diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index 9e6def64..acddca93 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0% (2019)" + "text": "0%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "3.8% (2019 est.)" diff --git a/africa/ao.json b/africa/ao.json index bd5707ed..5236284d 100644 --- a/africa/ao.json +++ b/africa/ao.json @@ -342,10 +342,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "7.9% (2016)" + "text": "7.9%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "30.3% (2016)" + "text": "30.3%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "6% (2016 est.)" diff --git a/africa/bn.json b/africa/bn.json index 43bbbbf6..ef1dd3fe 100644 --- a/africa/bn.json +++ b/africa/bn.json @@ -355,10 +355,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "9.4% (2018)" + "text": "9.4%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "30.6% (2018)" + "text": "30.6%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "4.8% (2018 est.)" diff --git a/africa/by.json b/africa/by.json index 648ae268..967444b3 100644 --- a/africa/by.json +++ b/africa/by.json @@ -357,10 +357,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2.8% (2017)" + "text": "2.8%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "19% (2017)" + "text": "19%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "1.4% (2017 est.)" diff --git a/africa/cd.json b/africa/cd.json index 10fdfafd..9e232c41 100644 --- a/africa/cd.json +++ b/africa/cd.json @@ -359,10 +359,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "24.2% (2019)" + "text": "24.2%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "60.6% (2019)" + "text": "60.6%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "8.1% (2019 est.)" diff --git a/africa/cf.json b/africa/cf.json index b1de2d09..19529697 100644 --- a/africa/cf.json +++ b/africa/cf.json @@ -363,10 +363,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "8.4% (2018)" + "text": "8.4%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "29.1% (2018)" + "text": "29.1%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "5.6% (2018 est.)" @@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "29,090 (Central African Republic), 22,114 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)" + "text": "29,132 (Central African Republic), 22,123 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "159,830 (multiple civil wars since 1992) (2022)" diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index 29475172..b19b3c76 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -365,10 +365,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0% (2017)" + "text": "0%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "0.1% (2017)" + "text": "0.1%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "0% (2017 est.)" diff --git a/africa/cm.json b/africa/cm.json index 442bf220..0a8705e4 100644 --- a/africa/cm.json +++ b/africa/cm.json @@ -368,10 +368,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "10.7% (2018)" + "text": "10.7%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "29.8% (2018)" + "text": "29.8%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "2.9% (2018 est.)" diff --git a/africa/ct.json b/africa/ct.json index b91c5451..8f566b28 100644 --- a/africa/ct.json +++ b/africa/ct.json @@ -342,10 +342,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "25.8% (2019)" + "text": "25.8%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "61% (2019)" + "text": "61%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "17.1% (2019 est.)" @@ -1147,10 +1147,10 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "5,702 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (2022)" + "text": "6,275 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (2022)" }, "IDPs": { - "text": "658,265 (clashes between army and rebel groups since 2005; tensions between ethnic groups) (2022)" + "text": "602,134 (clashes between army and rebel groups since 2005; tensions between ethnic groups) (2022)" } } } diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index 8efc1811..c3792828 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -370,10 +370,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "14.1% (2016)" + "text": "14.1%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "40.3% (2016)" + "text": "40.3%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "5% (2016 est.)" @@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "402,099 (South Sudan), 246,427 (Somalia), 159,935 (Eritrea), 47,427 (Sudan) (2022)" + "text": "403,240 (South Sudan), 249,126 (Somalia), 159,935 (Eritrea), 47,427 (Sudan) (2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "2,114,653 (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) (2021)" diff --git a/africa/ga.json b/africa/ga.json index 6290ce9a..0d0e6024 100644 --- a/africa/ga.json +++ b/africa/ga.json @@ -365,10 +365,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "7.5% (2018)" + "text": "7.5%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "25.7% (2018)" + "text": "25.7%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "0.2% (2020 est.)" diff --git a/africa/gh.json b/africa/gh.json index f0c03a18..15509012 100644 --- a/africa/gh.json +++ b/africa/gh.json @@ -365,10 +365,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "5% (2018)" + "text": "5%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "19.3% (2018)" + "text": "19.3%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "3.9% (2018 est.)" diff --git a/africa/gv.json b/africa/gv.json index 9ba71b43..a1945125 100644 --- a/africa/gv.json +++ b/africa/gv.json @@ -347,10 +347,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "17% (2018)" + "text": "17%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "46.5% (2018)" + "text": "46.5%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "1.9% (2018 est.)" diff --git a/africa/iv.json b/africa/iv.json index c5ed52d4..537a382a 100644 --- a/africa/iv.json +++ b/africa/iv.json @@ -365,10 +365,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "7% (2016)" + "text": "7%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "27% (2016)" + "text": "27%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "3.5% (2016 est.)" diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index 9bf48f70..94858fc6 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "279,197 (Somalia), 142,113 (South Sudan), 21,047 (Ethiopia), 19,036 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 7,770 (Burundi), 5,011 (Sudan) (2022)" + "text": "279,197 (Somalia), 142,113 (South Sudan), 31,116 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 21,047 (Ethiopia), 7,770 (Burundi), 5,011 (Sudan) (2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "190,000 (election-related violence, intercommunal violence, resource conflicts, al-Shabaab attacks in 2017 and 2018) (2021)" diff --git a/africa/lt.json b/africa/lt.json index faf73b47..fb959d57 100644 --- a/africa/lt.json +++ b/africa/lt.json @@ -337,10 +337,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1% (2018)" + "text": "1%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "16.4% (2018)" + "text": "16.4%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "1.9% (2018 est.)" diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index d4c2d55b..0bf046fe 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -352,10 +352,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "12.7% (2018)" + "text": "12.7%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "40.3% (2018)" + "text": "40.3%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "11.8% (2018 est.)" diff --git a/africa/mi.json b/africa/mi.json index 6efb0f51..605715bb 100644 --- a/africa/mi.json +++ b/africa/mi.json @@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "33,606 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 12,530 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 7,596 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)" + "text": "33,947 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 12,530 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 7,596 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)" } } } diff --git a/africa/ml.json b/africa/ml.json index 8e6b8c78..4a2ab215 100644 --- a/africa/ml.json +++ b/africa/ml.json @@ -360,10 +360,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "15.9% (2018)" + "text": "15.9%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "53.7% (2018)" + "text": "53.7%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "2.1% (2018 est.)" @@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ "text": "until announcing its withdrawal in May of 2022, Mali was part of a five-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G5 Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, and Niger; Mali had committed 1,100 troops and 200 gendarmes to the force (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "prior to the coup in August 2020 and military takeover in May 2021, the Malian military had intervened in the political arena at least five times since the country gained independence in 1960; two attempts failed (1976 and 1978), while three succeeded in overturning civilian rule (1968, 1991, and 2012); the military collapsed in 2012 during the fighting against Tuareg rebels and Islamic militants; it has been since rebuilt, but continues to have limited capabilities and is heavily reliant on external assistance

as of 2022, Malian security forces were actively conducting operations against several separatist insurgent and terrorist groups, particularly in the central and northern regions of the country where the government was reportedly in control of an estimated 10-20% of the territory

the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has operated in the country since 2013; the Mission's responsibilities include providing security, rebuilding Malian security forces, protecting civilians, supporting national political dialogue, and assisting in the reestablishment of Malian government authority; as of February 2022, MINUSMA had around 14,000 personnel deployed

the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM-M) and the French military (under a separate, bi-lateral mission) have also operated in the country since 2013; the EUTM-M provides advice and training to the Malian Armed Forces and military assistance to the G5 Sahel Joint Force; as 2021, the mission included almost 700 personnel from 25 European countries; as of early 2022, the French had approximately 2,400 troops providing military assistance and conducting counter-terrorism/counter-insurgency operations; note - in February 2022, France and European members of the French-led Task Force Takuba announced they would remove their personnel from Mali, citing obstructions from the ruling military government; in April of 2022, the EU said it would halt its training program in Mali

in December 2021, the Malian military government contracted with a Russian private military company to provide training for local armed forces and security to senior Malian officials (2022)" + "text": "prior to the coup in August 2020 and military takeover in May 2021, the Malian military had intervened in the political arena at least five times since the country gained independence in 1960; two attempts failed (1976 and 1978), while three succeeded in overturning civilian rule (1968, 1991, and 2012); the military collapsed in 2012 during the fighting against Tuareg rebels and Islamic militants; it has been since rebuilt, but continues to have limited capabilities and is heavily reliant on external assistance

as of 2022, Malian security forces were actively conducting operations against several separatist insurgent and terrorist groups, particularly in the central and northern regions of the country where the government was reportedly in control of an estimated 10-20% of the territory

the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has operated in the country since 2013; the Mission's responsibilities include providing security, rebuilding Malian security forces, protecting civilians, supporting national political dialogue, and assisting in the reestablishment of Malian government authority; as of mid-2022, MINUSMA had around 15,000 personnel deployed; in June 2022, the UN extended its mission another 12 months

the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM-M) and the French military (under a separate, bi-lateral mission) have also operated in the country since 2013; the EUTM-M provides advice and training to the Malian Armed Forces and military assistance to the G5 Sahel Joint Force; as of May 2022, the mission included about 1,100 personnel from more than 20 European countries; in April of 2022, the EU said it would suspend its training program in Mali, citing issues with the ruling military government, including human rights abuses and the presence of Russian private military contractors; as of mid-2022, France was withdrawing its forces, also citing obstructions from the military government; prior to the withdrawal, more than 2,000 French troops had provided military assistance and conducted counter-terrorism/counter-insurgency operations

in December 2021, the Malian military government contracted with a Russian private military company to provide training for local armed forces and security to senior Malian officials (2022)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/mo.json b/africa/mo.json index 6120caed..d842a922 100644 --- a/africa/mo.json +++ b/africa/mo.json @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.5% (2018)" + "text": "0.5%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "13.7% (2018 est.)" @@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires David GREENE (since 21 January 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires David GREENE (since 21 January 2021)" }, "embassy": { "text": "Km 5.7 Avenue Mohammed VI, Souissi, Rabat 10170" diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index 37c6f9de..bc7f9ed7 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "10,911 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 8,558 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)" + "text": "11,020 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 8,558 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "744,949 (violence between the government and an opposition group, violence associated with extremists groups in 2018, political violence 2019) (2022)" diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index d6bdbc12..36d2d723 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -370,10 +370,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "15.7% (2018)" + "text": "15.7%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "43.4% (2018)" + "text": "43.4%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "3.2% (2018 est.)" diff --git a/africa/od.json b/africa/od.json index 4e765ee4..20924d52 100644 --- a/africa/od.json +++ b/africa/od.json @@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "311,819 (Sudan), 18,407 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2022)" + "text": "311,819 (Sudan), 19,096 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "2,017,236 (alleged coup attempt and ethnic conflict beginning in December 2013; information is lacking on those displaced in earlier years by: fighting in Abyei between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in May 2011; clashes between the SPLA and dissident militia groups in South Sudan; inter-ethnic conflicts over resources and cattle; attacks from the Lord's Resistance Army; floods and drought) (2022)" diff --git a/africa/pu.json b/africa/pu.json index 6aeb2ccb..e0208a9b 100644 --- a/africa/pu.json +++ b/africa/pu.json @@ -344,10 +344,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "8.1% (2019)" + "text": "8.1%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "25.7% (2019)" + "text": "25.7%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "2.2% (2019 est.)" diff --git a/africa/rw.json b/africa/rw.json index d8fa5423..d2baccc1 100644 --- a/africa/rw.json +++ b/africa/rw.json @@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "77,288 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) 48,123 (Burundi) (2022)" + "text": "76,968 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) 48,123 (Burundi) (2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "9,500 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index 6c729ebf..fec921a1 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Some of the earliest human remains in the fossil record are found in South Africa. By about A.D. 500, Bantu speaking groups began settling into what is now northeastern South Africa displacing Khoisan speaking groups to the southwest. Dutch traders landed at the southern tip of present-day South Africa in 1652 and established a stopover point on the spice route between the Netherlands and the Far East, founding the city of Cape Town. After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the settlers of Dutch descent (Afrikaners, also called \"Boers\" (farmers) at the time) trekked north to found their own republics, Transvaal and Orange Free State. In the 1820s, several decades of wars began as the Zulus expanded their territory, moving out of what is today southeastern South Africa and clashing with other indigenous peoples and with expanding European settlements. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration from Europe.

The Anglo-Zulu War (1879) resulted in the incorporation of the Zulu kingdom's territory into the British Empire. Subsequently, the Afrikaner republics were incorporated into the British Empire after their defeat in the Second South African War (1899-1902). However, the British and the Afrikaners ruled together beginning in 1910 under the Union of South Africa, which became a republic in 1961 after a whites-only referendum. In 1948, the National Party was voted into power and instituted a policy of apartheid – billed as \"separate development\" of the races - which favored the white minority at the expense of the black majority and other non-white groups. The African National Congress (ANC) led the opposition to apartheid and many top ANC leaders, such as Nelson MANDELA, spent decades in South Africa's prisons. Internal protests and insurgency, as well as boycotts by some Western nations and institutions, led to the regime's eventual willingness to negotiate a peaceful transition to majority rule.

The first multi-racial elections in 1994 following the end of apartheid ushered in majority rule under an ANC-led government. South Africa has since struggled to address apartheid-era imbalances in wealth, housing, education, and health care. Jacob ZUMA became president in 2009 and was reelected in 2014, but resigned in February 2018 after numerous corruption scandals and gains by opposition parties in municipal elections in 2016. His successor, Cyril RAMAPHOSA, has made some progress in reigning in corruption, though many challenges persist. In May 2019 national elections, the country’s sixth since the end of apartheid, the ANC won a majority of parliamentary seats, delivering RAMAPHOSA a five-year term.

" + "text": "

Some of the earliest human remains in the fossil record are found in South Africa. By about A.D. 500, Bantu speaking groups began settling into what is now northeastern South Africa displacing Khoisan speaking groups to the southwest. Dutch traders landed at the southern tip of present-day South Africa in 1652 and established a stopover point on the spice route between the Netherlands and the Far East, founding the city of Cape Town. After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the settlers of Dutch descent (Afrikaners, also called \"Boers\" (farmers) at the time) trekked north to found their own republics, Transvaal and Orange Free State. In the 1820s, several decades of wars began as the Zulus expanded their territory, moving out of what is today southeastern South Africa and clashing with other indigenous peoples and with expanding European settlements. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration from Europe.

The Anglo-Zulu War (1879) resulted in the incorporation of the Zulu kingdom's territory into the British Empire. Subsequently, the Afrikaner republics were incorporated into the British Empire after their defeat in the Second South African War (1899-1902). However, the British and the Afrikaners ruled together beginning in 1910 under the Union of South Africa, which became a republic in 1961 after a Whites-only referendum. In 1948, the National Party was voted into power and instituted a policy of apartheid – billed as \"separate development\" of the races - which favored the White minority at the expense of the Black majority and other non-White groups. The African National Congress (ANC) led the opposition to apartheid and many top ANC leaders, such as Nelson MANDELA, spent decades in South Africa's prisons. Internal protests and insurgency, as well as boycotts by some Western nations and institutions, led to the regime's eventual willingness to negotiate a peaceful transition to majority rule.

The first multi-racial elections in 1994 following the end of apartheid ushered in majority rule under an ANC-led government. South Africa has since struggled to address apartheid-era imbalances in wealth, housing, education, and health care. Jacob ZUMA became president in 2009 and was reelected in 2014, but resigned in February 2018 after numerous corruption scandals and gains by opposition parties in municipal elections in 2016. His successor, Cyril RAMAPHOSA, has made some progress in reigning in corruption, though many challenges persist. In May 2019 national elections, the country’s sixth since the end of apartheid, the ANC won a majority of parliamentary seats, delivering RAMAPHOSA a five-year term.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -358,10 +358,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.9% (2016)" + "text": "0.9%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "3.6% (2016)" + "text": "3.6%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "0.6% (2016 est.)" diff --git a/africa/sg.json b/africa/sg.json index 91c20ec9..65b4b177 100644 --- a/africa/sg.json +++ b/africa/sg.json @@ -363,10 +363,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "8.8% (2019)" + "text": "8.8%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "30.5% (2019)" + "text": "30.5%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "0.7% (2019 est.)" diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index edfc64a5..271ec694 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Continuously populated for at least 2,500 years, the dense jungle in the area of Sierra Leone allowed the region to remain relatively protected from invaders from empires in West Africa. Traders introduced Sierra Leone to Islam, which occupies a central role in Sierra Leonean culture and history. In the 17th century, the British set up a trading post near present-day Freetown. The trade originally involved timber and ivory, but later expanded to enslaved people. In 1787, following the American Revolution, Sierra Leone became a destination for black British loyalists from the new United States. After the abolition of the slave trade in 1807, British ships delivered thousands of liberated Africans to Sierra Leone. During the 19th century, the colony gradually expanded inland.

In 1961, Sierra Leone became independent of the UK. While Sierra Leone held free and fair elections in 1962 and 1967, Siaka STEVENS - Sierra Leone’s second prime minister - quickly reverted to authoritarian tendencies, outlawing most political parties and ruling from 1967 to 1985. In 1991, Sierra Leonean soldiers launched a civil war against STEVENS’ ruling party. The war caused tens of thousands of deaths and displaced more than 2 million people (about one-third of the population). In 1998, a Nigerian-led West African coalition military force intervened, installing Tejan KABBAH - who was originally elected in 1996 - as prime minister. In 2002, KABBAH officially announced the end of the war. Since 1998, Sierra Leone has conducted uninterrupted democratic elections, dominated by the two main political parties. In 2018, Julius Maada BIO of the Sierra Leone People’s Party won the presidential election that saw a high voter turnout despite some allegations of voter intimidation. The next presidential election is scheduled for March 2023.

" + "text": "

Continuously populated for at least 2,500 years, the dense jungle in the area of Sierra Leone allowed the region to remain relatively protected from invaders from empires in West Africa. Traders introduced Sierra Leone to Islam, which occupies a central role in Sierra Leonean culture and history. In the 17th century, the British set up a trading post near present-day Freetown. The trade originally involved timber and ivory, but later expanded to enslaved people. In 1787, following the American Revolution, Sierra Leone became a destination for Black British loyalists from the new United States. After the abolition of the slave trade in 1807, British ships delivered thousands of liberated Africans to Sierra Leone. During the 19th century, the colony gradually expanded inland.

In 1961, Sierra Leone became independent of the UK. While Sierra Leone held free and fair elections in 1962 and 1967, Siaka STEVENS - Sierra Leone’s second prime minister - quickly reverted to authoritarian tendencies, outlawing most political parties and ruling from 1967 to 1985. In 1991, Sierra Leonean soldiers launched a civil war against STEVENS’ ruling party. The war caused tens of thousands of deaths and displaced more than 2 million people (about one-third of the population). In 1998, a Nigerian-led West African coalition military force intervened, installing Tejan KABBAH - who was originally elected in 1996 - as prime minister. In 2002, KABBAH officially announced the end of the war. Since 1998, Sierra Leone has conducted uninterrupted democratic elections, dominated by the two main political parties. In 2018, Julius Maada BIO of the Sierra Leone People’s Party won the presidential election that saw a high voter turnout despite some allegations of voter intimidation. The next presidential election is scheduled for March 2023.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -357,10 +357,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "8.6% (2019)" + "text": "8.6%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "29.6% (2019)" + "text": "29.6%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "4.1% (2019 est.)" diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index 60a4a6c9..7a617a85 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -342,10 +342,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "16.8% (2020)" + "text": "16.8%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "35.5% (2020)" + "text": "35.5%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "5.6% (2020 est.)" diff --git a/africa/to.json b/africa/to.json index 2148a99a..c8a9eafc 100644 --- a/africa/to.json +++ b/africa/to.json @@ -355,10 +355,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "6.4% (2017)" + "text": "6.4%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "24.8% (2017)" + "text": "24.8%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "2.6% (2017 est.)" diff --git a/africa/tp.json b/africa/tp.json index 19e0c3d7..53d18e95 100644 --- a/africa/tp.json +++ b/africa/tp.json @@ -339,10 +339,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "5.4% (2019)" + "text": "5.4%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "28% (2019)" + "text": "28%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "3.1% (2019 est.)" diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index a8c3b8d8..00d3e3fb 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -335,6 +335,17 @@ "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { "text": "1.6% (2018)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0%" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "1.5%" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "0% (2018 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "7.3% of GDP (2016)" }, diff --git a/africa/tz.json b/africa/tz.json index 4e10d7a8..05ead0a7 100644 --- a/africa/tz.json +++ b/africa/tz.json @@ -369,10 +369,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "5.2% (2016)" + "text": "5.2%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "30.5% (2016)" + "text": "30.5%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "3.9% (2016 est.)" @@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "127,330 (Burundi), 80,599 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2022)" + "text": "127,330 (Burundi), 80,820 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2022)" } }, "Trafficking in persons": { diff --git a/africa/ug.json b/africa/ug.json index 8e75d9b5..39f2f68b 100644 --- a/africa/ug.json +++ b/africa/ug.json @@ -352,10 +352,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "7.3% (2016)" + "text": "7.3%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "34% (2016)" + "text": "34%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "5.5% (2016 est.)" @@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "939,138 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 462,120 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 58,085 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 41,766 (Burundi), 25,915 (Rwanda), 22,505 (Eritrea) (2022)" + "text": "939,138 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 433,747 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 58,085 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 41,766 (Burundi), 25,915 (Rwanda), 22,505 (Eritrea) (2022)" } }, "Trafficking in persons": { diff --git a/africa/wa.json b/africa/wa.json index f5c106d9..677ff4d0 100644 --- a/africa/wa.json +++ b/africa/wa.json @@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "5,883 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)" + "text": "5,962 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)" } } } diff --git a/africa/za.json b/africa/za.json index 76164461..5d000980 100644 --- a/africa/za.json +++ b/africa/za.json @@ -358,10 +358,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "5.2% (2018)" + "text": "5.2%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "29% (2018)" + "text": "29%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "2.8% (2018 est.)" @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ "text": "2310 Lusaka Place, Washington DC 20521-2310" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[260] (0) 211-357-000

 

" + "text": "[260] (0) 211-357-000" }, "FAX": { "text": "[260]  (0) 211-357-224" @@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "66,675 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 8,240 (Burundi) (2022)" + "text": "65,911 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 8,240 (Burundi) (2022)" } }, "Trafficking in persons": { diff --git a/africa/zi.json b/africa/zi.json index 43196d4b..46cecc59 100644 --- a/africa/zi.json +++ b/africa/zi.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

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

In 1965, the government under white Prime Minister Ian SMITH unilaterally declared its independence from the UK. London did not recognize Rhodesia’s independence and demanded more voting rights for the black majority in the country. International diplomacy and a liberation struggle by black Zimbabweans finally led to biracial elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe) in 1980. Robert MUGABE, who led the uprising and became the nation's first prime minister, was the country's only ruler (as president since 1987) from independence until his forced resignation in November 2017. In the mid-1980s, the government tortured and killed thousands of civilians in a crackdown on dissent known as the Gukurahundi campaign. Economic mismanagement and chaotic land redistribution policies following independence periodically crippled the economy and resulted in widespread shortages of basic commodities. General elections in 2002, 2008, and 2013 were severely flawed and widely condemned but allowed MUGABE to remain president. In November 2017, Vice President Emmerson MNANGAGWA became president following a military intervention that forced MUGABE to resign, and MNANGAGWA cemented power by sidelining rivals Grace MUGABE (Robert MUGABE’s wife) and Jonathan MOYO of the G40 faction of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front party. In July 2018, MNANGAGWA won the presidential election after a close contest with opposition candidate Nelson CHAMISA. MNANGAGWA has resorted to the government's longstanding practice of violently disrupting protests and opposition rallies. Economic conditions remained dire under MNANGAGWA, with inflation soaring in 2019 and the country’s export revenues declining dramatically in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

" + "text": "

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

In 1965, the government under white Prime Minister Ian SMITH unilaterally declared its independence from the UK. London did not recognize Rhodesia’s independence and demanded more voting rights for the Black majority in the country. International diplomacy and a liberation struggle by Black Zimbabweans finally led to biracial elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe) in 1980. Robert MUGABE, who led the uprising and became the nation's first prime minister, was the country's only ruler (as president since 1987) from independence until his forced resignation in November 2017. In the mid-1980s, the government tortured and killed thousands of civilians in a crackdown on dissent known as the Gukurahundi campaign. Economic mismanagement and chaotic land redistribution policies following independence periodically crippled the economy and resulted in widespread shortages of basic commodities. General elections in 2002, 2008, and 2013 were severely flawed and widely condemned but allowed MUGABE to remain president. In November 2017, Vice President Emmerson MNANGAGWA became president following a military intervention that forced MUGABE to resign, and MNANGAGWA cemented power by sidelining rivals Grace MUGABE (Robert MUGABE’s wife) and Jonathan MOYO of the G40 faction of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front party. In July 2018, MNANGAGWA won the presidential election after a close contest with opposition candidate Nelson CHAMISA. MNANGAGWA has resorted to the government's longstanding practice of violently disrupting protests and opposition rallies. Economic conditions remained dire under MNANGAGWA, with inflation soaring in 2019 and the country’s export revenues declining dramatically in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -352,10 +352,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "5.4% (2019)" + "text": "5.4%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "33.7% (2019)" + "text": "33.7%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "1.9% (2019 est.)" @@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "11,344 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 8,247 (Mozambique) (2022)" + "text": "11,426 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 8,247 (Mozambique) (2022)" } }, "Trafficking in persons": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/as.json b/australia-oceania/as.json index 4e154c45..157dc0fe 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/as.json +++ b/australia-oceania/as.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Aboriginal Australians arrived on the continent at least 60,000 years ago and developed complex hunter-gatherer societies and oral histories. Dutch navigators led by Abel TASMAN were the first Europeans to land in Australia in 1606, and they mapped the western and northern coasts. They named the continent New Holland but made no attempts to permanently settle it. In 1770, English captain James COOK sailed to the east coast of Australia, named it New South Wales, and claimed it for Great Britain. In 1788 and 1825, Great Britain established New South Wales and then Tasmania as penal colonies respectively. Great Britain and Ireland sent more than 150,000 convicts to Australia before ending the practice in 1868. As Europeans began settling areas away from the coasts, they came into more direct contact with Aboriginal Australians. Europeans also cleared land for agriculture, impacting Aboriginal Australians’ ways of life. These issues, along with disease and a policy in the 1900s that forcefully removed Aboriginal children from their parents, reduced the Aboriginal Australian population from more than 700,000 pre-European contact to a low of 74,000 in 1933.

Four additional colonies were established in Australia in the mid-1800s: Western Australia (1829), South Australia (1836), Victoria (1851), and Queensland (1859). Gold rushes beginning in the 1850s brought thousands of new immigrants to New South Wales and Victoria, helping to reorient Australia away from its penal colony roots. In the second half of the 1800s, the colonies were all gradually granted self-government, and in 1901, they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia contributed more than 400,000 troops to allied efforts during World War I, and Australian troops played a large role in the defeat of Japanese troops in the Pacific in World War II. Australia severed most constitutional links with the UK in 1942, and in 1951 signed the Australia, New Zealand, and US (ANZUS) Treaty, cementing its military alliance with the United States.  In 2021, Australia, the UK, and the United States announced the AUKUS enhanced trilateral security partnership to maintain and expand the three countries’ edge in military capabilities and critical technologies. Australia’s post-war economy boomed and by the 1970s, racial policies that prevented most non-whites from immigrating to Australia were removed, greatly increasing Asian immigration to the country. In recent decades, Australia has become an internationally competitive, advanced market economy due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980s and its proximity to East and Southeast Asia. 

In the early 2000s, Australian politics became unstable with frequent attempts to oust party leaders, including five changes of prime minister between 2010 and 2018. As a result, both major parties instituted rules to make it harder to remove a party leader.

" + "text": "

Aboriginal Australians arrived on the continent at least 60,000 years ago and developed complex hunter-gatherer societies and oral histories. Dutch navigators led by Abel TASMAN were the first Europeans to land in Australia in 1606, and they mapped the western and northern coasts. They named the continent New Holland but made no attempts to permanently settle it. In 1770, English captain James COOK sailed to the east coast of Australia, named it New South Wales, and claimed it for Great Britain. In 1788 and 1825, Great Britain established New South Wales and then Tasmania as penal colonies respectively. Great Britain and Ireland sent more than 150,000 convicts to Australia before ending the practice in 1868. As Europeans began settling areas away from the coasts, they came into more direct contact with Aboriginal Australians. Europeans also cleared land for agriculture, impacting Aboriginal Australians’ ways of life. These issues, along with disease and a policy in the 1900s that forcefully removed Aboriginal children from their parents, reduced the Aboriginal Australian population from more than 700,000 pre-European contact to a low of 74,000 in 1933.

Four additional colonies were established in Australia in the mid-1800s: Western Australia (1829), South Australia (1836), Victoria (1851), and Queensland (1859). Gold rushes beginning in the 1850s brought thousands of new immigrants to New South Wales and Victoria, helping to reorient Australia away from its penal colony roots. In the second half of the 1800s, the colonies were all gradually granted self-government, and in 1901, they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia contributed more than 400,000 troops to allied efforts during World War I, and Australian troops played a large role in the defeat of Japanese troops in the Pacific in World War II. Australia severed most constitutional links with the UK in 1942, and in 1951 signed the Australia, New Zealand, and US (ANZUS) Treaty, cementing its military alliance with the United States.  In 2021, Australia, the UK, and the United States announced the AUKUS enhanced trilateral security partnership to maintain and expand the three countries’ edge in military capabilities and critical technologies. Australia’s post-war economy boomed and by the 1970s, racial policies that prevented most non-Whites from immigrating to Australia were removed, greatly increasing Asian immigration to the country. In recent decades, Australia has become an internationally competitive, advanced market economy due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980s and its proximity to East and Southeast Asia. 

In the early 2000s, Australian politics became unstable with frequent attempts to oust party leaders, including five changes of prime minister between 2010 and 2018. As a result, both major parties instituted rules to make it harder to remove a party leader.

" } }, "Geography": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/kr.json b/australia-oceania/kr.json index de987902..08180054 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kr.json @@ -336,10 +336,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2.4% (2019)" + "text": "2.4%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "18.4% (2019)" + "text": "18.4%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "8.6% (2019 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/tn.json b/australia-oceania/tn.json index b7cf0626..9ab1b224 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tn.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tn.json @@ -333,10 +333,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.4% (2019)" + "text": "0.4%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "10.1% (2019)" + "text": "10.1%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "2.8% (2019 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/ws.json b/australia-oceania/ws.json index 451976e5..43c87573 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ws.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ws.json @@ -333,10 +333,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.9% (2020)" + "text": "0.9%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "7.4% (2020)" + "text": "7.4%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "2% (2020 est.)" @@ -615,10 +615,10 @@ "text": "4400 Apia Place, Washington DC 20521-4400" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[685] 21-436 (2018)" + "text": "[685] 21-436" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[685] 22-030 (2018)" + "text": "[685] 22-030" }, "email address and website": { "text": "
ApiaConsular@state.gov

https://ws.usembassy.gov/" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json index b3f25e03..e1949b56 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json @@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Alliance Party for Progress or APP [Joseph ATHERLEY]
Barbados Labor Party or BLP [Mia MOTTLEY]
Democratic Labor Party or DLP [Steve Blackett]" + "text": "Alliance Party for Progress or APP [Joseph ATHERLEY]
Barbados Labor Party or BLP [Mia MOTTLEY]
Democratic Labor Party or DLP [Steve BLACKETT]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json index dae928de..b2e6033e 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json @@ -332,10 +332,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "6.3% (2016)" + "text": "6.3%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "33.5% (2016)" + "text": "33.5%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "22.2% (2016 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index 8386c3d4..0de555ae 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2% (2018)" + "text": "2%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "17.1% (2018 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json index 7e318751..1a5188a0 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json @@ -345,10 +345,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "4.8% (2019)" + "text": "4.8%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "29.4% (2019)" + "text": "29.4%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "5.9% (2019 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json index b0382bc1..b0264882 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json @@ -351,10 +351,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2.1% (2017)" + "text": "2.1%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "14.9% (2017)" + "text": "14.9%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "1.6% (2017 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index 912f28a8..30d52b50 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ "text": "[507] 317-5000" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[507] 317-5568 (2018)" + "text": "[507] 317-5568" }, "email address and website": { "text": "
Panama-ACS@state.gov

https://pa.usembassy.gov/" diff --git a/central-asia/kg.json b/central-asia/kg.json index d01b972f..9c5cc5f8 100644 --- a/central-asia/kg.json +++ b/central-asia/kg.json @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.3% (2018)" + "text": "0.3%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "12.9% (2018 est.)" diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index e77016bb..31a3b54c 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "1,305,018 (border crossings from Ukraine as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "1,518,394 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "56,960 (mid-year 2021); note - Russia's stateless population consists of Roma, Meskhetian Turks, and ex-Soviet citizens from the former republics; between 2003 and 2010 more than 600,000 stateless people were naturalized; most Meskhetian Turks, followers of Islam with origins in Georgia, fled or were evacuated from Uzbekistan after a 1989 pogrom and have lived in Russia for more than the required five-year residency period; they continue to be denied registration for citizenship and basic rights by local Krasnodar Krai authorities on the grounds that they are temporary illegal migrants" diff --git a/central-asia/ti.json b/central-asia/ti.json index 56e595a4..bf61aab7 100644 --- a/central-asia/ti.json +++ b/central-asia/ti.json @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.1% (2017)" + "text": "0.1%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "8.7% (2017 est.)" diff --git a/central-asia/tx.json b/central-asia/tx.json index 5db5a530..a2add059 100644 --- a/central-asia/tx.json +++ b/central-asia/tx.json @@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.2% (2019)" + "text": "0.2%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "6.1% (2019 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index 7c7ebf63..363dde1c 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -364,10 +364,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1.9% (2016)" + "text": "1.9%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "16% (2016)" + "text": "16%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "5% (2016 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json index b5d094be..6cf69e9d 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "none (Special Administrative Region of China); Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) carries out normal liaison activities and communication with the US Government and other US entities; Eddie MAK, JP (since 3 July 2018) is the Hong Kong Commissioner to the US Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; address: 1520 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036; telephone: [1] 202 331-8947; FAX: [1] 202 331-8958; hketo@hketowashington.gov.hk" + "text": "none (Special Administrative Region of China); Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) carries out normal liaison activities and communication with the US Government and other US entities; Eddie MAK, JP (since 3 July 2018) is the Hong Kong Commissioner to the US Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; address: 1520 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036; telephone: [1] (202) 331-8947; FAX: [1] (202) 331-8958; hketo@hketowashington.gov.hk" }, "HKETO offices": { "text": "New York, San Francisco" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index 43712847..87d2c753 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2% (2017)" + "text": "2%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "16.3% (2017 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index b5d886f8..4825bc08 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador TOMITA Koji (since 17 February 2021) (2018)" + "text": "Ambassador TOMITA Koji (since 17 February 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2520 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json index 3b2d14ab..ddcc258c 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json @@ -344,10 +344,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "7.1% (2017)" + "text": "7.1%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "32.7% (2017)" + "text": "32.7%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "10.8% (2017 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json index c7bc7361..cad43402 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json @@ -339,10 +339,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.9% (2018)" + "text": "0.9%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "12% (2018)" + "text": "12%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "2.1% (2018 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index a69ccc2e..a4e896eb 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -346,10 +346,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "8% (2018)" + "text": "8%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "27.3% (2018)" + "text": "27.3%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "3.7% (2018 est.)" @@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge D’Affaires Cephas KAYO, Minister (since 31 January 2018)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d’Affaires Cephas KAYO, Minister (since 31 January 2018)" }, "chancery": { "text": "1825 K Street NW, Suite 1010, Washington, DC 20006" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json index 61fb70f8..72ad109f 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2.2% (2017)" + "text": "2.2%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "16.5% (2017 est.)" @@ -591,10 +591,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Rodrigo DUTERTE (since 30 June 2016); Vice President Leni ROBREDO (since 30 June 2016); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" + "text": "President Ferdinand \"BongBong\" MARCOS, Jr (since 30 June 2022); Vice President Sara DUTERTE-Carpio (since 30 June 2022); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President Rodrigo DUTERTE (since 30 June 2016); Vice President Leni ROBREDO (since 30 June 2016)" + "text": "President Ferdinand \"BongBong\" MARCOS, Jr (since 30 June 2022); Vice President Sara DUTERTE-Carpio (since 30 June 2022)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president with the consent of the Commission of Appointments, an independent body of 25 Congressional members including the Senate president (ex officio chairman), appointed by the president" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index 1b4f994a..334c49d0 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -330,6 +330,14 @@ "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { "text": "NA" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0%" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "0.1% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "2.5% of GDP (2020)" }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index c54e4ba7..e5b3223e 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -357,10 +357,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "3% (2019)" + "text": "3%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "20.2% (2019)" + "text": "20.2%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "9.8% (2019 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json index 8dcea407..e60f22d7 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json @@ -339,10 +339,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2.6% (2016)" + "text": "2.6%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "14.9% (2016)" + "text": "14.9%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "1.2% (2016 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json index e4868c46..0fe37827 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ } }, "Suffrage": { - "text": "20 years of age; universal; note - in mid-2016, the Legislative Yuan drafted a constitutional amendment to reduce the voting age to 18, but it has not passed as of December 2017" + "text": "20 years of age; universal; note - in March 2022, the Legislative Yuan approved lowering the voting age to 18, but the change will require a constitutional amendment that must be submitted to a referendum" }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { diff --git a/europe/al.json b/europe/al.json index 8da41c76..5554756a 100644 --- a/europe/al.json +++ b/europe/al.json @@ -343,10 +343,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1.4% (2018)" + "text": "1.4%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "11.8% (2018)" + "text": "11.8%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "1.2% (2018 est.)" diff --git a/europe/au.json b/europe/au.json index f9514d74..6963a220 100644 --- a/europe/au.json +++ b/europe/au.json @@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "57,887 (Syria), 41,037 (Afghanistan), 9,661 (Iraq), 8,212 (Somalia), 7,046 (Iran), 7,003 (Russia) (mid-year 2021); 72,715 (Ukraine) (as of 20 June 2022)" + "text": "57,887 (Syria), 41,037 (Afghanistan), 9,661 (Iraq), 8,212 (Somalia), 7,046 (Iran), 7,003 (Russia) (mid-year 2021); 74,492 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "3,229 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/be.json b/europe/be.json index 29f3c6cc..145530a6 100644 --- a/europe/be.json +++ b/europe/be.json @@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "18,493 (Syria), 5,094 (Iraq) (2020); 48,118 (Ukraine) (as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "18,493 (Syria), 5,094 (Iraq) (2020); 50,242 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,159 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index 69a2273b..786e9508 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "149 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 92,443 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2022)" + "note": "note: 93,575 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2022)" }, "Trafficking in persons": { "current situation": { diff --git a/europe/bo.json b/europe/bo.json index b541904d..4d41670c 100644 --- a/europe/bo.json +++ b/europe/bo.json @@ -335,10 +335,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.1% (2019)" + "text": "0.1%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "4.7% (2019)" + "text": "4.7%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "1.6% (2019 est.)" @@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "16,660 (border crossings from Ukraine as of 20 June 2022)" + "text": "9,745 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "6,104 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index 1d8eda59..2a5de89f 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "19,014 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 82,071 (Ukraine) (as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "19,014 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 84,498 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,143 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/cy.json b/europe/cy.json index 99ff4667..6b898511 100644 --- a/europe/cy.json +++ b/europe/cy.json @@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "9,820 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 12,478 (Ukraine) (as of 19 June 2022)" + "text": "9,820 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 12,492 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "242,000 (both Turkish and Greek Cypriots; many displaced since 1974) (2021)" diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index c54f1440..99681649 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "19,833 (Syria), 5,634 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2021); 30,608 (Ukraine) (as of 19 June 2022)" + "text": "19,833 (Syria), 5,634 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2021); 30,900 (Ukraine) (as of 26 June 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "11,608 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/ei.json b/europe/ei.json index 14f887ba..c4542b93 100644 --- a/europe/ei.json +++ b/europe/ei.json @@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "36,759 (Ukraine) (as of 20 June 2022)" + "text": "39,278 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "107 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index 66ca1055..22aac351 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "43,048 (Ukraine) (as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "43,909 (Ukraine) (as of 28 June 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "71,873 (mid-year 2021); note - following independence in 1991, automatic citizenship was restricted to those who were Estonian citizens prior to the 1940 Soviet occupation and their descendants; thousands of ethnic Russians remained stateless when forced to choose between passing Estonian language and citizenship tests or applying for Russian citizenship; one reason for demurring on Estonian citizenship was to retain the right of visa-free travel to Russia; stateless residents can vote in local elections but not general elections; stateless parents who have been lawful residents of Estonia for at least five years can apply for citizenship for their children before they turn 15 years old" diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index 036826e5..ef3145fc 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "39,669 (Ukraine) (as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "388,097 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,498 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index 7d44b3e6..7c532a42 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "9,053 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 26,629 (Ukraine) (as of 20 June 2022)" + "text": "9,053 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 26,629 (Ukraine) (as of 26 June 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "3,416 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index f6401fc0..48d9e090 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "37,744 (Afghanistan), 23,980 (Sri Lanka), 23,510 (Syria), 21,070 (Sudan), 19,007 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 16,995 (Russia), 15,090 (Guinea), 14,296 (Serbia and Kosovo), 13,180 (Turkey), 10,849 (Cambodia), 9,328 (Iraq) 8,519 (China), 8,338 (Cote d'Ivoire), 8,218 (Eritrea), 7,628 (Vietnam), 6,947 (Bangladesh), 6,649 (Somalia), 6,642 (Albania), 6,371 (Laos), 6,074 (Mauritania), 5,908 (Mali) (mid-year 2021); 87,972 (Ukraine) (as of 13 June 2022)" + "text": "37,744 (Afghanistan), 23,980 (Sri Lanka), 23,510 (Syria), 21,070 (Sudan), 19,007 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 16,995 (Russia), 15,090 (Guinea), 14,296 (Serbia and Kosovo), 13,180 (Turkey), 10,849 (Cambodia), 9,328 (Iraq) 8,519 (China), 8,338 (Cote d'Ivoire), 8,218 (Eritrea), 7,628 (Vietnam), 6,947 (Bangladesh), 6,649 (Somalia), 6,642 (Albania), 6,371 (Laos), 6,074 (Mauritania), 5,908 (Mali) (mid-year 2021); 92,156 (Ukraine) (as of 4 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "2,094 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/gm.json b/europe/gm.json index da9e7a97..a6b04713 100644 --- a/europe/gm.json +++ b/europe/gm.json @@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "616,325 (Syria), 152,677 (Afghanistan), 147,400 (Iraq), 62,152 (Eritrea), 45,704 (Iran), 34,465 (Turkey), 29,137 (Somalia), 9,329 (Russia), 9,323 (Nigeria), 8,600 (Pakistan), 7,503 (Serbia and Kosovo), 6,057 (Ethiopia) (mid-year 2021); 780,000 (Ukraine) (as of 16 June 2022)" + "text": "616,325 (Syria), 152,677 (Afghanistan), 147,400 (Iraq), 62,152 (Eritrea), 45,704 (Iran), 34,465 (Turkey), 29,137 (Somalia), 9,329 (Russia), 9,323 (Nigeria), 8,600 (Pakistan), 7,503 (Serbia and Kosovo), 6,057 (Ethiopia) (mid-year 2021); 867,000 (Ukraine) (as of 21 June 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "26,980 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index a56c7331..c5b7539e 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -1200,12 +1200,12 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "38,496 (Syria), 25,188 (Afghanistan), 12,657 (Iraq), 5,002 (West Bank and Gaza) (mid-year 2021); 14,887 (Ukraine) (as of 5 June 2022)" + "text": "38,496 (Syria), 25,188 (Afghanistan), 12,657 (Iraq), 5,002 (West Bank and Gaza) (mid-year 2021); 15,565 (Ukraine) (as of 14 June 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "5,552 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 1,217,600 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2022); as of the end of February 2022, Greece hosted an estimated 161,419 refugees and asylum seekers" + "note": "note: 1,218,264 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2022); as of the end of February 2022, Greece hosted an estimated 161,419 refugees and asylum seekers" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis products and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime" diff --git a/europe/hr.json b/europe/hr.json index 0c7ef887..c64538e5 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "14,642 (Ukraine) (as of 20 June 2022)" + "text": "15,380 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "2,910 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/hu.json b/europe/hu.json index b3622245..39282ace 100644 --- a/europe/hu.json +++ b/europe/hu.json @@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "814,607 (border crossings from Ukraine as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "26,199 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "130 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index 9e10abcc..7f79f1df 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -1221,12 +1221,12 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "19,441 (Nigeria), 15,337 (Pakistan), 12,962 (Afghanistan), 10,609 (Mali), 7,901 (Somalia), 5,845 (Gambia), 5,079 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 137,385 (Ukraine) (as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "19,441 (Nigeria), 15,337 (Pakistan), 12,962 (Afghanistan), 10,609 (Mali), 7,901 (Somalia), 5,845 (Gambia), 5,079 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 141,562 (Ukraine) (as of 28 June 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "3,000 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 615,626 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2022)" + "note": "note: 619,524 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2022)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "important gateway for drug trafficking; organized crime groups allied with Colombian and Spanish groups trafficking cocaine to Europe" diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index c9b10449..b93d9e52 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "32,810 (Ukraine) (as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "34,259 (Ukraine) (as of 28 June 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "209,168 (mid-year 2021); note - individuals who were Latvian citizens prior to the 1940 Soviet occupation and their descendants were recognized as Latvian citizens when the country's independence was restored in 1991; citizens of the former Soviet Union residing in Latvia who have neither Latvian nor other citizenship are considered non-citizens (officially there is no statelessness in Latvia) and are entitled to non-citizen passports; children born after Latvian independence to stateless parents are entitled to Latvian citizenship upon their parents' request; non-citizens cannot vote or hold certain government jobs and are exempt from military service but can travel visa-free in the EU under the Schengen accord like Latvian citizens; non-citizens can obtain naturalization if they have been permanent residents of Latvia for at least five years, pass tests in Latvian language and history, and know the words of the Latvian national anthem" diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index 906d6ae3..2285d771 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -339,6 +339,11 @@ "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { "text": "NA" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "0% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "3.9% of GDP (2018)" }, @@ -1204,7 +1209,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "57,175 (Ukraine) (as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "57,979 (Ukraine) (as of 29 June 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "2,721 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index 26e9cec0..be6ff415 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "525,620 (border crossings from Ukraine as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "80,533 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,532 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/lu.json b/europe/lu.json index b4686f69..a5d555bf 100644 --- a/europe/lu.json +++ b/europe/lu.json @@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "5,775 (Ukraine) (as of 14 June 2022)" + "text": "5,775 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "194 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/md.json b/europe/md.json index 2dfe7f03..d94d12de 100644 --- a/europe/md.json +++ b/europe/md.json @@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "507,552 (border crossings from Ukraine as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "83,832 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "3,372 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/mj.json b/europe/mj.json index 6c8daa84..78caedc0 100644 --- a/europe/mj.json +++ b/europe/mj.json @@ -352,10 +352,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1.9% (2018)" + "text": "1.9%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "5.8% (2018)" + "text": "5.8%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "3.2% (2018 est.)" @@ -1199,12 +1199,12 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "8,893 (Ukraine) (as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "9,394 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "458 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 22,153 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2022)" + "note": "note: 22,451 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2022)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "

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

" diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index d71a1e1e..822e73bf 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.3% (2019)" + "text": "0.3%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "7.5% (2019 est.)" diff --git a/europe/mt.json b/europe/mt.json index 9c5dd356..fea61160 100644 --- a/europe/mt.json +++ b/europe/mt.json @@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "11 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 8,151 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-May 2022)" + "note": "note: 8,153 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-June 2022)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "minor transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Western Europe" diff --git a/europe/nl.json b/europe/nl.json index 8a29f93b..4e746366 100644 --- a/europe/nl.json +++ b/europe/nl.json @@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "37,792 (Syria), 14,787 (Eritrea), 8,368 (Somalia), 6,636 (Iraq), 5,346 (Iran) (mid-year 2021); 65,550 (Ukraine) (as of 20 June 2022)" + "text": "37,792 (Syria), 14,787 (Eritrea), 8,368 (Somalia), 6,636 (Iraq), 5,346 (Iran) (mid-year 2021); 68,050 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "2,087 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/no.json b/europe/no.json index b600dc53..09f3e7d1 100644 --- a/europe/no.json +++ b/europe/no.json @@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "15,542 (Syria), 11,965 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2021); 18,994 (Ukraine) (as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "15,542 (Syria), 11,965 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2021); 19,439 (Ukraine) (as of 28 June 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "4,154 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/pl.json b/europe/pl.json index af5ef802..947160be 100644 --- a/europe/pl.json +++ b/europe/pl.json @@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "9,870 (Russia) (2019); 4,146,144 (border crossings from Ukraine as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "9,870 (Russia) (2019); 1,207,650 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,389 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/po.json b/europe/po.json index 0a1b6841..ad5138d1 100644 --- a/europe/po.json +++ b/europe/po.json @@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "44,033 (Ukraine) (as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "45,714 (Ukraine) (as of 28 June 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "45 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/ri.json b/europe/ri.json index 9b261ef9..feba51b1 100644 --- a/europe/ri.json +++ b/europe/ri.json @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1.2% (2019)" + "text": "1.2%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "5.5% (2019 est.)" @@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "17,336 (Croatia), 7,997 (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (mid-year 2021); 8,004 (Ukraine) (includes Kosovo; as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "17,336 (Croatia), 7,997 (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (mid-year 2021); 11,155 (Ukraine) (includes Kosovo; as of 5 July 2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "196,995 (most are Kosovar Serbs, some are Roma, Ashkalis, and Egyptian (RAE); some RAE IDPs are unregistered) (2021)" @@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "2,113 (includes stateless persons in Kosovo) (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 841,105 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2022); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 5,918 migrants and asylum seekers as of May 2022" + "note": "note: 845,922 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2022); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 5,918 migrants and asylum seekers as of May 2022" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "

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

" diff --git a/europe/ro.json b/europe/ro.json index ecb16170..21076840 100644 --- a/europe/ro.json +++ b/europe/ro.json @@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "691,413 (border crossings from Ukraine as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "83,704 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "314 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/si.json b/europe/si.json index 53fa7cee..913c6426 100644 --- a/europe/si.json +++ b/europe/si.json @@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "7,834 (Ukraine) (as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "6,962 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "10 (2020)" diff --git a/europe/sm.json b/europe/sm.json index cf658d0f..bfb09544 100644 --- a/europe/sm.json +++ b/europe/sm.json @@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "embassy": { - "text": "the United States does not have an Embassy in San Marino; the US Ambassador to Italy is accredited to San Marino, and the US Consulate general in Florence maintains day-to-day ties" + "text": "the United States does not have an Embassy in San Marino; the US Ambassador to Italy is accredited to San Marino, and the US Consulate General in Florence maintains day-to-day ties" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/sp.json b/europe/sp.json index ab3f2c88..bd4395db 100644 --- a/europe/sp.json +++ b/europe/sp.json @@ -1230,12 +1230,12 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "14,823 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 418,200 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2021); 124,052 (Ukraine) (as of 20 June 2022)" + "text": "14,823 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 418,200 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2021); 125,757 (Ukraine) (as of 26 June 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "692 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 261,310 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals, including Canary Islands (January 2015-June 2022)" + "note": "note: 261,985 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals, including Canary Islands (January 2015-July 2022)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "primary transit point in Europe for cocaine from South America and for hashish from Morocco; cocaine is shipped in raw or liquid form with mixed cargo to avoid detection; traffickers ship methamphetamine via express mail; increasing number of indoor cannabis grow operations; illegal labs cutting, mixing, and reconstituting cocaine, and heroin and methamphetamine labs; synthetic drugs, including ketamine and MDMA (ecstasy) transit from Spain to the United States" diff --git a/europe/sw.json b/europe/sw.json index 62ca2790..013cdcb2 100644 --- a/europe/sw.json +++ b/europe/sw.json @@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "114,995 (Syria), 28,744 (Afghanistan), 26,911 (Eritrea), 11,574 (Somalia), 11,153 (Iraq), 7,516 (Iran) (2020); 40,340 (Ukraine) (as of 20 June 2022)" + "text": "114,995 (Syria), 28,744 (Afghanistan), 26,911 (Eritrea), 11,574 (Somalia), 11,153 (Iraq), 7,516 (Iran) (2020); 40,765 (Ukraine) (as of 27 June 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "50,098 (mid-year 2021); note - the majority of stateless people are from the Middle East and Somalia" diff --git a/europe/sz.json b/europe/sz.json index 48088c9b..4f5139e2 100644 --- a/europe/sz.json +++ b/europe/sz.json @@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "38,219 (Eritrea), 20,043 (Syria), 14,649 (Afghanistan), 6,069 (Sri Lanka), 6,197 (Turkey) (mid-year 2021); 54,796 (Ukraine) (as of 21 June 2022)" + "text": "38,219 (Eritrea), 20,043 (Syria), 14,649 (Afghanistan), 6,069 (Sri Lanka), 6,197 (Turkey) (mid-year 2021); 56,722 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "684 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/uk.json b/europe/uk.json index dc6a4f42..9e9e0d18 100644 --- a/europe/uk.json +++ b/europe/uk.json @@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "21,011 (Iran), 14,503 (Eritrea), 11,251 (Sudan), 11,412 (Syria), 9,469 (Afghanistan), 8,357 (Pakistan), 6,933 (Iraq), 5,200 (Sri Lanka) (2020); 82,100 (Ukraine) (as of 20 June 2022)" + "text": "21,011 (Iran), 14,503 (Eritrea), 11,251 (Sudan), 11,412 (Syria), 9,469 (Afghanistan), 8,357 (Pakistan), 6,933 (Iraq), 5,200 (Sri Lanka) (2020); 86,600 (Ukraine) (as of 27 June 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "3,968 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/up.json b/europe/up.json index a2d5e0e7..b758acb2 100644 --- a/europe/up.json +++ b/europe/up.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Ukraine was the center of the first eastern Slavic state, Kyivan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The cultural and religious legacy of Kyivan Rus laid the foundation for Ukrainian nationalism through subsequent centuries. A new Ukrainian state, the Cossack Hetmanate, was established during the mid-17th century after an uprising against the Poles. Despite continuous Muscovite pressure, the Hetmanate managed to remain autonomous for well over 100 years. During the latter part of the 18th century, most Ukrainian ethnographic territory was absorbed by the Russian Empire. Following the collapse of czarist Russia in 1917, Ukraine achieved a short-lived period of independence (1917-20), but was reconquered and endured a brutal Soviet rule that engineered two forced famines (1921-22 and 1932-33) in which over 8 million died. In World War II, German and Soviet armies were responsible for 7 to 8 million more deaths. Although Ukraine achieved independence in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, democracy and prosperity remained elusive as the legacy of state control and endemic corruption stalled efforts at economic reform, privatization, and civil liberties.

A peaceful mass protest referred to as the \"Orange Revolution\" in the closing months of 2004 forced the authorities to overturn a rigged presidential election and to allow a new internationally monitored vote that swept into power a reformist slate under Viktor YUSHCHENKO. Subsequent internal squabbles in the YUSHCHENKO camp allowed his rival Viktor YANUKOVYCH to stage a comeback in parliamentary (Rada) elections, become prime minister in August 2006, and be elected president in February 2010. In October 2012, Ukraine held Rada elections, widely criticized by Western observers as flawed due to use of government resources to favor ruling party candidates, interference with media access, and harassment of opposition candidates. President YANUKOVYCH's backtracking on a trade and cooperation agreement with the EU in November 2013 - in favor of closer economic ties with Russia - and subsequent use of force against students, civil society activists, and other civilians in favor of the agreement led to a three-month protest occupation of Kyiv's central square. The government's use of violence to break up the protest camp in February 2014 led to all out pitched battles, scores of deaths, international condemnation, a failed political deal, and the president's abrupt departure for Russia. New elections in the spring allowed pro-West president Petro POROSHENKO to assume office in June 2014; he was succeeded by Volodymyr ZELENSKY in May 2019.

Shortly after YANUKOVYCH's departure in late February 2014, Russian President PUTIN ordered the invasion of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula falsely claiming the action was to protect ethnic Russians living there. Two weeks later, a \"referendum\" was held regarding the integration of Crimea into the Russian Federation. The \"referendum\" was condemned as illegitimate by the Ukrainian Government, the EU, the US, and the UN General Assembly (UNGA). In response to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, 100 members of the UN passed UNGA resolution 68/262, rejecting the \"referendum\" as baseless and invalid and confirming the sovereignty, political independence, unity, and territorial integrity of Ukraine. In mid-2014, Russia began supplying proxies in two of Ukraine's eastern provinces with manpower, funding, and materiel driving an armed conflict with the Ukrainian Government that continues to this day. Representatives from Ukraine, Russia, and the unrecognized Russian proxy republics signed the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum in September 2014 to end the conflict. However, this agreement failed to stop the fighting or find a political solution. In a renewed attempt to alleviate ongoing clashes, leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany negotiated a follow-on Package of Measures in February 2015 to implement the Minsk agreements. Representatives from Ukraine, Russia, the unrecognized Russian proxy republics, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe also meet regularly to facilitate implementation of the peace deal. By early 2022, more than 14,000 civilians were killed or wounded as a result of the Russian intervention in eastern Ukraine.

On 24 February 2022, Russia escalated its conflict with Ukraine by invading the country on several fronts in what has become the largest conventional military attack on a sovereign state in Europe since World War II. The invasion has received near universal international condemnation, and many countries have imposed sanctions on Russia and also supplied humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. The invasion has also created Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. As of 21 June, approximately 8 million people had fled Ukraine, and 6.275 million people were internally displaced as of 23 May.  Over 10,600 civilian casualties had been reported, as of 26 June.

 

" + "text": "

Ukraine was the center of the first eastern Slavic state, Kyivan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The cultural and religious legacy of Kyivan Rus laid the foundation for Ukrainian nationalism through subsequent centuries. A new Ukrainian state, the Cossack Hetmanate, was established during the mid-17th century after an uprising against the Poles. Despite continuous Muscovite pressure, the Hetmanate managed to remain autonomous for well over 100 years. During the latter part of the 18th century, most Ukrainian ethnographic territory was absorbed by the Russian Empire. Following the collapse of czarist Russia in 1917, Ukraine achieved a short-lived period of independence (1917-20), but was reconquered and endured a brutal Soviet rule that engineered two forced famines (1921-22 and 1932-33) in which over 8 million died. In World War II, German and Soviet armies were responsible for 7 to 8 million more deaths. Although Ukraine achieved independence in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, democracy and prosperity remained elusive as the legacy of state control and endemic corruption stalled efforts at economic reform, privatization, and civil liberties.

A peaceful mass protest referred to as the \"Orange Revolution\" in the closing months of 2004 forced the authorities to overturn a rigged presidential election and to allow a new internationally monitored vote that swept into power a reformist slate under Viktor YUSHCHENKO. Subsequent internal squabbles in the YUSHCHENKO camp allowed his rival Viktor YANUKOVYCH to stage a comeback in parliamentary (Rada) elections, become prime minister in August 2006, and be elected president in February 2010. In October 2012, Ukraine held Rada elections, widely criticized by Western observers as flawed due to use of government resources to favor ruling party candidates, interference with media access, and harassment of opposition candidates. President YANUKOVYCH's backtracking on a trade and cooperation agreement with the EU in November 2013 - in favor of closer economic ties with Russia - and subsequent use of force against students, civil society activists, and other civilians in favor of the agreement led to a three-month protest occupation of Kyiv's central square. The government's use of violence to break up the protest camp in February 2014 led to all out pitched battles, scores of deaths, international condemnation, a failed political deal, and the president's abrupt departure for Russia. New elections in the spring allowed pro-West president Petro POROSHENKO to assume office in June 2014; he was succeeded by Volodymyr ZELENSKY in May 2019.

Shortly after YANUKOVYCH's departure in late February 2014, Russian President PUTIN ordered the invasion of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula falsely claiming the action was to protect ethnic Russians living there. Two weeks later, a \"referendum\" was held regarding the integration of Crimea into the Russian Federation. The \"referendum\" was condemned as illegitimate by the Ukrainian Government, the EU, the US, and the UN General Assembly (UNGA). In response to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, 100 members of the UN passed UNGA resolution 68/262, rejecting the \"referendum\" as baseless and invalid and confirming the sovereignty, political independence, unity, and territorial integrity of Ukraine. In mid-2014, Russia began supplying proxies in two of Ukraine's eastern provinces with manpower, funding, and materiel driving an armed conflict with the Ukrainian Government that continues to this day. Representatives from Ukraine, Russia, and the unrecognized Russian proxy republics signed the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum in September 2014 to end the conflict. However, this agreement failed to stop the fighting or find a political solution. In a renewed attempt to alleviate ongoing clashes, leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany negotiated a follow-on Package of Measures in February 2015 to implement the Minsk agreements. Representatives from Ukraine, Russia, the unrecognized Russian proxy republics, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe also meet regularly to facilitate implementation of the peace deal. By early 2022, more than 14,000 civilians were killed or wounded as a result of the Russian intervention in eastern Ukraine.

On 24 February 2022, Russia escalated its conflict with Ukraine by invading the country on several fronts in what has become the largest conventional military attack on a sovereign state in Europe since World War II. The invasion has received near universal international condemnation, and many countries have imposed sanctions on Russia and also supplied humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. The invasion has also created Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. As of 5 July, approximately 8.79 million people had fled Ukraine, and 6.275 million people were internally displaced as of 23 June.  Over 11,000 civilian casualties had been reported, as of 3 July.

 

" } }, "Geography": { diff --git a/middle-east/am.json b/middle-east/am.json index 9f066740..7bca6477 100644 --- a/middle-east/am.json +++ b/middle-east/am.json @@ -331,10 +331,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0% (2016)" + "text": "0%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "5.3% (2016)" + "text": "5.3%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "0.4% (2016 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/gg.json b/middle-east/gg.json index 1d69149b..e7bb1d6d 100644 --- a/middle-east/gg.json +++ b/middle-east/gg.json @@ -334,10 +334,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.3% (2018)" + "text": "0.3%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "13.9% (2018)" + "text": "13.9%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "0.5% (2018 est.)" @@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "21,145 (Ukraine) (as of 17 June 2022)" + "text": "21,665 (Ukraine) (as of 26 June 2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "305,000 (displaced in the 1990s as a result of armed conflict in the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia; displaced in 2008 by fighting between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia) (2021)" diff --git a/middle-east/gz.json b/middle-east/gz.json index 0839ea26..0c269025 100644 --- a/middle-east/gz.json +++ b/middle-east/gz.json @@ -297,10 +297,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.7% (2020) ; note - includes both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank" + "text": "0.7% Includes both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "13.4% (2020 est.) ; note - includes both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank" + "text": "13.4% (2020 est.) Includes both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank" } }, "Education expenditures": { diff --git a/middle-east/is.json b/middle-east/is.json index d3a8bcb8..01b285db 100644 --- a/middle-east/is.json +++ b/middle-east/is.json @@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ "text": "President Isaac HERZOG (since 7 July 2021)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Naftali BENNETT (since 13 June 2021)" + "text": "Prime Minister Yair LAPID serving as caretaker (since 1 July 2022); under the terms of the coalition government made a year ago, LAPID becomes prime minister on 1 July 2022, replacing former Prime Minister Naftali BENNETT" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet selected by prime minister and approved by the Knesset" @@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ "text": "unicameral Knesset (120 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed-list proportional representation vote, with a 3.25% vote threshold to gain representation; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 23 March 2021 (next to be held in 2025)" + "text": "last held on 23 March 2021; the Knesset was dissolved on 30 June 2022 (next scheduled for 1 November 2022)" }, "election results": { "text": "percent by party - Likud 24.2%, Yesh Atid 13.9%, Shas 7.2%, Blue and White 6.6%, Yamina 6.2%, Labor 6.1%, UTJ 5.6%, Yisrael Beiteinu 5.6%, Religious Zionist Party 5.1%, Joint List 4.8%, New Hope 4.7%, Meretz 4.6%, Ra'am 3.8%, other 0.5%; seats by party - Likud 30, Yesh Atid 17, Shas 9, Blue and White 8, Yamina 7, Labor 7, UTJ 7, Yisrael Beiteinu 7, Religious Zionist Party 6, Joint List 6, New Hope 6, Meretz 6, Ra'am 4; composition as of March 2022 - men 84, women 36, percentage of women 30%" diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index 1905f1e2..552a3e57 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "7.2% (2018)" + "text": "7.2%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "27.9% (2018 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index 7dcd01e2..56b47274 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -345,10 +345,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1.5% (2018)" + "text": "1.5%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "9.7% (2018)" + "text": "9.7%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "0.1% (2018 est.)" @@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "2,307,011 (Palestinian refugees) (2020); 66,665 (Iraq), 12,866 (Yemen), 6,013 Sudan (2021); 675,040 (Syria) (2022)" + "text": "2,307,011 (Palestinian refugees) (2020); 66,665 (Iraq), 12,866 (Yemen), 6,013 Sudan (2021); 675,433 (Syria) (2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "63 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index 774c96df..caedde5f 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1.4% (2016)" + "text": "1.4%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "6% (2016 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/qa.json b/middle-east/qa.json index ca7aacaf..a23db63c 100644 --- a/middle-east/qa.json +++ b/middle-east/qa.json @@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "

Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Evyenia SIDEREAS

" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Evyenia SIDEREAS" }, "embassy": { "text": "22 February Street, Al Luqta District, P.O. Box 2399, Doha" diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index 2cf24214..f12299d2 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Martina STRONG (since February 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Martina STRONG (since February 2021)" }, "embassy": { "text": "Riyadh 11564" diff --git a/middle-east/sy.json b/middle-east/sy.json index bb82360a..8ff9d6d2 100644 --- a/middle-east/sy.json +++ b/middle-east/sy.json @@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "160,000 (mid-year 2021); note - Syria's stateless population consists of Kurds and Palestinians; stateless persons are prevented from voting, owning land, holding certain jobs, receiving food subsidies or public healthcare, enrolling in public schools, or being legally married to Syrian citizens; in 1962, some 120,000 Syrian Kurds were stripped of their Syrian citizenship, rendering them and their descendants stateless; in 2011, the Syrian Government granted citizenship to thousands of Syrian Kurds as a means of appeasement; however, resolving the question of statelessness is not a priority given Syria's ongoing civil war" }, - "note": "note: the ongoing civil war has resulted in more than 5.7 million registered Syrian refugees - dispersed in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey - as of June 2022" + "note": "note: the ongoing civil war has resulted in more than 5.6 million registered Syrian refugees - dispersed in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey - as of June 2022" }, "Trafficking in persons": { "current situation": { diff --git a/middle-east/tu.json b/middle-east/tu.json index dcc0f28e..40354159 100644 --- a/middle-east/tu.json +++ b/middle-east/tu.json @@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2% (2018)" + "text": "2%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "14.7% (2018 est.)" @@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "3,684,488 (Syria) (2022); 145,000 (Ukraine) (as of 19 May 2022)" + "text": "3,648,983 (Syria) (2022); 145,000 (Ukraine) (as of 19 May 2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1.099 million (displaced from 1984-2005 because of fighting between the Kurdish PKK and Turkish military; most IDPs are Kurds from eastern and southeastern provinces; no information available on persons displaced by development projects) (2021)" diff --git a/middle-east/we.json b/middle-east/we.json index 3e3cac7c..e57e0f46 100644 --- a/middle-east/we.json +++ b/middle-east/we.json @@ -321,10 +321,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.7% (2020) ; note - includes both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank" + "text": "0.7% Includes both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "13.4% (2020 est.) ; note - includes both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank" + "text": "13.4% (2020 est.) Includes both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank" } }, "Education expenditures": { diff --git a/north-america/mx.json b/north-america/mx.json index 0d5902c5..af06d5b1 100644 --- a/north-america/mx.json +++ b/north-america/mx.json @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "3.6% (2018)" + "text": "3.6%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "20.7% (2018 est.)" @@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ } }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugar cane, maize, milk, oranges, sorghum, tomatoes, poultry, wheat, green chillies/peppers, eggs" + "text": "sugarcane, maize, milk, oranges, sorghum, tomatoes, poultry, wheat, green chillies/peppers, eggs" }, "Industries": { "text": "food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism" diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index ff85c6cb..a0d202cc 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -356,10 +356,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "3.4% (2016)" + "text": "3.4%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "19.7% (2016)" + "text": "19.7%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "5.2% (2016 est.)" diff --git a/south-america/ec.json b/south-america/ec.json index 0cd383e2..cd10abfc 100644 --- a/south-america/ec.json +++ b/south-america/ec.json @@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "3.8% (2018)" + "text": "3.8%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "22.2% (2018 est.)" diff --git a/south-america/ns.json b/south-america/ns.json index 8b7d4943..ae0bb185 100644 --- a/south-america/ns.json +++ b/south-america/ns.json @@ -334,10 +334,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "8.8% (2018)" + "text": "8.8%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "36% (2018)" + "text": "36%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "19.6% (2018 est.)" diff --git a/south-america/pa.json b/south-america/pa.json index 2cba85b2..83c7a0c9 100644 --- a/south-america/pa.json +++ b/south-america/pa.json @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "3.6% (2016)" + "text": "3.6%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "21.6% (2016 est.)" diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index 02c70038..a6a05115 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2.5% (2018)" + "text": "2.5%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "17.4% (2018 est.)" diff --git a/south-america/uy.json b/south-america/uy.json index aa09075e..ca1d7828 100644 --- a/south-america/uy.json +++ b/south-america/uy.json @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Broad Front or FA (Frente Amplio) [Fernando PEREIRA] - (a broad governing coalition that comprises 34 factions including Uruguay Assembly [Danilo ASTORI], Progressive Alliance [Rodolfo NIN NOVOA], New Space [Rafael MICHELINI], Socialist Party [Gonzalo CIVILA], Vertiente Artiguista [Enrique RUBIO], Christian Democratic Party [Jorge RODRIGUEZ], For the People’s Victory [Luis PUIG], Popular Participation Movement (MPP) [Jose MUJICA], Big House [Constanza MOREIRA], Communist Party [Juan CASTILLO], The Federal League [Sergio LIER], Fuerza Renovadora [Mario BERGARA],
Colorado Party (including Batllistas [Julio Maria SANGUINETTI], and Ciudadanos [Adrian Pena])
Independent Party [Pablo MIERES]
National Party or Blanco (including Todos (Everyone) [Luis LACALLE POU] and National Alliance [Carlos CAMY])
Popular Unity [Gonzalo ABELLA]
Open Cabildo [Guido MANINI RIOS]" + "text": "Broad Front or FA (Frente Amplio) [Fernando PEREIRA] - (a broad governing coalition that comprises 34 factions including Uruguay Assembly [Danilo ASTORI], Progressive Alliance [Rodolfo NIN NOVOA], New Space [Rafael MICHELINI], Socialist Party [Gonzalo CIVILA], Vertiente Artiguista [Enrique RUBIO], Christian Democratic Party [Jorge RODRIGUEZ], For the People’s Victory [Luis PUIG], Popular Participation Movement (MPP) [Jose MUJICA], Big House [Constanza MOREIRA], Communist Party [Juan CASTILLO], The Federal League [Sergio LIER], Fuerza Renovadora [Mario BERGARA],
Colorado Party (including Batllistas [Julio Maria SANGUINETTI], and Ciudadanos [Adrian PENA])
Independent Party [Pablo MIERES]
National Party or Blanco (including Todos (Everyone) [Luis LACALLE POU] and National Alliance [Carlos CAMY])
Popular Unity [Gonzalo ABELLA]
Open Cabildo [Guido MANINI RIOS]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "CAN (associate), CD, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur, MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NAM (observer), OAS, OIF (observer), OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, SICA (observer), UN, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNISFA, UNMOGIP, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" diff --git a/south-asia/af.json b/south-asia/af.json index 10f52ad5..fafd64b7 100644 --- a/south-asia/af.json +++ b/south-asia/af.json @@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "4.2% (2017)" + "text": "4.2%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "28.3% (2017 est.)" diff --git a/south-asia/bg.json b/south-asia/bg.json index cc614ba8..c47eabba 100644 --- a/south-asia/bg.json +++ b/south-asia/bg.json @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "15.5% (2019)" + "text": "15.5%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "51.4% (2019 est.)" diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index 1b144276..76997a08 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.9% (2016)" + "text": "0.9%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "9.8% (2016 est.)" diff --git a/south-asia/in.json b/south-asia/in.json index 329527b0..9a1a8d65 100644 --- a/south-asia/in.json +++ b/south-asia/in.json @@ -370,10 +370,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "6.8% (2016)" + "text": "6.8%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "27.3% (2016)" + "text": "27.3%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "4.2% (2016 est.)" diff --git a/south-asia/mv.json b/south-asia/mv.json index bd91c605..a1e78177 100644 --- a/south-asia/mv.json +++ b/south-asia/mv.json @@ -328,10 +328,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0% (2017)" + "text": "0%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "2.2% (2017)" + "text": "2.2%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "2.2% (2017 est.)" diff --git a/south-asia/np.json b/south-asia/np.json index 0a57e7ef..61037506 100644 --- a/south-asia/np.json +++ b/south-asia/np.json @@ -345,10 +345,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "7.9% (2019)" + "text": "7.9%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "32.8% (2019)" + "text": "32.8%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "9% (2019 est.)" diff --git a/south-asia/pk.json b/south-asia/pk.json index 10d3bf76..5e3613b1 100644 --- a/south-asia/pk.json +++ b/south-asia/pk.json @@ -363,10 +363,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "3.6% (2018)" + "text": "3.6%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "18.3% (2018)" + "text": "18.3%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "4.7% (2018 est.)" @@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Angela AGGELER" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Angela AGGELER" }, "embassy": { "text": "Diplomatic Enclave, Ramna 5, Islamabad"