diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index 58de8fc7..418294f7 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -836,9 +836,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "32.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$19.036 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1070,18 +1067,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,576,193 (2022 est.)" + "text": "5.576 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12 (2021 est.)" + "text": "12 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "47,028,685 (2021 est.)" + "text": "49.019 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "106 (2021 est.)" + "text": "109 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/ao.json b/africa/ao.json index 12b9364f..81ca9486 100644 --- a/africa/ao.json +++ b/africa/ao.json @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "African oil leader and OPEC member; fairly stable currency; widespread poverty; emerging African finance and investment capital; systemic public corruption and lack of oversight; massive foreign direct investment recipient" + "text": "middle-income, oil-dependent African economy; widespread poverty; rising inflation and currency depreciation; seeking diversification through agricultural production; significant corruption in public institutions; major infrastructure investments from China and US; exited OPEC in 2023" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": { @@ -852,9 +852,6 @@ "text": "10.09% (of GDP) (2019 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$11.763 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1089,18 +1086,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "93,968 (2022 est.)" + "text": "94,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "15,327,864 (2021 est.)" + "text": "23.978 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "44 (2021 est.)" + "text": "67 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/bc.json b/africa/bc.json index 4d18a2b4..386cc5e0 100644 --- a/africa/bc.json +++ b/africa/bc.json @@ -609,9 +609,6 @@ }, "email address and website": { "text": "
info@botswanaembassy.org

http://www.botswanaembassy.org/" - }, - "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Atlanta" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -850,9 +847,6 @@ "text": "22.25% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$606.394 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1084,18 +1078,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "91,725 (2022 est.)" + "text": "92,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "5 (2021 est.)" + "text": "3 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,160,553 (2021 est.)" + "text": "4.348 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "161 (2021 est.)" + "text": "165 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/bn.json b/africa/bn.json index 17b20ae4..91b8256c 100644 --- a/africa/bn.json +++ b/africa/bn.json @@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ "text": "2124 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 232-6656; [1] (202) 232-2611" + "text": "[1] (202) 232-6656" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 265-1996" @@ -864,9 +864,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "17.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "-$734.659 million (2021 est.)" @@ -1097,18 +1094,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,526 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12,731,782 (2021 est.)" + "text": "14.55 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "98 (2021 est.)" + "text": "109 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1249,7 +1246,7 @@ "text": "18-35 years of age for voluntary and selective compulsory military service for men and women; a higher education diploma is required; conscript service is 18 months (2023)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "a key focus for the security forces of Benin is countering infiltrations into the country by terrorist groups tied to al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) operating just over the border from northern Benin in Burkina Faso and Niger; in May 2022, the Benin Government said it was \"at war\" after suffering a series of attacks from these groups; later that same year, President TALON said his government would spend more than $130 million to recruit up to 4,000 additional military personnel, modernize military equipment, and build and fortify operating bases; in addition, the FAB participates in the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) along with Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria against Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeastern border

the FAB has a close working relationship with the Belgian armed forces; the Belgians offer military advice, training, and second-hand equipment donations, and deploy to Benin for limited military exercises (2023)" + "text": "a key focus for the security forces of Benin is countering infiltrations into the country by terrorist groups tied to al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) operating just over the border from northern Benin in Burkina Faso and Niger; in 2022, the Benin Government said it was \"at war\" after suffering a series of attacks from these groups; later that same year, President TALON said his government would spend more than $130 million to recruit up to 4,000 (later increased to 5,000) additional military personnel, modernize military equipment, and build and fortify operating bases; in addition, the FAB participates in the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) along with Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria against Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeastern border

the FAB has a close working relationship with the Belgian armed forces; the Belgians offer military advice, training, and second-hand equipment donations, and deploy to Benin for limited military exercises (2024)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/by.json b/africa/by.json index fe62290d..af67e58a 100644 --- a/africa/by.json +++ b/africa/by.json @@ -846,9 +846,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "15.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2018": { "text": "-$362.645 million (2018 est.)" @@ -1077,18 +1074,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "14,918 (2022 est.)" + "text": "15,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,740,494 (2021 est.)" + "text": "7.471 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "62 (2021 est.)" + "text": "58 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/cd.json b/africa/cd.json index 7860dc77..0c295750 100644 --- a/africa/cd.json +++ b/africa/cd.json @@ -862,9 +862,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "13.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "-$558 million (2017 est.)" @@ -1095,18 +1092,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,250 (2022 est.)" + "text": "5,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "12.087 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "60 (2021 est.)" + "text": "68 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1198,7 +1195,7 @@ "text": "Chad has committed approximately 1,000-1,500 troops to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own territories, although cross‐border operations are conducted periodically (2024)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the ANT has considerable combat experience against insurgents and terrorist groups; it also has a tradition of deep involvement in domestic politics; over the past decade, the ANT has received substantial foreign military assistance, particularly from France, which maintains a military base in N’Djamena; the ANT's current operational focus is on counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations; it is engaged with the Boko Haram and Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in West Africa terrorist groups in the Lake Chad Basin area (primarily the Lac Province) and in the Sahel, particularly the tri-border area with Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger; in addition, the ANT conducts frequent operations against internal anti-government militias and armed dissident groups

several rebel groups operate in northern Chad from bases in southern Libya, including the FACT (Front pour le Changement et la Concorde au Tchad), the Military Command Council for the Salvation of the Republic le Conseil de Commandement Militaire pour le salut de la République or CCSMR), the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (le Union des Forces pour la Démocratie et le Développement or UFDD), and the Union of Resistance Forces (le Union des Forces de la Résistance UFR); former Chadian President Idriss DEBY was killed in April 2021 during fighting in the northern part of the country between the FACT and the Chadian Army; some armed groups, including the UFDD and UFR, signed an accord in August 2022 in return for the release of prisoners, amnesty, and an end to hostilities between the Chadian Government and these armed factions; however, other armed groups, including the FACT and CCSMR, refused to join the accord (2023)" + "text": "the ANT has considerable combat experience against insurgents and terrorist groups; it also has a tradition of deep involvement in domestic politics; over the past decade, the ANT has received substantial foreign military assistance, particularly from France, which maintains a military base in N’Djamena; the ANT's current operational focus is on counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations; it is engaged with the Boko Haram and Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in West Africa terrorist groups in the Lake Chad Basin area; in addition, the ANT conducts frequent operations against internal anti-government militias and armed dissident groups

several rebel groups operate in northern Chad from bases in southern Libya, including the FACT (Front pour le Changement et la Concorde au Tchad), the Military Command Council for the Salvation of the Republic le Conseil de Commandement Militaire pour le salut de la République or CCSMR), the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (le Union des Forces pour la Démocratie et le Développement or UFDD), and the Union of Resistance Forces (le Union des Forces de la Résistance UFR); former Chadian President Idriss DEBY was killed in April 2021 during fighting in the northern part of the country between the FACT and the Chadian Army; some armed groups, including the UFDD and UFR, signed an accord in August 2022 in return for the release of prisoners, amnesty, and an end to hostilities between the Chadian Government and these armed factions; however, other armed groups, including the FACT and CCSMR, refused to join the accord (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/cf.json b/africa/cf.json index d4d54236..134658f3 100644 --- a/africa/cf.json +++ b/africa/cf.json @@ -880,9 +880,6 @@ "text": "8.32% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "$1.441 billion (2020 est.)" @@ -1125,7 +1122,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,558,658 (2021 est.)" + "text": "5.648 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "97 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index 50a2c1ce..f7b9be30 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -892,9 +892,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "11.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "-$587.407 million (2021 est.)" @@ -1137,10 +1134,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "47 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "49.844 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "49 (2021 est.)" + "text": "50 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/cm.json b/africa/cm.json index 5a429a12..e07db597 100644 --- a/africa/cm.json +++ b/africa/cm.json @@ -901,9 +901,6 @@ "text": "11.35% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.505 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1138,18 +1135,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "929,007 (2022 est.)" + "text": "929,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3 (2021 est.)" + "text": "3 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "22,442,414 (2021 est.)" + "text": "23.107 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "83 (2021 est.)" + "text": "83 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1308,7 +1305,7 @@ "note": "note: Cameroon has committed approximately 2,000-2,500 troops to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own country territories, although cross‐border operations occur occasionally" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the FAC is considered a politically independent military; the Army and the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) are organized and equipped for mobile operations; the Army has 4 motorized infantry brigades spread amongst 5 military regions; the US-trained BIR has up to nine battalions, detachments, or groups consisting of airborne, air mobile, amphibious, light, and motorized infantry, armored reconnaissance, counterterrorism, and support units, such as artillery and intelligence; the BIR reportedly receives better training, equipment, and pay than regular Army units

the ground forces are largely focused on internal security, particularly the threat from the terrorist groups Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa along its frontiers with Nigeria and Chad (Far North region) and an insurgency from armed Anglophone separatist groups in the North-West and South-West regions (as of 2023, this conflict had left more than 3,500 civilians dead and over 500,000 people displaced since fighting started in 2016); in addition, the FAC often deploys ground units to the border region with the Central African Republic to counter intrusions from armed militias and bandits; the Navy’s missions include protecting Cameroon’s oil installations, combatting crime and piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, and patrolling the country’s lakes and rivers; the Air Force supports both the ground and naval forces and has small numbers of light ground attack and reconnaissance aircraft, as well as attack, multipurpose, and transport helicopters (2023)" + "text": "the FAC is considered a politically independent military; the Army and the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) are organized and equipped for mobile operations; the Army has four motorized infantry brigades spread amongst five military regions; the US-trained BIR has up to nine battalions, detachments, or groups consisting of airborne, air mobile, amphibious, light, and motorized infantry, armored reconnaissance, counterterrorism, and support units, such as artillery and intelligence; the BIR reportedly receives better training, equipment, and pay than regular Army units

the ground forces are largely focused on internal security, particularly the threat from the terrorist groups Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa along its frontiers with Nigeria and Chad (Far North region) and, since 2016, an insurgency from armed Anglophone separatist groups in the North-West and South-West regions; in addition, the FAC often deploys ground units to the border region with the Central African Republic to counter intrusions from armed militias and bandits; the Navy’s missions include protecting Cameroon’s oil installations, combatting crime and piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, and patrolling the country’s lakes and rivers; the Air Force supports both the ground and naval forces and has small numbers of light ground attack and reconnaissance aircraft, as well as attack, multipurpose, and transport helicopters (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/cn.json b/africa/cn.json index 8c8b6b7f..2bb7f373 100644 --- a/africa/cn.json +++ b/africa/cn.json @@ -775,9 +775,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "25.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$6.614 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1012,18 +1009,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,370 (2022 est.)" + "text": "7,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2021 est.)" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "853,449 (2021 est.)" + "text": "839,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "104 (2021 est.)" + "text": "100 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/ct.json b/africa/ct.json index 4e7e9de5..f68c2196 100644 --- a/africa/ct.json +++ b/africa/ct.json @@ -831,9 +831,6 @@ "text": "8.21% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "-$163 million (2017 est.)" @@ -1072,7 +1069,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.8 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.831 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "34 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/africa/cv.json b/africa/cv.json index 82a2fcbd..6bbeeb40 100644 --- a/africa/cv.json +++ b/africa/cv.json @@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "tourism-dominated economy benefits from the country’s relative close proximity to Europe; 2009 Financial Crisis halted economic growth for seven years; leveraging export-based growth; COVID-19 decimated economic growth and recovery; high external debt" + "text": "stable, middle-income, developing island economy; strong GDP growth led by tourism sector recovery; sustained poverty reduction through PEDS II development plan; high reliance on foreign remittances and aid to finance external debt" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": { @@ -810,9 +810,6 @@ "text": "17.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$68.589 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1152,7 +1149,7 @@ "text": "1" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Porto Da Praia, Porto Grande" + "text": "Porto da Praia, Porto Grande" } } }, diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index 4791db4e..18d810e7 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -817,9 +817,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "35.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$656.207 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1054,18 +1051,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "27,931 (2022 est.)" + "text": "28,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "489,339 (2021 est.)" + "text": "519,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "44 (2021 est.)" + "text": "46 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index 94a08438..3f229947 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -889,9 +889,6 @@ "text": "12.52% (of GDP) (2015 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$10.537 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1140,15 +1137,15 @@ "text": "11.6 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "10 (2021 est.)" + "text": "10 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "103,449,427 (2021 est.)" + "text": "103.45 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "95 (2021 est.)" + "text": "93 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/ek.json b/africa/ek.json index 47a69cba..da674d42 100644 --- a/africa/ek.json +++ b/africa/ek.json @@ -769,9 +769,6 @@ "text": "5.44% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "-$738 million (2017 est.)" @@ -999,18 +996,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,389 (2022 est.)" + "text": "11,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "650,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "893,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "39 (2021 est.)" + "text": "53 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/er.json b/africa/er.json index b3debcbc..454ea8aa 100644 --- a/africa/er.json +++ b/africa/er.json @@ -776,9 +776,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "34.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "-$137 million (2017 est.)" @@ -1009,7 +1006,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.8 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.801 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "50 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index b5cec455..d45b788b 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -914,9 +914,6 @@ "text": "6.2% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "8 July - 7 July" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$5.16 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1151,18 +1148,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "862,157 (2022 est.)" + "text": "862,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "65 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "69.123 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "54 (2021 est.)" + "text": "56 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/ga.json b/africa/ga.json index 15115311..7a3050b1 100644 --- a/africa/ga.json +++ b/africa/ga.json @@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "small West African economy; COVID-19 reversed robust growth trends; good fiscal management; substantial foreign direct investment and remittances; G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative participant; widespread poverty; increasing Chinese relations" + "text": "low-income West African economy; agriculture-dominant; high poverty rate; heightened inflation; dependent on foreign assistance and remittances; structural reforms conditioned by IMF Extended Credit Facility program" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": { @@ -836,9 +836,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "20.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$90.251 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1081,10 +1078,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "27 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.678 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "100 (2021 est.)" + "text": "101 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/gb.json b/africa/gb.json index 6a1dc4a5..984679b0 100644 --- a/africa/gb.json +++ b/africa/gb.json @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Ambassador Vernelle Trim FITZPATRICK (since 26 January 2024); note - also accredited to Sao Tome and Principe" + "text": "Ambassador Vernelle Trim FITZPATRICK (since 26 January 2024); note - also accredited to Sao Tome and Principe" }, "embassy": { "text": "Sabliere, B.P. 4000, Libreville" @@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "natural resource-rich, upper-middle-income, Central African economy; sparsely populated but high urbanization; young labor force; oil, manganese, and rubber exporter; foreign investment dependent; data integrity issue on poverty and income" + "text": "natural-resource-rich, upper-middle-income, Central African economy; significant reliance on oil and mineral exports; highly urbanized population; high levels of poverty and unemployment; uncertainty on institutional and development reform progress following 2023 military coup" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": { @@ -827,9 +827,6 @@ "text": "11.48% (of GDP) (2019 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "-$725 million (2017 est.)" @@ -843,16 +840,16 @@ "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, "Exports": { - "Exports 2019": { - "text": "$10.8 billion (2019 est.)" + "Exports 2022": { + "text": "$12.935 billion (2022 est.)" }, - "Exports 2018": { - "text": "$9.533 billion (2018 est.)" + "Exports 2021": { + "text": "$11.229 billion (2021 est.)" }, - "Exports 2017": { - "text": "$9.145 billion (2017 est.)" + "Exports 2020": { + "text": "$7.275 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" + "note": "note: GDP expenditure basis - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Exports - partners": { "text": "China 43%, South Korea 8%, Italy 7%, India 7%, Indonesia 5% (2022)", @@ -863,16 +860,16 @@ "note": "note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars" }, "Imports": { - "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$5.02 billion (2019 est.)" + "Imports 2022": { + "text": "$3.499 billion (2022 est.)" }, - "Imports 2018": { - "text": "$4.722 billion (2018 est.)" + "Imports 2021": { + "text": "$3.353 billion (2021 est.)" }, - "Imports 2017": { - "text": "$4.749 billion (2017 est.)" + "Imports 2020": { + "text": "$3.454 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" + "note": "note: GDP expenditure basis - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Imports - partners": { "text": "China 22%, France 21%, UAE 5%, US 5%, Belgium 4% (2022)", @@ -1064,18 +1061,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "43,395 (2022 est.)" + "text": "43,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,144,609 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.995 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "134 (2021 est.)" + "text": "125 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/gh.json b/africa/gh.json index d7ab38fb..0d7aaa4a 100644 --- a/africa/gh.json +++ b/africa/gh.json @@ -873,9 +873,6 @@ "text": "11.34% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.517 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1110,18 +1107,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "330,016 (2022 est.)" + "text": "330,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2021 est.)" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "40,454,073 (2021 est.)" + "text": "40.045 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "123 (2021 est.)" + "text": "120 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1241,7 +1238,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Ghana Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force (2024)", + "text": "Ghana Armed Forces (GAF): Army, Navy, Air Force (2024)", "note": "note: the Ghana Police Service is under the Ministry of the Interior" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1262,13 +1259,14 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 14,000 active personnel (10,000 Army; 2,000 Navy; 2,000 Air Force) (2023)" + "text": "approximately 16,000 active personnel (12,000 Army; 2,000 Navy; 2,000 Air Force) (2024)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the military's inventory is a mix older and some newer Russian, Chinese, and Western equipment (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-27 years of age for voluntary military service, with basic education certificate; no conscription (2023)" + "text": "18-27 years of age for voluntary military service, with basic education certificate; no conscription (2024)", + "note": "note: as of 2024, women comprised approximately 15% of the military; Ghanaian women first began serving in the late 1950s" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "875 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 725 (plus about 275 police) South Sudan (UNMISS); 670 Sudan (UNISFA) (2024)", diff --git a/africa/gv.json b/africa/gv.json index 7a84d2c9..9d16f8f9 100644 --- a/africa/gv.json +++ b/africa/gv.json @@ -853,9 +853,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "16.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$3.35 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1093,15 +1090,15 @@ "text": "0 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "0 (2018 est.)" + "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "13.795 million (2020 est.)" + "text": "13.795 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "105 (2020 est.)" + "text": "102 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/iv.json b/africa/iv.json index 8a7b88dc..d91fd4df 100644 --- a/africa/iv.json +++ b/africa/iv.json @@ -887,9 +887,6 @@ "text": "12.56% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "-$2.874 billion (2021 est.)" @@ -1120,18 +1117,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "263,308 (2022 est.)" + "text": "263,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2021 est.)" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "44,561,505 (2021 est.)" + "text": "49.006 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "162 (2021 est.)" + "text": "174 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index 61ec3e3a..4730b040 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -884,9 +884,6 @@ "text": "13.26% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$5.766 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1121,18 +1118,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "63,107 (2022 est.)" + "text": "63,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "65,085,720 (2021 est.)" + "text": "65.737 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "123 (2021 est.)" + "text": "122 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1290,13 +1287,13 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Kenya Space Agency (KSA; established, 2017); predecessor organization, the National Space Secretariat was established in 2009 (2023)" + "text": "Kenya Space Agency (KSA; established, 2017) (2024)" }, "Space launch site(s)": { - "text": "Luigi Broglio Space Center (aka Malindi Space Center, Malindi Station, San Marco Satellite Launching and Tracking Station; Kilifi County; over 20 sounding rockets and nine satellites launched from the site, 1967-1989); note – Kenya’s equatorial latitude makes it an attractive location for near-equatorial-orbit rocket and satellite launches (2023)" + "text": "Luigi Broglio Space Center (aka Malindi Space Center, Malindi Station, San Marco Satellite Launching and Tracking Station; Kilifi County; over 20 sounding rockets and nine satellites launched from the site, 1967-1989); in 2020, Kenya concluded a new deal with Italy to conduct rocket launches from the site again in the future (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a national space strategy focused on acquiring and applying space technologies and applications for agriculture, communications, disaster and resource management, security, urban planning, and weather monitoring; jointly develops and builds nanosatellites with foreign partners; operates satellites; researching and developing satellite payloads and imagery data analysis capabilities; has cooperated on space issues with China, Japan, Italy, and the US, as well as African partners; developing a satellite imagery/geospatial analysis and data sharing portal that contains 17 years of satellite imagery for other African countries, including Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania; cooperating with Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda to establish a joint remote sensing (RS) satellite to monitor climate changes on the African continent (African Development Satellite program) (2023)", + "text": "has a national space strategy focused on acquiring and applying space technologies and applications for agriculture, communications, disaster and resource management, security, urban planning, and weather monitoring; jointly develops and builds nanosatellites with foreign partners; operates satellites; researching and developing satellite payloads and imagery data analysis capabilities; has cooperated on space issues with China, Japan, Italy, and the US, as well as African partners; developing a satellite imagery/geospatial analysis and data sharing portal that contains 17 years of satellite imagery for other African countries, including Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania; cooperating with Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda to establish a joint remote sensing (RS) satellite to monitor climate changes on the African continent (African Development Satellite program) (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/africa/li.json b/africa/li.json index 2680bc27..78fdb0bb 100644 --- a/africa/li.json +++ b/africa/li.json @@ -822,9 +822,6 @@ "text": "12.46% (of GDP) (2013 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$64.806 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1067,7 +1064,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.7 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.653 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "32 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/africa/lt.json b/africa/lt.json index 3e59a5ef..e716a80a 100644 --- a/africa/lt.json +++ b/africa/lt.json @@ -842,9 +842,6 @@ "text": "32.05% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$177.918 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1079,18 +1076,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,744 (2022 est.)" + "text": "7,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,821,374 (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.557 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "80 (2021 est.)" + "text": "68 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/ly.json b/africa/ly.json index 4818cd58..7bd005de 100644 --- a/africa/ly.json +++ b/africa/ly.json @@ -769,9 +769,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "51.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "$5.675 billion (2021 est.)" @@ -1000,18 +997,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,218,180 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.218 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "23 (2021 est.)" + "text": "18 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2.9 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "13.94 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "43 (2021 est.)" + "text": "205 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index f1e8da4b..1c907539 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -845,9 +845,6 @@ "text": "10.24% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$829.376 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1082,18 +1079,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "25,761 (2022 est.)" + "text": "26,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "16,279,633 (2021 est.)" + "text": "20.783 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "56 (2021 est.)" + "text": "70 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/mi.json b/africa/mi.json index 96087a75..593138cd 100644 --- a/africa/mi.json +++ b/africa/mi.json @@ -869,9 +869,6 @@ "text": "11.38% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "-$1.543 billion (2021 est.)" @@ -1106,18 +1103,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "9,456 (2022 est.)" + "text": "9,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,940,135 (2021 est.)" + "text": "12.269 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "60 (2021 est.)" + "text": "60 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/ml.json b/africa/ml.json index d82fb927..99f4301b 100644 --- a/africa/ml.json +++ b/africa/ml.json @@ -878,9 +878,6 @@ "text": "14.16% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "-$1.469 billion (2021 est.)" @@ -1111,18 +1108,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "306,900 (2022 est.)" + "text": "307,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2021 est.)" + "text": "1 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "21,882,251 (2021 est.)" + "text": "25.869 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "100 (2021 est.)" + "text": "114 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/mo.json b/africa/mo.json index 512bc283..0bafec47 100644 --- a/africa/mo.json +++ b/africa/mo.json @@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ }, "Constitution": { "history": { - "text": "several previous; latest drafted 17 June 2011, approved by referendum 1 July 2011; note - sources disagree on whether the 2011 referendum was for a new constitution or for reforms to the previous constitution" + "text": "several previous; latest drafted 17 June 2011, approved by referendum 1 July 2011; note - sources disagree on whether the 2011 referendum was for a new constitution or for reforms to the existing constitution" }, "amendments": { "text": "proposed by the king, by the prime minister, or by members in either chamber of Parliament; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote by both chambers and approval in a referendum; the king can opt to submit self-initiated proposals directly to a referendum" @@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "lower middle-income North African economy; ongoing recovery from recent drought; rebounding via tourism, manufacturing, and aeronautics industries; major US free trade agreement; developing energy exporter " + "text": "lower middle-income North African economy; ongoing recovery from recent drought and earthquake; rebounding via tourism, manufacturing, and raw materials processing; significant trade and investment with EU; reform programs include fiscal rebalancing, state enterprise governance and private sector investments" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": { @@ -894,9 +894,6 @@ "text": "22.12% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$4.775 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1122,7 +1119,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,645,109 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.645 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "7 (2021 est.)" @@ -1130,10 +1127,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "52.012 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "52.959 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "139 (2021 est.)" + "text": "137 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1283,15 +1280,6 @@ "text": "the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are responsible for defending Morocco’s territorial integrity; key areas of concern for the FAR include regional challenges such as the Polisario Front in Western Sahara and Algeria; Morocco claims the territory of Western Sahara and administers the territory that it controls; the Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), an organization that seeks the territory’s independence, disputes Morocco’s claim of sovereignty over the territory; Moroccan and Polisario forces fought intermittently from 1975, when Spain relinquished colonial authority over the territory, until a 1991 cease-fire and the establishment of a UN peacekeeping mission; the Polisario withdrew from the cease-fire in November 2020, and since then there have been reports of intermittent indirect fire between the FAR and Polisario fighters across the 2,500-kilometer-long berm built in 1987 that separates the two sides; Algeria is considered a regional rival and has openly backed the Polisario Front

the FAR has experience in counterinsurgency, desert warfare, and international peacekeeping and security operations; it participates in both bilateral and multinational exercises and has relations with a variety of partners including the militaries of France, Spain, and the US, as well as NATO, the Arab League, and the African Union; the FAR provided fighter aircraft to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen from 2015-2019; Morocco has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation

the Royal Army has considerable artillery, armored, mechanized infantry, and motorized infantry forces formed as brigades, regiments, and independent battalions that are mostly deployed in two geographic commands focused on Western Sahara in the south and Algeria in the east and north; its armored forces include some 400 modern US-made tanks purchased since 2012; the Army also has brigades of airborne and security troops; the Navy's warships include about six frigates and more than 20 offshore patrol craft of varying size and capabilities; it also has a small force of naval infantry; the Air Force has approximately 100 French- and US-made combat aircraft
 
the FAR was created in May 1956; large numbers of Moroccans were recruited for service in the Spahi and Tirailleur regiments of the French Army of Africa during the period of the French protectorate (1912-1956); many Moroccans fought under the French Army during both World Wars; after World War II, Moroccans formed part of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps during the First Indochina War (1946-1954); the Spanish Army recruited Moroccans from the Spanish Protectorate during both the Rif War (1921-26) and the Spanish Civil War (1936-39)

the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) was established by Security Council resolution 690 in April 1991 in accordance with settlement proposals accepted in August 1988 by Morocco and the Polisario Front; MINURSO was unable to carry out all the original settlement proposals, but continues to monitor the cease-fire and reduce the threat of mines and unexploded ordnance, and has provided logistic support to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with personnel and air and ground assets (2023)" } }, - "Space": { - "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Morocco Royal Center for Remote Sensing (Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale, CRTS; established 1989) (2023)" - }, - "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a small space program largely focused on the acquisition of remote sensing (RS) satellites; designs, jointly builds RS microsatellites and exploits imagery applications; has relations with a variety of space agencies and commercial space industries, including those of Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, the European Space Agency and some individual member states (particularly France, Germany, Italy, and the UK), Russia, and the US; also a member of the Arab Space Cooperation Group, established by the UAE in 2019 (2023)", - "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" - } - }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)", diff --git a/africa/mp.json b/africa/mp.json index 713da901..274f585d 100644 --- a/africa/mp.json +++ b/africa/mp.json @@ -812,9 +812,6 @@ "text": "19.02% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.486 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1046,18 +1043,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "462,100 (2022 est.)" + "text": "462,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "36 (2021 est.)" + "text": "36 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,971,300 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.097 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "152 (2021 est.)" + "text": "161 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/mr.json b/africa/mr.json index b24d1a68..bde38e18 100644 --- a/africa/mr.json +++ b/africa/mr.json @@ -870,9 +870,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "27.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.424 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1107,18 +1104,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "47,503 (2022 est.)" + "text": "48,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2021 est.)" + "text": "1 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,512,361 (2021 est.)" + "text": "5.358 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "141 (2021 est.)" + "text": "113 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index 2f1343a8..9cfac62d 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "low-income East African economy; mostly rural labor force; natural resource rich; strong South African ties; Islamist terrorism in north endangers newly discovered natural gas; currently in court over massive (possibly unauthorized) debt" + "text": "low-income East African economy; subsistence farming dominates labor force; return to growth led by agriculture and extractive industries; Islamist insurgency threatens natural gas projects in north; ongoing foreign debt restructuring and resolution under IMF Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": { @@ -872,9 +872,6 @@ "text": "22.75% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$6.295 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1109,18 +1106,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "29,080 (2022 est.)" + "text": "29,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "13,686,234 (2021 est.)" + "text": "13.871 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "43 (2021 est.)" + "text": "42 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/ng.json b/africa/ng.json index 54dccd8d..6ae23dc0 100644 --- a/africa/ng.json +++ b/africa/ng.json @@ -519,7 +519,8 @@ "note": "note: pronounced nee-zhair" }, "Government type": { - "text": "semi-presidential republic" + "text": "formerly, semi-presidential republic", + "note": "Note: on 26 July 2023, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, a military junta which took control of Niger's government, dissolved all government institutions, and rules by decree" }, "Capital": { "name": { @@ -550,10 +551,11 @@ }, "amendments": { "text": "proposed by the president of the republic or by the National Assembly; consideration of amendments requires at least three-fourths majority vote by the Assembly; passage requires at least four-fifths majority vote; if disapproved, the proposed amendment is dropped or submitted to a referendum; constitutional articles on the form of government, the multiparty system, the separation of state and religion, disqualification of Assembly members, amendment procedures, and amnesty of participants in the 2010 coup cannot be amended; amended 2011, 2017; suspended indefinitely by military coup on 26 July 2023" - } + }, + "note": "Note: on 26 July 2023, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, a military junta which took control of Niger's government, dissolved the country's constitution" }, "Legal system": { - "text": "mixed legal system of civil law, based on French civil law, Islamic law, and customary law" + "text": "note - following the 26 July 2023 military coup, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland assumed control of all government institutions and rules by decree; formerly, mixed legal system of civil law, based on French civil law, Islamic law, and customary law" }, "International law organization participation": { "text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction" @@ -577,16 +579,16 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President of the National Council for Safeguarding of the Homeland (CNSP) General Abdourahame TIANI (since 28 July 2023); note - deposed president BAZOUM has been under house arrest since a military coup on 26 July 2023" + "text": "President of the National Council for Safeguarding of the Homeland (CNSP) General Abdourahame TIANI (since 28 July 2023); note - deposed president BAZOUM under house arrest since a military coup on 26 July 2023" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine ZEINE (since 9 August 2023)" + "text": "CNSP Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine ZEINE (since 9 August 2023)" }, "cabinet": { - "text": "Cabinet appointed by the CNSP since the military coup and suspension of the constitution; previously appointed by the elected president" + "text": "Cabinet appointed by the CNSP; Cabinet previously appointed by the elected president" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "the CNSP dissolved the constitution as part of the 26 July 2023 military coup and rules by decree; note - prior to the coupe, president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 27 December 2020 with a runoff held on 21 February 2021 (next election was to be held in 2025); prime minister appointed by the president, authorized by the National Assembly" + "text": "the CNSP rules by decree; previously, the president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 27 December 2020 with a runoff held on 21 February 2021 (next election was to be held in 2025); prime minister appointed by the president, authorized by the National Assembly" }, "election results": { "text": "
2020/2021: Mohamed BAZOUM elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Mohamed BAZOUM (PNDS-Tarrayya) 39.3%, Mahamane OUSMANE (MODEN/FA Lumana Africa) 17%, Seini OUMAROU (MNSD-Nassara) 9%, Albade ABOUDA (MPR-Jamhuriya) 7.1%, other 27.6%; percent of vote in second round - Mohamed BAZOUM 55.7%, Mahamane OUSMANE 44.3%

2016: ISSOUFOU Mahamadou reelected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - ISSOUFOU Mahamadou (PNDS-Tarrayya) 48.6%, Hama AMADOU (MODEN/FA Lumana Africa) 17.8%, Seini OUMAROU (MNSD-Nassara) 11.3%, other 22.3%; percent of vote in second round - ISSOUFOU Mahamadou 92%, Hama AMADOU 8%" @@ -594,29 +596,31 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "the CNSP dissolved the unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (171 statutory seats - 166 currently; 158 members directly elected from 8 multi-member constituencies in 7 regions and Niamey by party-list proportional representation, 8 reserved for minorities elected in special single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 5 seats reserved for Nigeriens living abroad - l seat per continent - elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms) as part of the 26 July 2023 military coup" + "text": "formerly, the National Assembly (171 statutory seats - 166 currently; 158 members directly elected from 8 multi-member constituencies in 7 regions and Niamey by party-list proportional representation, 8 reserved for minorities elected in special single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 5 seats reserved for Nigeriens living abroad - l seat per continent - elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms) as part of the 26 July 2023 military coup" }, "elections": { "text": "last held on 27 December 2020 (prior to the military coup, next elections were to be held in December 2025)" }, "election results": { "text": "percent of vote by party - PNDS-Tarrayya 37%, MODEN/FA Lumana 8.7%, MPR-Jamhuriya 7.6%, MNSD-Nassara 6.8%,  RDR-Tchanji 4.4%, CPR-Inganci 4.2%, MPN-Kishin Kassa 4%, PJP Generation Dubara 2.9%, ANDP Zaman Lahya 2.5%, RPP Farrilla 2.1%, ARD Adaltchi-Mutuntchi 1.7%, AMEN AMIN 1.4%, MDEN Falala 1.4%, other 15.3%; seats by party - PNDS-Tarrayya 79, MODEN/FA Lumana 19, MPR-Jamhuriya 14, MNSD-Nassara 13, CPR-Inganci 8, MPN-Kishin Kassa 6, ANDP-Zaman Lahiya 3, RPP Farrilla 2, PJP Generation Dubara 2, ARD Adaltchi-Mutuntchi 2, AMEN AMIN 2, other 16; composition - men 115, women 51, percentage women 30.7%" - } + }, + "note": "Note: on 26 July 2023, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, a military junta which took control of Niger's government, dissolved the National Assembly" }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { - "text": "Constitutional Court (consists of 7 judges); High Court of Justice (consists of 7 members)" + "text": "formerly the Constitutional Court (consists of 7 judges); High Court of Justice (consists of 7 members)" }, "judge selection and term of office": { - "text": "Constitutional Court judges nominated/elected - 1 by the president of the Republic, 1 by the president of the National Assembly, 2 by peer judges, 2 by peer lawyers, 1 law professor by peers, and 1 from within Nigerien society; all appointed by the president; judges serve 6-year nonrenewable terms with one-third of membership renewed every 2 years; High Judicial Court members selected from among the legislature and judiciary; members serve 5-year terms" + "text": "formerly, Constitutional Court judges nominated/elected - 1 by the president of the Republic, 1 by the president of the National Assembly, 2 by peer judges, 2 by peer lawyers, 1 law professor by peers, and 1 from within Nigerien society; all appointed by the president; judges serve 6-year nonrenewable terms with one-third of membership renewed every 2 years; High Judicial Court members selected from among the legislature and judiciary; members serve 5-year terms" }, "subordinate courts": { - "text": "Court of Cassation; Council of State; Court of Finances; various specialized tribunals and customary courts" - } + "text": "formerly, Court of Cassation; Council of State; Court of Finances; various specialized tribunals and customary courts" + }, + "note": "Note: on 26 July 2023, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, a military junta which took control of Niger's government, dissolved the country's judicial system" }, "Political parties and leaders": { "text": "

Alliance for Democracy and the Republic
Alliance for Democratic Renewal or ARD-Adaltchi-Mutuntchi [Laouan MAGAGI] 
Alliance of Movements for the Emergence of Niger or AMEN AMIN [Omar Hamidou TCHIANA]
Congress for the Republic or CPR-Inganci [Maradi Kassoum MOCTAR]
Democratic Alternation for Equity in Niger
Democratic and Republican Renewal-RDR-Tchanji [Mahamane OUSMANE]
Democratic Movement for the Emergence of Niger Falala [Tidjani Idrissa ABDOULKADRI]
Democratic Patriots' Rally or RPD Bazara [Yahouza SADISSOU]
National Movement for the Development of Society-Nassara or MNSD-Nassara [Seini OUMAROU]
Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress-Zaman Lahiya or ANDP-Zaman Lahiya [Moussa Hassane BARAZE]
Nigerien Democratic Movement for an African Federation or MODEN/FA Lumana [Tahirou SAIDOU]
Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism or PNDS-Tarrayya [Pierre Foumakoye GADO]
Nigerien Patriotic Movement or MPN-Kishin Kassa [Ibrahim YACOUBA]
Nigerien Rally for Democracy and Peace
Patriotic Movement for the Republic or MPR-Jamhuriya [Albade ABOUBA]
Peace, Justice, Progress–Generation Doubara
Rally for Democracy and Progress-Jama'a or RDP-Jama'a [Hamid ALGABID]
Rally for Peace and Progress or RPP Farilla [Alma OUMAROU]
Social Democratic Rally or RSD-Gaskiyya [Amadou CHEIFFOU]
Social Democratic Party or PSD-Bassira [Sanoussi MAREINI]

", - "note": "note: The CNSP dissolved the National Assembly and prohibited all political party activity after the 26 July 2023 military coup" + "note": "Note: after the 26 July 2023 military coup, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland dissolved the National Assembly and prohibited all political party activity " }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU (suspended), CD, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, MINUSCA, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" @@ -867,9 +871,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "21.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "-$2.099 billion (2021 est.)" @@ -1108,7 +1109,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "14 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "14.239 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "56 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index 265ede5a..ac8658ae 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -882,9 +882,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "3.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$1.019 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1119,18 +1116,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "96,996 (2022 est.)" + "text": "97,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "195,128,265 (2021 est.)" + "text": "222.225 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "91 (2021 est.)" + "text": "102 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1293,10 +1290,10 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "National Space Research and Development Agency (NARSDA; established 1999); NARSDA originated from the National Centre for Remote Sensing and National Committee on Space Applications (both established in 1987), and the Directorate of Science (established 1993); Defense Space Administration (DSA; established 2014) (2023)" + "text": "National Space Research and Development Agency (NARSDA; established 1999); NARSDA originated from the National Centre for Remote Sensing and National Committee on Space Applications (both established in 1987), and the Directorate of Science (established 1993); Defense Space Administration (DSA; established 2014) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a formal national space program, which is one of the largest in Africa; focused on acquiring satellites for agricultural, environmental, meteorology, mining and disaster monitoring, socio-economic development, and security purposes; designs, builds (mostly with foreign assistance), and operates satellites; processes overhead imagery data for analysis and sharing; developing additional capabilities in satellite and satellite payload production, including remote sensing (RS) technologies; researching rockets and rocket propulsion systems with goal of launching domestically produced satellites into space from a Nigerian spaceport by 2030; has relations and/or cooperation agreements with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, China, Ghana, Japan, Kenya, Mongolia, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, the UK, the US, and Vietnam; has a government-owned satellite company and a small commercial aerospace sector (2023)", + "text": "has a formal national space program, which is one of the largest in Africa; focused on acquiring satellites for agricultural, environmental, meteorology, mining and disaster monitoring, socio-economic development, and security purposes; designs, builds (mostly with foreign assistance), and operates satellites; processes overhead imagery data for analysis and sharing; developing additional capabilities in satellite and satellite payload production, including remote sensing (RS) technologies; has a sounding rocket program for researching rockets and rocket propulsion systems with goal of launching domestically produced satellites into space from a Nigerian spaceport by 2030; has relations and/or cooperation agreements with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, China, Ghana, India, Japan, Kenya, Mongolia, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, the UK, the US, and Vietnam; has a government-owned satellite company and a small commercial aerospace sector (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/africa/od.json b/africa/od.json index fb2b8988..379bcdeb 100644 --- a/africa/od.json +++ b/africa/od.json @@ -952,9 +952,14 @@ } }, "Communications": { + "Telephones - fixed lines": { + "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { + "text": "(2018 est.) less than 1" + } + }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,276,146 (2022 est.)" + "text": "3.276 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "30 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/africa/pu.json b/africa/pu.json index bbb5e248..21e1b098 100644 --- a/africa/pu.json +++ b/africa/pu.json @@ -795,9 +795,6 @@ "text": "9.46% (of GDP) (2019 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "-$14.128 million (2021 est.)" @@ -1031,15 +1028,15 @@ "text": "4,800 (2009 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2009 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2018 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,236,511 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.652 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "109 (2021 est.)" + "text": "126 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/rw.json b/africa/rw.json index 28614424..aa85ea47 100644 --- a/africa/rw.json +++ b/africa/rw.json @@ -858,9 +858,6 @@ "text": "15.08% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.301 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1095,18 +1092,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,327 (2022 est.)" + "text": "10,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,902,989 (2021 est.)" + "text": "11.002 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "81 (2021 est.)" + "text": "80 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/se.json b/africa/se.json index 664ced74..60e4fa3b 100644 --- a/africa/se.json +++ b/africa/se.json @@ -796,9 +796,6 @@ "text": "30.58% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$142.526 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1024,7 +1021,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "19,027 (2022 est.)" + "text": "19,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "18 (2022 est.)" @@ -1032,7 +1029,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "205,140 (2022 est.)" + "text": "205,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "192 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index e0d09cd3..14efe339 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -888,9 +888,6 @@ "text": "25.85% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.698 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1145,7 +1142,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,309,590 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.31 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "2 (2022 est.)" @@ -1153,7 +1150,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "100,259,890 (2022 est.)" + "text": "100.26 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "167 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/africa/sg.json b/africa/sg.json index 3318f8d7..7b64a3c3 100644 --- a/africa/sg.json +++ b/africa/sg.json @@ -873,9 +873,6 @@ "text": "18.66% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "-$3.327 billion (2021 est.)" @@ -1106,7 +1103,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "297,046 (2022 est.)" + "text": "297,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "2 (2022 est.)" @@ -1114,7 +1111,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "20,854,830 (2022 est.)" + "text": "20.855 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "120 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index 3bb970b5..1f29f529 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -826,9 +826,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "15.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "-$358.39 million (2021 est.)" @@ -1066,12 +1063,12 @@ "text": "269 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "0 (2021 est.)" + "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8,227,093 (2021 est.)" + "text": "8.227 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "98 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index 86330ba4..519b355c 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -791,9 +791,6 @@ "text": "0% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "-$464 million (2017 est.)" @@ -1009,7 +1006,7 @@ "text": "91,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2022 est.)" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { diff --git a/africa/su.json b/africa/su.json index 798294cf..9fe2f55e 100644 --- a/africa/su.json +++ b/africa/su.json @@ -843,9 +843,6 @@ "text": "7.39% (of GDP) (2016 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$4.443 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1080,7 +1077,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "155,802 (2022 est.)" + "text": "156,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" @@ -1088,7 +1085,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "34,671,259 (2022 est.)" + "text": "34.671 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "74 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/africa/to.json b/africa/to.json index 77fde399..7c136300 100644 --- a/africa/to.json +++ b/africa/to.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

From the 11th to the 16th centuries, various ethnic groups settled the Togo region. From the 16th to the 18th centuries, the coastal region became a major trading center for enslaved people, and the surrounding region took on the name of \"The Slave Coast.\" In 1884, Germany declared a region, which included present-day Togo, as a protectorate called Togoland. After World War I, colonial rule over Togo was transferred to France. French Togoland became Togo upon independence in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multi-party elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government was largely dominated by President EYADEMA, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has been in power almost continually since 1967 and its successor, the Union for the Republic, maintains a majority of seats in today's legislature. Upon EYADEMA's death in February 2005, the military installed the president's son, Faure GNASSINGBE, and then engineered his formal election two months later. Togo held its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. Since then, President GNASSINGBE has started the country along a gradual path to democratic reform. Togo has held multiple presidential and legislative elections, and in 2019 held its first local elections in 32 years. Despite those positive moves, political reconciliation has moved slowly, and the country experiences periodic outbursts of protests by frustrated citizens that have led to violence between security forces and protesters. Constitutional changes in 2019 to institute a runoff system in presidential elections and to establish term limits has done little to reduce the resentment many Togolese feel after more than 50 years of one-family rule. GNASSINGBE became eligible for his current fourth term and one additional fifth term under the new rules. The next presidential election will be in 2025. 

 

" + "text": "

From the 11th to the 16th centuries, various ethnic groups settled the Togo region. From the 16th to the 18th centuries, the coastal region became a major trading center for enslaved people, and the surrounding region took on the name of \"The Slave Coast.\" In 1884, Germany declared the area a protectorate called Togoland, which included present-day Togo. After World War I, colonial rule over Togo was transferred to France. French Togoland became Togo upon independence in 1960.

Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multi-party elections instituted in the early 1990s, EYADEMA largely dominated the government. His Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has been in power almost continually since 1967, with its successor, the Union for the Republic, maintaining a majority of seats in today's legislature. Upon EYADEMA's death in 2005, the military installed his son, Faure GNASSINGBE, as president and then engineered his formal election two months later. Togo held its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in 2007. Since then, GNASSINGBE has started the country along a gradual path to democratic reform. Togo has held multiple presidential and legislative elections, and in 2019, the country held its first local elections in 32 years.

Despite those positive moves, political reconciliation has moved slowly, and the country experiences periodic outbursts of protests from frustrated citizens, leading to violence between security forces and protesters. Constitutional changes in 2019 to institute a runoff system in presidential elections and to establish term limits have done little to reduce the resentment many Togolese feel after more than 50 years of one-family rule. GNASSINGBE became eligible for his current fourth term and one additional fifth term under the new rules. The next presidential election is set for 2025. 

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ "text": "President Faure GNASSINGBE (since 4 May 2005)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Victoire Tomegah DOGBE (since 28 September 2020)" + "text": "Prime Minister Victoire Tomegah DOGBE (since 28 September 2020) note: on 21 May 2024 Prime Minister DOGBE and her government resigned following the 29 April 2024 elections, but will remain to ensure the transition from a presidential system to a parliamentary system" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister" @@ -862,9 +862,6 @@ "text": "13.58% (of GDP) (2019 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "-$20.738 million (2020 est.)" @@ -1095,15 +1092,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "65,613 (2022 est.)" + "text": "66,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2022 est.)" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,564,132 (2022 est.)" + "text": "6.564 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "74 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/africa/tp.json b/africa/tp.json index b1f757fb..1962cb29 100644 --- a/africa/tp.json +++ b/africa/tp.json @@ -804,9 +804,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "26.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$79.437 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1041,7 +1038,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,501 (2022 est.)" + "text": "3,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "1 (2022 est.)" @@ -1049,7 +1046,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "197,318 (2022 est.)" + "text": "197,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "87 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index 5460e4d7..c26fa8ef 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -848,9 +848,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "24.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$4.018 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1085,7 +1082,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,789,514 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.79 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "14 (2022 est.)" @@ -1093,7 +1090,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "15,971,243 (2022 est.)" + "text": "15.971 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "129 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/africa/tz.json b/africa/tz.json index 164f3fe7..03e86d3e 100644 --- a/africa/tz.json +++ b/africa/tz.json @@ -898,9 +898,6 @@ "text": "11.7% (of GDP) (2018 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "-$1.122 billion (2020 est.)" @@ -1135,15 +1132,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "84,696 (2022 est.)" + "text": "85,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2 (2022 est.)" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "60,192,331 (2022 est.)" + "text": "60.192 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "92 (2022 est.)" @@ -1296,7 +1293,7 @@ "text": "the TPDF's inventory includes mostly Soviet-era and Chinese equipment; in recent years, China has been the leading supplier of arms and equipment (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 6-year commitment (2-year contracts afterwards); selective conscription for 2 years of public service (2023)" + "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 6-year commitment (2-year contracts afterwards); selective conscription for 2 years of public service (2024)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "520 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 850 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO; note - the MONUSCO mission is in the process of drawing down forces); 125 Lebanon (UNIFIL); approximately 300 Mozambique (under bi-lateral agreement to assist with combatting an insurgency) (2024)" diff --git a/africa/ug.json b/africa/ug.json index f75252a4..fb0bd02b 100644 --- a/africa/ug.json +++ b/africa/ug.json @@ -864,9 +864,6 @@ "text": "12.46% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$3.821 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1104,18 +1101,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "116,660 (2022 est.)" + "text": "117,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "30 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "33.068 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "66 (2021 est.)" + "text": "70 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/uv.json b/africa/uv.json index a618c82b..96124751 100644 --- a/africa/uv.json +++ b/africa/uv.json @@ -857,9 +857,6 @@ "text": "15.98% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "$77.255 million (2021 est.)" @@ -1090,7 +1087,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "81,374 (2021 est.)" + "text": "81,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" @@ -1098,7 +1095,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "24,678,315 (2021 est.)" + "text": "24.678 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "112 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/africa/wa.json b/africa/wa.json index 05501e48..6fb9b206 100644 --- a/africa/wa.json +++ b/africa/wa.json @@ -859,9 +859,6 @@ "text": "27.97% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.634 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1096,18 +1093,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "85,814 (2022 est.)" + "text": "86,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4 (2021 est.)" + "text": "3 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,915,307 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.906 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "115 (2021 est.)" + "text": "113 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/wz.json b/africa/wz.json index 610ed1c4..321f8da1 100644 --- a/africa/wz.json +++ b/africa/wz.json @@ -812,9 +812,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "28.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$140.972 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1049,18 +1046,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "37,746 (2022 est.)" + "text": "38,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4 (2021 est.)" + "text": "3 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.4 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.468 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "120 (2021 est.)" + "text": "122 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/za.json b/africa/za.json index 1d1d2f5f..8bb8a945 100644 --- a/africa/za.json +++ b/africa/za.json @@ -864,9 +864,6 @@ "text": "16.78% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$1.067 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1101,18 +1098,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "96,284 (2022 est.)" + "text": "96,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "20 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "19.838 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "100 (2021 est.)" + "text": "99 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/africa/zi.json b/africa/zi.json index 28406cfc..4d623604 100644 --- a/africa/zi.json +++ b/africa/zi.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

The hunter-gatherer San people first inhabited the area that eventually became Zimbabwe. Farming communities migrated to the area around A.D. 500 during the Bantu expansion, and Shona-speaking societies began to develop in the Limpopo valley and Zimbabwean highlands around the 9th century. These societies traded with Arab merchants on the Indian Ocean coast and organized under the Kingdom of Mapungubwe in the 11th century. A series of powerful trade-oriented Shona states succeeded Mapungubwe, including the Kingdom of Zimbabwe (ca. 1220-1450), Kingdom of Mutapa (ca. 1450-1760), and the Rozwi Empire. The Rozwi Empire expelled Portuguese colonists from the Zimbabwean plateau but was eventually conquered in 1838 by the Ndebele clan of Zulu general MZILIKAZI during the era of conflict and population displacement known as the Mfecane. In the 1880s, colonists arrived with the British South Africa Company (BSAC) and obtained a written concession for mining rights from Ndebele King LOBENGULA. The king later disavowed the concession and accused the BSAC agents of deceit. The BSAC annexed Mashonaland and subsequently conquered Matabeleland by force during the First Matabele War of 1893-1894 to establish company rule over the territory. BSAC holdings south of the Zambezi River were annexed by the UK in 1923 and became the British colony of Southern Rhodesia. The 1930 Land Apportionment Act restricted Black land ownership and established structural racial inequalities that would favor the White minority for decades. A new constitution in 1961 further cemented White minority rule.

In 1965, the government under White Prime Minister Ian SMITH unilaterally declared its independence from the UK. London did not recognize Rhodesia’s independence and demanded more voting rights for the Black majority in the country. International diplomacy and a liberation struggle by Black Zimbabweans led to biracial elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe) in 1980. Robert MUGABE, who led the uprising and became the nation's first prime minister, was the country's only ruler (as president since 1987) from independence until November 2017, when loss of support from his political party and the country's military forced his resignation. In the mid-1980s, the government tortured and killed thousands of civilians in a crackdown on dissent known as the Gukurahundi campaign. Economic mismanagement and chaotic implementation of land redistribution policies following independence periodically crippled the economy and resulted in widespread shortages of basic commodities. General elections in 2002, 2008, and 2013 were severely flawed and widely condemned but allowed MUGABE to remain president. In November 2017, Vice President Emmerson MNANGAGWA became president following a military intervention led by Constantino CHIWENGA that forced MUGABE to resign, and MNANGAGWA cemented power by sidelining rivals Grace MUGABE (Robert MUGABE’s wife) and her faction of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front party. In July 2018, MNANGAGWA won the presidential election after a close contest with opposition candidate Nelson CHAMISA. MNANGAGWA has maintained the government's longstanding practice of violently disrupting protests and opposition rallies and politicizing institutions. Economic conditions remain dire under MNANGAGWA.

" + "text": "

The hunter-gatherer San people first inhabited the area that eventually became Zimbabwe. Farming communities migrated to the area around A.D. 500 during the Bantu expansion, and Shona-speaking societies began to develop in the Limpopo valley and Zimbabwean highlands around the 9th century. These societies traded with Arab merchants on the Indian Ocean coast and organized under the Kingdom of Mapungubwe in the 11th century. A series of powerful trade-oriented Shona states succeeded Mapungubwe, including the Kingdom of Zimbabwe (ca. 1220-1450), Kingdom of Mutapa (ca. 1450-1760), and the Rozwi Empire. The Rozwi Empire expelled Portuguese colonists from the Zimbabwean plateau, but the Ndebele clan of Zulu King MZILIKAZI eventually conquered the area in 1838 during the era of conflict and population displacement known as the Mfecane.

In the 1880s, colonists arrived with the British South Africa Company (BSAC) and obtained a written concession for mining rights from Ndebele King LOBENGULA. The king later disavowed the concession and accused the BSAC agents of deceit. The BSAC annexed Mashonaland and then conquered Matabeleland during the First Matabele War of 1893-1894, establishing company rule over the territory. In 1923, the UK annexed BSAC holdings south of the Zambezi River, which became the British colony of Southern Rhodesia. The 1930 Land Apportionment Act restricted Black land ownership and established rules that would favor the White minority for decades. A new constitution in 1961 further cemented White minority rule.

In 1965, the government under White Prime Minister Ian SMITH unilaterally declared its independence from the UK. London did not recognize Rhodesia’s independence and demanded more voting rights for the Black majority in the country. International diplomacy and an uprising by Black Zimbabweans led to biracial elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe) in 1980. Robert MUGABE, who led the uprising and became the nation's first prime minister, was the country's only ruler (as president since 1987) from independence until 2017. In the mid-1980s, the government tortured and killed thousands of civilians in a crackdown on dissent known as the Gukurahundi campaign. Economic mismanagement and chaotic implementation of land redistribution policies periodically crippled the economy. General elections in 2002, 2008, and 2013 were severely flawed and widely condemned but allowed MUGABE to remain president. In 2017, Vice President Emmerson MNANGAGWA became president after a military intervention that forced MUGABE to resign, and MNANGAGWA cemented power by sidelining rival Grace MUGABE (Robert MUGABE’s wife). In 2018, MNANGAGWA won the presidential election, and he has maintained the government's longstanding practice of violently disrupting protests and politicizing institutions. Economic conditions remain dire under MNANGAGWA.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "African 99.6% (predominantly Shona; Ndebele is the second largest ethnic group), other (includes caucasian, Asiatic, mixed race) 0.4% (2022 est.)" + "text": "African 99.6% (predominantly Shona; Ndebele is the second largest ethnic group), other (includes Caucasian, Asiatic, mixed race) 0.4% (2022 est.)" }, "Languages": { "text": "Shona (official; most widely spoken) 80.9%, Ndebele (official, second most widely spoken) 11.5%, English (official; traditionally used for official business) 0.3%, 13 minority languages (official; includes Chewa, Chibarwe, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Shangani, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, and Xhosa) 7%, other 0.3% (2022 est.)", @@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "low income Sub-Saharan economy; political instability, protest crackdowns, and COVID-19 have damaged economic potential; reliant on natural resource extraction and agriculture; endemic corruption; ongoing hyperinflation" + "text": "low income Sub-Saharan economy; political instability and endemic corruption have prevented reforms and stalled debt restructuring; new Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency latest effort to combat ongoing hyperinflation; reliant on natural resource extraction, agriculture and remittances" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": { @@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { - "text": "mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, diamonds, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages" + "text": "mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, diamonds, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel, wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages" }, "Industrial production growth rate": { "text": "5.5% (2022 est.)", @@ -854,9 +854,6 @@ "text": "7.21% (of GDP) (2018 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "$1.096 billion (2020 est.)" @@ -870,16 +867,16 @@ "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, "Exports": { + "Exports 2022": { + "text": "$7.65 billion (2022 est.)" + }, + "Exports 2021": { + "text": "$6.462 billion (2021 est.)" + }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$5.263 billion (2020 est.)" + "text": "$4.795 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "Exports 2019": { - "text": "$5.267 billion (2019 est.)" - }, - "Exports 2018": { - "text": "$5.178 billion (2018 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" + "note": "note: GDP expenditure basis - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Exports - partners": { "text": "UAE 57%, South Africa 17%, China 7%, Belgium 4%, Mozambique 2% (2022)", @@ -890,16 +887,16 @@ "note": "note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars" }, "Imports": { + "Imports 2022": { + "text": "$10.126 billion (2022 est.)" + }, + "Imports 2021": { + "text": "$7.964 billion (2021 est.)" + }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$5.489 billion (2020 est.)" + "text": "$5.382 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$5.398 billion (2019 est.)" - }, - "Imports 2018": { - "text": "$7.642 billion (2018 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" + "note": "note: GDP expenditure basis - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Imports - partners": { "text": "South Africa 39%, China 15%, Singapore 12%, UAE 6%, Mozambique 4% (2022)", @@ -948,7 +945,7 @@ "Exchange rates 2018": { "text": "322.355 (2018 est.)" }, - "note": "note: the dollar was adopted as a legal currency in 2009; since then the Zimbabwean dollar has experienced hyperinflation and is essentially worthless" + "note": "note: ongoing hyperinflation rendered Zimbabwean dollar essentially worthless; introduction of Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) as new currency effective April 2024" } }, "Energy": { @@ -1092,18 +1089,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "291,324 (2022 est.)" + "text": "291,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "14,257,590 (2021 est.)" + "text": "14.301 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "89 (2021 est.)" + "text": "88 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/aq.json b/australia-oceania/aq.json index d842dc8e..ce205c51 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/aq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/aq.json @@ -586,9 +586,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "37.8% (of GDP) (2016 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 October - 30 September" - }, "Exports": { "Exports 2022": { "text": "$409 million (2022 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/as.json b/australia-oceania/as.json index 2b388d9c..57ef4784 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/as.json +++ b/australia-oceania/as.json @@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "Asian and global economic leader and partner for 3 decades; strong financial sector and highly traded domestic currency support best credit ratings; aging workforce; export-led model; reduced consumer spending offset by government and business; energy investor" + "text": "highly developed, diversified, regionally and globally integrated economy; strong mining, manufacturing, and service sectors; net exporter driven by commodities to East Asian trade partners; “Future Made in Australia” program focused on green energy investments" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": { @@ -874,9 +874,6 @@ "text": "23.6% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$17.875 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1103,18 +1100,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,409,275 (2022 est.)" + "text": "6.409 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "18 (2021 est.)" + "text": "24 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "27.09 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "28.018 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "105 (2021 est.)" + "text": "107 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1275,7 +1272,7 @@ "text": "note: the number of Australian military forces varies by mission; since the 1990s, Australia has deployed more than 30,000 personnel on nearly 100 UN peacekeeping and coalition military operations around the World" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Australia has been part of the Australia, New Zealand, and US Security (ANZUS) Treaty since 1951; Australia is also a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements (FPDA), a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 embracing Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK; the FPDA commits the members to consult with one another in the event or threat of an armed attack on any of the members and to mutually decide what measures should be taken, jointly or separately; there is no specific obligation to intervene militarily 

Australia has a long-standing military relationship with the US; Australian and US forces first fought together in France in 1918 at the Battle of Hamel, and have fought together in every major US conflict since; Australia and the US signed an agreement in 2014 that allowed for closer bi-lateral defense and security cooperation, including annual rotations of US Marines and enhanced rotations of US Air Force aircraft to Australia; Australian military forces train often with US forces; Australia has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation 

Australia also has long-standing defense and security ties to the UK, including defense and security cooperation treaties in 2024 and 2013; in 2020, Australia and the UK signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on the building of a next generation of frigates for their respective navies; the Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) is their premier bilateral forum on foreign policy, defense, and security issues 

in 2021, Australia, the UK, and the US announced an enhanced trilateral security partnership called “AUKUS” which would build on existing bilateral ties, including deeper integration of defense and security-related science, technology, industrial bases, and supply chains, as well as deeper cooperation on a range of defense and security capabilities; the first initiative under AUKUS was a commitment to support Australia in acquiring conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarines for the Royal Australian Navy

the ADF's missions include protecting Australia’s borders and maritime interests, responding to domestic natural disasters, and deploying overseas for humanitarian, peacekeeping, and other security-related missions; it trains regularly and participates in international exercises; the Army’s principal combat forces include a divisional headquarters with three mechanized brigades and a special operations command; the Navy operates over 40 surface craft and submarines, including 11 destroyers and frigates, two landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships, and six attack-type submarines; the RAF has an air combat group with more than 140 modern combat aircraft, as well as transport and surveillance air groups (2024)" + "text": "Australia has been part of the Australia, New Zealand, and US Security (ANZUS) Treaty since 1951; Australia is also a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements (FPDA), a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 embracing Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK; the FPDA commits the members to consult with one another in the event or threat of an armed attack on any of the members and to mutually decide what measures should be taken, jointly or separately; there is no specific obligation to intervene militarily 

Australia has a long-standing military relationship with the US; Australian and US forces first fought together in France in 1918 at the Battle of Hamel, and have fought together in every major US conflict since; Australia and the US signed an agreement in 2014 that allowed for closer bi-lateral defense and security cooperation, including annual rotations of US Marines and enhanced rotations of US Air Force aircraft to Australia; Australian military forces train often with US forces; Australia has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation 

Australia also has long-standing defense and security ties to the UK, including defense and security cooperation treaties in 2024 and 2013; in 2020, Australia and the UK signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on the building of a next generation of frigates for their respective navies; the Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) is their premier bilateral forum on foreign policy, defense, and security issues 

in 2021, Australia, the UK, and the US announced an enhanced trilateral security partnership called “AUKUS” which would build on existing bilateral ties, including deeper integration of defense and security-related science, technology, industrial bases, and supply chains, as well as deeper cooperation on a range of defense and security capabilities; the first initiative under AUKUS was a commitment to support Australia in acquiring conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarines for the Royal Australian Navy

the ADF's missions include protecting Australia’s borders and maritime interests, responding to domestic natural disasters, and deploying overseas for humanitarian, peacekeeping, and other security-related missions; it trains regularly and participates in international exercises; the Army’s principal combat forces include a divisional headquarters with three mechanized brigades and a special operations command; the Navy operates over 40 surface craft and submarines, including 10 destroyers and frigates, two landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships, and six attack-type submarines; the RAF has an air combat group with more than 140 modern combat aircraft, as well as transport and surveillance air groups (2024)" } }, "Space": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/bp.json b/australia-oceania/bp.json index cb422ec4..c801f199 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/bp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/bp.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Settlers from Papua arrived on the Solomon Islands around 30,000 years ago. About 6,000 years ago, Austronesian settlers came to the islands, and the two groups mixed extensively. Despite significant inter-island trade, no attempts were made to unite the islands into a single political entity. In 1568, Spanish explorer Alvaro de MENDANA became the first European to spot the islands. After a failed Spanish attempt at creating a permanent European settlement in the late 1500s, the Solomon Islands remained free of European contact until British explorer Philip CARTERET arrived in 1767. European explorers and US and British whaling ships regularly visited the islands into the 1800s, followed by missionaries in the 1840s and 1850s.

Germany declared a protectorate over the northern Solomon Islands in 1885, and the UK established a protectorate over the southern islands in 1893. In 1899, Germany transferred its islands to the UK in exchange for the UK relinquishing all claims in Samoa. The UK tried to encourage plantation farming, but few Europeans were willing to go to the Solomon Islands, and the UK left most services -- such as education and medical services -- to missionaries. In 1942, Japan invaded the islands, and significant battles against Allied forces during the Guadalcanal Campaign proved a turning point in the Pacific war. World War II destroyed large parts of the Solomon Islands, and a nationalist movement emerged near the end of the war. By 1960, the British allowed some local autonomy. The islands were granted self-government in 1976 and independence two years later under Prime Minister Sir Peter KENILOREA.

In 1999, longstanding tensions between ethnic Guale in Honiara and ethnic Malaitans in Honiara’s suburbs erupted in civil war, leading thousands of Malaitans to take refuge in Honiara and prompting Guale to flee the city. In 2000, newly elected Prime Minister Manasseh SOGAVARE focused on peace agreements and distributing resources equally among groups, but his actions bankrupted the government in 2001 and led to his ouster. In 2003, the Solomon Islands requested international assistance to reestablish law and order; the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, which ended in 2017, improved the security situation. In 2006, however, riots broke out in Honiara, and the city’s Chinatown was burned amid allegations that the prime minister took money from China. SOGAVARE was reelected prime minister for a fourth time in 2019 and then announced that the Solomon Islands would switch diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. When a small group of protestors, mostly from the island of Malaita, approached parliament to lodge a petition calling for SOGAVARE’s removal and more development in Malaita in 2021, police fired tear gas into the crowd which sparked rioting and looting in Honiara. 

" + "text": "

Settlers from Papua arrived on the Solomon Islands around 30,000 years ago. About 6,000 years ago, Austronesian settlers came to the islands, and the two groups mixed extensively. Despite significant inter-island trade, no attempts were made to unite the islands into a single political entity. In 1568, a Spanish explorer became the first European to spot the islands. After a failed Spanish attempt at creating a permanent European settlement in the late 1500s, the Solomon Islands remained free of European contact until a British explorer arrived in 1767. European explorers and US and British whaling ships regularly visited the islands into the 1800s.

Germany declared a protectorate over the northern Solomon Islands in 1885, and the UK established a protectorate over the southern islands in 1893. In 1899, Germany transferred its islands to the UK in exchange for the UK relinquishing all claims in Samoa. In 1942, Japan invaded the islands, and the Guadalcanal Campaign (August 1942-February 1943) proved a turning point in the Pacific war. The fighting destroyed large parts of the Solomon Islands, and a nationalist movement emerged near the end of the war. By 1960, the British allowed some local autonomy. The islands were granted self-government in 1976 and independence two years later under Prime Minister Sir Peter KENILOREA.

In 1999, longstanding tensions between ethnic Guale in Honiara and ethnic Malaitans in Honiara’s suburbs erupted in civil war, leading thousands of Malaitans to take refuge in Honiara and prompting Guale to flee the city. In 2000, newly elected Prime Minister Manasseh SOGAVARE focused on peace agreements and distributing resources equally among groups, but his actions bankrupted the government in 2001 and led to his ouster. In 2003, the Solomon Islands requested international assistance to reestablish law and order; the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, which ended in 2017, improved the security situation. In 2006, however, riots broke out in Honiara, and the city’s Chinatown was burned amid allegations that the prime minister took money from China. SOGAVARE was reelected prime minister for a fourth time in 2019. When a small group of protestors, mostly from the island of Malaita, approached parliament to lodge a petition calling for SOGAVARE’s removal and more development in Malaita in 2021, police fired tear gas into the crowd which sparked rioting and looting in Honiara. 

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -759,9 +759,6 @@ "text": "20.67% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$218.534 million (2022 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/cq.json b/australia-oceania/cq.json index e2ab80c5..a2a88b51 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cq.json @@ -602,9 +602,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "31.4% (of GDP) (2016 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 October - 30 September" - }, "Exports": { "Exports 2020": { "text": "$128 million (2020 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/fj.json b/australia-oceania/fj.json index 68f0346c..5fe39217 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fj.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fj.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Austronesians settled Fiji around 1000 B.C., followed by successive waves of Melanesians starting around the first century A.D. Fijians traded with Polynesian groups in Samoa and Tonga, and by about A.D. 900, much of Fiji was in the Tu’i Tongan Empire’s sphere of influence. The Tongan influence declined significantly by 1200, while Melanesian seafarers continued to periodically arrive in Fiji, further mixing Melanesian and Polynesian cultural traditions. Dutch explorer Abel TASMAN was the first European to spot Fiji in 1643, followed by British explorer James COOK in 1774. Captain William BLIGH plotted the islands in 1789. In the 1800s, merchants, traders, and whalers frequented the islands, and the first missionaries arrived in 1835. Rival kings and chiefs competed for power, at times aided by Europeans and their weapons, and in 1865, Seru Epenisa CAKOBAU united many groups into the Confederacy of Independent Kingdoms of Viti. The arrangement proved weak, and in 1871 CAKOBAU formed the Kingdom of Fiji in an attempt to centralize power. Fearing a hostile takeover by a foreign power as the kingdom’s economy began to falter, CAKOBAU ceded Fiji to the UK in 1874.

The first British governor set up a plantation-style economy and brought in more than 60,000 Indians as indentured laborers, most of whom chose to stay in Fiji rather than return to India when their contracts expired. In the early 1900s, society was divided along ethnic lines, with iTaukei (indigenous Fijians), Europeans, and Indo-Fijians living in separate areas and maintaining their own languages and traditions. ITaukei fears of an Indo-Fijian takeover of government delayed independence through the 1960s; Fiji achieved independence in 1970 with agreements to allocate parliamentary seats by ethnic groups. After two coups in 1987, a new constitution in 1990 cemented iTaukei control of politics, leading thousands of Indo-Fijians to leave. A reformed constitution in 1997 was more equitable and led to the election of an Indo-Fijian prime minister in 1999, who was ousted in a coup the following year. In 2005, the new prime minister put forward a bill that would grant pardons to the coup perpetrators, leading Commodore Josaia Voreqe \"Frank\" BAINIMARAMA to launch a coup in 2006. BAINIMARAMA appointed himself prime minister in 2007 and retained the position after elections in 2014 and 2018 that international observers deemed credible. BAINIMARAMA's party lost control of the prime minister position after elections in 2022 -- former opposition leader Sitiveni Ligamamada RABUKA won the office by one vote and leads a coalition with a slim, three-seat parliamentary margin.

With relatively well-developed infrastructure, Fiji has become a hub for the Pacific, hosting the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and the main campus of the University of the South Pacific. In addition, Fiji is a center for Pacific tourism, and Nadi International Airport is by far the busiest airport in a Pacific island country.

" + "text": "

Austronesians settled Fiji around 1000 B.C., followed by successive waves of Melanesians starting around the first century A.D. Fijians traded with Polynesian groups in Samoa and Tonga, and by about 900, much of Fiji was in the Tu’i Tongan Empire’s sphere of influence. The Tongan influence declined significantly by 1200, while Melanesian seafarers continued to periodically arrive in Fiji, further mixing Melanesian and Polynesian cultural traditions. The first European spotted Fiji in 1643 and by the 1800s, European merchants, missionaries, traders, and whalers frequented the islands. Rival kings and chiefs competed for power, at times aided by Europeans, and in 1865, Seru Epenisa CAKOBAU united many groups into the Confederacy of Independent Kingdoms of Viti. The arrangement proved weak, however, and in 1871 CAKOBAU formed the Kingdom of Fiji in an attempt to centralize power. Fearing a hostile takeover by a foreign power as the kingdom’s economy began to falter, CAKOBAU ceded Fiji to the UK in 1874.

The first British governor set up a plantation-style economy and brought in more than 60,000 Indians as indentured laborers, most of whom chose to stay in Fiji rather than return to India when their contracts expired. In the early 1900s, society was divided along ethnic lines, with iTaukei (indigenous Fijians), Europeans, and Indo-Fijians living in separate areas and maintaining their own languages and traditions. ITaukei fears of an Indo-Fijian takeover of government delayed independence through the 1960s; Fiji achieved independence in 1970 with agreements to allocate parliamentary seats by ethnic groups. After two coups in 1987, a new constitution in 1990 cemented iTaukei control of politics, leading thousands of Indo-Fijians to leave. A reformed constitution in 1997 was more equitable and led to the election of an Indo-Fijian prime minister in 1999, who was ousted in a coup the following year. In 2005, the new prime minister put forward a bill that would grant pardons to the coup perpetrators, leading Josaia Voreqe \"Frank\" BAINIMARAMA to launch a coup in 2006. BAINIMARAMA appointed himself prime minister in 2007 and retained the position after elections in 2014 and 2018 that international observers deemed credible. BAINIMARAMA's party lost control of the prime minister position after elections in 2022 with former opposition leader Sitiveni Ligamamada RABUKA winning the office by a narrow margin.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -811,9 +811,6 @@ "text": "15.87% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$865.665 million (2022 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/fm.json b/australia-oceania/fm.json index 536578db..cbecc97d 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fm.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Each of the four states that compose the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) -- Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap -- has its own unique history and cultural traditions. The first humans arrived in what is now the FSM in the second millennium B.C. In the 800s A.D., construction of the artificial islets at the Nan Madol complex in Pohnpei began, with the main architecture being built around 1200. At its height, Nan Madol united the approximately 25,000 people of Pohnpei under the Saudeleur Dynasty. By 1250, Kosrae was united in a kingdom centered in Leluh. Yap’s society became strictly hierarchical, with chiefs receiving tributes from islands up to 1,100 km (700 mi) away. Widespread human settlement in Chuuk began in the 1300s, and the different islands in the Chuuk Lagoon were frequently at war with one another.

Portuguese and Spanish explorers visited a few of the islands in the 1500s, and Spain began exerting nominal, but not day-to-day, control over some of the islands -- which they named the Caroline Islands -- in the 1600s. Christian missionaries arrived in the 1800s, in particular to Chuuk and Kosrae. By the 1870s, nearly every Kosraean had converted to Christianity, and religion continues to play an important role in daily life on the island. In 1899, Spain sold all of the FSM to Germany. Japan seized the islands in 1914 and was granted a League of Nations mandate to administer them in 1920. The Japanese navy built bases across most of the islands and headquartered their Pacific naval operations in Chuuk. The US bombed Chuuk in 1944 but largely bypassed the other islands in its leapfrog campaign across the Pacific. 

In 1947, the FSM came under US administration as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, which comprised six districts: Chuuk, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Pohnpei, and Yap; Kosrae was separated from Pohnpei into a separate district in 1977. In 1979, Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap ratified the FSM Constitution and declared independence while the other three districts opted to pursue separate political status. In 1982, the FSM signed a Compact of Free Association (COFA) with the US, which granted the FSM financial assistance and access to many US domestic programs in exchange for exclusive US military access and defense responsibilities; the COFA entered into force in 1986, and its funding was renewed in 2003. There are significant inter-island rivalries stemming from their different histories and cultures. Chuuk, the most populous but poorest state, has pushed for secession, but an independence referendum has been repeatedly postponed and may not be held.

Eligible Micronesians can live, work, and study in any part of the US and its territories without a visa -- this privilege reduces stresses on the island economy. Micronesians serve in the US armed forces, and military recruiting from the FSM, per capita, is higher than many US states.

" + "text": "

Each of the four states that compose the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) -- Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap -- has its own unique history and cultural traditions. The first humans arrived in what is now the FSM in the second millennium B.C. In the 800s A.D., construction of the artificial islets at the Nan Madol complex in Pohnpei began, with the main architecture being built around 1200. At its height, Nan Madol united the approximately 25,000 people of Pohnpei under the Saudeleur Dynasty. By 1250, Kosrae was united in a kingdom centered in Leluh. Yap’s society became strictly hierarchical, with chiefs receiving tributes from islands up to 1,100 km (700 mi) away. Widespread human settlement in Chuuk began in the 1300s, and the different islands in the Chuuk Lagoon were frequently at war with one another.

Portuguese and Spanish explorers visited a few of the islands in the 1500s, and Spain began exerting nominal, but not day-to-day, control over some of the islands -- which they named the Caroline Islands -- in the 1600s. In 1899, Spain sold all of the FSM to Germany. Japan seized the islands in 1914 and was granted a League of Nations mandate to administer them in 1920. The Japanese navy built bases across most of the islands and headquartered their Pacific naval operations in Chuuk. The US bombed Chuuk in 1944 but largely bypassed the other islands in its leapfrog campaign across the Pacific. 

In 1947, the FSM came under US administration as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, which comprised six districts: Chuuk, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Pohnpei, and Yap; Kosrae was separated from Pohnpei into a separate district in 1977. In 1979, Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap ratified the FSM Constitution and declared independence while the other three districts opted to pursue separate political status. There are significant inter-island rivalries stemming from their different histories and cultures. Chuuk, the most populous but poorest state, has pushed for secession, but an independence referendum has been repeatedly postponed and may not be held.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -744,9 +744,6 @@ "text": "6.43% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 October - 30 September" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "$12 million (2017 est.)" @@ -998,7 +995,7 @@ "text": "no military forces; Federated States of Micronesia National Police (includes a maritime wing); the Department of Justice oversees the National Police; State police forces are responsible for law enforcement in their respective states and are under the jurisdiction of each state’s director of public safety (2024)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "defense is the responsibility of the US

Micronesia has a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Micronesia's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2024)" + "text": "defense is the responsibility of the US; in 1982, the FSM signed a Compact of Free Association (COFA) with the US, which granted the FSM financial assistance and access to many US domestic programs in exchange for exclusive US military access and defense responsibilities; the COFA entered into force in 1986, and its funding was renewed in 2003; Micronesians can serve in the US armed forces

Micronesia has a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Micronesia's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2024)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fp.json b/australia-oceania/fp.json index 9b29bf65..27917ef7 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fp.json @@ -652,9 +652,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "39.4% (of GDP) (2012)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2016": { "text": "$411.963 million (2016 est.)" @@ -863,18 +860,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "138,658 (2022 est.)" + "text": "139,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "36 (2021 est.)" + "text": "45 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "322,918 (2021 est.)" + "text": "328,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "106 (2021 est.)" + "text": "107 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/gq.json b/australia-oceania/gq.json index e8a22e11..7d0a415c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/gq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/gq.json @@ -638,9 +638,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "21.4% (of GDP) (2016 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 October - 30 September" - }, "Exports": { "Exports 2021": { "text": "$186 million (2021 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/kr.json b/australia-oceania/kr.json index 1f615abc..e27183cf 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kr.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "Kiribati is made up of three distinct island groups -- the Gilbert Islands, the Line Islands, and the Phoenix Islands. The first Austronesian voyagers arrived in the Gilbert Islands as early as 3000 B.C., but these islands were not widely settled until about A.D. 200 by Micronesians. Around 1300, Samoans and Tongans invaded the southern Gilbert Islands, then known as Tungaru, bringing Polynesian cultural elements with them. Later arrivals of Fijians brought Melanesian elements to the Gilbert Islands, and extensive intermarriage between the Micronesian, Polynesian, and Melanesian people led to the creation of what would become Gilbertese cultural traditions by the time Europeans spotted the islands in the 1600s. The Phoenix Islands and Line Islands were both visited by various Melanesian and Polynesian peoples, but their isolation and lack of natural resources meant that long-term settlements were not possible. Both island groups were uninhabited by the time of European contact.
 
Kiribati experienced sustained European contact by the 1760s; all three island groups were named and charted by 1826. American whaling ships frequently passed through the islands, and the UK declared a protectorate over the Gilbert and nearby Ellice Islands in 1892, in an attempt to block growing US influence. Phosphate-rich Banaba Island was annexed to the protectorate in 1900. In 1916, the protectorate became a colony, and some Line Islands were added in 1916 and 1919, with the final ones added in 1972. The Phoenix Islands were added to the colony in 1937, and the UK agreed to share jurisdiction of some with the US because of their strategic location for aviation. Japan occupied the northern Gilbert Islands in 1941; the islands of Makin and Tarawa were the sites of major US amphibious victories over entrenched Japanese garrisons in 1943. The UK continued to rule the colony after World War II. The Ellice Islands became its own colony in 1974 and was renamed Tuvalu for “eight standing together” in 1975. The Gilbert Islands became fully self-governing in 1977 and independent in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati, the Gilbertese spelling of Gilberts. The US relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and Line Islands in a 1979 treaty of friendship.

In 1994, Kiribati adjusted the international date line to the east of the Line Islands, bringing all islands in the country to the same day and giving Kiribati the earliest time zone in the world. In 2012, Kiribati purchased a 22 sq km (8.5 sq mi) plot of land in Fiji for potential eventual resettlement of its population because of climate change." + "text": "Kiribati is made up of three distinct island groups -- the Gilbert Islands, the Line Islands, and the Phoenix Islands. The first Austronesian voyagers arrived in the Gilbert Islands as early as 3000 B.C., but these islands were not widely settled until about A.D. 200 by Micronesians. Around 1300, Samoans and Tongans invaded the southern Gilbert Islands, then known as Tungaru, bringing Polynesian cultural elements with them. Later arrivals of Fijians brought Melanesian elements to the Gilbert Islands, and extensive intermarriage between the Micronesian, Polynesian, and Melanesian people led to the creation of what would become Gilbertese cultural traditions by the time Europeans spotted the islands in the 1600s. The Phoenix Islands and Line Islands were both visited by various Melanesian and Polynesian peoples, but their isolation and lack of natural resources meant that long-term settlements were not possible. Both island groups were uninhabited by the time of European contact.
 
Kiribati experienced sustained European contact by the 1760s; all three island groups were named and charted by 1826. American whaling ships frequently passed through the islands, and the UK declared a protectorate over the Gilbert and nearby Ellice Islands in 1892, in an attempt to block growing US influence. Phosphate-rich Banaba Island was annexed to the protectorate in 1900. In 1916, the protectorate became a colony, and some Line Islands were added in 1916 and 1919, with the final ones added in 1972. The Phoenix Islands were added to the colony in 1937, and the UK agreed to share jurisdiction of some with the US because of their strategic location for aviation. During World War II, the islands were occupied by Japanese forces but were ejected by US amphibious assaults. The Ellice Islands became its own colony in 1974 and was renamed Tuvalu for “eight standing together” in 1975. The Gilbert Islands became fully self-governing in 1977 and independent in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati, the Gilbertese spelling of Gilberts. The US relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and Line Islands in a 1979 treaty of friendship.

In 2012, Kiribati purchased a 22 sq km (8.5 sq mi) plot of land in Fiji for potential eventual resettlement of its population because of climate change, and in 2014 Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe BAINIMARAMA said residents of Kiribati would be welcome to relocate to Fiji if their country is swamped by rising sea levels. " } }, "Geography": { @@ -754,9 +754,6 @@ "text": "27.38% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$6.46 million (2022 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nc.json b/australia-oceania/nc.json index a335a471..f95d877f 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nc.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nc.json @@ -656,9 +656,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "20.4% (of GDP) (2015 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2016": { "text": "-$654.237 million (2016 est.)" @@ -966,7 +963,7 @@ "text": "1" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Baie De Kouaoua, Baie Ugue, Noumea" + "text": "Baie de Kouaoua, Baie Ugue, Noumea" } } }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/nh.json b/australia-oceania/nh.json index 7a0b1308..521f5174 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nh.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nh.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Vanuatu was first settled around 2000 B.C. by Austronesian speakers from Solomon Islands. By around 1000, localized chieftain systems began to develop on the islands. In the mid-1400s, the Kuwae Volcano erupted, causing frequent conflict and internal strife amid declining food availability, especially on Efate Island. Around 1600, Chief ROI MATA united Efate under his rule. In 1606, Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernandes de QUEIROS was the first European to see the Banks Islands and Espiritu Santo, setting up a short-lived settlement on the latter. The next European explorers arrived in the 1760s, and in 1774, British navigator James COOK named the islands the New Hebrides. The islands were frequented by whalers in the 1800s and interest in harvesting the islands’ sandalwood trees caused conflict between Europeans and local Ni-Vanuatu. Catholic and Protestant missionaries arrived in the 1840s but faced difficulties converting the locals. In the 1860s, European planters in Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, and Samoa needed labor and kidnapped almost half the adult males of the islands and forced them to work as indentured servants.

With growing and overlapping interests in the islands, France and the UK agreed that the New Hebrides would be neutral in 1878 and established a joint naval commission in 1887. In 1906, the two countries created the British-French Condominium to jointly administer the islands and they established separate laws, police forces, currencies, and education and health systems. The condominium arrangement was dysfunctional and the UK used France’s defeat to Germany in World War II to assert greater control over the islands. As Japan pushed into Melanesia, the US stationed up to 50,000 soldiers in Vanuatu to prevent further advances. In 1945, US troops withdrew and sold their equipment, leading to the rise of political and religious cargo cults, such as the John Frum movement.

The France-UK condominium was reestablished after World War II. The UK was interested in moving the condominium toward independence in the 1960s, but France was hesitant and political parties agitating independence began to form, largely divided along linguistic lines. France eventually relented and elections were held in 1974 with independence granted in 1980 as Vanuatu under English-speaking Prime Minister Walter LINI. At independence, the Nagriamel Movement, with support from French-speaking landowners, declared Espiritu Santo independent, but the short-lived state was dissolved 12 weeks later. Linguistic divisions have lessened over time but highly fractious political parties have led to weak coalition governments that require support from both Anglophone and Francophone parties. Since 2008, prime ministers have been ousted through no-confidence motions or temporary procedural issues more than a dozen times.




" + "text": "

Vanuatu was first settled around 2000 B.C. by Austronesian speakers from the Solomon Islands. By around 1000, localized chieftain systems began to develop on the islands. Around 1600, Chief ROI MATA united Efate under his rule. In 1606, a Portuguese explorer was the first European to see the Banks Islands and Espiritu Santo, setting up a short-lived settlement on the latter. The next European explorers arrived in the 1760s, and the islands --then known as the New Hebrides -- were frequented by whalers in the 1800s. European interest in harvesting the islands’ sandalwood trees caused conflict with local Ni-Vanuatu. In the 1860s, European planters in Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, and Samoa needed labor and kidnapped almost half the adult males of the islands and forced them to work as indentured servants.

With growing and overlapping interests in the islands, France and the UK agreed that the New Hebrides would be neutral in 1878 and established a joint naval commission in 1887. In 1906, the two countries created the British-French Condominium to jointly administer the islands and they established separate laws, police forces, currencies, and education and health systems. The condominium arrangement was dysfunctional and the UK used France’s defeat to Germany in World War II to assert greater control over the islands. During the war, the US stationed up to 50,000 soldiers in Vanuatu. In 1945, they withdrew and sold their equipment, leading to the rise of political and religious cargo cults, such as the John Frum movement. 

The France-UK condominium was reestablished after World War II. The UK was interested in moving the condominium toward independence in the 1960s, but France was hesitant and political parties agitating independence began to form, largely divided along linguistic lines. France eventually relented and elections were held in 1974 with independence granted in 1980 as Vanuatu under English-speaking Prime Minister Walter LINI. At independence, the Nagriamel Movement, with support from French-speaking landowners, declared Espiritu Santo independent, but the short-lived state was dissolved 12 weeks later. Linguistic divisions have lessened over time but highly fractious political parties have led to weak coalition governments that require support from both Anglophone and Francophone parties. Since 2008, prime ministers have been ousted through no-confidence motions or temporary procedural issues more than a dozen times.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -772,9 +772,6 @@ "text": "14.04% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$142.128 million (2022 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nr.json b/australia-oceania/nr.json index 124159ff..78fc0fd7 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nr.json @@ -689,9 +689,6 @@ "text": "44.35% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2018": { "text": "$8.406 million (2018 est.)" @@ -905,7 +902,7 @@ "text": "(2018 est.) 0" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2018 est.) 0" + "text": "(2014 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nz.json b/australia-oceania/nz.json index a551db18..8ea4e92e 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nz.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nz.json @@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "high-income Pacific island economy; strong agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, and energy sectors; reliant on Chinese market for exports; sustained growth; low unemployment; high living standards; sharp growth post COVID-19 lockdown" + "text": "high-income, globally integrated Pacific island economy; strong agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism sectors; reliant on Chinese market for exports; slow recovery from post-COVID recession and inflation; challenges of fiscal deficits, below-average productivity, and curbing greenhouse gas emissions" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": { @@ -835,10 +835,6 @@ "text": "29.77% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March", - "note": "note: this is the fiscal year for tax purposes" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$21.627 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1231,13 +1227,13 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "New Zealand Space Agency (NZSA; established 2016 under the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment); Center for Space Science and Technology (CSST; established 2017) (2023)" + "text": "New Zealand Space Agency (NZSA; established 2016 under the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment); Center for Space Science and Technology (CSST; established 2017) (2024)" }, "Space launch site(s)": { - "text": "Mahia Peninsula Launch Complex (Hawke's Bay) (2023)" + "text": "Mahia Peninsula Launch Complex (Hawke's Bay) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "the New Zealand space sector model is mostly based on commercial space; NZSA and CSST primarily focus on developing space policy and strategy, bringing commercial space talent to New Zealand, and encouraging the commercial development of space technologies, particularly satellites and satellite/space launch vehicles (SLV); manufactures and launches satellites; builds and launches commercial SLVs; researches and develops a range of other space-related technologies, including propulsion systems; participates in international space programs and partners with a range of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Australia, Canada, the EU and its member states, the European Space Agency (ESA) and its member states, South Africa, and the US; has a small, but growing commercial space sector that contributed over $1 billion to the New Zealand economy in 2019 and provided over 12,000 jobs (2023)", + "text": "the New Zealand space sector model is mostly based on commercial space; NZSA and CSST primarily focus on developing space policy and strategy, bringing commercial space talent to New Zealand, and encouraging the commercial development of space technologies, particularly satellites and satellite/space launch vehicles (SLV); manufactures and launches satellites; builds and launches commercial SLVs; researches and develops a range of other space-related technologies, including propulsion systems; has a national space strategy; participates in international space programs and partners with a range of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Australia, Canada, the EU and its member states, the European Space Agency (ESA) and its member states, South Africa, and the US; has a small, but growing commercial space sector  (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/ps.json b/australia-oceania/ps.json index 298ad624..e3cfe653 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ps.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ps.json @@ -744,9 +744,6 @@ "text": "18.16% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 October - 30 September" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$135.428 million (2022 est.)" @@ -829,15 +826,15 @@ "text": "8,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "44 (2021 est.)" + "text": "44 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "24,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "24,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "130 (2021 est.)" + "text": "133 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/rm.json b/australia-oceania/rm.json index 120319c2..321679f8 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/rm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/rm.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "Humans arrived in the Marshall Islands in the first millennium B.C. and gradually created permanent settlements on the various atolls. The early inhabitants were skilled navigators who frequently traveled between atolls using stick charts to map the islands. Society became organized under two paramount chiefs, one each for the Ratak (Sunrise) Chain and the Ralik (Sunset) Chain. The traditional hierarchy continued even after contact with Europeans in the early 1500s. Spain formally claimed the islands in 1592, but few other Europeans passed by the islands in the next two centuries. In 1788, British sea captain John MARSHALL undertook an exploratory voyage, and the islands were mapped in the early 1800s by Russian explorers. In the 1850s, US Protestant missionaries began arriving on the islands. Germany established a supply station on Jaluit Atoll and bought the islands from Spain in 1884, although paramount chiefs continued to rule.

Japan seized the Marshall Islands in 1914 and was granted a League of Nations Mandate to administer the islands in 1920. Japan built large military bases throughout the Marshall Islands, and during World War II, the US captured the bases on Kwajalein, Enewetak, and Majuro Atolls. The Marshall Islands came under US administration as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) in 1947. Between 1946 and 1958, the US resettled populations from Bikini and Enewetak Atolls and conducted 67 nuclear tests; people from Ailinginae, Rongelap, and Utrik Atolls were also evacuated because of nuclear fallout, and Bikini and Rongelap remain largely uninhabited. In 1979, the Marshall Islands drafted a constitution separate from the rest of the TTPI and declared independence under President Amata KABUA, a paramount chief. In 2000, Kessai NOTE became the first commoner elected president. In 2016, Hilda HEINE was the first woman elected president.

In 1982, the Marshall Islands signed a Compact of Free Association (COFA) with the US, which granted the Marshall Islands financial assistance and access to many US domestic programs in exchange for exclusive US military access and defense responsibilities; the COFA entered into force in 1986, and its funding was renewed in 2003. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network. Kwajalein also hosts one of four dedicated ground antennas that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation system -- the others are at Cape Canaveral, Florida (US), on Ascension (British Overseas Territory), and at Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory)." + "text": "Humans arrived in the Marshall Islands in the first millennium B.C. and gradually created permanent settlements on the various atolls. The early inhabitants were skilled navigators who frequently traveled between atolls using stick charts to map the islands. Society became organized under two paramount chiefs, one each for the Ratak (Sunrise) Chain and the Ralik (Sunset) Chain. Spain formally claimed the islands in 1592. Germany established a supply station on Jaluit Atoll and bought the islands from Spain in 1884, although paramount chiefs continued to rule. 

Japan seized the Marshall Islands in 1914 and was granted a League of Nations Mandate to administer the islands in 1920. The US captured the islands in heavy fighting during World War II, and the islands came under US administration as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) in 1947. Between 1946 and 1958, the US resettled populations from Bikini and Enewetak Atolls and conducted 67 nuclear tests; people from Ailinginae, Rongelap, and Utrik Atolls were also evacuated because of nuclear fallout, and Bikini and Rongelap remain largely uninhabited. In 1979, the Marshall Islands drafted a constitution separate from the rest of the TTPI and declared independence under President Amata KABUA, a paramount chief. In 2000, Kessai NOTE became the first commoner elected president. In 2016, Hilda HEINE was the first woman elected president." } }, "Geography": { @@ -769,9 +769,6 @@ "text": "17.23% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 October - 30 September" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "$76.263 million (2021 est.)" @@ -984,7 +981,7 @@ "text": "no regular military forces; the national police (Marshall Islands Police Department, MIPD), local police forces, and the Sea Patrol (maritime police) maintain internal security; the MIPD and Sea Patrol report to the Ministry of Justice; local police report to their respective local government councils (2024)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "defense is the responsibility of the US; the islands of Kwajalein and Roi-Namur are home to more than 1,000 US military service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors

the Marshall Islands have a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within its designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2024)" + "text": "defense is the responsibility of the US; in 1982, the Marshall Islands signed a Compact of Free Association (COFA) with the US, which granted the Marshall Islands financial assistance and access to many US domestic programs in exchange for exclusive US military access and defense responsibilities; the COFA entered into force in 1986, and its funding was renewed in 2003; the Marshall Islands hosts a US Army missile test site 

the Marshall Islands have a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within its designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2024)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/tl.json b/australia-oceania/tl.json index 45bd86df..a52a264d 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tl.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tl.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Tokelau, which comprises three atolls, was first settled by Polynesians around A.D. 1000. The three atolls operated relatively independently but had contact with one another, intermarrying and occasionally fighting wars. Fakaofo Atoll eventually subjugated the other two. British explorer John BYRON was the first European to see Atafu Atoll in 1765. British naval officer Edward EDWARDS saw Nukunonu Atoll in 1791, and ships occasionally continued to pass by Atafu and Nukunonu. In 1835, a US whaling ship became the first non-Pacific island ship to pass by Fakaofo. Catholic and Protestant missionaries arrived in 1845 and converted the population on the islands on which they landed. To this day, Nukunonu is predominantly Catholic while Atafu is mostly Protestant; Catholic and Protestant missionaries both worked in Fakaofo, and the population there is more mixed.

In 1863, Peruvian slave traders, masquerading as missionaries, kidnapped nearly all the men from Tokelau, and local governance moved to a system based on a Council of Elders, which still exists today. The atolls were repopulated when new Polynesian settlers and American and European migrants intermarried with local Tokelauan women. Tokelau became a British protectorate in 1889 and included in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate - later a colony - in 1908. In 1925, the UK placed Tokelau under New Zealand administration. The Tokelau Islands Act of 1948 formally transferred sovereignty from the UK to New Zealand and Tokelauans were granted New Zealand citizenship. In 1979, the US relinquished its claims over Tokelau in the Treaty of Tokehega, and Tokelau relinquished its claims over Swains Island, which is part of American Samoa.

Economic opportunities in Tokelau are sparse, and about 80% of Tokelauans live in New Zealand. Tokelau held two self-governance referendums in 2006 and 2007, in which more than 60% of voters chose to go into free association with New Zealand; however, the referendums failed to achieve the two-thirds majority necessary to enact a status change. Tokelau lacks an airport and is only accessible via a day-long boat trip from Samoa, although a site for an airstrip on Nukunonu was selected in 2019. Because of its dependency on Samoa for transportation, in 2011, Tokelau followed Samoa’s lead and shifted the international date line to its east, skipping December 30 and becoming one hour ahead of New Zealand rather than 23 hours behind.

" + "text": "

Tokelau is composed of three atolls (Fakaofo, Atafu, and Nukunonu), and it was first settled by Polynesians around A.D. 1000. The atolls operated relatively independently, but Fakaofo Atoll eventually subjugated the others. British explorers first saw the atolls in 1765 and 1791. Catholic and Protestant missionaries arrived in 1845, and to this day, Nukunonu is predominantly Catholic while Atafu is mostly Protestant. Catholic and Protestant missionaries both worked in Fakaofo, and its population is more mixed.

In 1863, Peruvian slave traders masquerading as missionaries kidnapped nearly all the men from Tokelau, and local governance moved to a system based on a Council of Elders, which still exists today. The atolls were repopulated when new Polynesian settlers and American and European migrants intermarried with local Tokelauan women. Tokelau became a British protectorate in 1889 and was added to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate -- later a colony -- in 1908. In 1925, the UK placed Tokelau under New Zealand administration. The Tokelau Islands Act of 1948 formally transferred sovereignty from the UK to New Zealand, and Tokelauans were granted New Zealand citizenship. In 1979, the US relinquished its claim to Tokelau in the Treaty of Tokehega, and Tokelau relinquished its claim to Swains Island, which is part of American Samoa.

Economic opportunities in Tokelau are sparse, and about 80% of Tokelauans live in New Zealand. Tokelau held two self-governance referendums in 2006 and 2007, in which more than 60% of voters chose free association with New Zealand; however, the referendums failed to achieve the two-thirds majority necessary to enact a status change. Tokelau lacks an airport and is only accessible via a day-long boat trip from Samoa, although a site for an airstrip on Nukunonu was selected in 2019. Because of its dependence on Samoa for transportation, Tokelau followed Samoa’s lead in 2011 and shifted the international date line to its east, skipping December 30 and moving one hour ahead of New Zealand rather than 23 hours behind.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -419,9 +419,6 @@ "text": "$11,666,542 (2017 est.)" } }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Exports": { "Exports 2015": { "text": "$103,000 (2015 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/tn.json b/australia-oceania/tn.json index 20c70884..5a599277 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tn.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tn.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "The first humans arrived in Tonga around 1000 B.C. The islands’ politics were probably highly centralized under the Tu’i Tonga, or Tongan king, by A.D. 950, and by 1200, the Tu’i Tonga had expanded his influence throughout Polynesia and into Melanesia and Micronesia. The Tongan Empire began to decline in the 1300s, descending into civil wars, a military defeat to Samoa, and internal political strife that saw successive leaders assassinated. By the mid-1500s, some Tu’i Tongans were ethnic Samoan and day-to-day administration of Tonga was transferred to a new position occupied by ethnic Tongans.

Dutch sailors explored the islands in the 1600s and British Captain James COOK visited Tonga three times in the 1770s, naming them the Friendly Islands for the positive reception he thought he received, even though the Tongans he encountered were plotting ways to kill him. In 1799, Tonga fell into a new round of civil wars over succession. Wesleyan missionaries arrived in 1822, quickly converting the population. In the 1830s, a low-ranking chief from Ha’apai began to consolidate control over the islands and won the support of the missionaries by declaring that he would dedicate Tonga to God. The chief soon made alliances with leaders on most of the other islands and was crowned King George TUPOU I in 1845, establishing the only still-extant Polynesian monarchy. TUPOU I declared Tonga a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and his successor, King George TUPOU II, agreed to enter a protectorate agreement with the UK in 1900 after rival Tongan chiefs tried to overthrow him. As a protectorate, Tonga never completely lost its indigenous governance, but it did become more isolated and the social hierarchy became more stratified between a group of nobles and a large class of commoners. Today, about one third of parliamentary seats are reserved for nobles.

Queen Salote TUPOU III negotiated the end of the protectorate in 1965, which was achieved under King TUPOU IV, who in 1970 withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations. A prodemocracy movement gained steam in the early 2000s, led by future Prime Minister ‘Akilisi POHIVA, and in 2006, riots broke out in Nuku’alofa to protest the lack of progress on prodemocracy legislation. To appease the activists, in 2008, King George TUPOU V announced he was relinquishing most of his powers leading up to parliamentary elections in 2010; he died in 2012 and was succeeded by his brother ‘Aho’eitu TUPOU VI. Tropical Cyclone Gita, the strongest-ever recorded storm to impact Tonga, hit the islands in February 2018 causing extensive damage." + "text": "The first humans arrived in Tonga around 1000 B.C. The islands’ politics were highly centralized under the Tu’i Tonga, or Tongan king, by A.D. 950, and by 1200, the Tu’i Tonga had expanded his influence throughout Polynesia and into Melanesia and Micronesia. The Tongan Empire began to decline in the 1300s, with civil wars, a military defeat to Samoa, and internal political strife that saw successive leaders assassinated. By the mid-1500s, some Tu’i Tongans were ethnic Samoan, and day-to-day administration of Tonga was transferred to a new position occupied by ethnic Tongans.

Dutch sailors explored the islands in the 1600s, and British Captain James COOK visited Tonga three times in the 1770s, naming them the Friendly Islands for the positive reception he thought he received, even though the Tongans he encountered were plotting ways to kill him. In 1799, Tonga fell into a new round of civil wars over succession. Wesleyan missionaries arrived in 1822, quickly converting the population. In the 1830s, a low-ranking chief from Ha’apai began to consolidate control over the islands and won the support of the missionaries by declaring that he would dedicate Tonga to God. The chief soon made alliances with leaders on most of the other islands and was crowned King George TUPOU I in 1845, establishing the only still-extant Polynesian monarchy. TUPOU I declared Tonga a constitutional monarchy in 1875, and his successor, King George TUPOU II, agreed to enter a protectorate agreement with the UK in 1900 after rival Tongan chiefs tried to overthrow him. As a protectorate, Tonga never completely lost its indigenous governance, but it did become more isolated and the social hierarchy more stratified between a group of nobles and a large class of commoners. Today, about one third of parliamentary seats are reserved for nobles.

Queen Salote TUPOU III negotiated the end of the protectorate in 1965, and in 1970, King TUPOU IV completed the withdrawal from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations. A pro-democracy movement gained steam in the early 2000s, led by future Prime Minister ‘Akilisi POHIVA, and in 2006, riots broke out in Nuku’alofa to protest the lack of progress on pro-democracy legislation. To appease the activists, King George TUPOU V announced in 2008 that he was relinquishing most of his powers in the run-up to parliamentary elections in 2010; he died in 2012 and was succeeded by his brother ‘Aho’eitu TUPOU VI. " } }, "Geography": { @@ -788,9 +788,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "39.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$31.432 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1016,7 +1013,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,824 (2021 est.)" + "text": "11,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "10 (2021 est.)" @@ -1024,7 +1021,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "64,328 (2021 est.)" + "text": "64,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "61 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/tv.json b/australia-oceania/tv.json index 02086239..26ccb575 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tv.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tv.json @@ -725,9 +725,6 @@ "text": "106.7% (of GDP) (2013 est.)", "note": "note: revenue data include Official Development Assistance from Australia" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$2.713 million (2022 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/ws.json b/australia-oceania/ws.json index 4a677a4e..21720744 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ws.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ws.json @@ -786,9 +786,6 @@ "text": "25.02% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "June 1 - May 31" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$78.203 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1017,7 +1014,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,567 (2022 est.)" + "text": "5,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "2 (2022 est.)" @@ -1025,7 +1022,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "134,320 (2022 est.)" + "text": "134,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "60 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json index 54536f95..1697fd5c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json @@ -648,9 +648,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "25.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$230.556 million (2022 est.)" @@ -884,10 +881,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "140,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "141,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "130 (2021 est.)" + "text": "132 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json index d2faef9c..bcf06ad1 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json @@ -701,9 +701,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "19.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$284.522 million (2022 est.)" @@ -932,15 +929,15 @@ "text": "27,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "27 (2021 est.)" + "text": "29 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "180,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "184,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "200 (2021 est.)" + "text": "197 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json index b204a9a4..cc0ea013 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json @@ -776,9 +776,6 @@ "text": "27.42% (of GDP) (2016 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "-$296.396 million (2017 est.)" @@ -1005,18 +1002,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "121,314 (2022 est.)" + "text": "121,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "43 (2021 est.)" + "text": "43 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "316,633 (2021 est.)" + "text": "323,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "113 (2021 est.)" + "text": "115 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json index d7569dee..bdf301ca 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json @@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ "text": "
embassy@bahamasembdc.org

https://www.bahamasembdc.org/" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Atlanta, Miami, New York, Washington, DC" + "text": "Atlanta, Miami, New York" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -729,9 +729,6 @@ "text": "16.73% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.763 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -957,18 +954,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "86,484 (2022 est.)" + "text": "86,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "22 (2020 est.)" + "text": "21 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "466,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "404,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "115 (2020 est.)" + "text": "99 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json index 92cf3ca6..fdbfe95c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json @@ -586,10 +586,7 @@ "text": "
reception.usa@mfa.gov.bz

https://www.belizeembassyusa.mfa.gov.bz/" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Los Angeles, New York (consular services temporarily suspended beginning 18 December 2020)" - }, - "consulate(s)": { - "text": "Miami" + "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -813,9 +810,6 @@ "text": "21.34% (of GDP) (2017 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$234.493 million (2022 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json index 28491616..f27455dd 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json @@ -627,9 +627,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "38.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "-$821.404 million (2021 est.)" @@ -858,7 +855,7 @@ "text": "100,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "150 (2021 est.)" + "text": "147 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index bd39ee52..3d8e493c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -861,9 +861,6 @@ "text": "14% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$2.469 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1089,18 +1086,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "491,613 (2022 est.)" + "text": "492,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11 (2021 est.)" + "text": "9 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,834,435 (2021 est.)" + "text": "7.876 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "152 (2021 est.)" + "text": "152 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json index c63eb365..74d8cda9 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json @@ -814,9 +814,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "58.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "$985.4 million (2017 est.)" @@ -1034,18 +1031,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,573,526 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.574 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "14 (2021 est.)" + "text": "14 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,103,296 (2021 est.)" + "text": "7.6 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "63 (2021 est.)" + "text": "68 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1167,7 +1164,7 @@ "text": "14" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Antilla, Bahai De La Habana, Bahia De Sagua De Tanamo, Cabanas, Casilda, Cienfuegos, Nuevitas Bay, Puerto Guantanamo, Santiago De Cuba" + "text": "Antilla, Bahai de la Habana, Bahia de Sagua de Tanamo, Cabanas, Casilda, Cienfuegos, Nuevitas Bay, Puerto Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json index c7fe1f26..efc7a314 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json @@ -675,9 +675,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "40.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$133.58 million (2022 est.)" @@ -903,7 +900,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,459 (2021 est.)" + "text": "7,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "10 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index 34324cb6..0c7270ed 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -569,19 +569,19 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona (since 16 August 2020); Vice President Raquel PENA de Antuna (since 16 August 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" + "text": "President Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona (since 16 August 2020); Vice President Raquel PEÑA de Antuna (since 16 August 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona (since 16 August 2020); Vice President Raquel PENA de Antuna (since 16 August 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" + "text": "President Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona (since 16 August 2020); Vice President Raquel PEÑA de Antuna (since 16 August 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet nominated by the president" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by absolute vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 4-year term (eligible for a maximum of two consecutive terms); election last held on 5 July 2020 (next to be held on 19 May 2024); note - the 2020 election was rescheduled from 17 May to 5 July 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic" + "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by absolute vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 4-year term (eligible for a maximum of two consecutive terms); election last held on 19 May 2024 (next to be held on 21 May 2028)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2020: Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona elected president in first round; percent of vote - Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona (PRM) 52.5%, Gonzalo CASTILLO Terrero (PLD) 37.5%, Leonel Antonio FERNANDEZ Reyna (FP) 8.9% other 1.1%

2016: Danilo MEDINA Sanchez reelected president; percent of vote - Danilo MEDINA Sanchez (PLD) 61.7%, Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona (PRM) 35%, other 3.3%; Margarita CEDENO DE FERNANDEZ (PLD) reelected vice president" + "text": "2024: Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona reelected president; percent of vote - Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona (PRM) 57.5%, Leonel Antonio FERNÁNDEZ Reyna (FP) 28.8%, Abel MARTÍNEZ (PLD) 10.4%, other 3.3%

2020: Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona elected president in first round; percent of vote - Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona (PRM) 52.5%, Gonzalo CASTILLO Terrero (PLD) 37.5%, Leonel Antonio FERNÁNDEZ Reyna (FP) 8.9%, other 1.1%

2016: Danilo MEDINA Sanchez reelected president; percent of vote - Danilo MEDINA Sanchez (PLD) 61.7%, Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona (PRM) 35%, other 3.3%; Margarita CEDENO DE FERNANDEZ (PLD) reelected vice president" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -589,10 +589,10 @@ "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of:
Senate or Senado (32 seats; 26 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, and 6 members indirectly elected based upon province-wide party plurality votes for its candidates to the Chamber of Deputies; all members serve 4-year terms; note - in 2019, the Central Election Commission changed the electoral system for seats in 26 constituencies to simple majority vote but retained indirect election for the remaining 6 constituencies; previously, all 32 members were indirectly elected; the change had been challenged by the ruling and opposition parties)

House of Representatives or Camara de Diputados (190 seats; 178 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote using the D'Hondt method, 5 members in a nationwide constituency, and 7 diaspora members directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last held on 5 July 2020 (next to be held on 19 May 2024)
House of Representatives - last held on 5 July 2020 (next to be held on 19 May 2024); note - the 2020 election was rescheduled from 17 May to 5 July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic" + "text": "Senate - last held on 19 May 2024 (next to be held on 21 May 2028)
House of Representatives - 19 May 2024 (next to be held on 21 May 2028)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PRM 17, PLD 6, PRSC 6, BIS 1, DXC 1, FP 1; composition - men 28, women 4, percentage women 12.5%

House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PRM 86, PLD 75, PRSC 6, PRD 4, Broad Front 3, FP 3, AP 2, APD 2, BIS 2, DXC 2, other 5; composition - men 137, women 53, percentage women 27.9%; total National Congress percentage women 25.7%" + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PRM 24, FP 3, APD 1, PPG 1, PRI 1, PRL 1, PRSC 1; composition - men NA, women NA, percentage women NA%

House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men NA, women NA, percentage women NA%; total National Congress percentage women NA%; note - results pending" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Alliance for Democracy or APD
Broad Front (Frente Amplio) [Fidel SANTANA]
Country Alliance or AP [Guillermo Antonio MORENO Garcia]
Dominican Liberation Party or PLD [Danilo MEDINA Sánchez]
Dominican Revolutionary Party or PRD [Miguel VARGAS Maldonado]
Dominicans For Change or DXC [Manuel OVIEDO Estrada]
Institutional Social Democratic Bloc or BIS
Liberal Reformist Party or PRL (formerly the Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic or PLRD)
Modern Revolutionary Party or PRM [Luis ABINADER]
National Progressive Front or FNP [Vinicio CASTILLO, Pelegrin CASTILLO]
People's Force or FP [Leonel FERNANDEZ Reyna]
Social Christian Reformist Party or PRSC [Federico Augusto \"Quique\" ANTUN Batile]" + "text": "Alliance for Democracy or APD
Broad Front (Frente Amplio) [Fidel SANTANA]
Country Alliance or AP [Guillermo Antonio MORENO Garcia]
Dominican Liberation Party or PLD [Danilo MEDINA Sánchez]
Dominican Revolutionary Party or PRD [Miguel VARGAS Maldonado]
Dominicans For Change or DXC [Manuel OVIEDO Estrada]
Independent Revolutionary Party or PRI
Institutional Social Democratic Bloc or BIS
Liberal Reformist Party or PRL (formerly the Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic or PLRD)
Modern Revolutionary Party or PRM [Luis ABINADER]
National Progressive Front or FNP [Vinicio CASTILLO, Pelegrin CASTILLO]
People's First Party or PPG
People's Force or FP [Leonel FERNANDEZ Reyna]
Social Christian Reformist Party or PRSC [Federico Augusto \"Quique\" ANTUN Batile]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ACP, AOSIS, BCIE, Caricom (observer), CD, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA, MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OAS, OIF (observer), OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA (associated member), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" @@ -875,9 +875,6 @@ "text": "14.38% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$6.327 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1112,18 +1109,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,143,893 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.144 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "10 (2021 est.)" + "text": "10 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "9,735,351 (2021 est.)" + "text": "10.15 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "88 (2021 est.)" + "text": "90 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1234,7 +1231,7 @@ "text": "7" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Andres (Andres Lng Terminal), Las Calderas, Puerto De Haina, Puerto Plata, Punta Nizao Oil Terminal, San Pedro De Macoris, Santa Barbara De Samana, Santa Cruz De Barahona, Santo Domingo" + "text": "Andres (Andres Lng Terminal), Las Calderas, Puerto de Haina, Puerto Plata, Punta Nizao Oil Terminal, San Pedro de Macoris, Santa Barbara de Samana, Santa Cruz de Barahona, Santo Domingo" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json index 91757f95..3fe9f0ee 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json @@ -859,9 +859,6 @@ "text": "19.42% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$2.146 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1079,18 +1076,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "862,717 (2022 est.)" + "text": "863,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "14 (2021 est.)" + "text": "14 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,071,073 (2021 est.)" + "text": "11.509 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "175 (2021 est.)" + "text": "182 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json index 5d71f4e6..e7d9f037 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json @@ -727,9 +727,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "25.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$55.225 million (2022 est.)" @@ -961,7 +958,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "26,011 (2021 est.)" + "text": "26,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "21 (2021 est.)" @@ -969,7 +966,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "100,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "101,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "81 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json index 7c29729c..0de528ff 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json @@ -864,9 +864,6 @@ "text": "11.61% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$1.243 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1101,18 +1098,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,917,670 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.918 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13 (2021 est.)" + "text": "11 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "22,124,839 (2021 est.)" + "text": "20.553 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "126 (2021 est.)" + "text": "115 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1227,7 +1224,7 @@ "text": "2" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Puerto Barrios, Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas De Castilla" + "text": "Puerto Barrios, Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas de Castilla" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json index b0f2a8a5..14e37c8c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json @@ -834,9 +834,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "18.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 October - 30 September" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$491.954 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1074,12 +1071,12 @@ "text": "6,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "64 (2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7.3 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "7.319 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "64 (2021 est.)" @@ -1170,7 +1167,7 @@ "text": "1" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Cap Haitien, Jacmel, Miragoane, Petit Goave, Port Au Prince" + "text": "Cap Haitien, Jacmel, Miragoane, Petit Goave, Port au Prince" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json index 42db4608..ca4b3aa6 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json @@ -861,9 +861,6 @@ "text": "14.77% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$2.083 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1098,18 +1095,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "413,936 (2022 est.)" + "text": "414,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "5 (2021 est.)" + "text": "4 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,560,710 (2021 est.)" + "text": "7.937 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "74 (2021 est.)" + "text": "76 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1222,7 +1219,7 @@ "text": "3" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Coxen Hole, La Ceiba, Puerto Castilla, Puerto Cortes, Puerto De Hencan, Puerto Este, Tela, Trujillo" + "text": "Coxen Hole, La Ceiba, Puerto Castilla, Puerto Cortes, Puerto de Hencan, Puerto Este, Tela, Trujillo" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json index 7de75259..659b525d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json @@ -816,9 +816,6 @@ "text": "25.71% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$129.756 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1044,18 +1041,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "446,831 (2022 est.)" + "text": "447,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "17 (2021 est.)" + "text": "16 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,905,408 (2021 est.)" + "text": "3.003 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "103 (2021 est.)" + "text": "106 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1140,7 +1137,7 @@ "text": "5" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Falmouth, Kingston, Lucea, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Port Antonio, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Rio Bueno, Rocky Point, Savannah La Mar" + "text": "Falmouth, Kingston, Lucea, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Port Antonio, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Rio Bueno, Rocky Point, Savannah la Mar" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json index 16d1bc47..b97ecf2b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json @@ -833,9 +833,6 @@ "text": "19.81% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$215.895 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1070,18 +1067,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "215,729 (2022 est.)" + "text": "216,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3 (2021 est.)" + "text": "3 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,233,864 (2021 est.)" + "text": "6.652 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "91 (2021 est.)" + "text": "97 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1219,10 +1216,10 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "National Secretariat for Extraterrestrial Space Affairs, The Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Secretaría Nacional para Asuntos del Espacio Ultraterrestre, la Luna y otros Cuerpos Celestes, established 2021; operates under the military’s control) (2023)" + "text": "National Secretariat for Extraterrestrial Space Affairs, The Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Secretaría Nacional para Asuntos del Espacio Ultraterrestre, la Luna y otros Cuerpos Celestes, established 2021; operates under the military’s control) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "stated mission of the space agency is to promote the development of space activities with the aim of broadening the country’s capacities in the fields of education, industry, science, and technology; has cooperated with China and Russia; is a signatory of the convention establishing the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE) (2023)", + "text": "stated mission of the space agency is to promote the development of space activities with the aim of broadening the country’s capacities in the fields of education, industry, science, and technology; has cooperated with China and Russia; is a signatory of the convention establishing the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE) (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index 89c951a7..4173ceec 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -852,9 +852,6 @@ "text": "7.46% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$3.001 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1089,18 +1086,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "811,488 (2022 est.)" + "text": "811,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "18 (2021 est.)" + "text": "18 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,003,255 (2021 est.)" + "text": "6.891 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "138 (2021 est.)" + "text": "156 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1206,7 +1203,7 @@ "text": "5" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Bahia De Las Minas, Balboa, Pedregal, Puerto Armuelles, Puerto Colon, Puerto Cristobal" + "text": "Bahia de las Minas, Balboa, Pedregal, Puerto Armuelles, Puerto Colon, Puerto Cristobal" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json index 63af798c..b99fb633 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json @@ -681,9 +681,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "8.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "$0 (2017 est.)" @@ -872,18 +869,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "739,111 (2022 est.)" + "text": "739,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "22 (2021 est.)" + "text": "23 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,661,176 (2021 est.)" + "text": "3.896 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "112 (2021 est.)" + "text": "120 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -952,7 +949,7 @@ "text": "7" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Arroyo, Ensenada Honda, Mayaguez, Playa De Guanica, Playa De Guayanilla, Playa De Ponce, San Juan" + "text": "Arroyo, Ensenada Honda, Mayaguez, Playa de Guanica, Playa de Guayanilla, Playa de Ponce, San Juan" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json index 9770b9cd..7a83cdf9 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json @@ -721,9 +721,6 @@ "text": "15.04% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$33.19 million (2022 est.)" @@ -949,7 +946,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "15,700 (2021 est.)" + "text": "16,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "33 (2021 est.)" @@ -960,7 +957,7 @@ "text": "57,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "120 (2021 est.)" + "text": "119 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json index b51e51d6..007399c8 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json @@ -760,9 +760,6 @@ "text": "18.24% (of GDP) (2017 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$52.32 million (2022 est.)" @@ -988,7 +985,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "14,182 (2021 est.)" + "text": "14,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "8 (2021 est.)" @@ -996,7 +993,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "170,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "172,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "96 (2021 est.)" @@ -1074,7 +1071,7 @@ "text": "2" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Castries, Grand Cul De Sac Bay, Vieux Fort" + "text": "Castries, Grand Cul de Sac Bay, Vieux Fort" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json index 5e0881d0..519819e9 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "First colonized by the Spanish, the islands came under British control in the early 19th century. The emancipation of enslaved people in 1834 disrupted the twin islands' sugar industry.  Contract workers arriving from India between 1845 and 1917 augmented the labor force, which boosted sugar production as well as the cocoa industry. The discovery of oil on Trinidad in 1910 added another important export that remains the dominant economic industry. Trinidad and Tobago attained independence in 1962. The country is one of the most prosperous in the Caribbean thanks largely to petroleum and natural gas production and processing. Tobago has greater tourism potential but continues to recover from an 18-month travel ban imposed in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The government is struggling to reverse a surge in violent crime." + "text": "First colonized by the Spanish, Trinidad and Tobago came under British control in the early 19th century. The emancipation of enslaved people in 1834 disrupted the twin islands' sugar industry. Contract workers arriving from India between 1845 and 1917 augmented the labor force, which boosted sugar production as well as the cocoa industry. The discovery of oil on Trinidad in 1910 added another important export that remains the country's dominant industry. Trinidad and Tobago attained independence in 1962. The country is one of the most prosperous in the Caribbean, thanks largely to petroleum and natural gas production and processing. The government is struggling to reverse a surge in violent crime." } }, "Geography": { @@ -760,9 +760,6 @@ "text": "16.55% (of GDP) (2019 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 October - 30 September" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$5.382 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -983,7 +980,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "326,483 (2022 est.)" + "text": "326,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "21 (2022 est.)" @@ -991,7 +988,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,999,029 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.999 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "131 (2022 est.)" @@ -1083,7 +1080,7 @@ "text": "8" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Galeota Point Terminal, Point Lisas Industrial Port, Point Lisas Port, Pointe A Pierre, Port Of Spain" + "text": "Galeota Point Terminal, Point Lisas Industrial Port, Point Lisas Port, Pointe-a-Pierre, Port of Spain" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json index bfaeccdb..5935ff6a 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json @@ -597,9 +597,6 @@ "text": "$224.3 million (2017 est.)" } }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2018": { "text": "$172.709 million (2018 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json index 9556c2b6..8f1c4dc4 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json @@ -729,9 +729,6 @@ "text": "23.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$184.796 million (2022 est.)" @@ -957,18 +954,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,016 (2022 est.)" + "text": "11,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11 (2021 est.)" + "text": "11 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "114,892 (2021 est.)" + "text": "104,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110 (2021 est.)" + "text": "100 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json index 3ff12132..4edcc3fd 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json @@ -572,9 +572,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "38.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Exports": { "Exports 2017": { "text": "$23 million (2017 est.)" @@ -745,18 +742,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "22,571 (2021 est.)" + "text": "23,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "22 (2021 est.)" + "text": "73 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "35,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "38,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110 (2021 est.)" + "text": "121 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json index 6830948c..5406dbd4 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json @@ -618,9 +618,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "28.9% (of GDP) (2016 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 October - 30 September" - }, "Exports": { "Exports 2021": { "text": "$4.075 billion (2021 est.)" diff --git a/central-asia/kg.json b/central-asia/kg.json index ef1164ba..9e8fd69c 100644 --- a/central-asia/kg.json +++ b/central-asia/kg.json @@ -848,9 +848,6 @@ "text": "16.49% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$5.18 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1090,7 +1087,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8.5 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "8.511 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "130 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/central-asia/kz.json b/central-asia/kz.json index 6bf96712..3bc623e9 100644 --- a/central-asia/kz.json +++ b/central-asia/kz.json @@ -876,9 +876,6 @@ "text": "9.45% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$7.079 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1124,18 +1121,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,887,900 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.888 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "16 (2021 est.)" + "text": "15 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "24.323 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "25.299 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "127 (2021 est.)" + "text": "130 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1268,13 +1265,14 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KazCosmos; established 2007) (2023)" + "text": "National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KazCosmos; established 2007) (2024)" }, "Space launch site(s)": { - "text": "Baikonur Cosmodrome/Space Center (Baikonur; the cosmodrome and the surrounding area are leased and administered by Russia until 2050 for approximately $115 million/year; Baikonur cosmodrome was originally built by the Soviet Union in the mid-1950s; largest space launch facility in the World and site of the World’s first successful satellite launch in 1957); note – in 2018, Kazakhstan and Russia agreed that Kazakhstan would build, maintain, and operate a new space launch facility (Baiterek) at the Baikonur space center (estimated to be ready for operations in 2024) (2023)" + "text": "Baikonur Cosmodrome/Space Center (Baikonur) (2024)", + "note": "note 1: the Baikonur cosmodrome and the surrounding area are leased and administered by Russia until 2050 for approximately $115 million/year; the cosmodrome was originally built by the Soviet Union in the mid-1950s and is the site of the World's first successful satellite launch (Sputnik) in 1957; it is also the largest space launch facility in the World, comprising 15 launch pads for space launch vehicles, four launch pads for testing intercontinental ballistic missiles, more than 10 assembly and test facilities, and other infrastructure 

note 2: in 2018, Kazakhstan and Russia agreed that Kazakhstan would build, maintain, and operate a new space launch facility (Baiterek) at the Baikonur space center (estimated to be ready for operations in 2025)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has an active and ambitious space program that originated with the former Soviet Union; focused on the acquisition and operation of satellites; builds (with foreign assistance) and operates communications, remote sensing (RS), and scientific satellites; building space infrastructure, such as launch and testing facilities, ground stations, and rocket manufacturing; has an astronaut (cosmonaut) program; has relations with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, and the UK; has state-owned and private companies that assist in the development and building of the country’s space program, including satellites, satellite payloads, and associated capabilities; they also work closely with foreign commercial entities (2023)", + "text": "has an active and ambitious space program that originated with the former Soviet Union; focused on the acquisition and operation of satellites; builds (with foreign assistance) and operates communications, remote sensing (RS), and scientific satellites; building space infrastructure, such as launch and testing facilities, ground stations, and rocket manufacturing; has an astronaut (cosmonaut) program; has relations with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, and the UK; has state-owned and private companies that assist in the development and building of the country’s space program, including satellites, satellite payloads, and associated capabilities; they also work closely with foreign commercial entities (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index f14b5a21..478d47ea 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -924,9 +924,6 @@ "text": "11.65% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$237.883 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1172,7 +1169,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "23,864,124 (2021 est.)" + "text": "23.864 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "16 (2021 est.)" @@ -1180,10 +1177,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "250 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "245.267 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "170 (2021 est.)" + "text": "169 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1354,7 +1351,8 @@ "note": "note: Russia’s space strategy is defined jointly by Roscosmos and the Ministry of Defense; prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, the USSR’s space program was dispersed amongst several civil and military organizations" }, "Space launch site(s)": { - "text": "Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan; Russia leases the enclave for approximately $115 million annually); Vostochny Cosmodrome (Amur Oblast; first launch was in 2016); Plesetsk Cosmodrome (Arkhangel'sk Oblast) (2023)" + "text": "Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan); Vostochny Cosmodrome (Amur Oblast); Plesetsk Cosmodrome (Arkhangel'sk Oblast) (2024)", + "note": "note 1: the Baikonur cosmodrome and the surrounding area are leased and administered by Russia until 2050 for approximately $115 million/year; the cosmodrome was originally built by the Soviet Union in the mid-1950s and is the site of the World's first successful satellite launch (Sputnik) in 1957; it is also the largest space launch facility in the World, comprising 15 launch pads for space launch vehicles, four launch pads for testing intercontinental ballistic missiles, more than 10 assembly and test facilities, and other infrastructure 

note 2: in 2018, Kazakhstan and Russia agreed that Kazakhstan would build, maintain, and operate a new space launch facility (Baiterek) at the Baikonur space center (estimated to be ready for operations in 2025)" }, "Space program overview": { "text": "has one of the world’s largest space programs and is active across all areas of the space sector; builds, launches, and operates rockets/space launch vehicles (SLVs), satellites, space stations, interplanetary probes, and manned, robotic, and re-usable spacecraft; has astronaut (cosmonaut) training program and conducts human space flight; researching and developing a broad range of other space-related technologies; participates in international space programs such as the International Space Station (ISS); prior to Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia had relations with dozens of foreign space agencies and commercial entities, including those of China, the European Space Agency (ESA), India, Japan, and the US; Roscosmos and its public subsidiaries comprise the majority of the Russian space industry; Roscosmos has eight operating areas, including manned space flights, launch systems, unmanned spacecraft, rocket propulsion, military missiles, space avionics, special military space systems, and flight control systems; private companies are also involved in a range of space systems, including satellites, telecommunications, remote-sensing, and geo-spatial services (2023)", diff --git a/central-asia/ti.json b/central-asia/ti.json index e5e0830a..80466fb6 100644 --- a/central-asia/ti.json +++ b/central-asia/ti.json @@ -834,9 +834,6 @@ "text": "10.35% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$1.635 billion (2022 est.)" diff --git a/central-asia/tx.json b/central-asia/tx.json index 345ad118..d82c9fe4 100644 --- a/central-asia/tx.json +++ b/central-asia/tx.json @@ -840,9 +840,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "14.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "-$4.359 billion (2017 est.)" @@ -1060,7 +1057,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "801,721 (2021 est.)" + "text": "802,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "13 (2021 est.)" @@ -1068,7 +1065,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,254,681 (2022 est.)" + "text": "6.255 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "99 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/central-asia/uz.json b/central-asia/uz.json index 4b6ace4f..42caffab 100644 --- a/central-asia/uz.json +++ b/central-asia/uz.json @@ -855,9 +855,6 @@ "text": "14.79% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$1.55 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1089,18 +1086,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,685,854 (2022 est.)" + "text": "5.686 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "17 (2021 est.)" + "text": "16 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "35 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "35.69 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "100 (2021 est.)" + "text": "103 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index 1c8e30e2..ce1aeb62 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -882,9 +882,6 @@ "text": "6.02% (of GDP) (2019 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2019": { "text": "$67.72 million (2019 est.)" @@ -1119,18 +1116,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "535,463 (2022 est.)" + "text": "535,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2021 est.)" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "67,930,093 (2021 est.)" + "text": "57.807 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "126 (2021 est.)" + "text": "107 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json index a45368bc..eee0e2cd 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json @@ -776,9 +776,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "18.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$3.264 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1005,18 +1002,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "122,204 (2022 est.)" + "text": "122,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "25 (2021 est.)" + "text": "27 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "603,486 (2021 est.)" + "text": "529,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "136 (2021 est.)" + "text": "118 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json index 869ab6a8..b03a0dad 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json @@ -857,9 +857,6 @@ "text": "16.36% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$7.582 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1094,18 +1091,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "38,284 (2022 est.)" + "text": "38,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "19,899,790 (2021 est.)" + "text": "19.505 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "120 (2021 est.)" + "text": "116 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json index d0d8f451..9801127d 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json @@ -922,9 +922,6 @@ "text": "7.97% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$401.855 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1170,18 +1167,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "179,414,200 (2022 est.)" + "text": "179.414 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13 (2021 est.)" + "text": "13 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.73 billion (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.781 billion (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "122 (2021 est.)" + "text": "125 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json index 803f7fc3..bd69839f 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json @@ -715,9 +715,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "23.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$37.909 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -943,18 +940,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,673,290 (2022 est.)" + "text": "3.673 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "51 (2021 est.)" + "text": "49 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "23,939,650 (2021 est.)" + "text": "21.861 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "319 (2021 est.)" + "text": "292 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index 3a931477..53e04f65 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -905,9 +905,6 @@ "text": "9.09% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$12.67 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1142,18 +1139,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8,423,990 (2022 est.)" + "text": "8.424 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3 (2021 est.)" + "text": "3 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "365,872,608 (2021 est.)" + "text": "316.553 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "134 (2021 est.)" + "text": "115 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1313,13 +1310,13 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN; established 2021); BRIN integrated five previously separate Indonesian institutions, including the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space of Indonesia (Lembaga Penerbangan Dan Antariksa Nasional or LAPAN; established 1964), and nearly 50 governmental research divisions; BRIN is under the Ministry of Research and Technology and manages Indonesia’s space program through the Indonesian Space Agency (INASA; formed 2022) and the Research Organization for Aeronautics and Space (ORPA; formed 2021) (2023)" + "text": "Indonesian Space Agency (INASA; formed 2022); National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN; established 2021); Research Organization for Aeronautics and Space (ORPA; formed 2021)   (2024)" }, "Space launch site(s)": { - "text": "Stasiun Peluncuran Roket rocket launch facility (West Java); building an space launch facility/spaceport on Biak, Papua (estimated completion date is 2025) (2023)" + "text": "Stasiun Peluncuran Roket rocket launch facility (West Java); building a space launch facility/spaceport on Biak, Papua (estimated completion date is 2025) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has had a space program since the 1960s that has focused largely on rocket development and the acquisition and operation of satellites; operates satellites; manufactures remote sensing (RS) satellites; has a sounding (research) rocket program geared towards development of an indigenous orbital satellite launch vehicle (SLV) and independent satellite launch capabilities; researching and developing a range of other space-related technologies and capabilities related to satellite payloads, communications, RS, and astronomy; has relations with several foreign space agencies and industries, including those of France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, and the US (2023)", + "text": "has had a space program since the 1960s that has focused largely on rocket development and the acquisition and operation of satellites; operates satellites; manufactures remote sensing (RS) satellites; has a sounding (research) rocket program geared towards development of an indigenous orbital satellite launch vehicle (SLV) and independent satellite launch capabilities; researching and developing a range of other space-related technologies and capabilities related to satellite payloads, communications, RS, and astronomy; has relations with several foreign space agencies and industries, including those of France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, and the US (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index 96a32ddc..9b5b5d34 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -862,9 +862,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "35.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$90.963 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1111,18 +1108,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "60,720,856 (2022 est.)" + "text": "60.721 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "49 (2021 est.)" + "text": "49 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "200,478,808 (2021 est.)" + "text": "207.648 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "161 (2021 est.)" + "text": "168 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1292,13 +1289,13 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA; established in 2003); JAXA was established from the merger of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan (NAL), and National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA); the military has a space operations squadron under the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to monitor and counter threats to satellites (2023)" + "text": "Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA; established in 2003) (2024)" }, "Space launch site(s)": { - "text": "Tanegashima Space Center/Yoshinobu Launch Complex (Kagoshima), Uchinoura Space Center (Kagoshima), Noshiro Testing Center (Akita) (2023)" + "text": "Tanegashima Space Center/Yoshinobu Launch Complex (Kagoshima), Uchinoura Space Center (Kagoshima), Noshiro Testing Center (Akita) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has one of the world’s largest and most advanced space programs with independent capabilities in all areas of space categories except for autonomous manned space flight; designs, builds, launches, and operates the full spectrum of satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), astronomical observation, scientific, and navigational/positional; designs, builds, and independently launches satellite/space launch vehicles (SLVs) and other spacecraft, including interplanetary and Lunar probes, space station modules and space labs, and space transportation systems; has a wide range of research and development programs, including reusable SLVs, space-based astronomy, spacecraft components, robotics, solar sails, radio waves, and space plasma; has an astronaut training program; participates in international space programs, including the International Space Station (ISS), leading the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum, and co-leading the Global Earth Observation System of Systems; cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Canada, the European Space Agency (ESA) and its individual member states, India, Russia, the UAE, the US, and a range of other countries and space agencies throughout Africa, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific regions; has a substantial commercial space industry that develops an array of space-related capabilities and technologies, including satellites, satellite payloads and subcomponents, and SLVs; in 2018, the Japanese Government announced the establishment of a $950 million venture capital fund to support the development of Japanese space startup companies (2023)", + "text": "has one of the world’s largest and most advanced space programs with independent capabilities in all areas of space categories except for autonomous manned space flight; designs, builds, launches, and operates the full spectrum of satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), astronomical observation, scientific, and navigational/positional; designs, builds, and independently launches satellite/space launch vehicles (SLVs) and other spacecraft, including interplanetary and Lunar probes, space station modules and space labs, and space transportation systems; has a wide range of research and development programs, including reusable SLVs, space-based astronomy, spacecraft components, robotics, solar sails, radio waves, and space plasma; has an astronaut training program; participates in international space programs, including the International Space Station (ISS), leading the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum, and co-leading the Global Earth Observation System of Systems; cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Canada, the European Space Agency (ESA) and its individual member states, India, Russia, the UAE, the US, and a range of other countries and space agencies throughout Africa, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific regions; has a substantial commercial space industry that develops an array of space-related capabilities and technologies, including satellites, satellite payloads and subcomponents, and SLVs; in recent years, the Japanese Government has encouraged and supported the development of space startup companies  (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json index d6243fca..f18ae20c 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json @@ -724,9 +724,6 @@ "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { "text": "-0.4% (of GDP) (2007 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Exports": { "Exports 2018": { "text": "$222 million (2018)" @@ -1068,13 +1065,13 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA; established 2013); predecessor organization, Korean Committee of Space Technology (KCST; established 1980s); State Space Development Bureau; Academy of Defense Science; Ministry of People’s Armed Forces (2023)" + "text": "National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA; established 2013); predecessor organization, Korean Committee of Space Technology (KCST; established 1980s); State Space Development Bureau; Academy of Defense Science; Ministry of People’s Armed Forces (2024)" }, "Space launch site(s)": { - "text": "Sohae Satellite Launching Station (aka Tongch'ang-dong Space Launch Center; North Pyongan province); Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground (North Hamgyong province) (2023)" + "text": "Sohae Satellite Launching Station (aka Tongch'ang-dong Space Launch Center; North Pyongan province); Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground (North Hamgyong province) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "North Korea’s leader has emphasized the development of space capabilities, particularly space launch vehicles (SLVs) and remote sensing (RS) satellites; manufactures small satellites; manufactures and launches rockets/SLVs; note – the SLV program is closely related to North Korea’s development of intercontinental ballistic missiles (2023)", + "text": "North Korea’s leader has emphasized the development of space capabilities, particularly space launch vehicles (SLVs) and remote sensing (RS) satellites; manufactures small satellites; manufactures and launches rockets/SLVs; note – the SLV program is closely related to North Korea’s development of intercontinental ballistic missiles (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index f61050f3..9b16b732 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "strong export-driven East Asian economy; sustainable and social policy leader; foreign aid financier; automotive manufacturing; app-based developer and exporter; global healthcare technology leader; aging workforce; largest semiconductor producer" + "text": "strong export- and technology-oriented East Asian economy; manufacturing led by semiconductor and automotive industries; aging workforce; increased restraint in fiscal policy while maintaining industry support initiatives" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": { @@ -856,9 +856,6 @@ "text": "16.73% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$29.831 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1101,18 +1098,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "22,809,806 (2022 est.)" + "text": "22.81 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "45 (2021 est.)" + "text": "44 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "72,855,492 (2021 est.)" + "text": "76.992 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "141 (2021 est.)" + "text": "149 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1271,13 +1268,14 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI; established 1989); Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Korean Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI; funded by the South Korean Government); KARI works closely with the Agency for Defense Development (ADD), a  national agency for research and development in defense technology established in 1970; established a military space branch in 2022; in 2022, announced plans to form a fully independent space agency for integrated management of both civil and military space programs (2023)" + "text": "Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI; established 1989); Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Korean Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI; funded by the South Korean Government); established a military space branch in 2022  (2023)", + "note": "note: KARI works closely with the Agency for Defense Development (ADD), a national agency for research and development in defense technology established in 1970" }, "Space launch site(s)": { - "text": "Naro Space Center (South Jeolla province) (2023)" + "text": "Naro Space Center (South Jeolla province) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a growing and ambitious space program focused on developing satellites, satellite/space launch vehicles (SLVs), and interplanetary probes; has a national space strategy; manufacturers and operates satellites, including those with communications, remote sensing (RS), scientific, and multipurpose capabilities; manufactures and launches SLVs; developing interplanetary space vehicles, including orbital probes and landers; participates in international space programs and has relations with an array of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Australia, the European Space Agency (ESA) and its member states (particularly France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK), India, Israel, Japan, Peru, Russia, UAE, and especially the US; has a robust commercial space industry that works closely with KARI in the development of satellites and space launch capabilities (2023)", + "text": "has a growing and ambitious space program focused on developing satellites, satellite/space launch vehicles (SLVs), and interplanetary probes; has a national space strategy; manufacturers and operates satellites, including those with communications, remote sensing (RS), scientific, and multipurpose capabilities; manufactures and launches SLVs; developing interplanetary space vehicles, including orbital probes and landers; participates in international space programs and has relations with an array of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Australia, the European Space Agency (ESA) and its member states (particularly France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK), India, Israel, Japan, Peru, Russia, UAE, and especially the US; has a robust and growing commercial space industry that works closely with KARI in the development of satellites and space launch capabilities; the South Korean Government has said it aims to capture 10% of the global space market by 2045 (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json index 9d379dc8..37916369 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json @@ -861,9 +861,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "18.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 October - 30 September" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$10.954 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1089,7 +1086,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,300,195 (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.3 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "18 (2021 est.)" @@ -1097,7 +1094,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,822,973 (2021 est.)" + "text": "4.823 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "65 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json index 90142c8c..cf5d2175 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json @@ -619,9 +619,6 @@ "text": "19.31% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$1.339 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -847,18 +844,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "92,382 (2022 est.)" + "text": "92,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "16 (2021 est.)" + "text": "13 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2.8 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.213 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "410 (2021 est.)" + "text": "175 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json index 51c587b7..a781a463 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json @@ -863,9 +863,6 @@ "text": "16.91% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$2.303 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1088,18 +1085,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "475,290 (2022 est.)" + "text": "475,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12 (2021 est.)" + "text": "14 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,687,304 (2021 est.)" + "text": "4.836 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "140 (2021 est.)" + "text": "142 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1228,15 +1225,6 @@ "text": "the MAF does not face a significant external military threat and focuses instead on counterterrorism, disaster response, and international peacekeeping; the Ground Force is the military’s primary service and is centered on a motorized infantry brigade equipped largely with Soviet-era equipment; it also has a battalion devoted to peacekeeping duties and hosts an annual international peacekeeping exercise known as “Khaan Quest”; Mongolia’s primary military partner is Russia, and in addition to receiving Russian military equipment, the MAF participates in Russia’s large “Vostok” exercise, which is conducted every four years 

Mongolia has been engaged in dialogue and cooperation with NATO since 2005 and is considered by NATO to be a global partner; Mongolia supported the NATO-led Kosovo Force from 2005-2007 and contributed troops to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan from 2009-2014, as well as to the follow-on Resolute Support Mission that provided training, advice, and other assistance to the Afghan security forces (2015-2021) (2023)" } }, - "Space": { - "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC; established 1987; under the Ministry of Infrastructure); Mongolian Space Technology Association (established 2019); Mongolian Communication and Information Technologies Authority (ACTI), Mongolian Digital Development and Communications Ministry (2023)" - }, - "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a space program dating back to the country’s ties to the Soviet Union; modern day program focused on acquiring and manufacturing satellites; operates satellites and jointly builds them with foreign partners; developing capabilities to independently manufacture satellites with communications and remote sensing (RS) payloads; has a national strategy to acquire digital communications satellites and make use of RS satellite imagery data for economic development, environmental monitoring, natural disaster response, security, and weather forecasting; the strategy also includes promoting Mongolia’s domestic space industry and international cooperation in space technologies; has relations or cooperation agreements with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, France, India, Japan, Russia, and the US (2023)", - "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" - } - }, "Transnational Issues": { "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "stateless persons": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json index dd07a5c6..a736e7be 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json @@ -865,9 +865,6 @@ "text": "11.21% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$12.271 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1093,18 +1090,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8,452,900 (2022 est.)" + "text": "8.453 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "25 (2021 est.)" + "text": "25 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "47,201,700 (2021 est.)" + "text": "47.952 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "141 (2021 est.)" + "text": "141 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1266,10 +1263,10 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA); MYSA was established in 2019 through the merging of the National Space Agency (ANGKASA; established 2002) and Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency (MRSA; established 1998); Astronautic Technology Sd Bhd (ATSB; established 1995)  (2023)" + "text": "Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA); MYSA was established in 2019 through the merging of the National Space Agency (ANGKASA; established 2002) and Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency (MRSA; established 1998); Astronautic Technology Sd Bhd (ATSB; established 1995) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a growing space program focused on the areas of remote sensing (RS), communication, and navigational services to support domestic economic sectors; also seeks to promote a domestic space industry; acquires, manufactures, and operates satellites; conducts research in RS capabilities and space sciences such as astronomy, atmospherics, space environment, and weather; has an astronaut training exchange program with Russia and has relations with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of the European Space Agency and some of its individual member states, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea, the UK, and the US (2023)", + "text": "has a growing space program focused on the areas of remote sensing (RS), communication, and navigational services to support domestic economic sectors; also seeks to promote a domestic space industry; acquires, manufactures, and operates satellites; conducts research in RS capabilities and space sciences such as astronomy, atmospherics, space environment, and weather; has an astronaut training exchange program with Russia and has relations with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of the European Space Agency and some of its individual member states, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea, the UK, and the US (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index 71af040b..092af999 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Papua New Guinea (PNG) occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; the western half is part of Indonesia. PNG was first settled between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago. Its harsh geography of mountains, jungles, and numerous river valleys kept many of the arriving groups isolated, giving rise to PNG’s ethnic and linguistic diversity. Around 500 B.C., Austronesian voyagers settled along the coast. Spanish and Portuguese explorers periodically visited the island starting in the 1500s, but none made it into the country’s interior. American and British whaling ships frequented the islands off the coast of New Guinea in the mid-1800s. In 1884, Germany declared a protectorate -- and eventually a colony -- over the northern part of what would become PNG and named it German New Guinea; days later the UK followed suit on the southern part and nearby islands and called it Papua. Most of their focus was on the coastal regions, leaving the highlands largely unexplored.

The UK put its colony under Australian administration in 1902 and formalized the act in 1906. At the outbreak of World War I, Australia occupied German New Guinea and continued to rule it after the war as a League of Nations Mandate. The discovery of gold along the Bulolo River in the 1920s led prospectors to venture into the highlands, where they found about 1 million people living in isolated communities. Japan invaded New Guinea in 1941 and reached Papua the following year. Allied victories during the New Guinea campaign pushed out the Japanese, and after the end of the war, Australia combined the two territories into one administration. Sir Michael SOMARE won elections in 1972 on the promise of achieving independence, which was realized in 1975.

A secessionist movement in Bougainville -- an island off the PNG coast with significant copper and gold resources -- reignited in 1988 with debates about land use, profits, and an influx of outsiders at the Panguna Copper Mine. In 1992, the PNG Government took a hardline stance against the rebels, and the resulting civil war led to about 20,000 deaths. In 1997, the PNG Government hired mercenaries to support its troops in Bougainville, sparking an army mutiny and forcing the prime minister to resign. PNG and Bougainville signed a truce in 1997 and a peace agreement in 2001 that granted Bougainville autonomy. In 2019, an internationally monitored nonbinding referendum resulted in 98% of Bougainville voters opting for independence over greater self-rule. However, the PNG Government and Bougainville officials remain in negotiations about the status of the island.

" + "text": "

Papua New Guinea (PNG) occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; the western half is part of Indonesia. PNG was first settled between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago. Its harsh geography of mountains, jungles, and numerous river valleys kept many of the arriving groups isolated, giving rise to PNG’s ethnic and linguistic diversity. Around 500 B.C., Austronesian voyagers settled along the coast. Spanish and Portuguese explorers periodically visited the island starting in the 1500s, but none made it into the country’s interior. American and British whaling ships frequented the islands off the coast of New Guinea in the mid-1800s. In 1884, Germany declared a protectorate -- and eventually a colony -- over the northern part of what would become PNG and named it German New Guinea; days later the UK followed suit on the southern part and nearby islands and called it Papua. Most of their focus was on the coastal regions, leaving the highlands largely unexplored.

The UK put its colony under Australian administration in 1902 and formalized the act in 1906. At the outbreak of World War I, Australia occupied German New Guinea and continued to rule it after the war as a League of Nations Mandate. The discovery of gold along the Bulolo River in the 1920s led prospectors to venture into the highlands, where they found about 1 million people living in isolated communities. The New Guinea campaign of World War II lasted from January 1942 to the Japanese surrender in August 1945. After the war, Australia combined the two territories and administered PNG as a UN trusteeship. In 1975, PNG gained independence and became a member of the Commonwealth. 

Between 1988-1997, a secessionist movement on the island province of Bougainville, located off the eastern PNG coast, fought the PNG Government, resulting in 15,000-20,000 deaths. In 1997, the PNG Government and Bougainville leaders reached a cease-fire and subsequently signed a peace agreement in 2001. The Autonomous Bougainville Government was formally established in 2005. Bougainvilleans voted in favor of independence in a 2019 non-binding referendum. The Bougainville and PNG governments are in the process of negotiating a roadmap for independence, which requires approval by the PNG parliament. 

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -840,9 +840,6 @@ "text": "11.88% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "$4.499 billion (2021 est.)" @@ -1082,7 +1079,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4.8 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "4.818 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "48 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json index 595bc0ef..90687e9f 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json @@ -887,9 +887,6 @@ "text": "14.62% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$18.116 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1124,18 +1121,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,884,608 (2022 est.)" + "text": "4.885 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4 (2021 est.)" + "text": "4 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "163,345,244 (2021 est.)" + "text": "166.454 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "143 (2021 est.)" + "text": "144 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1252,7 +1249,7 @@ "text": "22" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Batangas City, Cagayan De Oro, Cebu, Manila, San Fernando Harbor, Subic Bay" + "text": "Batangas City, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Manila, San Fernando Harbor, Subic Bay" } } }, @@ -1294,13 +1291,10 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA; established 2019); Philippine Space Council (PSC; established in 2019 as an advisory body responsible for coordinating and integrating policies, programs and resources affecting space science and technology applications); prior to PhilSA’s establishment, the Philippine’s space program was decentralized under several organizations, including the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) (2023)" - }, - "Space launch site(s)": { - "text": "none; reviewing the possibility of establishing a commercial launchpad, possibly in Mindanao given its proximity to the Equator (2023)" + "text": "Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA; established 2019); Philippine Space Council (PSC; established in 2019 as an advisory body responsible for coordinating and integrating policies, programs and resources affecting space science and technology applications) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a small and ambitious space program focused on acquiring satellites and related technologies, largely for the areas of climate studies, national security, and risk management; also prioritizing development of the country’s space expertise and industry; manufactures and operates satellites (mostly micro- and nano-sized), including remote sensing (RS) and scientific/experimental; has relations with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, the European Space Agency and some of its member states, Japan, Russia, and the US (2023)", + "text": "has a small and ambitious space program focused on acquiring satellites and related technologies, largely for the areas of climate studies, national security, and risk management; also prioritizing development of the country’s space expertise and industry; manufactures and operates satellites (mostly micro- and nano-sized), including remote sensing (RS) and scientific/experimental; has relations with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, the European Space Agency and some of its member states, Japan, Russia, and the US (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index 6960fb1b..ea38d0da 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -841,9 +841,6 @@ "text": "13.12% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$90.239 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1069,7 +1066,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,906,200 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.906 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "32 (2022 est.)" @@ -1077,7 +1074,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "9,350,700 (2022 est.)" + "text": "9.351 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "156 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index 732089ee..0b973d42 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -899,9 +899,6 @@ "text": "14.32% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 October - 30 September" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$15.742 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1130,7 +1127,7 @@ "text": "4.368 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "19 (2022 est.)" + "text": "6 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json index 165f6179..6d99d7bf 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

The island of Timor was actively involved in Southeast Asian trading networks for centuries, and by the 14th century exported aromatic sandalwood, slaves, honey, and wax. A number of local chiefdoms ruled the island in the early 16th century when Portuguese traders arrived, chiefly attracted by the relative abundance of sandalwood on Timor; by mid-century, the Portuguese had colonized the island. Skirmishing with the Dutch in the region eventually resulted in an 1859 treaty in which Portugal ceded the western portion of the island. Imperial Japan occupied Portuguese Timor from 1942 to 1945, but Portugal resumed colonial authority after the Japanese defeat in World War II. East Timor declared itself independent from Portugal on 28 November 1975 and was invaded and occupied by Indonesian forces nine days later. It was incorporated into Indonesia in July 1976 as the province of Timor Timur (East Timor or Timor Leste). An unsuccessful campaign of pacification followed over the next two decades, during which an estimated 100,000 to 250,000 people died. In an August 1999 UN-supervised popular referendum, an overwhelming majority of the people of Timor-Leste voted for independence from Indonesia. However, in the next three weeks, anti-independence Timorese militias - organized and supported by the Indonesian military - commenced a large-scale, scorched-earth campaign of retribution. The militias killed approximately 1,400 Timorese and displaced nearly 500,000. Most of the country's infrastructure, including homes, irrigation systems, water supply systems, and schools, and nearly all of the country's electrical grid were destroyed. On 20 September 1999, Australian-led peacekeeping troops deployed to the country and brought the violence to an end. On 20 May 2002, Timor-Leste was internationally recognized as an independent state.

In 2006, internal tensions threatened the new nation's security when a military strike led to violence and a breakdown of law and order. At Dili's request, an Australian-led International Stabilization Force (ISF) deployed to Timor-Leste, and the UN Security Council established the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), which included an authorized police presence of over 1,600 personnel. The ISF and UNMIT restored stability, allowing for presidential and parliamentary elections in 2007 in a largely peaceful atmosphere. In 2008, rebels staged an unsuccessful attack against the president and prime minister. Since the attack, Timor-Leste has made considerable progress in building stability and democratic institutions, holding a series of successful parliamentary and presidential elections since 2012. Nonetheless, weak and unstable political coalitions have led to periodic episodes of political stalemate and crisis in governance. The ISF and UNMIT departed in 2012 but the UN continues to provide assistance on economic development and strengthening governing institutions. Currently, Timor-Leste is one of the world's poorest nations with an economy that relies heavily on energy resources in the Timor Sea.

" + "text": "

The island of Timor was actively involved in Southeast Asian trading networks for centuries, and by the 14th century, it exported sandalwood, slaves, honey, and wax. The sandalwood trade attracted the Portuguese, who arrived in the early 16th century; by mid-century, they had colonized the island, which was previously ruled by local chieftains. In 1859, Portugal ceded the western portion of the island to the Dutch. Imperial Japan occupied Portuguese Timor from 1942 to 1945, but Portugal resumed colonial authority after the Japanese defeat in World War II. The eastern part of Timor declared itself independent from Portugal on 28 November 1975, but Indonesian forces invaded and occupied the area nine days later. It was incorporated into Indonesia in 1976 as the province of Timor Timur (East Timor or Timor Leste). Indonesia conducted an unsuccessful pacification campaign in the province over the next two decades, during which an estimated 100,000 to 250,000 people died.

In a UN-supervised referendum in 1999, an overwhelming majority of the people of Timor-Leste voted for independence from Indonesia. However, anti-independence Timorese militias -- organized and supported by the Indonesian military -- began a large-scale, scorched-earth campaign of retribution. The militias killed approximately 1,400 Timorese and displaced nearly 500,000. Most of the country's infrastructure was destroyed, including homes, irrigation systems, water supply systems, schools, and most of the electrical grid. Australian-led peacekeeping troops eventually deployed to the country and ended the violence. In 2002, Timor-Leste was internationally recognized as an independent state.

In 2006, Australia and the UN had to step in again to stabilize the country, which allowed presidential and parliamentary elections to be conducted in 2007 in a largely peaceful atmosphere. In 2008, rebels staged an unsuccessful attack against the president and prime minister. Since that attack, Timor-Leste has made considerable progress in building stability and democratic institutions, holding a series of successful parliamentary and presidential elections since 2012. Nonetheless, weak and unstable political coalitions have led to periodic episodes of stalemate and crisis. The UN continues to provide assistance on economic development and strengthening governing institutions. Currently, Timor-Leste is one of the world's poorest nations, with an economy that relies heavily on energy resources in the Timor Sea.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -811,9 +811,6 @@ "text": "15.1% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$265.772 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1022,7 +1019,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,840 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" @@ -1030,7 +1027,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,481,007 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.481 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "110 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json index fb06df0b..b6d63af6 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json @@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President TSAI Ing-wen (since 20 May 2016); Vice President LAI Ching-te (since 20 May 2020)" + "text": "President LAI Ching-te (since 19 May 2024)" }, "head of government": { "text": "Premier CHEN Chien-jen (President of the Executive Yuan) (since 31 January 2023); Vice Premier CHENG Wen-tsan (Vice President of the Executive Yuan) (since 31 January 2023)" @@ -682,9 +682,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "16% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2019": { "text": "$65.173 billion (2019 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json index 242ac4dc..894b555b 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json @@ -888,9 +888,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "24.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.074 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1116,18 +1113,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,390,671 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.391 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "140 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "137.412 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "140 (2021 est.)" + "text": "140 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/al.json b/europe/al.json index 15517303..02a835eb 100644 --- a/europe/al.json +++ b/europe/al.json @@ -857,9 +857,6 @@ "text": "18.2% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.117 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1085,18 +1082,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "177,152 (2022 est.)" + "text": "177,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "7 (2021 est.)" + "text": "6 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,635,466 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.782 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "92 (2021 est.)" + "text": "98 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/an.json b/europe/an.json index fdf073a5..cef3ef00 100644 --- a/europe/an.json +++ b/europe/an.json @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Elisenda VIVES BALMANA (since 2 March 2016)" + "text": "Ambassador Elisenda VIVES BALMAÑA (since 2 March 2016)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2 United Nations Plaza, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10017" @@ -706,9 +706,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "69% (of GDP) (2016)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "$467.435 million (2021 est.)" @@ -801,18 +798,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "50,871 (2022 est.)" + "text": "51,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "63 (2021 est.)" + "text": "64 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "89,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "114,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110 (2021 est.)" + "text": "142 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/au.json b/europe/au.json index a9472b46..8dd2bd83 100644 --- a/europe/au.json +++ b/europe/au.json @@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ "text": "
washington-ob@bmeia.gv.at

https://www.austria.org/" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Los Angeles, New York, Washington" + "text": "Los Angeles, New York" }, "consulate(s)": { "text": "Chicago" @@ -869,9 +869,6 @@ "text": "25.84% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.29 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1097,18 +1094,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,544,263 (2022 est.)" + "text": "3.544 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "43 (2021 est.)" + "text": "40 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,882,217 (2021 est.)" + "text": "11.035 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "122 (2021 est.)" + "text": "123 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/be.json b/europe/be.json index 431d5832..71782b70 100644 --- a/europe/be.json +++ b/europe/be.json @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Jean-Arthur REGIBEAU (since 17 September 2020)" + "text": "Ambassador Jean-Arthur RÉGIBEAU (since 17 September 2020)" }, "chancery": { "text": "1430 K Street NW, Washington DC 20005" @@ -857,9 +857,6 @@ "text": "23.1% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$5.304 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1105,18 +1102,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,952,930 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.953 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "28 (2021 est.)" + "text": "25 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,740,118 (2021 est.)" + "text": "11.874 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "101 (2021 est.)" + "text": "102 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index 498105c8..1e51c4fd 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -593,10 +593,10 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 337-1502" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "
consularaffairs@bhembassy; info@bhembassy.org

http://www.bhembassy.org/index.html" + "text": "
info@bhembassy.org

http://www.bhembassy.org/index.html" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Chicago, New York" + "text": "Chicago" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -844,9 +844,6 @@ "text": "19.14% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.065 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1072,18 +1069,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "651,069 (2022 est.)" + "text": "651,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "21 (2021 est.)" + "text": "20 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,728,775 (2021 est.)" + "text": "3.812 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "114 (2021 est.)" + "text": "118 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/bo.json b/europe/bo.json index 6e0c2c36..228c1cc6 100644 --- a/europe/bo.json +++ b/europe/bo.json @@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 986-1805" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "
usa@mfa.gov.by

https://usa.mfa.gov.by/en/" + "text": "
usa@mfa.gov.by

Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the United States of America (mfa.gov.by)" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -858,9 +858,6 @@ "text": "12.83% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$2.517 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1106,18 +1103,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,229,817 (2022 est.)" + "text": "4.23 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "45 (2021 est.)" + "text": "44 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,760,087 (2021 est.)" + "text": "11.771 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "123 (2021 est.)" + "text": "123 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index 81fa0e09..5e8fa291 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -861,9 +861,6 @@ "text": "20.63% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$591.65 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1115,18 +1112,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "691,270 (2022 est.)" + "text": "691,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11 (2021 est.)" + "text": "10 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,902,756 (2021 est.)" + "text": "7.964 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "115 (2021 est.)" + "text": "117 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/cy.json b/europe/cy.json index d9769f83..10bd5f72 100644 --- a/europe/cy.json +++ b/europe/cy.json @@ -860,9 +860,6 @@ "text": "23.23% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$2.357 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1089,7 +1086,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "297,382 (2022 est.)" + "text": "297,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "34 (2021 est.)" @@ -1097,7 +1094,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,320,794 (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.392 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "149 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index af296403..dc8d9fb6 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -857,9 +857,6 @@ "text": "34.81% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$53.067 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1085,18 +1082,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "711,500 (2022 est.)" + "text": "712,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12 (2021 est.)" + "text": "12 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,287,875 (2021 est.)" + "text": "7.444 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "124 (2021 est.)" + "text": "127 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/ee.json b/europe/ee.json index 31c90f0b..3f8251f3 100644 --- a/europe/ee.json +++ b/europe/ee.json @@ -575,9 +575,6 @@ "text": "19.8% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "$404.9 billion (2017 est.)" @@ -692,18 +689,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "155,004,603 (2022 est.)" + "text": "155.005 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "36 (2020 est.)" + "text": "36 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "540,557,924 (2020 est.)" + "text": "552.316 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "121 (2020 est.)" + "text": "124 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/ei.json b/europe/ei.json index 7004b0a6..72aa9287 100644 --- a/europe/ei.json +++ b/europe/ei.json @@ -842,9 +842,6 @@ "text": "17.16% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$57.807 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1070,18 +1067,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,497,863 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.498 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "32 (2021 est.)" + "text": "30 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,373,865 (2021 est.)" + "text": "5.69 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "108 (2021 est.)" + "text": "113 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index 7fa7c75b..80481a92 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -858,9 +858,6 @@ "text": "21.42% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.231 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1086,18 +1083,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "265,944 (2022 est.)" + "text": "266,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "22 (2021 est.)" + "text": "20 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,980,838 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.056 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "149 (2021 est.)" + "text": "155 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index 125d15c8..117f89b3 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -854,9 +854,6 @@ "text": "13.36% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$17.366 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1102,18 +1099,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,214,380 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.214 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12 (2021 est.)" + "text": "12 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "13,129,905 (2021 est.)" + "text": "13.475 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "125 (2021 est.)" + "text": "128 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index 18ec367b..ed7c29a3 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -870,9 +870,6 @@ "text": "20.65% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$7.318 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1121,15 +1118,15 @@ "text": "186,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4 (2021 est.)" + "text": "3 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7.15 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "7.13 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "129 (2021 est.)" + "text": "129 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/fo.json b/europe/fo.json index 4d396330..7032e211 100644 --- a/europe/fo.json +++ b/europe/fo.json @@ -622,9 +622,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "30.2% (of GDP) (2014 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Exports": { "Exports 2022": { "text": "$2.219 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -822,7 +819,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "15,341 (2021 est.)" + "text": "15,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "29 (2021 est.)" @@ -833,7 +830,7 @@ "text": "59,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110 (2021 est.)" + "text": "112 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index 2d110d10..7bfcd05e 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -904,9 +904,6 @@ "text": "23.96% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$56.672 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1155,15 +1152,15 @@ "text": "37.74 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "59 (2021 est.)" + "text": "58 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "73 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "76.807 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110 (2021 est.)" + "text": "119 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/gi.json b/europe/gi.json index 46f4341b..482ec949 100644 --- a/europe/gi.json +++ b/europe/gi.json @@ -530,9 +530,6 @@ "text": "8.4% of GDP (2006 est.)" } }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Exports": { "Exports 2014": { "text": "$202.3 million (2014 est.)" @@ -713,18 +710,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "17,155 (2022 est.)" + "text": "17,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "53 (2021 est.)" + "text": "53 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "34,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "37,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "100 (2021 est.)" + "text": "112 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/gk.json b/europe/gk.json index 9d6bb620..2026178c 100644 --- a/europe/gk.json +++ b/europe/gk.json @@ -521,9 +521,6 @@ "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { "text": "1.2% (of GDP) (2005)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Exports - partners": { "text": "almost entirely United Kingdom (2022)" }, diff --git a/europe/gm.json b/europe/gm.json index febd291b..0763a127 100644 --- a/europe/gm.json +++ b/europe/gm.json @@ -883,9 +883,6 @@ "text": "11.18% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$172.459 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1135,15 +1132,15 @@ "text": "38.58 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "46 (2021 est.)" + "text": "46 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "106.4 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "104.4 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "128 (2021 est.)" + "text": "125 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index 6c938543..f33f53dd 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -861,9 +861,6 @@ "text": "25.37% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$22.623 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1089,18 +1086,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,907,123 (2022 est.)" + "text": "4.907 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "47 (2021 est.)" + "text": "47 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,494,008 (2021 est.)" + "text": "11.326 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110 (2021 est.)" + "text": "109 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1251,10 +1248,10 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Hellenic Space Center (HSC; aka Hellenic Space Agency; established 2018) (2023)" + "text": "Hellenic Space Center (HSC; aka Hellenic Space Agency; established 2018) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a relatively new and growing space program focused on building and operating satellites; also researches and develops technologies in a variety of other space sectors, including such areas as remote sensing (RS), telecommunications, defense, environmental studies, and agricultural development; as a member of the European Space Agency (ESA), it contributes to, participates in, and benefits from ESA capabilities and programs; cooperates with space agencies and commercial space sectors of ESA and EU member states, as well as the US; has a robust commercial space sector that researches, develops, and produces a variety of space technologies and capabilities, including satellite components, electronics, sensors, and communications (2023)", + "text": "has a relatively new and growing space program focused on building and operating satellites; also researches and develops technologies in a variety of other space sectors, including such areas as remote sensing (RS), telecommunications, defense, environmental studies, and agricultural development; has a national space strategy; as a member of the European Space Agency (ESA), it contributes to, participates in, and benefits from ESA capabilities and programs; cooperates with space agencies and commercial space sectors of ESA and EU member states, as well as the US; has a robust commercial space sector that researches, develops, and produces a variety of space technologies and capabilities, including satellite components, electronics, sensors, and communications (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/europe/hr.json b/europe/hr.json index 5a7baa76..cfe5efa5 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -878,9 +878,6 @@ "text": "20.13% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.464 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1107,18 +1104,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,234,915 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.235 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "31 (2021 est.)" + "text": "31 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,402,213 (2021 est.)" + "text": "4.48 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "108 (2021 est.)" + "text": "111 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/hu.json b/europe/hu.json index a6d87083..6f493b01 100644 --- a/europe/hu.json +++ b/europe/hu.json @@ -876,9 +876,6 @@ "text": "21.49% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$14.24 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1124,18 +1121,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,845,376 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.845 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "30 (2021 est.)" + "text": "29 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,248,653 (2021 est.)" + "text": "10.372 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "106 (2021 est.)" + "text": "104 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1260,10 +1257,10 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Hungarian Space Office (HSO; established 1992) (2023)" + "text": "Hungarian Space Office (HSO; established 1992) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a history of involvement in space activities going back to the Soviet era; growing a modern space program focused on acquiring satellites and contributing to the European Space Agency (ESA); has a national space strategy; builds and operates satellites; researches and develops space technologies, including communications, navigation, and subsystems for satellites; has an astronaut corps; in addition to being an ESA member and cooperating with individual ESA and EU member states, particularly France, has relations with a variety of other foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Brazil, Israel, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, the UAE, and the US; national space strategy included the goals of fostering innovation and increasing Hungary’s competitiveness in the commercial space sector (2023)", + "text": "has a history of involvement in space activities going back to the Soviet era; growing a modern space program focused on acquiring satellites and contributing to the European Space Agency (ESA); has a national space strategy; builds and operates satellites; researches and develops space technologies, including communications, navigation, and subsystems for satellites; has an astronaut corps; in addition to being an ESA member and cooperating with individual ESA and EU member states, particularly France, has relations with a variety of other foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Brazil, Israel, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, the UAE, and the US; national space strategy included the goals of fostering innovation and increasing Hungary’s competitiveness in the commercial space sector (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/europe/ic.json b/europe/ic.json index 3051545b..0202557d 100644 --- a/europe/ic.json +++ b/europe/ic.json @@ -834,9 +834,6 @@ "text": "23.03% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$577.122 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1057,18 +1054,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "93,048 (2022 est.)" + "text": "93,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "27 (2021 est.)" + "text": "25 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "437,270 (2021 est.)" + "text": "457,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "118 (2021 est.)" + "text": "123 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index a1115831..0d789187 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "core EU economy; strong services, manufacturing, and tourism sectors; hard hit by COVID-19 disruptions but starting to recover; large EU exporter but data skews due to inflated port entry valuation; corruption somewhat stymies foreign direct investment" + "text": "core EU economy; strong services, manufacturing, and tourism sectors; sustained recovery in post-COVID inflationary environment; high public debt levels; increasing poverty levels particularly in poorer south; strong exports to EU and US partners" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": { @@ -862,9 +862,6 @@ "text": "24.93% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$30.222 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1110,18 +1107,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "19,982,393 (2022 est.)" + "text": "19.982 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "34 (2021 est.)" + "text": "34 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "78,114,933 (2021 est.)" + "text": "78.503 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "132 (2021 est.)" + "text": "133 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1230,7 +1227,7 @@ "text": "33" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Brindisi, Civitavecchia, Genova, Gioia Tauro, La Spezia, Livorno, Messina, Napoli, Porto Di Lido-Venezia, Siracusa, Taranto, Trieste" + "text": "Brindisi, Civitavecchia, Genova, Gioia Tauro, La Spezia, Livorno, Messina, Napoli, Porto di Lido-Venezia, Siracusa, Taranto, Trieste" } } }, @@ -1276,13 +1273,13 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Italian Space Agency (ISA; established 1988); Joint Space Operations Command (Comando Interforze delle Operazioni Spaziali or COS; established 2020) (2023)" + "text": "Italian Space Agency (L’Agenzia Spaziale Italiana or ASI; established 1988); Joint Space Operations Command (Comando Interforze delle Operazioni Spaziali or COS; established 2020) (2024)" }, "Space launch site(s)": { - "text": "the Broglio (aka San Marco, Malindi) Space Center, located near Malindi, Kenya, served from 1967 to 1988 as an Italian and international satellite launch facility; in 2020, Kenya concluded a new deal with Italy to conduct rocket launches from the site again in the future; in 2018, the Italian Government designated the Taranto-Grottaglie Airport as a future spaceport and signed framework agreements with commercial space companies that could lead to suborbital and orbital launches from what would be called the Grottaglie Spaceport (2023)" + "text": "the Broglio (aka San Marco, Malindi) Space Center, located near Malindi, Kenya, served from 1967 to 1988 as an Italian and international satellite launch facility; in 2020, Kenya concluded a new deal with Italy to conduct rocket launches from the site again in the future; in 2018, the Italian Government designated the Taranto-Grottaglie Airport as a future spaceport and signed framework agreements with commercial space companies that could lead to suborbital and orbital launches from what would be called the Grottaglie Spaceport (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has one of the largest space programs in Europe; is a key member of the European Space Agency (ESA) and one of its largest contributors; designs, builds, launches, and operates communications, remote sensing (RS), and scientific satellites; designs and manufacturers sounding (research) rockets and orbital satellite launch vehicles (SLVs); hosts the ESA Center for Earth Observation; has astronaut cadre in the ESA astronaut corps; researches, develops, and builds a range of other space-related technologies and participates in a wide array of international programs with astronauts, cargo containers, construction, expertise, modules, scientific experiments, and technology; outside of the ESA/EU and their individual member states, has cooperated with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, the UAE, and the US; participates in international space projects such as the International Space Station (ISS); has a considerable commercial space industrial sector with more than 200 companies encompassing a wide range of capabilities, including manufacturing satellites, satellite payloads, launch vehicles, propulsion systems, cargo containers, and their sub-components (2023)", + "text": "has one of the largest space programs in Europe; is a key member of the European Space Agency (ESA) and one of its largest contributors; designs, builds, launches, and operates communications, remote sensing (RS), and scientific satellites; designs and manufacturers sounding (research) rockets and orbital satellite launch vehicles (SLVs); hosts the ESA Center for Earth Observation; has astronaut cadre in the ESA astronaut corps; researches, develops, and builds a range of other space-related technologies and participates in a wide array of international programs with astronauts, cargo containers, construction, expertise, modules, scientific experiments, and technology; outside of the ESA/EU and their individual member states, has cooperated with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, the UAE, and the US; participates in international space projects such as the International Space Station (ISS); has a considerable commercial space industrial sector encompassing a wide range of capabilities, including manufacturing satellites, satellite payloads, launch vehicles, propulsion systems, cargo containers, and their sub-components (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index c84ea2f0..e7767a6d 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -851,9 +851,6 @@ "text": "21.92% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.937 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1079,18 +1076,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "173,993 (2022 est.)" + "text": "174,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "10 (2021 est.)" + "text": "9 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,161,725 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.167 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "115 (2021 est.)" + "text": "117 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index aaaba22f..0d10f219 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -864,9 +864,6 @@ "text": "21.27% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$3.874 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1112,18 +1109,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "249,573 (2022 est.)" + "text": "250,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "10 (2021 est.)" + "text": "9 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,726,653 (2021 est.)" + "text": "3.826 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "134 (2021 est.)" + "text": "139 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1268,15 +1265,6 @@ "text": "the Lithuanian Armed Forces are responsible for the defense of the country’s interests, sovereignty, and territory, fulfilling Lithuania’s commitments to NATO and European security, and contributing to UN international peacekeeping efforts; Russia is Lithuania’s primary security focus, which has only increased since the Russian seizure of Crimea in 2014 and subsequent full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022; Lithuania has been a member of NATO since 2004 and is reliant on the Alliance as the country’s security guarantor; it is actively engaged in both NATO and EU security, as well as bilaterally with allies such as the other Baltic States, Germany, Poland, the UK, Ukraine, and the US; the Lithuanian military has participated in NATO and EU missions abroad and regularly conducts training and exercises with NATO and EU partner forces; it hosts NATO forces, is a member of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, and contributes troops to a multinational brigade with Poland and Ukraine; Lithuania participated in its first UN peacekeeping mission in 1994

the Land Forces form the backbone of the country’s defense force; the active Land Forces comprise a mechanized infantry brigade and a motorized infantry brigade; they are supplemented by the part-time National Defense Volunteer Forces, which are organized into six district-based territorial units; since 2017, Lithuania has hosted a German-led multinational NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative

Lithuania has no combat aircraft but has a ground air defense unit, and NATO has provided air protection for Lithuania since 2004 through its Baltic Air Policing mission; NATO member countries that possess air combat capabilities voluntarily contribute to the mission on four-month rotations; NATO fighter aircraft are hosted at Lithuania’s Šiauliai Air Base; Lithuania’s Naval Forces have small patrol vessel and mine warfare squadrons; the Special Operations Forces have air, ground, and naval units for missions such as counterterrorism, direct action, hostage rescue, military assistance, and reconnaissance (2024)" } }, - "Space": { - "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Lithuanian Space Office (established 2019; operates under the Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology and focuses on developing links between Lithuanian space business, science, and public sectors, as well as the international space community); Lithuanian Space Association (established 2009; is an association of public and state-funded scientific and technology research institutes and private businesses behind much of Lithuania’s space program, including satellite development and ties to international space programs) (2023)" - }, - "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a small but growing space program; operates satellites; manufactures small satellites; conducts research and development of other space-related capabilities, including in propulsion system components, infrared-based technologies, remote sensing applications, opto-electronics, and radio frequency systems, as well as those related to astronomy (has one of the oldest observatories in Europe located in Vilnius) and space applications for life and physical sciences; participates in international space programs; associate member of the European Space Agency (ESA); has cooperated with space agencies and industries of China, India, Russia, Ukraine, and the US, as well as individual ESA/EU member states; has a small commercial space sector that participates in space supply chains and small satellite production (2023)", - "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" - } - }, "Transnational Issues": { "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index c13229fa..b9672933 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -855,9 +855,6 @@ "text": "19.3% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$8.452 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1103,7 +1100,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "540,558 (2022 est.)" + "text": "541,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "10 (2022 est.)" @@ -1111,7 +1108,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,445,151 (2022 est.)" + "text": "7.445 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "132 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/europe/ls.json b/europe/ls.json index 892031a4..6828a29c 100644 --- a/europe/ls.json +++ b/europe/ls.json @@ -658,9 +658,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "14.9% (of GDP) (2012 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Exports": { "Exports 2015": { "text": "$3.217 billion (2015 est.)" @@ -719,18 +716,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,980 (2022 est.)" + "text": "11,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "30 (2021 est.)" + "text": "28 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "49,264 (2021 est.)" + "text": "50,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "126 (2021 est.)" + "text": "126 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/lu.json b/europe/lu.json index 17e0395b..c1b7b227 100644 --- a/europe/lu.json +++ b/europe/lu.json @@ -829,9 +829,6 @@ "text": "26.11% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$6.168 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1192,10 +1189,10 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA; established 2018) (2023)" + "text": "the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA; established 2018) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "aims to be the commercial space hub for Europe; LSA established largely to develop space policy, encourage and coordinate commercial space ventures, support space education, and to promote the country’s space-related capabilities internationally; has set up policy and funding initiatives aimed at encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship and attracting space-based industries; focused on developing commercial satellites and infrastructure (Luxembourg is home to some of the largest commercial satellite companies in the world), as well as other space sector capabilities and technologies, such as autonomous vehicles, robotics, remote sensing (RS), communications, and software; member of the European Space Agency (ESA), participates in ESA programs, and cooperates with individual ESA and EU member states; also has relations with other foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Canada, China, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the UAE, and the US (2023)", + "text": "aims to be the commercial space hub for Europe; LSA established largely to develop space policy, encourage and coordinate commercial space ventures, support space education, and to promote the country’s space-related capabilities internationally; has a national space strategy; has set up policy and funding initiatives (such as LuxIMPULSE) aimed at encouraging space research, development, innovation, and entrepreneurship and attracting space-based industries; focused on developing commercial satellites and infrastructure (Luxembourg is home to some of the largest commercial satellite companies in the world), as well as other space sector capabilities and technologies, such as autonomous vehicles, robotics, remote sensing (RS), communications, and software; member of the European Space Agency (ESA), participates in ESA programs, and cooperates with individual ESA and EU member states; also has relations with other foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Canada, China, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the UAE, and the US (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/europe/md.json b/europe/md.json index 8a0d1260..045d1829 100644 --- a/europe/md.json +++ b/europe/md.json @@ -835,9 +835,6 @@ "text": "18.94% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$2.482 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1063,18 +1060,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "951,138 (2022 est.)" + "text": "951,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "33 (2021 est.)" + "text": "29 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,900,179 (2021 est.)" + "text": "4.17 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "127 (2021 est.)" + "text": "127 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/mj.json b/europe/mj.json index 7f375ecd..4c34befb 100644 --- a/europe/mj.json +++ b/europe/mj.json @@ -873,9 +873,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "37.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$817.858 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1108,18 +1105,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "190,595 (2022 est.)" + "text": "191,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "30 (2021 est.)" + "text": "30 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,120,074 (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.274 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "178 (2021 est.)" + "text": "203 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index 67a11de1..753ef109 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -787,10 +787,10 @@ }, "Average household expenditures": { "on food": { - "text": "30.8% of household expenditures (2018 est.)" + "text": "33.3% of household expenditures (2021 est.)" }, "on alcohol and tobacco": { - "text": "7.3% of household expenditures (2018 est.)" + "text": "5.9% of household expenditures (2021 est.)" } }, "Household income or consumption by percentage share": { @@ -838,9 +838,6 @@ "text": "17.39% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$864.777 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1066,18 +1063,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "436,182 (2022 est.)" + "text": "436,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "20 (2021 est.)" + "text": "21 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,941,352 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.048 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "92 (2021 est.)" + "text": "98 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/mn.json b/europe/mn.json index 9a6a3e49..4f117108 100644 --- a/europe/mn.json +++ b/europe/mn.json @@ -646,9 +646,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "14.9% (of GDP) (2011 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Exports": { "Exports 2017": { "text": "$964.6 million (2017 est.)" @@ -714,18 +711,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "44,649 (2022 est.)" + "text": "45,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "117 (2021 est.)" + "text": "122 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "36,255 (2021 est.)" + "text": "39,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "99 (2021 est.)" + "text": "107 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/mt.json b/europe/mt.json index 1fd26bbb..e526d45e 100644 --- a/europe/mt.json +++ b/europe/mt.json @@ -820,9 +820,6 @@ "text": "23.77% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.02 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1192,15 +1189,6 @@ "text": "the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) are responsible for external security but also have some domestic security responsibilities; the AFM’s primary roles include maintaining the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, monitoring and policing its territorial waters, participating in overseas peacekeeping and stability operations, and providing search and rescue and explosive ordnance disposal capabilities; secondary missions include assisting civil authorities during emergencies, supporting the police and other security services, and providing ceremonial and other public support duties; the AFM has a joint force headquarters with five subordinate units—three land regiments, an air wing, and a maritime squadron; the air wing does not have any fighter aircraft but has both fixed and rotary wing aircraft for such tasks as maritime law enforcement and surveillance, reconnaissance, search and rescue, and transport; the maritime squadron is outfitted with both offshore patrol vessels and inshore patrol boats, and includes a small marine force element for maritime law enforcement and boarding operations, as well as a small land component tasked with defending the territorial integrity of the island of Gozo and providing military assistance to the Malta Police Force and other government departments

Malta maintains a security policy of neutrality but contributes to EU and UN military missions and joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1995 (suspended in 1996, but reactivated in 2008); it also participates in various bilateral and multinational military exercises; Malta cooperates closely with Italy on defense matters; in 1973, Italy established a military mission in Malta to provide advice, training, and search and rescue assistance (2023)" } }, - "Space": { - "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST; established in 1988 by the Maltese Government as a public body to provide advice and coordinate on science, technology, and space-related issues) (2023)" - }, - "Space program overview": { - "text": "the MSCT was originally established by the Maltese Government to provide advice on science and technology policy; its mission has since expanded to building relationships with foreign space agencies, the Maltese Government, industry, and the educational sector with the aim of exploring the use and sharing of space-related applications; the MCST acts for and on behalf of the Foundation for Science and Technology; it has established relationships with the European Space Agency (ESA), the French Space Agency (CNES), the Italian Space Agency (ASI), and Eurisy, a Paris-based, non-profit association that brings together space agencies, international organizations, research institutions, and private businesses involved or interested in space-related activities across Europe (2023)", - "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" - } - }, "Transnational Issues": { "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "stateless persons": { diff --git a/europe/nl.json b/europe/nl.json index 5bbd5d55..681157a3 100644 --- a/europe/nl.json +++ b/europe/nl.json @@ -867,9 +867,6 @@ "text": "24.35% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$93.836 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1278,10 +1275,10 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Netherlands Space Office (NSO; established 2009); Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON; advises NSO on scientific space research; established 1983) (2023)" + "text": "Netherlands Space Office (NSO; established 2009); Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON; advises NSO on scientific space research; established 1983) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has an active space program focused on the added value of space on science, the economy, and society, as well as the development of cutting edge space technologies and services based on satellite data; builds and operates satellites; researches and develops technologies related to astrophysics, telecommunications, remote sensing (RS), propulsion systems, atmospheric measuring instruments (such as spectrometers), planetary/exoplanetary research, and robotics; active member of the European Space Agency (ESA) and participates in the construction of ESA satellite launch vehicles (Arienne and VEGA) and in the ESA astronaut training program; participates in international space programs and with other foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Japan, the US, and members of the EU; has a robust commercial space sector tied in to the larger European space economy (2023)", + "text": "has an active space program focused on the added value of space on science, the economy, and society, as well as the development of cutting edge space technologies and services based on satellite data; builds and operates satellites; researches and develops technologies related to astrophysics, telecommunications, remote sensing (RS), propulsion systems, atmospheric measuring instruments (such as spectrometers), planetary/exoplanetary research, and robotics; active member of the European Space Agency (ESA) and participates in the construction of ESA satellite launch vehicles (Arienne and VEGA) and in the ESA astronaut training program; participates in international space programs and with other foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Japan, the US, and members of the EU; has a robust commercial space sector tied in to the larger European space economy (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/europe/no.json b/europe/no.json index 32552964..0d1956b6 100644 --- a/europe/no.json +++ b/europe/no.json @@ -856,9 +856,6 @@ "text": "25.08% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$174.555 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1085,18 +1082,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "140,033 (2022 est.)" + "text": "140,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "7 (2021 est.)" + "text": "3 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5.8 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "6.015 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110 (2021 est.)" + "text": "111 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1244,13 +1241,13 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA, aka Norsk Romsenter; established 1987) (2023)" + "text": "the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA, aka Norsk Romsenter; established 1987) (2024)" }, "Space launch site(s)": { - "text": "Andøya Space Center (Andøya Island; note - first operational spaceport in continental Europe) (2023)" + "text": "Andøya Space Center (Andøya Island; note - first operational spaceport in continental Europe) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a broad and active space program coordinated with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the EU; jointly designs and builds satellites with foreign partners, including communications, remote sensing (RS), scientific, and navigational/positional; operates satellites; develops and launches sounding rockets; researches and produces a range of other space-related technologies, including satellite/space launch vehicle (SLV) and space station components, telescopes, and robotics; conducts solar and telecommunications research; participates in international space programs, such as the International Space Station; hosts training for Mars landing missions on the island of Svalbard; active member of the ESA and cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Canada, ESA/EU member states, Japan, Russia, and the US; has an active and advanced space industry that cooperates with both the NOSA and foreign space programs and produces a variety of space-related products, from terminals for satellite communications and technologies for RS satellites to sensors for gamma radiation in deep space (2023)", + "text": "has a broad and active space program coordinated with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the EU; jointly designs and builds satellites with foreign partners, including communications, remote sensing (RS), scientific, and navigational/positional; operates satellites; develops and launches sounding rockets; researches and produces a range of other space-related technologies, including satellite/space launch vehicle (SLV) and space station components, telescopes, and robotics; conducts solar and telecommunications research; participates in international space programs, such as the International Space Station; hosts training for Mars landing missions on the island of Svalbard; active member of the ESA and cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Canada, ESA/EU member states, Japan, Russia, and the US; has an active and advanced space industry that cooperates with both the NOSA and foreign space programs and produces a variety of space-related products, from terminals for satellite communications and technologies for RS satellites to sensors for gamma radiation in deep space (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/europe/pl.json b/europe/pl.json index f9d28ea9..adb94a1e 100644 --- a/europe/pl.json +++ b/europe/pl.json @@ -882,9 +882,6 @@ "text": "19.15% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$16.697 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1110,18 +1107,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,277,054 (2022 est.)" + "text": "5.277 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "14 (2021 est.)" + "text": "13 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "50,588,785 (2021 est.)" + "text": "52.589 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "132 (2021 est.)" + "text": "132 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1273,10 +1270,10 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Polish Space Agency (POLSA; established 2014; operational in 2015); Space Research Center (SRC, interdisciplinary research institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences that acted as Poland’s space agency until POLSA was established in 1977) (2023)" + "text": "Polish Space Agency (POLSA; established 2014; operational in 2015); Space Research Center (SRC, interdisciplinary research institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences that acted as Poland’s space agency until POLSA was established in 1977) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "space program is integrated within the framework of the European Space Agency (ESA); builds satellites, including nano/cube remote sensing (RS) and educational/scientific/technology satellites; researches and develops communications, RS, navigational, and other scientific applications for satellite payloads; creating infrastructure for receiving, storing, processing and distributing data from meteorological and environmental satellites; researches and develops other space-related technologies, including sensors and robotic probes for interplanetary landers, and launcher systems; participates in international space programs and cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Brazil, Canada, China, ESA/EU member states (particularly France, Germany, Italy), India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine, UK, and the US; has a growing commercial space sector with more than 300 active enterprises (2023)", + "text": "space program is integrated within the framework of the European Space Agency (ESA); builds satellites, including nano/cube remote sensing (RS) and educational/scientific/technology satellites; researches and develops communications, RS, navigational, and other scientific applications for satellite payloads; creating infrastructure for receiving, storing, processing and distributing data from meteorological and environmental satellites; researches and develops other space-related technologies, including sensors and robotic probes for interplanetary landers, and launcher systems; participates in international space programs and cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Brazil, Canada, China, ESA/EU member states (particularly France, Germany, Italy), India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine, UK, and the US; has a growing commercial space sector with more than 300 active enterprises (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/europe/po.json b/europe/po.json index 9743d37c..6b45979f 100644 --- a/europe/po.json +++ b/europe/po.json @@ -859,9 +859,6 @@ "text": "22.01% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$3.108 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1087,18 +1084,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,437,049 (2022 est.)" + "text": "5.437 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "52 (2021 est.)" + "text": "53 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12,476,165 (2021 est.)" + "text": "12.792 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "121 (2021 est.)" + "text": "125 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/ri.json b/europe/ri.json index 80efe70a..27e78195 100644 --- a/europe/ri.json +++ b/europe/ri.json @@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,538,727 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.539 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "37 (2021 est.)" @@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8,621,147 (2022 est.)" + "text": "8.621 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "124 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/europe/ro.json b/europe/ro.json index 28902525..fedd5bef 100644 --- a/europe/ro.json +++ b/europe/ro.json @@ -873,9 +873,6 @@ "text": "14.96% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$27.326 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1124,15 +1121,15 @@ "text": "2.222 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13 (2021 est.)" + "text": "11 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "22.929 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "23.219 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "119 (2021 est.)" + "text": "118 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/si.json b/europe/si.json index 38c5e18a..293f010f 100644 --- a/europe/si.json +++ b/europe/si.json @@ -849,9 +849,6 @@ "text": "18.27% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$617.374 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1097,7 +1094,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "675,823 (2022 est.)" + "text": "676,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "32 (2022 est.)" @@ -1105,7 +1102,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,674,900 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.675 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "126 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/europe/sm.json b/europe/sm.json index f69fdaf5..07266fa5 100644 --- a/europe/sm.json +++ b/europe/sm.json @@ -717,9 +717,6 @@ "text": "17.3% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "$0 (2017 est.)" diff --git a/europe/sp.json b/europe/sp.json index 1f7a2a3e..c758c6de 100644 --- a/europe/sp.json +++ b/europe/sp.json @@ -873,9 +873,6 @@ "text": "15.03% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$8.095 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1121,7 +1118,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "18,687,040 (2022 est.)" + "text": "18.687 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "39 (2022 est.)" @@ -1129,7 +1126,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "59,019,998 (2022 est.)" + "text": "59.02 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "124 (2022 est.)" @@ -1240,7 +1237,7 @@ "text": "13" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Alicante, Barcelona, Cadiz, Ceuta, Ferrol, Huelva, Las Palmas, Malaga, Palma De Mallorca, Puerto De Bilbao, Puerto De Pasajes, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Santander, Sevilla, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo" + "text": "Alicante, Barcelona, Cadiz, Ceuta, Ferrol, Huelva, Las Palmas, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Puerto de Bilbao, Puerto de Pasajes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santander, Sevilla, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo" } } }, diff --git a/europe/sw.json b/europe/sw.json index f403cf92..67aedbf7 100644 --- a/europe/sw.json +++ b/europe/sw.json @@ -863,9 +863,6 @@ "text": "27.21% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$28.491 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1111,7 +1108,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,261,073 (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.261 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "12 (2021 est.)" @@ -1119,7 +1116,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "13,194,189 (2022 est.)" + "text": "13.194 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "125 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/europe/sz.json b/europe/sz.json index 470285a6..251d00b8 100644 --- a/europe/sz.json +++ b/europe/sz.json @@ -865,9 +865,6 @@ "text": "10.09% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$81.231 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1113,7 +1110,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,918,500 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.919 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "33 (2022 est.)" @@ -1121,7 +1118,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,450,200 (2022 est.)" + "text": "10.45 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "120 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/europe/uk.json b/europe/uk.json index 67910807..620af68c 100644 --- a/europe/uk.json +++ b/europe/uk.json @@ -863,9 +863,6 @@ "text": "26.22% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "6 April - 5 April" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$101.738 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1114,15 +1111,15 @@ "text": "29.798 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "48 (2021 est.)" + "text": "44 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "80 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "81.564 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "120 (2021 est.)" + "text": "121 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1234,7 +1231,7 @@ "text": "67" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Aberdeen, Barrow In Furness, Barry, Belfast, Blyth, Bristol, Cardiff, Dundee, Falmouth Harbour, Glasgow, Greenock, Grimsby, Immingham, Kingston Upon Hull, Leith, Lerwick, Liverpool, London, Londonderry, Lyness, Manchester, Milford Haven, Newport, Peterhead, Plymouth, Portland Harbour, Portsmouth Harbour, Southampton, Sunderland, Teesport, Tynemouth" + "text": "Aberdeen, Barrow-in-Furness, Barry, Belfast, Blyth, Bristol, Cardiff, Dundee, Falmouth Harbour, Glasgow, Greenock, Grimsby, Immingham, Kingston-upon-Hull, Leith, Lerwick, Liverpool, London, Londonderry, Lyness, Manchester, Milford Haven, Newport, Peterhead, Plymouth, Portland Harbour, Portsmouth Harbour, Southampton, Sunderland, Teesport, Tynemouth" } }, "Transportation - note": { diff --git a/europe/up.json b/europe/up.json index 11cb05d7..33428b96 100644 --- a/europe/up.json +++ b/europe/up.json @@ -873,9 +873,6 @@ "text": "16.85% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$7.972 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1120,7 +1117,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,739,319 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.739 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "6 (2021 est.)" @@ -1128,10 +1125,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "56 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "49.304 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "140 (2021 est.)" + "text": "135 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/middle-east/ae.json b/middle-east/ae.json index 9495af5a..317cfd5f 100644 --- a/middle-east/ae.json +++ b/middle-east/ae.json @@ -830,9 +830,6 @@ "text": "0.54% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "$26.47 billion (2017 est.)" @@ -1074,18 +1071,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,286,104 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.286 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "24 (2021 est.)" + "text": "24 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "18 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "20.036 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "190 (2021 est.)" + "text": "212 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1185,7 +1182,7 @@ "text": "17" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Abu Zaby, Jabal Az Zannah/ruways, Khawr Fakkan, Mina Jabal Ali, Zirkuh" + "text": "Abu Zaby, Jabal Az Zannah/Ruways, Khawr Fakkan, Mina Jabal Ali, Zirkuh" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/aj.json b/middle-east/aj.json index ac441c9e..b88fa199 100644 --- a/middle-east/aj.json +++ b/middle-east/aj.json @@ -851,9 +851,6 @@ "text": "13.42% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$23.478 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1079,18 +1076,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,641,150 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.641 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "16 (2021 est.)" + "text": "16 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,817,071 (2021 est.)" + "text": "11.068 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "105 (2021 est.)" + "text": "107 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/middle-east/am.json b/middle-east/am.json index 791d4d11..173b45ec 100644 --- a/middle-east/am.json +++ b/middle-east/am.json @@ -844,9 +844,6 @@ "text": "22% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$150.994 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1092,18 +1089,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "365,649 (2022 est.)" + "text": "366,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "15 (2021 est.)" + "text": "13 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,599,278 (2021 est.)" + "text": "3.761 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "129 (2021 est.)" + "text": "135 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/middle-east/ba.json b/middle-east/ba.json index 6eb1f9f6..45aabe1d 100644 --- a/middle-east/ba.json +++ b/middle-east/ba.json @@ -805,9 +805,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "16.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$6.839 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1033,18 +1030,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "253,431 (2022 est.)" + "text": "253,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "18 (2021 est.)" + "text": "17 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,923,443 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.141 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "131 (2021 est.)" + "text": "145 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/middle-east/gg.json b/middle-east/gg.json index ae277fae..232e1c06 100644 --- a/middle-east/gg.json +++ b/middle-east/gg.json @@ -855,9 +855,6 @@ "text": "23.09% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.12 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1083,18 +1080,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "301,117 (2022 est.)" + "text": "301,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "9 (2021 est.)" + "text": "8 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,163,558 (2021 est.)" + "text": "5.844 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "137 (2021 est.)" + "text": "156 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/middle-east/gz.json b/middle-east/gz.json index 78a284c6..edebd60c 100644 --- a/middle-east/gz.json +++ b/middle-east/gz.json @@ -572,9 +572,6 @@ "text": "21.47% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP; entry includes West Bank and Gaza Strip" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$2.865 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -753,21 +750,21 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "457,706 (2022 est.)" + "text": "458,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "9 (2021 est.)" }, - "note": "note: data includes both the Gaza Strip and West Bank" + "note": "note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip" }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,052,966 (2021 est.)" + "text": "4.388 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "78 (2021 est.)" }, - "note": "includes the West Bank" + "note": "note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip" }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index f1e3a2ac..c638654c 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ "text": "Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-KHAMENEI (since 4 June 1989)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President Ebrahim RAISI (since 18 June 2021); First Vice President Mohammad MOKHBER (since 8 August 2021)" + "text": "Acting President Mohammad MOKHER - previously first vice president (since 19 May 2024); on 19 May 2024, President Ebrahim RAISI died in a helicopter crash" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers selected by the president with legislative approval; the supreme leader has some control over appointments to several ministries" @@ -840,9 +840,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "17.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "21 March - 20 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "$9.491 billion (2017 est.)" @@ -1080,18 +1077,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "29,342,060 (2022 est.)" + "text": "29.342 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "33 (2021 est.)" + "text": "33 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "135,899,424 (2021 est.)" + "text": "145.668 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "155 (2021 est.)" + "text": "165 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1254,13 +1251,13 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Iranian Space Agency (ISA; created in 2003 from merging the activities of the Iranian Remote Sensing Center and some of the activities of the Telecommunications Company of Iran); Iran Space Research Center (established, 2000); Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics; Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO; under the Ministry of Defense); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Space Command (formed in 2020) (2023)" + "text": "Iranian Space Agency (ISA; created in 2003 from merging the activities of the Iranian Remote Sensing Center and some of the activities of the Telecommunications Company of Iran); Iran Space Research Center (established, 2000); Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics; Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO; under the Ministry of Defense); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Space Command (formed in 2020) (2024)" }, "Space launch site(s)": { - "text": "Imam Khomeini Space Center (aka Semnan Space Center; Semnan province); Shahroud Space Center (IGRC military base; Semnan Province); Qom Space Center (Qom Province); inaugurated its first space monitoring center located near Delijan (Markazi Province) in 2013 (2023)" + "text": "Imam Khomeini Space Center (aka Semnan Space Center; Semnan province); Shahroud Space Center (IGRC military base; Semnan Province); Qom Space Center (Qom Province); inaugurated its first space monitoring center located near Delijan (Markazi Province) in 2013 (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has an ambitious civil and military space program focused on acquiring and operating satellites and developing indigenous satellite/space launch vehicles (SLV); designs, builds, and operates satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), and scientific; manufactures and operates SLVs; researching and developing other space-related capabilities and technologies in such areas as telecommunications, RS, navigation, and space situational awareness; UN Security Council and other international sanctions against Iran’s weapons of mass destruction program have severely limited Iran’s cooperation with foreign space agencies and commercial space industries; in recent years, however, it has cooperated with North Korea and Russia on space issues; Iran has also had relations with regional and international space organizations, such as the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization and the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization; it was a founding member of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) established in 1958 (2023)", + "text": "has an ambitious civil and military space program focused on acquiring and operating satellites and developing indigenous satellite/space launch vehicles (SLV); designs, builds, and operates satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), and scientific; manufactures and operates SLVs; researching and developing other space-related capabilities and technologies in such areas as telecommunications, RS, navigation, and space situational awareness; UN Security Council and other international sanctions against Iran’s weapons of mass destruction program have severely limited Iran’s cooperation with foreign space agencies and commercial space industries; in recent years, however, it has cooperated with North Korea and Russia on space issues; Iran has also had relations with regional and international space organizations, such as the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization and the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization; it was a founding member of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) established in 1958 (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/middle-east/is.json b/middle-east/is.json index bd079d88..e3bbd203 100644 --- a/middle-east/is.json +++ b/middle-east/is.json @@ -863,9 +863,6 @@ "text": "24.62% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$20.34 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1097,15 +1094,15 @@ "text": "3.574 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "39 (2021 est.)" + "text": "40 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12.5 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "13.758 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "140 (2021 est.)" + "text": "152 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1255,13 +1252,13 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Israel Space Agency (ISA; established 1983 under the Ministry of Science and Technology; origins go back to the creation of a National Committee for Space Research, established 1960); Ministry of Defense Space Department (2023)" + "text": "Israel Space Agency (ISA; established 1983 under the Ministry of Science and Technology; origins go back to the creation of a National Committee for Space Research, established 1960); Ministry of Defense Space Department (2024)" }, "Space launch site(s)": { - "text": "Palmachim Airbase (Central district) (2023)" + "text": "Palmachim Airbase (Central district) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has one of the most advanced space programs in the region; designs, builds, and operates communications, remote sensing (RS), and scientific satellites; designs, builds, and operates sounding (research) rockets and orbital satellite/space launch vehicles (SLVs); launches satellites on domestic and foreign rockets; researches and develops a range of other space-related capabilities with a focus on lightweight and miniaturized technologies, including small satellites with high resolution RS imaging and communications capabilities; has relations with a variety of foreign space agencies and space industries, including those of Canada, the European Space Agency (and individual member states, such as France, Germany, and Italy), India, Japan, Mexico, and the US; has a substantial commercial space sector, including state-owned enterprises, in areas such as launchers, propulsion, satellite manufacturing, particularly micro- and nano-satellites, payloads and applications, RS, communications, and ground stations (2023)", + "text": "has an ambitious space program and one of the most advanced in the region; designs, builds, and operates communications, remote sensing (RS), and scientific satellites; designs, builds, and operates sounding (research) rockets and orbital satellite/space launch vehicles (SLVs); launches satellites on domestic and foreign rockets; researches and develops a range of other space-related capabilities with a focus on lightweight and miniaturized technologies, including small satellites with high resolution RS imaging and communications capabilities; has relations with a variety of foreign space agencies and space industries, including those of Canada, the European Space Agency (and individual member states, such as France, Germany, and Italy), India, Japan, Mexico, and the US; has a substantial commercial space sector, including state-owned enterprises, in areas such as launchers, propulsion, satellite manufacturing, particularly micro- and nano-satellites, payloads and applications, RS, communications, and ground stations (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index 26e8c0ed..568ca21a 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -868,9 +868,6 @@ "text": "1.34% (of GDP) (2019 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$58.01 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1096,18 +1093,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,392,422 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.392 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "7 (2021 est.)" + "text": "5 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "37,649,112 (2021 est.)" + "text": "43.688 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "86 (2021 est.)" + "text": "98 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1254,15 +1251,6 @@ "text": "the Iraqi security forces (ISF), including conventional air and ground forces, are primarily focused on internal security duties; they are actively conducting counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) terrorist group, particularly in northern and western Iraq; the Counter Terrorism Service (CTS), a highly regarded force comprised of three special forces brigades, is the ISF's principal operational unit against ISIS

Kurdish Security Forces (KSF, aka Peshmerga) also conducted operations against ISIS; the KSF were formally recognized as a legitimate Iraqi military force under the country’s constitution and have operated jointly with the Iraqi military against ISIS militants, but they also operate outside of Iraqi military command structure; since 2021, the ISF and the KSF have conducted joint counter-ISIS operations in an area known as the Kurdish Coordination Line (KCL), a swath of disputed territory in northern Iraq claimed by both the Kurdistan Regional Government and the central Iraqi Government; the KSF/Peshmerga report to the Kurdistan Regional Government or Kurdistan Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan parties instead of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense

Popular Mobilization Commission and Affiliated Forces (PMF or PMC), also known as Popular Mobilization Units (PMU, or al-Hashd al-Sha’abi in Arabic), tribal militia units have fought alongside the Iraqi military against ISIS since 2014, but the majority of these forces continue to largely ignore the 2016 Law of the Popular Mobilization Authority, which mandated that armed militias must be regulated in a fashion similar to Iraq’s other security forces and act under the Iraqi Government’s direct control; the Iraqi Government funds the PMF, and the prime minister legally commands it, but many of the militia units take orders from associated political parties and/or other government officials, including some with ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and some that have been designated as terrorist organizations by the US; the PMF/PMU is an umbrella organization comprised of many different militias, the majority of which are Shia:

--Shia militias backed by Iran; they are considered the most active and capable, and include such groups as the Badr Organization (Saraya al-Sala), Asaib Ahl al-Haq, and Kataib Hizballah

--Shia militias affiliated with Shia political parties, but not aligned with Iran, such as the Peace Brigades (Saray al-Salam)

--Shia militias not connected with political parties, but affiliated with the Najaf-based Grand Ayatollah Ali al-SISTANI (Iraq’s supreme Shia cleric), such as the Hawza militias

--other PMF/PMU militias include Sunni Tribal Mobilization militias, or Hashd al-Asha’iri; some of these militias take orders from the ISF and local authorities while others respond to orders from the larger Shia PMU militias; still other militias include Yazidi and Christian militias and the Turkmen brigades; the links of these forces to the PMU are not always clear-cut and may be loosely based on financial, legal, or political incentives

two international military task forces operate in Iraq to assist the country's security forces at the request of the Iraqi Government; in October 2018, NATO established an advisory, training and capacity-building mission for the Iraqi military known as the NATO Mission Iraq (NMI); in December 2021, a US-led task force that leads the defeat ISIS mission in Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), transitioned from a combat role to an advise, assist, and enable role (2023)" } }, - "Space": { - "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "announced in 2019 that the Iraqi Ministry of Communication was working with France to create a national space agency (2023)" - }, - "Space program overview": { - "text": "stated purpose of current program is to acquire satellites for security, economic, agricultural, industrial, environmental and military purposes; status unclear (2023)", - "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" - } - }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { "text": "Ansar al-Islam; Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al-Naqshabandi; Kata'ib Hizballah; Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)", diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index b084bde1..022d1d55 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -867,9 +867,6 @@ "text": "15.98% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$4.159 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1104,18 +1101,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "465,603 (2022 est.)" + "text": "466,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4 (2021 est.)" + "text": "4 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,275,563 (2021 est.)" + "text": "7.626 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "65 (2021 est.)" + "text": "68 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index 323abd03..51c04a36 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -806,9 +806,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "41.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$63.078 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1034,18 +1031,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "572,511 (2022 est.)" + "text": "573,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13 (2020 est.)" + "text": "13 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,918,180 (2021 est.)" + "text": "7.726 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "163 (2021 est.)" + "text": "181 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index 03634269..5b100197 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -840,9 +840,6 @@ "text": "5.68% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$6.481 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1068,7 +1065,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "875,480 (2021 est.)" + "text": "875,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "16 (2021 est.)" @@ -1076,7 +1073,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4.3 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "4.288 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "77 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/mu.json b/middle-east/mu.json index 79287509..a84adfcd 100644 --- a/middle-east/mu.json +++ b/middle-east/mu.json @@ -810,9 +810,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "31.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$5.752 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1038,7 +1035,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "563,172 (2022 est.)" + "text": "563,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "13 (2021 est.)" @@ -1046,7 +1043,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,115,537 (2021 est.)" + "text": "6.75 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "135 (2021 est.)" @@ -1191,15 +1188,6 @@ "text": "the SAF’s primary responsibility is external security; it is a small, but well-equipped military that trains regularly, including with foreign partners such as the UK, US, and Gulf Cooperation Council countries; the SAF has a longstanding security relationship with the British military going back to the 18th century; the relationship was notable during the Dhofar Rebellion (1963-1976), when the British military provided considerable assistance to the SAF in their eventually successful counterinsurgency campaign; today, the SAF and the British maintain a joint training base in Oman and exercise together regularly; in 2017, Oman and the UK signed an agreement allowing the British military the use of facilities at Al Duqm Port; in 2019, the US obtained access to the port, expanding on previous military cooperation agreements in 2014, 2010, and 1980; Oman also allows other nations to use some of its maritime facilities, including China

the Omani Navy conducts maritime security operations along the country’s long coastline, including patrolling, ensuring freedom of navigation in the key naval chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz, and countering piracy and smuggling; while Oman is not a member of the US-led, 34-member nation Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), which operates task forces to counter piracy and smuggling, the Omani Navy has at times participated in CMF-led joint exercises; the Navy is a small but relatively modern force; its principal warships are five corvettes, which are supported by several offshore patrol ships, fast attack craft, and coastal patrol vessels

the Royal Army was formed as the Muscat Garrison in 1907; today, it has an armored brigade equipped with American and British tanks, 2 brigades of infantry, and a border guard brigade, as well as an airborne regiment; the Royal Guard is comprised of an infantry brigade and 2 special forces regiments; the Air Force has about three dozen modern European- and US-made multipurpose fighter aircraft (2023)" } }, - "Space": { - "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "no government agency; the Government of Oman has established a limited liability company with the mission of spearheading a national satellite program initiative and building a national satellite communications infrastructure  (2023)" - }, - "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a nascent space program focused on the acquisition of satellites and satellite ground support infrastructure; contracts with foreign commercial companies for development of space capabilities, such as satellites and telecommunications infrastructure (2023)", - "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" - } - }, "Transnational Issues": { "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { diff --git a/middle-east/qa.json b/middle-east/qa.json index 44d230aa..a15a0428 100644 --- a/middle-east/qa.json +++ b/middle-east/qa.json @@ -832,9 +832,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "26.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$63.118 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1060,18 +1057,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "523,765 (2022 est.)" + "text": "524,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "17 (2021 est.)" + "text": "19 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,876,499 (2021 est.)" + "text": "4.693 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "144 (2021 est.)" + "text": "174 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index dae03358..c6933d2e 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -833,9 +833,6 @@ "text": "8.24% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$153.486 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1061,7 +1058,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,773,272 (2022 est.)" + "text": "6.773 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "19 (2022 est.)" @@ -1069,7 +1066,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "48,197,996 (2022 est.)" + "text": "48.198 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "132 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/sy.json b/middle-east/sy.json index 054ecfa1..0bb30f72 100644 --- a/middle-east/sy.json +++ b/middle-east/sy.json @@ -775,9 +775,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "4.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2017": { "text": "-$2.123 billion (2017 est.)" @@ -1004,7 +1001,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,821,171 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.821 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "13 (2021 est.)" @@ -1012,7 +1009,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "16,990,714 (2021 est.)" + "text": "16.991 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "80 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/tu.json b/middle-east/tu.json index e0900f70..90723c73 100644 --- a/middle-east/tu.json +++ b/middle-east/tu.json @@ -885,9 +885,6 @@ "text": "16.09% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$48.751 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1133,15 +1130,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,197,979 (2022 est.)" + "text": "11.198 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "14 (2022 est.)" + "text": "13 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "90,297,565 (2022 est.)" + "text": "90.298 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "106 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/we.json b/middle-east/we.json index 084608a6..acb86c43 100644 --- a/middle-east/we.json +++ b/middle-east/we.json @@ -634,9 +634,6 @@ "text": "21.47% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP; entry includes West Bank and Gaza Strip" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$2.865 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -847,21 +844,21 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "457,706 (2022 est.)" + "text": "458,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "9 (2021 est.)" }, - "note": "note: data includes both the Gaza Strip and West Bank" + "note": "note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip" }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,052,966 (2021 est.)" + "text": "4.388 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "78 (2021 est.)" }, - "note": "note: includes Gaza Strip" + "note": "note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip" }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { diff --git a/middle-east/ym.json b/middle-east/ym.json index 90cd8a77..ec056797 100644 --- a/middle-east/ym.json +++ b/middle-east/ym.json @@ -832,9 +832,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2016": { "text": "-$2.419 billion (2016 est.)" @@ -1077,7 +1074,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "15 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "15.178 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "46 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/north-america/bd.json b/north-america/bd.json index f8daf48a..282df0e9 100644 --- a/north-america/bd.json +++ b/north-america/bd.json @@ -698,9 +698,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "16.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "$962.258 million (2021 est.)" @@ -925,7 +922,7 @@ "text": "68,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110 (2021 est.)" + "text": "106 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/north-america/ca.json b/north-america/ca.json index 90f2e672..8e8300b2 100644 --- a/north-america/ca.json +++ b/north-america/ca.json @@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "one of the world’s largest economies; leading global financier and macroeconomic partner; largest US trading partner; key timber and oil and gas industries; Canada sends over half its development aid to the World Bank; key “blue economy” developer" + "text": "one of the world’s leading developed economies; globally integrated commercial and financial markets; largest US trading partner; key energy, forestry, manufacturing and service industries; inflation recovering following interest rate hikes; government priorities include climate policy, immigration and affordable housing" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": { @@ -887,9 +887,6 @@ "text": "12.83% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$6.654 billion (2022 est.)" diff --git a/north-america/gl.json b/north-america/gl.json index c0543caf..376a1d75 100644 --- a/north-america/gl.json +++ b/north-america/gl.json @@ -660,9 +660,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "77.4% (of GDP) (2016 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Exports": { "Exports 2021": { "text": "$1.147 billion (2021 est.)" @@ -859,7 +856,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,352 (2020 est.)" + "text": "6,000 (2020 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "11 (2020 est.)" @@ -867,7 +864,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "66,605 (2021 est.)" + "text": "67,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "118 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/north-america/mx.json b/north-america/mx.json index ec6706b2..5e4367c6 100644 --- a/north-america/mx.json +++ b/north-america/mx.json @@ -926,9 +926,6 @@ "text": "13.45% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$18.046 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1174,18 +1171,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "27,184,669 (2022 est.)" + "text": "27.185 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "19 (2021 est.)" + "text": "21 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "123,920,752 (2021 est.)" + "text": "127.872 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "98 (2021 est.)" + "text": "100 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1344,10 +1341,10 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Mexican Space Agency (Agencia Espacial Mexicana or AEM; established 2010 and began operating in 2013); predecessor organization, the National Space Commission (Comisión Nacional del Espacio Exterior or CONEE was established in 1962 and terminated in 1977) (2023)" + "text": "Mexican Space Agency (Agencia Espacial Mexicana or AEM; established 2010 and began operating in 2013)  (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "the AEM’s focus is on coordinating Mexico’s space policy and the country’s commercial space sector, including developing specialists, technologies, and infrastructure, and acquiring satellites; manufactures and operates communications and scientific satellites; conducts research in a range of space-related capabilities and technologies, including satellites and satellite payloads, telecommunications, remote sensing, Earth and weather sciences, astronomy, and astrophysics; has relations with a variety of foreign space agencies and commercial space industries, including those of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the European Space Agency (ESA) and its member states (particularly France, Germany, and the UK), India, Peru, Russia, Ukraine, and the US; leading member of the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE) (2023)", + "text": "the AEM’s focus is on coordinating Mexico’s space policy and the country’s commercial space sector, including developing specialists, technologies, and infrastructure, and acquiring satellites; manufactures and operates communications and scientific satellites; conducts research in a range of space-related capabilities and technologies, including satellites and satellite payloads, telecommunications, remote sensing, robotics, Earth and weather sciences, astronomy, and astrophysics; has relations with a variety of foreign space agencies and commercial space industries, including those of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the European Space Agency (ESA) and its member states (particularly France, Germany, and the UK), India, Peru, Russia, Ukraine, and the US; leading member of the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE) (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/north-america/us.json b/north-america/us.json index f254dadd..aecb8a1f 100644 --- a/north-america/us.json +++ b/north-america/us.json @@ -847,9 +847,6 @@ "text": "12.32% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 October - 30 September" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$971.594 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1083,15 +1080,15 @@ "text": "91.623 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "29 (2021 est.)" + "text": "27 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "360 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "372.682 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110 (2021 est.)" + "text": "110 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1255,13 +1252,14 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA; established 1958); National Reconnaissance Office (NRO; established in 1961 and responsible for designing, building, launching, and maintaining intelligence satellites); US Space Command (USSPACECOM; originally created in 1985 but was deactivated in 2002 and its duties were transferred to US Strategic Command; re-established 2019 and responsible for military operations in outer space, specifically all operations over 100 kilometers or 62 miles above mean sea level); USSPACECOM has two field commands: Combined Force Space Component Command and the Joint Task Force Space Defense; the US Space Force (established 2019) is a military branch with subordinate commands as well as the Space Development Agency (SDA; established 2019 to help integrate emerging technologies into US military space programs) (2023)" + "text": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA; established 1958); National Reconnaissance Office (NRO; established in 1961 and responsible for designing, building, launching, and maintaining intelligence satellites); US Space Command (USSPACECOM; established in 2019 and responsible for military operations in outer space, specifically all operations over 100 kilometers or 62 miles above mean sea level) (2024)", + "note": "note: USSPACECOM was originally created in 1985 but was deactivated in 2002 and its duties were transferred to US Strategic Command" }, "Space launch site(s)": { "text": "has nearly 20 commercial, government, and private space ports hosting Federal Aviation Administration-licensed activity spread across 10 states (Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia) (2023)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a large and comprehensive space program and is one of the world’s top space powers; builds, launches, and operates space launch vehicles (SLVs)/rockets and the full spectrum of spacecraft, including interplanetary probes, manned craft, reusable rockets, satellites, space stations, and space planes; has an astronaut program and a large corps of astronauts; researching and developing a broad range of other space-related capabilities and technologies, such as advanced telecommunications and optics, navigational aids, propulsion, robotics, solar sails, space-based manufacturing, and robotic satellite repair/refueling; has launched orbital or lander probes to the Sun and all planets in the solar system, as well as to asteroids and beyond the solar system; has international missions and projects with dozens of countries and organizations, including such major partners as Canada, Japan, Russia, and South Korea, as well as the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU, and their individual member states; as of early 2024, nearly 40 countries had signed onto the US-led Artemis Accords, whose purpose is to establish principles, guidelines, and best practices to enhance the governance of the civil exploration and use of outer space with the intention of advancing the Artemis Program, an international effort to establish a sustainable and robust presence on the Moon and an onward human mission to Mars; the US commercial space industry is one of the world’s largest and most capable and is active across the entire spectrum of US government space programs; the majority of both NASA and US military space launches are conducted by US commercial companies; the US space economy was valued at over $200 billion in 2021 (2024)", + "text": "has a large and comprehensive space program and is one of the world’s top space powers; builds, launches, and operates space launch vehicles (SLVs)/rockets and the full spectrum of spacecraft, including interplanetary probes, manned craft, reusable rockets, satellites, space stations, and space planes; has an astronaut program and a large corps of astronauts; researching and developing a broad range of other space-related capabilities and technologies, such as advanced telecommunications and optics, navigational aids, propulsion, robotics, solar sails, space-based manufacturing, and robotic satellite repair/refueling; has launched orbital or lander probes to the Sun and all planets in the solar system, as well as to asteroids and beyond the solar system; has international missions and projects with dozens of countries and organizations, including such major partners as Canada, Japan, Russia, and South Korea, as well as the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU, and their individual member states; as of May 2024, 40 countries had signed onto the US-led Artemis Accords, whose purpose is to establish principles, guidelines, and best practices to enhance the governance of the civil exploration and use of outer space with the intention of advancing the Artemis Program, an international effort to establish a sustainable and robust presence on the Moon and an onward human mission to Mars; the US commercial space industry is one of the world’s largest and most capable and is active across the entire spectrum of US government space programs; the majority of both NASA and US military space launches are conducted by US commercial companies; the US space economy was valued at over $200 billion in 2021 (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/south-america/ar.json b/south-america/ar.json index 4176b9ea..53d9f673 100644 --- a/south-america/ar.json +++ b/south-america/ar.json @@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ "text": "
eeeuu@mrecic.gov.ar

https://eeeuu.cancilleria.gob.ar/en" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Washington, DC" + "text": "Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -877,9 +877,6 @@ "text": "11.47% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$4.29 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1125,18 +1122,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,615,491 (2022 est.)" + "text": "7.615 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "15 (2021 est.)" + "text": "17 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "59,065,827 (2021 est.)" + "text": "60.236 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "130 (2021 est.)" + "text": "132 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1247,7 +1244,7 @@ "text": "19" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Buenos Aires, Campana, Concepcion Del Uruguay, La Plata, Mar Del Plata, Puerto Belgrano, Puerto Ingeniero White, Puerto Madryn, Rosario, San Sebastian Bay, Santa Fe, Ushuaia, Zarate" + "text": "Buenos Aires, Campana, Concepcion del Uruguay, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Puerto Belgrano, Puerto Ingeniero White, Puerto Madryn, Rosario, San Sebastian Bay, Santa Fe, Ushuaia, Zarate" } } }, diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index 83d70524..234a0587 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ "text": "
embolivia.wdc@gmail.com

https://www.boliviawdc.org/en-us/" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Houston, Los Angeles, Maple Grove (MN), Miami, New York, Washington, DC" + "text": "Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -877,9 +877,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "39.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$183.602 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1114,15 +1111,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "550,011 (2021 est.)" + "text": "550,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4 (2021 est.)" + "text": "5 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12,033,941 (2021 est.)" + "text": "12.034 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "100 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/south-america/br.json b/south-america/br.json index f1faad85..5e32b08c 100644 --- a/south-america/br.json +++ b/south-america/br.json @@ -911,9 +911,6 @@ "text": "14.97% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$53.62 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1165,18 +1162,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "27,257,833 (2022 est.)" + "text": "27.258 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13 (2021 est.)" + "text": "13 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "219,660,524 (2021 est.)" + "text": "212.926 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "102 (2021 est.)" + "text": "99 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/south-america/ci.json b/south-america/ci.json index 8188cbad..f1a0bdfa 100644 --- a/south-america/ci.json +++ b/south-america/ci.json @@ -868,9 +868,6 @@ "text": "19.6% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$27.102 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1096,18 +1093,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,216,786 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.217 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13 (2021 est.)" + "text": "11 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "26,571,823 (2021 est.)" + "text": "26.415 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "136 (2021 est.)" + "text": "135 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1215,7 +1212,7 @@ "text": "25" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Antofagasta, Bahia De Valdivia, Bahia De Valparaiso, Coronel, Iquique, Mejillones, Puerto Montt, Puerto San Antonio, Rada De Arica, Rada Punta Arenas, Talcahuano, Tocopilla" + "text": "Antofagasta, Bahia de Valdivia, Bahia de Valparaiso, Coronel, Iquique, Mejillones, Puerto Montt, Puerto San Antonio, Rada de Arica, Rada Punta Arenas, Talcahuano, Tocopilla" } } }, diff --git a/south-america/co.json b/south-america/co.json index cdd028f0..06042fd8 100644 --- a/south-america/co.json +++ b/south-america/co.json @@ -880,9 +880,6 @@ "text": "15.35% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$21.526 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1117,18 +1114,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,587,694 (2022 est.)" + "text": "7.588 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "15 (2021 est.)" + "text": "15 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "75 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "80.812 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "150 (2021 est.)" + "text": "156 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/south-america/ec.json b/south-america/ec.json index e8ed6cf9..d442778a 100644 --- a/south-america/ec.json +++ b/south-america/ec.json @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ "text": "many previous; latest approved 20 October 2008" }, "amendments": { - "text": "proposed by the president of the republic through a referendum, by public petition of at least 1% of registered voters, or by agreement of at least one-third membership of the National Assembly; passage requires two separate readings a year apart and approval by at least two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly, and approval by absolute majority in a referendum; amendments such as changes to the structure of the state, constraints on personal rights and guarantees, or constitutional amendment procedures are not allowed; amended 2011, 2015, 2018" + "text": "proposed by the president of the republic through a referendum, by public petition of at least 1% of registered voters, or by agreement of at least one-third membership of the National Assembly; passage requires two separate readings a year apart and approval by at least two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly, and approval by absolute majority in a referendum; amendments such as changes to the structure of the state, constraints on personal rights and guarantees, or constitutional amendment procedures are not allowed; amended 2011, 2015, 2018, 2024" } }, "Legal system": { @@ -879,9 +879,6 @@ "text": "13.21% (of GDP) (2022 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$2.114 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1090,18 +1087,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,644,238 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.644 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "10 (2021 est.)" + "text": "9 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "16,789,600 (2021 est.)" + "text": "17.491 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "94 (2021 est.)" + "text": "97 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1217,7 +1214,7 @@ "text": "5" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar, Puerto Maritimo De Guayaquil" + "text": "Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar, Puerto Maritimo de Guayaquil" } } }, diff --git a/south-america/gy.json b/south-america/gy.json index 30fa369d..54d5c7dc 100644 --- a/south-america/gy.json +++ b/south-america/gy.json @@ -818,9 +818,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "28.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$254.121 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1060,10 +1057,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "860,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "856,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110 (2021 est.)" + "text": "106 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/south-america/ns.json b/south-america/ns.json index 9637f252..8f4f7d4d 100644 --- a/south-america/ns.json +++ b/south-america/ns.json @@ -812,9 +812,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "16.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$76.321 million (2022 est.)" @@ -1046,7 +1043,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "108,250 (2022 est.)" + "text": "108,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "18 (2022 est.)" @@ -1054,7 +1051,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "928,840 (2022 est.)" + "text": "929,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "150 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/south-america/pa.json b/south-america/pa.json index 63fd7bcb..e596408a 100644 --- a/south-america/pa.json +++ b/south-america/pa.json @@ -857,9 +857,6 @@ "text": "9.79% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$2.793 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1085,18 +1082,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "168,517 (2022 est.)" + "text": "169,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,975,074 (2021 est.)" + "text": "8.659 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "119 (2021 est.)" + "text": "128 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1207,7 +1204,7 @@ "text": "0" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Puerto De Asuncion" + "text": "Puerto de Asuncion" } } }, @@ -1249,10 +1246,10 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Special Agency of Paraguay (Agencia Especial del Paraguay, AEP; established 2014) (2023)" + "text": "Space Agency of Paraguay (Agencia Especial del Paraguay, AEP; established 2014) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a small, recently established space program focused on the acquisition of satellites, satellite data, and the technologies and capabilities to manufacture satellites, as well as promoting in-country expertise building and space industry; a priority is acquiring remote sensing (RS) capabilities to support socio-economic develop, including resource mapping, weather, and crop monitoring; has built a cube satellite with foreign assistance; operates satellites; cooperates with foreign space agencies and industries, including those of India, Japan, Taiwan, the US, and member states of the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE) (2023)", + "text": "has a small, recently established space program focused on the acquisition of satellites, satellite data, and the technologies and capabilities to manufacture satellites, as well as promoting in-country expertise building and space industry; a priority is acquiring remote sensing (RS) capabilities to support socio-economic develop, including resource mapping, weather, and crop monitoring; has built a cube satellite with foreign assistance; operates satellites; cooperates with foreign space agencies and industries, including those of India, Japan, Taiwan, the US, and member states of the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE) (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index 2faf781f..ca1726f1 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -903,9 +903,6 @@ "text": "16.11% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$9.908 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1140,18 +1137,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,797,709 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.798 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "7 (2021 est.)" + "text": "5 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "43,129,394 (2021 est.)" + "text": "41.549 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "128 (2021 est.)" + "text": "122 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1266,7 +1263,7 @@ "text": "16" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Bahia De Matarani, Iquitos, Puerto Del Callao, Talara" + "text": "Bahia de Matarani, Iquitos, Puerto del Callao, Talara" } } }, @@ -1310,13 +1307,13 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "National Aerospace Research and Development Commission (Comisión Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Aeroespacia, CONIDA; established 1974); National Satellite Imagery Operations Center (Centro Nacional de Operaciones de Imágenes Satelitales, CONIS; established 2006) (2023)" + "text": "National Aerospace Research and Development Commission (Comisión Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Aeroespacia, CONIDA; established 1974); National Satellite Imagery Operations Center (Centro Nacional de Operaciones de Imágenes Satelitales, CONIS; established 2006) (2024)" }, "Space launch site(s)": { "text": "Punta Lobos Rocket Range (Chilca, Huancayo; used by foreign partners for scientific sounding rocket launches (1970s-1990s; the US used the site for scientific launches in 1975 and 1983) (2023)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a small space program focused on acquiring satellites, applying space applications such as data satellite imagery, and building small rockets; has built a small science/technology satellite; operates satellites and processes satellite imagery data; builds and launches sounding rockets with goal of developing a satellite/space launch vehicle (SLV); researching, developing, and acquiring technologies for manufacturing satellites and satellite payloads with a focus on remote sensing (RS) capabilities; member of Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE); cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Brazil, China, the European Space Agency and individual member states (particularly France and Germany), India, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, and the US, as well as signatories of the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE) (2023)", + "text": "has a small space program focused on acquiring satellites, applying space applications such as data satellite imagery, and building small rockets; has built a small science/technology satellite; operates satellites and processes satellite imagery data; builds and launches sounding rockets with goal of developing a satellite/space launch vehicle (SLV); researching, developing, and acquiring technologies for manufacturing satellites and satellite payloads with a focus on remote sensing (RS) capabilities; member of Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE); cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Brazil, China, the European Space Agency and individual member states (particularly France and Germany), India, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, and the US, as well as signatories of the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE) (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/south-america/uy.json b/south-america/uy.json index ae3b38b3..76cca558 100644 --- a/south-america/uy.json +++ b/south-america/uy.json @@ -880,9 +880,6 @@ "text": "18.52% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$2.62 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1108,18 +1105,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,258,557 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.259 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "36 (2021 est.)" + "text": "37 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4.7 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "4.741 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "140 (2021 est.)" + "text": "139 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/south-america/ve.json b/south-america/ve.json index 50e75cc9..8d0fcf40 100644 --- a/south-america/ve.json +++ b/south-america/ve.json @@ -828,9 +828,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "44.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2016": { "text": "-$3.87 billion (2016 est.)" @@ -1062,18 +1059,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,146,844 (2022 est.)" + "text": "3.147 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11 (2021 est.)" + "text": "11 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "17 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "17.949 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "60 (2021 est.)" + "text": "63 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1181,7 +1178,7 @@ "text": "21" }, "key ports": { - "text": "Amuay (Bahia De Amuay), Bahia De Pertigalete, Ciudad Bolivar, Guanta, La Guaira, La Salina, Las Piedras, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Puerto De Hierro, Puerto La Cruz, Puerto Miranda, Puerto Ordaz, Punta Cardon" + "text": "Amuay (Bahia de Amuay), Bahia de Pertigalete, Ciudad Bolivar, Guanta, La Guaira, La Salina, Las Piedras, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Puerto de Hierro, Puerto la Cruz, Puerto Miranda, Puerto Ordaz, Punta Cardon" } } }, diff --git a/south-asia/af.json b/south-asia/af.json index f03240d0..15b29d7b 100644 --- a/south-asia/af.json +++ b/south-asia/af.json @@ -813,9 +813,6 @@ "text": "9.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "21 March - 20 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "-$3.137 billion (2020 est.)" @@ -1044,7 +1041,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "145,787 (2021 est.)" + "text": "146,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "(2021 est.) less than 1" @@ -1052,7 +1049,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "23 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "22.678 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "57 (2021 est.)" diff --git a/south-asia/bg.json b/south-asia/bg.json index 35c68147..a2cd9796 100644 --- a/south-asia/bg.json +++ b/south-asia/bg.json @@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ "text": "
mission.washington@mofa.gov.bd

Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Washington, DC (mofa.gov.bd)" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Los Angeles, New York" + "text": "Los Angeles, Miami, New York" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -881,9 +881,6 @@ "text": "7.64% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$14.37 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1138,18 +1135,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "274,295 (2022 est.)" + "text": "274,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "0 (2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "181,021,227 (2021 est.)" + "text": "180.198 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "107 (2021 est.)" + "text": "105 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/south-asia/bt.json b/south-asia/bt.json index 2d8c1a26..cf2b5381 100644 --- a/south-asia/bt.json +++ b/south-asia/bt.json @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ "text": "Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the United Nations (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires Phuntsho NORBU (since October 2022); note - also serving as the Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (212) 682-2268" + "text": "[1] (212) 682-2371" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (212) 661-0551" @@ -552,10 +552,7 @@ "text": "
consulate.pmbny@mfa.gov.bt

https://www.mfa.gov.bt/pmbny/" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "New York" - }, - "embassy": { - "text": "343 East 43rd Street, New York, NY 10017" + "text": "343 East, 43rd Street, New York, NY 10017" }, "note": "note - although Bhutan and the United States do not have diplomatic relations, the two countries established consular relations on 23 July 1986; the Consulate General of the Kingdom of Bhutan was established in New York with an officer from the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the United Nations holding dual accreditation as the Consul General with consular jurisdiction in the US" }, @@ -764,9 +761,6 @@ "text": "12.28% (of GDP) (2020 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$852.583 million (2022 est.)" @@ -992,18 +986,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "19,566 (2022 est.)" + "text": "20,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3 (2021 est.)" + "text": "3 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "778,008 (2021 est.)" + "text": "742,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "100 (2021 est.)" + "text": "95 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index a6a7bbd7..3ab35664 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -869,9 +869,6 @@ "text": "7.38% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.453 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1097,7 +1094,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,582,154 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.582 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "12 (2022 est.)" @@ -1105,7 +1102,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "31,237,303 (2022 est.)" + "text": "31.237 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "143 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/south-asia/in.json b/south-asia/in.json index 66b98044..b6e550b8 100644 --- a/south-asia/in.json +++ b/south-asia/in.json @@ -906,9 +906,6 @@ "text": "12.02% (of GDP) (2018 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 April - 31 March" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$79.051 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1166,15 +1163,15 @@ "text": "27.45 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.15 billion (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.143 billion (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "82 (2021 est.)" + "text": "81 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1335,13 +1332,13 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO; established 1969); the ISRO is subordinate to the Department of Space (DOS; established 1972); India’s first space organization was the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR; established 1962); Defense Space Agency (DSA; established 2019 to command the space assets of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; the Defense Imagery Processing and Analysis Center, Defense Satellite Control Center, and Defense Space Research Organization were also merged into the DSA); National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (established 2020 to facilitate India’s private sector in the country’s space program) (2023)" + "text": "Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO; established 1969); the ISRO is subordinate to the Department of Space (DOS; established 1972); India’s first space organization was the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR; established 1962); Defense Space Agency (DSA; established 2019 to command the space assets of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; the Defense Imagery Processing and Analysis Center, Defense Satellite Control Center, and Defense Space Research Organization were also merged into the DSA); National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (established 2020 to facilitate India’s private sector in the country’s space program) (2024)" }, "Space launch site(s)": { - "text": "Satish Dhawan Space Center (aka Sriharikota Range; located in Andhra Pradesh); Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (Kerala) (2023)" + "text": "Satish Dhawan Space Center (aka Sriharikota Range; located in Andhra Pradesh); Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (Kerala) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has one of the world’s largest space programs; designs, builds, launches, operates, and tracks the full spectrum of satellites, including communications, navigation, remote sensing (RS), and scientific/technology; designs, builds, and launches rockets, space/satellite launch vehicles (SLVs), and lunar/interplanetary probes; launches satellites for foreign partners; developing human space flight capabilities with Russian assistance; researching and developing additional space-related technologies and capabilities; has space-related agreements with more than 50 countries, including China, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, and the US, as well as the European Space Agency; participates in international space projects such as the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope; has a government-owned company under the administrative control of DOS; NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) is the commercial arm of the ISRO with the responsibility of researching and developing space-related technologies and promoting India’s growing space industry (2023)", + "text": "has one of the world’s largest space programs; designs, builds, launches, operates, and tracks the full spectrum of satellites, including communications, navigation, remote sensing (RS), and scientific/technology; designs, builds, and launches rockets, space/satellite launch vehicles (SLVs), and lunar/interplanetary probes; launches satellites for foreign partners; developing human space flight capabilities (with assistance from Russia, US); researching and developing additional space-related technologies and capabilities; has space-related agreements with more than 50 countries, including China, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, and the US, as well as the European Space Agency; participates in international space projects such as the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope; has a government-owned company under the administrative control of DOS; NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) is the commercial arm of the ISRO with the responsibility of researching and developing space-related technologies and promoting India’s growing space industry (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/south-asia/mv.json b/south-asia/mv.json index c44c5484..1609d5f1 100644 --- a/south-asia/mv.json +++ b/south-asia/mv.json @@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ "text": "last held on 21 April 2024 (next to be held in 2029)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats by party (preliminary) - PNC 66, MDP 12, other 4, independent 11; composition - NA" + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PNC 66, MDP 12, MDA 2, JP 1, MNP 1, independent 11; composition - men 90, women 3, percent of women 3.3%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -804,9 +804,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "26.4% (of GDP) (2016 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "calendar year" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$1.033 billion (2022 est.)" diff --git a/south-asia/np.json b/south-asia/np.json index 7cf8fa51..f39c3e1b 100644 --- a/south-asia/np.json +++ b/south-asia/np.json @@ -841,9 +841,6 @@ "text": "17.49% (of GDP) (2021 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "16 July - 15 July" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$2.518 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1086,10 +1083,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "38 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "38.213 million (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "130 (2021 est.)" + "text": "127 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/south-asia/pk.json b/south-asia/pk.json index f09c3377..6311c0bb 100644 --- a/south-asia/pk.json +++ b/south-asia/pk.json @@ -606,13 +606,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Majlis-e-Shoora consists of:
Senate (104 seats current, reduced by 4 seats at the 2024 election and 4 at the 2027 election; members indirectly elected by the 4 provincial assemblies and the federal capital territory indirectly elected by the National Assembly using proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
National Assembly (342 seats; 272 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 70 members - 60 women and 10 non-Muslims - directly elected by proportional representation vote; all members serve 5-year terms)" + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Majlis-e-Shoora consists of:
Senate (96 seats current; members indirectly elected by the 4 provincial assemblies and the federal capital territory indirectly elected by the National Assembly using proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
National Assembly (336 seats; 266 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 70 members - 60 women and 10 non-Muslims - directly elected by proportional representation vote; all members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last held on 2 April 2024 for 37 of 48 seats, remaining 11 seats to be held on 9 April 2024 (next to be held in 2027)
National Assembly - last held on 8 February 2024 (next to be held in 2029)" + "text": "Senate - last held on 2 and 9 April 2024 (next to be held in 2027)
National Assembly - last held on 8 February 2024 (next to be held in 2029)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA

National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PML-N 75, PPP 54, MQM-P 17, JUI-F 4, Pakistan Muslim League 3, Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party 2, BNP-A 2, BAP 1, PMAP 1, PML-Z 1, NP 1, independent (PTI-backed) 101, other 8, vacant 2 (excludes 70 seats reserved for women and non-Muslims); composition - NA

 

 

" + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 79, women 17, percent of women 17.7%

National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PML-N 75, PPP 54, MQM-P 17, JUI-F 4, Pakistan Muslim League 3, Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party 2, BNP-A 2, BAP 1, PMAP 1, PML-Z 1, NP 1, independent (PTI-backed) 101, other 8, vacant 2 (excludes 60 seats reserved for women and 10 non-Muslims); composition - men 276, women 60, percent of women 17.9%; note - total Parliament percent of women 17.8%

 

 

" }, "note": "note: in May 2018, the Parliament of Pakistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly passed a constitutional amendment to merge the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; the amendment will reduce the Senate from 104 to 96 members - 4 in the 2024 election and 4 in the 2027 election

" }, @@ -899,9 +899,6 @@ "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "15.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" }, - "Fiscal year": { - "text": "1 July - 30 June" - }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$11.998 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -1156,18 +1153,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,799,360 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.799 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2021 est.)" + "text": "1 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "188,711,452 (2021 est.)" + "text": "192.78 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "82 (2021 est.)" + "text": "82 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1325,13 +1322,13 @@ }, "Space": { "Space agency/agencies": { - "text": "Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO; established 1961); National Remote Sensing Center (aka Resacent; established 1980) (2023)" + "text": "Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO; established 1961); National Remote Sensing Center (aka Resacent; established 1980) (2024)" }, "Space launch site(s)": { - "text": "Somiani Flight Test Range (Balochistan); Tilla Satellite Launch Center (aka Tilla Range; Punjab) (2023)" + "text": "Somiani Flight Test Range (Balochistan); Tilla Satellite Launch Center (aka Tilla Range; Punjab) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "space program dates back to the early 1960s but funding shortfalls and shifts in priority toward ballistic missile development in the 1980s and 1990s hampered the program’s development; more recently, the program has regained attention and become more ambitious, particularly in acquiring satellites and reaching agreements with other space powers for additional capabilities; manufactures and operates satellites; researching and developing other space-related capabilities and technologies, such as satellite payloads and probably satellite/space launch vehicles (SLVs); also conducts research in such areas as astronomy, astrophysics, environmental monitoring, and space sciences; has relations or cooperation agreements on space with China, Russia, and Turkey (cooperated with the UK and US prior to the 1990s) (2023)", + "text": "space program dates back to the early 1960s but funding shortfalls and shifts in priority toward ballistic missile development in the 1980s and 1990s hampered the program’s development; more recently, the program has regained attention and become more ambitious, particularly in acquiring satellites and reaching agreements with other space powers for additional capabilities; manufactures and operates satellites; researching and developing other space-related capabilities and technologies, such as satellite payloads and probably satellite/space launch vehicles (SLVs); also conducts research in such areas as astronomy, astrophysics, environmental monitoring, and space sciences; has relations or cooperation agreements on space with China, Russia, and Turkey (cooperated with the UK and US prior to the 1990s) (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S" } }, diff --git a/world/xx.json b/world/xx.json index 7d23c60d..ba8ed13d 100644 --- a/world/xx.json +++ b/world/xx.json @@ -749,18 +749,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "840,736,466 (2022 est.)" + "text": "840.736 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11 (2021 est.)" + "text": "11 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8.5 billion (2021 est.)" + "text": "8.361 billion (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "107 (2021 est.)" + "text": "108 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": {