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},
"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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1962; ZAKARIAH wrote \"Kassaman\" as a poem while imprisoned in Algiers by French colonial forces"
},
"National heritage": {
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"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"
}
}
}

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}
},
"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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1975"
},
"National heritage": {
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"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": "<p>used as a transshipment point for cocaine destined for Western Europe and other African states, particularly South Africa</p>"
}
}
}

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"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"
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}
},
"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"
},
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"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: <em>pula </em>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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1966"
},
"National heritage": {

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}
},
"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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1960"
},
"National heritage": {
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"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": "<p>a significant transit and departure country for cocaine shipments in Africa destined for Europe</p>"
}
}
}

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}
},
"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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1962"
}
},

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}
},
"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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1960"
},
"National heritage": {
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"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"
}
}
}

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"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"
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}
},
"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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> originally adopted 1959, restored 1991"
},
"National heritage": {

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}
},
"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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1960; replaced when the country was known as Zaire, but readopted in 1997"
},
"National heritage": {
"total World Heritage Sites": {
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"IDPs": {
"text": "6.38 million (fighting between government forces and rebels since mid-1990s; conflict in Kasai region since 2016) (2023)"
}
},
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "<p>country of origin of methamphetamine destined for overseas markets;</p>"
}
}
}

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}
},
"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"
},
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"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 Anc&ecirc;tres\" (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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": {

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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": {
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"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"
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}
},
"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"
},
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"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&rsquo;s four main islands: Grande Comore, Moh&eacute;li, Anjouan, and Mayotte (the last of which is a French department claimed by Comoros); above and below the sun&rsquo;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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1978"
}
},

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}
},
"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"
},
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"text": "blue, white, green, yellow, red"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {
"title": {
"text": "\"La Renaissance\" (The Renaissance)"
},
"lyrics/music": {
"text": "Barthelemy BOGANDA/Herbert PEPPER"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": {

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}
},
"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": {
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}
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"Environmental issues": {
"text": "deforestation due to demand for firewood; water shortages; droughts;&nbsp; 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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1996"
},
"National heritage": {
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"stateless persons": {
"text": "115 (2022)"
}
},
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "<p>narcotraffickers transit cocaine, cannabis, and other drugs to Africa and Europe; domestic trafficking contributes to increased consumption of illicit substances;</p>"
}
}
}

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"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"
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}
},
"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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1977"
}
},

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}
},
"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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": {
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"stateless persons": {
"text": "10 (2022)"
}
},
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "<p>major source of precursor chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics</p>"
}
}
}

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}
},
"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": {
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},
"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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1968"
}
},

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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": {
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1993; upon independence from Ethiopia"
"history": {
"text": "adopted 1993, after gaining independence from Ethiopia"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1993, after gaining independence from Ethiopia"
},
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"total World Heritage Sites": {

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}
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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"
}
}
}

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}
},
"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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1965; the music is an adaptation of the traditional Mandinka song \"Foday Kaba Dumbuya\""
},
"National heritage": {

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}
},
"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"
},
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"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, <em>Union, Travail, Justice</em> (\"Union, Work, Justice\"), and the ribbon above the shield has the Latin phrase <em>Uniti Progrediemur</em> (\"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1960"
},
"National heritage": {

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}
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": {
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}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "<p>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  </p> <p> </p>"
}
}
}

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}
},
"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": "\"Libert&eacute;\" (Liberty)"
},
"lyrics/music": {
"text": "unknown/Fodeba KEITA"
},
"history": {
"text": "adopted 1958"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1958"
},
"National heritage": {
@ -1113,8 +1116,5 @@
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "NA"
}
}
}

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}
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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"
}
}
}

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"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": "<p>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 <em>Harambee</em>, meaning “all for one” or “pulling together”</p>"
"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 <em>Harambee</em>, 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<p>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</p>"
}
}
}

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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<p>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</p>"
}
}
}

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}
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1967; music derives from an 1823 Swiss songbook"
},
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},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": {

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}
},
"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&nbsp;"
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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"
}
}
}

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}
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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"
}
}
}

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}
},
"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"
},
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"text": "green, yellow, red"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {
"title": {
"text": "\"Le Mali\" (Mali)"
},
"lyrics/music": {
"text": "Seydou Badian KOUYATE/Banzoumana SISSOKO"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": {
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"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": "<p>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</p>"
}
}
}

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}
},
"Maternal mortality ratio": {
"text": "70 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong>  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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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<br><br>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<br><br>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)<br><br>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<br><br>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<br><br>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)<br><br>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": "<p>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</p>"
}
}
}

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@ -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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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<br><br>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<br><br>the Special Mobile Force was created in 1960 following the withdrawal of the British garrison (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "<p>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</p>"
}
}
}

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@ -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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 28 November 2017, preceded by \"National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania\"<br><br>"
"history": {
"text": "adopted 28 November 2017"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 28 November 2017<br><br>"
},
"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"
}
}
}

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@ -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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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&nbsp; (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&lsquo;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": "<br><br> <p>a transit country for large shipments of heroin and methamphetamine originating from Afghanistan to primarily South Africa</p> <p> </p>"
}
}
}

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@ -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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1961"
"history": {
"text": "adopted 2023"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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<br><br>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)<br><br>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<br><br>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": "<p>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</p>"
}
}
}

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@ -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": "<strong>note:</strong> May 2024 Parliament voted to revert back to the former national anthem used from 1960-1078  "
"history": {
"text": "adopted 2024"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 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&nbsp; (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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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)<br><br>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<br><br>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 <br><br>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": "<p>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</p> <p> </p>"
"USG identification": {
"text": "<br>major precursor-chemical producer (2025)"
}
}
}
}

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"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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 2011; anthem selected in a national contest"
}
},

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}
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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"
}
}
}

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}
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 2001"
},
"National heritage": {
@ -1141,11 +1144,10 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<p>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</p> 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<br><br>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": {

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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1996"
},
"National heritage": {

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}
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<p>leading regional importer of chemicals used in the production of illicit drugs especially synthetic drugs;</p>"
"USG identification": {
"text": "<br>major precursor-chemical producer (2025)"
}
}
}
}

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}
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<p>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</p>"
}
}
}

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"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 (<em>Charadrius sanctaehelenae</em>), 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": "<p><strong>note:</strong> as an overseas territory of the UK, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)</p>"
"title": {
"text": "\"God Save the King\""
},
"lyrics/music": {
"text": "unknown"
},
"history": {
"text": "official anthem, as a UK overseas territory"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> as an overseas territory of the UK, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)"
}
},
"Economy": {

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}
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1961"
}
},

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},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 2012; written in 1959"
},
"Government - note": {

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"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"
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}
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"Environmental issues": {
"text": "<p>water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; water scarcity and drought; overhunting; soil erosion; desertification; deforestation; loss of biodiversity</p> <p><strong> </strong></p>"
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1956; originally served as the anthem of the Sudanese military"
},
"National heritage": {

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}
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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"
}
}
}

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}
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"Environmental issues": {
"text": "deforestation and illegal logging; soil erosion and exhaustion; inadequate sewage treatment in cities; biodiversity&nbsp;"
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1975"
}
},

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}
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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"
}
}
}

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}
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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)"
}
}
}

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}
},
"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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1962"
},
"National heritage": {

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}
},
"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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1974; also known as \"Une Seule Nuit\" (One Single Night); written by the country's former president, an avid guitar player"
},
"National heritage": {

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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1991"
},
"National heritage": {
@ -1157,7 +1149,7 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 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<br><br>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<br><br>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": {

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}
},
"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"
},
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"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 <em>lidlabe</em>, or crown of feathers, and at the bottom is Eswatini's motto, <em>Siyinqaba</em>, 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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1968; uses elements of both ethnic Swazi and Western music styles"
}
},

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}
},
"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"
},
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"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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": {
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"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"
}
}
}

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}
},
"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": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1994"
},
"National heritage": {
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"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": "<p>transit point for cannabis and South Asian heroin, methaqualone, and methamphetamines en route to South Africa</p>"
}
}
}