a majority vote by the Assembly, review by the UK Ministry of Justice, and approval of the British monarch (Royal Assent)"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of the UK apply where applicable; includes local statutes"
},
"Citizenship": {
"text": "see United Kingdom"
},
@ -446,9 +446,7 @@
"text": "UPU"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "none (British Crown dependency)"
}
"text": "none (British Crown dependency)"
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"embassy": {
@ -573,9 +571,6 @@
"text": "$851 million (2005)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-0.4% (of GDP) (2005)"
},
"Exports - partners": {
"text": "almost entirely United Kingdom (2022)"
},

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},
"Languages": {
"Languages": {
"text": "Albanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian (official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes Romani), unspecified 0.1%; note - in municipalities where a community's mother tongue is not one of Kosovo's official languages, the language of that community may be given official status according to the 2006 Law on the Use of Languages<br><br><strong>note:</strong> these estimates may under-represent Serb, Romani, and some other ethnic minority languages because they are based on the 2011 Kosovo national census, which excluded northern Kosovo (a largely Serb-inhabited region) and was partially boycotted by Serb and Romani communities in southern Kosovo (2011 est.)"
"text": "Albanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian (official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes Romani), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "Libri i fakteve boterore, burimi i pazevendesueshem per informacione elementare (Albanian)<br><br>Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> these estimates may under-represent Serb, Romani, and other ethnic minority languages because they are based on the 2011 Kosovo national census, which excluded northern Kosovo (a largely Serb-inhabited region) and was partially boycotted by Serb and Romani communities in southern Kosovo"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Muslim 95.6%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Orthodox 1.5%, other 0.1%, none 0.1%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)",
@ -384,6 +385,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 17 February (2008)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; note - the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) retained limited executive powers within the Kosovo judiciary for complex cases from 2008 to 2018"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "previous 1974, 1990; latest (postindependence) draft finalized 2 April 2008, signed 7 April 2008, ratified 9 April 2008, entered into force 15 June 2008; note - amendment 24, passed by the Assembly in August 2015, established the Kosovo Relocated Specialist Institution, referred to as the Kosovo Specialist Chamber or \"Specialist Court,\" to try war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other crimes under Kosovo law committed during and immediately after the Kosovo War (1998-2000)"
@ -392,9 +396,6 @@
"text": "proposed by the government, by the president of the republic, or by one fourth of Assembly deputies; passage requires two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly, including two-thirds majority vote of deputies representing non-majority communities, followed by a favorable Constitutional Court assessment; amended several times, last in 2020"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; note - the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) retained limited executive powers within the Kosovo judiciary for complex cases from 2008 to 2018"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
@ -429,7 +430,7 @@
"text": "president indirectly elected by at least two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly for a 5-year term; if a candidate does not attain a two-thirds threshold in the first two ballots, the candidate winning a simple majority vote in the third ballot is elected (eligible for a second term); election last held on 3 to 4 April 2021 (next to be held in 2026); prime minister indirectly elected by the Assembly"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em>2021: </em> Vjosa OSMANI-Sadriu elected president in third ballot; Assembly vote - Vjosa OSMANI-Sadriu (Guxo!) 71 votes; Albin KURTI (LVV) elected prime minister; Assembly vote - 67 for, 30 against<br><br><em>2017: </em>Ramush HARADINAJ (AAK) elected prime minister; Assembly vote - 61 for, 1 abstention, 0 against (opposition boycott)<br><br><em>2016:</em> Hashim THACI elected president in third ballot; Assembly vote - Hashim THACI (PDK) 71 votes"
"text": "<em><br>2021: </em> Vjosa OSMANI-Sadriu elected president in third ballot; Assembly vote - Vjosa OSMANI-Sadriu (Guxo!) 71 votes; Albin KURTI (LVV) elected prime minister; Assembly vote - 67 for, 30 against<br><br><em>2017: </em>Ramush HARADINAJ (AAK) elected prime minister; Assembly vote - 61 for, 1 abstention, 0 against (opposition boycott)<br><br><em>2016:</em> Hashim THACI elected president in third ballot; Assembly vote - Hashim THACI (PDK) 71 votes"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
@ -689,15 +690,9 @@
"text": "$2.547 billion (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-2.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "21.2% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "19.4% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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},
"Languages": {
"Languages": {
"text": "Latvian (official) 56.3%, Russian 33.8%, other 0.6% (includes Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian), unspecified 9.4%; note - data represent language usually spoken at home (2011 est.)"
"text": "Latvian (official) 56.3%, Russian 33.8%, other 0.6% (includes Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian), unspecified 9.4%&nbsp; (2011 est.)"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>World Factbook, neaizstājams avots pamata informāciju. (Latvian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data represent language usually spoken at home"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Lutheran 36.2%, Roman Catholic 19.5%, Orthodox 19.1%, other Christian 1.6%, other 0.1%, unspecified/none 23.5% (2017 est.)"
@ -513,6 +514,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day (Republic of Latvia Proclamation Day), 18 November (1918); note - 18 November 1918 was the date Latvia established its statehood and its concomitant independence from Soviet Russia; 4 May 1990 was the date it declared the restoration of Latvian statehood and its concomitant independence from the Soviet Union"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system with traces of socialist legal traditions and practices"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous (pre-1991 independence); note - following the restoration of independence in 1991, parts of the 1922 constitution were reintroduced 4 May 1990 and fully reintroduced 6 July 1993"
@ -521,9 +525,6 @@
"text": "proposed by two thirds of Parliament members or by petition of one tenth of qualified voters submitted through the president; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote of Parliament in each of three readings; amendment of constitutional articles, including national sovereignty, language, the parliamentary electoral system, and constitutional amendment procedures, requires passage in a referendum by majority vote of at least one half of the electorate; amended several times, last in 2019"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system with traces of socialist legal traditions and practices"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -836,16 +837,10 @@
"text": "$14.242 billion (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-0.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "36.3% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "37.4% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data cover general government debt, and includes debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities, including sub-sectors of central government, state government, local government, and social security funds"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day (or National Day), 16 February (1918); note - 16 February 1918 was the date Lithuania established its statehood and its concomitant independence from Soviet Russia and Germany; 11 March 1990 was the date it declared the restoration of Lithuanian statehood and its concomitant independence from the Soviet Union"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; legislative acts can be appealed to the Constitutional Court"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous; latest adopted by referendum 25 October 1992, entered into force 2 November 1992"
@ -529,9 +532,6 @@
"text": "proposed by at least one fourth of all Parliament members or by petition of at least 300,000 voters; passage requires two-thirds majority vote of Parliament in each of two readings three months apart and a presidential signature; amendments to constitutional articles on national sovereignty and constitutional amendment procedure also require three-fourths voter approval in a referendum; amended many times, last in 2022"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; legislative acts can be appealed to the Constitutional Court"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -846,19 +846,10 @@
"text": "$18.491 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "0.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "36.05% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "48.21% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "52.86% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Constitution Day, 1 September (1992)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; note - legal code modified to comply with the obligations of Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous (preindependence); latest passed by the National Council 1 September 1992, signed 3 September 1992, effective 1 October 1992"
@ -519,9 +522,6 @@
"text": "proposed by the National Council; passage requires at least three-fifths majority vote of Council members; amended many times, last in 2020"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; note - legal code modified to comply with the obligations of Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -837,19 +837,10 @@
"text": "$44.914 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "64.51% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "78.84% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "78.33% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
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},
"Languages": {
"Languages": {
"text": "German 91.5% (official) (Alemannic is the main dialect), Italian 1.5%, Turkish 1.3%, Portuguese 1.1%, other 4.6% (2015 est.)"
"text": "German 91.5% (official, Alemannic is the main dialect), Italian 1.5%, Turkish 1.3%, Portuguese 1.1%, other 4.6% (2015 est.)"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
@ -445,6 +445,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "National Day, 15 August (1940); note - a National Day was originally established in 1940 to combine celebrations for the Feast of the Assumption (15 August) with those honoring the birthday of former Prince FRANZ JOSEF II (1906-1989) whose birth fell on 16 August; after the prince's death, National Day became the official national holiday by law in 1990"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system influenced by Swiss, Austrian, and German law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "previous 1862; latest adopted 5 October 1921"
@ -453,9 +456,6 @@
"text": "proposed by Parliament, by the reigning prince (in the form of \"Government\" proposals), by petition of at least 1,500 qualified voters, or by at least four communes; passage requires unanimous approval of Parliament members in one sitting or three-quarters majority vote in two successive sittings; referendum required only if petitioned by at least 1,500 voters or by at least four communes; passage by referendum requires absolute majority of votes cast; amended many times, last in 2023"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system influenced by Swiss, Austrian, and German law"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -564,34 +564,6 @@
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2014": {
"text": "$4.978 billion (2014 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2009": {
"text": "$3.2 billion (2009 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2008": {
"text": "$3.216 billion (2008 est.)"
}
},
"Real GDP growth rate": {
"Real GDP growth rate 2012": {
"text": "1.8% (2012 est.)"
},
"Real GDP growth rate 2011": {
"text": "-0.5% (2011 est.)"
},
"Real GDP growth rate 2007": {
"text": "3.1% (2007 est.)"
}
},
"Real GDP per capita": {
"Real GDP per capita 2009": {
"text": "$139,100 (2009 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2008": {
"text": "$90,100 (2008 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2007": {
"text": "$91,300 (2007 est.)"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
@ -601,9 +573,6 @@
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2016": {
"text": "-0.4% (2016 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2013": {
"text": "-0.2% (2013)"
}
},
"Credit ratings": {
@ -634,7 +603,7 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "38,520 (2015 est.) (2012)",
"text": "38,520 (2015 est.)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commute daily from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
@ -653,12 +622,6 @@
"text": "$890.4 million (2011 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "1.6% (of GDP) (2012 est.)"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "14.9% (of GDP) (2012 est.)"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2015": {
"text": "$3.217 billion (2015 est.)"

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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data represent population by nationality"
},
"Languages": {
"text": "Luxembourgish (official administrative and judicial language and national language (spoken vernacular)) 48.9%, Portuguese 15.4%, French (official administrative, judicial, and legislative language) 14.9%, Italian 3.6%, English 3.6%, German (official administrative and judicial language) 2.9%, other 10.8% (2021 est.)"
"text": "Luxembourgish (official administrative, judicial, and national language) 48.9%, Portuguese 15.4%, French (official administrative, judicial, and legislative language) 14.9%, Italian 3.6%, English 3.6%, German (official administrative and judicial language) 2.9%, other 10.8% (2021 est.)"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic) 70.6%, Muslim 2.3%, other (includes Buddhist, folk religions, Hindu, Jewish) 0.4%, unaffiliated 26.7% (2020 est.)"
@ -500,6 +500,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "National Day (birthday of Grand Duke HENRI), 23 June; note - this date of birth is not the true date of birth for any of the Royals, but the national festivities were shifted in 1962 to allow observance during a more favorable time of year"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "previous 1842 (heavily amended 1848, 1856); latest effective 17 October 1868"
@ -508,9 +511,6 @@
"text": "proposed by the Chamber of Deputies or by the monarch to the Chamber; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote by the Chamber in two successive readings three months apart; a referendum can be substituted for the second reading if approved by more than a quarter of the Chamber members or by 25,000 valid voters; adoption by referendum requires a majority of all valid voters; amended many times, last in 2020"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -814,16 +814,10 @@
"text": "$30.014 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "1.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "23% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "20.8% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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},
"Languages": {
"Languages": {
"text": "Moldovan/Romanian 80.2% (official) (56.7% identify their mother tongue as Moldovan, which is virtually the same as Romanian; 23.5% identify Romanian as their mother tongue), Russian 9.7%, Gagauz 4.2% (a Turkish language), Ukrainian 3.9%, Bulgarian 1.5%, Romani 0.3%, other 0.2% (2014 est.); note - data represent mother tongue; as of March 2023, Romanian replaced Moldovan as the name of Moldova's official language"
"text": "Moldovan/Romanian 80.2% (official) (56.7% Moldovan; 23.5% Romanian), Russian 9.7%, Gagauz 4.2% (a Turkish language), Ukrainian 3.9%, Bulgarian 1.5%, Romani 0.3%, other 0.2% (2014)"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Cartea informativa a lumii, sursa indispensabila pentru informatii de baza. (Moldovan/Romanian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data represent mother tongue; as of March 2023, \"Romanian\" replaced \"Moldovan\" as the name of Moldova's official language"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Orthodox 90.1%, other Christian 2.6%, other 0.1%, agnostic &lt;0.1%, atheist 0.2%, unspecified 6.9% (2014 est.)"
@ -506,6 +507,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 27 August (1991)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system with Germanic law influences; Constitutional Court review of legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "previous 1978; latest adopted 29 July 1994, effective 27 August 1994"
@ -514,9 +518,6 @@
"text": "proposed by voter petition (at least 200,000 eligible voters), by at least one third of Parliament members, or by the government; passage requires two-thirds majority vote of Parliament within one year of initial proposal; revisions to constitutional articles on sovereignty, independence, and neutrality require majority vote by referendum; articles on fundamental rights and freedoms cannot be amended; amended many times, last in 2018"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system with Germanic law influences; Constitutional Court review of legislative acts"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -817,19 +818,10 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> National Public Budget"
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-0.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "34.52% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "32.12% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "33.96% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Statehood Day, 13 July (1878, the day the Berlin Congress recognized Montenegro as the 27th independent state in the world, and 1941, the day the Montenegrins staged an uprising against fascist occupiers and sided with the partisan communist movement)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous; latest adopted 22 October 2007"
@ -544,9 +547,6 @@
"text": "proposed by the president of Montenegro, by the government, or by at least 25 members of the Assembly; passage of draft proposals requires two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly, followed by a public hearing; passage of draft amendments requires two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly; changes to certain constitutional articles, such as sovereignty, state symbols, citizenship, and constitutional change procedures, require three-fifths majority vote in a referendum; amended 2013"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -859,16 +859,10 @@
"text": "$2.568 billion (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-5.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "67.2% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "66.4% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data cover general government debt, and includes debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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}
},
"Ethnic groups": {
"text": "Macedonian 58.4%, Albanian 24.3%, Turkish 3.9%, Romani 2.5%, Serb 1.3%, other 2.3%, persons for whom data were taken from administrative sources and no ethnic affiliation data was available 7.2% (2021 est.)",
"text": "Macedonian 58.4%, Albanian 24.3%, Turkish 3.9%, Romani 2.5%, Serb 1.3%, other 2.3%, no ethnic affiliation data available 7.2% (2021 est.)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data represent total resident population; Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 6.5–13% of North Macedonia’s population"
},
"Languages": {
"Languages": {
"text": "Macedonian (official) 61.4%, Albanian (official) 24.3%, Turkish 3.4%, Romani 1.7%, other (includes Aromanian (Vlach) and Bosnian) 2%, unspecified 7.2% (2021 est.); note - data represent mother tongue; minority languages are co-official with Macedonian in municipalities where they are spoken by at least 20% of the population; Albanian is co-official in Tetovo, Brvenica, Vrapciste, and other municipalities; Turkish is co-official in Centar Zupa and Plasnica; Romani is co-official in Suto Orizari; Aromanian is co-official in Krusevo; Serbian is co-official in Cucer Sandevo"
"text": "Macedonian (official) 61.4%, Albanian (official) 24.3%, Turkish 3.4%, Romani 1.7%, other (includes Aromanian (Vlach) and Bosnian) 2%, unspecified 7.2% (2021 est.)"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Книга на Светски Факти, неопходен извор на основни информации. (Macedonian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data represent mother tongue; minority languages are co-official with Macedonian in municipalities where at least 20% of the population are speakers, with Albanian co-official in Tetovo, Brvenica, Vrapciste, and other municipalities, Turkish in Centar Zupa and Plasnica, Romani in Suto Orizari, Aromanian in Krusevo, Serbian in Cucer Sandevo"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Macedonian Orthodox 46.1%, Muslim 32.2%, other Christian 13.8%, other and non-believers 0.5%, unspecified 7.4% (2021 est.)"
@ -500,6 +501,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 8 September (1991), also known as National Day"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous (since 1944); latest adopted 17 November 1991, effective 20 November 1991"
@ -508,9 +512,6 @@
"text": "proposed by the president of the republic, by the government, by at least 30 members of the Assembly, or by petition of at least 150,000 citizens; final approval requires a two-thirds majority vote by the Assembly; amended several times, last in 2019; this amendment was the result of the 2018 Prespa Agreement with Greece, in which the constitutional name of the country would be modified to Republic of North Macedonia in exchange for assurances that Greece would no longer object to its integration in international organizations; note - a referendum on&nbsp; amendments to the constitution is expected in 2024"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -545,7 +546,7 @@
"text": "president directly elected using a modified 2-round system; a candidate can only be elected in the first round with an absolute majority from all registered voters; in the second round, voter turnout must be at least 40% for the result to be deemed valid; president elected for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 24 April and 8 May 2024 (next to be held in 2029); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition is usually elected prime minister by the Assembly"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em>2024: </em>Gordana SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA elected president in the second round; percent of vote - Gordana SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA (VMRO-DPMNE) 69%, Stevo PENDAROVSKI (SDSM) 31%<em><br><br>2024: </em>Talat XHAFERI elected caretaker Prime Minister; Assembly vote - 65 for (opposition boycott)<em><br><br>2022: </em>Dimitar KOVACEVSKI elected Prime Minister; Assembly vote - NA<em><br></em>"
"text": "<em><br>2024: </em>Gordana SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA elected president in the second round; percent of vote - Gordana SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA (VMRO-DPMNE) 69%, Stevo PENDAROVSKI (SDSM) 31%<em><br><br>2024: </em>Talat XHAFERI elected caretaker Prime Minister; Assembly vote - 65 for (opposition boycott)<em><br><br>2022: </em>Dimitar KOVACEVSKI elected Prime Minister; Assembly vote - NA<em><br></em>"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
@ -823,16 +824,10 @@
"text": "$4.5 billion (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-2.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "39.3% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "39.5% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> official data from Ministry of Finance; data cover central government debt; this data excludes debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; includes treasury debt held by foreign entitites; excludes debt issued by sub-national entities; there are no debt instruments sold for social funds"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "National Day (Saint Rainier's Day), 19 November (1857)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system influenced by French legal tradition"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "previous 1911 (suspended 1959); latest adopted 17 December 1962"
@ -441,9 +444,6 @@
"text": "proposed by joint agreement of the chief of state (the prince) and the National Council; passage requires two-thirds majority vote of National Council members; amended 2002"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system influenced by French legal tradition"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
@ -556,12 +556,6 @@
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2015": {
"text": "$7.672 billion (2015 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2014": {
"text": "$7.279 billion (2014 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2013": {
"text": "$6.79 billion (2013 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2015 dollars"
},
"Real GDP growth rate": {
@ -582,9 +576,6 @@
},
"Real GDP per capita 2014": {
"text": "$109,200 (2014 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2013": {
"text": "$101,900 (2013 est.)"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
@ -616,11 +607,6 @@
"text": "52,000 (2014 est.)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> includes all foreign workers"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2012": {
"text": "2% (2012)"
}
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "26.6% (2016 est.)"
@ -640,19 +626,10 @@
"text": "$953.6 million (2011 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-1% (of GDP) (2011 est.)"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "14.9% (of GDP) (2011 est.)"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2017": {
"text": "$964.6 million (2017 est.)"
},
"Exports 2011": {
"text": "$1.115 billion (2011)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> full customs integration with France, which collects and rebates Monegasque trade duties; also participates in EU market system through customs union with France"
},
"Exports - partners": {
@ -665,9 +642,6 @@
"Imports 2017": {
"text": "$1.371 billion (2017 est.)"
},
"Imports 2011": {
"text": "$1.162 billion (2011 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> full customs integration with France, which collects and rebates Monegasque trade duties; also participates in EU market system through customs union with France"
},
"Imports - partners": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 21 September (1964); Republic Day, 13 December (1974)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law and civil law based on the Roman and Napoleonic civil codes; subject to European Union law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "many previous; latest adopted 21 September 1964"
@ -502,9 +505,6 @@
"text": "proposals (Acts of Parliament) require at least two-thirds majority vote by the House of Representatives; passage of Acts requires majority vote by referendum, followed by final majority vote by the House and assent of the president of the republic; amended many times, last in 2020"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law and civil law based on the Roman and Napoleonic civil codes; subject to European Union law"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
"text": "president indirectly elected by the House of Representatives for a single 5-year term; election last held on 27 March 2024 (next to be held by March 2029); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the president for a 5-year term; deputy prime minister appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em>2024:  </em>Myriam SPITERI DEBONO (PL) elected president; House of Representatives vote - unanimous<br><em><br>2019:</em> George VELLA (PL) elected president; House of Representatives vote - unanimous"
"text": "<em><br>2024:  </em>Myriam SPITERI DEBONO (PL) elected president; House of Representatives vote - unanimous<br><em><br>2019:</em> George VELLA (PL) elected president; House of Representatives vote - unanimous"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
@ -805,16 +805,10 @@
"text": "$5.586 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "3.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "50.7% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "56.3% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Malta reports public debt at nominal value outstanding at the end of the year, according to guidelines set out in the Maastricht Treaty for general government gross debt; the data include the following categories of government liabilities (as defined in ESA95): currency and deposits (AF.2), securities other than shares excluding financial derivatives (AF.3, excluding AF.34), and loans (AF.4); general government comprises the central, state, and local governments, and social security funds"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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},
"Languages": {
"Languages": {
"text": "Dutch (official); note - Frisian is an official language in Fryslan province; Frisian, Low Saxon, Limburgish, Romani, and Yiddish have protected status under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages; Dutch is the official language of the three special municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands; English is a recognized regional language on Sint Eustatius and Saba; Papiamento is a recognized regional language on Bonaire"
"text": "Dutch (official), Frisian (official in Fryslan province)"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Het Wereld Feitenboek, een onmisbare bron van informatie. (Dutch)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
"text": "Het Wereld Feitenboek, een onmisbare bron van informatie. (Dutch)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>Frisian, Low Saxon, Limburgish, Romani, and Yiddish have protected status; Dutch is the official language of the three special municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands; English is a recognized regional language on Sint Eustatius and Saba; Papiamento is a recognized regional language on Bonaire"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Roman Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.8% (includes Dutch Reformed, Protestant Church of The Netherlands, Calvinist), Muslim 5%, other 5.9% (includes Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish), none 54.1% (2019 est.)"
@ -527,6 +528,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "King's Day (birthday of King WILLEM-ALEXANDER), 27 April (1967); note - King's or Queen's Day is observed on the ruling monarch's birthday; currently celebrated on 26 April if 27 April is a Sunday"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French system; constitution does not permit judicial review of acts of the States General"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "many previous to adoption of the \"Basic Law of the Kingdom of the Netherlands\" on 24 August 1815; revised 8 times, the latest in 1983"
@ -535,9 +539,6 @@
"text": "proposed as an Act of Parliament by or on behalf of the king or by the Second Chamber of the States General; the Second Chamber is dissolved after its first reading of the Act; passage requires a second reading by both the First Chamber and the newly elected Second Chamber, followed by at least two-thirds majority vote of both chambers, and ratification by the king; amended many times, last in 2023"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French system; constitution does not permit judicial review of acts of the States General"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -853,16 +854,10 @@
"text": "$374.166 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "1.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "56.5% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "61.3% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment, debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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},
"Languages": {
"Languages": {
"text": "Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami; Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms"
"text": "Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Verdens Faktabok, den essensielle kilden for grunnleggende informasjon. (Norwegian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Sami has three dialects (Lule, North Sami, and South Sami) and is an official language in nine municipalities in the northernmost counties of Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran - official) 67.5%, Muslim 3.1%, Roman Catholic 3.1%, other Christian 3.8%, other 2.6%, unspecified 19.9% (2021 est.)"
@ -519,6 +520,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Constitution Day, 17 May (1814)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil, common, and customary law; Supreme Court can advise on legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "drafted spring 1814, adopted 16 May 1814, signed by Constituent Assembly 17 May 1814"
@ -527,9 +531,6 @@
"text": "proposals submitted by members of Parliament or by the government within the first three years of Parliament's four-year term; passage requires two-thirds majority vote of a two-thirds quorum in the next elected Parliament; amended over 400 times, last in 2023"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil, common, and customary law; Supreme Court can advise on legislative acts"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -841,16 +842,10 @@
"text": "$210.522 billion (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "4.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "36.5% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "36.4% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data exclude treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data exclude debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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},
"Languages": {
"Languages": {
"text": "Polish (official) 98.2%, Silesian 1.4%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.2%; note - data represent the language spoken at home; shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; Poland ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in 2009 recognizing Kashub as a regional language, Czech, Hebrew, Yiddish, Belarusian, Lithuanian, German, Armenian, Russian, Slovak, and Ukrainian as national minority languages, and Karaim, Lemko, Romani (Polska Roma and Bergitka Roma), and Tatar as ethnic minority languages (2011 est.)"
"text": "Polish (official) 98.2%, Silesian 1.4%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.2% (2011 est.)"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Księga Faktów Świata, niezbędne źródło podstawowych informacji. (Polish)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>shares of languages sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; data represent language spoken at home<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> Poland also recognizes Kashub as a regional language; Czech, Hebrew, Yiddish, Belarusian, Lithuanian, German, Armenian, Russian, Slovak, and Ukrainian as national minority languages; and Karaim, Lemko, Romani (Polska Roma and Bergitka Roma), and Tatar as ethnic minority languages"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Catholic 84.6% (Roman Catholic 84.6% and other Catholic 0.3%), Orthodox 1.3% (almost all are Polish Autocephalous Orthodox), Protestant 0.4% (mainly Augsburg Evangelical and Pentecostal), other 0.3% (includes Jehovah's Witness, Buddhist, Hare Krishna, Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Muslim, Jewish, Church of Jesus Christ), unspecified 13% (2022 est.)"
"text": "Catholic 84.6% (Roman Catholic 84.6% and other Catholic 0.3%), Orthodox 1.3% (almost all are Polish Autocephalous Orthodox), Protestant 0.4% (mainly Augsburg Evangelical and Pentecostal), other 0.3%, unspecified 13% (2022 est.)"
},
"Age structure": {
"0-14 years": {
@ -537,6 +538,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Constitution Day, 3 May (1791)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; judicial review of legislative, administrative, and other governmental acts; constitutional law rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal are final"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous; latest adopted 2 April 1997, approved by referendum 25 May 1997, effective 17 October 1997"
@ -545,9 +549,6 @@
"text": "proposed by at least one fifth of Sejm deputies, by the Senate, or by the president of the republic; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote in the Sejm and absolute majority vote in the Senate; amendments to articles relating to sovereignty, personal freedoms, and constitutional amendment procedures also require passage by majority vote in a referendum; amended 2006, 2009"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; judicial review of legislative, administrative, and other governmental acts; constitutional law rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal are final"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -867,16 +868,10 @@
"text": "$248.868 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-1.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "50.6% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "54.2% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities, the data include subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions"
},
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"National holiday": {
"text": "Portugal Day (Dia de Portugal), 10 June (1580); note - also called Camoes Day, the day that revered national poet Luis DE CAMOES (1524-80) died"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; Constitutional Court review of legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous; latest adopted 2 April 1976, effective 25 April 1976"
@ -520,9 +523,6 @@
"text": "proposed by the Assembly of the Republic; adoption requires two-thirds majority vote of Assembly members; amended several times, last in 2005"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; Constitutional Court review of legislative acts"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -844,16 +844,10 @@
"text": "$101.854 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "125.7% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "129.9% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions"
},
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},
"Languages": {
"Languages": {
"text": "Serbian (official) 88.1%, Hungarian 3.4%, Bosnian 1.9%, Romani 1.4%, other 3.4%, undeclared or unknown 1.8%; note - Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, and Ruthenian (Rusyn) are official in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina; most ethnic Albanians boycotted the 2011 census (2011 est.)"
"text": "Serbian (official) 88.1%, Hungarian 3.4%, Bosnian 1.9%, Romani 1.4%, other 3.4%, undeclared or unknown 1.8% (2011 est.)"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, and Ruthenian (Rusyn) are official in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina; most ethnic Albanians boycotted the 2011 census"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Orthodox 84.6%, Catholic 5%, Muslim 3.1%, Protestant 1%, atheist 1.1%, other 0.8% (includes agnostics, other Christians, Eastern, Jewish), undeclared or unknown 4.5% (2011 est.)",
@ -539,6 +540,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Statehood Day, 15 February (1835), the day the first constitution of the country was adopted"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "many previous; latest adopted 30 September 2006, approved by referendum 28-29 October 2006, effective 8 November 2006"
@ -547,9 +551,6 @@
"text": "proposed by at least one third of deputies in the National Assembly, by the president of the republic, by the government, or by petition of at least 150,000 voters; passage of proposals and draft amendments each requires at least two-thirds majority vote in the Assembly; amendments to constitutional articles including the preamble, constitutional principles, and human and minority rights and freedoms also require passage by simple majority vote in a referendum"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -867,15 +868,9 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data include both central government and local goverment budgets"
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "0.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "62.5% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "73.1% of GDP (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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},
"Languages": {
"Languages": {
"text": "Romanian (official) 91.6%, Hungarian 6.3%, Romani 1.2%, other 0.7% (2021 est.)<br><br><strong>note:</strong> data represent individuals who declared a maternal language in the 2021 national census; 13.1% did not respond"
"text": "Romanian (official) 91.6%, Hungarian 6.3%, Romani 1.2%, other 0.7% (2021 est.)"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Cartea informativa a lumii, sursa indispensabila pentru informatii de baza. (Romanian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data represent individuals who declared a maternal language in the 2021 national census; 13.1% did not respond"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Romanian Orthodox 85.3%, Roman Catholic 4.5%, Reformed 3%, Pentecostal 2.5%, other 4.7% (2021 est.)",
@ -529,6 +530,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Unification Day (unification of Romania and Transylvania), 1 December (1918)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous; latest adopted 21 November 1991, approved by referendum and effective 8 December 1991"
@ -537,9 +541,6 @@
"text": "initiated by the president of Romania through a proposal by the government, by at least one fourth of deputies or senators in Parliament, or by petition of eligible voters representing at least half of Romania&rsquo;s counties; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote by both chambers or &ndash; if mediation is required - by three-fourths majority vote in a joint session, followed by approval in a referendum; articles, including those on national sovereignty, form of government, political pluralism, and fundamental rights and freedoms cannot be amended; amended 2003"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -855,19 +856,10 @@
"text": "$83.59 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-2.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "50.45% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "55.91% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "57.3% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day/Statehood Day, 25 June (1991)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "previous 1974 (preindependence); latest passed by Parliament 23 December 1991"
@ -517,9 +520,6 @@
"text": "proposed by at least 20 National Assembly members, by the government, or by petition of at least 30,000 voters; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote by the Assembly; referendum required if agreed upon by at least 30 Assembly members; passage in a referendum requires participation of a majority of eligible voters and a simple majority of votes cast; amended several times, last in 2016"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -834,16 +834,10 @@
"text": "$23.456 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "0% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2017": {
"text": "73.6% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2016": {
"text": "78.6% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> defined by the EU's Maastricht Treaty as consolidated general government gross debt at nominal value, outstanding at the end of the year in the following categories of government liabilities: currency and deposits, securities other than shares excluding financial derivatives, and loans; general government sector comprises the central, state, local government, and social security funds"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Founding of the Republic (or Feast of Saint Marinus), 3 September (A.D. 301)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system with Italian civil law influences"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "San Marino&rsquo;s principal legislative instruments consist of old customs (antiche consuetudini), the Statutory Laws of San Marino (Leges Statutae Sancti Marini), old statutes (antichi statute) from the1600s, Brief Notes on the Constitutional Order and Institutional Organs of the Republic of San Marino (Brevi Cenni sull&rsquo;Ordinamento Costituzionale e gli Organi Istituzionali della Repubblica di San Marino) and successive legislation, chief among them is the Declaration of the Rights of Citizens and Fundamental Principles of the San Marino Legal Order (Dichiarazione dei Diritti dei Cittadini e dei Principi Fondamentali dell&rsquo;Ordinamento Sammarinese), approved 8 July 1974"
@ -435,9 +438,6 @@
"text": "proposed by the Great and General Council; passage requires two-thirds majority Council vote; Council passage by absolute majority vote also requires passage in a referendum; Declaration of Civil Rights amended several times, last in 2019"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system with Italian civil law influences"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -656,9 +656,6 @@
"text": "11.57% (2021 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "21,960 (September 2013 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2017": {
"text": "8.1% (2017 est.)"
@ -698,19 +695,10 @@
"text": "$363 million (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-2.9% (of GDP) (2011 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "95.12% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "98.35% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2019": {
"text": "55.09% of GDP (2019 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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},
"Languages": {
"Languages": {
"text": "Castilian Spanish (official nationwide) 74%, Catalan (official in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian Community) 17%, Galician (official in Galicia) 7%, Basque (official in the Basque Country and Navarre) 2%, Aranese (official in part of Catalonia) &lt;5,000 speakers; note - Aragonese, Aranese Asturian, Basque, Calo, Catalan, Galician, and Valencian are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages"
"text": "Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan (official in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian Community) 17%, Galician (official in Galicia) 7%, Basque (official in the Basque Country and Navarre) 2%, Aranese (official in part of Catalonia) &lt;5,000 speakers"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Aragonese, Aranese Asturian, Calo, and Valencian are also recognized as regional languages "
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Roman Catholic 58.2%, atheist 16.2%, agnostic 10.8%, other 2.7%, non-believer 10.5%, unspecified 1.7% (2021 est.)"
@ -525,6 +526,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "National Day (Hispanic Day), 12 October (1492); note - commemorates the arrival of COLUMBUS in the Americas"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system with regional variations"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous; latest approved by the General Courts 31 October 1978, passed by referendum 6 December 1978, signed by the king 27 December 1978, effective 29 December 1978"
@ -533,9 +537,6 @@
"text": "proposed by the government, by the General Courts (the Congress or the Senate), or by the self-governing communities submitted through the government; passage requires three-fifths majority vote by both houses and passage by referendum if requested by one tenth of the members of either house; proposals disapproved by both houses are submitted to a joint committee, which submits an agreed upon text for another vote; passage requires two-thirds majority vote in Congress and simple majority vote in the Senate; amended 1992, 2011"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system with regional variations"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -855,19 +856,10 @@
"text": "$585.979 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-3.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "111.43% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "134.02% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "140.18% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"Economic overview": {
"text": "high-income Norwegian island economy; major coal mining, tourism, and research sectors; recently established northernmost brewery; key whaling and fishing base; home to the Global Seed Vault"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "1,590 (2013)"
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "NA"
@ -229,27 +226,24 @@
"text": "NA"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "NA"
},
"Exchange rates": {
"Currency": {
"text": "Norwegian kroner (NOK) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2017": {
"text": "8.308 (2017 est.)"
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "10.563 (2023 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2016": {
"text": "8.0646 (2016 est.)"
"Exchange rates 2022": {
"text": "9.614 (2022 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2015": {
"text": "8.0646 (2015)"
"Exchange rates 2021": {
"text": "8.59 (2021 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2014": {
"text": "8.0646 (2014 est.)"
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "9.416 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2013": {
"text": "6.3021 (2013 est.)"
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "8.8 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},

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"National holiday": {
"text": "National Day, 6 June (1983); note - from 1916 to 1982 this date was celebrated as Swedish Flag Day"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system influenced by Roman-Germanic law and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "Sweden has four fundamental laws which together make up the Constitution: The Instrument of Government (several previous; latest 1974); The Act of Succession (enacted 1810; changed in 1937 and 1980); The Freedom of the Press Act (many previous; latest in 1949); The Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression (adopted 1991)"
@ -531,9 +534,6 @@
"text": "proposed by Parliament; passage requires simple majority vote in two consecutive parliamentary terms with an intervening general election; passage also requires approval by simple majority vote in a referendum if Parliament approves a motion for a referendum by one third of its members; the results of such a referendum are only binding if a majority vote against the proposal; there has not been a referendum on constitutional matters; The Instrument of Government - amended several times, last in 2018; The Act of Succession - changed in 1937, 1980; The Freedom of the Press Act - amended several times, last in 2019; The Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression - amended several times, last in 2023"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system influenced by Roman-Germanic law and customary law"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -845,19 +845,10 @@
"text": "$256.454 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "1.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "36.25% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "40.49% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "44.02% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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},
"Languages": {
"Languages": {
"text": "German (or Swiss German) (official) 62.1%, French (official) 22.8%, Italian (official) 8%, English 5.7%, Portuguese 3.5%, Albanian 3.3%, Serbo-Croatian 2.3%, Spanish 2.3%, Romansh (official) 0.5%, other 7.9%; note - German, French, Italian, and Romansh are all national and official languages; shares sum to more than 100% because respondents could indicate more than one main language (2019 est.)"
"text": "German (or Swiss German) (official) 62.1%, French (official) 22.8%, Italian (official) 8%, English 5.7%, Portuguese 3.5%, Albanian 3.3%, Serbo-Croatian 2.3%, Spanish 2.3%, Romansh (official) 0.5%, other 7.9% (2019 est.)"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)<br><br>The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)<br><br>L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
"note": "<strong>note</strong>: shares sum to more than 100% because respondents could indicate more than one main language"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Roman Catholic 34.4%, Protestant 22.5%, other Christian 5.7%, Muslim 5.4%, other 1.5%, none 29.4%, unspecified 1.1% (2020 est.)"
@ -517,6 +518,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Founding of the Swiss Confederation in 1291; note - since 1 August 1891 celebrated as Swiss National Day"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts, except for federal decrees of a general obligatory character"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "previous 1848, 1874; latest adopted by referendum 18 April 1999, effective 1 January 2000"
@ -525,9 +529,6 @@
"text": "proposed by the two houses of the Federal Assembly or by petition of at least one&nbsp;hundred thousand&nbsp;voters (called the \"federal popular initiative\"); passage of proposals requires majority vote in a referendum; following drafting of an amendment by the Assembly, its passage requires approval by majority vote in a referendum and approval by the majority of cantons; amended many times, last in 2018"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts, except for federal decrees of a general obligatory character"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -848,19 +849,10 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> includes federal, cantonal, and municipal budgets"
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "1.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "17.8% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "19.99% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "20.85% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "the UK does not celebrate one particular national holiday"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "common law system; has nonbinding judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of 1998"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "uncoded; partly statutes, partly common law and practice"
@ -524,9 +527,6 @@
"text": "proposed as a bill for an Act of Parliament by the government, by the House of Commons, or by the House of Lords; passage requires agreement by both houses and by the monarch (Royal Assent); many previous, last in 2020 -&nbsp; The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "common law system; has nonbinding judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of 1998"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
@ -842,19 +842,10 @@
"text": "$1.362 trillion (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-1.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "142.28% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "186.85% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "196.61% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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},
"Languages": {
"Languages": {
"text": "Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldovan/Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9% (2001 est.); note - in February 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that 2012 language legislation entitling a language spoken by at least 10% of an oblast's population to be given the status of \"regional language\" - allowing for its use in courts, schools, and other government institutions - was unconstitutional, thus making the law invalid; Ukrainian remains the country's only official nationwide language"
"text": "Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes Crimean Tatar, Moldovan/Romanian, and Hungarian) 2.9% (2001 est.)"
},
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Свiтова Книга Фактiв – найкраще джерело базової інформації. (Ukrainian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
@ -526,6 +526,9 @@
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 24 August (1991); note - 22 January 1918, the day Ukraine first declared its independence from Soviet Russia, and the date the short-lived Western and Greater (Eastern) Ukrainian republics united (1919), is now celebrated as Unity Day"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "several previous; latest adopted and ratified 28 June 1996"
@ -534,9 +537,6 @@
"text": "proposed by the president of Ukraine or by at least one third of the Supreme Council members; adoption requires simple majority vote by the Council and at least two-thirds majority vote in its next regular session; adoption of proposals relating to general constitutional principles, elections, and amendment procedures requires two-thirds majority vote by the Council and approval in a referendum; constitutional articles on personal rights and freedoms, national independence, and territorial integrity cannot be amended; amended several times, last in 2019"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
@ -855,19 +855,10 @@
"text": "$35.75 billion (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-5.5% (of GDP) (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "58.72% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2019": {
"text": "48.33% of GDP (2019 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2018": {
"text": "56.91% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {

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"National holiday": {
"text": "Election Day of Pope FRANCIS, 13 March (2013)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "religious legal system based on canon (religious) law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "previous 1929, 2000; latest issued by Pope FRANCIS 13 May 2023, effective 7 June 2023 (Fundamental Law of Vatican City State, the main governing document of the Vatican's civil entities); the Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus – the departments and ministries – used by the pontiff in governing the church; note - Pope Francis in October 2013, instituted a 9-member Council of Cardinal Advisers to reform the Roman Curia to include writing a new constitution; in June 2018, Pope Francis approved the Council of Cardinals' first draft of the new apostolic constitution, <em>Predicate Evangelium</em> (Preach the Gospel); it became effective 5 June 2022, replacing <em>Pastor Bonus</em>, the previous governing document of the Roman Curia"
@ -217,9 +220,6 @@
"text": "note - although the Fundamental Law of Vatican City State makes no mention of amendments, Article Four (drafting laws), states that this legislative responsibility resides with the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State; draft legislation is submitted through the Secretariat of State and considered by the pope"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "religious legal system based on canon (religious) law"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
@ -365,27 +365,24 @@
"text": "$348 million (2013)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "NA"
},
"Exchange rates": {
"Currency": {
"text": "euros (EUR) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2017": {
"text": "0.885 (2017 est.)"
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "0.925 (2023 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2016": {
"text": "0.903 (2016 est.)"
"Exchange rates 2022": {
"text": "0.95 (2022 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2015": {
"text": "0.9214 (2015 est.)"
"Exchange rates 2021": {
"text": "0.845 (2021 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2014": {
"text": "0.885 (2014 est.)"
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "0.876 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2013": {
"text": "0.7634 (2013 est.)"
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "0.893 (2019 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>while not an EU member state, the Holy See has a 2000 monetary agreement with Italy and the EU to produce limited euro coinage—but not banknotes—that began enforcement in January 2002"
}