From 40adf5f88547d911ee5de46c0c1f42e4a1ec0dc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yo Robot Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 22:21:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] auto-update week 30 --- africa/ag.json | 18 +++++--------- africa/ao.json | 12 +++++----- africa/bc.json | 20 +++++----------- africa/bn.json | 12 +++++----- africa/by.json | 9 ++++--- africa/cd.json | 12 +++++----- africa/cf.json | 20 +++++----------- africa/cg.json | 16 ++++++------- africa/cm.json | 13 ++++++---- africa/cn.json | 25 ++++++++----------- africa/ct.json | 11 +++++---- africa/cv.json | 14 +++++------ africa/dj.json | 20 +++++----------- africa/eg.json | 14 +++++------ africa/ek.json | 22 ++++++----------- africa/er.json | 24 +++++++------------ africa/et.json | 12 +++++----- africa/ga.json | 9 ++++--- africa/gb.json | 9 ++++--- africa/gh.json | 12 +++++----- africa/gv.json | 14 +++++------ africa/iv.json | 14 +++++------ africa/ke.json | 27 +++++++-------------- africa/li.json | 25 ++++++------------- africa/lt.json | 9 ++++--- 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+++++----- europe/bu.json | 25 ++++++------------- europe/cy.json | 27 +++++++-------------- europe/da.json | 28 ++++++++-------------- europe/ee.json | 11 +++++---- europe/ei.json | 27 +++++++-------------- europe/en.json | 25 ++++++------------- europe/ez.json | 25 ++++++------------- europe/fi.json | 22 ++++++----------- europe/fo.json | 20 +++++----------- europe/fr.json | 29 +++++++--------------- europe/gi.json | 26 +++++++------------- europe/gk.json | 27 +++++++-------------- europe/gm.json | 26 ++++++++------------ europe/gr.json | 28 ++++++++-------------- europe/hr.json | 25 ++++++------------- europe/hu.json | 23 +++++------------- europe/ic.json | 22 ++++++----------- europe/im.json | 26 +++++++------------- europe/it.json | 14 +++++------ europe/je.json | 24 +++++++------------ europe/jn.json | 2 +- europe/kv.json | 11 +++++---- europe/lg.json | 25 ++++++------------- europe/lh.json | 25 ++++++------------- europe/lo.json | 23 +++++------------- europe/ls.json | 25 ++++++------------- europe/lu.json | 26 +++++++------------- europe/md.json | 25 ++++++------------- europe/mj.json | 16 ++++++------- europe/mk.json | 22 +++++++---------- europe/mn.json | 22 ++++++----------- europe/mt.json | 25 ++++++------------- europe/nl.json | 28 +++++++++------------- europe/no.json | 34 ++++++++++---------------- europe/pl.json | 26 ++++++++------------ europe/po.json | 27 +++++++-------------- europe/ri.json | 14 +++++------ europe/ro.json | 12 +++++----- europe/si.json | 23 +++++------------- europe/sm.json | 11 +++++---- europe/sp.json | 14 +++++------ europe/sv.json | 11 ++++++++- europe/sw.json | 26 +++++++------------- europe/sz.json | 25 ++++++------------- europe/uk.json | 26 ++++++++------------ europe/up.json | 14 +++++------ europe/vt.json | 14 +++++------ middle-east/ae.json | 17 ++++++++----- middle-east/aj.json | 14 +++++------ middle-east/am.json | 14 +++++------ middle-east/ba.json | 23 ++++++------------ middle-east/gg.json | 16 ++++++------- middle-east/gz.json | 4 ++-- middle-east/ir.json | 14 +++++------ middle-east/is.json | 25 ++++++------------- middle-east/iz.json | 11 +++++---- middle-east/jo.json | 14 +++++------ middle-east/ku.json | 9 ++++--- middle-east/le.json | 16 ++++++------- middle-east/mu.json | 13 ++++++---- middle-east/qa.json | 22 ++++++----------- middle-east/sa.json | 12 +++++----- middle-east/sy.json | 14 +++++------ middle-east/tu.json | 14 +++++------ middle-east/we.json | 2 +- middle-east/ym.json | 17 ++++++------- north-america/bd.json | 30 +++++++---------------- north-america/ca.json | 30 ++++++++++------------- north-america/gl.json | 24 +++++++------------ north-america/ip.json | 2 +- north-america/mx.json | 17 ++++++++----- north-america/sb.json | 24 +++++++++---------- north-america/us.json | 25 ++++++------------- oceans/oo.json | 4 ++-- oceans/xo.json | 2 +- oceans/xq.json | 2 +- oceans/zh.json | 2 +- oceans/zn.json | 2 +- south-america/ar.json | 32 +++++-------------------- south-america/bl.json | 13 ++++++---- south-america/br.json | 15 ++++++++---- south-america/ci.json | 14 +++++------ south-america/co.json | 15 ++++++++---- south-america/ec.json | 15 ++++++++---- south-america/fk.json | 13 ++++++---- south-america/gy.json | 14 +++++------ south-america/ns.json | 29 +++++++--------------- south-america/pa.json | 20 ++++++++-------- south-america/pe.json | 13 ++++++---- south-america/sx.json | 2 +- south-america/uy.json | 14 +++++------ south-america/ve.json | 15 ++++++++---- south-asia/af.json | 20 ++++++++++------ south-asia/bg.json | 12 +++++----- south-asia/bt.json | 11 +++++---- south-asia/ce.json | 11 +++++---- south-asia/in.json | 15 ++++++++---- south-asia/io.json | 13 ++++++++-- south-asia/mv.json | 12 +++++----- south-asia/np.json | 18 +++++++------- south-asia/pk.json | 15 ++++++++---- world/xx.json | 23 ++++-------------- 257 files changed, 1927 insertions(+), 2670 deletions(-) diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index 902ef6ec..058d390f 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -365,22 +365,16 @@ } }, "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "81.4%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "87.4%" - }, "female": { "text": "74.2% (2019 est.)" } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution in major cities; soil erosion from overgrazing and other poor farming practices; desertification; river and coastal pollution from dumping of raw sewage, petroleum refining wastes, and other industrial effluents; pollution in Mediterranean Sea from oil wastes, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff; inadequate potable water" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -686,12 +680,15 @@ "text": "green, white, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Kassaman\" (We Pledge)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Mufdi ZAKARIAH/Mohamed FAWZI" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1962; ZAKARIAH wrote \"Kassaman\" as a poem while imprisoned in Algiers by French colonial forces" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1962; ZAKARIAH wrote \"Kassaman\" as a poem while imprisoned in Algiers by French colonial forces" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1203,9 +1200,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch list — Algeria does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so, therefore Algeria was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/algeria/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "NA" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/ao.json b/africa/ao.json index e60166f2..c15bf97e 100644 --- a/africa/ao.json +++ b/africa/ao.json @@ -371,10 +371,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "overuse of pastures and subsequent soil erosion; desertification; deforestation of tropical rainforest from international demand for timber and domestic use as fuel; loss of biodiversity; soil erosion contributing to water pollution and siltation of rivers and dams; inadequate supplies of potable water" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution" }, @@ -647,12 +647,15 @@ "text": "red, black, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Angola Avante\" (Forward Angola)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Manuel Rui Alves MONTEIRO/Rui Alberto Vieira Dias MINGAO" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1975" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1975" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1163,9 +1166,6 @@ "refugees (country of origin)": { "text": "9,272 (Guinea), 6,357 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,725 (Mauritania) (2023); 22,841 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2024)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

used as a transshipment point for cocaine destined for Western Europe and other African states, particularly South Africa

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/bc.json b/africa/bc.json index d08174bf..8e407c8c 100644 --- a/africa/bc.json +++ b/africa/bc.json @@ -345,17 +345,6 @@ "text": "21.5% national budget (2020 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "88.5%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "88%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "88.9% (2015)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "12 years" @@ -369,10 +358,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "overgrazing; desertification; limited freshwater resources; air pollution" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -652,12 +641,15 @@ "text": "the two zebras, the country’s national symbol, support an elephant tusk that represents the country's fauna and a head of sorghum that signifies agriculture; the three wavy blue bands stand for the country’s reliance on water, the cog wheels for industry, and the bull’s head for the cattle industry; the coat of arms also features the national colors of light blue, white, and black; the motto reflects the scarcity of rain in the country: pula means “let there be rain” in Setswana, the national language" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Fatshe leno la rona\" (Our Land)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Kgalemang Tumedisco MOTSETE" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1966" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1966" }, "National heritage": { diff --git a/africa/bn.json b/africa/bn.json index a7a42da1..46b904d4 100644 --- a/africa/bn.json +++ b/africa/bn.json @@ -386,10 +386,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "inadequate supplies of potable water; water pollution; poaching; deforestation; desertification; droughts" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -667,12 +667,15 @@ "text": "green, yellow, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"L'Aube Nouvelle\" (The Dawn of a New Day)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Gilbert Jean DAGNON" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1960" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1960" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1160,9 +1163,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch list — Benin did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/benin/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a significant transit and departure country for cocaine shipments in Africa destined for Europe

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/by.json b/africa/by.json index ac21ad06..80685af7 100644 --- a/africa/by.json +++ b/africa/by.json @@ -386,10 +386,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "soil erosion from overgrazing and agricultural expansion; deforestation; wildlife habitat loss" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -691,12 +691,15 @@ "text": "red, white, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Burundi Bwacu\" (Our Beloved Burundi)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Jean-Baptiste NTAHOKAJA/Marc BARENGAYABO" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1962" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1962" } }, diff --git a/africa/cd.json b/africa/cd.json index 7ed5dcf2..41f4eb30 100644 --- a/africa/cd.json +++ b/africa/cd.json @@ -391,10 +391,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "inadequate supplies of potable water; soil and water pollution from improper waste disposal in rural areas and poor farming practices; desertification" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -686,12 +686,15 @@ "text": "blue, yellow, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"La Tchadienne\" (The Chadian)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Louis GIDROL and his students/Paul VILLARD" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1960" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1960" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1137,9 +1140,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Chad does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so, therefore Chad was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/chad/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "NA" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/cf.json b/africa/cf.json index 177dbb27..f9a7257c 100644 --- a/africa/cf.json +++ b/africa/cf.json @@ -367,17 +367,6 @@ "text": "14.7% national budget (2023 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "80.6%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "85.9%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "75.4% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "11 years" @@ -391,10 +380,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; tap water not potable; deforestation; wildlife protection" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -694,12 +683,15 @@ "text": "green, yellow, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"La Congolaise\" (The Congolese)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Jacques TONDRA and Georges KIBANGHI/Jean ROYER and Joseph SPADILIERE" }, + "history": { + "text": "originally adopted 1959, restored 1991" + }, "note": "note: originally adopted 1959, restored 1991" }, "National heritage": { diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index 573ec464..d9a9fb57 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -397,10 +397,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "poaching; water pollution; deforestation from agriculture and wood used for fuel; soil erosion; damage from mining" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -710,13 +710,16 @@ "text": "sky blue, red, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Debout Congolaise\" (Arise Congolese)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Debout Congolaise\" (Arise, Congolese)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Joseph LUTUMBA/Simon-Pierre BOKA di Mpasi Londi" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1960; replaced when the country was known as Zaire; but readopted in 1997" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1960; replaced when the country was known as Zaire, but readopted in 1997" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1960; replaced when the country was known as Zaire, but readopted in 1997" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1220,9 +1223,6 @@ "IDPs": { "text": "6.38 million (fighting between government forces and rebels since mid-1990s; conflict in Kasai region since 2016) (2023)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

country of origin of methamphetamine destined for overseas markets;

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/cm.json b/africa/cm.json index 620b0b68..b8b2d4af 100644 --- a/africa/cm.json +++ b/africa/cm.json @@ -396,10 +396,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; poaching; overfishing; overhunting" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -704,13 +704,16 @@ "text": "green, red, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"O Cameroun, Berceau de nos Ancetres\" (O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Forefathers)" + "title": { + "text": "\"O Cameroun, Berceau de Nos Ancêtres\" (O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Forefathers)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Rene Djam AFAME, Samuel Minkio BAMBA, Moise Nyatte NKO'O [French], Benard Nsokika FONLON [English]/Rene Djam AFAME" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1957; Cameroon's anthem, also known as \"Chant de Ralliement\" (The Rallying Song), has been used unofficially since 1948 and officially adopted in 1957; the anthem has French and English versions whose lyrics differ" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1957; the anthem, also known as \"Le Chant de Ralliement\" (The Rallying Song), has been used unofficially since 1948; has French and English versions with different lyrics" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1957; the anthem, also known as \"Le Chant de Ralliement\" (The Rallying Song), has been used unofficially since 1948; has French and English versions with different lyrics" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/africa/cn.json b/africa/cn.json index 863f6b49..76c83260 100644 --- a/africa/cn.json +++ b/africa/cn.json @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ "note": "note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-49" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "217 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "179 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -345,17 +345,6 @@ "text": "11.5% national budget (2025 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "62%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "67%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "56.9% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "11 years" @@ -369,10 +358,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; soil degradation and erosion from forest loss and crop cultivation on slopes without proper terracing; silting of coral reefs" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -627,13 +616,19 @@ "National color(s)": { "text": "green, white" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "text": "the coat of arms is in the national colors of green and white; was adopted in 1978; the crescent and stars represent Islam, with the four stars also symbolizing the archipelago’s four main islands: Grande Comore, Mohéli, Anjouan, and Mayotte (the last of which is a French department claimed by Comoros); above and below the sun’s rays is the name of the nation written in French and Arabic; two olive branches, representing peace, are connected by a banner with the national motto in French, which translates as \"Unity, Solidarity, Development\"" + }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Udzima wa ya Masiwa\" (The Union of the Great Islands)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Said Hachim SIDI ABDEREMANE/Said Hachim SIDI ABDEREMANE and Kamildine ABDALLAH" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1978" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1978" } }, diff --git a/africa/ct.json b/africa/ct.json index 4d738881..c411d02d 100644 --- a/africa/ct.json +++ b/africa/ct.json @@ -367,10 +367,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution; tap water not potable; poaching; wildlife mismanagement; desertification; deforestation; soil erosion" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -641,13 +641,16 @@ "text": "blue, white, green, yellow, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"La Renaissance\" (The Renaissance)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Barthelemy BOGANDA/Herbert PEPPER" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1960; Barthelemy BOGANDA wrote the anthem's lyrics and was the first prime minister of the autonomous French territory" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1960; BOGANDA wrote the anthem's lyrics and was the first prime minister of the autonomous French territory" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1960; BOGANDA wrote the anthem's lyrics and was the first prime minister of the autonomous French territory" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/africa/cv.json b/africa/cv.json index 6bc21e72..85acd967 100644 --- a/africa/cv.json +++ b/africa/cv.json @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "42 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "40 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -371,10 +371,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation due to demand for firewood; water shortages; droughts;  desertification; soil erosion; illegal beach sand extraction; overfishing" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -641,12 +641,15 @@ "text": "blue, white, red, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Cantico da Liberdade\" (Song of Freedom)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Amilcar Spencer LOPES/Adalberto Higino Tavares SILVA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1996" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1996" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1095,9 +1098,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "115 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

narcotraffickers transit cocaine, cannabis, and other drugs to Africa and Europe; domestic trafficking contributes to increased consumption of illicit substances;

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index 01d80d09..ce2194f8 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -346,17 +346,6 @@ "text": "14.5% national budget (2018 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "7 years" @@ -370,10 +359,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "inadequate supplies of potable water; water pollution; limited arable land; deforestation (forests threatened by agriculture and the use of wood for fuel); desertification; endangered species" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -641,12 +630,15 @@ "text": "light blue, green, white, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Jabuuti\" (Djibouti)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Aden ELMI/Abdi ROBLEH" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1977" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1977" } }, diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index 1d154850..c7dbb68f 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -400,10 +400,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "rapid growth in population straining natural resources; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution in coastal ecosystems; water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; limited natural freshwater resources away from the Nile" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -718,13 +718,16 @@ "text": "red, white, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Bilady, Bilady, Bilady\" (My Homeland, My Homeland, My Homeland)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Younis-al QADI/Sayed DARWISH" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1979; the current anthem, less militaristic than the previous one, was created after the signing of the 1979 peace treaty with Israel; Sayed DARWISH, commonly considered the father of modern Egyptian music, composed the anthem" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1979; the current anthem, less militaristic than the previous one, was written after the 1979 peace treaty was signed with Israel; Sayed DARWISH, the composer, is widely considered the father of modern Egyptian music" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1979; the current anthem, less militaristic than the previous one, was written after the 1979 peace treaty was signed with Israel; Sayed DARWISH, the composer, is widely considered the father of modern Egyptian music" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1274,9 +1277,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "10 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

major source of precursor chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/ek.json b/africa/ek.json index 9e4ec066..478e2618 100644 --- a/africa/ek.json +++ b/africa/ek.json @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "212 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "174 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -320,24 +320,13 @@ }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "60.2% (2023 est.)" - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "95.3%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "97.4%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "93% (2015)" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation (agricultural expansion, fires, and grazing); desertification; water pollution; tap water non-potable; wildlife preservation" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -638,12 +627,15 @@ "text": "green, white, red, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Caminemos pisando la senda\" (Let Us Tread the Path)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Atanasio Ndongo MIYONO/Atanasio Ndongo MIYONO or Ramiro Sanchez LOPEZ (disputed)" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1968" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1968" } }, diff --git a/africa/er.json b/africa/er.json index 0756a7d9..f23b7809 100644 --- a/africa/er.json +++ b/africa/er.json @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ "note": "note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "322 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "291 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -332,17 +332,6 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "52.3% (2023 est.)" }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "76.6%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "84.4%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "68.9% (2018)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "8 years" @@ -356,10 +345,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; overgrazing" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling" }, @@ -617,13 +606,16 @@ "text": "green, red, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Ertra, Ertra, Ertra\" (Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "SOLOMON Tsehaye Beraki/Isaac Abraham MEHAREZGI and ARON Tekle Tesfatsion" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1993; upon independence from Ethiopia" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1993, after gaining independence from Ethiopia" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1993, after gaining independence from Ethiopia" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index c1119b9d..6c2371b2 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -398,10 +398,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; loss of biodiversity; water shortages in some areas from water-intensive farming and poor management; industrial pollution and pesticides contribute to air, water, and soil pollution" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection" }, @@ -700,12 +700,15 @@ "text": "green, yellow, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Whedefit Gesgeshi Woud Enat Ethiopia\" (March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "DEREJE Melaku Mengesha/SOLOMON Lulu" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1992" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1992" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1204,9 +1207,6 @@ "IDPs": { "text": "4.385 million (includes conflict- and climate-induced IDPs, excluding unverified estimates from the Amhara region; border war with Eritrea from 1998-2000; ethnic clashes; and ongoing fighting between the Ethiopian military and separatist rebel groups in the Somali and Oromia regions; natural disasters; intercommunal violence; most IDPs live in Sumale state) (2023)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "transit hub for heroin originating in Southwest and Southeast Asia and destined for Europe, as well as cocaine destined for markets in southern Africa; cultivates qat (khat) for local use and regional export, principally to Djibouti and Somalia (legal in all three countries); the lack of a well-developed financial system limits the country's utility as a money laundering center" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/ga.json b/africa/ga.json index 96268e7c..15348af7 100644 --- a/africa/ga.json +++ b/africa/ga.json @@ -382,10 +382,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation due to slash-and-burn agriculture; desertification; water pollution; water-borne diseases" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -644,12 +644,15 @@ "text": "red, blue, green, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"For The Gambia, Our Homeland\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Virginia Julie HOWE/adapted by Jeremy Frederick HOWE" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1965; the music is an adaptation of the traditional Mandinka song \"Foday Kaba Dumbuya\"" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1965; the music is an adaptation of the traditional Mandinka song \"Foday Kaba Dumbuya\"" }, "National heritage": { diff --git a/africa/gb.json b/africa/gb.json index c6cd6829..3ff709dd 100644 --- a/africa/gb.json +++ b/africa/gb.json @@ -364,10 +364,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation from logging; solid-waste disposal; water pollution from oil industry; wildlife poaching" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -651,12 +651,15 @@ "text": "the panthers represent vigilance and courage, and they support a shield with a ship and an okoume tree, which is a symbol of the timber trade; the ribbon below the shield has the national motto in French, Union, Travail, Justice (\"Union, Work, Justice\"), and the ribbon above the shield has the Latin phrase Uniti Progrediemur (\"We shall go forward united\")" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"La Concorde\" (The Concorde)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Georges Aleka DAMAS" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1960" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1960" }, "National heritage": { diff --git a/africa/gh.json b/africa/gh.json index 7541b913..533b33cb 100644 --- a/africa/gh.json +++ b/africa/gh.json @@ -393,10 +393,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "drought in north; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction; water pollution; inadequate potable water" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -658,12 +658,15 @@ "text": "red, yellow, green, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"God Bless Our Homeland Ghana\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "unknown/Philip GBEHO" }, + "history": { + "text": "music adopted 1957, lyrics adopted 1966; the lyrics were changed twice, in 1960 when a republic was declared and after a 1966 coup" + }, "note": "note: music adopted 1957, lyrics adopted 1966; the lyrics were changed twice, in 1960 when a republic was declared and after a 1966 coup" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1188,8 +1191,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

Ghana is a transit and destination point for illicit drugs trafficked from Asia and South America to other African countries, Europe, and to a lesser extent North America; not a significant source for drugs entering the United States; limited local consumption of controlled pharmaceuticals, cocaine, and heroin from Asia and South America; cannabis cultivated and produced in large quantities in most rural areas of Ghana  

 

" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/gv.json b/africa/gv.json index 10c6834c..9cd3a92d 100644 --- a/africa/gv.json +++ b/africa/gv.json @@ -373,10 +373,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; inadequate potable water; desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing, overpopulation in forest region; poor mining practices; water pollution; improper waste disposal" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -643,12 +643,15 @@ "text": "red, yellow, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Liberte\" (Liberty)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Liberté\" (Liberty)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "unknown/Fodeba KEITA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1958" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1958" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1113,8 +1116,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "NA" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/iv.json b/africa/iv.json index fee1ffa6..c85a3832 100644 --- a/africa/iv.json +++ b/africa/iv.json @@ -394,10 +394,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; water pollution from sewage and from industrial, mining, and agricultural effluents" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -702,13 +702,16 @@ "text": "orange, white, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"L'Abidjanaise\" (Song of Abidjan)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Mathieu EKRA, Joachim BONY, and Pierre Marie COTY/Pierre Marie COTY and Pierre Michel PANGO" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1960; although the nation's capital city moved from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro in 1983, the anthem still owes its name to the former capital" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1960; named after the former capital city of Abidjan" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1960; named after the former capital city of Abidjan" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1222,9 +1225,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "930,578 (2022); note - many Ivoirians lack documentation proving their nationality, which prevent them from accessing education and healthcare; birth on Ivorian soil does not automatically result in citizenship; disputes over citizenship and the associated rights of the large population descended from migrants from neighboring countries is an ongoing source of tension and contributed to the country's 2002 civil war; some observers believe the government's mass naturalizations of thousands of people over the last couple of years is intended to boost its electoral support base; the government in October 2013 acceded to international conventions on statelessness and in August 2013 reformed its nationality law, key steps to clarify the nationality of thousands of residents; since the adoption of the Abidjan Declaration to eradicate statelessness in West Africa in February 2015, 6,400 people have received nationality papers in Cote d'Ivoire; in September 2020, Cote d'Ivoire adopted Africa's first statelessness determination procedure to regularize the status of stateless people" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "illicit producer of cannabis, mostly for local consumption; utility as a narcotic transshipment point to Europe reduced by ongoing political instability; while rampant corruption and inadequate supervision leave the banking system vulnerable to money laundering, the lack of a developed financial system limits the country's utility as a major money-laundering center" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index 825ed040..97190376 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -377,24 +377,13 @@ "Education expenditure (% national budget)": { "text": "18.4% national budget (2023 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "82.6%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "85.5%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "79.8% (2021)" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution from urban and industrial wastes and from use of pesticides and fertilizers; flooding; water-hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; poaching" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -705,15 +694,18 @@ "text": "black, red, green, white" }, "National coat of arms": { - "text": "

the two lions symbolize protection as they hold a traditional East African shield and spears in defense of freedom and unity; the shield features the national colors: black for the people, green for agriculture and natural resources, red for the struggle for freedom, and white for unity and peace; on the shield, a rooster greets the new day, and the axe represents both authority and the Kenya Africa National Union (KANU) that led the country to independence; at the base of the shield is Mount Kenya, Africa’s second-highest peak; the scroll has the Swahili word Harambee, meaning “all for one” or “pulling together”

" + "text": "the two lions symbolize protection as they hold a traditional East African shield and spears in defense of freedom and unity; the shield features the national colors: black for the people, green for agriculture and natural resources, red for the struggle for freedom, and white for unity and peace; on the shield, a rooster greets the new day, and the axe represents both authority and the Kenya Africa National Union (KANU) that led the country to independence; at the base of the shield is Mount Kenya, Africa’s second-highest peak; the scroll has the Swahili word Harambee, meaning “all for one” or “pulling together”" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu\" (Oh God of All Creation)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu\" (O God of All Creation)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Graham HYSLOP, Thomas KALUME, Peter KIBUKOSYA, Washington OMONDI, and George W. SENOGA-ZAKE/traditional, adapted by Graham HYSLOP, Thomas KALUME, Peter KIBUKOSYA, Washington OMONDI, and George W. SENOGA-ZAKE" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1963; based on a traditional Kenyan folk song" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1963; based on a traditional Kenyan folk song" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1237,9 +1229,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "16,779 (2022); note - the stateless population consists of Nubians, Kenyan Somalis, and coastal Arabs; the Nubians are descendants of Sudanese soldiers recruited by the British to fight for them in East Africa more than a century ago; Nubians did not receive Kenyan citizenship when the country became independent in 1963; only recently have Nubians become a formally recognized tribe and had less trouble obtaining national IDs; Galjeel and other Somalis who have lived in Kenya for decades are included with more recent Somali refugees and denied ID cards" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit country for illicit drugs and precursor chemicals; domestic drug consumption of cannabis and miraa (khat) is growing; heroin enters Kenya via Tanzania and in shipments across the Indian Ocean from Southwest Asia mostly destined for international markets, principally Europe; cocaine enters Kenya primarily via transshipment through Ethiopia

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/li.json b/africa/li.json index 1c020955..82e25d6d 100644 --- a/africa/li.json +++ b/africa/li.json @@ -361,24 +361,13 @@ "Education expenditure (% national budget)": { "text": "7.4% national budget (2021 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "48.3%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "62.7%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "34.1% (2017)" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "tropical rainforest deforestation; soil erosion; loss of biodiversity; hunting of endangered species for bushmeat; pollution of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage; pollution of rivers from industrial run-off; burning and dumping of household waste" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -675,12 +664,15 @@ "text": "red, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"All Hail, Liberia Hail!\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"All Hail, Liberia, Hail!\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Daniel Bashiel WARNER/Olmstead LUCA" }, + "history": { + "text": "lyrics adopted 1847, music adopted 1860; the anthem's author later became the third president of Liberia" + }, "note": "note: lyrics adopted 1847, music adopted 1860; the anthem's author later became the third president of Liberia" } }, @@ -1137,9 +1129,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Liberia was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/liberia/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

not a significant transit country for illicit narcotics bound for the United States or Europe; not a key producer of illicit drugs; proximity to major drug transit routes contribute to trafficking cocaine and heroin, to and through Liberia and other West African countries; local drug use involves locally grown cannabis, heroin (mostly smoked), cocaine (snorted), and more recently kush (Cannabis Indic’s type flower), mixed with different substances including heroin or synthetic DMT

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/lt.json b/africa/lt.json index 2c5cf12c..bf2b71a6 100644 --- a/africa/lt.json +++ b/africa/lt.json @@ -378,10 +378,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "overgrazing; severe soil erosion; soil exhaustion; desertification; Highlands Water Project controls, stores, and redirects water to South Africa" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -669,12 +669,15 @@ "text": "blue, white, green, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Lesotho fatse la bo ntat'a rona\" (Lesotho, Land of Our Fathers)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Francois COILLARD/Ferdinand-Samuel LAUR" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1967; music derives from an 1823 Swiss songbook" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1967; music derives from an 1823 Swiss songbook" }, "National heritage": { diff --git a/africa/ly.json b/africa/ly.json index 4695c041..7fc0a253 100644 --- a/africa/ly.json +++ b/africa/ly.json @@ -330,24 +330,13 @@ }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "59.2% (2023 est.)" - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "91%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "96.7%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "85.6% (2015)" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "desertification; limited natural freshwater resources; water pollution; threats to coastal ecosystem from sewage, oil byproducts, and industrial waste" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -590,13 +579,16 @@ "text": "red, black, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Libya, Libya, Libya\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Al Bashir AL AREBI/Mohamad Abdel WAHAB" }, - "note": "note: also known as \"Ya Beladi\" or \"Oh, My Country!\"; adopted 1951; readopted 2011 with some modification to the lyrics; during the QADHAFI years between 1969 and 2011, the anthem was \"Allahu Akbar,\" (God is Great) a marching song of the Egyptian Army in the 1956 Suez War" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1951, but replaced in 1969 when QADHAFI came to power; readopted 2011 with some modification to the lyrics; also known as \"Ya Beladi\" (O My Country)" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1951, but replaced in 1969 when QADHAFI came to power; readopted 2011 with some modification to the lyrics; also known as \"Ya Beladi\" (O My Country)" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index 1b9d56c4..f95b82d3 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -381,10 +381,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "erosion and soil degradation from deforestation and overgrazing; desertification; agricultural fires; water pollution from raw sewage and other organic wastes; wildlife preservation " }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -676,12 +676,15 @@ "text": "red, green, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Ry Tanindraza nay malala o\" (Oh, Our Beloved Fatherland)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Ry Tanindraza nay malala o\" (O Our Beloved Fatherland)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Pasteur RAHAJASON/Norbert RAHARISOA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1959" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1959" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1136,9 +1139,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government has devoted sufficient resources to a written plan that, if implemented, would constitute significant efforts to meet the minimum standards; therefore, Madagascar was granted a waiver per the Trafficking Victims Protection Act from an otherwise required downgrade to Tier 3 and remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/madagascar/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "illicit producer of cannabis (cultivated and wild varieties) used mostly for domestic consumption; transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/mi.json b/africa/mi.json index 6ec96477..4603083d 100644 --- a/africa/mi.json +++ b/africa/mi.json @@ -387,10 +387,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; land degradation; water pollution from agricultural runoff, sewage, industrial wastes; siltation of fish spawning grounds; high temperatures and changing precipitation patterns" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -655,12 +655,15 @@ "text": "black, red, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Mulungu dalitsa Malawi\" (Oh God Bless Our Land of Malawi)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Mulungu dalitsa Malawi\" (O God, Bless Our Land of Malawi)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Michael-Fredrick Paul SAUKA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1964" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1964" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1109,9 +1112,6 @@ "refugees (country of origin)": { "text": "11,502 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,594 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023); 34,605 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "NA" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/ml.json b/africa/ml.json index 65c98e9c..aac0f7a2 100644 --- a/africa/ml.json +++ b/africa/ml.json @@ -391,10 +391,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; loss of pasture land; inadequate supplies of potable water" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -656,13 +656,16 @@ "text": "green, yellow, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Le Mali\" (Mali)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Seydou Badian KOUYATE/Banzoumana SISSOKO" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1962; also known as \"Pour L'Afrique et pour toi, Mali\" (For Africa and for You, Mali) and \"A ton appel Mali\" (At Your Call, Mali)" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1962; also known as \"Pour l'Afrique et pour toi, Mali\" (For Africa and for You, Mali) and \"A ton appel, Mali\" (At Your Call, Mali)" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1962; also known as \"Pour l'Afrique et pour toi, Mali\" (For Africa and for You, Mali) and \"A ton appel, Mali\" (At Your Call, Mali)" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1120,9 +1123,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch list — Mali did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/mali/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit point for illicit drugs trafficked to Europe; trafficking controlled by armed groups, criminal organizations, terrorist groups and government officials that facilitate, protect and profit from the activity

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/mo.json b/africa/mo.json index 4c22b352..4c42cf94 100644 --- a/africa/mo.json +++ b/africa/mo.json @@ -230,8 +230,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "70 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)", - "note": "note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara" + "text": "70 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -374,18 +373,6 @@ "text": "23.3% national budget (2024 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "75.9%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "84.8%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "67.4% (2021)" - }, - "note": "note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara" - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "14 years" @@ -400,11 +387,11 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "in the north: land degradation and desertification, with soil erosion from farming, overgrazing, and vegetation removal; water and soil pollution from industrial-waste dumping; in the south: desertification; overgrazing; sparse water", "note": "note:  data does not include former Western Sahara" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -718,12 +705,15 @@ "text": "red, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Hymne Cherifien\" (Hymn of the Sharif)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Ali Squalli HOUSSAINI/Leo MORGAN" }, + "history": { + "text": "music adopted 1956, lyrics adopted 1970" + }, "note": "note: music adopted 1956, lyrics adopted 1970" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1213,7 +1203,7 @@ "text": "770 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 930 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2024)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are responsible for protecting Morocco’s national interests, sovereignty, and 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 seen as 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 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 (2024)" + "text": "the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are responsible for protecting Morocco’s national interests, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; key areas of concern for the FAR include international terrorism, maritime security, and regional challenges such as the Polisario Front in Western Sahara and Algeria; the Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), an organization that seeks the independence of Western Sahara, 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 low-intensity hostilities between Morocco and the Polisario Front across the 2,500-kilometer-long berm built in 1987 that separates the two sides; Algeria is seen as a regional rival and has openly backed the Polisario Front

the FAR participates in international peacekeeping operations, as well as both bilateral and multinational training exercises; it has relations with a variety of partners including the militaries of France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and the US, as well as NATO, the Arab League, and the African Union; 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 FAR was created in May 1956; Moroccans were recruited for service in the Spahi and Tirailleur regiments of the French Army during the period of the French protectorate (1912-1956), and Moroccans fought under the French Army during both World Wars, as well as 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) (2025)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1227,9 +1217,6 @@ "refugees (country of origin)": { "text": "5,250 (Syria) (mid-year 2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

one of the world’s largest cannabis-producing country with Europe as the main  market; hashish is smuggled to South America and the Caribbean where it is exchanged for cocaine which is distributed in Europe; MDMA (ecstasy), originating in Belgium and the Netherlands is smuggled into northern Morocco for sale on the domestic market

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/mp.json b/africa/mp.json index 9e54de11..10a4c468 100644 --- a/africa/mp.json +++ b/africa/mp.json @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "84 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "66 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -362,10 +362,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution, degradation of coral reefs; soil erosion; wildlife preservation; solid-waste disposal" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -635,12 +635,15 @@ "text": "red, blue, yellow, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Motherland\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Jean Georges PROSPER/Philippe GENTIL" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1968" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1968" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1078,12 +1081,9 @@ "text": "the MPF's inventory is comprised of mostly secondhand equipment from Western European countries and India (2024)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the MPF's primary security partner is India, which provides training and other support to the National Coast Guard; Indian naval vessels often patrol the country's waters; the MPF has also received assistance and training from France, the UK, and the US; the MPF’s chief security concerns are piracy and narcotics trafficking

the Special Mobile Force was created in 1960 following the withdrawal of the British garrison (2024)" + "text": "key security priorities for the Maritius Police Force (MPF) include combating narcotics trafficking, ensuring public order, fighting cybercrime, improving maritime security, and responding to natural disasters; the MPF's primary security partner is India, which provides training and other support to the National Coast Guard, while Indian naval vessels often patrol the country's waters; the MPF has also received assistance and training from France, the UK, and the US

the Special Mobile Force was created in 1960 following the withdrawal of the British garrison (2025)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

consumer and transshipment point for heroin from South Asia; small amounts of cannabis produced and consumed locally; significant offshore financial industry creates potential for money laundering

" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/mr.json b/africa/mr.json index 71bc9ab4..05c52127 100644 --- a/africa/mr.json +++ b/africa/mr.json @@ -398,10 +398,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "desertification caused in part by overgrazing, deforestation, and drought-aggravated soil erosion; limited natural freshwater resources; locust infestation" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -672,13 +672,16 @@ "text": "green, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Bilāda l-ʾubāti l-hudāti l-kirām\" (Land of the Proud, Guided by Noblemen)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "unknown/traditional, Rageh DAOUD" }, - "note": "note: adopted 28 November 2017, preceded by \"National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania\"

" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 28 November 2017" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 28 November 2017

" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1147,7 +1150,7 @@ "text": "450 (plus about 325 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "founded in 1960, the Mauritanian military is responsible for territorial defense and internal security; it also assists in economic development projects, humanitarian missions, and disaster response; border and maritime security and the threat of terrorist groups operating in the Sahel, particularly Mali, are key areas of focus; Mauritania has received security assistance from the EU, France, NATO, and the US (2024)" + "text": "founded in 1960, the Mauritanian military is responsible for territorial defense and internal security; it also assists in economic development projects, humanitarian missions, and disaster response; border and maritime security, regional stability, and the threat of terrorist groups operating in the Sahel, particularly Mali, are key areas of focus; Mauritania has received security assistance from the EU, France, NATO, and the US (2025)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1160,9 +1163,6 @@ "refugees (country of origin)": { "text": "26,000 (Sahrawis) (2021); 104,080 (Mali) (2023)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "NA" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index 7e857f30..13603b9f 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -391,10 +391,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "increased population migration to urban and coastal areas; desertification; soil erosion; deforestation; water pollution from artisanal mining; pollution of surface and coastal waters; wildlife preservation (elephant poaching for ivory)" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -662,12 +662,15 @@ "text": "green, black, yellow, white, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Patria Amada\" (Lovely Fatherland)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Salomao J. MANHICA/unknown" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 2002" + }, "note": "note: adopted 2002" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1160,10 +1163,10 @@ "text": "the FADM's inventory consists primarily of Russian and Soviet-era equipment, although in recent years it has received some more modern equipment from a variety of countries, mostly as aid/donations (2024)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "registration for military service is mandatory for all men and women at 18 years of age; 18-35 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; 24-month service obligation (note - in 2023, the Mozambique Government said it intended to raise the length of service from two to five years) (2023)" + "text": "registration for military service is mandatory for all men and women at 18 years of age; 18-35 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; 60-month service obligation  (2025)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the FADM is responsible for external security, cooperating with police on internal security, and responding to natural disasters and other emergencies; the current primary focus of the FADM is countering an insurgency driven by militants with ties to the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) terrorist group in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, an area known for rich liquid natural gas deposits; insurgent attacks in the province began in 2017, and the fighting has left an estimated 6,000 dead and 1 million displaced; several countries from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the EU, as well as Rwanda and the US have provided various forms of military assistance to the FADM; the SADC countries and Rwanda have sent more than 3,000 military and security personnel, while some EU member states and the US have provided training assistance; in the first half of 2024, the SADC began withdrawing personnel, although the insurgency remained active (2024)" + "text": "the FADM is responsible for external security, cooperating with police on internal security, and responding to natural disasters and other emergencies; the primary focus of the FADM is countering an insurgency in the northern province of Cabo Delgado by militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham terrorist group (ISIS-Mozambique; known locally as Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama‘a); since 2017, the conflict has claimed an estimated 6,000 lives and displaced an estimated one million persons; at Mozambique's request, Rwanda and several southern African countries under the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) deployed forces to Mozambique to combat the insurgency in 2021; the SADC forces departed in 2024; as of 2025, Rwanda continued to provide approximately 3,000 military and police personnel to assist Mozambican Defense and Security Forces, along with several hundred Tanzanian troops; the EU has also provided training assistance (2025)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1180,9 +1183,6 @@ "IDPs": { "text": "850,599 (north Mozambique, violence between the government and an opposition group, violence associated with extremists groups in 2018, political violence 2019) (2023)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit country for large shipments of heroin and methamphetamine originating from Afghanistan to primarily South Africa

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/ng.json b/africa/ng.json index 3418a50a..714a53ab 100644 --- a/africa/ng.json +++ b/africa/ng.json @@ -379,10 +379,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "overgrazing; soil erosion; deforestation; desertification; contaminated water; inadequate potable water; wildlife populations (such as elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe, and lion) threatened by poaching and habitat destruction" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -650,13 +650,16 @@ "text": "orange, white, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"La Nigerienne\" (The Nigerien)" + "title": { + "text": "\"L'Honneur de la Patrie\" (The Honor of the Fatherland)" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Maurice Albert THIRIET/Robert JACQUET and Nicolas Abel Francois FRIONNET" + "text": "a government-appointed committee wrote both the lyrics and the music" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1961" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 2023" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 2023; replaced previous national anthem, \"La Nigérienne\" (The Nigerien), that was adopted in 1961" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1094,10 +1097,10 @@ "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for selective compulsory or voluntary military service for unmarried men and women; 24-month service term (2023)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "note: in 2024, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced they were forming joint force of 5,000 troops to combat extremist groups in the Sahel" + "text": "note: in 2024, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced they were forming a joint force of 5,000 troops to combat extremist groups in the Sahel" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the military seized control of the government in 2023; since its establishment in 1960-61, it has played a significant role in the country’s politics, attempting coups in 1974, 1996, 1999, 2010, and 2021, and ruling Niger for much of the period before 1999

while the FAN is responsible for ensuring external security, most of its focus is on internal counterinsurgency/counterterrorism operations against terrorist groups operating in the areas bordering Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, and Nigeria, as well as much of northern Niger and the Diffa and Lake Chad regions; these groups include the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS), Boko Haram, ISIS-West Africa, and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM)

since the 2010s, Niger has placed considerable emphasis on improving the effectiveness and mobility of its security forces for countering terrorism and protecting the country’s borders; with training support and material assistance from the US and the EU, each security service has created new units or reconfigured existing units with an emphasis on mobility, hybridization, and specialized training; the Army has established a special operations command, several special intervention battalions, and an anti-terrorism unit known as the 1st Expeditionary Force of Niger (EFoN); the National Gendarmerie has created mobile units modeled on European gendarmerie forces known as the Rapid Action Group—Surveillance and Response in the Sahel (Groupe d'action Rapides—Surveillance et Intervention au Sahel or GAR-SI Sahel); the National Guard (GNN) has established mobile Multipurpose Squadrons (Escadrons Polyvalentes de la Garde Nationale de Niger or EP-GNN), while the National Police have created Mobile Border Control Companies (Compagnie Mobile de Contrôle des Frontières or CMCF); Niger has also established training centers for special forces in Tillia and peacekeeping in Ouallam; meanwhile, the Air Force has received armed UAVs from Turkey (2024)" + "text": "the military of Niger is responsible for ensuring external security, but most of its focus is on internal counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, and border security operations; the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS) and the al-Qaida affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) terrorist groups are active in western Niger and in adjacent strongholds in Burkina Faso and Mali, while the Nigeria-based Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa groups threaten southeast Niger; parts of Niger also face spillover from communal, criminal, and vigilante violence in neighboring Nigeria; since the 2023 coup, some former ethnic separatist rebels have taken up arms in support of deposed President BAZOUM

the military has played a significant role in Niger's domestic politics since its establishment in 1960-61; prior to seizing control of the government in 2023, it attempted coups in 1974, 1996, 1999, 2010, and 2021, and ruled the country for much of the period before 1999 (2025)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1119,9 +1122,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Niger was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/niger/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit country for illegal drugs shipped through Niger to Africa, Europe, and the Middle East; drugs from South America, cocaine, heroin, cannabis, and various synthetics transit through Niger to European and Middle Eastern markets; hashish from Morocco is trafficked through Niger to Libya and Egypt and Europe and the Middle East; Nigerien citizens and migrants crossing Niger consume significant quantities of the opioid tramadol from neighboring Nigeria

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index b3d244db..02a1e474 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -385,10 +385,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "urban air and water pollution; rapid deforestation; soil degradation; loss of arable land; water, air, and soil pollution from oil spills" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -687,13 +687,16 @@ "text": "green, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Nigeria, We Hail Thee\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Lillie Jean WILLIAMS/Frances BERDA" }, - "note": "note: May 2024 Parliament voted to revert back to the former national anthem used from 1960-1078  " + "history": { + "text": "adopted 2024" + }, + "note": "note: Parliament voted in 2024 to revert to the former national anthem used from 1960 to 1978  " }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1193,7 +1196,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "information varies; estimated 150,000 active Armed Forces  (2025)" + "text": "information varies; estimated 140,000 active Armed Forces (2025)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the military's inventory consists of a wide variety of imported weapons systems of Chinese, European, Middle Eastern, Russian (including Soviet-era), and US origin; the military is undergoing a modernization program, and in recent years has received equipment from a range of suppliers, including Brazil, China, France, Italy, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, and the US; Nigeria is also developing a defense-industry capacity, including small arms, armored personnel vehicles, and small-scale naval production (2025)" @@ -1206,7 +1209,7 @@ "note": "note: Nigeria has committed an Army combat brigade (approximately 3,000 troops) to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), a regional counter-terrorism force comprised of troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger; MNJTF conducts operations 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 are conducted periodically" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Nigerian military's primary concerns are internal and maritime security, and it faces a number of challenges; the Army is deployed in all 36 of the country's states; in the northeast, it is conducting counterinsurgency/counterterrorist operations against the Boko Haram (BH) and Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in West Africa (ISIS-WA) terrorist groups, where it has deployed as many as 70,000 troops at times and jihadist-related violence has killed an estimated 35-40,000 people, mostly civilians, since 2009; in the northwest, it faces threats from criminal gangs--locally referred to as bandits--and violence associated with long-standing farmer-herder conflicts, as well as BH and ISIS-WA terrorists; bandits in northwestern Nigeria are estimated to number as many as 30,000 and violence there has killed approximately 14,000 people since the mid-2010s; the military also continues to protect the oil industry in the Niger Delta region against militants and criminal activity; since 2021, additional troops and security forces have been deployed to eastern Nigeria to quell renewed agitation for a state of Biafra (Biafra seceded from Nigeria in the late 1960s, sparking a civil war that caused more than 1 million deaths)

the Navy is focused on maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea; since 2016, it has developed a maritime strategy, boosted naval training and its naval presence in the Gulf, increased participation in regional maritime security efforts, and acquired a number of new naval platforms, including offshore and coastal patrol craft, fast attack boats, and air assets

the Nigerian military traces its origins to the Nigeria Regiment of the West African Frontier Force (WAFF), a multi-regiment force formed by the British colonial office in 1900 to garrison Great Britain's West African colonies; the WAFF (the honorary title \"Royal\" was added later) served in both World Wars; in 1956, the Nigeria Regiment of the Royal WAFF was renamed the Nigerian Military Forces (NMF) and in 1958, the colonial government of Nigeria took over control of the NMF from the British War Office; the Nigerian Armed Forces were established following independence in 1960 (2024)" + "text": "the Nigerian military is responsible for defending against external aggression, maintaining the country's territorial integrity, securing national borders, participating in international peacekeeping and other security missions, suppressing insurrection, and aiding civil authorities in restoring order, as well as other duties such as providing humanitarian assistance; its primary concerns are internal and maritime security; in the northeast part of the country, the military is conducting operations against the Boko Haram (BH) and Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in West Africa (ISIS-WA) terrorist groups, where it has deployed as many as 70,000 troops at times and terrorist-related violence has killed an estimated 35-40,000 people, mostly civilians, since 2009; in the northwest, the military faces threats from criminal gangs--locally referred to as bandits--and violence associated with long-standing farmer-herder conflicts, as well as BH and ISIS-WA terrorists; the military also continues to protect the oil industry in the Niger Delta region against militants and criminal activity and since 2021, has deployed troops alongside other security forces to quell renewed agitation in the state of Biafra; maritime security concerns include piracy and the protection of natural resources in the Gulf of Guinea 

the Nigerian military traces its origins to the Nigeria Regiment of the West African Frontier Force (WAFF), a multi-regiment force formed by the British colonial office in 1900 to garrison Great Britain's West African colonies; the WAFF (the honorary title \"Royal\" was added later) served in both World Wars; in 1956, the Nigeria Regiment of the Royal WAFF was renamed the Nigerian Military Forces (NMF) and in 1958, the colonial government of Nigeria took over control of the NMF from the British War Office; the Nigerian Armed Forces were established following independence in 1960 (2025)" } }, "Space": { @@ -1234,7 +1237,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

Nigeria is a major hub for transnational drug trafficking networks entrenched throughout the world and supplying cocaine to Asia and Europe, heroin to Europe and North America, and methamphetamine to South Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand; also exporting massive quantities of opioids such as tramadol and captagon along with crack cocaine; a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

 

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/od.json b/africa/od.json index eeed7acf..aba030d5 100644 --- a/africa/od.json +++ b/africa/od.json @@ -308,24 +308,13 @@ "Education expenditure (% national budget)": { "text": "8.1% national budget (2023 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "34.5%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "40.3%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "28.9% (2018)" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; wildlife conservation and loss of biodiversity; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; drought" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -594,12 +583,15 @@ "text": "red, green, blue, yellow, black, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"South Sudan Oyee!\" (Hooray!)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "collective of 49 poets/Juba University students and teachers" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 2011; anthem selected in a national contest" + }, "note": "note: adopted 2011; anthem selected in a national contest" } }, diff --git a/africa/pu.json b/africa/pu.json index 8ee63625..57fbffa5 100644 --- a/africa/pu.json +++ b/africa/pu.json @@ -360,10 +360,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation (overharvesting of trees for timber and agricultural purposes); soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -621,13 +621,16 @@ "text": "red, yellow, green, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Esta e a Nossa Patria Bem Amada\" (This Is Our Beloved Country)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Esta e a Nossa Patria Bem Amada\" (This is Our Beloved Country)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Amilcar Lopes CABRAL/XIAO He" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1974; a delegation from then Portuguese Guinea visited China in 1963 and heard music by XIAO He; Amilcar Lopes CABRAL, the leader of Guinea-Bissau's independence movement, asked the composer to create a piece that would inspire his people to struggle for independence" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1974; a delegation from Portuguese Guinea visited China in 1963 and heard music by XIAO He; Amilcar Lopes CABRAL, the leader of Guinea-Bissau's independence movement, asked the composer to create a piece that would inspire his people to fight for independence" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1974; a delegation from Portuguese Guinea visited China in 1963 and heard music by XIAO He; Amilcar Lopes CABRAL, the leader of Guinea-Bissau's independence movement, asked the composer to create a piece that would inspire his people to fight for independence" } }, "Economy": { @@ -1073,9 +1076,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — The Government of Guinea-Bissau does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so, therefore Guinea-Bissau was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/guinea-bissau/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "important transit country for South American cocaine en route to Europe; enabling environment for trafficker operations due to pervasive corruption; archipelago-like geography near the capital facilitates drug smuggling" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/rw.json b/africa/rw.json index b14da836..1c0189b4 100644 --- a/africa/rw.json +++ b/africa/rw.json @@ -391,10 +391,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; overgrazing; land degradation; soil erosion; a decline in soil fertility (soil exhaustion); wetland degradation and loss of biodiversity; widespread poaching" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -692,12 +692,15 @@ "text": "blue, yellow, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Rwanda nziza\" (Rwanda, Our Beautiful Country)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Faustin MURIGO/Jean-Bosco HASHAKAIMANA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 2001" + }, "note": "note: adopted 2001" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1141,11 +1144,10 @@ "note": "note: as of 2022, women comprised approximately 6% of the Rwanda Defense Force" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "approximately 3,200 Central African Republic (about 2,200 under MINUSCA, plus some 700 police; approximately 1,000 under a bi-lateral agreement); estimated 3,000 Mozambique (bilateral agreement to assist with combating an insurgency; includes both military and police forces); 2,600 (plus about 450 police) South Sudan (UNMISS) (2025)", - "note": "note: Rwanda reportedly has several thousand military troops deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" + "text": "approximately 3,200 Central African Republic (about 2,200 under MINUSCA, plus some 700 police; approximately 1,000 under a bi-lateral agreement); estimated 3,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo; estimated 3,000 Mozambique (bilateral agreement to assist with combating an insurgency; includes both military and police forces); 2,600 (plus about 450 police) South Sudan (UNMISS) (2025)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

the RDF is widely regarded as one of East Africa’s best trained and most experienced militaries; its principle responsibilities are ensuring territorial integrity and national sovereignty and preventing infiltrations of illegal armed groups from neighboring countries, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); since 2021, Rwanda has deployed troops to the border region with the DRC to combat the rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), which it has accused the DRC of backing; the RDF has been accused by the DRC, the UN, and the US of making military incursions into the DRC and providing material support to the March 23 Movement (M23, aka Congolese Revolutionary Army) rebel group, which has been fighting with DRC troops and UN peacekeeping forces; the RDF also participates in UN and regional military operations, as well as multinational exercises

the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR) were established following independence in 1962; after the 1990-1994 civil war and genocide, the victorious Tutsi-dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front's military wing, the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA), became the country's military force; the RPA participated in the First (1996-1997) and Second (1998-2003) Congolese Wars; the RPA was renamed the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) in 2003, by which time it had assumed a more national character with the inclusion of many former Hutu officers as well as newly recruited soldiers (2024)" + "text": "the RDF is widely regarded as one of East Africa’s best trained and most experienced militaries; its principle responsibilities are ensuring territorial integrity and national sovereignty and preventing infiltrations of illegal armed groups from neighboring countries, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); since 2021, Rwanda has deployed troops to the border region with the DRC to combat the rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), which it has accused the DRC of backing; the RDF has been accused by the DRC, the UN, and the US of making military incursions into the DRC and providing material support to the March 23 Movement (M23, aka Congolese Revolutionary Army) rebel group, which has been fighting with DRC troops and UN peacekeeping forces; the RDF also participates in UN and regional military operations, as well as multinational exercises

the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR) were established following independence in 1962; after the 1990-1994 civil war and genocide, the victorious Tutsi-dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front's military wing, the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA), became the country's military force; the RPA participated in the First (1996-1997) and Second (1998-2003) Congolese Wars; the RPA was renamed the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) in 2003, by which time it had assumed a more national character with the inclusion of many former Hutu officers as well as newly recruited soldiers (2024)" } }, "Space": { diff --git a/africa/se.json b/africa/se.json index c9edf838..0acde30a 100644 --- a/africa/se.json +++ b/africa/se.json @@ -338,17 +338,6 @@ "text": "13.1% national budget (2024 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "95.9%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "95.4%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "96.4% (2018)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "15 years" @@ -362,10 +351,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited freshwater resources; water pollution; biodiversity" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -621,12 +610,15 @@ "text": "blue, yellow, red, white, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Koste Seselwa\" (Seychellois Unite)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "David Francois Marc ANDRE and George Charles Robert PAYET" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1996" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1996" }, "National heritage": { diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index f6e0c1d2..e948baaa 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -397,10 +397,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited freshwater resources due to lack of major rivers or lakes; pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban waste; air pollution resulting in acid rain; deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; desertification; solid waste pollution; significant floral extinctions" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -704,13 +704,16 @@ "text": "red, green, blue, yellow, black, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"National Anthem of South Africa\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Enoch SONTONGA and Cornelius Jacob LANGENHOVEN/Enoch SONTONGA and Marthinus LOURENS de Villiers" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1994; a combination of \"N'kosi Sikelel' iAfrica\" (God Bless Africa) and \"Die Stem van Suid Afrika\" (The Call of South Africa), which were respectively the anthems of the non-white and white communities under apartheid; official lyrics contain a mixture of Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and English (i.e., the five most widely spoken of South Africa's 11 official languages); music incorporates the melody used in the Tanzanian and Zambian anthems" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1994; a combination of \"N'kosi Sikelel' iAfrica\" (God Bless Africa) and \"Die Stem van Suid Afrika\" (The Call of South Africa), which were respectively the anthems of the non-white and white communities under apartheid; official lyrics contain a mixture of Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and English (the five most widely spoken of South Africa's 11 official languages); music incorporates the melody used in the Tanzanian and Zambian anthems" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1994; a combination of \"N'kosi Sikelel' iAfrica\" (God Bless Africa) and \"Die Stem van Suid Afrika\" (The Call of South Africa), which were respectively the anthems of the non-white and white communities under apartheid; official lyrics contain a mixture of Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and English (the five most widely spoken of South Africa's 11 official languages); music incorporates the melody used in the Tanzanian and Zambian anthems" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1273,7 +1276,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

leading regional importer of chemicals used in the production of illicit drugs especially synthetic drugs;

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/sg.json b/africa/sg.json index 8caa58ba..4b324d6b 100644 --- a/africa/sg.json +++ b/africa/sg.json @@ -395,10 +395,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; droughts; seasonal flooding; overfishing; weak environmental laws; poaching" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -666,13 +666,16 @@ "text": "green, yellow, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons\" (Pluck Your Koras, Strike the Balafons)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Leopold Sedar SENGHOR/Herbert PEPPER" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1960; lyrics written by Leopold Sedar SENGHOR, Senegal's first president; the anthem sometimes played incorporating the Koras (harp-like stringed instruments) and Balafons (types of xylophones) mentioned in the title" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1960; lyrics written by Leopold Sedar SENGHOR, Senegal's first president; the anthem sometimes played incorporating the koras (harp-like stringed instruments) and balafons (types of xylophones) mentioned in the title" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1960; lyrics written by Leopold Sedar SENGHOR, Senegal's first president; the anthem sometimes played incorporating the koras (harp-like stringed instruments) and balafons (types of xylophones) mentioned in the title" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1176,9 +1179,6 @@ "IDPs": { "text": "8,400 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit point on the cocaine route from South America to Europe; large production of cannabis in southern Casamance region; the high domestic use of cannabis, ecstasy, and to a lesser extent crack cocaine

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/sh.json b/africa/sh.json index 2d89439b..dd406ff5 100644 --- a/africa/sh.json +++ b/africa/sh.json @@ -276,21 +276,10 @@ "unimproved: total": { "text": "total: 0% of population (2020)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "development threatens wildlife on Saint Helena" }, "Climate": { @@ -434,7 +423,16 @@ "text": "the coat of arms of Saint Helena was officially granted on January 30, 1984; the national bird, the Saint Helena plover (Charadrius sanctaehelenae), is at the top of the shield; the lower part of the shield shows a three-masted sailing ship with the mountainous island to the left; below the shield is a scroll with the motto “Loyal and unshakable;” the crest shows an image of Saint Helena, holding a cross and a flower" }, "National anthem": { - "text": "

note: as an overseas territory of the UK, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)

" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" + }, + "lyrics/music": { + "text": "unknown" + }, + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a UK overseas territory" + }, + "note": "note: as an overseas territory of the UK, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index 5a810e35..f236a574 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "overharvesting of timber, expansion of cattle grazing, and slash-and-burn agriculture resulting in deforestation, soil exhaustion, and flooding; loss of biodiversity; air pollution; water pollution; overfishing" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -641,12 +641,15 @@ "text": "green, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Clifford Nelson FYLE/John Joseph AKA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1961" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1961" } }, diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index 40e2fbbe..192d6307 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -332,21 +332,21 @@ }, "Literacy": { "total population": { - "text": "54% (2022 est.) NA" + "text": "54% (2022 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "65% (2022 est.) NA" + "text": "65% (2022 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "44% (2022 est.) NA" + "text": "44% (2022 est.)" } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water scarcity; contaminated water; improper waste disposal; deforestation; land degradation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection" }, @@ -632,12 +632,15 @@ "text": "blue, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Qolobaa Calankeed\" (Every Nation Has its own Flag)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Qolobaa Calankeed\" (Every Nation Has Its Own Flag)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "lyrics/music: Abdullahi QARSHE" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 2012; written in 1959" + }, "note": "note: adopted 2012; written in 1959" }, "Government - note": { diff --git a/africa/su.json b/africa/su.json index 68c41be7..97fd040b 100644 --- a/africa/su.json +++ b/africa/su.json @@ -340,17 +340,6 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "61.4% (2023 est.)" }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "60.7%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "65.4%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "56.1% (2018)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "8 years" @@ -364,10 +353,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "

water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; water scarcity and drought; overhunting; soil erosion; desertification; deforestation; loss of biodiversity

 

" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -601,12 +590,15 @@ "text": "red, white, black, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Nahnu Djundulla Djundulwatan\" (We Are the Army of God and of Our Land)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Sayed Ahmad Muhammad SALIH/Ahmad MURJAN" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1956; originally served as the anthem of the Sudanese military" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1956; originally served as the anthem of the Sudanese military" }, "National heritage": { diff --git a/africa/to.json b/africa/to.json index 2a05f12a..87f7d5c1 100644 --- a/africa/to.json +++ b/africa/to.json @@ -384,10 +384,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation from slash-and-burn agriculture and the use of wood for fuel; very little rainforest still present and what remains is highly degraded; desertification; water pollution; air pollution in urban areas" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -688,13 +688,16 @@ "text": "green, yellow, red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Salut a toi, pays de nos aieux\" (Hail to Thee, Land of Our Forefathers)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Alex CASIMIR-DOSSEH" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1960, restored 1992; this anthem was replaced by another during one-party rule between 1979 and 1992" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1960, restored 1992; anthem was replaced during one-party rule between 1979 and 1992" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1960, restored 1992; anthem was replaced during one-party rule between 1979 and 1992" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1184,9 +1187,6 @@ "refugees (country of origin)": { "text": "9,846 (Burkina Faso), 8,436 (Ghana) (2023)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "transit hub for Nigerian heroin and cocaine traffickers; money laundering not a significant problem" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/tp.json b/africa/tp.json index 249fc31e..7ed6f7db 100644 --- a/africa/tp.json +++ b/africa/tp.json @@ -376,10 +376,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation and illegal logging; soil erosion and exhaustion; inadequate sewage treatment in cities; biodiversity " }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -632,12 +632,15 @@ "text": "green, yellow, red, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Independencia total\" (Total Independence)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Alda Neves DA GRACA do Espirito Santo/Manuel dos Santos Barreto de Sousa e ALMEIDA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1975" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1975" } }, diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index 66dff3b8..75e39be1 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -388,10 +388,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "toxic and hazardous waste disposal; water pollution from raw sewage; limited freshwater resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -687,12 +687,15 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Humat Al Hima\" (Defenders of the Homeland)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Mustafa Sadik AL-RAFII and Aboul-Qacem ECHEBBI/Mohamad Abdel WAHAB" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1957, replaced 1958, restored 1987; Mohamad Abdel WAHAB also composed the music for the anthem of the United Arab Emirates" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1957, replaced 1958, restored 1987; Mohamad Abdel WAHAB also composed the music for the anthem of the United Arab Emirates" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1213,8 +1216,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "NA" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/tz.json b/africa/tz.json index fd761d87..975bca03 100644 --- a/africa/tz.json +++ b/africa/tz.json @@ -401,10 +401,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution; improper management of liquid waste; indoor air pollution from burning wood or charcoal for cooking and heating; soil degradation; deforestation; desertification; coral reef destruction; illegal hunting and animal trade, especially ivory; loss of biodiversity; solid waste disposal" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -680,13 +680,16 @@ "text": "green, yellow, blue, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Mungu ibariki Afrika\" (God Bless Africa)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "collective/Enoch Mankayi SONTONGA" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1961; the anthem, which is also a popular song in Africa, shares the same melody with that of Zambia but has different lyrics; the melody is also incorporated into South Africa's anthem" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1961; the anthem, which is also a popular song in Africa, shares the melody of Zambia's anthem; the melody is also part of South Africa's anthem" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1961; the anthem, which is also a popular song in Africa, shares the melody of Zambia's anthem; the melody is also part of South Africa's anthem" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1205,9 +1208,6 @@ "refugees (country of origin)": { "text": "89,163 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 112,779 (Burundi) (2024)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "significant transit country for illicit drugs in East Africa; international drug trafficking organizations and courier networks transit illicit drugs through mainland Tanzania to markets in within Africa, Europe and North America; cultivates cannabis and khat for domestic consumption and regional and international distribution; domestic drug use continues increasing including methamphetamine heroin use (2023)" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/ug.json b/africa/ug.json index 4eea15bd..894a3b05 100644 --- a/africa/ug.json +++ b/africa/ug.json @@ -369,10 +369,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "draining of wetlands for agricultural use; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial discharge and water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; widespread poaching" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -636,12 +636,15 @@ "text": "black, yellow, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty!\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"O Uganda, Land of Beauty!\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "George Wilberforce KAKOMOA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1962" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1962" }, "National heritage": { diff --git a/africa/uv.json b/africa/uv.json index 77b3747a..6d1dc40f 100644 --- a/africa/uv.json +++ b/africa/uv.json @@ -381,10 +381,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "droughts; desertification; overgrazing; soil degradation; deforestation (2019)" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -654,12 +654,15 @@ "text": "red, yellow, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Le Ditanye\" (Anthem of Victory)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Thomas SANKARA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1974; also known as \"Une Seule Nuit\" (Only One Night); written by the country's former president, an avid guitar player" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1974; also known as \"Une Seule Nuit\" (One Single Night); written by the country's former president, an avid guitar player" }, "National heritage": { diff --git a/africa/wa.json b/africa/wa.json index 210173f9..172b993c 100644 --- a/africa/wa.json +++ b/africa/wa.json @@ -352,24 +352,13 @@ "Education expenditure (% national budget)": { "text": "24.7% national budget (2022 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "92.3%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "90.6%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "92.3% (2021)" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "depletion and degradation of water and aquatic resources; desertification; land degradation; loss of biodiversity; wildlife poaching" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -673,12 +662,15 @@ "text": "blue, red, green, white, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Namibia, Land of the Brave\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Axali DOESEB" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1991" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1991" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1157,7 +1149,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2022, women comprised about 23% of the active-duty military" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the NDF’s primary responsibility is defending Namibia's territorial integrity and national interests; it has participated in UN and regional peacekeeping and security missions and provides assistance to civil authorities as needed; it also participates in multinational training exercises

the NDF was created in 1990, largely from demobilized former members of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) and the South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF); the PLAN was the armed wing of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), while SWATF was an auxiliary of the South African Defense Force and comprised the armed forces of the former South West Africa, 1977-1989; from 1990-1995, the British military assisted with the forming and training the NDF (2025)" + "text": "the NDF’s primary responsibility is defending Namibia's territorial integrity and national interests; other responsibilities include support to civil authorities and participating in peace and stability missions under the African Union, Southern African Development Community, and the UN; Namibia has bilateral defense ties with several countries, including Botswana, India, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia

the NDF was created in 1990, largely from demobilized former members of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) and the South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF); the PLAN was the armed wing of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), while SWATF was an auxiliary of the South African Defense Force and comprised the armed forces of the former South West Africa, 1977-1989; from 1990-1995, the British military assisted with the forming and training the NDF (2025)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/africa/wz.json b/africa/wz.json index e6a335a5..e0956cd2 100644 --- a/africa/wz.json +++ b/africa/wz.json @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "437 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" + "text": "118 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -365,10 +365,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited supplies of potable water; overhunting depleting wildlife; population growth, deforestation, and overgrazing lead to soil erosion and soil degradation" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -657,12 +657,15 @@ "text": "the national coat of arms was adopted in 1968 after independence from the United Kingdom; two national symbols, the lion (representing the king of Eswatini) and the elephant (representing the queen mother), support a traditional Nguni shield; above the shield is the king's lidlabe, or crown of feathers, and at the bottom is Eswatini's motto, Siyinqaba, or \"We are the fortress”" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati\" (Oh God, Bestower of the Blessings of the Swazi)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati\" (O God, Bestower of the Blessings of the Swazi)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Andrease Enoke Fanyana SIMELANE/David Kenneth RYCROFT" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1968; uses elements of both ethnic Swazi and Western music styles" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1968; uses elements of both ethnic Swazi and Western music styles" } }, diff --git a/africa/za.json b/africa/za.json index b876f79f..6492f39b 100644 --- a/africa/za.json +++ b/africa/za.json @@ -376,10 +376,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution and acid rain in the mineral extraction and refining region; chemical runoff into watersheds; loss of biodiversity; poaching; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; lack of adequate water treatment" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -640,13 +640,16 @@ "text": "green, red, black, orange" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Lumbanyeni Zambia\" (Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "multiple/Enoch Mankayi SONTONGA" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1964; the melody, from the popular song \"God Bless Africa,\" is the same as that of Tanzania but with different lyrics; the melody is also incorporated into South Africa's anthem" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1964; the melody, which comes from the popular song \"God Bless Africa,\" is the same as Tanzania's anthem, but with different lyrics; the melody is also incorporated into South Africa's anthem" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1964; the melody, which comes from the popular song \"God Bless Africa,\" is the same as Tanzania's anthem, but with different lyrics; the melody is also incorporated into South Africa's anthem" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1117,9 +1120,6 @@ "refugees (country of origin)": { "text": "8,436 (Burundi) (2023); 62,660 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2024)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "transshipment point for moderate amounts of methaqualone, small amounts of heroin, and cocaine bound for southern Africa and possibly Europe; a poorly developed financial infrastructure coupled with a government commitment to combating money laundering make it an unattractive venue for money launderers; major consumer of cannabis" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/africa/zi.json b/africa/zi.json index 669f6969..3bf900cc 100644 --- a/africa/zi.json +++ b/africa/zi.json @@ -382,10 +382,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; air and water pollution; poaching; toxic waste and heavy metal pollution from mining" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -688,12 +688,15 @@ "text": "green, yellow, red, black, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Kalibusiswe Ilizwe leZimbabwe\" [Northern Ndebele language] \"Simudzai Mureza WeZimbabwe\" [Shona] (Blessed Be the Land of Zimbabwe)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Solomon MUTSWAIRO/Fred Lecture CHANGUNDEGA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1994" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1994" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1167,9 +1170,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Zimbabwe was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/zimbabwe/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

transit point for cannabis and South Asian heroin, methaqualone, and methamphetamines en route to South Africa

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/antarctica/ay.json b/antarctica/ay.json index 0cf945ec..52338ff1 100644 --- a/antarctica/ay.json +++ b/antarctica/ay.json @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "size of ozone hole over continent; ice loss" }, "Climate": { diff --git a/antarctica/fs.json b/antarctica/fs.json index a628de85..ef101a26 100644 --- a/antarctica/fs.json +++ b/antarctica/fs.json @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "problems from introduction of foreign species on Iles Crozet; overfishing of Patagonian toothfish around Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen" }, "Climate": { @@ -131,7 +131,16 @@ "text": "the flag of France is used" }, "National anthem": { - "text": "

note: as a territory of France, \"La Marseillaise\" is official (see France)

" + "title": { + "text": "\"La Marseillaise\"" + }, + "lyrics/music": { + "text": "Claude-Joseph ROUGET de Lisle" + }, + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a French territory" + }, + "note": "note: \"La Marseillaise\" is the official anthem for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, as a territory of France (see France)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/antarctica/hm.json b/antarctica/hm.json index 04eb924f..c1b0c433 100644 --- a/antarctica/hm.json +++ b/antarctica/hm.json @@ -156,8 +156,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "NA" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/australia-oceania/aq.json b/australia-oceania/aq.json index 436d13b0..c0725f92 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/aq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/aq.json @@ -231,21 +231,9 @@ "text": "NA" }, "Drinking water source": { - "improved: urban": { - "text": "urban: NA" - }, - "improved: rural": { - "text": "rural: NA" - }, "improved: total": { "text": "total: 99.8% of population" }, - "unimproved: urban": { - "text": "urban: NA" - }, - "unimproved: rural": { - "text": "rural: NA" - }, "unimproved: total": { "text": "total: 0.2% of population (2020 est.)" } @@ -275,7 +263,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited supply of drinking water; pollution; waste disposal; coastal and stream alteration; soil erosion" }, "Climate": { @@ -439,13 +427,16 @@ "text": "red, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Amerika Samoa\" (American Samoa)" + "title": { + "text": "\"The Star-Spangled Banner\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Mariota Tiumalu TUIASOSOPO/Napoleon Andrew TUITELELEAPAGA" + "text": "Francis Scott KEY/John Stafford SMITH" }, - "note": "note: local anthem adopted 1950; as a territory of the United States, \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" is official (see United States)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a US territory" + }, + "note": "note: local anthem adopted 1950; as a territory of the United States, \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" is the official anthem (see United States)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/as.json b/australia-oceania/as.json index 10f14975..f9250cc2 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/as.json +++ b/australia-oceania/as.json @@ -367,17 +367,6 @@ "text": "13.9% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "21 years" @@ -391,10 +380,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "soil erosion from overgrazing, deforestation, industrial development, urbanization, and poor farming practices; limited natural freshwater resources; soil salinity from use of poor-quality water, drought, desertification; habitat loss from agricultural clearing; floral extinctions; Great Barrier Reef preservation; overfishing; pollution; invasive species" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -703,13 +692,16 @@ "text": "King George V of the United Kingdom granted the current Commonwealth Coat of Arms to Australia on 19 September 1912; the center of the shield has the symbols of Australia’s six states; the kangaroo and the emu symbolize a nation moving forward, since neither animal can move backward easily; the gold Commonwealth star sits above the shield, with six points representing the Australian states and the seventh representing the territories; the gold and blue in the wreath under the star are the livery, or identifying, colors for the coat of arms; Australia’s floral emblem, the golden wattle, frames the shield" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "Advance Australia Fair" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Peter Dodds McCORMICK" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note 1: adopted 1984; although originally written in the late 19th century, the anthem was not used for all official occasions until 1984; as a Commonwealth country, in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem (see United Kingdom)

note 2: the well-known and much-loved bush ballad \"Waltzing Matilda\" is often referred to as Australia's unofficial national anthem; the original lyrics were written in 1895 by Australian poet Banjo PATERSON, and were first published as sheet music in 1903; since 2012, a Waltzing Matilda Day has been held annually on 6 April, the anniversary of the first performance of the song in 1895" + "history": { + "text": "

royal anthem, as a Commonwealth country

" + }, + "note": "note: the well-known and much-loved bush ballad \"Waltzing Matilda\" is often referred to as Australia's unofficial national anthem; Australian poet Banjo PATERSON wrote the original lyrics in 1895, and they were first published as sheet music in 1903; since 2012, a Waltzing Matilda Day has been held annually on 6 April, the anniversary of the first performance of the song in 1895" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1249,9 +1241,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "7,649 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

 amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) and cannabis dominate the domestic illicit drug market and shown potential for expansion, with ATS accounting for the preponderance of detected imports; domestic heroin market is small, but also shown some growth; as of 2020, Malaysia was the primary embarkation point for heroin and ATS imports other than MDMA (ecstasy) for which South Korea was the primary embarkation point although MDMA is increasingly being produced domestically with number of detected labs nearly doubled.  The US is the principal embarkation point for imported cannabis; Tasmania is one of the world's major suppliers of licit opiate products; government maintains strict controls over areas of opium poppy cultivation and output of poppy straw concentrate; major consumer of cocaine and amphetamines

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/australia-oceania/at.json b/australia-oceania/at.json index a2d24af1..1937e6df 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/at.json +++ b/australia-oceania/at.json @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "illegal killing of protected wildlife; overfishing; sea-level rise, changes in sea temperature, and ocean acidification; marine debris" }, "Climate": { @@ -145,8 +145,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "NA" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/australia-oceania/bp.json b/australia-oceania/bp.json index c47c4fdb..44faaf9c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/bp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/bp.json @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ "note": "note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "122 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "123 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -350,24 +350,13 @@ "Education expenditure (% national budget)": { "text": "25.9% national budget (2023 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; soil erosion; damage to coral reefs" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling" }, @@ -609,12 +598,15 @@ "text": "blue, yellow, green, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"God Save Our Solomon Islands\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Panapasa BALEKANA and Matila BALEKANA/Panapasa BALEKANA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1978" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1978" }, "National heritage": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ck.json b/australia-oceania/ck.json index 716f4ea4..063642a8 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ck.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ck.json @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited freshwater resources; illegal fishing" }, "Climate": { @@ -280,7 +280,16 @@ "text": "the flag of Australia is used" }, "National anthem": { - "text": "

note: as a territory of Australia, \"Advance Australia Fair\" remains official as the national anthem, while \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem (see Australia)

" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" + }, + "lyrics/music": { + "text": "unknown" + }, + "history": { + "text": "royal anthem, as an Australian territory" + }, + "note": "note: because the islands are a territory of Australia, \"Advance Australia Fair\" is the national anthem, and \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem (see Australia)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/cq.json b/australia-oceania/cq.json index 886d9b79..024e7f9b 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cq.json @@ -273,21 +273,10 @@ "unimproved: total": { "text": "total: 2.1% of population (2020 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "contamination of groundwater on Saipan; clean-up of landfill; protection of endangered species" }, "Climate": { @@ -456,13 +445,16 @@ "text": "blue, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi\" (In the Middle of the Sea)" + "title": { + "text": "\"The Star-Spangled Banner\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Jose S. PANGELINAN [Chamoru], David PETER [Carolinian]/Wilhelm GANZHORN" + "text": "Francis Scott KEY/John Stafford SMITH" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1996; the Carolinian version of the song is known as \"Satil Matawal Pacifico;\" as a commonwealth of the US, in addition to the local anthem, \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" is official (see United States)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a US commonwealth" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1996; the Carolinian version of the song is known as \"Satil Matawal Pacifico;\" in addition to the local anthem, \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" is the official anthem for the islands, as a US commonwealth (see United States)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/cr.json b/australia-oceania/cr.json index ce6bb68c..52af9a31 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cr.json @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "no permanent freshwater resources; damaging activities include coral mining, fishing practices (overfishing, blast fishing)" }, "Climate": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/cw.json b/australia-oceania/cw.json index f54d1928..377be5e1 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cw.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cw.json @@ -333,17 +333,6 @@ "text": "8.7% national budget (2024 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "15 years" @@ -357,10 +346,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "solid- and liquid-waste disposal; soil degradation; deforestation; use of pesticides; improper disposal of pollutants; overfishing and destructive fishing practices; over-dredging of lagoons and coral rubble beds; unregulated building" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution" }, @@ -553,13 +542,16 @@ "text": "green, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Te Atua Mou E\" (To God Almighty)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Tepaeru Te RITO/Thomas DAVIS" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1982; as prime minister, Sir Thomas DAVIS composed the anthem; his wife, a tribal chief, wrote the lyrics" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1982; as prime minister, Sir Thomas DAVIS composed the anthem; his wife Pa Tepaeru Terito Ariki, who was a tribal chief, wrote the lyrics" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1982; as prime minister, Sir Thomas DAVIS composed the anthem; his wife Pa Tepaeru Terito Ariki, who was a tribal chief, wrote the lyrics" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fj.json b/australia-oceania/fj.json index d9a60a68..cff285ec 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fj.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fj.json @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "38 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "30 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -355,22 +355,16 @@ } }, "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99.1%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.1%" - }, "female": { "text": "92.4% (2021 est.)" } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from waste incineration and vehicle emissions; deforestation and soil erosion; soil erosion from clearing land by bush burning" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -640,13 +634,16 @@ "text": "light blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"God Bless Fiji\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Michael Francis Alexander PRESCOTT/C. Austin MILES (adapted by Michael Francis Alexander PRESCOTT)" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1970; known in Fijian as \"Meda Dau Doka\" (Let Us Show Pride); adapted from the hymn, \"Dwelling in Beulah Land,\" the anthem's English lyrics are generally sung, although they differ in meaning from the official Fijian lyrics" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1970; known in Fijian as \"Meda Dau Doka\" (Let Us Show Pride); adapted from the hymn, \"Dwelling in Beulah Land,\" the anthem's English lyrics are usually used, although they differ in meaning from the official Fijian lyrics" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1970; known in Fijian as \"Meda Dau Doka\" (Let Us Show Pride); adapted from the hymn, \"Dwelling in Beulah Land,\" the anthem's English lyrics are usually used, although they differ in meaning from the official Fijian lyrics" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fm.json b/australia-oceania/fm.json index 17c46523..12ca55eb 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fm.json @@ -306,24 +306,13 @@ "Education expenditure (% national budget)": { "text": "18.6% national budget (2020 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "overfishing; sea-level rise; water and toxic pollution from mining; solid waste disposal" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection" }, @@ -582,13 +571,16 @@ "text": "light blue, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Patriots of Micronesia\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "unknown/August Daniel BINZER" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1991; also known as \"Across All Micronesia\"; the music is based on the 1820 German patriotic song \"Ich hab mich ergeben\", which was the West German national anthem from 1949-1950; variants of this tune are used in Johannes BRAHMS' \"Festival Overture\" and Gustav MAHLER's \"Third Symphony\"" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1991; also known as \"Across All Micronesia;\" the music is based on the 1820 German patriotic song \"Ich hab mich ergeben,\" which was the West German national anthem from 1949 to 1950" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1991; also known as \"Across All Micronesia;\" the music is based on the 1820 German patriotic song \"Ich hab mich ergeben,\" which was the West German national anthem from 1949 to 1950" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -893,12 +885,9 @@ "text": "no military forces; Federated States of Micronesia National Police (includes a maritime wing) (2025)" }, "Military - note": { - "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

the FSM 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 the FSM'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

the FSM 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 the FSM'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 (2025)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "major consumer of cannabis" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/australia-oceania/fp.json b/australia-oceania/fp.json index 35e5ac0f..b36d0546 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fp.json @@ -283,21 +283,10 @@ }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "27.2% (2023 est.)" - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "sea-level rise; cyclones, storms, and tsunamis producing floods, landslides, erosion, and reef damage; droughts; fresh water scarcity" }, "Climate": { @@ -501,13 +490,16 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui\" (Long Live Tahiti Nui)" + "title": { + "text": "\"La Marseillaise\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Maeva BOUGES, Irmine TEHEI, Angele TEROROTUA, Johanna NOUVEAU, Patrick AMARU, Louis MAMATUI, and Jean-Pierre CELESTIN (the compositional group created both the lyrics and music)" + "text": "Claude-Joseph ROUGET de Lisle" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1993; serves as a local anthem; as a territory of France, \"La Marseillaise\" is official (see France)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a French territory" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1993; serves as a local anthem; \"La Marseillaise\" is the official anthem for French Polynesia, as a territory of France (see France)" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/gq.json b/australia-oceania/gq.json index ae049d8f..2b56c1dd 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/gq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/gq.json @@ -275,21 +275,10 @@ }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "37% (2023 est.)" - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "freshwater scarcity; reef damage; inadequate sewage treatment; rapid proliferation of the non-native brown tree snake " }, "Climate": { @@ -492,13 +481,16 @@ "text": "deep blue, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Fanohge Chamoru\" (Stand Ye Guamanians)" + "title": { + "text": "\"The Star-Spangled Banner\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Ramon Manalisay SABLAN [English], Lagrimas UNTALAN [Chamoru]/Ramon Manalisay SABLAN" + "text": "Francis Scott KEY/John Stafford SMITH" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1919; the local anthem is also known as \"Guam Hymn\"; as a territory of the United States, \"The Star-Spangled Banner,\" which generally follows the playing of \"Stand Ye Guamanians,\" is official (see United States)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a US territory; usually played after \"Stand, Ye Guamanians\"" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1919; the local anthem is also known as \"Guam Hymn;\" because of Guam's status as a US territory, \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" is the official anthem and is usually played after \"Stand, Ye Guamanians\" (see United States)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/kr.json b/australia-oceania/kr.json index c2c4be4c..80af6e14 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kr.json @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ "note": "note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "76 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "80 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -356,21 +356,21 @@ }, "Literacy": { "total population": { - "text": "98% (2018 est.) NA" + "text": "98% (2018 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "97.3% (2018 est.) NA" + "text": "97.3% (2018 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "98.6% (2018 est.) NA" + "text": "98.6% (2018 est.)" } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa atoll due to overcrowding mixed with traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping; coastal erosion" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -614,12 +614,15 @@ "text": "red, white, blue, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Teirake kaini Kiribati\" (Stand Up, Kiribati)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Urium Tamuera IOTEBA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1979" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1979" }, "National heritage": { @@ -995,7 +998,7 @@ "text": "Kiribati Police Service (includes Maritime Police) (2025)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Australia, NZ, and the US have provided security assistance; Kiribati has a \"ship rider\" 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 Kiribati's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; ship rider 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": "Australia, NZ, and the US have provided security assistance; Kiribati has a \"ship rider\" 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 Kiribati's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; ship rider agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2025)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/kt.json b/australia-oceania/kt.json index 507b32b8..f5eff25d 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kt.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kt.json @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "loss of rainforest; impact of phosphate mining" }, "Climate": { @@ -283,7 +283,16 @@ "text": "golden bosun bird" }, "National anthem": { - "text": "

note: as a territory of Australia, \"Advance Australia Fair\" remains official as the national anthem, while \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem (see Australia)

" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" + }, + "lyrics/music": { + "text": "unknown" + }, + "history": { + "text": "royal anthem, as an Australian territory" + }, + "note": "note: because the island is a territory of Australia, \"Advance Australia Fair\" is the national anthem, and \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem (see Australia)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nc.json b/australia-oceania/nc.json index b3db724b..6fa57c77 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nc.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nc.json @@ -283,21 +283,10 @@ }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "22.5% (2023 est.)" - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "96.9%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "97.3%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "96.5% (2015)" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "preservation of coral reefs; prevention of invasive species; limiting erosion caused by nickel mining and forest fires" }, "Climate": { @@ -497,13 +486,16 @@ "text": "grey, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Soyons unis, devenons freres\" (Let Us Be United, Let Us Become Brothers)" + "title": { + "text": "\"La Marseillaise\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Chorale Melodia (a local choir)" + "text": "Claude-Joseph ROUGET de Lisle" }, - "note": "note: adopted 2008; contains a mixture of lyrics in both French and Nengone (an indigenous language); as a self-governing territory of France, in addition to the local anthem, \"La Marseillaise\" is official (see France)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a self-governing French territory" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 2008; contains a mixture of lyrics in both French and Nengone (a local language); in addition to the local anthem, \"La Marseillaise\" is the official anthem for New Caledonia, as a self-governing territory of France (see France)" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ne.json b/australia-oceania/ne.json index d920e4cd..60cb5b3b 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ne.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ne.json @@ -212,10 +212,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash-and-burn agriculture" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution" }, @@ -414,12 +414,15 @@ "text": "yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Ko e Iki he Lagi\" (The Lord in Heaven)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "unknown/unknown, prepared by Sioeli FUSIKATA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1974" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1974" } }, @@ -597,7 +600,7 @@ "text": "no regular indigenous military forces; Niue Police Department" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "defense is the responsibility of New Zealand" + "text": "under the Niue Constitution Act of 1974, New Zealand provides assistance with foreign affairs, defense, and security if requested by the Niue government" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nf.json b/australia-oceania/nf.json index c7b9b976..a094284d 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nf.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nf.json @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "inadequate solid-waste management; most freshwater obtained through rainwater catchment; preservation of unique ecosystem" }, "Climate": { @@ -176,10 +176,11 @@ } }, "Government type": { - "text": "non-self-governing overseas territory of Australia; note - the Norfolk Island Regional Council, which began operations 1 July 2016, is responsible for planning and managing a variety of public services, including those funded by the Government of Australia" + "text": "administered as an overseas territory of Australia", + "note": "note: the Norfolk Island Regional Council, which began operations 1 July 2016, is responsible for planning and managing a variety of public services, including those funded by the Government of Australia" }, "Dependency status": { - "text": "self-governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities, & Regional Development" + "text": "administered as a territory of Australia; administered by the Australian Government through the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities, & Regional Development" }, "Capital": { "name": { @@ -222,9 +223,6 @@ "head of government": { "text": "Administrator George PLANT (since 1 June 2023)" }, - "cabinet": { - "text": "Executive Council consists of 4 Legislative Assembly members" - }, "election/appointment process": { "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia for a 2-year term and represents the monarch and Australia" } @@ -304,13 +302,16 @@ "text": "Norfolk Island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, and in 1980, Queen Elizabeth II granted it a separate coat of arms (pictured); in the center is the island’s symbol, the Norfolk Island Pine, with Britain’s lion and Australia’s kangaroo supporting the shield; the island’s motto, “Inasmuch,” comes from a verse in the Bible’s Gospel of Matthew" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Come Ye Blessed\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "New Testament/John Prindle SCOTT" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: the local anthem, whose lyrics consist of the words from Matthew 25:34-36, 40, is also known as \"The Pitcairn Anthem;\" the island does not recognize \"Advance Australia Fair\" (which other Australian territories use); instead \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as an Australian overseas territory" + }, + "note": "note: the local anthem, whose lyrics come from the Bible's Book of Matthew (25:34-36, 40), is also known as \"The Pitcairn Anthem;\" the island does not recognize \"Advance Australia Fair,\" Australia's national anthem that is used in other Australian territories; \"God Save the King\" is the official anthem (see United Kingdom)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nh.json b/australia-oceania/nh.json index 1503315a..65e9c91f 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nh.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nh.json @@ -351,10 +351,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution; limited potable water; inadequate sanitation; deforestation" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -607,13 +607,16 @@ "text": "red, black, green, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Yumi, Yumi, Yumi\" (We, We, We)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Francois Vincent AYSSAV" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1980; the anthem is written in Bislama, a Creole language that mixes Pidgin English and French" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1980; the anthem is written in Bislama, a Creole language" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1980; the anthem is written in Bislama, a Creole language" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nr.json b/australia-oceania/nr.json index 29271afe..4db718eb 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nr.json @@ -332,21 +332,21 @@ }, "Literacy": { "total population": { - "text": "96.6% (2023 est.) NA" + "text": "96.6% (2023 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "93.4% (2023 est.) NA" + "text": "93.4% (2023 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "99.7% (2023 est.) NA" + "text": "99.7% (2023 est.)" } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited natural freshwater resources; effects of intensive phosphate mining that left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland; air and water pollution from cadmium residue, phosphate dust, and other contaminants; rising sea levels" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling" }, @@ -563,12 +563,15 @@ "text": "blue, yellow, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Nauru Bwiema\" (Song of Nauru)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Margaret HENDRIE/Laurence Henry HICKS" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1968" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1968" } }, @@ -867,7 +870,7 @@ "text": "no regular military forces; Nauru Police Force (2025)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "under an informal agreement, defense is the responsibility of Australia; under the terms of a security deal signed in December 2024, Nauru pledged to seek Australia’s agreement before it signed any bilateral accords on maritime security, defense, and policing, and would receive economic assistance from Australia, including to its police force

Nauru 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 Nauru'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": "under the terms of a security deal signed in December 2024, Australia and Nauru agreed to “deepen and expand security cooperation” and “consult and consider” in the event of threats; Nauru pledged to seek Australia’s agreement before it signed any bilateral accords on maritime security, defense, and policing, and would receive Australian financial assistance in support of Nauru's police and security needs

Nauru 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 Nauru'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 (2025)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nz.json b/australia-oceania/nz.json index 6caf16f8..8386f1c9 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nz.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nz.json @@ -354,17 +354,6 @@ "text": "13.1% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "20 years" @@ -378,10 +367,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water quality and availability; rapid urbanization; deforestation; soil erosion and degradation; native flora and fauna hard-hit by invasive species" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -654,13 +643,16 @@ "text": "the first quarter of the shield shows four stars that represent the Southern Cross constellation and three ships that symbolize New Zealand's sea trade; in the second quarter, a fleece represents the sheep farming industry; the wheat sheaf in the third quarter represents the agricultural industry; the crossed hammers in the fourth quarter represent mining; the Māori chieftain holds a taiaha (a Māori war weapon) and a European woman holds the New Zealand flag; St. Edward's crown, shown above the shield, symbolizes the British monarch" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"God Defend New Zealand\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Thomas BRACKEN [English], Thomas Henry SMITH [Maori]/John Joseph WOODS" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1940 as national song, adopted 1977 as co-national anthem; New Zealand has two national anthems with equal status; as a commonwealth realm, in addition to \"God Defend New Zealand,\" \"God Save the King\" serves as a royal anthem (see United Kingdom); \"God Save the King\" normally played only when a member of the royal family or the governor-general is present; in all other cases, \"God Defend New Zealand\" is played" + "history": { + "text": "royal anthem and one of two official national anthems; usually played only when a member of the royal family or the governor-general is present" + }, + "note": "note: New Zealand is one of only two countries that has two national anthems of equal status (Denmark is the other)" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1143,7 +1135,7 @@ "text": "small numbers of NZ military personnel are deployed on a variety of international missions in Africa, Antarctica, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Middle East (2025)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the NZDF is a small military with considerable overseas experience; it supports the country’s national security objectives by protecting New Zealand’s sovereignty, promoting its interests, safeguarding peace and security, and conducting peacekeeping, humanitarian, and other international missions

New Zealand is 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

New Zealand has been part of the Australia, New Zealand, and US Security (ANZUS) Treaty since 1951; however, the US suspended its ANZUS security obligations to New Zealand in 1986 after New Zealand implemented a policy barring nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered warships from its ports; the US and New Zealand signed the Wellington Declaration in 2010, which reaffirmed close ties between the two countries, and in 2012 signed the Washington Declaration, which provided a framework for future security cooperation and defense dialogues; in 2016, a US naval ship conducted the first bilateral warship visit to New Zealand since the 1980s; New Zealand 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 (2025)" + "text": "the NZDF is responsible for protecting New Zealand’s sovereignty, promoting its interests, safeguarding peace and security, and conducting peacekeeping, humanitarian, and other international missions

New Zealand is 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

New Zealand has been part of the Australia, New Zealand, and US Security (ANZUS) Treaty since 1951; however, the US suspended its ANZUS security obligations to New Zealand in 1986 after Auckland implemented a policy barring nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered warships from its ports; the US and New Zealand signed the Wellington Declaration in 2010, which reaffirmed close ties between the two countries, and in 2012 signed the Washington Declaration, which provided a framework for future security cooperation and defense dialogues; in 2016, a US naval ship conducted the first bilateral warship visit to New Zealand since the 1980s; New Zealand 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 (2025)" } }, "Space": { @@ -1169,9 +1161,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "5 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "significant consumer of amphetamines" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/australia-oceania/pc.json b/australia-oceania/pc.json index f783e1fb..a90106a7 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/pc.json +++ b/australia-oceania/pc.json @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation (only a small portion of the original forest remains because of burning and clearing for settlement)" }, "Climate": { @@ -276,13 +276,16 @@ "text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Pitcairn Islander coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the green, yellow, and blue of the shield represents the island rising from the ocean; the green field features a yellow anchor with a Bible over it (both were found on the HMS Bounty); a Pitcairn Island wheelbarrow is on the crest, with a flowering twig of miro (a local plant)" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"We From Pitcairn Island\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "unknown/Frederick M. LEHMAN" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: serves as a local anthem; as an overseas territory of the UK, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a UK overseas territory" + }, + "note": "note: serves as a local anthem; \"God Save the King\" is the official anthem for the islands, as a UK overseas territory (see United Kingdom)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ps.json b/australia-oceania/ps.json index aaa1f0ce..c8728b80 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ps.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ps.json @@ -343,10 +343,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "inadequate facilities for disposal of solid waste; threats to the marine ecosystem from sand and coral dredging, illegal fishing practices, and overfishing; rising sea level; coral bleaching; drought" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -634,12 +634,15 @@ "text": "blue, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Belau rekid\" (Our Palau)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "multiple/Ymesei O. EZEKIEL" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1980" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1980" }, "National heritage": { @@ -939,7 +942,7 @@ "text": "no regular military forces; the Bureau of Public Safety (Ministry of Justice) has divisions for police functions and maritime security (2025)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "under the Compact of Free Association between Palau and the US, the US is responsible for the defense of Palau and the US military is granted access to the islands; the COFA also allows citizens of Palau to serve in the US armed forces

Palau 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 Palau'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": "under the Compact of Free Association between Palau and the US, the US is responsible for the defense of Palau and the US military is granted access to the islands; the COFA also allows citizens of Palau to serve in the US armed forces

Palau 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 Palau'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 (2025)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/rm.json b/australia-oceania/rm.json index b71907c3..d54b1cd3 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/rm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/rm.json @@ -328,17 +328,6 @@ "text": "11.3% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "98.3%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "98.3%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "98.2% (2011)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "10 years" @@ -352,10 +341,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "inadequate potable water; pollution of Majuro lagoon from household waste and discharges from fishing vessels; sea-level rise" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -623,12 +612,15 @@ "text": "blue, white, orange" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Forever Marshall Islands\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Amata KABUA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1981" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1981" }, "National heritage": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/tl.json b/australia-oceania/tl.json index 3850d473..9b2132db 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tl.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tl.json @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "overfishing; damage to forest resources; pollution of freshwater and coastal waters from improper disposal of chemicals" }, "Climate": { @@ -360,13 +360,16 @@ "text": "blue, yellow, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Te Atua\" (For the Almighty)" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "unknown/Falani KALOLO" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 2008; in preparation for eventual self governance, Tokelau held a national contest to choose an anthem; as a territory of New Zealand, in addition to \"God Defend New Zealand,\" \"God Save the King\" serves as a royal anthem (see United Kingdom); \"God Save the King\" normally played only when a member of the royal family or the governor-general is present; in all other cases, \"God Defend New Zealand\" is played (see New Zealand)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a territory of New Zealand; normally played only when a member of the royal family or the governor-general is present" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 2008; national contest was held to choose an anthem; as a territory of New Zealand, in addition to \"God Defend New Zealand,\" \"God Save the King\" serves as a royal anthem (see United Kingdom); \"God Save the King\" normally played only when a member of the royal family or the governor-general is present; in all other cases, \"God Defend New Zealand\" is played (see New Zealand)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/tn.json b/australia-oceania/tn.json index 69e4d000..6f494b7c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tn.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tn.json @@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation from land being cleared for agriculture and settlement; soil exhaustion; water pollution due to salinization, sewage, and toxic chemicals from farming activities; coral reefs and marine populations threatened" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution" }, @@ -624,12 +624,15 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Ko e fasi `o e tu\"i `o e `Otu Tonga\" (Song of the King of the Tonga Islands)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Ko e fasi 'o e tu'i 'o e 'Otu Tonga\" (Song of the King of the Tonga Islands)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Uelingatoni Ngu TUPOUMALOHI/Karl Gustavus SCHMITT" }, + "history": { + "text": "in use since 1875; more commonly known as \"Fasi Fakafonua\" (National Song)" + }, "note": "note: in use since 1875; more commonly known as \"Fasi Fakafonua\" (National Song)" } }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/tv.json b/australia-oceania/tv.json index 3e3a0ee2..94ca18f6 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tv.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tv.json @@ -348,24 +348,13 @@ "Education expenditure (% national budget)": { "text": "17% national budget (2024 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited freshwater resources; beach erosion; deforestation; damage to coral reefs; rising sea levels" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling" }, @@ -608,12 +597,15 @@ "text": "light blue, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Tuvalu mo te Atua\" (Tuvalu for the Almighty)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Afaese MANOA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1978; the anthem's name is also the nation's motto" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1978; the anthem's name is also the nation's motto" } }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/um.json b/australia-oceania/um.json index 18d0d850..1b43f0db 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/um.json +++ b/australia-oceania/um.json @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "

Baker Island: no natural freshwater resources

Howland Island: no natural freshwater resources

Jarvis Island: no natural freshwater resources

Johnston Atoll: no natural freshwater resources; invasion of non-native species

Midway Islands:  pollution from plastic; predominantly non-native plant species 

Kingman Reef: none

Palmyra Atoll: none

" }, "Climate": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/wf.json b/australia-oceania/wf.json index 3c113160..6d581f3e 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/wf.json +++ b/australia-oceania/wf.json @@ -270,21 +270,10 @@ }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "56% (2023)" - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation (only small portions of the original forests remain) due to wood as the main fuel source; soil erosion; lack of natural freshwater resources; lack of soil fertility on the islands of Uvea and Futuna" }, "Climate": { @@ -460,7 +449,16 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "text": "

note: as a territory of France, \"La Marseillaise\" is official (see France)

" + "title": { + "text": "\"La Marseillaise\"" + }, + "lyrics/music": { + "text": "Claude-Joseph ROUGET de Lisle" + }, + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a French territory" + }, + "note": "note: as a territory of France, \"La Marseillaise\" is official (see France)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/wq.json b/australia-oceania/wq.json index 18a200ba..41c45881 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/wq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/wq.json @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited potable water; hazardous waste disposal" }, "Climate": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ws.json b/australia-oceania/ws.json index f9eff677..41107673 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ws.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ws.json @@ -360,10 +360,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "soil erosion; deforestation; invasive species; overfishing" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -626,12 +626,15 @@ "text": "red, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"O le Fu'a o le Sa'olotoga o Samoa\" (The Banner of Freedom)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Sauni Liga KURESA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1962; also known as \"Samoa Tula'i\" (Samoa Arise)" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1962; also known as \"Samoa Tula'i\" (Samoa Arise)" } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json index 9cb822a4..7cf8301b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json @@ -285,17 +285,6 @@ "text": "19.4% national budget (2019 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "97.8%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "97.8%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "97.8% (2018)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "14 years" @@ -309,7 +298,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "difficulty in properly disposing waste from tourists; air pollution from waste-burning; water pollution from plastics" }, "Climate": { @@ -512,13 +501,16 @@ "text": "blue, yellow, red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Aruba Deshi Tera\" (Aruba Precious Country)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Het Wilhelmus\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Juan Chabaya 'Padu' LAMPE/Rufo Inocencio WEVER" + "text": "Philips VAN MARNIX van Sint Aldegonde (presumed)/unknown" }, - "note": "note: local anthem adopted 1986; as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, \"Het Wilhelmus\" is official (see Netherlands)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands" + }, + "note": "note: local anthem adopted 1986; in addition to the local anthem, \"Het Wilhelmus\" is the official anthem for Aruba as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (see Netherlands)" } }, "Economy": { @@ -881,9 +873,6 @@ "refugees (country of origin)": { "text": "17,085 (Venezuela) (2023)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

northbound transshipment point for cocaine from Colombia and Venezuela; cocaine shipped to the United States, other Caribbean islands, Africa, and Europe

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json index dbbd9f0f..9df1eb2f 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json @@ -305,17 +305,6 @@ "text": "11% national budget (2024 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "98.4%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99.4% (2015 est.)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "15 years" @@ -329,10 +318,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited natural freshwater resources; water management hampered by tree-clearing to increase crop production, causing rapid rainfall runoff" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -597,13 +586,16 @@ "text": "red, white, blue, black, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Novelle Hamilton RICHARDS/Walter Garnet Picart CHAMBERS" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1967; as a Commonwealth country, in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem (see United Kingdom)" + "history": { + "text": "royal anthem, as a Commonwealth country" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1967; in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem for the Commonwealth country (see United Kingdom)" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -974,8 +966,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit point for cocaine and marijuana destined for North America, Europe, and elsewhere in the Caribbean; some local demand for cocaine and some use of synthetic drugs

" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json index 029f1ced..8ce5cfcc 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "inadequate potable water" }, "Climate": { @@ -449,13 +449,16 @@ "text": "the Anguillan coat of arms features three interlocking dolphins jumping out of seawater; they represent endurance, unity, and strength, and their circular motion stands for continuity; the white background symbolizes peace and tranquility, and the turquoise-blue base represents the sea, as well as faith, youth, and hope" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"God Bless Anguilla\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Alex RICHARDSON" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: local anthem adopted 1981; as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as an overseas UK territory" + }, + "note": "note: local anthem adopted 1981; \"God Save the King\" is the official anthem for Anguilla as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom (see United Kingdom)" } }, "Economy": { @@ -660,8 +663,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe

" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json index b91ee813..a8c8bc37 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "39 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "35 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -237,21 +237,9 @@ "text": "59.2% (2012)" }, "Drinking water source": { - "improved: urban": { - "text": "urban: NA" - }, - "improved: rural": { - "text": "rural: NA" - }, "improved: total": { "text": "total: 98.8% of population" }, - "unimproved: urban": { - "text": "urban: NA" - }, - "unimproved: rural": { - "text": "rural: NA" - }, "unimproved: total": { "text": "total: 2% of population (2020 est.)" } @@ -331,24 +319,13 @@ "Education expenditure (% national budget)": { "text": "12.5% national budget (2023 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99.6%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.6%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99.6% (2014)" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "pollution of coastal waters from waste disposal by ships; soil erosion; illegal solid-waste disposal " }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -644,12 +621,15 @@ "text": "blue, yellow, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"The National Anthem of Barbados\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Irving BURGIE/C. Van Roland EDWARDS" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1966; the anthem is also known as \"In Plenty and In Time of Need\"" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1966; the anthem is also known as \"In Plenty and In Time of Need\"" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1102,8 +1082,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit point for cocaine and marijuana destined for North America, Europe, and elsewhere in the Caribbean; some local demand for cocaine and some use of synthetic drugs

" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json index 2fcb9baf..5405b311 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "77 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "76 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -305,24 +305,13 @@ "Education expenditure (% national budget)": { "text": "10.6% national budget (2025 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "coral reef decay; solid waste disposal" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -604,13 +593,16 @@ "text": "the motto on the Bahamas coat of arms is “Forward, Upward, Onward Together;” the flamingo and marlin supporting the shield are national animals that represent respectively the land and sea; the pink conch shell symbolizes the marine life of the islands, and the green palm fronds represent the natural vegetation; the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus’s flagship, also appears; the sun signifies the world-famous climate and the bright future of the islands" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"March On, Bahamaland!\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Timothy GIBSON" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1973; as a Commonwealth country, in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem (see United Kingdom)" + "history": { + "text": "royal anthem, as a Commonwealth country" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1973; in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem for the Commonwealth country (see United Kingdom)" } }, "Economy": { @@ -1035,7 +1027,9 @@ }, "Transnational Issues": { "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit point for illegal drugs bound for the United States; small scale illicit production of marijuana continues

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json index a398783f..7ba580f0 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json @@ -361,13 +361,13 @@ }, "Literacy": { "total population": { - "text": "90.9% (2015 est.) NA" + "text": "90.9% (2015 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "90.2% (2015 est.) NA" + "text": "90.2% (2015 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "91.6% (2015 est.) NA" + "text": "91.6% (2015 est.)" } }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { @@ -383,10 +383,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; water pollution from sewage, industrial effluents, agricultural runoff; inability to properly dispose of solid waste" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -671,13 +671,16 @@ "text": "red, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "Land of the Free" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Samuel Alfred HAYNES/Selwyn Walford YOUNG" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1981; as a Commonwealth country, in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem (see United Kingdom)" + "history": { + "text": "royal anthem, as a Commonwealth country" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1981; in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem for the Commonwealth country (see United Kingdom)" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1130,7 +1133,9 @@ }, "Transnational Issues": { "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a significant drug trafficking and transit point between countries in South America and the United States; primary domestic use of narcotics is marijuana and some crack cocaine; a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bq.json index 43d6b244..3a370d30 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bq.json @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "some coral bleaching" }, "Climate": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json index 318d5831..9bd18c6b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json @@ -276,21 +276,10 @@ "Education expenditure (% national budget)": { "text": "15% national budget (2019 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "98.9% NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "98.7% NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99% (2021) NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "no natural freshwater resources; trash washing up or being deposited on beaches; no recycling or waste-treatment facilities; deforestation " }, "Climate": { @@ -475,13 +464,16 @@ "text": "the Queen of England approved the Cayman Islands' coat of arms -- which was designed with input from the public -- in 1958; the shield features the lion of England and three green stars that symbolize the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman; the green turtle stands for the islands’ seafaring history, the rope under it for the thatch-rope industry, and the pineapple for historical ties with Jamaica; the motto comes from Psalms 24, acknowledging the Caymans’ Christian heritage" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Beloved Isle Cayman\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Leila E. ROSS" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1993; served as an unofficial anthem since 1930; as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in addition to the local anthem, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as an overseas UK territory" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1993; served as an unofficial anthem since 1930; in addition to the local anthem, \"God Save the King\" is the  official anthem for the Caymans, as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom (see United Kingdom)" } }, "Economy": { @@ -826,8 +818,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

major offshore financial center vulnerable to drug trafficking money laundering

 

" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index a2f3ff84..281488e1 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "22 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "24 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -358,17 +358,6 @@ "text": "31.2% national budget (2021 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "98%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "98%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "94.1% (2018 est.)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "17 years" @@ -382,10 +371,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation, largely from clearing land for cattle ranching and agriculture; soil erosion; coastal marine pollution; fisheries protection; solid waste management; air pollution" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -663,13 +652,16 @@ "text": "the Costa Rican coat of arms highlights the country’s natural beauty and history; three volcanoes, each topped with a white cloud, are surrounded with water, symbolizing the seaports of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans; the rising sun in the background stands for the birth of a new nation, and the seven white stars for the country's provinces; the two merchant ships carrying Costa Rica’s flag are a reminder of the maritime trade that shaped the country's history" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Himno Nacional de Costa Rica\" (National Anthem of Costa Rica)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Jose Maria ZELEDON Brenes/Manuel Maria GUTIERREZ" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1949; the anthem's music was originally written for an 1853 welcome ceremony for diplomatic missions from the US and UK; the lyrics were added in 1903" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1949; the music was originally written for a welcome ceremony in 1853 for the US and UK diplomatic missions; the lyrics were added in 1903" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1949; the music was originally written for a welcome ceremony in 1853 for the US and UK diplomatic missions; the lyrics were added in 1903" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1171,7 +1163,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

Costa Rica remains a significant transshipment point for cocaine enroute to the United States from South America; a key transit point in international narcotics trafficking; transit and warehousing hub for illicit drug trafficking; growing domestic drug consumption problem; a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country

major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json index 241c9ae1..368f6fca 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "39 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "35 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -390,10 +390,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "soil degradation and desertification (brought on by poor farming techniques and natural disasters); biodiversity loss; deforestation; air and water pollution" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -665,13 +665,16 @@ "text": "red, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"La Bayamesa\" (The Bayamo Song)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Pedro FIGUEREDO" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1940; Pedro FIGUEREDO first performed \"La Bayamesa\" in 1868 during the Ten Years War against the Spanish; a leading figure in the uprising, FIGUEREDO was captured in 1870 and executed by a firing squad; just prior to the fusillade he is reputed to have shouted, \"Morir por la Patria es vivir\" (To die for the country is to live), a line from the anthem" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1940; Pedro FIGUEREDO first performed it in 1868 during the Ten Years War against the Spanish; a leading figure in the uprising, FIGUEREDO was captured in 1870 and executed by a firing squad; just before being shot, he is said to have shouted, \"Morir por la Patria es vivir\" (To die for the country is to live), a line from the anthem" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1940; Pedro FIGUEREDO first performed it in 1868 during the Ten Years War against the Spanish; a leading figure in the uprising, FIGUEREDO was captured in 1870 and executed by a firing squad; just before being shot, he is said to have shouted, \"Morir por la Patria es vivir\" (To die for the country is to live), a line from the anthem" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1121,9 +1124,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — Cuba does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Cuba remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/cuba/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

Cuba is not a major consumer, producer, or transshipment point for illicit drugs; domestic production and consumption curbed by aggressive policing; prescription drug abuse remains low

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json index 6c601c1b..1db233e4 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json @@ -292,26 +292,15 @@ "text": "5.8% national budget (2025 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "People - note": { "text": "3,000-3,500 Kalinago (Carib) still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the Caribbean; only 70-100 may be \"pure\" Kalinago because of years of integration into the broader population" } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "pollution from agrochemicals and from untreated sewage; forests endangered by the expansion of farming; soil erosion; pollution of the coastal zone from agricultural/industrial chemicals and untreated sewage" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling" }, @@ -557,12 +546,15 @@ "text": "green, yellow, black, white, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Isle of Beauty\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Wilfred Oscar Morgan POND/Lemuel McPherson CHRISTIAN" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1967" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1967" } }, @@ -921,8 +913,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit point for cocaine and marijuana destined for North America, Europe, and elsewhere in the Caribbean; some local demand for cocaine and some use of synthetic drugs

" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index 3e9ef700..0bad08c3 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -395,10 +395,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "soil eroding into the sea damages coral reefs; deforestation" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -706,13 +706,16 @@ "text": "red, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Himno Nacional\" (National Anthem)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Emilio PRUD'HOMME/Jose REYES" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1934; also known as \"Quisqueyanos valientes\" (Valient Sons of Quisqueye); the anthem never refers to the people as Dominican but rather calls them \"Quisqueyanos,\" a reference to the indigenous name of the island" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1934; also known as \"Quisqueyanos valientes\" (Valiant Sons of Quisqueye); the anthem refers to the Dominican people as \"Quisqueyanos,\" which comes from the ethnic name for the island" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1934; also known as \"Quisqueyanos valientes\" (Valiant Sons of Quisqueye); the anthem refers to the Dominican people as \"Quisqueyanos,\" which comes from the ethnic name for the island" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1227,7 +1230,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

major transshipment point for cocaine shipments to the United States and Europe in the Caribbean; some drugs are consumed locally.

 

 

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json index 3aa32c0d..51f2f844 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ "note": "note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "43 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "39 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -382,10 +382,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; contamination of soils from disposal of toxic wastes" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -654,13 +654,16 @@ "text": "blue, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Himno Nacional de El Salvador\" (National Anthem of El Salvador)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Juan Jose CANAS/Juan ABERLE" }, - "note": "note: officially adopted 1953, in use since 1879; at 4:20 minutes, the anthem of El Salvador is one of the world's longest" + "history": { + "text": "officially adopted 1953, in use since 1879; at four minutes and 20 seconds, the anthem is one of the world's longest" + }, + "note": "note: officially adopted 1953, in use since 1879; at four minutes and 20 seconds, the anthem is one of the world's longest" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1144,7 +1147,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit country for illicit drugs destined for the United States;  a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

 

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country

major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json index 041c0f5d..71759d43 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json @@ -306,17 +306,6 @@ "text": "14.5% national budget (2024 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "98.6%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "98.6%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "98.6% (2014 est.)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "19 years" @@ -330,10 +319,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation causing habitat and species loss; coastal erosion and contamination; pollution and sedimentation; inadequate solid waste management" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -614,16 +603,19 @@ "text": "red, yellow, green" }, "National coat of arms": { - "text": "

Grenada’s coat of arms shows Grand Etang Lake, a crater lake on the volcano that formed Grenada; in the center of the shield is Christopher Columbus’s ship, the Santa Maria, which landed on the island in 1498; the gold cross dividing the shield, the two Madonna lilies, and the national motto signal the importance of religion; two lions symbolize past UK rule (1762-1974), as well as Grenada’s current status as a Commonwealth country; the corn stalk and banana plant represent agriculture; the armadillo and Grenada dove next to the shield are native to the island, and the roses in the bougainvillea flower garland represent Grenada’s seven communities

" + "text": "Grenada’s coat of arms shows Grand Etang Lake, a crater lake on the volcano that formed Grenada; in the center of the shield is Christopher Columbus’s ship, the Santa Maria, which landed on the island in 1498; the gold cross dividing the shield, the two Madonna lilies, and the national motto signal the importance of religion; two lions symbolize past UK rule (1762-1974), as well as Grenada’s current status as a Commonwealth country; the corn stalk and banana plant represent agriculture; the armadillo and Grenada dove next to the shield are native to the island, and the roses in the bougainvillea flower garland represent Grenada’s seven communities" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Hail Grenada\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Irva Merle BAPTISTE/Louis Arnold MASANTO" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1974; as a Commonwealth country, in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem (see United Kingdom)" + "history": { + "text": "royal anthem, as a Commonwealth country" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1974; in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem for the Commonwealth country (see United Kingdom)" } }, "Economy": { @@ -1009,8 +1001,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit point for cocaine and marijuana destined for North America, Europe, and elsewhere in the Caribbean; some local demand for cocaine and some use of synthetic drugs

" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json index 9e09040d..e21c5e51 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json @@ -394,10 +394,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -670,12 +670,15 @@ "text": "blue, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Himno Nacional de Guatemala\" (National Anthem of Guatemala)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Jose Joaquin PALMA/Rafael Alvarez OVALLE" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1897, modified lyrics adopted 1934; Cuban poet Jose Joaquin PALMA anonymously submitted lyrics to a public contest calling for a national anthem; his authorship was not discovered until 1911" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1897, modified lyrics adopted 1934; Cuban poet Jose Joaquin PALMA anonymously submitted lyrics to a public contest calling for a national anthem; his authorship was not discovered until 1911" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1196,7 +1199,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a major transit country for illegal drugs; illicit cultivation of opium poppies, marijuana, and coca plants in rural areas; a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

 

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country

major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json index 7b776228..dcd1a656 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ "note": "note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-49" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "350 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "328 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -381,10 +381,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation (trees cleared for agriculture and used as fuel); soil erosion; inadequate potable water and lack of sanitation; natural disasters" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection" }, @@ -689,13 +689,16 @@ "text": "blue, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"La Dessalinienne\" (The Dessalines Song)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Justin LHERISSON/Nicolas GEFFRARD" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1904; named for Jean-Jacques DESSALINES, a leader in the Haitian Revolution and first ruler of an independent Haiti" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1904; named for Jean-Jacques DESSALINES, a leader in the Haitian Revolution and first ruler of independent Haiti" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1904; named for Jean-Jacques DESSALINES, a leader in the Haitian Revolution and first ruler of independent Haiti" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1134,7 +1137,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit point for cocaine from South America and marijuana from Jamaica en route to the United States; not a producer or large consumer of illicit drugs; some cultivation of cannabis for local consumption

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json index 52a264bc..ef6a2935 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json @@ -396,10 +396,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation from logging and agricultural clearing; land degradation and soil erosion from overdevelopment and improper land use practices; mining activities polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source of fresh water) and other rivers and streams" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -670,12 +670,15 @@ "text": "blue, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Himno Nacional de Honduras\" (National Anthem of Honduras)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Augusto Constancio COELLO/Carlos HARTLING" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1915; the anthem's seven verses chronicle Honduran history; on official occasions, only the chorus and last verse are sung" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1915; the anthem's seven verses chronicle Honduran history; on official occasions, only the chorus and last verse are sung" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1176,7 +1179,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

transshipment point for cocaine destined for the United States and precursor chemicals used to produce illicit drugs; some small-scale coca cultivation

 

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country

major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json index 3aab0f04..106f51f6 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json @@ -349,17 +349,6 @@ "text": "14.5% national budget (2023 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "88.7%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "84%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "90.8% (2022 est.)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "12 years" @@ -373,10 +362,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston from vehicle emissions; land erosion" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -658,12 +647,15 @@ "text": "green, yellow, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Jamaica, Land We Love\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Hugh Braham SHERLOCK/Robert Charles LIGHTBOURNE" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1962" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1962" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1139,7 +1131,9 @@ }, "Transnational Issues": { "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

Jamaica is the largest Caribbean source of marijuana and a transit point for cocaine trafficked from South America to North America and other international markets; criminal gangs in Jamaica, Haiti, and Central America use marijuana for currency to obtain guns or other contraband from criminal entities in Haiti and Central America

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json index 8289bad9..eba18bb6 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json @@ -281,17 +281,6 @@ "text": "7.7% national budget (2024 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "14 years" @@ -305,7 +294,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "land erosion on slopes that have been cleared for cultivation" }, "Climate": { @@ -472,7 +461,16 @@ "text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Montserratian coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the arms show a woman in a green dress (Erin, the female personification of Ireland) standing beside a yellow harp (a symbol of Ireland) and embracing a large dark cross with her right arm; blue represents awareness, trustworthiness, determination, and righteousness" }, "National anthem": { - "text": "

note: as a territory of the UK, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)

" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" + }, + "lyrics/music": { + "text": "unknown" + }, + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a UK territory" + }, + "note": "note: \"God Save the King\" is the official anthem of Monserrat, as a UK territory (see United Kingdom)" } }, "Economy": { @@ -709,8 +707,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json index 8762773a..2494291c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json @@ -246,17 +246,6 @@ "text": "total: 1.2% of population (2017)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "12 years" @@ -270,7 +259,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "

scarcity of potable water; inadequate solid waste management; pollution from construction, chemical runoff, and sewage 

" }, "Climate": { @@ -446,11 +435,14 @@ "text": "red, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "O Sweet Saint Martin's Land" + "title": { + "text": "\"Het Wilhelmus\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Gerard KEMPS" + "text": "Philips VAN MARNIX van Sint Aldegonde (presumed)/unknown" + }, + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands" }, "note": "note: the song, written in 1958, is used as an unofficial anthem for the entire island (both French and Dutch sides); as a collectivity of France, in addition to the local anthem, \"La Marseillaise\" is official on the French side (see France); as a constituent part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in addition to the local anthem, \"Het Wilhelmus\" is official on the Dutch side (see Netherlands)" } diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json index 2fd3776b..5e021720 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json @@ -344,24 +344,13 @@ "Education expenditure (% national budget)": { "text": "17.7% national budget (2023 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "82.6%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "82.4%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "82.8% (2015)" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; drought" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -638,13 +627,16 @@ "text": "blue, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Salve a ti, Nicaragua\" (Hail to Thee, Nicaragua)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Salomon Ibarra MAYORGA/traditional, arranged by Luis Abraham DELGADILLO" }, - "note": "note: although only officially adopted in 1971, the music was approved in 1918 and the lyrics in 1939; the tune, originally from Spain, was used as an anthem for Nicaragua from the 1830s until 1876" + "history": { + "text": "adopted in 1971, but the music was approved in 1918 and the lyrics in 1939; the tune was originally from Spain and was used as an anthem without lyrics from the 1830s until 1876" + }, + "note": "note: adopted in 1971, but the music was approved in 1918 and the lyrics in 1939; the tune was originally from Spain and was used as an anthem without lyrics from the 1830s until 1876" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1078,7 +1070,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Armed Forces of Nicaragua (formal name is Army of Nicaragua or Ejercito de Nicaragua, EN): Land Force (Fuerza Terrestre); Naval Force (Fuerza Naval); Air Force (Fuerza Aérea) (2025)", + "text": "Armed Forces of Nicaragua (formal name is Army of Nicaragua or Ejercito de Nicaragua, EN): Land Force; Naval Force; Air Force (2025)", "note": "note: both the military and the Nicaraguan National Police (Policía Nacional de Nicaragua or PNN) report directly to the president; Parapolice, which are non-uniformed, armed, and masked units with marginal tactical training and loose hierarchical organization, act in coordination with government security forces and report to the National Police; they have been used to suppress anti-government protesters" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1109,7 +1101,7 @@ "text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; tour of duty 18-36 months (2024)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the military is responsible for defending Nicaragua’s independence, sovereignty, and territory, but also has some domestic security responsibilities; key tasks include border security, assisting the police, protecting natural resources, and providing disaster relief and humanitarian assistance; it has ties with the militaries of Cuba, Venezuela, and Russia; Russia has provided training support and equipment 

the modern Army of Nicaragua was created in 1979 as the Sandinista Popular Army (1979-1984); prior to 1979, the military was known as the National Guard, which was organized and trained by the US in the 1920s and 1930s; the first commander of the National Guard, Anastasio SOMOZA GARCIA, seized power in 1937 and ran the country as a military dictator until his assassination in 1956; his sons ran the country either directly or through figureheads until the Sandinistas came to power in 1979; the defeated National Guard was disbanded by the Sandinistas (2024)" + "text": "the military is responsible for defending Nicaragua’s independence, sovereignty, and territory; it also has some domestic security responsibilities, including border security, assisting the police, protecting natural resources, and providing disaster relief and humanitarian assistance; Nicaragua has defense ties with Cuba, Venezuela, and Russia; Russia has provided training support and equipment; in 2025, Nicaragua signed an agreement of “mutual protection” with Russia

the modern Army of Nicaragua was created in 1979 as the Sandinista Popular Army (1979-1984); prior to 1979, the military was known as the National Guard, which was organized and trained by the US in the 1920s and 1930s; the first commander of the National Guard, Anastasio SOMOZA GARCIA, seized power in 1937 and ran the country as a military dictator until his assassination in 1956; his sons ran the country either directly or through figureheads until the Sandinistas came to power in 1979; the defeated National Guard was disbanded by the Sandinistas (2025)" } }, "Space": { @@ -1128,7 +1120,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

transit route for illicit drugs originating from South America destined for the United States

 

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index 1b1c7a5c..c6fd90f1 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -378,10 +378,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution from agricultural runoff; deforestation of tropical rainforest; land degradation and soil erosion in Panama Canal; air pollution in urban areas; effects of mining " }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -649,12 +649,15 @@ "text": "blue, white, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Himno Istmeno\" (Isthmus Hymn)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Jeronimo DE LA OSSA/Santos A. JORGE" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1925" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1925" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1115,8 +1118,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security: Panama National Police (La Policía Nacional de Panamá, PNP), National Aeronaval Service (Servicio Nacional Aeronaval, SENAN), National Border Service (Servicio Nacional de Fronteras, SENAFRONT)  (2025)", - "note": "note 1: collectively, the security forces are known as the Panamanian Public Forces

note 2: the PNP includes a special forces directorate with counterterrorism and counternarcotics units; SENAFRONT has three regionally based border security brigades, plus a specialized brigade comprised of special forces, counternarcotics, maritime, and rapid reaction units" + "text": "no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security: National Police (Policía Nacional,  PN), National Aeronaval Service (Servicio Nacional Aeronaval, SENAN), National Border Service (Servicio Nacional de Fronteras, SENAFRONT) (2025)", + "note": "note 1: collectively, the security forces are known as the Panamanian Public Forces

note 2: the PNP includes a special forces directorate with counterterrorism and counternarcotics units; SENAFRONT has four regionally based border security brigades, plus a specialized brigade comprised of special forces, counternarcotics, maritime, and rapid reaction units" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2024": { @@ -1139,7 +1142,7 @@ "text": "approximately 30,000 Ministry of Public Security personnel (2025)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Panama National Police is principally responsible for internal law enforcement and public order, while the National Border Service handles border security; the Aeronaval Service is responsible for carrying out air and naval operations that include some internal security responsibilities; key areas of focus are countering narcotics trafficking and securing the border, particularly along the southern border with Colombia (the area is known as the Darién Gap) where the National Border Service (SENAFRONT) maintains a significant presence

Panama created a paramilitary National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Panamá) in the 1950s from the former National Police (established 1904); the National Guard subsequently evolved into more of a military force with some police responsibilities; it seized power in a coup in 1968 and military officers ran the country until 1989; in 1983, the National Guard was renamed the Panama Defense Force (PDF); the PDF was disbanded after the 1989 US invasion and the current national police forces were formed in 1990; the armed forces were officially abolished under the 1994 Constitution (2024)" + "text": "the Panamanian Public Forces focus on law enforcement, border control, and maritime security; the National Police are responsible for internal law enforcement and public order, while the National Border Service (SENAFRONT) handles border security; the Aeronaval Service is responsible for carrying out air and naval operations that include some internal security responsibilities; key areas of focus are countering narcotics trafficking and securing the border, particularly along the frontier with Colombia where SENAFRONT maintains a significant presence

Panama created a paramilitary National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Panamá) in the 1950s from the former National Police (established 1904); the National Guard subsequently evolved into more of a military force with some police responsibilities; it seized power in a coup in 1968 and military officers ran the country until 1989; in 1983, the National Guard was renamed the Panama Defense Force (PDF); the PDF was disbanded after the 1989 US invasion and the current national police forces were formed in 1990; the armed forces were officially abolished under the 1994 Constitution (2025)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { @@ -1149,7 +1152,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

not a major consumer or producer of illicit drugs; a prime sea and land passage for drugs, primarily cocaine, from South America to North America and Europe;   drug traffickers also use millions of shipping containers to smuggle drugs to North America and Europe through the Panama

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json index 63e1df4b..2450aed1 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json @@ -246,21 +246,10 @@ "Education expenditure (% national budget)": { "text": "23% national budget (2023 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "waste management; salinity intrusions; limited freshwater resources; over-exploitation of marine resources (reef fisheries, coral, and shell); water pollution and damage to coral reefs from boats" }, "Climate": { @@ -422,11 +411,14 @@ "text": "brown pelican" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"O Sweet Saint Martin's Land\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"La Marseillaise\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Gerard KEMPS" + "text": "Claude-Joseph ROUGET de Lisle" + }, + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a French collectivity" }, "note": "note: the song, written in 1958, is used as an unofficial anthem for the entire island (both French and Dutch sides); as a collectivity of France, in addition to the local anthem, \"La Marseillaise\" remains official on the French side (see France); as a constituent part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in addition to the local anthem, \"Het Wilhelmus\" remains official on the Dutch side (see Netherlands)" } @@ -534,8 +526,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

transshipment point for cocaine, heroin, and marijuana destined for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands as well as Europe.

" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json index c2a21695..e5ec3ceb 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "34 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "11 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "soil erosion; occasional droughts cause water shortages; industrial pollution" }, "Climate": { @@ -568,13 +568,16 @@ "text": "red, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"La Borinquena\" (The Puerto Rican)" + "title": { + "text": "\"The Star-Spangled Banner\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Manuel Fernandez JUNCOS/Felix Astol ARTES" + "text": "Francis Scott KEY/John Stafford SMITH" }, - "note": "note: music adopted 1952, lyrics adopted 1977; the local anthem's name is a reference to the indigenous name of the island, Borinquen; the music was originally composed as a dance in 1867 and gained popularity in the early 20th century; there is some evidence that the music was written by Francisco RAMIREZ; as a commonwealth of the US, \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" is official (see United States)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a US commonwealth" + }, + "note": "note: music adopted 1952, lyrics adopted 1977; the local anthem's name refers to the local name for the island, Borinquen; the music was originally composed as a dance in 1867 and gained popularity in the early 20th century; there is some evidence that Francisco RAMIREZ wrote the music; \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" is the official anthem of Puerto Rico, as a US commonwealth (see United States)" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json index 17bf9f88..0c1b812e 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json @@ -327,17 +327,6 @@ "text": "11% national budget (2025 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "17 years" @@ -351,10 +340,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; soil erosion and silting affects marine life on coral reefs; water pollution from uncontrolled dumping of sewage" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling" }, @@ -598,12 +587,15 @@ "text": "the coat of arms of Saint Kitts and Nevis features a Carib who represents the original inhabitants of the islands, and a fleur-de-lis and rose that represent the French and English who arrived in the 1620; the shield also features the poinciana (the national flower) and a traditional boat; three hands hold the torch, which represents the quest for freedom: the hand of an African, a European, and a person of mixed ethnicity; pelicans (the national bird) support the shield, with a sugarcane plant and a coconut tree that symbolize the land" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Oh Land of Beauty!\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"O Land of Beauty!\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Kenrick Anderson GEORGES" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1983" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1983" }, "National heritage": { @@ -979,8 +971,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit point for cocaine and marijuana destined for North America, Europe, and elsewhere in the Caribbean; some local demand for cocaine and some use of synthetic drugs

" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json index ae0bf278..04947a79 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "73 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "44 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -338,17 +338,6 @@ "text": "11.8% national budget (2023 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "13 years" @@ -362,10 +351,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; soil erosion, particularly in the northern region" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -631,12 +620,15 @@ "text": "cerulean blue, gold, black, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Sons and Daughters of St. Lucia\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Charles JESSE/Leton Felix THOMAS" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1967" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1967" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1036,8 +1028,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit point for cocaine and marijuana destined for North America, Europe, and elsewhere in the Caribbean; some local demand for cocaine and some use of synthetic drugs

" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json index 55069726..5c2129c0 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json @@ -232,21 +232,10 @@ "unimproved: total": { "text": "total: 0% of population (2020)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "land-based pollution; urbanization; limited freshwater resources; overfishing" }, "Climate": { @@ -402,13 +391,16 @@ "text": "pelican" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"L'Hymne a St. Barthelemy\" (Hymn to St. Barthelemy)" + "title": { + "text": "\"La Marseillaise\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Isabelle Massart DERAVIN/Michael VALENTI" + "text": "Claude-Joseph ROUGET de Lisle" }, - "note": "note: local anthem in use since 1999; as a collectivity of France, \"La Marseillaise\" is official (see France)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a French collectivity" + }, + "note": "note: local anthem in use since 1999; \"La Marseillaise\" is the official anthem of Saint Barthelemy, as a collectivity of France (see France)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json index f101623a..2bd6cebb 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "27 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "54 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -341,22 +341,16 @@ } }, "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.2%" - }, "female": { "text": "93.8% (2022 est.)" } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution from agricultural chemicals, industrial wastes, and raw sewage; widespread pollution of waterways and coastal areas; illegal dumping; deforestation; soil erosion; fisheries and wildlife depletion" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -650,13 +644,16 @@ "text": "designed in 1962, the coat of arms shows the scarlet ibis (national bird of Trinidad) and the cocrico (national bird of Tobago); they support a shield displaying two hummingbirds, because Trinidad is home to 18 species of the bird and is called the “Land of Hummingbirds;” three gold ships on a backdrop of national colors represent Christopher Columbus, who visited the islands; the three peaks in the lower left refer to Trinidad being named after the Holy Trinity and also represent a famous mountain; the image of a gold ship's wheel in front of a coconut palm was also used on the Great Seals of British Colonial Tobago; the gold helmet represents Queen Elizabeth II of England (ruler of the country at the time), and the national motto promotes harmony in diversity" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Forged From the Love of Liberty\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Patrick Stanislaus CASTAGNE" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1962; song originally created to serve as an anthem for the West Indies Federation; adopted by Trinidad and Tobago following the Federation's dissolution in 1962" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1962; song originally written as an anthem for the West Indies Federation; Trinidad and Tobago adopted it when the Federation dissolved" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1962; song originally written as an anthem for the West Indies Federation; Trinidad and Tobago adopted it when the Federation dissolved" } }, "Economy": { @@ -1093,9 +1090,6 @@ "refugees (country of origin)": { "text": "36,218 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2023)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit point for drugs destined for Europe, North America, and the rest of the Caribbean;  drug trafficking organizations use  the country’s proximity to Venezuela, its porous borders, vulnerabilities at ports of entry, a limited law enforcement capacity and resources, and corruption

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json index 0b6f947d..f49d49a5 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json @@ -286,17 +286,6 @@ "text": "8.7% national budget (2023 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "9 years" @@ -313,7 +302,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited natural freshwater resources" }, "Climate": { @@ -493,11 +482,14 @@ "text": "conch shell, Turk's cap cactus" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"This Land of Ours\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Conrad HOWELL" + "text": "unknown" + }, + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a UK overseas territory" }, "note": "note: serves as a local anthem; as an overseas territory of the UK, \"God Save the King\" is the official anthem (see United Kingdom)" } @@ -794,8 +786,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json index 161ff995..a5cea220 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "

waste management, including pollution of marine areas from domestic sewage, inadequate sewage treatment facilities, industrial effluents, agricultural runoff, mismanagement of toxic substances, and ineffective regulations; damage from neglect and a lack of controls at major refinery

" }, "Climate": { @@ -476,13 +476,16 @@ "text": "blue, yellow, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Himmo di Korsou\" (Anthem of Curacao)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Guillermo ROSARIO, Mae HENRIQUEZ, Enrique MULLER, Betty DORAN/Frater Candidus NOWENS, Errol \"El Toro\" COLINA" }, - "note": "note: adapted 1978; the lyrics, originally written in 1899, were rewritten in 1978 to make them less colonial in nature" + "history": { + "text": "adapted 1978; the lyrics, originally written in 1899, were rewritten in 1978 to remove colonial references" + }, + "note": "note: adapted 1978; the lyrics, originally written in 1899, were rewritten in 1978 to remove colonial references" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -789,9 +792,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Curaçao does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so, therefore Curaçao was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/curacao/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

northbound transshipment points for cocaine from Colombia and Venezuela; cocaine is transported to the United States, other Caribbean islands, Africa, and Europe

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json index 1d591cf3..b204d877 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "62 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "56 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -315,17 +315,6 @@ "text": "12.6% national budget (2024 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "14 years" @@ -339,10 +328,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "pollution of coastal waters and shorelines from boats; poor land-use planning; deforestation; watershed management; squatter settlement control" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling" }, @@ -576,12 +565,15 @@ "text": "blue, gold, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"St. Vincent! Land So Beautiful!\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Phyllis Joyce MCCLEAN PUNNETT/Joel Bertram MIGUEL" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1967" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1967" } }, @@ -976,8 +968,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit point for cocaine and marijuana destined for North America, Europe, and elsewhere in the Caribbean; some local demand for cocaine and some use of synthetic drugs

" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json index bad603cc..5abf4ca9 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json @@ -273,17 +273,6 @@ "text": "13.6% national budget (2025 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "12 years" @@ -297,7 +286,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited natural freshwater resources; water pollution from sewage and mining/industry waste; coral reef preservation" }, "Climate": { @@ -479,7 +468,16 @@ "text": "yellow, green, red, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "text": "

note: as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)

" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" + }, + "lyrics/music": { + "text": "unknown" + }, + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a UK overseas territory" + }, + "note": "note: \"God Save the King\" is the official anthem for BVI, as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom (see United Kingdom)" } }, "Economy": { @@ -748,8 +746,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe; large offshore financial center makes it vulnerable to money laundering" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json index 1c50427b..6eb7dcb0 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json @@ -276,21 +276,10 @@ }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "27.4% (2023)" - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "lack of natural freshwater resources; protection of coral reefs; solid waste management; coastal development; increased boating and overfishing" }, "Climate": { @@ -444,11 +433,14 @@ "text": "white field with a modified US coat of arms in the center between the large blue initials V and I; the coat of arms shows a yellow eagle holding an olive branch in its right talon and three arrows in the left, with a shield of seven red and six white vertical stripes below a blue panel; white is a symbol of purity, and the letters stand for the Virgin Islands" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Virgin Islands March\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"The Star-Spangled Banner\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "multiple/Alton Augustus ADAMS, Sr." + "text": "Francis Scott KEY/John Stafford SMITH" + }, + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a US territory" }, "note": "note: adopted 1963; serves as a local anthem; as a territory of the US, \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" is official (see United States)" } diff --git a/central-asia/kg.json b/central-asia/kg.json index c15d7a28..8ac69801 100644 --- a/central-asia/kg.json +++ b/central-asia/kg.json @@ -363,17 +363,6 @@ "text": "19.8% national budget (2023 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99.6%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.7%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99.5% (2018)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "14 years" @@ -387,10 +376,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution; increasing soil salinity from irrigation practices; air pollution due to vehicle traffic" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -656,12 +645,15 @@ "text": "red, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Kyrgyz Respublikasynyn Mamlekettik Gimni\" (National Anthem of the Kyrgyz Republic)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Djamil SADYKOV and Eshmambet KULUEV/Nasyr DAVLESOV and Kalyi MOLDOBASANOV" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1992" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1992" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1147,9 +1139,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Kyrgyzstan was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/kyrgyzstan/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a prime transit route and transshipment route for illegal drugs transiting north from Afghanistan to Russia and Europe; illicit drugs are primarily smuggled into the country from Tajikistan

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-asia/kz.json b/central-asia/kz.json index 5518e05f..ce8a3e05 100644 --- a/central-asia/kz.json +++ b/central-asia/kz.json @@ -368,17 +368,6 @@ "text": "19.9% national budget (2023 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99.8%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.8%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99.7% (2018)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "16 years" @@ -392,10 +381,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "radioactive or toxic chemical sites from former defense industries; severe industrial pollution in some cities; air and soil pollution (including dust storms) from chemical pesticides and natural salts left after two rivers were diverted; soil pollution from overuse of agricultural chemicals; salination from infrastructure and irrigation practices; water pollution; desertification" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -707,12 +696,15 @@ "text": "blue, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Menin Qazaqstanim\" (My Kazakhstan)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Zhumeken NAZHIMEDENOV and Nursultan NAZARBAYEV/Shamshi KALDAYAKOV" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 2006; President Nursultan NAZARBAYEV played a role in revising the lyrics" + }, "note": "note: adopted 2006; President Nursultan NAZARBAYEV played a role in revising the lyrics" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1226,9 +1218,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "7,558 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

part of the \"Northern Route,\" land drug trafficking route from Afghanistan to Russia and Europe; domestic manufacturing of synthetics increasing and domestic drug use trends to synthetic drugs outpacing heroin and cannabis;

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index cdb4a78e..4fa8ed04 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -382,17 +382,6 @@ "text": "8.9% national budget (2020 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "100% (2021 est.)" - }, - "male": { - "text": "100% (2021 est.)" - }, - "female": { - "text": "100% (2021 est.)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "16 years" @@ -406,10 +395,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from heavy industry, coal-fired electric plants, and transportation in major cities; industrial, municipal, and agricultural pollution of inland waterways and seacoasts; deforestation; soil erosion; soil contamination from agricultural chemicals; nuclear waste disposal; scattered areas of radioactive contamination; groundwater contamination from toxic waste; urban solid-waste management; abandoned stocks of pesticides" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -724,13 +713,16 @@ "text": "the current coat of arms of Russia was adopted by presidential decree on 30 November 1993; the double-headed eagle was adopted as a Russian symbol in 1472 when Ivan III married Sophia Palaiologina, niece of the last Byzantine emperor in Constantinople -- the eagle was her family's emblem" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii\" (National Anthem of the Russian Federation)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Sergey Vladimirovich MIKHALKOV/Aleksandr Vasilyevich ALEKSANDROV" }, - "note": "note: in 2000, Russia adopted the tune of the anthem of the former Soviet Union (composed in 1939); the lyrics, also adopted in 2000, were written by the same person who authored the Soviet lyrics in 1943" + "history": { + "text": "in 2000, Russia adopted the tune of the Soviet Union's anthem (composed in 1939), as well as new lyrics; MIKHALKOV, who wrote the new lyrics, also authored the Soviet lyrics in 1943" + }, + "note": "note: in 2000, Russia adopted the tune of the Soviet Union's anthem (composed in 1939), as well as new lyrics; MIKHALKOV, who wrote the new lyrics, also authored the Soviet lyrics in 1943" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1316,9 +1308,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — Russia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Russia remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/russia/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a destination country for heroin and other Afghan opiates; a transit country for cocaine from South America, especially Ecuador to Europe, Belgium and Netherlands; synthetic drugs are produced in clandestine drug laboratories throughout the country; marijuana cultivated in Russian Far East and the North Caucasus; the majority of hashish is smuggled in from Northern Africa

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-asia/ti.json b/central-asia/ti.json index 9a89d878..5fa7919c 100644 --- a/central-asia/ti.json +++ b/central-asia/ti.json @@ -349,12 +349,6 @@ } }, "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99.8%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.8%" - }, "female": { "text": "94.6% (2017 est.)" } @@ -372,10 +366,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from motor vehicles and industry; water pollution from agricultural runoff and untreated industrial waste and sewage; poor management of water resources; soil erosion; increasing levels of soil salinity" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -671,13 +665,16 @@ "text": "red, white, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Surudi milli\" (National Anthem)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Gulnazar KELDI/Sulaimon YUDAKOV" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1991; after the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan kept the music of the anthem from its time as a Soviet republic but adopted new lyrics" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1991; after the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan kept the music of its Soviet-era anthem but adopted new lyrics" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1991; after the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan kept the music of its Soviet-era anthem but adopted new lyrics" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1166,9 +1163,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Tajikistan was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/tajikistan/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

Tajikistan is a primary transit country along the “Northern Route” for Afghanistan-sourced opiates and cannabis for the Russian and Eastern European markets and beyond; minimal domestic recreational drug use though it is increasing

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-asia/tx.json b/central-asia/tx.json index 4d055f08..2db5de34 100644 --- a/central-asia/tx.json +++ b/central-asia/tx.json @@ -364,12 +364,6 @@ } }, "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99.7%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.8%" - }, "female": { "text": "99.6% (2019 est.)" } @@ -387,10 +381,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "soil and groundwater pollution from agricultural chemicals and pesticides; salination, waterlogging of soil due to poor irrigation methods; Caspian Sea pollution; river diversion for irrigation; soil erosion; desertification" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -660,13 +654,16 @@ "text": "green, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Garassyz, Bitarap Turkmenistanyn\" (Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Garaşsyz, Bitarap Türkmenistanyň\" (Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "collective/Veli MUKHATOV" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1997, lyrics revised in 2008, to eliminate references to deceased President Saparmurat NYYAZOW " + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1997; lyrics revised in 2008 to eliminate references to deceased President Saparmurat NYYAZOW" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1997; lyrics revised in 2008 to eliminate references to deceased President Saparmurat NYYAZOW" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1109,9 +1106,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — Turkmenistan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Turkmenistan remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/turkmenistan/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

transit country for Afghan opiates to Turkish, Russian, and European markets, either directly from Afghanistan or through Iran; not a major producer or source country for illegal drugs or precursor chemicals

 

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/central-asia/uz.json b/central-asia/uz.json index 3d693ad7..32ed44d4 100644 --- a/central-asia/uz.json +++ b/central-asia/uz.json @@ -385,10 +385,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "growing concentrations of chemical pesticides and natural salts in the shrinking Aral Sea; desertification; water pollution and soil salination from industrial wastes and the heavy use of fertilizers and pesticides; soil contamination from buried nuclear processing and agricultural chemicals" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -688,13 +688,16 @@ "text": "blue, white, red, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"O'zbekiston Respublikasining Davlat Madhiyasi\" (National Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Abdulla ARIPOV/Mutal BURHANOV" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1992; after the fall of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan kept the music of the anthem from its time as a Soviet Republic but adopted new lyrics" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1992; after the fall of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan kept the music of its Soviet-era anthem but adopted new lyrics" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1992; after the fall of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan kept the music of its Soviet-era anthem but adopted new lyrics" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1192,9 +1195,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "31,829 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit country for Afghan heroin, opium, and hashish destined to Kazakhstan, Russia, and Europe;  cannabis and opium poppy are grown domestically for personal use and sale

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index 43d09026..6f5f8d98 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -385,8 +385,7 @@ }, "female": { "text": "86% (2019 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: most public schools were closed immediately after the coup in 2021, and attendance has remained low since schools reopened; literacy is expected to decline from 2019 to 2023" + } }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { @@ -401,10 +400,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; industrial pollution of air, soil, and water; inadequate sanitation and water treatment; rapid depletion of the country's natural resources" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -658,13 +657,16 @@ "text": "yellow, green, red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Kaba Ma Kyei\" (Till the End of the World, Myanmar)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "SAYA TIN" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1948; Burma is among a handful of non-European nations that have anthems rooted in indigenous traditions; the beginning portion of the anthem is a traditional Burmese anthem before transitioning into a Western-style orchestrated work" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1948; the song begins with a traditional Burmese anthem before transitioning into a Western-style orchestrated work" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1948; the song begins with a traditional Burmese anthem before transitioning into a Western-style orchestrated work" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1194,7 +1196,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics; narcotics produced in Burma trafficked throughout the region, with routes extending beyond Southeast Asia to Australia, New Zealand, and Japan; largest opium poppy cultivator  globally with an estimated 47,100 hectares grown in 2023; not a major source or transit country for drugs entering the United States; domestic consumption of synthetic drug cocktails such as Yaba, “Happy Water,” and “Wei Tiong” (mixtures of drugs including caffeine, methamphetamine, tramadol, and MDMA) popular among the younger population and domestic drug consumption  substantial and widespread. (2021)" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country

major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json index 8536e2eb..4b0110a5 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "44 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "36 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -252,9 +252,6 @@ "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 99.7% of population" }, - "improved: rural": { - "text": "rural: NA" - }, "improved: total": { "text": "total: 99.9% of population" }, @@ -344,17 +341,6 @@ "text": "11.4% national budget (2016 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "97.6%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "98.3%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "96.9% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "14 years" @@ -368,10 +354,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution, including seasonal haze from forest fires in Indonesia" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution" }, @@ -628,12 +614,15 @@ "text": "yellow, white, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Allah Peliharakan Sultan\" (God Bless His Majesty)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Pengiran Haji Mohamed YUSUF bin Pengiran Abdul Rahim/Awang Haji BESAR bin Sagap" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1951" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1951" } }, @@ -1081,9 +1070,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — Brunei does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Brunei was downgraded to Tier 3; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/brunei/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "drug trafficking and illegally importing controlled substances are serious offenses in Brunei and carry a mandatory death penalty" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json index c253fded..3ea8bd8b 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json @@ -391,10 +391,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "habitat and biodiversity loss from illegal logging and strip mining; destruction of mangrove swamps; soil erosion; limited access to potable water in rural areas; illegal fishing and overfishing; deforestation leading to sediment build-up in coastal ecosystems" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -685,12 +685,15 @@ "text": "red, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Nokoreach\" (Royal Kingdom)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "CHUON NAT/F. PERRUCHOT and J. JEKYLL" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1941, restored 1993; the anthem, based on a Cambodian folk tune, was restored after the defeat of the Communist regime" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1941, restored 1993; the anthem, based on a Cambodian folk tune, was restored after the defeat of the Communist regime" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1173,9 +1176,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — Cambodia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Cambodia remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/cambodia/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a significant transshipment country for Burma-sourced methamphetamine and heroin and a location for large-scale ketamine production; transnational criminal organizations (TCO’s) use Cambodia as both a transit and destination for illicit drugs; precursor chemicals from mainly China used at domestic clandestine laboratories operated by TCOs for the manufacturing of methamphetamine, ketamine, and other synthetic drugs

(2021)" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json index 847f5c79..65e8c3e5 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json @@ -411,10 +411,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution and acid rain from reliance on coal; carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels; water shortages, particularly in the north; water pollution from untreated wastes; coastal destruction due to land reclamation, industrial development, and aquaculture; deforestation and habitat destruction; poor land management leading to soil erosion, landslides, floods, droughts, dust storms, and desertification; trade in endangered species" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -698,13 +698,16 @@ "text": "red, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Yiyongjun Jinxingqu\" (The March of the Volunteers)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "TIAN Han/NIE Er" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1949; the anthem, though banned during the Cultural Revolution, is more commonly known as \"Zhongguo Guoge\" (Chinese National Song); it was originally the theme song to the 1935 Chinese movie, \"Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm\"" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1949; the anthem, which was banned during the Cultural Revolution, is more commonly known as \"Zhongguo Guoge\" (Chinese National Song); it was originally the theme song to the 1935 Chinese movie, \"Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm\"" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1949; the anthem, which was banned during the Cultural Revolution, is more commonly known as \"Zhongguo Guoge\" (Chinese National Song); it was originally the theme song to the 1935 Chinese movie, \"Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm\"" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1264,7 +1267,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a major source of precursor chemicals for narcotics such as fentanyl and methamphetamine, new psychoactive substances (NPS), and synthetic drugs; is a destination and transit country for methamphetamine and heroin produced in South east and Southwest Asia;  China remains a major source of precursor chemicals sold in North America via the internet and shipped to overseas customers; domestic use of synthetic drugs is prevalent; chemical alterations of drugs circumvent laws and hamper efforts to stem the flow of these

(2021)" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country

major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json index 6aba2c7b..b005bb72 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json @@ -300,17 +300,6 @@ "text": "12.7% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "17 years" @@ -324,7 +313,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air and water pollution from rapid urbanization; urban waste pollution; industrial pollution" }, "Climate": { @@ -537,7 +526,16 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "text": "

note: as a Special Administrative Region of China, \"Yiyongjun Jinxingqu\" is the official anthem (see China)

" + "title": { + "text": "\"Yiyongjun Jinxingqu\"" + }, + "lyrics/music": { + "text": "TIAN Han/NIE Er" + }, + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a Special Administrative Region of China" + }, + "note": "note: China's national anthem, \"Yiyongjun Jinxingqu\" (The March of the Volunteers), is the official anthem for Hong Kong, as a Special Administrative Region of China (see China)" } }, "Economy": { @@ -974,7 +972,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

modern banking system provides conduit for money laundering; groups involved in money laundering range from local street organizations to sophisticated international syndicates involved in assorted criminal activities, including drug trafficking; major source of precursor chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index f86c3032..7c8055a0 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -395,10 +395,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "large-scale deforestation (much of it illegal) and related wildfires cause heavy smog; over-exploitation of marine resources; air pollution from vehicle emissions; waste disposal; water pollution from industrial wastes, sewage" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -694,12 +694,15 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Indonesia Raya\" (Great Indonesia)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Wage Rudolf SOEPRATMAN" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1945" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1945" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1254,9 +1257,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "866 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

major transit point and destination for illicit narcotics; a destination for methamphetamine, ecstasy, and other illicit drugs; methamphetamine production facilities within Indonesia 

 

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index 3f8762e6..df9a7c4e 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -356,17 +356,6 @@ "text": "7.5% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "15 years" @@ -380,10 +369,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from power plants results in acid rain; acidification of lakes and reservoirs degrading water quality; waste management issues; ongoing environmental clean-up in small area of Fukushima after nuclear accident in 2011" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -706,13 +695,16 @@ "text": "the Kikumon is the Japanese emperor's family coat of arms and dates from 1183; the Imperial chrysanthemum emblem (菊の御紋, kikunogomon) is a yellow or orange chrysanthemum with black or red outlines and background; a central disc is surrounded by a front set of 16 petals; a rear set of 16 petals are half-staggered in relation to the front set and are visible at the edges of the flower" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Kimigayo\" (The Emperor's Reign)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "unknown/Hiromori HAYASHI" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1999; unofficial national anthem since 1883; oldest anthem lyrics in the world, dating to the 10th century or earlier; there is some opposition to the anthem because of its association with militarism and worship of the emperor" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1999; unofficial national anthem since 1883; oldest anthem lyrics in the world, dating to the 10th century or earlier; some oppose the anthem because of its association with militarism and worship of the emperor" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1999; unofficial national anthem since 1883; oldest anthem lyrics in the world, dating to the 10th century or earlier; some oppose the anthem because of its association with militarism and worship of the emperor" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json index e58aa53d..4a76ec05 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json @@ -343,17 +343,6 @@ "Education expenditure": { "text": "14.6% national budget (2025 est.)" }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "100%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "100%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "100% (2015)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "11 years" @@ -367,10 +356,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution; inadequate potable water; deforestation; soil erosion and degradation" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -606,13 +595,16 @@ "text": "red, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Aegukka\" (Patriotic Song)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "PAK Se Yong/KIM Won Gyun" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1947; both North Korea's and South Korea's anthems share the same name and have a vaguely similar melody but have different lyrics; the North Korean anthem is also known as \"Ach'imun pinnara\" (Let Morning Shine)" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1947; North Korea's and South Korea's anthems have the same name and a similar melody, but different lyrics; the North Korean anthem is also known as \"Ach'imun pinnara\" (Let Morning Shine)" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1947; North Korea's and South Korea's anthems have the same name and a similar melody, but different lyrics; the North Korean anthem is also known as \"Ach'imun pinnara\" (Let Morning Shine)" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -945,9 +937,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — the government of North Korea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, North Korea remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/north-korea/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "at present there is insufficient information to determine the current level of involvement of government officials in the production or trafficking of illicit drugs, but for years, from the 1970s into the 2000s, citizens of North Korea , many of them diplomatic employees of the government, were apprehended abroad while trafficking in narcotics; police investigations in Taiwan, Japan and Australia during that period have linked North Korea to large illicit shipments of heroin and methamphetamine" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index 53b5c5b3..94a54eb0 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -354,13 +354,13 @@ }, "Literacy": { "total population": { - "text": "98.8% NA" + "text": "NA" }, "male": { - "text": "99.2% NA" + "text": "NA" }, "female": { - "text": "98.4% NA" + "text": "NA" } }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { @@ -376,10 +376,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution in large cities; acid rain; water pollution from sewage and industrial effluents; drift-net fishing; solid waste disposal; transboundary air pollution from China" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -668,13 +668,16 @@ "text": "red, white, blue, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Aegukga\" (Patriotic Song)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "YUN Ch'i-Ho or AN Ch'ang-Ho/AHN Eaktay" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1948, well-known by 1910; both North Korea's and South Korea's anthems share the same name and have a vaguely similar melody but have different lyrics" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1948, well-known by 1910; North Korea's and South Korea's anthems have the same name and a similar melody, but different lyrics" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1948, well-known by 1910; North Korea's and South Korea's anthems have the same name and a similar melody, but different lyrics" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1219,7 +1222,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

precursor chemicals used for illicit drugs, such as acetic anhydride, pseudoephedrine, and ephedrine, imported from the United States, Japan, India, and China and then either resold within South Korea or smuggled into other countries

 

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json index d7ac6d8b..d36d99c7 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json @@ -383,10 +383,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "unexploded ordnance; deforestation; soil erosion; loss of biodiversity; water pollution; limited access to potable water" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -660,13 +660,16 @@ "text": "red, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Pheng Xat Lao\" (Hymn of the Lao People)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "SISANA Sisane/THONGDY Sounthonevichit" }, - "note": "note: music adopted 1945, lyrics adopted 1975; the anthem's lyrics were changed following the 1975 Communist revolution that overthrew the monarchy" + "history": { + "text": "music adopted 1945, lyrics adopted 1975; the anthem's lyrics were changed after the communist revolution that overthrew the monarchy in 1975 " + }, + "note": "note: music adopted 1945, lyrics adopted 1975; the anthem's lyrics were changed after the communist revolution that overthrew the monarchy in 1975 " }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1132,7 +1135,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

Laos remains a key transit route for drug trafficking and the movement of precursor chemicals; opium produced is typically smuggled out of the country and refined elsewhere and not trafficked in significant quantities to the United States

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json index d27b1c58..bd23c8f5 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json @@ -254,17 +254,6 @@ "Education expenditure": { "text": "6.3% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "97.1%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "98.5%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "95.9% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "18 years" @@ -278,7 +267,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution; coastal water pollution; solid-waste disposal; noise pollution" }, "Climate": { @@ -458,7 +447,16 @@ "text": "green, white, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "text": "

note: as a Special Administrative Region of China, \"Yiyongjun Jinxingqu\" is the official anthem (see China)

" + "title": { + "text": "\"Yiyongjun Jinxingqu\" (The March of the Volunteers)" + }, + "lyrics/music": { + "text": "TIAN Han/NIE Er" + }, + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a Special Administrative Region of China" + }, + "note": "note: \"Yiyongjun Jinxingqu\" is the official anthem for Macau, as a Special Administrative Region of China (see China)" } }, "Economy": { @@ -862,9 +860,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — Macau does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Macau remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/macau/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

Asian organized crime groups involved in drug trafficking and money laundering

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json index 50691106..3b181f66 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json @@ -391,10 +391,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited natural freshwater resources in some areas; air pollution from coal-burning power plants and lax regulations in Ulaanbaatar; soil erosion from deforestation and overgrazing; water pollution; desertification; effects from mining " }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -670,12 +670,15 @@ "text": "red, blue, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Mongol ulsyn toriin duulal\" (National Anthem of Mongolia)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Tsendiin DAMDINSUREN/Bilegiin DAMDINSUREN and Luvsanjamts MURJORJ" }, + "history": { + "text": "music adopted 1950, lyrics adopted 2006; lyrics altered on numerous occasions" + }, "note": "note: music adopted 1950, lyrics adopted 2006; lyrics altered on numerous occasions" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1133,7 +1136,7 @@ "note": "note: since 2002, Mongolia has deployed more than 20,000 peacekeepers and observers to UN operations in more than a dozen countries" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF) are responsible for ensuring the country's independence, security, and territorial integrity, as well as supporting Mongolia's developmental goals and diplomacy; it has a range of missions, including assisting the internal security forces in providing emergency aid and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and international peacekeeping duties; the Ground Force is the military’s primary service and is centered on a motorized infantry brigade; 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; the MAF has a relationship with the US military

Mongolia actively cooperates with NATO on issues such as counterterrorism, nonproliferation, and cybersecurity through an Individual Partnership and Cooperation Program; it 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); Mongolia also is an observer in the Russia- and People's Republic of China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization (2025)" + "text": "the Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF) are responsible for ensuring the country's independence, security, and territorial integrity, as well as supporting Mongolia's developmental goals and diplomacy; it has a range of missions, including counterterrorism, international peacekeeping duties, and assisting the internal security forces in providing emergency aid and disaster relief; Mongolia hosts an annual international peacekeeping exercise known as “Khaan Quest”; it has no formal military alliances, but has defense ties and conducts training exercises with several regional countries and others, such as China, India, Russia, and the US

Mongolia actively cooperates with NATO on issues such as counterterrorism, nonproliferation, and cybersecurity through an Individual Partnership and Cooperation Program; it supported the NATO-led Kosovo Force from 2005-2007 and contributed troops to the NATO-led missions in Afghanistan from 2009-2021; Mongolia also is an observer in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (2025)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { @@ -1141,9 +1144,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "17 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "NA" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json index 8dfaf714..44423c2e 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json @@ -374,10 +374,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from industrial and vehicular emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; deforestation; smoke/haze from Indonesian forest fires; endangered species; coastal reclamation damaging mangroves and turtle nesting sites" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -679,13 +679,16 @@ "text": "gold, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Negaraku\" (My Country)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "collective, led by Tunku ABDUL RAHMAN/Pierre Jean DE BERANGER" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1957; full version only performed in the presence of the king; the tune, which was adopted from a popular French melody titled \"La Rosalie,\" was originally the anthem of Perak, one of Malaysia's 13 states" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1957; full version only performed in the king's presence; the tune was adopted from a popular French melody called \"La Rosalie\" and was originally the anthem of Perak, one of Malaysia's 13 states" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1957; full version only performed in the king's presence; the tune was adopted from a popular French melody called \"La Rosalie\" and was originally the anthem of Perak, one of Malaysia's 13 states" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1221,9 +1224,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "113,930 (2022); note - Malaysia's stateless population consists of Rohingya refugees from Burma, ethnic Indians, and the children of Filipino and Indonesian illegal migrants; Burma stripped the Rohingya of their nationality in 1982; Filipino and Indonesian children who have not been registered for birth certificates by their parents or who received birth certificates stamped \"foreigner\" are not eligible to attend government schools; these children are vulnerable to statelessness should they not be able to apply to their parents' country of origin for passports" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

not a source country for illicit drugs bound for the United States but is a significant transit country for drugs destined for Australia;  drugs trafficked to Malaysia include crystal methamphetamine and lesser quantities of MDMA (ecstasy), cannabis, heroin, and ketamine; significant number of the population abuse drugs especially  methamphetamine

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pf.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pf.json index 65f22e39..ee411199 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pf.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pf.json @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "harm to reef systems from China's use of dredged sand and coral to build artificial islands; damage to ecosystem from human activities, including military operations, infrastructure construction, and tourism " }, "Climate": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json index 5e771387..26813208 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "harm to reefs from China's use of dredged sand and coral to build artificial islands; illegal fishing practices " }, "Climate": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index 0a3aedc8..41c9234b 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -378,10 +378,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "rainforest loss as a result of commercial demand for tropical timber; soil erosion, water-quality degradation, and loss of habitat from logging; effects of large-scale mining projects (discharge of heavy metals, cyanide, and acids into rivers); severe drought; land degradation from poor farming practices; poor fishing practices; coastal pollution due to runoff and oil spills" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -648,12 +648,15 @@ "text": "red, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"O Arise All You Sons\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Thomas SHACKLADY" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1975" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1975" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1114,7 +1117,7 @@ "text": "18-27 for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2025)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Papua New Guinea Defense Force (PNGDF) is a small and lightly armed force tasked with defense of the country and its territories against external attack, as well as internal security and socio-economic development duties; following some inter-tribal violence in Wapenamanda in early 2024, the PNGDF was given arrest powers

the PNGDF was established in 1973, and its primary combat unit, the Royal Pacific Islands Regiment (RPIR), is descended from Australian Army infantry battalions comprised of native soldiers and led by Australian officers and non-commissioned officers formed during World War II to help fight the Japanese; the RPIR was disbanded after the war, but reestablished in 1951 as part of the Australian Army where it continued to serve until Papua New Guinea (PNG) gained its independence in 1975, when it became part of the PNGDF

PNG's security partners include Australia, France, Indonesia, New Zealand, the UK, and the US; the US and PNG signed a defense cooperation agreement in 2023, which included a shiprider agreement that provides the opportunity for PNG personnel to work on US Coast Guard and US Navy vessels, and vice versa, to tackle maritime crime such as illegal fishing; the agreement also allowed the US military to develop and operate out of bases in PNG with the PNG Government’s approval (2024)" + "text": "the Papua New Guinea Defense Force (PNGDF) is tasked with defense of the country and its territories against external attack, as well as internal security and socio-economic development duties; following some inter-tribal violence in Wapenamanda in 2024, the PNGDF was given arrest powers

since 2023, Papua New Guinea has signed bilateral defense cooperation agreements with Australia, Indonesia, the UK, and the US; the 2023 defense cooperation agreement with the US allowed the US military to develop and operate out of bases in PNG with the PNG Government’s approval; PNG has also military relations with France and New Zealand and has discussed a security cooperation agreement with China 

the PNGDF was established in 1973, and its primary combat unit, the Royal Pacific Islands Regiment (RPIR), is descended from Australian Army infantry battalions comprised of native soldiers and led by Australian officers and non-commissioned officers formed during World War II to help fight the Japanese; the RPIR was disbanded after the war, but reestablished in 1951 as part of the Australian Army where it continued to serve until PNG gained its independence in 1975, when it became part of the PNGDF (2025)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { @@ -1133,9 +1136,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — Papua New Guinea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore, Papua New Guinea remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/papua-new-guinea/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

transit point for smuggling drugs such as methamphetamine and cocaine; major consumer of cannabis

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json index 40443d37..56711cb9 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json @@ -391,10 +391,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation, especially in watershed areas; illegal mining and logging; soil erosion; air and water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps; coastal erosion; dynamite fishing; wildlife extinction" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -708,13 +708,16 @@ "text": "the coat of arms was adopted on 3 July 1946; the three gold stars represent the major island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao; the rays of the sun represent the provinces of the Philippines; the American eagle and lion of Spain represent the nation's colonial past" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Lupang Hinirang\" (Chosen Land)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Jose PALMA (revised by Felipe PADILLA de Leon)/Julian FELIPE" }, - "note": "note: music adopted 1898, original Spanish lyrics adopted 1899, Filipino (Tagalog) lyrics adopted 1956; although the original lyrics were written in Spanish, later English and Filipino versions were created; today, only the Filipino version is used" + "history": { + "text": "music adopted 1898, original Spanish lyrics adopted 1899, Filipino (Tagalog) lyrics adopted 1956; English and Filipino versions were created after the original Spanish version; today, only the Filipino lyrics are used" + }, + "note": "note: music adopted 1898, original Spanish lyrics adopted 1899, Filipino (Tagalog) lyrics adopted 1956; English and Filipino versions were created after the original Spanish version; today, only the Filipino lyrics are used" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1256,9 +1259,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "261 (2022); note - stateless persons are descendants of Indonesian migrants" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

Illegal drugs, including methamphetamine hydrochloride, cannabis, and methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MMDA, or \"ecstasy\") enter the Philippines from the Golden Triangle (Thailand, Laos, and Burma); drugs entering the Philippines are used locally and transported to other countries in Southeast Asia and Oceania; Chinese transnational organizations are the principal supplier of methamphetamine;  not a significant source or transit country for drugs entering the United States

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index 0c8a6c32..c09a8184 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ "note": "note: data represents median age" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "7 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "6 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution; industrial pollution; limited freshwater resources; waste disposal problems from limited land availability; air pollution; deforestation; seasonal smoke/haze from forest fires in Indonesia" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution" }, @@ -652,13 +652,16 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Majulah Singapura\" (Onward Singapore)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "ZUBIR Said" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1965; first performed in 1958 at the Victoria Theatre, the anthem is sung only in Malay" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1965; first performed in 1958 at the Victoria Theatre; the anthem is sung only in Malay" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1965; first performed in 1958 at the Victoria Theatre; the anthem is sung only in Malay" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1135,9 +1138,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "1,109 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

drug abuse limited because of aggressive law enforcement efforts, including carrying out death sentences; as a transportation and financial services hub, Singapore is vulnerable, despite strict laws and enforcement, as a venue for money laundering

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index 63cd0b25..1c378343 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -400,10 +400,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from organic and factory wastes; water scarcity; deforestation; soil erosion; illegal hunting; hazardous waste disposal" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -715,13 +715,16 @@ "text": "in 1911, King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) of Thailand officially adopted the Garuda as the national coat of arms and emblem; this mythological half-man, half-bird figure from the Hindu and Buddhist traditions is considered the vahana (vehicle) of the god Vishnu (Narayana) and was a symbol of royalty in Thailand for centuries" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Phleng Chat Thai\" (National Anthem of Thailand)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Phleng Sanlasoen Phra Barami\" (A Salute to the Monarch)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Luang SARANUPRAPAN/Phra JENDURIYANG" }, - "note": "note: music adopted 1932, lyrics adopted 1939; by law, people are required to stand for the national anthem at 0800 and 1800 every day; the anthem is played in schools, offices, theaters, and on television and radio during this time; \"Phleng Sanlasoen Phra Barami\" (A Salute to the Monarch) serves as the royal anthem and is played in the presence of the royal family and during certain state ceremonies" + "history": { + "text": "royal anthem, played in the presence of the royal family and during certain state ceremonies" + }, + "note": "note: music adopted 1932, lyrics adopted 1939; by law, people are required to stand for the national anthem at 0800 (8 am) and 1800 (6 pm) every day, when it is played in schools, offices, theaters, and on television and radio; \"Phleng Sanlasoen Phra Barami\" (A Salute to the Monarch) serves as the royal anthem and is played in the presence of the royal family and during certain state ceremonies" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1272,7 +1275,9 @@ "note": "note: Thai nationality was granted to more than 23,000 stateless persons between 2012 and 2016 and more than 18,000 between 2018 and 2021; in 2016, the Government of Thailand approved changes to its citizenship laws that could make 80,000 stateless persons eligible for citizenship, as part of its effort to achieve zero statelessness by 2024 (2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

not a cultivator or producer of significant quantities of opiates, methamphetamine, or other illicit drugs; not a significant source or transit country for drugs entering the United States; drugs smuggled through Thailand heading for Indo-Pacific region markets; large influx of methamphetamine and heroin from neighboring Burma to other markets, but also consumed domestically, most of which transits through Thailand to other markets, but is also consumed domestically; a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json index 71a3620f..54fcddf4 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ "note": "note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-49" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "204 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "192 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -370,10 +370,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution and deterioration of air quality; water quality, scarcity, and access; land and soil degradation; forest depletion; deforestation and soil erosion from slash-and-burn agriculture; loss of biodiversity" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection" }, @@ -640,12 +640,15 @@ "text": "red, yellow, black, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Patria\" (Fatherland)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Fransisco Borja DA COSTA/Afonso DE ARAUJO" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 2002; the song was first used as an anthem when Timor-Leste declared its independence from Portugal in 1975; the lyricist, Francisco Borja DA COSTA, was killed in the Indonesian invasion just days after independence was declared" + }, "note": "note: adopted 2002; the song was first used as an anthem when Timor-Leste declared its independence from Portugal in 1975; the lyricist, Francisco Borja DA COSTA, was killed in the Indonesian invasion just days after independence was declared" } }, @@ -1080,8 +1083,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "NA" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json index f61b0d3e..5c267b12 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json @@ -287,21 +287,10 @@ }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "51% (2023 est.)" - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "98.5%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.7%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "97.3% (2014)" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution; water pollution from industrial emissions, raw sewage; contamination of drinking water supplies; trade in endangered species; low-level radioactive waste disposal" }, "Climate": { @@ -537,13 +526,16 @@ "text": "blue, white, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Zhonghua Minguo guoge\" (National Anthem of the Republic of China)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "HU Han-min, TAI Chi-t'ao, and LIAO Chung-k'ai/CHENG Mao-yun" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1930; also the song of the Kuomintang Party; it is informally known as \"San Min Chu I\" or \"San Min Zhu Yi\" (Three Principles of the People); because of political pressure from China, \"Guo Qi Ge\" (National Banner Song) is used at international events rather than the official anthem of Taiwan; the \"National Banner Song\" has gained popularity in Taiwan and is commonly used during flag raisings" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1930; also the song of the Kuomintang Party; informally known as \"San Min Chu I\" or \"San Min Zhu Yi\" (Three Principles of the People); because of political pressure from China, \"Guo Qi Ge\" (National Banner Song) is used at international events rather than the official anthem of Taiwan" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1930; also the song of the Kuomintang Party; informally known as \"San Min Chu I\" or \"San Min Zhu Yi\" (Three Principles of the People); because of political pressure from China, \"Guo Qi Ge\" (National Banner Song) is used at international events rather than the official anthem of Taiwan" } }, "Economy": { @@ -1018,7 +1010,9 @@ }, "Transnational Issues": { "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

major source of precursor chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json index e2f6f5aa..d53aacef 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json @@ -384,10 +384,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation and soil degradation from logging and slash-and-burn agriculture; water pollution; overfishing; groundwater contamination limits potable water supply; air pollution" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -674,13 +674,16 @@ "text": "red, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Tien quan ca\" (The Song of the Marching Troops)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Nguyen Van CAO" }, - "note": "note: adopted as the national anthem of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945; it became the national anthem of the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976; although it consists of two verses, only the first is used as the official anthem" + "history": { + "text": "adopted as the national anthem of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945; it became the national anthem of the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976; it has two verses, but only the first is used as the official anthem" + }, + "note": "note: adopted as the national anthem of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945; it became the national anthem of the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976; it has two verses, but only the first is used as the official anthem" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1209,9 +1212,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "35,475 (2022); note - Vietnam's stateless ethnic Chinese Cambodian population dates to the 1970s when thousands of Cambodians fled to Vietnam to escape the Khmer Rouge and were no longer recognized as Cambodian citizens; Vietnamese women who gave up their citizenship to marry foreign men have found themselves stateless after divorcing and returning home to Vietnam; the government addressed this problem in 2009, and Vietnamese women are beginning to reclaim their citizenship" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transshipment and destination country for all types of illegal drugs; most transshipments destined for other Asian countries and not the United States; heroin transits from Thailand, Laos, and Burma for domestic use and shipping to r countries in Southeast Asia, Oceania, China and Taiwan; methamphetamine and amphetamine type stimulants from Burma locally consumed and shipped; South American cocaine locally consumed and distributed to Southeast Asia and Oceania

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/al.json b/europe/al.json index 5e54ce99..f8ec3ecb 100644 --- a/europe/al.json +++ b/europe/al.json @@ -394,10 +394,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial and domestic effluents; air pollution from industrial and power plants; loss of biodiversity" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -671,12 +671,15 @@ "text": "red, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Hymni i Flamurit\" (Hymn to the Flag)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Aleksander Stavre DRENOVA/Ciprian PORUMBESCU" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1912" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1912" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1183,9 +1186,6 @@ "text": "1,948 (2022)" }, "note": "note: 47,306 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-February 2024)" - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a source country for cannabis and an active transshipment point for Albanian narco-trafficking organizations moving illicit drugs into European markets

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/an.json b/europe/an.json index eea95b6b..7af0597d 100644 --- a/europe/an.json +++ b/europe/an.json @@ -331,24 +331,13 @@ "Education expenditure (% national budget)": { "text": "12% national budget (2024 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "100%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "100%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "100% (2016)" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; soil erosion from overgrazing; air pollution; wastewater treatment and solid waste disposal" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -591,13 +580,16 @@ "text": "blue, yellow, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"El Gran Carlemany\" (The Great Charlemagne)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Joan BENLLOCH i VIVO/Enric MARFANY BONS" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1921; the anthem provides a brief history of Andorra in a first person narrative" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1921; the anthem provides a brief history of Andorra in a first-person narrative" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1921; the anthem provides a brief history of Andorra in a first-person narrative" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/europe/au.json b/europe/au.json index d5016061..58b8b1db 100644 --- a/europe/au.json +++ b/europe/au.json @@ -355,17 +355,6 @@ "text": "9% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "16 years" @@ -379,10 +368,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "some forest degradation from air and soil pollution; soil pollution from agricultural chemicals; air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power stations and industrial plants, and from trucks transiting Austria; water pollution" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -688,13 +677,16 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Bundeshymne\" (Federal Hymn)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Paula von PRERADOVIC/Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART or Johann HOLZER (disputed)" }, - "note": "note 1: adopted 1947; the anthem is also known as \"Land der Berge, Land am Strome\" (Land of the Mountains, Land by the River); Austria adopted a new national anthem after World War II to replace the former imperial anthem composed by Franz Josef HAYDN, which had been appropriated by Germany in 1922 and was thereafter associated with the Nazi regime; a gender-neutral version of the lyrics was adopted by the Austrian Federal Assembly in fall 2011 and became effective 1 January 2012

note 2: the beloved waltz \"The Blue Danube\" (\"An der schoenen, blauen Donau\"), composed in 1866 by the Austrian composer Johann STRAUSS II, is consistently referred to as Austria's unofficial national anthem " + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1947; the anthem is also known as \"Land der Berge, Land am Strome\" (Land of the Mountains, Land by the River); Austria adopted a new national anthem after World War II to replace the former imperial anthem composed by Franz Josef HAYDN, which Germany had appropriated in 1922 and was thereafter associated with the Nazi regime; the Austrian Federal Assembly adopted a gender-neutral version of the lyrics in 2011" + }, + "note": "note: the beloved waltz \"The Blue Danube\" (\"An der schoenen, blauen Donau\"), composed in 1866 by Johann STRAUSS II, is widely considered Austria's unofficial national anthem " }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1198,9 +1190,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "3,219 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and South American cocaine destined for Western Europe; increasing consumption of European-produced synthetic drugs" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/be.json b/europe/be.json index 33d4cb22..9fe0f41c 100644 --- a/europe/be.json +++ b/europe/be.json @@ -366,17 +366,6 @@ "text": "11.3% national budget (2021 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "19 years" @@ -390,10 +379,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "urbanization; possible risks from industry and intensive farming; air and water pollution" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -698,13 +687,16 @@ "text": "red, black, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"La Brabanconne\" (The Song of Brabant)" + "title": { + "text": "\"La Brabançonne\" (The Song of Brabant)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Louis-Alexandre DECHET [French] and Victor CEULEMANS [Dutch]/Francois VAN CAMPENHOUT" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1830; according to legend, Louis-Alexandre DECHET, an actor at the theater in which the revolution against the Netherlands began, wrote the lyrics with a group of young people in a Brussels cafe" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1830; according to legend, Louis-Alexandre DECHET, an actor at the theater where the revolution against the Netherlands began, wrote the lyrics with a group of young people in a Brussels cafe" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1830; according to legend, Louis-Alexandre DECHET, an actor at the theater where the revolution against the Netherlands began, wrote the lyrics with a group of young people in a Brussels cafe" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1250,7 +1242,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit point for precursor chemicals from China and India destined for clandestine synthetic drug laboratories in the Netherlands and to some labs in Belgium; a primary entry point for cocaine into Europe; one of the top methamphetamine producers in Europe; a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index 1e441197..f53d43f4 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -345,17 +345,6 @@ "text": "10.4% national budget (2021 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "98.1%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.4%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "98.1% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "14 years" @@ -369,10 +358,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution; deforestation and illegal logging; inadequate wastewater treatment and flood management facilities; urban waste disposal; uncleared land mines from the 1990s" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -688,13 +677,16 @@ "text": "blue, yellow, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Drzavna himna Bosne i Hercegovine\" (The National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "none officially/Dusan SESTIC" }, - "note": "note: music adopted 1999; lyrics proposed in 2008 and others in 2016 were not approved" + "history": { + "text": "music adopted 1999; lyrics proposed in 2008 and 2016 were not approved" + }, + "note": "note: music adopted 1999; lyrics proposed in 2008 and 2016 were not approved" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1186,9 +1178,6 @@ "text": "48 (2022)" }, "note": "note: 153,304 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2024)" - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

drug trafficking groups are major players in the procurement and transportation of large quantities of cocaine destined for European markets

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/bo.json b/europe/bo.json index de30aa9e..81b393fb 100644 --- a/europe/bo.json +++ b/europe/bo.json @@ -382,10 +382,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "soil pollution from pesticide use; southern part of the country contaminated with fallout from 1986 nuclear reactor accident at Chornobyl' in northern Ukraine" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -689,12 +689,15 @@ "text": "green, red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"My, Bielarusy\" (We Belarusians)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Mikhas KLIMKOVICH and Uladzimir KARYZNA/Nester SAKALOUSKI" }, + "history": { + "text": "music adopted 1955, lyrics adopted 2002; after the fall of the Soviet Union, Belarus kept the music of its Soviet-era anthem but adopted new lyrics; also known as \"Dziarzauny himn Respubliki Bielarus\" (State Anthem of the Republic of Belarus)" + }, "note": "note: music adopted 1955, lyrics adopted 2002; after the fall of the Soviet Union, Belarus kept the music of its Soviet-era anthem but adopted new lyrics; also known as \"Dziarzauny himn Respubliki Bielarus\" (State Anthem of the Republic of Belarus)" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1218,9 +1221,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — Belarus does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Belarus remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/belarus/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "limited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly for the domestic market; transshipment point for illicit drugs to and via Russia, and to the Baltics and Western Europe; a small and lightly regulated financial center; anti-money-laundering legislation does not meet international standards and was weakened further when know-your-customer requirements were curtailed in 2008; few investigations or prosecutions of money-laundering activities" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index 371b5b1b..6b7b9123 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -359,17 +359,6 @@ "text": "9.4% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "98.4%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "98.7%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "98.2% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "14 years" @@ -383,10 +372,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from industrial emissions; rivers polluted from raw sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation; forest damage from air pollution and acid rain; soil contamination from heavy metals from metallurgical plants and industrial wastes" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -666,15 +655,18 @@ "text": "white, green, red" }, "National coat of arms": { - "text": "

Bulgaria’s coat of arms in the national colors of white, green, and red was adopted in 1997; the three lions are a national symbol for strength, courage, and leadership that was used during the country’s liberation movement in the 1870s and the kingdom period in the early 20th century; above the shield is the crown of Bulgaria (originally the crown of the medieval Bulgarian tsars) with a gold cross on top; a white scroll over the oak branches bears the Bulgarian national motto, “United we stand strong”

 

" + "text": "Bulgaria’s coat of arms in the national colors of white, green, and red was adopted in 1997; the three lions are a national symbol for strength, courage, and leadership that was used during the country’s liberation movement in the 1870s and the kingdom period in the early 20th century; above the shield is the crown of Bulgaria (originally the crown of the medieval Bulgarian tsars) with a gold cross on top; a white scroll over the oak branches bears the Bulgarian national motto, “United we stand strong”" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Mila Rodino\" (Dear Homeland)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Tsvetan Tsvetkov RADOSLAVOV" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1964; composed in 1885 by a student en route to fight in the Serbo-Bulgarian War" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1964; composed in 1885 by a student en route to fight in the Serbo-Bulgarian War" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1236,9 +1228,6 @@ "text": "1,129 (2022)" }, "note": "note: 106,227 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2024); Bulgaria is predominantly a transit country" - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "source country for amphetamine tablets" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/cy.json b/europe/cy.json index d6e10668..7b0bd6d3 100644 --- a/europe/cy.json +++ b/europe/cy.json @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ "note": "note: data represents only government-controlled areas" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "68 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "14 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -354,17 +354,6 @@ "text": "13.2% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99.4%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.6%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99.2% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "16 years" @@ -381,10 +370,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "scarce water resources; salination; water pollution from sewage, industrial wastes, and pesticides; coastal degradation; erosion; loss of wildlife habitats from urbanization" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -680,13 +669,16 @@ "text": "blue, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Ymnos eis tin Eleftherian\" (Hymn to Liberty)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Dionysios SOLOMOS/Nikolaos MANTZAROS" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1960; Cyprus adopted the Greek national anthem as its own; the Turkish Cypriot community in Cyprus uses the anthem of Turkey" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1960; Cyprus uses the Greek national anthem; the Turkish Cypriot community in Cyprus uses Turkey's national anthem" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1960; Cyprus uses the Greek national anthem; the Turkish Cypriot community in Cyprus uses Turkey's national anthem" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1158,9 +1150,6 @@ "text": "74 (2022)" }, "note": "note: 55,098 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2023)" - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

the ROC financial system is vulnerable to money laundering by domestic and foreign criminals; proceeds generated by illicit activity abroad pose a greater threat; primary sources of illicit proceeds are investment fraud, corruption, advance fee fraud, tax evasion, illegal drugs, and tobacco smuggling. Additionally, cybercrime, especially phishing, e-mail hacking, and ransomware use, continues to increase. Criminals have reportedly used ROC banks to launder proceeds, particularly from Russian and Ukrainian illicit activity.

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index 6c62ce01..3efbb33b 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ "text": "29.8 years (2020 est.)" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "5 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "4 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -359,17 +359,6 @@ "text": "11.8% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "19 years" @@ -383,10 +372,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution, principally from vehicle and power-plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the North Sea; water pollution from animal wastes and pesticides" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -669,13 +658,16 @@ "text": "Denmark’s King Frederick VI adopted the national coat of arms in 1819; the crown of King Christian V, who ruled Denmark and Norway from 1670 to 1699, sits atop the shield, symbolizing royal and national authority; the three lions represent a strong and powerful country, with red lily pads in the shape of hearts that stand for strength, valor, and joy" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Der er et yndigt land\" (There is a Lovely Country); \"Kong Christian\" (King Christian)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Kong Christian\" (King Christian)" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Adam Gottlob OEHLENSCHLAGER/Hans Ernst KROYER; Johannes EWALD/unknown" + "text": "Johannes EWALD/unknown" }, - "note": "note: Denmark has two national anthems with equal status; \"Der er et yndigt land,\" adopted 1844, is a national anthem, while \"Kong Christian,\" adopted 1780, serves as both a national and royal anthem; \"Kong Christian\" is also known as \"Kong Christian stod ved hojen mast\" (King Christian Stood by the Lofty Mast) and \"Kongesangen\" (The King's Anthem); within Denmark, the royal anthem is played only when royalty is present and is usually followed by the national anthem; when royalty is not present, only the national anthem is performed; outside Denmark, the royal anthem is played, unless the national anthem is requested" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1780; national and royal anthem; also known as \"Kong Christian stod ved hojen mast\" (King Christian Stood by the Lofty Mast) and \"Kongesangen\" (The King's Anthem); in Denmark, the royal anthem is played only when royalty is present and is usually followed by the other national anthem; when royalty is not present, only \"Der er et yndigt land\" is performed; outside Denmark, the royal anthem is played unless the other anthem is requested" + }, + "note": "note: Denmark is one of only two countries that has two national anthems of equal status (New Zealand is the other)" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/europe/ee.json b/europe/ee.json index d0d6e684..9bf9a9e6 100644 --- a/europe/ee.json +++ b/europe/ee.json @@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "various forms of air, soil, and water pollution; see individual country entries" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 2006" }, @@ -349,13 +349,16 @@ "text": "blue, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Ode to Joy\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "no lyrics/Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN, arranged by Herbert VON KARAJAN" }, - "note": "note: official EU anthem since 1985; the anthem is meant to represent all of Europe rather than just the organization, conveying ideas of peace, freedom, and unity" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1985; the anthem is meant to represent all of Europe rather than just the organization, conveying the ideals of peace, freedom, and unity" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1985; the anthem is meant to represent all of Europe rather than just the organization, conveying the ideals of peace, freedom, and unity" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/ei.json b/europe/ei.json index 5c4e93a2..1cc17e72 100644 --- a/europe/ei.json +++ b/europe/ei.json @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ "text": "30.9 years (2020 est.)" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "5 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "4 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -341,17 +341,6 @@ "text": "12% national budget (2021 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "19 years" @@ -365,10 +354,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution, especially of lakes, from agricultural runoff; deforestation, including problems with acid rain" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -684,13 +673,16 @@ "text": "blue, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Amhran na bhFiann\" (The Soldier's Song)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Peadar KEARNEY [English], Liam O RINN [Irish]/Patrick HEENEY and Peadar KEARNEY" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1926; instead of \"Amhran na bhFiann,\" the song \"Ireland's Call\" is often used at athletic events where citizens of Ireland and Northern Ireland compete as a unified team" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1926; the song \"Ireland's Call\" is often used as the anthem at athletic events if citizens of Ireland and Northern Ireland are competing as a unified team" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1926; the song \"Ireland's Call\" is often used as the anthem at athletic events if citizens of Ireland and Northern Ireland are competing as a unified team" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1205,9 +1197,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "7 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "transshipment point for and consumer of hashish from North Africa to the UK and Netherlands and of European-produced synthetic drugs; increasing consumption of South American cocaine; minor transshipment point for heroin and cocaine destined for Western Europe; despite recent legislation, narcotics-related money laundering - using bureaux de change, trusts, and shell companies involving the offshore financial community - remains a concern" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index 72cfa74f..1eb06156 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -347,17 +347,6 @@ "text": "14.6% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99.9%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.9%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99.9% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "16 years" @@ -371,10 +360,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from sulfur dioxide from oil-shale-burning power plants; coastal seawater pollution" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -653,13 +642,16 @@ "text": "blue, black, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Mu isamaa, mu onn ja room\" (My Native Land, My Pride and Joy)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Johann Voldemar JANNSEN/Fredrik PACIUS" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1920, though banned between 1940 and 1990 under Soviet occupation; the anthem, used in Estonia since 1869, shares the same melody as Finland's but has different lyrics" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1920, but banned between 1940 and 1990 under Soviet occupation; unofficially in use since 1869, it has the same melody as Finland's anthem, but with different lyrics" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1920, but banned between 1940 and 1990 under Soviet occupation; unofficially in use since 1869, it has the same melody as Finland's anthem, but with different lyrics" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1160,9 +1152,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "70,604 (2022); note - following independence in 1991, automatic citizenship was restricted to those who were Estonian citizens prior to the 1940 Soviet occupation and their descendants; thousands of ethnic Russians remained stateless when forced to choose between passing Estonian language and citizenship tests or applying for Russian citizenship; one reason for demurring on Estonian citizenship was to retain the right of visa-free travel to Russia; stateless residents can vote in local elections but not general elections; stateless parents who have been lawful residents of Estonia for at least five years can apply for citizenship for their children before they turn 15 years old" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "producer of synthetic drugs; important transshipment zone for cannabis, cocaine, opiates, and synthetic drugs since joining the European Union and the Schengen Accord; potential money laundering related to organized crime and drug trafficking is a concern, as is possible use of the gambling sector to launder funds; major use of opiates and ecstasy" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index bc5296b1..87ab4f7e 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -349,17 +349,6 @@ "text": "11.1% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99% (2011)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "16 years" @@ -373,10 +362,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air and water pollution (including acid rain) in areas of northwest Bohemia and in northern Moravia around Ostrava; pollution from industry, mining, and agriculture" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -696,13 +685,16 @@ "text": "white, red, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Kde domov muj?\" (Where is My Home?)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Josef Kajetan TYL/Frantisek Jan SKROUP" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1993; the anthem was originally written as incidental music to the play \"Fidlovacka\" (1834), it soon became very popular as an unofficial anthem of the Czech nation; its first verse served as the official Czechoslovak anthem beginning in 1918, while the second verse (Slovak) was dropped after the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1993; the anthem was originally written as incidental music for the play \"Fidlovacka\" (1834), but it soon became popular as an unofficial anthem of the Czech nation; its first verse served as the official Czechoslovak anthem beginning in 1918, and the second verse (Slovak) was dropped after Czechoslovakia was dissolved in 1993" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1993; the anthem was originally written as incidental music for the play \"Fidlovacka\" (1834), but it soon became popular as an unofficial anthem of the Czech nation; its first verse served as the official Czechoslovak anthem beginning in 1918, and the second verse (Slovak) was dropped after Czechoslovakia was dissolved in 1993" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1200,9 +1192,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "1,625 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

main country of origin of methamphetamine in European markets; manufacture of methamphetamine continues to be mostly based on pseudoephedrine from Poland or Turkey

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index 111fa6c1..5dd6e38c 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -364,17 +364,6 @@ "text": "10.2% national budget (2021 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "19 years" @@ -388,10 +377,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited air pollution in urban centers; some water pollution from industrial wastes, agricultural chemicals; habitat loss threatens wildlife populations" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -676,13 +665,16 @@ "text": "blue, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Maamme\" (Our Land)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Johan Ludvig RUNEBERG/Fredrik PACIUS" }, - "note": "note: in use since 1848; although never officially adopted by law, the anthem has been popular since it was first sung by a student group in 1848; Estonia's anthem uses the same melody as that of Finland" + "history": { + "text": "in use since 1848; although never officially adopted, the anthem has been popular since a student group first sang it in 1848" + }, + "note": "note: in use since 1848; although never officially adopted, the anthem has been popular since a student group first sang it in 1848" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/europe/fo.json b/europe/fo.json index 31aec4a7..6e36a7a6 100644 --- a/europe/fo.json +++ b/europe/fo.json @@ -283,21 +283,10 @@ }, "Education expenditure": { "text": "7.6% of GDP (2019 est.)" - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "coastal erosion, landslides and rockfalls, flash flooding, wind storms; oil spills" }, "Climate": { @@ -501,13 +490,16 @@ "text": "ram" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Mitt alfagra land\" (My Fairest Land)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Simun av SKAROI/Peter ALBERG" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1948; the anthem is also known as \"Tu alfagra land mitt\" (Thou Fairest Land of Mine); as a self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark, the Faroe Islands are permitted their own national anthem" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1948; the anthem is also known as \"Tu alfagra land mitt\" (Thou Fairest Land of Mine); as a self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark, the Faroe Islands are permitted to have their own national anthem" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1948; the anthem is also known as \"Tu alfagra land mitt\" (Thou Fairest Land of Mine); as a self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark, the Faroe Islands are permitted to have their own national anthem" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index ef0faed8..ab4cf34c 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -379,17 +379,6 @@ "text": "8.9% national budget (2021 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "16 years" @@ -403,10 +392,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution and acid rain from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from urban wastes, agricultural runoff" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -688,7 +677,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador-designate Charles KUSHNER (since May 2025); Chargé d'Affaires David R. McCAWLEY (since January 2025); note - also accredited to Monaco)" + "text": "Ambassador-designate Charles KUSHNER (since May 2025); note - also accredited to Monaco" }, "embassy": { "text": "2 avenue Gabriel, 75008 Paris" @@ -732,13 +721,16 @@ "text": "blue, white, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"La Marseillaise\" (The Song of Marseille)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Claude-Joseph ROUGET de Lisle" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1795, restored 1870; originally known as \"Chant de Guerre pour l'Armee du Rhin\" (War Song for the Army of the Rhine), the National Guard of Marseille made the song famous by singing it while marching into Paris in 1792 during the French Revolutionary Wars" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1795, restored 1870; originally known as \"Le Chant de Guerre pour l’Armée du Rhin\" (War Song for the Army of the Rhine), the National Guard of Marseille made the song famous by singing it while marching into Paris in 1792 during the French Revolutionary Wars" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1795, restored 1870; originally known as \"Le Chant de Guerre pour l’Armée du Rhin\" (War Song for the Army of the Rhine), the National Guard of Marseille made the song famous by singing it while marching into Paris in 1792 during the French Revolutionary Wars" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1272,7 +1264,7 @@ "note": "note 1: in 2023, women comprised more than 16% of the uniformed armed forces 

note 2: French citizens can also volunteer for the Voluntary Military Service (VMS), which allows unemployed youth aged 18-25 to learn a trade or gain work experience while receiving basic military training and sports activities; VMS terms are 3-12 months; French citizens may also join the military operational reserve up to age 72

note 3: men between the ages of 17.5 and 39.5 years of age, of any nationality, may join the French Foreign Legion; those volunteers selected for service sign five-year contracts" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "France typically has up to 30,000 total air, ground, and naval forces deployed on permanent or temporary foreign missions; up to 10,000 are permanently deployed, including Djibouti (1,500); French Guyana (2,600); French Polynesia (1,000); French West Indies (1,000); Reunion Island (2,100); West Africa (1,200), and the UAE (800)

other non-permanent deployments include military missions under NATO, the EU, and the UN, as well as some unilateral operations, in such places as Europe, Africa, and the Middle East and adjacent waters (2025)" + "text": "France typically has up to 30,000 total air, ground, and naval forces deployed on permanent or temporary foreign missions; up to 10,000 are permanently deployed, including Djibouti (1,500); French Guyana (2,600); French Polynesia (1,000); French West Indies (1,000); Reunion Island (2,100); UAE (800)

other non-permanent deployments include military missions under NATO, the EU, and the UN, as well as some unilateral operations, in such places as Europe, Africa, and the Middle East and adjacent waters (2025)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the French military has a global footprint and a wide range of missions and responsibilities, to include protecting French territory, population, and interests, and fulfilling France’s commitments to NATO, European security, and international peacekeeping operations under the UN; it is the largest military in the EU and has a leading role in the EU security framework, as well as in NATO; in recent years, it has actively participated in coalition peacekeeping and other security operations in regions such as Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans, often in a lead role; the military regularly conducts large-scale exercises and participates in a variety of bi-lateral and multinational exercises; it also has a domestic security mission, including providing enhanced security at sensitive sites and large events and support during national crises or disasters, such as fighting forest fires; in recent years, defense responsibilities have expanded to include cyber and space domains 

in 2010, France and the UK signed a declaration on defense and security cooperation that included greater military interoperability and a Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF), a deployable, combined Anglo-French military force for use in a wide range of crisis scenarios, including high intensity operations, peacekeeping, disaster relief, and humanitarian assistance; the CJEF has no standing forces, but would be available at short notice for French-UK bilateral, NATO, EU, UN, or other operations (2025)" @@ -1304,9 +1296,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "3,633 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

metropolitan France: transshipment point for South American cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and European synthetics;

French Guiana: small amount of marijuana grown for local consumption; minor transshipment point to Europe;

Martinique: transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for the US and Europe

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/gi.json b/europe/gi.json index 2c3cee8c..d4a946a1 100644 --- a/europe/gi.json +++ b/europe/gi.json @@ -265,21 +265,10 @@ }, "Education expenditure": { "text": "8.8% national budget (2023 est.)" - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited natural freshwater resources" }, "Climate": { @@ -458,16 +447,19 @@ "text": "red, white, yellow" }, "National coat of arms": { - "text": "

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain granted this coat of arms to Gibraltar in 1502; the castle in the center of the shield represents Gibraltar as a fortress, and the gold key represents its strategic position as the gateway to the Mediterranean; below the shield is the national motto, Montis Insignia Calpe (“Badge of the Rock of Gibraltar”); the coat of arms uses the national colors of red, white, and yellow

" + "text": "King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain granted this coat of arms to Gibraltar in 1502; the castle in the center of the shield represents Gibraltar as a fortress, and the gold key represents its strategic position as the gateway to the Mediterranean; below the shield is the national motto, Montis Insignia Calpe (“Badge of the Rock of Gibraltar”); the coat of arms uses the national colors of red, white, and yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Gibraltar Anthem\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Peter EMBERLEY" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1994; serves as a local anthem; as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as an overseas UK territory" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1994; serves as a local anthem; \"God Save the King\" is the official anthem for Gibraltar, as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom (see United Kingdom)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/gk.json b/europe/gk.json index 42f10397..d94dcb64 100644 --- a/europe/gk.json +++ b/europe/gk.json @@ -259,21 +259,10 @@ "text": "total: 1.2% of population (2017)" }, "note": "note: data represent Guernsey and Jersey" - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "coastal erosion, coastal flooding; declining biodiversity " }, "Climate": { @@ -479,13 +468,16 @@ "text": "red, white, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Sarnia Cherie\" (Guernsey Dear)" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "George DEIGHTON/Domencio SANTANGELO" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1911; serves as a local anthem; as a British crown dependency, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a British crown dependency" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1911; serves as a local anthem; \"God Save the King\" is the official anthem for Guernsey, as a British crown dependency (see United Kingdom)" } }, "Economy": { @@ -691,8 +683,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "NA" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/gm.json b/europe/gm.json index ba6e8629..28ad29f3 100644 --- a/europe/gm.json +++ b/europe/gm.json @@ -368,17 +368,6 @@ "text": "9.3% national budget (2023 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "17 years" @@ -392,10 +381,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution and acid rain from coal-burning utilities and industries; water pollution from raw sewage and industrial effluents; hazardous waste disposal" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -704,13 +693,16 @@ "text": "black, red, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Das Lied der Deutschen\" (Song of the Germans)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "August Heinrich HOFFMANN VON FALLERSLEBEN/Franz Joseph HAYDN" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1922; the anthem, also known as \"Deutschlandlied\" (Song of Germany), was originally adopted for its connection to the March 1848 liberal revolution; following appropriation by the Nazis of the first verse, specifically the phrase, \"Deutschland, Deutschland ueber alles\" (Germany, Germany above all) to promote nationalism, it was banned after 1945; in 1952, its third verse was adopted by West Germany as its national anthem; in 1990, it became the national anthem for the reunited Germany" + "history": { + "text": "first adopted 1922; the anthem, also known as \"Deutschlandlied\" (Song of Germany), was originally adopted for its connection to the March 1848 liberal revolution; the Nazis later appropriated the first verse -- specifically the phrase \"Deutschland, Deutschland ueber alles\" (Germany, Germany above all) -- to promote nationalism, and the anthem was banned after 1945; in 1952, West Germany adopted the third verse as its national anthem; in 1990, it became the national anthem for the reunited Germany" + }, + "note": "note: first adopted 1922; the anthem, also known as \"Deutschlandlied\" (Song of Germany), was originally adopted for its connection to the March 1848 liberal revolution; the Nazis later appropriated the first verse -- specifically the phrase \"Deutschland, Deutschland ueber alles\" (Germany, Germany above all) -- to promote nationalism, and the anthem was banned after 1945; in 1952, West Germany adopted the third verse as its national anthem; in 1990, it became the national anthem for the reunited Germany" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1258,7 +1250,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

maritime transshipment point for cocaine heading for European drug; a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index 09bde7d3..6b5b17d7 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ "text": "30.7 years (2020 est.)" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "8 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "5 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -348,17 +348,6 @@ "text": "7.2% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "97.9%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "98.5%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "97.4% (2018)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "20 years" @@ -372,10 +361,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution; air emissions from transport and electricity power stations; water pollution; degradation of coastal zones; loss of biodiversity; municipal and industrial waste disposal" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -670,13 +659,19 @@ "National color(s)": { "text": "blue, white" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "text": "the coat of arms was designed by Greek artist Kostas Grammatopoulos and has been in use since 1975; depicted in the national colors of blue and white; the white cross represents the country’s primary religion, Greek Orthodoxy, and the laurel branches symbolize victory" + }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Ymnos eis tin Eleftherian\" (Hymn to Liberty)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Dionysios SOLOMOS/Nikolaos MANTZAROS" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1864; the anthem is based on a 158-stanza poem by the same name, which was inspired by the Greek Revolution of 1821 against the Ottomans (only the first two stanzas are used); Cyprus also uses \"Hymn to Liberty\" as its anthem" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1864; the anthem is based on a 158-stanza poem by the same name, which was inspired by the Greek Revolution of 1821 against the Ottomans (only the first two stanzas are used); Cyprus also uses \"Hymn to Liberty\" as its anthem" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1212,9 +1207,6 @@ "text": "4,488 (2022)" }, "note": "note: 1,289,013 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2024)" - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis products and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/hr.json b/europe/hr.json index d095f231..a8c0df3c 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -353,17 +353,6 @@ "text": "10.7% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99.4%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.7%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99.2% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "15 years" @@ -377,10 +366,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution in urban areas, as well as emissions from neighboring countries; surface water pollution in the Danube River Basin" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -674,13 +663,16 @@ "text": "red, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Lijepa nasa domovino\" (Our Beautiful Homeland)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Antun MIHANOVIC/Josip RUNJANIN" }, - "note": "note: adopted in 1972 while still part of Yugoslavia; \"Lijepa nasa domovino,\" whose lyrics were written in 1835, served as an unofficial anthem beginning in 1891" + "history": { + "text": "adopted in 1972 while still part of Yugoslavia; the lyrics were written in 1835, and it served as an unofficial anthem beginning in 1891" + }, + "note": "note: adopted in 1972 while still part of Yugoslavia; the lyrics were written in 1835, and it served as an unofficial anthem beginning in 1891" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1197,9 +1189,6 @@ "text": "2,889 (2022)" }, "note": "note: 843,010 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2023)" - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

drug trafficking groups are major players in the procurement and transportation of large quantities of cocaine destined for European markets

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/hu.json b/europe/hu.json index 566d03af..0b9aa1b5 100644 --- a/europe/hu.json +++ b/europe/hu.json @@ -351,17 +351,6 @@ "text": "10.4% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99.1%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.1%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99.1% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "15 years" @@ -375,10 +364,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air and soil pollution; water pollution from industry and large-scale agriculture" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -671,12 +660,15 @@ "text": "red, white, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Himnusz\" (Hymn)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Ferenc KOLCSEY/Ferenc ERKEL" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1844" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1844" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1199,9 +1191,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "130 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and cannabis and for South American cocaine destined for Western Europe; limited producer of precursor chemicals, particularly for amphetamine and methamphetamine; efforts to counter money laundering, related to organized crime and drug trafficking are improving but remain vulnerable; significant consumer of ecstasy" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/ic.json b/europe/ic.json index 84da18b6..d7236730 100644 --- a/europe/ic.json +++ b/europe/ic.json @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ "text": "28.7 years (2020 est.)" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "3 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "3 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -342,17 +342,6 @@ "text": "14.8% national budget (2023 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "19 years" @@ -366,10 +355,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution from fertilizer runoff" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -647,12 +636,15 @@ "text": "blue, white, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Lofsongur\" (Song of Praise)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Matthias JOCHUMSSON/Sveinbjorn SVEINBJORNSSON" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1944; also known as \"O, Gud vors lands\" (O God of Our Land), the anthem was originally written and performed in 1874" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1944; also known as \"O, Gud vors lands\" (O, God of Our Land), the anthem was originally written and performed in 1874" }, "National heritage": { diff --git a/europe/im.json b/europe/im.json index 01519064..236bb0a4 100644 --- a/europe/im.json +++ b/europe/im.json @@ -273,21 +273,10 @@ "unimproved: total": { "text": "total: NA" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution, marine pollution; waste disposal (both household and industrial)" }, "Climate": { @@ -521,16 +510,19 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National coat of arms": { - "text": "

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom granted the Isle of Man’s coat of arms on July 12, 1996; the triskelion (three conjoined legs) on the shield represents resilience, resourcefulness, and hope; the Latin motto means “Wherever you throw it, it will stand,” a reference to the islanders’ ability to stand strong; the peregrine falcon represents the two falcons that the Isle of Man has paid to the UK monarch on Coronation Day since 1406, and the raven symbolizes the island’s former status as a Viking colony; the crown represents the UK monarch’s status as the Lord of Mann, although the island is self-governing

" + "text": "Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom granted the Isle of Man’s coat of arms on July 12, 1996; the triskelion (three conjoined legs) on the shield represents resilience, resourcefulness, and hope; the Latin motto means “Wherever you throw it, it will stand,” a reference to the islanders’ ability to stand strong; the peregrine falcon represents the two falcons that the Isle of Man has paid to the UK monarch on Coronation Day since 1406, and the raven symbolizes the island’s former status as a Viking colony; the crown represents the UK monarch’s status as the Lord of Mann, although the island is self-governing" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Arrane Ashoonagh dy Vannin\" (O Land of Our Birth)" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "William Henry GILL [English], John J. KNEEN [Manx]/traditional" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 2003, in use since 1907; serves as a local anthem; as a British Crown dependency, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom) and is played when the sovereign, members of the royal family, or the lieutenant governor are present" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a British Crown dependency; played when the sovereign, members of the royal family, or the lieutenant governor are present" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 2003, in use since 1907; serves as a local anthem; \"God Save the King\" is the official anthem for the Isle of Man as a British Crown dependency (see United Kingdom), and it is played when the sovereign, members of the royal family, or the lieutenant governor are present" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index 05c57f20..f33af510 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -363,10 +363,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from industrial emissions; water pollution from industrial and agricultural effluents, as well as acid rain; inadequate industrial waste treatment and disposal facilities" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -692,13 +692,16 @@ "text": "red, white, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Il Canto degli Italiani\" (The Song of the Italians)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Goffredo MAMELI/Michele NOVARO" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1946; the anthem, originally written in 1847, is also known as \"L'Inno di Mameli\" (Mameli's Hymn), and \"Fratelli D'Italia\" (Brothers of Italy)" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1946; the anthem, originally written in 1847, is also known as \"L'Inno di Mameli\" (Mameli's Hymn), and \"Fratelli d'Italia\" (Brothers of Italy)" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1946; the anthem, originally written in 1847, is also known as \"L'Inno di Mameli\" (Mameli's Hymn), and \"Fratelli d'Italia\" (Brothers of Italy)" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1248,9 +1251,6 @@ "text": "3,000 (2022)" }, "note": "note: 861,413 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2024)" - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

important gateway for drug trafficking; organized crime groups allied with Colombian and Spanish groups trafficking cocaine to Europe

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/je.json b/europe/je.json index 56809a1c..3261d82d 100644 --- a/europe/je.json +++ b/europe/je.json @@ -263,21 +263,10 @@ "unimproved: total": { "text": "total: 1.5% of population (2017)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "habitat and species loss; water pollution; improper solid-waste disposal" }, "Climate": { @@ -466,13 +455,16 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Isle de Siez Nous\" (Island Home)" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Gerard LE FEUVRE" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 2008; serves as a local anthem; as a British Crown dependency, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a British Crown dependency" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 2008; serves as a local anthem; \"God Save the King\" is the official anthem for Jersey, as a British Crown dependency (see United Kingdom)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/jn.json b/europe/jn.json index 05ca23aa..cbc8adf9 100644 --- a/europe/jn.json +++ b/europe/jn.json @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "pollutants transported from southerly latitudes by winds and ocean currents" }, "Climate": { diff --git a/europe/kv.json b/europe/kv.json index 6d0e6306..33d27d67 100644 --- a/europe/kv.json +++ b/europe/kv.json @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from power plants and lignite mines; water scarcity and pollution; land degradation" }, "Climate": { @@ -527,13 +527,16 @@ "text": "blue, gold, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "Europe" + "title": { + "text": "\"Europe\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "no lyrics/Mendi MENGJIQI" }, - "note": "note: adopted 2008; Kosovo chose to exclude lyrics in its anthem so as not to offend the country's minority ethnic groups" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 2008; Kosovo chose not to include lyrics in its anthem to avoid offending the country's minority ethnic groups" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 2008; Kosovo chose not to include lyrics in its anthem to avoid offending the country's minority ethnic groups" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index ba65cc96..ba7a1a2a 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -351,17 +351,6 @@ "text": "13.1% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99.9%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.9%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99.9% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "16 years" @@ -375,10 +364,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "some soil, water, and air pollution " }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -654,13 +643,16 @@ "text": "maroon, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Dievs, sveti Latviju!\" (God Bless Latvia)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Karlis BAUMANIS" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1920, restored 1990; first performed in 1873 while Latvia was a part of Russia; banned during the Soviet occupation from 1940 to 1990" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1920, restored 1990; first performed in 1873 when Latvia was part of Russia; banned during the Soviet occupation from 1940 to 1990" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1920, restored 1990; first performed in 1873 when Latvia was part of Russia; banned during the Soviet occupation from 1940 to 1990" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1160,9 +1152,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "195,354 (2022); note - individuals who were Latvian citizens prior to the 1940 Soviet occupation and their descendants were recognized as Latvian citizens when the country's independence was restored in 1991; citizens of the former Soviet Union residing in Latvia who have neither Latvian nor other citizenship are considered non-citizens (officially there is no statelessness in Latvia) and are entitled to non-citizen passports; children born after Latvian independence to stateless parents are entitled to Latvian citizenship upon their parents' request; non-citizens cannot vote or hold certain government jobs and are exempt from military service but can travel visa-free in the EU under the Schengen accord like Latvian citizens; non-citizens can obtain naturalization if they have been permanent residents of Latvia for at least five years, pass tests in Latvian language and history, and know the words of the Latvian national anthem" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "transshipment and destination point for cocaine, synthetic drugs, opiates, and cannabis from Southwest Asia, Western Europe, Latin America, and neighboring Baltic countries; despite improved legislation, vulnerable to money laundering due to nascent enforcement capabilities and comparatively weak regulation of offshore companies and the gaming industry; CIS organized crime (including counterfeiting, corruption, extortion, stolen cars, and prostitution) accounts for most laundered proceeds" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index 95120d6f..981172cf 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -359,17 +359,6 @@ "text": "12.7% national budget (2021 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99.8%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.8%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99.8% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "16 years" @@ -383,10 +372,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution; air pollution; deforestation; groundwater pollution from chemicals and waste; soil degradation and erosion" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -665,13 +654,16 @@ "text": "yellow, green, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Tautiska giesme\" (The National Song)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Vincas KUDIRKA" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1918, restored 1990; written in 1898 while Lithuania was a part of Russia; banned during the Soviet occupation from 1940 to 1990" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1918, restored 1990; written in 1898 when Lithuania was part of Russia; banned during the Soviet occupation from 1940 to 1990" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1918, restored 1990; written in 1898 when Lithuania was part of Russia; banned during the Soviet occupation from 1940 to 1990" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1182,9 +1174,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "2,720 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

source country for amphetamine tablets

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index 666b456b..55a83434 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -348,17 +348,6 @@ "text": "10.7% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "15 years" @@ -372,10 +361,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution and acid rain; land erosion from agricultural and mining practices; water pollution" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -663,12 +652,15 @@ "text": "white, blue, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Nad Tatrou sa blyska\" (Lightning Over the Tatras)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Janko MATUSKA/traditional" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1993, in use since 1844; music based on the Slovak folk song \"Kopala studienku\" (She was digging a well)" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1993, in use since 1844; music based on the Slovak folk song \"Kopala studienku\" (She was digging a well)" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1170,9 +1162,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "2,940 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin bound for Western Europe; producer of synthetic drugs for regional market; consumer of MDMA (ecstasy)" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/ls.json b/europe/ls.json index b4aedf32..a4a75d69 100644 --- a/europe/ls.json +++ b/europe/ls.json @@ -292,17 +292,6 @@ "Education expenditure": { "text": "2.6% of GDP (2011 est.)" }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "15 years" @@ -316,10 +305,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "some air pollution generated locally, some carried over from surrounding countries" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -563,13 +552,16 @@ "text": "the six motifs on the coat of arms provide a history of the royal House of Liechtenstein since 1719, when the country was founded; the small shield at the center is the royal family’s gold-and-red coat of arms, the gold-crowned eagle signifies the Silesia family, the diamond wreath represents the Kuenringer family, the red-and-silver shield is the Duchy of Troppau, the black eagle comes from the coat of arms of a family that married into the royal line, and the golden hunting horn represents the Duchy of Jägerndorf" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Oben am jungen Rhein\" (High Above the Young Rhine)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Jakob Joseph JAUCH/Josef FROMMELT" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1850, revised 1963; uses the tune of \"God Save the King\"" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1850, revised 1963; uses the tune of the United Kingdom's anthem, \"God Save the King\"" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1850, revised 1963; uses the tune of the United Kingdom's anthem, \"God Save the King\"" } }, "Economy": { @@ -730,8 +722,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "has strengthened money laundering controls, but money laundering remains a concern due to Liechtenstein's sophisticated offshore financial services sector" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/lu.json b/europe/lu.json index 3ae8d4e6..4bd987f4 100644 --- a/europe/lu.json +++ b/europe/lu.json @@ -340,17 +340,6 @@ "text": "10.7% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "15 years" @@ -364,10 +353,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air and water pollution in urban areas; soil pollution of farmland" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -643,13 +632,16 @@ "text": "red, white, light blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Ons Heemecht\" (Our Motherland); \"De Wilhelmus\" (The William)" + "title": { + "text": "\"De Wilhelmus\" (The William)" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Michel LENTZ/Jean-Antoine ZINNEN; Nikolaus WELTER/unknown" + "text": "Nikolaus WELTER/unknown" }, - "note": "note: \"Ons Heemecht,\" adopted 1864, is the national anthem, while \"De Wilhelmus,\" adopted 1919, serves as a royal anthem for use when members of the grand ducal family enter or exit a ceremony in Luxembourg" + "history": { + "text": "royal anthem, for use when members of the grand ducal family enter or exit a ceremony in Luxembourg" + }, + "note": "note: \"Ons Heemecht,\" adopted 1864, is the national anthem, and \"De Wilhelmus,\" adopted 1919, serves as a royal anthem for use when members of the grand ducal family enter or exit a ceremony in Luxembourg" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/europe/md.json b/europe/md.json index 17cdc116..44eb7bfb 100644 --- a/europe/md.json +++ b/europe/md.json @@ -348,17 +348,6 @@ "text": "15.9% national budget (2023 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99.6%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.7%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99.5% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "14 years" @@ -372,10 +361,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "soil and water pollution from heavy use of agricultural chemicals; extensive soil erosion and declining soil fertility from farming methods" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -655,12 +644,15 @@ "text": "blue, yellow, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Limba noastra\" (Our Language)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Alexei MATEEVICI/Alexandru CRISTEA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1994" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1994" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1125,7 +1117,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2024, women made up about 23% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the National Army is responsible for defense against external aggression, suppressing illegal military violence along the state border or inside the country, and supporting other internal security forces in maintaining public order if necessary; its primary focuses are Transnistrian separatist forces and their Russian backers; the 1992 war between Moldovan forces and the Transnistrian separatists backed by Russian troops ended with a cease-fire; the separatists maintain several armed paramilitary combat units, plus other security forces and reserves; Russia maintains approximately 1,500 troops in the breakaway region, including some Transnistrian locals who serve as Russian troops; some of those troops are under the authority of a peacekeeping force known as a Joint Control Commission that also includes Moldovan and separatist personnel, while the remainder of the Russian contingent guard a depot of Soviet-era ammunition and train Transnistrian separatist forces

Moldova is constitutionally neutral but has maintained a relationship with NATO since 1992; bilateral cooperation started when Moldova joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1994; Moldova has contributed small numbers of troops to NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) since 2014, and a civilian NATO liaison office was established in Moldova in 2017 at the request of the Moldovan Government to promote practical cooperation and facilitate support (2024)" + "text": "the National Army is responsible for defense against external aggression, suppressing illegal military violence along the state border or inside the country, and supporting other internal security forces in maintaining public order if necessary; its primary focuses are Transnistrian separatist forces and their Russian backers; the 1992 war between Moldovan forces and the Transnistrian separatists backed by Russian troops ended with a cease-fire; the separatists maintain several armed paramilitary combat units, plus other security forces and reserves; Russia maintains approximately 1,500 troops in the breakaway region, including some Transnistrian locals who serve as Russian troops; some of those troops are under the authority of a peacekeeping force known as a Joint Control Commission that also includes Moldovan and separatist personnel, while the remainder of the Russian contingent guard a depot of Soviet-era ammunition and train separatist forces

Moldova is constitutionally neutral but has maintained a relationship with NATO since 1992 and since 2022 has enhanced bilateral security cooperation with some NATO members; it has contributed small numbers of troops to NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) since 2014, and a civilian NATO liaison office was established in Moldova in 2017 at the request of the Moldovan Government to promote practical cooperation and facilitate support; in 2024, Moldova signed a security and defense partnership agreement with the EU; it maintains close security relations with Romania, a member of the EU and NATO (2025)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { @@ -1136,9 +1128,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "1,701 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "limited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly for CIS consumption; transshipment point for illicit drugs from Southwest Asia via Central Asia to Russia, Western Europe, and possibly the US; widespread crime and underground economic activity" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/mj.json b/europe/mj.json index c0c2c2cf..94d21d67 100644 --- a/europe/mj.json +++ b/europe/mj.json @@ -384,10 +384,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "pollution of coastal waters from sewage outlets; serious air pollution in some cities from lignite power plants and household use of coal and wood for heating" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -665,12 +665,15 @@ "text": "red, gold" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Oj, svijetla majska zoro\" (Oh, Bright Dawn of May)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Oj, svijetla majska zoro\" (O Bright Dawn of May)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Sekula DRLJEVIC/unknown, arranged by Zarko MIKOVIC" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 2004; music based on a Montenegrin folk song" + }, "note": "note: adopted 2004; music based on a Montenegrin folk song" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1154,7 +1157,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2024, women made up over 11% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Army of Montenegro is a small, lightly armed military focused on the defense of Montenegro’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, cooperating in international and multinational security, and assisting civil authorities during emergencies such as natural disasters; since Montenegro joined NATO in 2017, another focus has been integrating into the Alliance, including adapting NATO standards for planning and professionalization, structural reforms, and modernization by replacing its Soviet-era equipment; the Army trains and exercises with NATO partners and actively supports NATO missions and operations, committing small numbers of troops in Afghanistan, Kosovo, and NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence mission in Eastern Europe; a few personnel have also been deployed on EU- and UN-led operations (2024)" + "text": "the Army of Montenegro is responsible for the defense of Montenegro’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, cooperating in international and multinational security, and assisting civil authorities during emergencies such as natural disasters; since Montenegro joined NATO in 2017, another focus has been integrating into the Alliance, including adapting NATO standards for planning and professionalization, structural reforms, and modernization by replacing its Soviet-era equipment; the Army trains and exercises with NATO partners and actively supports NATO missions and operations, committing small numbers of troops in Afghanistan, Kosovo, and NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence mission in Eastern Europe; a few personnel have also been deployed on EU- and UN-led operations (2025)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1168,9 +1171,6 @@ "text": "468 (2022)" }, "note": "note: 34,511 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2024)" - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

drug trafficking groups are major players in the procurement and transportation of of large quantities of cocaine destined for European markets

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index 9d3bbc95..de886fb4 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -339,12 +339,6 @@ } }, "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "98.4%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.1%" - }, "female": { "text": "97.8% (2018 est.)" } @@ -362,10 +356,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from metallurgical plants, smoke from wood-burning stoves, and vehicle emissions" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -645,13 +639,16 @@ "text": "red, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Denes nad Makedonija\" (Today Over Macedonia)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Vlado MALESKI/Todor SKALOVSKI" }, - "note": "note: written in 1943 and adopted in 1991, the song previously served as the anthem of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia while part of Yugoslavia" + "history": { + "text": "written in 1943 and adopted in 1991, the song previously served as the anthem of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, when it was part of Yugoslavia" + }, + "note": "note: written in 1943 and adopted in 1991, the song previously served as the anthem of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, when it was part of Yugoslavia" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1115,7 +1112,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2024, women made up about 10% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (ARSM) is responsible for the defense of the country’s territory and independence, fulfilling North Macedonia’s commitments to NATO and European security, and contributing to EU, NATO, and UN peace and security missions; the ARSM has participated in multinational missions and operations in Afghanistan (NATO), Bosnia and Herzegovina (EU), Eastern Europe (NATO), Iraq (NATO), Kosovo (NATO), and Lebanon (UN); a key area of focus over the past decade has been improving capabilities and bringing the largely Soviet-era-equipped ARSM up to NATO standards; it has increased its participation in NATO training exercises since becoming the 30th member of the Alliance in 2020 and currently has small numbers of combat troops deployed to Bulgaria and Romania as part of NATO’s Enhance Forward Presence mission implemented because of Russian military aggression against Ukraine (2024)" + "text": "the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (ARSM) is responsible for the defense of the country’s territory and independence, fulfilling North Macedonia’s commitments to NATO and European security, and contributing to EU, NATO, and UN peace and security missions; the ARSM has participated in multinational missions and operations in Afghanistan (NATO), Bosnia and Herzegovina (EU), Eastern Europe (NATO), Iraq (NATO), Kosovo (NATO), and Lebanon (UN); a key area of focus over the past decade has been improving capabilities and bringing the largely Soviet-era-equipped ARSM up to NATO standards; it has increased its participation in NATO training exercises since becoming the 30th member of the Alliance in 2020 and currently has small numbers of combat troops deployed to Bulgaria and Romania as part of NATO’s Enhance Forward Presence mission implemented because of Russian military aggression against Ukraine (2025)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1133,9 +1130,6 @@ "text": "521 (2022)" }, "note": "note: 579,828 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-February 2024)" - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and hashish; minor transit point for South American cocaine destined for Europe; although not a financial center and most criminal activity is thought to be domestic, money laundering is a problem due to a mostly cash-based economy and weak enforcement" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/mn.json b/europe/mn.json index 4750e933..7d99998c 100644 --- a/europe/mn.json +++ b/europe/mn.json @@ -303,21 +303,10 @@ "Education expenditure (% national budget)": { "text": "7.7% national budget (2023 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -465,7 +454,7 @@ "text": "Prince ALBERT II (since 6 April 2005)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Acting Minister of State Isabelle BERRO-AMADEI (since 10 January 2025)" + "text": "Minister of State Christophe MIRMAND (since 21 July 2025)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Government under the authority of the monarch" @@ -565,13 +554,16 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"A Marcia de Muneghu\" (The March of Monaco)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Louis NOTARI/Charles ALBRECHT" }, - "note": "note: music adopted 1867, lyrics adopted 1931; although French is commonly spoken, only the Monegasque lyrics are official; the French version is known as \"Hymne Monegasque\" (Monegasque Anthem); the words are generally only sung on official occasions" + "history": { + "text": "music adopted 1867, lyrics adopted 1931; only the Monegasque lyrics are official; the French version is known as \"Hymne Monegasque\" (Monegasque Anthem); the words are usually only sung on official occasions" + }, + "note": "note: music adopted 1867, lyrics adopted 1931; only the Monegasque lyrics are official; the French version is known as \"Hymne Monegasque\" (Monegasque Anthem); the words are usually only sung on official occasions" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/mt.json b/europe/mt.json index efea247b..90b824b8 100644 --- a/europe/mt.json +++ b/europe/mt.json @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ "note": "note: data refers to the average of the different childbearing ages of first-order births" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "3 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "8 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -339,17 +339,6 @@ "text": "12.7% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "94.9%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "93.4%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "96.4% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "17 years" @@ -363,10 +352,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited natural freshwater resources; deforestation; wildlife preservation" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -636,12 +625,15 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"L-Innu Malti\" (The Maltese Anthem)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Dun Karm PSAILA/Robert SAMMUT" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1945; written in the form of a prayer" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1945; written in the form of a prayer" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1113,9 +1105,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch list — Malta did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/malta/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "minor transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Western Europe" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/nl.json b/europe/nl.json index 2cfea0af..a11272c7 100644 --- a/europe/nl.json +++ b/europe/nl.json @@ -358,17 +358,6 @@ "text": "11.6% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "19 years" @@ -382,10 +371,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution, including industrial and agricultural chemicals in rivers; air pollution from vehicles and refining activities" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -701,13 +690,16 @@ "text": "orange" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Het Wilhelmus\" (The William)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Philips VAN MARNIX van Sint Aldegonde (presumed)/unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1932, in use since the 17th century, making it the oldest national anthem in the world; also known as \"Wilhelmus van Nassouwe\" (William of Nassau), it is in the form of an acrostic, where the first letter of each stanza spells the name of the leader of the Dutch Revolt" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1932, in use since the 17th century; also known as \"Wilhelmus van Nassouwe\" (William of Nassau), it is in the form of an acrostic -- the first letter of each stanza spells the name of the leader of the Dutch Revolt" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1932, in use since the 17th century; also known as \"Wilhelmus van Nassouwe\" (William of Nassau), it is in the form of an acrostic -- the first letter of each stanza spells the name of the leader of the Dutch Revolt" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1235,7 +1227,7 @@ "note": "note:  the Netherlands contributes naval assets to support freedom of the sea missions in such places as the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz; it also assists with monitoring the airspace of the eastern flank of NATO territory by means of fighter aircraft and provides some ground personnel to a variety of other NATO, UN, and EU security missions" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Dutch military is charged with the three core tasks of defending the country’s national territory and that of its allies, enforcing the national and international rule of law, and providing assistance during disasters and other crises; it also has some domestic security duties, including in the Dutch Caribbean territories; the military operates globally but rarely carries out military operations independently and focuses on cooperating with the armed forces of other countries, particularly with Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the UK 

the Netherlands has been a member of NATO since its founding in 1949, and the Dutch military is heavily involved in NATO missions and operations with air, ground, and naval forces, including air policing missions over the Benelux countries and Eastern Europe, NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative in the Baltic States and Eastern Europe, and several NATO naval flotillas, as well as standby units for NATO’s rapid response force; the military has previously deployed forces to NATO-led operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kosovo and also regularly contributes to EU- and UN-led missions; Royal Netherlands Marechaussee detachments have been included in international police units deployed by NATO

the Dutch Army has especially close ties with the German Army, including having its air mobile and mechanized brigades assigned to German divisional headquarters; in addition, the Army shares with the Germans command of a NATO high-readiness corps-level headquarters, which can be ready for deployment inside or outside NATO territory within 20 days; in 2020, Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands formed a joint composite special operations component command

founded in the late 1400s, the Royal Netherlands Navy is one of the oldest naval forces in the World and conducts a variety of missions worldwide; in addition to its close ties with NATO, the Navy cooperates closely with the Belgian Navy, including a joint staff known as the Admiralty Benelux; it has a command responsible for the activities of Dutch naval units in the Caribbean, which includes combating drug trafficking, environmental crime, and illegal fishing, as well as providing search and rescue and disaster relief capabilities; the Netherlands has naval bases on Curaçao and Aruba; since 1973, the Dutch Marine Corps has worked closely with the British Royal Marines, including jointly in the UK-Netherlands amphibious landing force

the Dutch military is also part of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, a defense framework of 10 Northern European nations designed to provide security to the High North, North Atlantic, and the Baltic Sea Region in response to a crisis (2025)" + "text": "the Dutch military is charged with the three core tasks of defending the country’s national territory and that of its allies, enforcing the national and international rule of law, and providing assistance during disasters and other crises; it also has some domestic security duties, including in the Dutch Caribbean territories; the military operates globally but rarely carries out its operations independently, focusing instead on working through NATO and bilaterally with regional partners; it has particularly close ties with Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the UK, including some combined military units and staffs

the Netherlands has been a member of NATO since its founding in 1949, and the Dutch military is involved in NATO missions and operations with air, ground, and naval forces, including air policing missions over the Benelux countries and Eastern Europe, NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative in the Baltic States and Eastern Europe, and several NATO naval flotillas, as well as standby units for NATO’s rapid response force; the military has previously deployed forces to NATO-led operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kosovo and also contributes to EU- and UN-led missions; Royal Netherlands Marechaussee detachments have been included in international police units deployed by NATO (2025)" } }, "Space": { @@ -1263,7 +1255,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a major transit hub for illicit substances, especially cocaine from South and Central America and methamphetamine from Mexico; homegrown synthetic drug makers and illegal chemical precursor manufacturers selling dangerous drugs, including synthetic opioids, via the internet to customers in the United States and worldwide

 

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/no.json b/europe/no.json index 10ea884e..fea39ef2 100644 --- a/europe/no.json +++ b/europe/no.json @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ "note": "note: data is calculated based on actual age at first births" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "2 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "1 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -364,17 +364,6 @@ "text": "10.1% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "18 years" @@ -388,10 +377,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution; acid rain damaging forests and affecting lakes and fish stocks; air pollution from vehicle emissions" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -671,13 +660,16 @@ "text": "red, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Ja, vi elsker dette landet\" (Yes, We Love This Country)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Kongesangen\" (Song of the King)" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "lyrics/music: Bjornstjerne BJORNSON/Rikard NORDRAAK" + "text": "Bjornstjerne BJORNSON/Rikard NORDRAAK" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1864; in addition to the national anthem, \"Kongesangen\" (Song of the King), which uses the tune of \"God Save the King,\" serves as the royal anthem" + "history": { + "text": "royal anthem; uses the tune of \"God Save the King,\" the United Kingdom's anthem" + }, + "note": "note: since 2011, the patriotic song “Mitt lille land” has been called a new national anthem and is sometimes performed at patriotic events, but it is not used as often as “Ja, vi elsker dette landet”" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1178,17 +1170,17 @@ "note": "note: active personnel include about 10,000 conscripts" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the military's inventory includes a mix of modern, imported Western European and US, as well as domestically produced weapons systems and equipment; in 2024, the Norwegian Government announced a new defense plan which would double defense spending over the following 12 years with priorities placed in such areas as the acquisition of air defenses and naval capabilities; Norway has a defense industry with a focus in niche capabilities and participates in joint development and production of weapons systems with other European countries (2024)" + "text": "the military's inventory includes a mix of modern, imported Western European and US, as well as domestically produced weapons systems and equipment; in 2024, the Norwegian Government announced a new long-term defense plan which would double defense spending by the mid-2030s with priorities placed in such areas as the acquisition of air defenses and naval capabilities; Norway has a defense industry with a focus in niche capabilities and participates in joint development and production of weapons systems with other European countries (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "19-35 years of age for selective compulsory military service for men and women; 17 years of age for male volunteers; 18 years of age for women volunteers; 12-19 month service obligation; conscripts first serve 12 months between the ages of 19 and 28, and then up to 4-5 refresher training periods until age 35, 44, 55, or 60 depending on rank and function (2024)", "note": "note 1: Norway has had compulsory military service since 1907; individuals conscripted each year are selected from a larger cohort who are evaluated through online assessments and physical tests

note 2: Norway was the first NATO country to allow women to serve in all combat arms branches of the military (1985); it also has an all-female special operations unit known as Jegertroppen (The Hunter Troop), which was established in 2014; as of 2023, women comprised about 20% of the military's full-time personnel

note 3: beginning in 1995, the military began offering Icelandic citizens the opportunity to apply for admission to officer schools in Norway with an associated education and service contract under special reasons and based on recommendations from Icelandic authorities; as early as 1996, Norway and Iceland entered into a cooperation agreement on the voluntary participation of Icelandic personnel in Norwegian force contributions in foreign operations" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "up to 200 Lithuania (NATO); Norway also has deployed air and naval assets in support of other NATO operations such as the Iceland Air Policing and the Mine Counter Measures Group missions  (2024)" + "text": "around 100 Lithuania (NATO); Norway also deploys air and naval assets in support of other NATO operations (2025)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Norwegian Armed Forces (Forsvaret) are responsible for protecting Norway and its allies, including monitoring Norway’s airspace, digital, land, and maritime areas, maintaining the country’s borders and sovereignty, contributing to NATO and UN missions, and providing support to civil society, such as assisting the police, search and rescue, and maritime counterterrorism efforts; the military’s territorial and sovereignty defense missions are complicated by Norway’s vast sea areas, numerous islands, long and winding fjords, and difficult and mountainous terrain; a key area of emphasis is its far northern border with Russia

Norway is one of the original members of NATO, and the Alliance is a key component of Norway’s defense policy; the Forsvaret participates regularly in NATO exercises, missions, and operations, including air policing of NATO territory, NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence mission in the Baltic States and Eastern Europe, and standing naval missions, as well as operations in non-NATO areas, such as the Middle East

the Forsvaret also cooperates closely with the militaries of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO; established 2009), which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; areas of cooperation include armaments, education, human resources, training and exercises, and operations; Norway contributes to the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, a pool of high-readiness military forces from 10 Baltic and Scandinavian countries designed to respond to a wide range of contingencies both in peacetime and in times of crisis or conflict with a focus on the High North, North Atlantic, and Baltic Sea regions; Norway has close military ties with the US, including rotational US military deployments and an agreement allowing for mutual defense activities and US military forces to access some Norwegian facilities

the Forsvaret's origins go back to the leidangen, defense forces which were established along the coastline in the 10th century to protect the Norwegian coast (2024)" + "text": "the Norwegian Armed Forces (Forsvaret) are responsible for protecting Norway and its allies, including monitoring Norway’s airspace, digital, land, and maritime areas, maintaining the country’s borders and sovereignty, contributing to NATO and UN missions, and providing support to civil society, such as assisting the police, search and rescue, and maritime counterterrorism efforts; the military’s territorial and sovereignty defense missions are complicated by Norway’s vast sea areas, numerous islands, long and winding fjords, and difficult and mountainous terrain; a key area of emphasis is its far northern border with Russia

Norway is one of the original members of NATO, and the Alliance is a key component of Norway’s defense policy; the Forsvaret participates in NATO exercises, missions, and operations, including air policing of NATO territory, NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence mission in the Baltic States and Eastern Europe, and standing naval missions, as well as operations in non-NATO areas, such as the Middle East

the Forsvaret also cooperates closely with the militaries of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO; established 2009), which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; Norway contributes to the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, a pool of high-readiness military forces from 10 Baltic and Scandinavian countries designed to respond to a wide range of contingencies in the High North, North Atlantic, and Baltic Sea regions; Norway has close military ties with the US, including rotational US military deployments and an agreement allowing for mutual defense activities and US military forces to access some Norwegian facilities

the Forsvaret's origins go back to the leidangen, defense forces which were established along the coastline in the 10th century to protect the Norwegian coast (2025)" } }, "Space": { diff --git a/europe/pl.json b/europe/pl.json index 09fbdbe1..169b004b 100644 --- a/europe/pl.json +++ b/europe/pl.json @@ -359,17 +359,6 @@ "text": "10.5% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99.8%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.8%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99.8% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "16 years" @@ -383,10 +372,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution (despite environmental policy improvements) because of coal-burning in homes and power plants; acid rain leading to forest damage; water pollution from industrial and municipal sources; disposal of hazardous wastes" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic- Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -706,13 +695,16 @@ "text": "white, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Mazurek Dabrowskiego\" (Dabrowski's Mazurka)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Jozef WYBICKI/traditional" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1927; the anthem, commonly known as \"Jeszcze Polska nie zginela\" (Poland Has Not Yet Perished), was written in 1797; the lyrics resonate strongly with Poles because they reflect the numerous occasions in which the nation's lands have been occupied" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1927; the anthem, commonly known as \"Jeszcze Polska nie zginela\" (Poland Has Not Yet Perished), was written in 1797" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1927; the anthem, commonly known as \"Jeszcze Polska nie zginela\" (Poland Has Not Yet Perished), was written in 1797" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1249,7 +1241,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/po.json b/europe/po.json index 1b882ae2..03e23230 100644 --- a/europe/po.json +++ b/europe/po.json @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ "text": "29.9 years (2020 est.)" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "12 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "15 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -352,17 +352,6 @@ "text": "9.8% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "95.9%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "97.8%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "95.9% (2021)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "17 years" @@ -376,10 +365,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "soil erosion; air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution, especially in urban centers and coastal areas" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -673,13 +662,16 @@ "text": "red, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"A Portugesa\" (The Song of the Portuguese)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Henrique LOPES DE MENDOCA/Alfredo KEIL" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1910; \"A Portuguesa\" was originally written to protest the Portuguese monarchy's acquiescence to the 1890 British ultimatum forcing Portugal to give up areas of Africa; the lyrics refer to the \"insult\" that resulted from the event" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1910; originally written to protest the Portuguese monarchy's acquiescence to the 1890 British ultimatum forcing Portugal to give up areas of Africa" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1910; originally written to protest the Portuguese monarchy's acquiescence to the 1890 British ultimatum forcing Portugal to give up areas of Africa" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1204,9 +1196,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "55 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a European gateway for Southwest Asian heroin; transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Europe; consumer of Southwest Asian heroin

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/ri.json b/europe/ri.json index 2fed3f22..cf712375 100644 --- a/europe/ri.json +++ b/europe/ri.json @@ -387,10 +387,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution around Belgrade and other industrial cities; water pollution from industrial wastes in rivers; inadequate management of domestic, industrial, and hazardous waste" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -681,13 +681,16 @@ "text": "red, blue, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Boze pravde\" (God of Justice)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Jovan DORDEVIC/Davorin JENKO" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1904; song originally written as part of a play in 1872 and has been used as an anthem by the Serbian people throughout the 20th and 21st centuries" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1904; song originally written as part of a play in 1872, and the Serbian people have used it as an anthem in the 20th and 21st centuries" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1904; song originally written as part of a play in 1872, and the Serbian people have used it as an anthem in the 20th and 21st centuries" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1182,9 +1185,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government has devoted sufficient resources to a written plan that, if implemented, would constitute significant efforts to meet the minimum standards; therefore, Serbia was granted a waiver per the Trafficking Victims Protection Act from an otherwise required downgrade to Tier 3 and remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/serbia/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

drug trafficking groups are major players in the procurement and transportation of of large quantities of cocaine destined for European markets

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/ro.json b/europe/ro.json index a7e9ae15..48ae8667 100644 --- a/europe/ro.json +++ b/europe/ro.json @@ -393,10 +393,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "soil erosion, degradation, and desertification; water pollution; air pollution in south from industrial effluents; contamination of Danube delta wetlands" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -719,12 +719,15 @@ "text": "blue, yellow, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Desteapta-te romane!\" (Wake up, Romanian!)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Andrei MURESIANU/Anton PANN" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1990; the anthem was written during the 1848 Revolution" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1990; the anthem was written during the 1848 Revolution" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1271,9 +1274,6 @@ "text": "297 (2022)" }, "note": "note: 16,085 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2024)" - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a source country for cannabis

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/si.json b/europe/si.json index c9d3a44e..19bd2140 100644 --- a/europe/si.json +++ b/europe/si.json @@ -343,17 +343,6 @@ "text": "12% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99.7%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "99.7%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99.7% (2015)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "18 years" @@ -367,10 +356,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from road traffic, domestic heating (wood burning), power generation, and industry; water pollution; biodiversity protection" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -683,12 +672,15 @@ "text": "white, blue, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Zdravljica\" (A Toast)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "France PRESEREN/Stanko PREMRL" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted in 1989 while still part of Yugoslavia; originally written in 1848; the full poem, whose seventh verse is used as the anthem, speaks of pan-Slavic nationalism" + }, "note": "note: adopted in 1989 while still part of Yugoslavia; originally written in 1848; the full poem, whose seventh verse is used as the anthem, speaks of pan-Slavic nationalism" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1213,9 +1205,6 @@ "text": "10 (2020)" }, "note": "note:  634,128 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-February 2024)" - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "minor transit point for cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin bound for Western Europe, and for precursor chemicals" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/sm.json b/europe/sm.json index 9be963d3..7ca3f2e8 100644 --- a/europe/sm.json +++ b/europe/sm.json @@ -322,10 +322,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution; urbanization decreasing rural farmlands; water shortage" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling" }, @@ -568,13 +568,16 @@ "text": "white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Inno Nazionale della Repubblica\" (National Anthem of the Republic)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "no lyrics/Federico CONSOLO" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1894; the music for the lyric-less anthem is based on a 10th century chorale piece" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1894; the music for the anthem, which has no lyrics, is based on a 10th-century chorale piece" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1894; the music for the anthem, which has no lyrics, is based on a 10th-century chorale piece" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/europe/sp.json b/europe/sp.json index 08a3deca..0f7a4869 100644 --- a/europe/sp.json +++ b/europe/sp.json @@ -382,10 +382,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "pollution of the Mediterranean Sea from raw sewage and effluents from oil and gas production; drought; air pollution; deforestation; desertification" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -713,13 +713,16 @@ "text": "red, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Himno Nacional Espanol\" (National Anthem of Spain)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "no lyrics/unknown" }, - "note": "note: officially in use between 1770 and 1931, restored in 1939; the Spanish anthem is the first anthem to be officially adopted, but it has no lyrics; in the years prior to 1931 it became known as \"Marcha Real\" (The Royal March); it first appeared in a 1761 military bugle call book and was replaced by \"Himno de Riego\" in the years between 1931 and 1939; the long version of the anthem is used for the king, while the short version is used for the prince, prime minister, and occasions such as sporting events" + "history": { + "text": "officially in use between 1770 and 1931, restored in 1939; the Spanish anthem was the first to be officially adopted; it first appeared in a 1761 military bugle-call book and was replaced by \"Himno de Riego\" in the years between 1931 and 1939; the long version of the anthem is used for the king, and the short version is used for the prince, prime minister, and occasions such as sporting events" + }, + "note": "note: officially in use between 1770 and 1931, restored in 1939; the Spanish anthem was the first to be officially adopted; it first appeared in a 1761 military bugle-call book and was replaced by \"Himno de Riego\" in the years between 1931 and 1939; the long version of the anthem is used for the king, and the short version is used for the prince, prime minister, and occasions such as sporting events" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1277,9 +1280,6 @@ "text": "6,489 (2022)" }, "note": "note: 351,562 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals, including Canary Islands (January 2015-March 2024)" - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a European transit point for cocaine from South America and for hashish from Morocco; cocaine is shipped in raw or liquid form with mixed cargo to avoid detection or altered to escape detection after which chemists within Spain extract and reconstitute any altered form of cocaine, preparing it for distribution within Europe;  minor domestic drug production; occasionally synthetic drugs, including ketamine, new psychoactive substances (NPS), and MDMA transit through Spain to the United States

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/sv.json b/europe/sv.json index ff04cd43..cb3590b5 100644 --- a/europe/sv.json +++ b/europe/sv.json @@ -206,7 +206,16 @@ "text": "the flag of Norway is used" }, "National anthem": { - "text": "

note: as a territory of Norway, \"Ja, vi elsker dette landet\" is official (see Norway)

" + "title": { + "text": "\"Ja, vi elsker dette landet\"" + }, + "lyrics/music": { + "text": "Bjornstjerne BJORNSON/Rikard NORDRAAK" + }, + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a Norwegian territory" + }, + "note": "note: as a territory of Norway, \"Ja, vi elsker dette landet\" is official (see Norway)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/sw.json b/europe/sw.json index 488bb03d..7fc18b87 100644 --- a/europe/sw.json +++ b/europe/sw.json @@ -358,17 +358,6 @@ "text": "14.6% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "20 years" @@ -382,10 +371,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "

marine pollution (Baltic Sea and North Sea); acid rain damage to soil and lakes; air pollution; poor timber-harvesting practices

" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -660,13 +649,16 @@ "text": "blue, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Du Gamla, Du Fria\" (Thou Ancient, Thou Free)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Kungssangen\" (The King's Song)" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Richard DYBECK/traditional" + "text": "Carl Wilhelm August Strandberg/Otto Lindblad" }, - "note": "note: in use since 1844; also known as \"Sang till Norden\" (Song of the North), is based on a Swedish folk tune; it has never been officially adopted by the government; \"Kungssangen\" (The King's Song) serves as the royal anthem and is played in the presence of the royal family and during certain state ceremonies" + "history": { + "text": "in use since 1844 as the royal anthem, but also used as the national anthem until 1893; played in the presence of the royal family and during certain state ceremonies" + }, + "note": "note: in use since 1844; also known as \"Sang till Norden\" (Song of the North); based on a Swedish folk tune; has never been officially adopted; \"Kungssangen\" (The King's Song) serves as the royal anthem and is played in the presence of the royal family and during certain state ceremonies" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/europe/sz.json b/europe/sz.json index e931fcba..00bcc5cd 100644 --- a/europe/sz.json +++ b/europe/sz.json @@ -354,17 +354,6 @@ "text": "15.9% national budget (2023 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "17 years" @@ -378,10 +367,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from agricultural fertilizers; soil pollution from chemical contaminants; soil erosion; loss of biodiversity" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -701,13 +690,16 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "the Swiss anthem has four names: \"Schweizerpsalm\" [German] \"Cantique Suisse\" [French] \"Salmo svizzero,\" [Italian] \"Psalm svizzer\" [Romansch] (Swiss Psalm)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Leonhard WIDMER [German], Charles CHATELANAT [French], Camillo VALSANGIACOMO [Italian], and Flurin CAMATHIAS [Romansch]/Alberik ZWYSSIG" }, - "note": "note: unofficially adopted 1961, officially 1981; the anthem has been popular in a number of Swiss cantons since its composition (in German) in 1841; translated into the other three official languages of the country (French, Italian, and Romansch), it is official in each of those languages" + "history": { + "text": "unofficially adopted 1961, officially 1981; the anthem has been popular in a number of Swiss cantons since it was composed (in German) in 1841; all four of the versions (German, French, Italian, Romansch) are considered official" + }, + "note": "note: unofficially adopted 1961, officially 1981; the anthem has been popular in a number of Swiss cantons since it was composed (in German) in 1841; all four of the versions (German, French, Italian, Romansch) are considered official" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1208,9 +1200,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "891 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

major source of precursor chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics; a significant importer and exporter of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine;

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/uk.json b/europe/uk.json index f10fa8fc..4756e405 100644 --- a/europe/uk.json +++ b/europe/uk.json @@ -353,17 +353,6 @@ "text": "10.6% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "17 years" @@ -377,10 +366,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution in the London region; soil pollution from pesticides and heavy metals; decline in marine and coastal habitats from housing, tourism, and industry" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -682,13 +671,16 @@ "text": "red, white, blue (all of Britain); red, white (England); blue, white (Scotland); red, white, green (Wales)" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: in use since 1745; by tradition, the song serves as both the national and royal anthem of the UK; it is known as either \"God Save the Queen\" or \"God Save the King,\" depending on the gender of the reigning monarch; it also serves as the royal anthem of many Commonwealth nations" + "history": { + "text": "in use since 1745; by tradition, the song serves as both the national and royal anthem; it is known as either \"God Save the Queen\" or \"God Save the King,\" depending on the gender of the reigning monarch; it also serves as the royal anthem for many Commonwealth nations" + }, + "note": "note: in use since 1745; by tradition, the song serves as both the national and royal anthem; it is known as either \"God Save the Queen\" or \"God Save the King,\" depending on the gender of the reigning monarch; it also serves as the royal anthem for many Commonwealth nations" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1259,7 +1251,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a major consumer and transshipment point, though not a source, for illicit drugs; among the highest consumer of heroin and cocaine in Europe; one of the largest markets for cannabis; a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/up.json b/europe/up.json index 7c83a55c..3ff170f2 100644 --- a/europe/up.json +++ b/europe/up.json @@ -384,10 +384,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air and water pollution; land degradation; solid waste management; biodiversity loss; deforestation; radiation contamination in the northeast from 1986 nuclear accident in Chornobyl' " }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ "text": "President Volodymyr ZELENSKYY (since 20 May 2019)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Denys SHMYHAL (since 4 March 2020)" + "text": "Prime Minister Yulia SVYRYDENKO (since 17 July 2025)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet of Ministers nominated by the prime minister, approved by the Verkhovna Rada" @@ -670,12 +670,15 @@ "text": "blue, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Shche ne vmerla Ukraina\" (Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Paul CHUBYNSKYI/Mikhail VERBYTSKYI" }, + "history": { + "text": "music adopted 1991, lyrics adopted 2003; song first performed in 1864 at the Ukraine Theatre in Lviv; the lyrics, originally written in 1862, were revised in 2003" + }, "note": "note: music adopted 1991, lyrics adopted 2003; song first performed in 1864 at the Ukraine Theatre in Lviv; the lyrics, originally written in 1862, were revised in 2003" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1237,9 +1240,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "36,459 (2022); note - citizens of the former USSR who were permanently resident in Ukraine were granted citizenship upon Ukraine's independence in 1991, but some missed this window of opportunity; people arriving after 1991, Crimean Tatars, ethnic Koreans, people with expired Soviet passports, and people with no documents have difficulty acquiring Ukrainian citizenship; following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989, thousands of Crimean Tatars and their descendants deported from Ukraine under the STALIN regime returned to their homeland, some being stateless and others holding the citizenship of Uzbekistan or other former Soviet republics; a 1998 bilateral agreement between Ukraine and Uzbekistan simplified the process of renouncing Uzbek citizenship and obtaining Ukrainian citizenship" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit country for non-domestically produced drugs, such as cocaine and heroin, bound for consumer markets in the European Union and Russia; overland corridors for the movement of these drugs exists, but Ukraine’s southern ports on the Black Sea, notably Odesa and Pivdennyi, are disrupted due to the war;  domestically produced amphetamine, methamphetamine, methadone, alpha-PVP, and new psychoactive substances (NPS) remain threats to Ukrainian society; production and consumption of cannabis remains significant" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/vt.json b/europe/vt.json index 1d6df70e..a53b8b84 100644 --- a/europe/vt.json +++ b/europe/vt.json @@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "some air pollution from the surrounding city of Rome" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection" }, @@ -350,12 +350,15 @@ "text": "yellow, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Inno e Marcia Pontificale\" (Hymn and Pontifical March); often called The Pontifical Hymn" + "title": { + "text": "\"Inno e Marcia Pontificale\" (Hymn and Pontifical March), often called \"The Pontifical Hymn\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Raffaello LAVAGNA/Charles-Francois GOUNOD" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1950" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1950" }, "National heritage": { @@ -437,8 +440,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "NA" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/middle-east/ae.json b/middle-east/ae.json index e5d5a58a..9dd98568 100644 --- a/middle-east/ae.json +++ b/middle-east/ae.json @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "9 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "3 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -372,10 +372,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution; water scarcity; lack of natural freshwater resources; land degradation and desertification; waste generation, beach pollution from oil spills" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -656,13 +656,16 @@ "text": "green, white, black, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Nashid al-watani al-imarati\" (National Anthem of the UAE)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "AREF Al Sheikh Abdullah Al Hassan/Mohamad Abdel WAHAB" }, - "note": "note: music adopted 1971, lyrics adopted 1996; Mohamad Abdel WAHAB also composed the music for the anthem of Tunisia" + "history": { + "text": "music adopted 1971, lyrics adopted 1996; Mohamad Abdel WAHAB also composed the music for Tunisia's anthem" + }, + "note": "note: music adopted 1971, lyrics adopted 1996; Mohamad Abdel WAHAB also composed the music for Tunisia's anthem" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1163,7 +1166,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "major source of precursor chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/middle-east/aj.json b/middle-east/aj.json index a451dc6e..67696a69 100644 --- a/middle-east/aj.json +++ b/middle-east/aj.json @@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "severe air, soil, and water pollution; soil pollution from oil spills, pesticides, and toxic defoliants used in producing cotton; surface and underground water pollution from untreated municipal and industrial wastewater and agricultural run-off" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -653,13 +653,16 @@ "text": "blue, red, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Azerbaijan Marsi\" (March of Azerbaijan)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Ahmed JAVAD/Uzeyir HAJIBEYOV" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1992; although originally written in 1919 during a brief period of independence, \"Azerbaijan Marsi\" did not become the official anthem until after the dissolution of the Soviet Union" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1992; originally written in 1919 during a brief period of independence, but did not become the official anthem until after the dissolution of the Soviet Union" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1992; originally written in 1919 during a brief period of independence, but did not become the official anthem until after the dissolution of the Soviet Union" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1149,9 +1152,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "3,585 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "limited illicit cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for CIS consumption; small government eradication program; transit point for Southwest Asian opiates bound for Russia and to a lesser extent the rest of Europe" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/middle-east/am.json b/middle-east/am.json index 0ae667b7..ad2d695c 100644 --- a/middle-east/am.json +++ b/middle-east/am.json @@ -384,10 +384,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "soil pollution from toxic chemicals; deforestation; river pollution; threats to drinking water supplies from use of hydropower; nuclear power plant located in earthquake zone" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -658,13 +658,16 @@ "text": "red, blue, orange" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Mer Hayrenik\" (Our Fatherland)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Mikael NALBANDIAN/Barsegh KANACHYAN" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1991; based on the anthem of the Democratic Republic of Armenia (1918-1922) but with different lyrics" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1991; based on the anthem of the Democratic Republic of Armenia (1918-1922), but with different lyrics" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1991; based on the anthem of the Democratic Republic of Armenia (1918-1922), but with different lyrics" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1145,9 +1148,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "816 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit country for illicit drugs with its location between source countries Afghanistan and Iran and the markets of Europe and Russia.

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/middle-east/ba.json b/middle-east/ba.json index e4469816..85ba9a08 100644 --- a/middle-east/ba.json +++ b/middle-east/ba.json @@ -248,21 +248,9 @@ "text": "NA" }, "Drinking water source": { - "improved: urban": { - "text": "urban: NA" - }, - "improved: rural": { - "text": "rural: NA" - }, "improved: total": { "text": "total: 100% of population" }, - "unimproved: urban": { - "text": "urban: NA" - }, - "unimproved: rural": { - "text": "rural: NA" - }, "unimproved: total": { "text": "total: 0% of population (2020 est.)" } @@ -367,10 +355,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "desertification; drought; coastal degradation from oil spills and other discharges from large tankers, oil refineries, and distribution stations; lack of freshwater resources; saline contamination from lowered water table" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -665,13 +653,16 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Bahrainona\" (Our Bahrain)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1971; although Mohamed Sudqi AYYASH wrote the original lyrics, they were changed in 2002 following the transformation of Bahrain from an emirate to a kingdom" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1971; Mohamed Sudqi AYYASH wrote the original lyrics, but they were changed in 2002 after Bahrain became a kingdom" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1971; Mohamed Sudqi AYYASH wrote the original lyrics, but they were changed in 2002 after Bahrain became a kingdom" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/middle-east/gg.json b/middle-east/gg.json index 01fbe104..f3dc6699 100644 --- a/middle-east/gg.json +++ b/middle-east/gg.json @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ "note": "note: data does not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "28 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "20 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -387,10 +387,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution, particularly in Rust'avi; heavy water pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil pollution from toxic chemicals; land and forest degradation; biodiversity loss; waste management" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -663,13 +663,16 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Tavisupleba\" (Liberty)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Davit MAGRADSE/Zakaria PALIASHVILI (adapted by Joseb KETSCHAKMADSE)" }, - "note": "note: adopted 2004; after the Rose Revolution, a new anthem with music based on the operas \"Abesalom da Eteri\" and \"Daisi\" was adopted" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 2004, after the Rose Revolution; based on music from the operas \"Abesalom da Eteri\" and \"Daisi\"" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 2004, after the Rose Revolution; based on music from the operas \"Abesalom da Eteri\" and \"Daisi\"" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1189,9 +1192,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "530 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit country for opiates produced in Asia trafficked into Ukraine or Moldova via the Black Sea for other European destinations; not a major corridor for synthetic drug smuggling operations; domestic synthetic market for ecstasy/MDMA, amphetamines, and cannabis with ecstasy laced with fentanyl the drug of choice

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/middle-east/gz.json b/middle-east/gz.json index 4a01ec5d..cdc477d3 100644 --- a/middle-east/gz.json +++ b/middle-east/gz.json @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "20 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)", + "text": "16 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)", "note": "note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "soil degradation; desertification; water pollution from chemicals and pesticides; salination of fresh water; improper sewage treatment; depletion and contamination of underground water resources" }, "Climate": { diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index 6f853477..c5881c17 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -387,10 +387,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution, especially in urban areas, from vehicle emissions, refinery operations, and industrial effluents; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; oil pollution in the Persian Gulf; wetland losses from drought; soil degradation (salination); inadequate potable water; water pollution from raw sewage and industrial waste" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -641,13 +641,16 @@ "text": "green, white, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Soroud-e Melli-ye Jomhouri-ye Eslami-ye Iran\" (National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "multiple authors/Hassan RIAHI" }, - "note": "note 1: adopted 1990; Iran has had six national anthems; the first, entitled \"Salam-e Shah\" (Royal Salute) was in use from 1873-1909; next came \"Salamati-ye Dowlat-e Elliye-ye Iran\" (Salute of the Sublime State of Persia, 1909-1933); it was followed by \"Sorud-e melli\" (The Imperial Anthem of Iran; 1933-1979), which chronicled the exploits of the Pahlavi Dynasty; \"Ey Iran\" (Oh Iran) functioned unofficially as the national anthem for a brief period between the ouster of the Shah in 1979 and the early days of the Islamic Republic in 1980; \"Payandeh Bada Iran\" (Long Live Iran) was used between 1980 and 1990 during the time of Ayatollah KHOMEINI

note 2: a recording of the current Iranian national anthem is unavailable since the US Navy Band does not record anthems for countries from which the US does not anticipate official visits; the US does not have diplomatic relations with Iran" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1990; Iran has had six national anthems; the first, \"Salam-e Shah\" (Royal Salute), was in use from 1873 to 1909; \"Salamati-ye Dowlat-e Elliye-ye Iran\" (Salute of the Sublime State of Persia) from 1909 to 1933; \"Sorud-e melli\" (The Imperial Anthem of Iran) from 1933 to 1979; \"Ey Iran\" (Oh Iran) functioned unofficially as the national anthem for a brief period between the ouster of the Shah in 1979 and the early days of the Islamic Republic in 1980; \"Payandeh Bada Iran\" (Long Live Iran) was used between 1980 and 1990 under Ayatollah KHOMEINI" + }, + "note": "note: a recording of the current Iranian national anthem is unavailable because the US Navy Band does not record anthems for countries from which the US does not anticipate official visits; the US does not have diplomatic relations with Iran" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1199,9 +1202,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — Iran does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Iran remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/iran/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "significant transit and destination country for opiates and cannabis products mainly from Afghanistan and Pakistan; produces and consumes methamphetamine and traffics it to  international markets; one of the primary transshipment routes for Southwest Asian heroin to Europe; opium and cannabis most widely used drugs domestically along with increase in crystal methamphetamine" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/middle-east/is.json b/middle-east/is.json index 283076b0..9ab6839b 100644 --- a/middle-east/is.json +++ b/middle-east/is.json @@ -352,17 +352,6 @@ "text": "17.5% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "97.8%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "98.7%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "96.8% (2011)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "16 years" @@ -376,10 +365,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited arable land and restricted natural freshwater resources; desertification; air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; groundwater pollution from industrial and domestic waste, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -666,13 +655,16 @@ "text": "blue, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Hatikvah\" (The Hope)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Naftali Herz IMBER/traditional, arranged by Samuel COHEN" }, - "note": "note: adopted 2004, unofficial since 1948; used as the anthem of the Zionist movement since 1897; the 1888 arrangement by Samuel COHEN is thought to be based on the Romanian folk song \"Carul cu boi\" (The Ox Driven Cart)" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 2004, unofficial since 1948; used as the anthem of the Zionist movement since 1897; the 1888 arrangement by Samuel COHEN is thought to be based on the Romanian folk song \"Carul cu boi\" (The Ox-Driven Cart)" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 2004, unofficial since 1948; used as the anthem of the Zionist movement since 1897; the 1888 arrangement by Samuel COHEN is thought to be based on the Romanian folk song \"Carul cu boi\" (The Ox-Driven Cart)" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1194,9 +1186,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "35 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "increasingly concerned about ecstasy, cocaine, and heroin abuse; drugs arrive in country from Lebanon and, increasingly, from Jordan; money-laundering center" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index 75940a3b..91815e9d 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -378,10 +378,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "habitat loss from wetland draining; inadequate potable water; soil degradation (salination) and erosion; desertification; air, soil, and groundwater pollution from military and industries; water pollution from oil refineries and factory and sewage discharges; soil pollution from fertilizer and chemicals; air pollution in urban areas" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -650,13 +650,16 @@ "text": "red, white, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Mawtini\" (My Homeland)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Ibrahim TOUQAN/Mohammad FLAYFEL" }, - "note": "note: adopted 2004; following the ouster of SADDAM Husayn, Iraq adopted \"Mawtini,\" a popular folk song throughout the Arab world; also serves as an unofficial anthem of the Palestinian people" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 2004, after the ouster of SADDAM Husayn; popular Arab folk song that also serves as an unofficial anthem for the Palestinian people" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 2004, after the ouster of SADDAM Husayn; popular Arab folk song that also serves as an unofficial anthem for the Palestinian people" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index c827a40d..27440ec5 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -394,10 +394,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited natural freshwater resources; declining water table; salination; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; biodiversity and ecosystem damage/loss" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -687,13 +687,16 @@ "text": "black, white, green, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"As-salam al-malaki al-urdoni\" (Long Live the King of Jordan)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Abdul-Mone'm al-RIFAI'/Abdul-Qader al-TANEER" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1946; the shortened version of the anthem is used most commonly, while the full version is reserved for special occasions" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1946; the shortened version of the anthem is most commonly used; the full version is reserved for special occasions" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1946; the shortened version of the anthem is most commonly used; the full version is reserved for special occasions" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1204,9 +1207,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "64 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "primarily a transshipment country for amphetamine tablets originating in Lebanon and Syria and destined for Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Gulf countries; the government is increasingly concerned about domestic consumption of illicit drugs" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index a692f613..8ee990c6 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -374,10 +374,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited natural freshwater resources; air and water pollution; desertification; loss of biodiversity" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -610,12 +610,15 @@ "text": "green, white, red, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Al-Nasheed Al-Watani\" (National Anthem)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Ahmad MUSHARI al-Adwani/Ibrahim Nasir al-SOULA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1978; the anthem is only used on formal occasions" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1978; the anthem is only used on formal occasions" } }, diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index fe8a4a11..32877a1c 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -377,10 +377,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; soil deterioration, erosion; desertification; species loss; air pollution in Beirut from vehicular traffic and the burning of industrial wastes; pollution of coastal waters from raw sewage and oil spills; waste-water management" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -660,13 +660,16 @@ "text": "red, white, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Kulluna lil-watan\" (All Of Us, For Our Country!)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Kulluna lil-watan\" (All of Us, For Our Country!)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Rachid NAKHLE/Wadih SABRA" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1927; chosen following a nationwide competition" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1927; chosen through a nationwide competition" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1927; chosen through a nationwide competition" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1154,9 +1157,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared to the previous reporting period, therefore Lebanon remained on Tier 2 Watch List for a second consecutive year; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/lebanon/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

source country for amphetamine tablets destined for Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Libya and Sudan; source for captagon    

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/middle-east/mu.json b/middle-east/mu.json index 83e5d654..733c6524 100644 --- a/middle-east/mu.json +++ b/middle-east/mu.json @@ -377,10 +377,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited natural freshwater resources; high levels of soil and water salinity in the coastal plains; beach pollution from oil spills; industrial effluents in the water table and aquifers; desertification due to high winds driving desert sand into arable lands" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -661,13 +661,16 @@ "text": "red, white, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Nashid as-Salaam as-Sultani\" (The Sultan's Anthem)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Rashid bin Uzayyiz al KHUSAIDI/James Frederick MILLS, arranged by Bernard EBBINGHAUS" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1932; new lyrics written after QABOOS bin Said al Said gained power in 1970; first performed by the band of a British ship as a salute to the Sultan during a 1932 visit to Muscat; the bandmaster of the HMS Hawkins was asked to write a salutation to the Sultan on the occasion of his ship visit" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1932; new lyrics written after QABOOS bin Said al Said came to power in 1970; first performed by the band of the HMS Hawkins as a salute to the Sultan during a 1932 visit to Muscat; the ship's bandmaster did the arrangement" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1932; new lyrics written after QABOOS bin Said al Said came to power in 1970; first performed by the band of the HMS Hawkins as a salute to the Sultan during a 1932 visit to Muscat; the ship's bandmaster did the arrangement" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1126,7 +1129,7 @@ "text": "18 for voluntary military service for men and women (women have been allowed to serve since 2011); no conscription (2023)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) are responsible for defending the country, ensuring internal security, and protecting the monarchy; it is a small but well-equipped military that often trains with foreign partners such as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, the UK, and the US; the SAF has a longstanding security relationship with the British military going back to the 18th century; today, the SAF and the British maintain a joint training base in Oman; 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 SAF is part of the Peninsula Shield Forces, a joint military force established by the GCC countries with the aim of maintaining security and stability in the region

Oman has a small but relatively modern navy that 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, multinational 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 (2024)" + "text": "the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) are responsible for defending the country, ensuring internal security, and protecting the monarchy; it trains with foreign partners such as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, the UK, and the US; the SAF has a security relationship with the British military going back to the 18th century; today, the SAF and the British maintain a joint training base in Oman, and the British military uses the 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 SAF is part of the Peninsula Shield Forces, a joint military force established by the GCC countries with the aim of maintaining security and stability in the region

Oman's naval forces conduct 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; Oman participates in the US-led, multinational Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), which operates multinational task forces conducting maritime security in regional waters (2025)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/middle-east/qa.json b/middle-east/qa.json index a733f8c4..b4e973fa 100644 --- a/middle-east/qa.json +++ b/middle-east/qa.json @@ -349,17 +349,6 @@ "text": "9.3% national budget (2020 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "93.5%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "92.4%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "94.7% (2017)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "13 years" @@ -373,10 +362,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air, land, and water pollution; limited natural freshwater resources; limited conservation of oil and wildlife " }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution" }, @@ -639,13 +628,16 @@ "text": "maroon, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Al-Salam Al-Amiri\" (The Amiri Salute)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Sheikh MUBARAK bin Saif al-Thani/Abdul Aziz Nasser OBAIDAN" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1996; anthem first performed that year at a meeting of the Gulf Cooperative Council hosted by Qatar" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1996; anthem first performed that year at a meeting of the Gulf Cooperative Council" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1996; anthem first performed that year at a meeting of the Gulf Cooperative Council" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index 7c21812d..5d68f3f3 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "desertification; depletion of underground water resources; limited freshwater resources; coastal pollution from oil spills; air pollution; waste management" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution" }, @@ -641,12 +641,15 @@ "text": "green, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Aash Al Maleek\" (Long Live Our Beloved King)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Ibrahim KHAFAJI/Abdul Rahman al-KHATEEB" }, + "history": { + "text": "music adopted 1947, lyrics adopted 1984" + }, "note": "note: music adopted 1947, lyrics adopted 1984" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1143,9 +1146,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "70,000 (2022); note - thousands of biduns (stateless Arabs) are descendants of nomadic tribes who were not officially registered when national borders were established, while others migrated to Saudi Arabia in search of jobs; some have temporary identification cards that must be renewed every five years, but their rights remain restricted; most Palestinians have only legal resident status; some naturalized Yemenis were made stateless after being stripped of their passports when Yemen backed Iraq in its invasion of Kuwait in 1990; Saudi women cannot pass their citizenship on to their children, so if they marry a non-national, their children risk statelessness" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "regularly sentences drug traffickers to the death penalty, although a moratorium on executions for drug offences has been in place since at least 2020; improving anti-money-laundering legislation and enforcement" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/middle-east/sy.json b/middle-east/sy.json index cb99e86c..0c146741 100644 --- a/middle-east/sy.json +++ b/middle-east/sy.json @@ -353,10 +353,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; depletion of water resources; water pollution from raw sewage and petroleum refining wastes; inadequate potable water" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -601,13 +601,16 @@ "text": "red, white, black, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Humat ad-Diyar\" (Guardians of the Homeland)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Khalil Mardam BEY/Mohammad Salim FLAYFEL and Ahmad Salim FLAYFEL" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1936, restored 1961; between 1958 and 1961, while Syria was a member of the United Arab Republic with Egypt, the country had a different anthem" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1936, restored 1961; the country had a different anthem between 1958 and 1961, when Syria was part of the United Arab Republic" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1936, restored 1961; the country had a different anthem between 1958 and 1961, when Syria was part of the United Arab Republic" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1116,9 +1119,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — Syria does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Syria remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/syria/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

increasing drug trafficking particularly the synthetic stimulant captagon, a mixture of various amphetamines, methamphetamine, and/or other stimulants;  drug smuggling of captagon and other stimulants linked to the Syrian government and Hizballah

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/middle-east/tu.json b/middle-east/tu.json index c9c3cc5a..3cf72f4a 100644 --- a/middle-east/tu.json +++ b/middle-east/tu.json @@ -396,10 +396,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution from dumping of chemicals and detergents; air pollution, particularly in urban areas; deforestation; land degradation; conservation of biodiversity" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -682,13 +682,16 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Istiklal Marsi\" (Independence March)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Mehmet Akif ERSOY/Zeki UNGOR" }, - "note": "note: lyrics adopted 1921, music adopted 1932; the anthem's original music was adopted in 1924; a new composition was agreed upon in 1932" + "history": { + "text": "lyrics adopted 1921, music adopted 1932; the anthem's original music was adopted in 1924" + }, + "note": "note: lyrics adopted 1921, music adopted 1932; the anthem's original music was adopted in 1924" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1245,9 +1248,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "117 (2018)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a significant transit country for illicit drug trafficking; an increase of heroin and methamphetamine seizures along the Turkiye-Iran border; Syrian drug traffickers play a significant role in Turkiye’s drug trade; domestic Illegal drug use relatively low compared to countries in the region

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/middle-east/we.json b/middle-east/we.json index c003f66a..02c4627b 100644 --- a/middle-east/we.json +++ b/middle-east/we.json @@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "adequacy of freshwater supply; sewage treatment" }, "Climate": { diff --git a/middle-east/ym.json b/middle-east/ym.json index 8e5573e9..e8f67f96 100644 --- a/middle-east/ym.json +++ b/middle-east/ym.json @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ "note": "note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-49" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "183 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "118 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -353,22 +353,16 @@ } }, "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "70.1%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "85.1%" - }, "female": { "text": "54.1% (2023 est.)" } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited natural freshwater resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -658,12 +652,15 @@ "text": "red, white, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"al-qumhuriyatu l-muttahida\" (United Republic)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Abdullah Abdulwahab NOA'MAN/Ayyoab Tarish ABSI" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1990; the music first served as the anthem for South Yemen before unification with North Yemen in 1990" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1990; the music first served as the anthem for South Yemen before unification with North Yemen in 1990" }, "National heritage": { diff --git a/north-america/bd.json b/north-america/bd.json index a23e02ee..3f27d71e 100644 --- a/north-america/bd.json +++ b/north-america/bd.json @@ -240,18 +240,12 @@ "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 99.9% of population" }, - "improved: rural": { - "text": "rural: NA" - }, "improved: total": { "text": "total: 99.9% of population" }, "unimproved: urban": { "text": "urban: 0.1% of population" }, - "unimproved: rural": { - "text": "rural: NA" - }, "unimproved: total": { "text": "total: 0.1% of population (2020)" } @@ -287,17 +281,6 @@ "text": "11.6% national budget (2024 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "13 years" @@ -311,7 +294,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from vehicle emissions; scarce water resources; solid waste disposal; hazardous waste disposal; sewage disposal; overfishing; oil spills" }, "Climate": { @@ -565,13 +548,16 @@ "text": "Bermuda's coat of arms was formally granted by Royal Warrant on 4 October 1910 but has been in use since at least 1624; the red lion is a symbol of Great Britain; the Latin motto under the coat of arms, Quo Fata Ferunt, means \"Whither the Fates Carry [Us];\" the ship is the Sea Venture, an English ship that was wrecked on then-uninhabited Bermuda in 1609" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "Hail to Bermuda" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Bette JOHNS" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: serves as a local anthem; as a territory of the United Kingdom, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a UK territory" + }, + "note": "note: serves as a local anthem; \"God Save the King\" is the official anthem for Bermuda, as a territory of the United Kingdom (see United Kingdom)" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/north-america/ca.json b/north-america/ca.json index 23546a0f..43b22212 100644 --- a/north-america/ca.json +++ b/north-america/ca.json @@ -369,17 +369,6 @@ "text": "11.2% national budget (2023 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "17 years" @@ -393,10 +382,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution and acid rain from vehicle emissions, coal-burning, and metal smelting severely affecting lakes and forests; seawater pollution from agriculture, industry, mining, and forestry " }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -695,13 +684,16 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"O Canada\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Adolphe-Basile ROUTHIER [French], Robert Stanley WEIR [English]/Calixa LAVALLEE" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1980; originally written in 1880, \"O Canada\" served as an unofficial anthem many years before its official adoption; the anthem has French and English versions whose lyrics differ; as a Commonwealth realm, in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem (see United Kingdom)" + "history": { + "text": "royal anthem, as a Commonwealth country" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1980; originally written in 1880, it served as an unofficial anthem for many years; the anthem has French and English versions whose lyrics differ; in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem for the Commonwealth country (see United Kingdom)" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1259,7 +1251,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

transnational criminal organizations trafficked cocaine, opium, methamphetamine, other synthetic drugs, and prescription drugs (some of which transited the United States) to Canada for domestic consumption; a source of synthetic drugs (including synthetic opioids), cannabis, and MDMA trafficked to the United States;  a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/north-america/gl.json b/north-america/gl.json index 6245c1e0..af09f14a 100644 --- a/north-america/gl.json +++ b/north-america/gl.json @@ -286,21 +286,10 @@ }, "Education expenditure": { "text": "10.2% of GDP (2019 est.)" - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "100%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "100%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "100% (2015)" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "changes in sea levels and other disruptions in the Arctic environment" }, "Climate": { @@ -523,13 +512,16 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit\" (Our Country, Who's Become So Old also translated as You Our Ancient Land)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Nuna asiilasooq\" (The Land of Great Length)" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Henrik LUND/Jonathan PETERSEN" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1916; the government also recognizes \"Nuna asiilasooq\" as a secondary anthem" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1979, when home rule was granted; the Greenlandic government recognizes this local Kalaallit song as a secondary anthem" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1916; the government also recognizes the local Kalaallit song \"Nuna asiilasooq\" (The Land of Great Length) as a secondary anthem" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/north-america/ip.json b/north-america/ip.json index 38df6d65..122753d7 100644 --- a/north-america/ip.json +++ b/north-america/ip.json @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "no natural resources, guano deposits depleted; stagnant fresh-water lagoon" }, "Climate": { diff --git a/north-america/mx.json b/north-america/mx.json index e5afd236..a843948d 100644 --- a/north-america/mx.json +++ b/north-america/mx.json @@ -405,11 +405,11 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities; natural freshwater resources scarce and polluted in north, inaccessible and poor quality in center and extreme southeast; urban river pollution from raw sewage and industrial effluents; deforestation; widespread erosion; desertification; serious air and water pollution in urban areas; land subsidence in Valley of Mexico caused by groundwater depletion", "note": "note: the government considers the lack of clean water and deforestation as national security issues" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -744,13 +744,16 @@ "text": "green, white, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Himno Nacional Mexicano\" (National Anthem of Mexico)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Francisco Gonzalez BOCANEGRA/Jaime Nuno ROCA" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1943, in use since 1854; also known as \"Mexicanos, al grito de Guerra\" (Mexicans, to the War Cry); according to tradition, Francisco Gonzalez BOCANEGRA, an accomplished poet, was uninterested in submitting lyrics to a national anthem contest; his fiancee locked him in a room and refused to release him until the lyrics were completed" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1943, in use since 1854; also known as \"Mexicanos, al grito de Guerra\" (Mexicans, to the War Cry); according to tradition, BOCANEGRA, an accomplished poet, did not want to submit lyrics to a national anthem contest, but his fiancée locked him in a room and refused to release him until the lyrics were completed" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1943, in use since 1854; also known as \"Mexicanos, al grito de Guerra\" (Mexicans, to the War Cry); according to tradition, BOCANEGRA, an accomplished poet, did not want to submit lyrics to a national anthem contest, but his fiancée locked him in a room and refused to release him until the lyrics were completed" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1289,7 +1292,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2023, women comprised about 10% of the active-duty Army, Air Force, and Navy, and about 14% of the National Guard" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Mexican military is responsible for defending the independence, integrity, and sovereignty of Mexico, as well as providing for internal security, disaster response, humanitarian assistance, and socio-economic development; in recent years, internal security duties have been a key focus, particularly in countering narcotics trafficking and organized crime groups, as well as border control and immigration enforcement; the constitution was amended in 2019 to grant the president the authority to use the armed forces to protect internal and national security, and courts have upheld the legality of the armed forces’ role in law enforcement activities in support of civilian authorities through 2028; the military also provides security for strategic facilities, such as oil production infrastructure, and administers most of the country's land and sea ports and customs services, plus a state-owned development bank; in addition, President LÓPEZ OBRADOR placed the military in charge of a growing number of infrastructure projects, such as building and operating a new airport for Mexico City and sections of a train line in the country’s southeast (2024)" + "text": "the Mexican military is responsible for defending the independence, integrity, and sovereignty of Mexico, as well as providing for internal security, disaster response, humanitarian assistance, and socio-economic development; internal security duties are a key focus, particularly combating narcotics trafficking and organized crime groups, as well as border control and immigration enforcement; the constitution was amended in 2019 to grant the president the authority to use the armed forces to protect internal and national security, and courts have upheld the legality of the armed forces’ role in law enforcement activities in support of civilian authorities through 2028; the military also provides security for strategic facilities, such as oil production infrastructure, and administers most of the country's land and sea ports and customs services, plus a state-owned development bank; in addition, President LÓPEZ OBRADOR placed the military in charge of a growing number of infrastructure projects, such as building and operating a new airport for Mexico City and sections of a train line in the country’s southeast (2025)" } }, "Space": { @@ -1320,7 +1323,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

significant source and transit country for fentanyl, fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills, other synthetic opioids, cocaine from South America, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine destined for the United States; a destination for synthetic drug precursor chemicals from China, India, and other countries

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country

major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/north-america/sb.json b/north-america/sb.json index eb9688e2..4a673abc 100644 --- a/north-america/sb.json +++ b/north-america/sb.json @@ -281,21 +281,10 @@ }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "64.1% (2023 est.)" - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "overfishing" }, "Climate": { @@ -477,7 +466,16 @@ "text": "16th-century sailing ship" }, "National anthem": { - "text": "

note: as a collectivity of France, \"La Marseillaise\" is official (see France)

" + "title": { + "text": "\"La Marseillaise\"" + }, + "lyrics/music": { + "text": "Claude-Joseph ROUGET de Lisle" + }, + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a French collectivity" + }, + "note": "note: as a collectivity of France, \"La Marseillaise\" is official (see France)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/north-america/us.json b/north-america/us.json index 6644ddb0..d37e1747 100644 --- a/north-america/us.json +++ b/north-america/us.json @@ -374,17 +374,6 @@ "text": "14% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "male": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "16 years" @@ -398,10 +387,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution; water pollution from runoff of pesticides and fertilizers; declining natural freshwater resources in the west; deforestation; mining; desertification; species conservation; invasive species " }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -680,13 +669,16 @@ "text": "red, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"The Star-Spangled Banner\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Francis Scott KEY/John Stafford SMITH" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1931; during the War of 1812, after witnessing the successful American defense of Fort McHenry in Baltimore following British naval bombardment, Francis Scott KEY wrote the lyrics to what would become the national anthem; the lyrics were set to the tune of \"The Anacreontic Song\"; only the first verse is sung" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1931; during the War of 1812, Francis Scott KEY witnessed the successful American defense of Baltimore's Fort McHenry against a British naval bombardment, later writing a poem about it that would become the US national anthem; the lyrics were set to the tune of \"The Anacreontic Song;\" usually only the first verse is sung" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1931; during the War of 1812, Francis Scott KEY witnessed the successful American defense of Baltimore's Fort McHenry against a British naval bombardment, later writing a poem about it that would become the US national anthem; the lyrics were set to the tune of \"The Anacreontic Song;\" usually only the first verse is sung" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1226,9 +1218,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "47 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

world's largest consumer of cocaine (shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean), Colombian heroin, and Mexican heroin and marijuana; major consumer of ecstasy and Mexican methamphetamine; minor consumer of high-quality Southeast Asian heroin; illicit producer of cannabis, marijuana, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine; money-laundering center

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/oceans/oo.json b/oceans/oo.json index f67752ad..eb50ff99 100644 --- a/oceans/oo.json +++ b/oceans/oo.json @@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "natural and man-made changes to the ocean's physical, chemical, and biological systems " }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "text": "the Southern Ocean is subject to all international agreements regarding the world's oceans; in addition, it is subject to these agreements specific to the Antarctic region: International Whaling Commission (prohibits commercial whaling south of 40 degrees south [south of 60 degrees south between 50 degrees and 130 degrees west]); Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (limits sealing); Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (regulates fishing)

note: mineral exploitation except for scientific research is banned by the Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty; additionally, many nations (including the US) prohibit mineral resource exploration and exploitation south of the fluctuating Polar Front (Antarctic Convergence), which is in the middle of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and serves as the dividing line between the cold polar surface waters to the south and the warmer waters to the north

" }, "Climate": { diff --git a/oceans/xo.json b/oceans/xo.json index f2e0aa83..e7101152 100644 --- a/oceans/xo.json +++ b/oceans/xo.json @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ "People and Society": { }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "marine pollution from ocean dumping, improper waste disposal, and oil spills; oil pollution in Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea; threats to coral reefs; loss of biodiversity; endangered marine species " }, "Climate": { diff --git a/oceans/xq.json b/oceans/xq.json index 623b55e5..6139fd7d 100644 --- a/oceans/xq.json +++ b/oceans/xq.json @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ "People and Society": { }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "changes in biodiversity and temperature; water pollution from use of toxic chemicals; endangered marine species; ecosystem slow to recover from disruptions or damage; thinning polar icepack" }, "Climate": { diff --git a/oceans/zh.json b/oceans/zh.json index 3cc43d80..24b246eb 100644 --- a/oceans/zh.json +++ b/oceans/zh.json @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "endangered marine species; fishery issues (over-fishing, unregulated bottom trawling, drift-net fishing, discards, catch of non-target species); pollution (maritime transport, discharges, offshore drilling, oil spills, improperly disposed waste); municipal sludge pollution off eastern US, southern Brazil, and eastern Argentina; oil pollution in Caribbean Sea, Gulf of America, Lake Maracaibo, Mediterranean Sea, and North Sea; industrial waste and municipal sewage pollution in Baltic Sea, North Sea, and Mediterranean Sea" }, "Climate": { diff --git a/oceans/zn.json b/oceans/zn.json index f3db829a..263c60f9 100644 --- a/oceans/zn.json +++ b/oceans/zn.json @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ "People and Society": { }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "pollution from sources such as sewage, nutrient runoff from agriculture, plastic pollution, and toxic waste; habitat destruction; overfishing; sea level-rise and ocean acidification; endangered marine species include the dugong, sea lion, sea otter, seals, turtles, and whales; oil pollution in Philippine Sea and South China Sea" }, "Climate": { diff --git a/south-america/ar.json b/south-america/ar.json index b74eb3e2..4a91bcfd 100644 --- a/south-america/ar.json +++ b/south-america/ar.json @@ -274,18 +274,9 @@ "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 99.8% of population" }, - "improved: rural": { - "text": "rural: NA" - }, - "improved: total": { - "text": "total: NA" - }, "unimproved: urban": { "text": "urban: 0.2% of population" }, - "unimproved: rural": { - "text": "rural: NA" - }, "unimproved: total": { "text": "total: (2020 est.) NA" } @@ -374,17 +365,6 @@ "text": "12.7% national budget (2022 est.)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "99%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "98.9%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "99.1% (2018 est.)" - } - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "18 years" @@ -398,10 +378,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; soil degradation (erosion, salinization); desertification; air pollution; water pollution" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -710,12 +690,15 @@ "text": "sky blue, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Himno Nacional Argentino\" (Argentine National Anthem)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Vicente LOPEZ y PLANES/Jose Blas PARERA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1813; Vicente LOPEZ was inspired to write the anthem after watching a play about the 1810 May Revolution against Spain" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1813; Vicente LOPEZ was inspired to write the anthem after watching a play about the 1810 May Revolution against Spain" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1268,9 +1251,6 @@ "refugees (country of origin)": { "text": "217,742 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2023)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

counterfeiting, drug trafficking, and other smuggling offenses in the Tri-Border area; some money laundering organizations in the TBA have may have links to the terrorist organization Hizballah; a large producer of chemical precursors

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index e33ab1c1..a1356794 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -384,10 +384,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation from agricultural clearing and international demand for timber; soil erosion from overgrazing and poor cultivation methods (including slash-and-burn agriculture); desertification; loss of biodiversity; industrial pollution of water supplies used for drinking and irrigation" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands," }, @@ -702,12 +702,15 @@ "text": "red, yellow, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Cancion Patriotica\" (Patriotic Song)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Jose Ignacio de SANJINES/Leopoldo Benedetto VINCENTI" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1852" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1852" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1206,7 +1209,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

the third-largest source country of cocaine and a major transit country for Peruvian cocaine; coca cultivation in 2021 totaled 39,700 hectares (ha); most  cocaine is exported to other Latin American countries, especially Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, for domestic consumption, or for onward transit from those countries to West Africa and Europe, not the United States.

 

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country

major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-america/br.json b/south-america/br.json index c3faad73..e880d7d5 100644 --- a/south-america/br.json +++ b/south-america/br.json @@ -394,10 +394,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation in Amazon Basin; illegal wildlife trade; illegal poaching; air and water pollution in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and other large cities; land degradation and water pollution from mining; wetland degradation; oil spills" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -724,13 +724,16 @@ "text": "green, yellow, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Hino Nacional Brasileiro\" (Brazilian National Anthem)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Joaquim Osorio Duque ESTRADA/Francisco Manoel DA SILVA" }, - "note": "note: music adopted 1890, lyrics adopted 1922; the anthem's music, composed in 1822, was used unofficially for many years before it was adopted" + "history": { + "text": "music adopted 1890, lyrics adopted 1922; the anthem's music, composed in 1822, was used unofficially for many years" + }, + "note": "note: music adopted 1890, lyrics adopted 1922; the anthem's music, composed in 1822, was used unofficially for many years " }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1309,7 +1312,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a significant drug transit and destination country for cocaine bound for Europe and other destinations including the United States; domestic drug use and addiction is a significant problem and it is second only to the United States in cocaine consumption; a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-america/ci.json b/south-america/ci.json index 90e78b65..0e8e789a 100644 --- a/south-america/ci.json +++ b/south-america/ci.json @@ -380,10 +380,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; noise pollution; improper garbage disposal; soil degradation; widespread deforestation; pollution and ecosystem degradation from mining; wildlife conservation" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -707,13 +707,16 @@ "text": "red, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Himno Nacional de Chile\" (National Anthem of Chile)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Eusebio LILLO Robles and Bernardo DE VERA y Pintado/Ramon CARNICER y Battle" }, - "note": "note: music adopted 1828, original lyrics adopted 1818, adapted lyrics adopted 1847; under Augusto PINOCHET's military rule, a verse glorifying the army was added; however, as a protest, some citizens refused to sing this verse; it was removed when democracy was restored in 1990" + "history": { + "text": "music adopted 1828, original lyrics adopted 1818, adapted lyrics adopted 1847; under Augusto PINOCHET's military rule, a verse glorifying the army was added; some citizens refused to sing this verse as a protest, and it was removed when democracy was restored in 1990" + }, + "note": "note: music adopted 1828, original lyrics adopted 1818, adapted lyrics adopted 1847; under Augusto PINOCHET's military rule, a verse glorifying the army was added; some citizens refused to sing this verse as a protest, and it was removed when democracy was restored in 1990" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1236,9 +1239,6 @@ "refugees (country of origin)": { "text": "444,423 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum or have received alternative legal stay) (2023)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "transshipment country for cocaine destined for Europe and the region; some money laundering activity, especially through the Iquique Free Trade Zone; imported precursors passed on to Bolivia; domestic cocaine consumption is rising, making Chile a significant consumer of cocaine" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-america/co.json b/south-america/co.json index 941e2ed3..e20a68bb 100644 --- a/south-america/co.json +++ b/south-america/co.json @@ -393,10 +393,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation from timber exploitation in the Amazon and the Chocó region; soil erosion; soil and water pollution from overuse of pesticides; air pollution, especially in Bogota, from vehicle emissions" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -706,13 +706,16 @@ "text": "yellow, blue, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Himno Nacional de la Republica de Colombia\" (National Anthem of the Republic of Colombia)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Rafael NUNEZ/Oreste SINDICI" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1920; the anthem was created from an inspirational poem written by President Rafael NUNEZ" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1920; the anthem comes from an inspirational poem written by President Rafael NUNEZ" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1920; the anthem comes from an inspirational poem written by President Rafael NUNEZ" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1262,7 +1265,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

Colombia is the world’s top cocaine producer and exporter; is a source of heroin and marijuana; coca cultivation estimated at 234,000 hectares (ha) in 2021; pure cocaine production decreased to 972 metric tons in 2021; a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

 

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country

major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-america/ec.json b/south-america/ec.json index 2beedd79..ad98033d 100644 --- a/south-america/ec.json +++ b/south-america/ec.json @@ -389,10 +389,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution; pollution from oil production wastes in areas of the Amazon Basin and Galapagos Islands" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -682,13 +682,16 @@ "text": "yellow, blue, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Salve, Oh Patria!\" (We Salute You, Our Homeland)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Juan Leon MERA/Antonio NEUMANE" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1948; Juan Leon MERA wrote the lyrics in 1865; only the chorus and second verse are sung" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1948; MERA wrote the lyrics in 1865; only the chorus and second verse are sung" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1948; MERA wrote the lyrics in 1865; only the chorus and second verse are sung" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1195,7 +1198,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

Ecuador is a major transit country for cocaine destined for the United States and other international destinations; criminal groups traffic cocaine precursor chemicals for drug gangs; not a major drug producing country; a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country

major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-america/fk.json b/south-america/fk.json index a39a376c..a960518e 100644 --- a/south-america/fk.json +++ b/south-america/fk.json @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "overfishing by unlicensed vessels; grazing threatens important habitats; soil erosion from fires" }, "Climate": { @@ -399,13 +399,16 @@ "text": "the Falkland Islands adopted its coat of arms in 1948; the shield highlights the national symbol, the ram, which represents the country’s agricultural industry and stands on native tussock grass; English navigator John Davis’s sailing vessel, the Desire, is shown, referencing his sighting of the islands in 1592; below the shield is the national motto, “Desire the Right”" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Song of the Falklands\"" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "Christopher LANHAM" + "text": "unknown" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1930s; the song is the local unofficial anthem; as a territory of the United Kingdom, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)" + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a UK territory" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1930s; the song is the local unofficial anthem; \"God Save the King\" is official for the Falklands, as a territory of the United Kingdom (see United Kingdom)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-america/gy.json b/south-america/gy.json index 0bd8233d..7dda393c 100644 --- a/south-america/gy.json +++ b/south-america/gy.json @@ -386,10 +386,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution from sewage and agricultural/industrial chemicals; deforestation" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006" }, @@ -663,15 +663,18 @@ "text": "red, yellow, green, black, white" }, "National coat of arms": { - "text": "

Guyana’s coat of arms was adopted in 1966, the year of the country’s independence from the United Kingdom; the jaguars signify strength and resilience, with one holding a pickaxe that stands for labor and the other holding stalks of rice and sugarcane for agriculture; two national symbols, the Canje pheasant and the Victorian lily, are on the shield, with the national motto underneath; three wavy blue lines stand for the Essequibo, Demerara, and Berbice rivers, the headdress for the country’s ethnic groups, and the diamonds for the mining industry; the helmet is a symbol of past UK rule in Guyana

" + "text": "Guyana’s coat of arms was adopted in 1966, the year of the country’s independence from the United Kingdom; the jaguars signify strength and resilience, with one holding a pickaxe that stands for labor and the other holding stalks of rice and sugarcane for agriculture; two national symbols, the Canje pheasant and the Victorian lily, are on the shield, with the national motto underneath; three wavy blue lines stand for the Essequibo, Demerara, and Berbice rivers, the headdress for the country’s ethnic groups, and the diamonds for the mining industry; the helmet is a symbol of past UK rule in Guyana" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains\"" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Archibald Leonard LUKERL/Robert Cyril Gladstone POTTER" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1966" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1966" } }, @@ -1104,9 +1107,6 @@ "refugees (country of origin)": { "text": "21,676 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or received alternative legal stay) (2023)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit country for cocaine destined for the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, and West Africa; growing domestic marijuana cultivation and consumption

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-america/ns.json b/south-america/ns.json index 63dd1fcf..c75db6b4 100644 --- a/south-america/ns.json +++ b/south-america/ns.json @@ -348,24 +348,13 @@ "Education expenditure (% national budget)": { "text": "8.6% national budget (2024 est.)" } - }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "95%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "96.5%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "93.4% (2021)" - } } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; pollution of inland waterways from small-scale mining activities" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -509,10 +498,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Chandrikapersad \"Chan\" SANTOKHI (since 16 July 2020)" + "text": "President Jennifer GEERLINGS-SIMONS (since 16 July 2025)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President Chandrikapersad \"Chan\" SANTOKHI (since 16 July 2020)" + "text": "President Jennifer GEERLINGS-SIMONS (since 16 July 2025)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president" @@ -637,13 +626,16 @@ "text": "green, white, red, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"God zij met ons Suriname!\" (God Be With Our Suriname)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Cornelis Atses HOEKSTRA and Henry DE ZIEL/Johannes Corstianus DE PUY" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1959; originally adapted from a Sunday school song written in 1893 and contains lyrics in both Dutch and Sranang Tongo" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1959; originally adapted from a Sunday-school song written in 1893; contains lyrics in both Dutch and Sranang Tongo" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1959; originally adapted from a Sunday-school song written in 1893; contains lyrics in both Dutch and Sranang Tongo" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1105,8 +1097,5 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a transit country for South American cocaine en route to Europe; illicit drugs are smuggled in cargo containers, commercial and private air transport and human couriers

 

" - } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-america/pa.json b/south-america/pa.json index 6347d4d0..4aea05c7 100644 --- a/south-america/pa.json +++ b/south-america/pa.json @@ -376,10 +376,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; water pollution; toxic dumping in rivers and streams; loss of wetlands; inadequate means for waste disposal in urban areas" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -683,13 +683,16 @@ "text": "red, white, blue" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "\"Paraguayos, Republica o muerte!\" (Paraguayans, The Republic or Death!)" + "title": { + "text": "\"Paraguayos, Republica o muerte!\" (Paraguayans, the Republic or Death!)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Francisco Esteban ACUNA de Figueroa/disputed" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1934, in use since 1846; officially adopted following its re-arrangement in 1934" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1934, in use since 1846" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1934, in use since 1846" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1152,14 +1155,14 @@ "text": "approximately 15,000 active-duty Armed Forces (2025)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the military's inventory is comprised of mostly older or obsolescent equipment from a variety of foreign suppliers, particularly Brazil and the US; in recent years, the Paraguayan Government has purchased small quantities of more modern equipment (2024)" + "text": "the military's inventory is comprised of mostly older or obsolescent equipment from a variety of foreign suppliers, particularly Brazil and the US; in recent years, the military has received small quantities of more modern equipment, such as light attack aircraft and secondhand helicopters (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 years of age for compulsory (men) and voluntary (men and women) military service; conscript service obligation is 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy; conscripts also serve in the National Police (2024)", "note": "note: as of 2021, women made up about 6% of the active military" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Paraguayan military is responsible for external defense but also has some domestic security duties; while the National Police are responsible for maintaining internal security, the military works with the police through a Joint Task Force (Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta or FTC) in combatting the Paraguayan People’s Army (Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo or EPP) and transnational criminal organizations; the military has an Internal Defense Operations Command (Comando de Defensa Interna or CODI), which includes the Army, Navy, and Air Force, to coordinate internal security support to the police and other security organizations, such as the National Anti-Drug Secretariat or SENAD

the EPP is a domestic criminal/guerrilla group initially dedicated to a Marxist-Leninist revolution in Paraguay that operates in the rural northern part of the country along the border with Brazil; the activities of the EPP and its offshoots—Marsical López’s Army (EML) and the Armed Peasant Association (ACA)—have consisted largely of isolated attacks on remote police and army posts, or against ranchers and peasants accused of aiding Paraguayan security forces

the Paraguayan military is a small force by regional standards, and its limited equipment inventory is largely obsolete, with some of it pre-dating World War II; it has deployed small numbers of troops on UN missions and cooperates with neighboring countries, such as Argentina and Brazil, on security issues, particularly organized crime and narco-trafficking in what is known as the Tri-Border Area; Paraguay has not fought a war against a neighboring country since the Chaco War with Bolivia in the 1930s (2024)" + "text": "the Paraguayan military is responsible for external defense but also has some domestic security duties; while the National Police are responsible for maintaining internal security, the military cooperates with the police in combatting the Paraguayan People’s Army (Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo or EPP) and transnational criminal organizations; the military has an Internal Defense Operations Command (Comando de Defensa Interna or CODI), which includes the Army, Navy, and Air Force, to coordinate internal security support to the police and other security organizations, such as the National Anti-Drug Secretariat or SENAD

the EPP is a domestic criminal/guerrilla group initially dedicated to a Marxist-Leninist revolution in Paraguay that operates in the rural northern part of the country along the border with Brazil; the activities of the EPP and its offshoots—Marsical López’s Army (EML) and the Armed Peasant Association (ACA)—have consisted largely of isolated attacks on remote police and army posts, or against ranchers and peasants accused of aiding Paraguayan security forces

the Paraguayan military has deployed small numbers of troops on UN missions and cooperates with neighboring countries, such as Argentina and Brazil, on security issues, particularly organized crime and narco-trafficking in what is known as the Tri-Border Area; Paraguay has not fought a war against a neighboring country since the Chaco War with Bolivia in the 1930s (2024)" } }, "Space": { @@ -1182,9 +1185,6 @@ "refugees (country of origin)": { "text": "5,231 (Venezuela) (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

marijuana cultivation and the trafficking of Andean cocaine in the tri-border area shared with Argentina, and Brazil facilitates money laundering

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index 94ff4b6a..045900d1 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -399,10 +399,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation (some the result of illegal logging); overgrazing leading to soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in Lima; pollution of rivers and coastal waters from municipal and mining wastes; overfishing" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -684,12 +684,15 @@ "text": "red, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Himno Nacional del Peru\" (National Anthem of Peru)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Jose DE LA TORRE Ugarte/Jose Bernardo ALZEDO" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1822; the song won a national anthem contest" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1822; the song won a national anthem contest" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1239,7 +1242,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

world’s second-largest producer of cocaine and coca (after Colombia), with approximately 84,400 hectares (ha) under cultivation in 2021;  Peruvian cocaine is trafficked throughout South America for shipment to Europe, East Asia, Mexico, and the United States;  major importer of precursor chemicals for cocaine production; growing domestic drug consumption problem; a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country

major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-america/sx.json b/south-america/sx.json index 1e878e3b..3bbc0c3b 100644 --- a/south-america/sx.json +++ b/south-america/sx.json @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "damage to native wildlife from imported animals" }, "Climate": { diff --git a/south-america/uy.json b/south-america/uy.json index 4e79c528..e7167475 100644 --- a/south-america/uy.json +++ b/south-america/uy.json @@ -389,10 +389,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution from meat-packing, tannery industries; heavy metal pollution; inadequate solid and hazardous waste disposal; deforestation" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -712,13 +712,16 @@ "text": "blue, white, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Himno Nacional\" (National Anthem of Uruguay)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Francisco Esteban ACUNA de Figueroa/Francisco Jose DEBALI" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1848; the anthem is also known as \"Orientales, la Patria o la tumba!\" (\"Uruguayans, the Fatherland or Death!\"); it is the world's longest national anthem in terms of music (105 bars; almost five minutes); generally only the first verse and chorus are sung" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1848; the anthem is also known as \"Orientales, la Patria o la tumba!\" (\"Uruguayans, the Fatherland or Death!\"); it is the world's longest national anthem in terms of music (105 bars; almost five minutes); usually only the first verse and chorus are sung" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1848; the anthem is also known as \"Orientales, la Patria o la tumba!\" (\"Uruguayans, the Fatherland or Death!\"); it is the world's longest national anthem in terms of music (105 bars; almost five minutes); usually only the first verse and chorus are sung" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1223,9 +1226,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Uruguay was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/uruguay/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "transit country for drugs mainly bound for Europe, often through sea-borne containers; limited law enforcement corruption; money laundering; weak border control along Brazilian frontier; increasing consumption of cocaine base and synthetic drugs" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-america/ve.json b/south-america/ve.json index 57f9dfa6..f8be6a6e 100644 --- a/south-america/ve.json +++ b/south-america/ve.json @@ -362,10 +362,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "sewage pollution of Lago de Valencia; oil and urban pollution of Lago de Maracaibo; deforestation; soil degradation; urban and industrial pollution, especially along the Caribbean coast; threat to the rainforest ecosystem from mining operations" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands" }, @@ -615,13 +615,16 @@ "text": "yellow, blue, red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Gloria al bravo pueblo\" (Glory to the Brave People)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Vicente SALIAS/Juan Jose LANDAETA" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1881; lyrics written in 1810, the music some years later; both SALIAS and LANDAETA were executed in 1814 during Venezuela's struggle for independence" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1881; lyrics were written in 1810; both SALIAS and LANDAETA were executed in 1814 during Venezuela's fight for independence" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 1881; lyrics were written in 1810; both SALIAS and LANDAETA were executed in 1814 during Venezuela's fight for independence" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1106,7 +1109,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

a major drug-transit country and trafficking route in the Western Hemisphere for illegal drugs mainly cocaine;  government depends on rents from narco-trafficking, along with other illicit activities, to maintain power;  evidence of coca cultivation and cocaine production in domestic drug laboratories suggests the country is now also an illicit drug-producing country;  a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics

 

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country

major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-asia/af.json b/south-asia/af.json index 42fedb69..b18f88cf 100644 --- a/south-asia/af.json +++ b/south-asia/af.json @@ -393,10 +393,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "limited natural freshwater resources; inadequate potable water; soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification; air and water pollution in urban areas" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection" }, @@ -558,14 +558,15 @@ }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { - "text": "the Taliban are purported to have appointed clerics, including a \"Chief Justice\", to Afghanistan's Supreme Court" + "text": "the Taliban are purported to have appointed clerics, including a \"Chief Justice,\" to Afghanistan's Supreme Court" }, "subordinate courts": { "text": "provincial courts, religious courts, and specialty courts" } }, "Political parties": { - "text": "the Taliban Government enforces an authoritarian state and has banned other political parties; note - before 15 August 2021, the Ministry of Justice had licensed 72 political parties as of April 2019

the Taliban have banned other political parties but have allowed some party leaders, including the head of Hezb-e-Islami, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, to continue to live and work in Afghanistan; Hekmatyar likely continues to enjoy some political support from loyalists; leaders of other parties, including Jamiat-e-Islami’s Salahuddin Rabbani and Jumbesh’s Rashid Dostum, operate from abroad but likely also command some following within Afghanistan; note - before 15 August 2021, the Ministry of Justice had licensed 72 political parties as of April 2019" + "text": "the Taliban Government enforces an authoritarian state and has banned other political parties

the Taliban have banned other political parties but have allowed some party leaders, including the head of Hezb-e-Islami, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, to continue to live and work in Afghanistan; Hekmatyar likely continues to enjoy some political support from loyalists; leaders of other parties, including Jamiat-e-Islami’s Salahuddin Rabbani and Jumbesh’s Rashid Dostum, operate from abroad but likely also command some following within Afghanistan", + "note": "note: before 15 August 2021, the Ministry of Justice had licensed 72 political parties as of April 2019" }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "text": "none

note: the Afghan Embassy closed in March 2022" @@ -595,12 +596,15 @@ "text": "red, green, black" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Milli Surood\" (National Anthem)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Abdul Bari JAHANI/Babrak WASA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 2006" + }, "note": "note: adopted 2006" }, "National heritage": { @@ -610,7 +614,7 @@ "selected World Heritage Site locales": { "text": "Minaret of Jam; Buddhas of Bamyan" }, - "note": "note: the monumental 6th- and 7th-century statues were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001" + "note": "note: the monumental 6th- and 7th-century Buddha statues at Bamyan were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001" } }, "Economy": { @@ -1057,7 +1061,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "the world’s largest supplier of opiates, but it is not a major supplier to the United States; 233,000 hectares (ha) of opium poppy cultivated in Afghanistan in 2022; opium from poppies used to produce morphine and heroin; also produces large quantities of methamphetamine, cannabis, and cannabis products such as hashish; one of the world’s largest populations suffering from substance abuse; major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics. (2022)" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country

major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-asia/bg.json b/south-asia/bg.json index d7dfd5da..3a2c3afa 100644 --- a/south-asia/bg.json +++ b/south-asia/bg.json @@ -392,10 +392,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "flooding; water pollution, especially of fishing areas, from the use of commercial pesticides; groundwater pollution from naturally occurring arsenic; falling water tables in the northern and central parts of the country; soil degradation and erosion; deforestation; destruction of wetlands; severe overpopulation with noise pollution" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -642,12 +642,15 @@ "text": "the water lily is the national flower and symbolizes promise, aesthetics, and elegance; the water under the lily, the rice sheaves on the sides, and the jute leaves at the top represent the Bangladeshi landscape and economy; the four stars represent the aims and ambition of the nation" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Amar Shonar Bangla\" (My Golden Bengal)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Rabindranath TAGORE" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1971; Rabindranath TAGORE, a Nobel laureate, also wrote India's national anthem" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1971; Rabindranath TAGORE, a Nobel laureate, also wrote India's national anthem" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1191,9 +1194,6 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "929,606 (2022)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

transit country for illegal drugs produced in neighboring countries; does not manufacture precursor chemicals with the exception of sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and toluene

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-asia/bt.json b/south-asia/bt.json index 3941fa76..c97714c1 100644 --- a/south-asia/bt.json +++ b/south-asia/bt.json @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "60 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "47 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -351,10 +351,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "soil erosion; limited access to potable water; wildlife conservation; industrial pollution; waste disposal" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -633,12 +633,15 @@ "text": "orange, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Druk tsendhen\" (The Thunder Dragon Kingdom)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Gyaldun Dasho Thinley DORJI/Aku TONGMI" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1953" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1953" } }, diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index 3256ff7c..b9787140 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ "note": "note: data represents median age at first birth among women 30-34" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { - "text": "29 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" + "text": "18 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { @@ -381,10 +381,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; soil erosion; poaching; effects of urbanization; coastal degradation from mining activities and pollution; coral reef destruction; freshwater resources polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff; waste disposal; air pollution in Colombo" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -663,12 +663,15 @@ "text": "maroon, yellow" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Sri Lanka Matha\" (Mother Sri Lanka)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Ananda SAMARKONE" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1951" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1951" }, "National heritage": { diff --git a/south-asia/in.json b/south-asia/in.json index bd3eaf65..182742ca 100644 --- a/south-asia/in.json +++ b/south-asia/in.json @@ -406,10 +406,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and agricultural pesticides; tap water not potable; growing population overstraining natural resources; biodiversity loss" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, @@ -716,12 +716,15 @@ "text": "saffron, white, green" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Jana-Gana-Mana\" (Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Rabindranath TAGORE" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1950; Rabindranath TAGORE, a Nobel laureate, also wrote Bangladesh's national anthem" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1950; Rabindranath TAGORE, a Nobel laureate, also wrote Bangladesh's national anthem" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1264,7 +1267,7 @@ "note": "note: India has over 6,000 total military and police personnel deployed on UN missions" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Indian military's primary mission is external/territorial defense while secondary missions include regional power projection, UN peacekeeping deployments, humanitarian operations, and support to internal security forces; it has fought in several significant conflicts and counterinsurgency operations since 1947, regularly conducts large-scale exercises, and is one of the world's largest contributors to UN peacekeeping operations

the military's chief external focuses are China and Pakistan; the short 1962 Sino-India War between them left in place one of the World’s longest disputed international borders--known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC)--resulting in occasional standoffs between Indian and Chinese security forces, including lethal clashes in 1975 and 2020 

India has fought four wars and several skirmishes with Pakistan; three of the wars have been over the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir, the status of which has been unsettled since the UK's 1947 withdrawal and the partition and independence of India and Pakistan; a fragile cease-fire in Kashmir was reached in 2003, revised in 2018, and reaffirmed in 2021, although the militarized Line of Control which serves as the border remains contested; India has accused Pakistan of backing armed separatists and terrorist organizations in Jammu and Kashmir where Indian forces have conducted counterinsurgency operations since the 1980s; in the Spring of 2025, Indian held Pakistan responsible for a terrorist attack in India-controlled Kashmir and retaliated, sparking a 12-day conflict 

the Kashmir dispute also includes the Siachen Glacier, located in the Karakoram Mountain Range, which was seized by India in 1984 with Pakistan attempting to retake the area several times between 1985 and 1995; despite a 2003 cease-fire, both sides continue to maintain a permanent military presence there with outposts at altitudes above 20,000 feet (over 6,000 meters) where most casualties are due to extreme weather and the hazards of operating in the high mountain terrain of the world’s highest conflict, including avalanches, exposure, and altitude sickness (2025)" + "text": "the Indian military's primary mission is external/territorial defense while secondary missions include regional power projection, UN peacekeeping deployments, humanitarian operations, and support to internal security forces; it participates in multinational exercises and is one of the world's largest contributors to UN peacekeeping operations

the military's chief external focuses are China and Pakistan; the short 1962 Sino-India War left in place one of the World’s longest disputed international borders--known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC)--resulting in occasional standoffs between Indian and Chinese security forces, including lethal clashes in 1975 and 2020; naval competition and influence in the Indian Ocean is also an area of interest

India has fought four wars and several skirmishes with Pakistan; three of the wars have been over the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir, the status of which has been unsettled since the UK's 1947 withdrawal and the partition and independence of India and Pakistan; a fragile cease-fire in Kashmir was reached in 2003, revised in 2018, and reaffirmed in 2021, although the militarized Line of Control which serves as the border remains contested, and India has accused Pakistan of backing armed separatists and terrorist organizations in Jammu and Kashmir where Indian military and security forces have conducted counterinsurgency operations since the 1980s; in the Spring of 2025, India held Pakistan responsible for a terrorist attack in India-controlled Kashmir and retaliated, sparking a brief cross-border conflict involving aircraft, artillery, drone, and missile strikes

the Kashmir dispute also includes the Siachen Glacier, located in the Karakoram Mountain Range, which was seized by India in 1984 with Pakistan attempting to retake the area several times between 1985 and 1995; despite the 2003 cease-fire, both sides continue to maintain a permanent military presence there with outposts at altitudes above 20,000 feet (over 6,000 meters) where most casualties are due to extreme weather and the hazards of operating in the high mountain terrain of the world’s highest conflict, including avalanches, exposure, and altitude sickness (2025)" } }, "Space": { @@ -1298,7 +1301,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

India is a source, transit, and destination for illicit narcotics and precursor chemicals; drug abuse in India growing, facilitated by illicit narcotics and the availability of over-the-counter medicines; commonly abused substances in India include heroin, cannabis, and cocaine, with growing use of pharmaceutical drugs in recent years including tramadol, opioids, and MDMA (ecstasy) analogues; largest producer of generic drugs in the world which is also used to produce illicit synthetic drugs such as pharmaceutical opioids, methamphetamine, heroin, MDMA, and ketamine

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country

major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-asia/io.json b/south-asia/io.json index c8950a51..cb6ad18f 100644 --- a/south-asia/io.json +++ b/south-asia/io.json @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "wastewater discharge into the lagoon on Diego Garcia" }, "Climate": { @@ -191,7 +191,16 @@ "text": "white with six blue, wavy, horizontal stripes; the UK flag is in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the striped section has a palm tree and yellow crown (the symbols of the territory) centered on the outer half of the flag; the wavy stripes represent the Indian Ocean; although not officially described, the six blue stripes may stand for the six main atolls of the archipelago" }, "National anthem": { - "text": "note: as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)" + "title": { + "text": "\"God Save the King\"" + }, + "lyrics/music": { + "text": "unknown" + }, + "history": { + "text": "official anthem, as a UK overseas territory" + }, + "note": "note: \"God Save the King\" is the official anthem for BIOT, as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom (see United Kingdom)" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-asia/mv.json b/south-asia/mv.json index 7137d9db..59db085f 100644 --- a/south-asia/mv.json +++ b/south-asia/mv.json @@ -381,10 +381,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "rising sea levels; depletion of freshwater aquifers; inadequate sewage treatment; coral reef bleaching" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution" }, @@ -642,12 +642,15 @@ "text": "red, green, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Gaumee Salaam\" (National Salute)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Mohamed Jameel DIDI/Wannakuwattawaduge DON AMARADEVA" }, + "history": { + "text": "lyrics adopted 1948, music adopted 1972; between 1948 and 1972, the lyrics were sung to the tune of \"Auld Lang Syne\"" + }, "note": "note: lyrics adopted 1948, music adopted 1972; between 1948 and 1972, the lyrics were sung to the tune of \"Auld Lang Syne\"" } }, @@ -1078,9 +1081,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the Maldives did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:  https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/maldives/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "NA" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-asia/np.json b/south-asia/np.json index b90ad9da..99ad88fa 100644 --- a/south-asia/np.json +++ b/south-asia/np.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the principality of Gorkha united many of the other principalities and states of the sub-Himalayan region into a Nepali Kingdom. Nepal retained its independence after the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-16, and the subsequent peace treaty laid the foundations for two centuries of amicable relations between Britain and Nepal. (The Brigade of Gurkhas continues to serve in the British Army to the present day.) In 1951, the Nepali monarch ended the century-old system of hereditary rule and instituted a cabinet system that brought political parties into the government. That arrangement lasted until 1960, when political parties were again banned, but it was reinstated in 1990 with the establishment of a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy.

A Maoist-led insurgency broke out in 1996. During the ensuing 10-year civil war between Maoist and government forces, the monarchy dissolved the cabinet and parliament. In 2001, Crown Prince DIPENDRA first massacred the royal family and then shot himself. His brother GYANENDRA became king, and the monarchy reassumed absolute power the next year. A peace accord in 2006 led to the promulgation of an interim constitution in 2007. After a nationwide Constituent Assembly (CA) election in 2008, the newly formed CA declared Nepal a federal democratic republic, abolished the monarchy, and elected the country's first president.

When the CA failed to draft a Supreme Court-mandated constitution, then-Prime Minister Baburam BHATTARAI dissolved the CA. An interim government held elections in 2013, in which the Nepali Congress (NC) won the largest share of seats. In 2014, NC formed a coalition government with the second-place Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (UML). Nepal's new constitution came into effect in 2015, at which point the CA became the Parliament and Khagda Prasad Sharma OLI the first post-constitution prime minister (2015-16). He resigned ahead of a no-confidence motion, and Parliament elected Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) leader Pushpa Kamal DAHAL as prime minister.

The parties headed by OLI and DAHAL ran in coalition and swept the parliamentary elections in 2017, and OLI was sworn in as prime minister in 2018. OLI's efforts to dissolve parliament and hold elections were declared unconstitutional in 2021, and the opposition-supported NC leader Sher Bahadur DEUBA was named prime minister. The NC won a majority of seats in the parliamentary elections in 2022, but DAHAL then broke with the ruling coalition and partnered with OLI and the CPN-UML to become prime minister. DAHAL's first cabinet lasted about two months, until OLI withdrew his support over disagreements about ministerial assignments. In early 2023, DAHAL survived a vote of confidence and formed a coalition with the NC to remain prime minister.

" + "text": "

During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the principality of Gorkha united many of the other principalities and states of the sub-Himalayan region into a Nepali Kingdom. Nepal retained its independence after the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-16, and the subsequent peace treaty laid the foundations for two centuries of amicable relations between Britain and Nepal. In 1951, the Nepali monarch ended the century-old system of hereditary rule and instituted a cabinet system that brought political parties into the government. That arrangement lasted until 1960, when political parties were again banned, but it was reinstated in 1990 with the establishment of a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy.

A Maoist-led insurgency broke out in 1996. During the ensuing 10-year civil war between Maoist and government forces, the monarchy dissolved the cabinet and parliament. In 2001, Crown Prince DIPENDRA first massacred the royal family and then shot himself. His brother GYANENDRA became king, and the monarchy reassumed absolute power the next year. A peace accord in 2006 led to the promulgation of an interim constitution in 2007. After a nationwide Constituent Assembly (CA) election in 2008, the newly formed CA declared Nepal a federal democratic republic, abolished the monarchy, and elected the country's first president.

When the CA failed to draft a Supreme Court-mandated constitution, then-Prime Minister Baburam BHATTARAI dissolved the CA. An interim government held elections in 2013, in which the Nepali Congress (NC) won the largest share of seats. In 2014, NC formed a coalition government with the second-place Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (UML). Nepal's new constitution came into effect in 2015, at which point the CA became the Parliament and Khagda Prasad Sharma OLI the first post-constitution prime minister (2015-16). He resigned ahead of a no-confidence motion, and Parliament elected Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) leader Pushpa Kamal DAHAL as prime minister.

The parties headed by OLI and DAHAL ran in coalition and swept the parliamentary elections in 2017, and OLI was sworn in as prime minister in 2018. OLI's efforts to dissolve parliament and hold elections were declared unconstitutional in 2021, and the opposition-supported NC leader Sher Bahadur DEUBA was named prime minister. The NC won a majority of seats in the parliamentary elections in 2022, but DAHAL then broke with the ruling coalition and partnered with OLI and the CPN-UML to become prime minister. DAHAL's first cabinet lasted about two months, until OLI withdrew his support over disagreements about ministerial assignments. In early 2023, DAHAL survived a vote of confidence and formed a coalition with the NC to remain prime minister.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -388,10 +388,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "deforestation (overuse of wood for fuel and lack of alternatives); forest degradation; soil erosion; contaminated water from human and animal wastes, agricultural runoff, and industrial effluents; unmanaged solid waste; wildlife conservation; air pollution from vehicular emissions" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands" }, @@ -687,13 +687,16 @@ "text": "red" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka\" (Hundreds of Flowers)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Pradeep Kumar RAI/Ambar GURUNG" }, - "note": "note: adopted 2007; after the abolition of the monarchy in 2006, a new anthem was required because of the previous anthem's praise for the king" + "history": { + "text": "adopted 2007, replacing a previous anthem that praised the king; the monarchy was abolished in 2006" + }, + "note": "note: adopted 2007, replacing a previous anthem that praised the king; the monarchy was abolished in 2006" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -1141,7 +1144,7 @@ "text": "1240 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,150 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 400 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 875 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 225 Liberia (UNSMIL); 100 South Sudan/Sudan (UNISFA); 1,725 (plus about 220 police) South Sudan (UNMISS); note - Nepal has over 6,000 total personnel deployed on 15 UN missions (2024)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Nepali Army is a lightly equipped force responsible for territorial defense, although it has some domestic duties such as disaster relief/humanitarian assistance and nature conservation efforts; during the 10-year civil war that ended in 2006, it conducted extensive counterinsurgency operations against Maoist guerrillas; the Army also has a long and distinguished history of supporting UN missions, having sent its first UN observers to Lebanon in 1958 and its first troop contingent to Egypt in 1974; as of 2024, about 150,000 Nepali military personnel had deployed on over 40 UN missions; the Army conducts training with foreign partners, including China, India, and the US

the British began to recruit Nepalese citizens (Gurkhas) into the East India Company Army during the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-1816); the Gurkhas subsequently were brought into the British Indian Army and by 1914, there were 10 Gurkha regiments, collectively known as the Gurkha Brigade; following the partition of India in 1947, an agreement between Nepal, India, and Great Britain allowed for the transfer of the 10 regiments from the British Indian Army to the separate British and Indian armies; four regiments were transferred to the British Army, where they have since served continuously as the Brigade of Gurkhas; six Gurkha (aka Gorkha in India) regiments went to the new Indian Army; a seventh regiment was later added; Gurkhas are also recruited into the Singaporean Police and a special guard in the Sultanate of Brunei known as the Gurkha Reserve Unit (2024)" + "text": "the Nepali Army is responsible for territorial defense, fulfilling Nepal's commitments to UN peacekeeping, and some domestic duties such as disaster relief/humanitarian assistance, social services, and nature conservation efforts; during the 10-year civil war that ended in 2006, it conducted counterinsurgency operations against Maoist guerrillas; the Army has a long history of supporting UN missions, having sent its first UN observers to Lebanon in 1958 and its first troop contingent to Egypt in 1974; as of 2025, 150,000 Nepali military personnel have deployed on over 40 UN missions; Nepal's key security partners are China, India, and the US

the British began to recruit Nepalese citizens (Gurkhas) into the East India Company Army during the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-1816); the Gurkhas subsequently were brought into the British Indian Army and by 1914, there were 10 Gurkha regiments, collectively known as the Gurkha Brigade; following the partition of India in 1947, an agreement between Nepal, India, and Great Britain allowed for the transfer of the 10 regiments from the British Indian Army to the separate British and Indian armies; four regiments were transferred to the British Army, where they have since served continuously as the Brigade of Gurkhas; six Gurkha (aka Gorkha in India) regiments went to the new Indian Army; a seventh regiment was later added; Gurkhas are also recruited into the Singaporean Police and a special guard in the Sultanate of Brunei known as the Gurkha Reserve Unit (2025)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1163,9 +1166,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Nepal was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/nepal/" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

illicit producer of cannabis and hashish for the domestic and international drug markets; transit point for opiates from Southeast Asia to the West; destination country for Indian-produced heroin smuggled in for domestic consumption

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/south-asia/pk.json b/south-asia/pk.json index 8e4c3e48..67beb1f4 100644 --- a/south-asia/pk.json +++ b/south-asia/pk.json @@ -401,10 +401,10 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "water pollution from raw sewage, industrial wastes, and agricultural runoff; limited natural freshwater resources; most of the population does not have access to potable water; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; air pollution and noise pollution in urban areas" }, - "Environment - international agreements": { + "International environmental agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands" }, @@ -713,12 +713,15 @@ "text": "green, white" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { + "title": { "text": "\"Qaumi Tarana\" (National Anthem)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "Abu-Al-Asar Hafeez JULLANDHURI/Ahmed Ghulamali CHAGLA" }, + "history": { + "text": "adopted 1954; also known as \"Pak sarzamin shad bad\" (Blessed Be the Sacred Land)" + }, "note": "note: adopted 1954; also known as \"Pak sarzamin shad bad\" (Blessed Be the Sacred Land)" }, "National heritage": { @@ -1255,7 +1258,7 @@ "text": "1,300 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 290 South Sudan (UNMISS); 590 Sudan (UNISFA) (2024)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Pakistan military operates largely independently and without effective civilian oversight; it has ruled the country for more than 30 years since independence in 1947 and continues to play a significant role in Pakistan's political arena; it also has a large stake in the country’s economic sector and is involved in a diverse array of commercial activities, including banking, construction of public projects, employment services, energy and power generation, fertilizer, food, housing, real estate, and security services

the military is responsible for external defense but also has a large role in domestic security; its chief external focus is on the perceived threat posed by India; the military is the lead security agency in many areas of the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA); it has considerable operational experience, having engaged in several conflicts with India and conducted counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations for decades against various internal militant groups; it is also one of the longest serving and largest contributors to UN peacekeeping missions; China is its closest security partner

Pakistan and India have fought several conflicts since 1947, including the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 and the Indo-Pakistan and Bangladesh War of Independence of 1971, as well as two clashes over the disputed region of Kashmir (First Kashmir War of 1947 and the Kargil Conflict of 1999); a fragile cease-fire in Kashmir was reached in 2003, revised in 2018, and reaffirmed in 2021, although the Line of Control remains contested, and India has accused Pakistan of backing armed separatists and terrorist organizations in Jammu and Kashmir; in addition, India and Pakistan have battled over the Siachen Glacier of Kashmir, which was seized by India in 1984 with Pakistan attempting to retake the area several times between 1985-1995; despite a cease-fire, both sides continue to maintain a permanent military presence there with outposts at altitudes above 20,000 feet (over 6,000 meters) where most casualties are due to extreme weather or the hazards of operating in the high mountain terrain of the world’s highest conflict, including avalanches, exposure, and altitude sickness

Pakistan 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 (2024)" + "text": "the Pakistan military is responsible for external defense but also has a domestic security role; its chief external focus is India; the military is the lead security agency in many areas of the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and has conducted counterinsurgency operations for decades against various internal militant groups; it is also one of the longest serving and largest contributors to UN peacekeeping missions; China is its closest security partner

the military operates largely independently and without effective civilian oversight; it has ruled the country for more than 30 years since independence in 1947 and continues to play a significant role in Pakistan's political arena; it also has a large stake in the country’s economic sector and is involved in a diverse array of commercial activities, including banking, construction of public projects, employment services, energy and power generation, fertilizer, food, housing, real estate, and security services

Pakistan has fought four wars and several skirmishes with India; three of the wars have been over the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir, the status of which has been unsettled since the UK's 1947 withdrawal and the partition and independence of India and Pakistan; a fragile cease-fire was reached in 2003, revised in 2018, and reaffirmed in 2021, although the militarized Line of Control which serves as the border remains contested, and India has accused Pakistan of backing armed separatists and terrorist organizations in the territory New Delhi controls; in the Spring of 2025, Indian held Pakistan responsible for a terrorist attack in India-controlled Kashmir and retaliated, sparking a brief cross-border conflict involving aircraft, artillery, drone, and missile strikes

the Kashmir dispute also includes the Siachen Glacier, located in the Karakoram Mountain Range, which was seized by India in 1984 with Pakistan attempting to retake the area several times between 1985 and 1995; despite the 2003 cease-fire, both sides continue to maintain a permanent military presence there with outposts at altitudes above 20,000 feet (over 6,000 meters) where most casualties are due to extreme weather and the hazards of operating in the high mountain terrain of the world’s highest conflict, including avalanches, exposure, and altitude sickness (2025)" } }, "Space": { @@ -1289,7 +1292,9 @@ } }, "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

one of the world’s top transit corridors for opiates and cannabis products trafficked with Afghanistan and Iran; increased synthetic drug smuggling primarily methamphetamine; a major source of precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of heroin and amphetamine-type stimulants

" + "USG identification": { + "text": "
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country

major precursor-chemical producer (2025)" + } } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/world/xx.json b/world/xx.json index b050c3a9..b36fcf95 100644 --- a/world/xx.json +++ b/world/xx.json @@ -306,18 +306,6 @@ "text": "2.7% (2022)" } }, - "Literacy": { - "total population": { - "text": "86.7%" - }, - "male": { - "text": "90.1%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "83.3% (2020)" - }, - "note": "note: more than three quarters of the world's 750 million illiterate adults are found in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa; of all the illiterate adults in the world, almost two thirds are women (2016)" - }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "13 years" @@ -331,7 +319,7 @@ } }, "Environment": { - "Environment - current issues": { + "Environmental issues": { "text": "large areas of the world are subject to overpopulation, industrial disasters, pollution (air, water, acid rain, toxic substances), loss of vegetation (overgrazing, deforestation, desertification), loss of biodiversity; soil degradation, soil depletion, erosion; ozone layer depletion; waste disposal; temperature change" }, "World biomes": { @@ -444,10 +432,10 @@ "note": "note 1: the flags of 12 nations -- Austria, Botswana, Georgia, Jamaica, Japan, Laos, Latvia, Micronesia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Switzerland, and Thailand -- have no top or bottom and may be flown with either long edge on top 

note 2: the most common colors found on national flags are as follows: red (including deep red; ~75%), white (~70%), and blue (including light blue; ~50%); these three colors are so prevalent that there are only two countries, Jamaica and Sri Lanka, that do not include one of them; the next three most popular colors are yellow/gold and green (both ~45%) and black (~30%)

note 3: flags composed of three colors are by far the most common type and, of those, the red-white-blue combination is the most widespread" }, "National anthem": { - "name": { - "text": "almost every country has a national anthem (and Denmark and New Zealand have two); most anthems have lyrics, which are usually in the national or most common language of the country; states with more than one national language may offer several versions" + "title": { + "text": "almost every country has a national anthem (and Denmark and New Zealand have two); most anthems have lyrics, which are usually in the official language or the most common language of the country; countries with more than one official language sometimes offer several versions" }, - "note": "note: the oldest national anthem is the \"Het Wilhelmus\" (The William) of the Netherlands, which dates to the 17th century; the first anthem to be officially adopted (1795) was \"La Marseillaise\" (The Song of Marseille) of France; Japan claims to have the shortest anthem, \"Kimigayo\" (The Emperor's Reign), that consists of 11 measures; Japan's anthem has the world's oldest lyrics, dating to the 10th century or earlier; Greece has the anthem with the longest lyrics, \"Ymnos eis tin Eleftherian\" (Hymn to Liberty), with 158 stanzas; Uruguay has the anthem with the longest musical score, \"Himno Nacional\" (National Anthem of Uruguay), with 105 bars (almost five minutes)" + "note": "note: the first anthem to be officially adopted (1795) was \"La Marseillaise\" (The Song of Marseille) of France; Japan claims to have the shortest anthem, \"Kimigayo\" (The Emperor's Reign), that consists of 11 measures; Japan's anthem has the world's oldest lyrics, dating to the 10th century or earlier; Greece has the anthem with the longest lyrics, \"Ymnos eis tin Eleftherian\" (Hymn to Liberty), with 158 stanzas; Uruguay has the anthem with the longest musical score, \"Himno Nacional\" (National Anthem of Uruguay), with 105 bars (almost five minutes)" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { @@ -871,9 +859,6 @@ "tier rating": { "text": "

Tier 2 Watch List: (32 countries) Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Serbia, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe (2024)

Tier 3: (21 countries) Afghanistan, Belarus, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, People's Republic of China, Cuba, Djibouti, Eritrea, Iran, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Macau, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Sint Maarten, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, Venezuela (2024)" } - }, - "Illicit drugs": { - "text": "

cocaine: worldwide coca cultivation in 2020 likely amounted to 373,000 hectares, potential pure cocaine production reached 2,100 metric tons in 2020

opiates: worldwide illicit opium poppy cultivation probably reached about 265,000 hectares in 2020, with potential opium production reaching 7,300 metric tons; Afghanistan is world's primary opium producer, accounting for 85% of the global supply; Southeast Asia was responsible for 7% of global opium; Latin America opium in 2020 was sufficient to produce about 61 metric tons of pure heroin

(2015)" } } } \ No newline at end of file