diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index c89bcbe7..8fdd471b 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Muslim (official; predominantly Sunni) 99%, other (includes Christian, Jewish, Ahmadi Muslims, Shia Muslims, Ibadi  Muslims) <1% (2012 est.)" + "text": "Muslim (official; predominantly Sunni) 99%, other (includes Christian, Jewish, Ahmadi Muslim, Shia Muslim, Ibadi Muslim) <1% (2012 est.)" }, "Demographic profile": { "text": "

For the first two thirds of the 20th century, Algeria's high fertility rate caused its population to grow rapidly. However, about a decade after independence from France in 1962, the total fertility rate fell dramatically from 7 children per woman in the 1970s to about 2.4 in 2000, slowing Algeria's population growth rate by the late 1980s. The lower fertility rate was mainly the result of women's rising age at first marriage (virtually all Algerian children being born in wedlock) and to a lesser extent the wider use of contraceptives. Later marriages and a preference for smaller families are attributed to increases in women's education and participation in the labor market; higher unemployment; and a shortage of housing forcing multiple generations to live together. The average woman's age at first marriage increased from about 19 in the mid-1950s to 24 in the mid-1970s to 30.5 in the late 1990s.

Algeria's fertility rate experienced an unexpected upturn in the early 2000s, as the average woman's age at first marriage dropped slightly. The reversal in fertility could represent a temporary fluctuation in marriage age or, less likely, a decrease in the steady rate of contraceptive use.

Thousands of Algerian peasants - mainly Berber men from the Kabylia region - faced with land dispossession and economic hardship under French rule migrated temporarily to France to work in manufacturing and mining during the first half of the 20th century. This movement accelerated during World War I, when Algerians filled in for French factory workers or served as soldiers. In the years following independence, low-skilled Algerian workers and Algerians who had supported the French (known as Harkis) emigrated en masse to France. Tighter French immigration rules and Algiers' decision to cease managing labor migration to France in the 1970s limited legal emigration largely to family reunification.

Not until Algeria's civil war in the 1990s did the country again experience substantial outmigration. Many Algerians legally entered Tunisia without visas claiming to be tourists and then stayed as workers. Other Algerians headed to Europe seeking asylum, although France imposed restrictions. Sub-Saharan African migrants came to Algeria after its civil war to work in agriculture and mining. In the 2000s, a wave of educated Algerians went abroad seeking skilled jobs in a wider range of destinations, increasing their presence in North America and Spain. At the same time, legal foreign workers principally from China and Egypt came to work in Algeria's construction and oil sectors. Illegal migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Malians, Nigeriens, and Gambians, continue to come to Algeria in search of work or to use it as a stepping stone to Libya and Europe.

Since 1975, Algeria also has been the main recipient of Sahrawi refugees from the ongoing conflict in Western Sahara (today part of Morocco). More than 100,000 Sahrawis are estimated to be living in five refugee camps in southwestern Algeria near Tindouf.

" @@ -830,10 +830,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$54.15 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$55.185 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$70.2 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$64.728 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1165,7 +1165,8 @@ }, "under 914 m": { "text": "2 (2021)" - } + }, + "note": "note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)" }, "Airports - with unpaved runways": { "total": { @@ -1255,7 +1256,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2020, conscripts comprised an estimated 70% of the military" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the ANP has played a large role in the country’s politics since independence in 1962, including coups in 1965 and 1991; it was a key backer of BOUTEFLIKA’s election in 1999 and remained a center of power during his 20-year rule; the military was instrumental in BOUTEFLIKA’s resignation in 2019 when it withdrew support and called for him to be removed from office

the ANP traditionally has focused on internal stability and on Morocco where relations as of 2022 remained tense over Western Sahara and Algerian accusations that Morocco supports the Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie (MAK), a separatist group in Algeria’s Kabylie region; however, following the Arab Spring events of 2011 and a series of cross-border terrorist attacks emanating from Mali in 2012-2013, particularly the 2013 attack on a commercial gas plant by al-Qa’ida-linked terrorists that resulted in the deaths of 35 hostages and 29 jihadists, it has made a concerted effort to beef up security along its other borders and promote regional security cooperation; since 2013, additional Army and paramilitary forces were deployed to the borders with Tunisia, Libya, Niger, and Mali to interdict and deter cross-border attacks by Islamic militant groups; in addition, Algeria has provided security assistance to some neighboring countries, particularly Tunisia, and conducted joint military/counter-terrorism operations (2022)" + "text": "the ANP has played a large role in the country’s politics since independence in 1962, including coups in 1965 and 1991; it was a key backer of BOUTEFLIKA’s election in 1999 and remained a center of power during his 20-year rule; the military was instrumental in BOUTEFLIKA’s resignation in 2019 when it withdrew support and called for him to be removed from office

the ANP traditionally has focused on internal stability and on Morocco where relations remain tense over Western Sahara and Algerian accusations that Morocco supports the Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie (MAK), a separatist group in Algeria’s Kabylie region; however, following the Arab Spring events of 2011 and a series of cross-border terrorist attacks emanating from Mali in 2012-2013, particularly the 2013 attack on a commercial gas plant by al-Qa’ida-linked terrorists that resulted in the deaths of 35 hostages and 29 jihadists, it has made a concerted effort to beef up security along its other borders and promote regional security cooperation; since 2013, additional Army and paramilitary forces were deployed to the borders with Tunisia, Libya, Niger, and Mali to interdict and deter cross-border attacks by Islamic militant groups; in addition, Algeria has provided security assistance to some neighboring countries, particularly Mali and Tunisia, and conducted joint military/counter-terrorism operations (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/ao.json b/africa/ao.json index c623cac7..1ea5f1e8 100644 --- a/africa/ao.json +++ b/africa/ao.json @@ -854,10 +854,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$37.02 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$17.899 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$45.44 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$17.244 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1185,7 +1185,8 @@ }, "914 to 1,523 m": { "text": "6 (2021)" - } + }, + "note": "note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)" }, "Airports - with unpaved runways": { "total": { @@ -1299,7 +1300,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "23,176 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 9,272 (Guinea), 6,357 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,725 (Mauritania) (2023)" + "text": "23,199 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 9,272 (Guinea), 6,357 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,725 (Mauritania) (2023)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/bc.json b/africa/bc.json index b004d85c..53805b51 100644 --- a/africa/bc.json +++ b/africa/bc.json @@ -843,10 +843,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$5.305 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.828 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$5.478 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$6.006 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/bn.json b/africa/bn.json index af18eb6a..613f71d7 100644 --- a/africa/bn.json +++ b/africa/bn.json @@ -857,10 +857,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.578 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.024 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$2.152 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.101 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/by.json b/africa/by.json index 7461f1db..9c733a92 100644 --- a/africa/by.json +++ b/africa/by.json @@ -854,10 +854,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$536.7 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$747 million (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$729.6 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.111 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "86,857 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023)" + "text": "86,790 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "84,791 (some ethnic Tutsis remain displaced from intercommunal violence that broke out after the 1993 coup and fighting between government forces and rebel groups; violence since April 2015) (2022)" diff --git a/africa/cd.json b/africa/cd.json index 1c620a54..bd4c305a 100644 --- a/africa/cd.json +++ b/africa/cd.json @@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires Ellen THORBURN (since 8 November 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador Alexander LASKARIS (since 18 August 2022)" }, "embassy": { "text": "Rond-Point Chagoua, B.P. 413, N’Djamena" @@ -868,10 +868,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.337 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.29 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.481 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.12 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/cf.json b/africa/cf.json index bcea5581..83e7d4d9 100644 --- a/africa/cf.json +++ b/africa/cf.json @@ -886,10 +886,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.965 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.399 billion (2018 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$2.578 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.628 billion (2018 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "26,950 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022); 30,031 (Central African Republic) (2023)" + "text": "27,420 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022); 30,204 (Central African Republic) (2023)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "159,830 (multiple civil wars since 1992) (2022)" diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index 44948e6c..9b596b0a 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -897,10 +897,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$4.634 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$5.419 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$5.009 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$6.382 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/cm.json b/africa/cm.json index d5df5ce9..f48691a6 100644 --- a/africa/cm.json +++ b/africa/cm.json @@ -907,10 +907,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$5.363 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$6.118 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$6.556 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$7.405 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/cn.json b/africa/cn.json index 8e4de748..a3828feb 100644 --- a/africa/cn.json +++ b/africa/cn.json @@ -761,10 +761,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$165.2 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$223 million (2018 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$207.3 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$228 million (2018 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/ct.json b/africa/ct.json index c86c3fcf..5cc90a44 100644 --- a/africa/ct.json +++ b/africa/ct.json @@ -824,10 +824,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$282.9 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$418 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$300.1 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$385 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "6,630 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (2023)" + "text": "6,381 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (2023)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "482,816 (clashes between army and rebel groups since 2005; tensions between ethnic groups) (2022)" diff --git a/africa/cv.json b/africa/cv.json index 54d392b7..74378860 100644 --- a/africa/cv.json +++ b/africa/cv.json @@ -785,10 +785,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$493.5 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$583 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$546.7 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$619 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index 15d11e1e..aea64bb9 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -808,10 +808,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$717 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$725 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$899.2 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$754 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index e2584ce3..c2c122de 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -372,13 +372,13 @@ "text": "age 15 and over can read and write" }, "total population": { - "text": "71.2%" + "text": "73.1%" }, "male": { - "text": "76.5%" + "text": "78.8%" }, "female": { - "text": "65.5% (2017)" + "text": "67.4% (2021)" } }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { @@ -878,10 +878,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$42.32 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$71.16 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$62.61 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$100.318 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ "text": "1,000 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,075 Mali (MINUSMA) (May 2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "since 2011, the Egyptian Armed Forces, police, and other security forces have been actively engaged in counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism operations in the North Sinai governorate against several militant groups, particularly the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Sinai Province; as of 2022, Egypt had tens of thousands of military troops, police, and other security personnel deployed in the Sinai for internal security duties; in addition, tribal militias were assisting Egyptian security forces

the military has a large stake in the civilian economy, including running banks, businesses, gas stations, shipping lines, and utilities, and producing consumer and industrial goods, importing commodities, and building and managing infrastructure projects, such as bridges, roads, hospitals, and housing; the various enterprises are reportedly profitable enough to make the armed forces largely self-funded

Egypt has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments

the Multinational Force & Observers (MFO) has operated in the Sinai since 1982 as a peacekeeping and monitoring force to supervise the implementation of the security provisions of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace; the MFO is an independent international organization, created by agreement between Egypt and Israel; as of 2023, it was composed of about 1,150 troops from 13 countries; Colombia, Fiji, and the US were the leading providers of troops to the MFO (2023)" + "text": "since 2011, the Egyptian Armed Forces, police, and other security forces have been actively engaged in counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism operations in the North Sinai governorate against several militant groups, particularly the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Sinai Province; Egypt has tens of thousands of military troops, police, and other security personnel deployed in the Sinai for internal security duties; tribal militias also assist Egyptian security forces

the military has a large stake in the civilian economy, including running banks, businesses, gas stations, shipping lines, and utilities, and producing consumer and industrial goods, importing commodities, and building and managing infrastructure projects, such as bridges, roads, hospitals, and housing; the various enterprises are reportedly profitable enough to make the armed forces largely self-funded

Egypt has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation

the Multinational Force & Observers (MFO) has operated in the Sinai since 1982 as a peacekeeping and monitoring force to supervise the implementation of the security provisions of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace; the MFO is an independent international organization, created by agreement between Egypt and Israel; as of 2023, it was composed of about 1,150 troops from 13 countries; Colombia, Fiji, and the US are the leading providers of troops to the MFO (2023)" }, "Maritime threats": { "text": "the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial waters of Egypt are a risk for armed robbery against ships; in 2022, one attempted attack against a commercial vessel was reported, this was the first incident reported in four years; the reported incident occurred in port while the ship was anchored" diff --git a/africa/ek.json b/africa/ek.json index 4968924b..d0c62b80 100644 --- a/africa/ek.json +++ b/africa/ek.json @@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ "animal contact diseases": { "text": "rabies" }, - "note": "note: on 27 March 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for Equatorial Guinea for an outbreak of Marburg virus disease; Marburg is a viral hemorrhagic fever spread by contact with blood or body fluids of a person infected with or who has died from Marburg; it is also spread by contact with contaminated objects (such as clothing, bedding, needles, and medical equipment) or by contact with animals, such as bats and nonhuman primates, who are infected with Marburg virus; infection with Marburg virus is often fatal and there are no approved vaccines or treatments for Marburg; avoid non-essential travel to the provinces where the outbreak is occurring; watch your health for symptoms of Marburg while in the outbreak area and for 21 days after leaving the outbreak area; consult the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Travel Health Notices for additional guidance" + "note": "note: on 27 March 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for Equatorial Guinea for an outbreak of Marburg virus disease; Marburg is a viral hemorrhagic fever spread by contact with blood or body fluids of a person infected with or who has died from Marburg; it is also spread by contact with contaminated objects (such as clothing, bedding, needles, and medical equipment) or by contact with animals, such as bats and nonhuman primates, who are infected with Marburg virus; infection with Marburg virus is often fatal and there are no approved vaccines or treatments for Marburg; avoid non-essential travel to the provinces where the outbreak is occurring; watch your health for symptoms of Marburg while in the outbreak area and for 21 days after leaving the outbreak area; consult the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Travel Health Notices for additional guidance (see attached map)" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "8% (2016)" @@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ "animal contact diseases": { "text": "rabies" }, - "note": "note: on 27 March 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for Equatorial Guinea for an outbreak of Marburg virus disease; Marburg is a viral hemorrhagic fever spread by contact with blood or body fluids of a person infected with or who has died from Marburg; it is also spread by contact with contaminated objects (such as clothing, bedding, needles, and medical equipment) or by contact with animals, such as bats and nonhuman primates, who are infected with Marburg virus; infection with Marburg virus is often fatal and there are no approved vaccines or treatments for Marburg; avoid non-essential travel to the provinces where the outbreak is occurring; watch your health for symptoms of Marburg while in the outbreak area and for 21 days after leaving the outbreak area; consult the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Travel Health Notices for additional guidance" + "note": "note: on 27 March 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for Equatorial Guinea for an outbreak of Marburg virus disease; Marburg is a viral hemorrhagic fever spread by contact with blood or body fluids of a person infected with or who has died from Marburg; it is also spread by contact with contaminated objects (such as clothing, bedding, needles, and medical equipment) or by contact with animals, such as bats and nonhuman primates, who are infected with Marburg virus; infection with Marburg virus is often fatal and there are no approved vaccines or treatments for Marburg; avoid non-essential travel to the provinces where the outbreak is occurring; watch your health for symptoms of Marburg while in the outbreak area and for 21 days after leaving the outbreak area; consult the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Travel Health Notices for additional guidance (see attached map)" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -774,10 +774,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.114 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.604 billion (2018 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$2.523 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.535 billion (2018 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/er.json b/africa/er.json index 8dae7375..2d40ee0b 100644 --- a/africa/er.json +++ b/africa/er.json @@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires Steven C. WALKER (since December 2019)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires Leslie FRERIKSEN (since 18 July 2022)" }, "embassy": { "text": "179 Alaa Street, Asmara" @@ -787,10 +787,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.029 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$633 million (2018 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$2.601 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$549 million (2018 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index c4120089..9611363d 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -918,10 +918,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$11.24 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$11.308 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$13.79 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$13.979 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/ga.json b/africa/ga.json index bb6e5d00..4dd86730 100644 --- a/africa/ga.json +++ b/africa/ga.json @@ -845,10 +845,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$300.4 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$252 million (2018 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$339 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$353 million (2018 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/gb.json b/africa/gb.json index dd220e6e..e00b98c8 100644 --- a/africa/gb.json +++ b/africa/gb.json @@ -829,10 +829,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.634 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.296 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$2.914 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.937 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/gh.json b/africa/gh.json index 32014d23..7d676a27 100644 --- a/africa/gh.json +++ b/africa/gh.json @@ -880,10 +880,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$9.544 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$9.492 billion (2018 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$12.36 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$14.062 billion (2018 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/gv.json b/africa/gv.json index c15711df..8c3d0be6 100644 --- a/africa/gv.json +++ b/africa/gv.json @@ -855,10 +855,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.7 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.949 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.748 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.014 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ "text": "United Arab Emirates 39%, China 36%, India 6% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "aluminum, gold, bauxite, diamonds, fish, cashews (2019)" + "text": "gold, aluminum ores and oxide, iron ores, cocoa beans, cashews, frozen fish (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { diff --git a/africa/iv.json b/africa/iv.json index a7a4cc47..add0ec98 100644 --- a/africa/iv.json +++ b/africa/iv.json @@ -887,10 +887,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$7.749 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$8.804 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$9.464 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$10.145 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index 6f75bcf2..3fe2ce60 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -885,10 +885,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$13.95 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$16.885 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$19.24 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$24.271 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/li.json b/africa/li.json index 05d5884e..9dfc2e87 100644 --- a/africa/li.json +++ b/africa/li.json @@ -826,10 +826,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$553.6 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$5 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$693.8 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$6 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/lt.json b/africa/lt.json index 4bc4885f..895b4a44 100644 --- a/africa/lt.json +++ b/africa/lt.json @@ -830,10 +830,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.09 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.054 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.255 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.21 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/ly.json b/africa/ly.json index 3ec1a6a4..59c2cacf 100644 --- a/africa/ly.json +++ b/africa/ly.json @@ -763,10 +763,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$15.78 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$28.005 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$23.46 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$37.475 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ "text": "not available" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Turkey has been the primary backer of the GNU/GNA; Turkish military advisers have trained and assisted western/GNU Libyan forces in accordance with a 2019 Turkey-GNA security agreement; Turkey has also provided thousands of Syrian mercenaries to Libya, as well as ammunition, weapons and aerial drones; Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt have been the main supporters of the LNA; Russia has provided as many as 2,000 private military contractors; the LNA has also used fighters from other countries, including Chad, Sudan, and Syria 

ISIS continues to maintain a relatively weak presence in Libya with small bands of fighters operating out of ungoverned spaces and conducting small-scale attacks throughout the country (2023)" + "text": "Turkey has provided military advisers to trained and assist western/GNU Libyan forces and thousands of Syrian mercenaries to Libya, as well as ammunition, weapons and aerial drones; Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt have been the main supporters of the LNA; Russia has provided as many as 2,000 private military contractors; the LNA has also used fighters from other countries, including Chad, Sudan, and Syria 

ISIS continues to maintain a relatively weak presence in Libya with small bands of fighters operating out of ungoverned spaces and conducting small-scale attacks throughout the country (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index b6ad801f..a13bfe47 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -840,10 +840,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.828 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.51 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$2.136 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.09 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/mi.json b/africa/mi.json index f1cea9bd..802dd69f 100644 --- a/africa/mi.json +++ b/africa/mi.json @@ -857,10 +857,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.356 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.628 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.567 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.129 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "13,205 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 7,807 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022); 35,420 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers (2023)" + "text": "13,205 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 7,807 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022); 32,715 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers (2023)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/ml.json b/africa/ml.json index 5a2445df..d09f436f 100644 --- a/africa/ml.json +++ b/africa/ml.json @@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Dennis B. HANKINS (since 15 March 2019)" + "text": "Ambassador Rachna KORHONEN (since 22 December 2022)" }, "embassy": { "text": "ACI 2000, Rue 243, (located off the Roi Bin Fahad Aziz Bridge west of the Bamako central district), Porte 297, Bamako" @@ -884,10 +884,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$3.075 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.657 billion (2018 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$3.513 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.467 billion (2018 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/mo.json b/africa/mo.json index 94b38c60..85bc147c 100644 --- a/africa/mo.json +++ b/africa/mo.json @@ -884,10 +884,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$22.81 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$30.697 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$26.75 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$35.591 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ "text": "775 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 925 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (May 2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Moroccan military forces were engaged in combat operations against the Polisario Front (aka Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguia el-Hamra y de Río de Oro or Frente Polisario) from 1975 until a UN-brokered cease-fire in 1991; a 2,500-kilometer long sand berm, built in 1987, separates the forces of Morocco and the Polisario Front

the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) was established by Security Council resolution 690 in April 1991 in accordance with settlement proposals accepted in August 1988 by Morocco and the Polisario Front; MINURSO was unable to carry out all the original settlement proposals, but as of 2022 continued to monitor the cease-fire and reduce the threat of mines and unexploded ordnance, and has provided logistic support to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)-led confidence building measures with personnel and air and ground assets

Morocco has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments (2022)" + "text": "Moroccan military forces were engaged in combat operations against the Polisario Front (aka Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguia el-Hamra y de Río de Oro or Frente Polisario) from 1975 until a UN-brokered cease-fire in 1991; since late 2020, armed conflict between the two sides has resumed; a 2,500-kilometer long sand berm, built in 1987, separates the forces of Morocco and the Polisario Front

the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) was established by Security Council resolution 690 in April 1991 in accordance with settlement proposals accepted in August 1988 by Morocco and the Polisario Front; MINURSO was unable to carry out all the original settlement proposals, but as of 2022 continued to monitor the cease-fire and reduce the threat of mines and unexploded ordnance, and has provided logistic support to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with personnel and air and ground assets

Morocco has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/mp.json b/africa/mp.json index 73c55810..842ec973 100644 --- a/africa/mp.json +++ b/africa/mp.json @@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires Judes E. DEBAERE (since June 2019); note - also accredited to Seychelles" + "text": "Ambassador Henry V. JARDINE (since 22 February 2023); note - also accredited to Seychelles" }, "embassy": { "text": "4th Floor, Rogers House, John Kennedy Avenue, Port Louis" @@ -793,10 +793,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.994 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.461 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$3.038 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.675 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/mr.json b/africa/mr.json index dea3a204..e8679f9a 100644 --- a/africa/mr.json +++ b/africa/mr.json @@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Cynthia KIERSCHT (since 29 March 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador Cynthia KIERSCHT (since 27 January 2021)" }, "embassy": { "text": "Nouadhibou Road, Avenue Al Quds, NOT PRTZ, Nouakchott" @@ -864,10 +864,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.354 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.617 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.396 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.407 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index 531875fa..ffde8e75 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -874,10 +874,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$3.356 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.569 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$4.054 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.591 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "8,968 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022); 11,751 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023)" + "text": "8,968 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022); 12,043 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1.03 million (north Mozambique, violence between the government and an opposition group, violence associated with extremists groups in 2018, political violence 2019) (2022)" diff --git a/africa/ng.json b/africa/ng.json index bb27f875..97eac858 100644 --- a/africa/ng.json +++ b/africa/ng.json @@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant), Chargé d’Affaires, Susan N’GARNIM (since 23 August 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant), Chargé d’Affaires, Susan N’GARNIM (since 1 December 2021)" }, "embassy": { "text": "BP 11201, Niamey" @@ -874,10 +874,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.757 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.325 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$2.171 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.785 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ "note": "note 1: Niger is part of a four (formerly five)-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G5 (now G4) Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali (withdrew in 2022), and Mauritania; it has committed 1,100 troops and 200 gendarmes to the force; as of 2022, defense forces from each of the participating states were allowed to pursue terrorist fighters up to 100 km into neighboring countries; the force is backed by France, the UN, and the US

note 2: Niger also has about 1,000 troops committed to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own country territories, although cross‐border operations are conducted periodically" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "while the FAN is responsible for ensuring external security, much of its focus is internal, particularly counterinsurgency/counterterrorism operations against Islamic militant groups operating in the areas bordering Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, and Nigeria, as well as much of northern Niger and the Diffa and Lake Chad regions; these groups include the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) in the Greater Sahara, Boko Haram, ISIS-West Africa, and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM); up to 70% of the security forces are assigned to fighting militants and protecting borders

the FAN is a lightly armed, but experienced military; it has conducted training and combat operations with foreign partners, including the French and US; the EU has also provided security assistance, particularly to the GN, GNN, and the National Police; the FAN also conducts counterterrorism operations with the G4 Sahel Group and the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), which coordinates the Lake Chad states’ operations against Boko Haram

in recent years, Niger has focused on making its security services more mobile to improve their effectiveness in countering terrorism and protecting the country’s borders; with training support and material assistance from the US and the EU, each security service has created new units or reconfigured existing units with an emphasis on mobility, hybridization, and specialized training; since the 2010s, the Army has created a special operations command, up to 12 special intervention battalions, and an anti-terrorism unit known as the 1st Expeditionary Force of Niger (EFoN); the GN has created mobile units modeled on European gendarmerie forces known as the Rapid Action Group—Surveillance and Response in the Sahel (Groupe d'action Rapides—Surveillance et Intervention au Sahel or GAR-SI Sahel); the GNN has developed mobile Multipurpose Squadrons (Escadrons Polyvalentes de la Garde Nationale de Niger or EP-GNN), while the National Police have created Mobile Border Control Companies (Compagnie Mobile de Contrôle des Frontières or CMCF); Niger has also established training centers for special forces in Tillia and peacekeeping in Ouallam; meanwhile, the Air Force has received a few armed UAVs from Turkey

the Army was established in 1960 from French colonial forces, while the Air Force was formed as the Niger National Escadrille in 1961; the GN received its first Nigerien commander in 1962; since its establishment, Niger’s military has played a significant role in the country’s politics, conducting successful coups in 1974, 1996, 1999, and 2010, and ruling Niger for much of the period before 1999; the FAN also conducted counterinsurgency operations against Taureg rebels during 1990-95 and 2007-09 (2023)" + "text": "while the FAN is responsible for ensuring external security, much of its focus is internal, particularly counterinsurgency/counterterrorism operations against Islamic militant groups operating in the areas bordering Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, and Nigeria, as well as much of northern Niger and the Diffa and Lake Chad regions; these groups include the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) in the Greater Sahara, Boko Haram, ISIS-West Africa, and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM); up to 70% of the security forces are assigned to fighting militants and protecting borders

the FAN is a lightly armed, but experienced military; it has conducted training and combat operations with foreign partners, including the French and US; the EU has also provided security assistance, particularly to the GN, GNN, and the National Police; the FAN also conducts counterterrorism operations with the G4 Sahel Group and the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), which coordinates the Lake Chad states’ operations against Boko Haram

in recent years, Niger has focused on making its security services more mobile to improve their effectiveness in countering terrorism and protecting the country’s borders; with training support and material assistance from the US and the EU, each security service has created new units or reconfigured existing units with an emphasis on mobility, hybridization, and specialized training; since the 2010s, the Army has created a special operations command, up to 12 special intervention battalions, and an anti-terrorism unit known as the 1st Expeditionary Force of Niger (EFoN); the GN has created mobile units modeled on European gendarmerie forces known as the Rapid Action Group—Surveillance and Response in the Sahel (Groupe d'action Rapides—Surveillance et Intervention au Sahel or GAR-SI Sahel); the GNN has developed mobile Multipurpose Squadrons (Escadrons Polyvalentes de la Garde Nationale de Niger or EP-GNN), while the National Police have created Mobile Border Control Companies (Compagnie Mobile de Contrôle des Frontières or CMCF); Niger has also established training centers for special forces in Tillia and peacekeeping in Ouallam; meanwhile, the Air Force has received a few armed UAVs from Turkey

the Army was established in 1960 from French colonial forces, while the Air Force was formed as the Niger National Escadrille in 1961; the GN received its first Nigerien commander in 1962; since its establishment, Niger’s military has played a significant role in the country’s politics, conducting successful coups in 1974, 1996, 1999, and 2010, and ruling Niger for much of the period before 1999; the FAN also conducted counterinsurgency operations against Taureg rebels during 1990-95 and 2007-09 (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index 2a1b4241..27b6d3ff 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ "aerosolized dust or soil contact diseases": { "text": "Lassa fever" }, - "note": "note 1: on 4 May 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Travel Health Notice for a Yellow Fever outbreak in Nigeria; a large, ongoing outbreak of yellow fever in Nigeria began in September 2017; the outbreak is now spread throughout the country with the Nigerian Ministry of Health reporting cases of the disease in multiple states (Bauchi, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, and Enugu); the CDC recommends travelers going to Nigeria should receive vaccination against yellow fever at least 10 days before travel and should take steps to prevent mosquito bites while there; those never vaccinated against yellow fever should avoid travel to Nigeria during the outbreak

note 2: on 22 March 2023, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Africa; Nigeria is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine
note 3: on 24 February 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Travel Health Alert for a diphtheria outbreak in several states in Nigeria; vaccination against diphtheria is essential to protect against disease; if you are traveling to an affected area, you should be up to date with your diphtheria vaccines; before travel, discuss the need for a booster dose with your healthcare professional; diphtheria is a serious infection caused by strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria that make a toxin from which people get very sick; diphtheria bacteria spread from person to person through respiratory droplets like from coughing or sneezing; people can also get sick from touching open sores or ulcers of people sick with diphtheria" + "note": "note 1: on 4 May 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Travel Health Notice for a Yellow Fever outbreak in Nigeria; a large, ongoing outbreak of yellow fever in Nigeria began in September 2017; the outbreak is now spread throughout the country with the Nigerian Ministry of Health reporting cases of the disease in multiple states (Bauchi, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, and Enugu); the CDC recommends travelers going to Nigeria should receive vaccination against yellow fever at least 10 days before travel and should take steps to prevent mosquito bites while there; those never vaccinated against yellow fever should avoid travel to Nigeria during the outbreak (see attached map)

note 2: on 22 March 2023, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Africa; Nigeria is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine
note 3: on 24 February 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Travel Health Alert for a diphtheria outbreak in several states in Nigeria; vaccination against diphtheria is essential to protect against disease; if you are traveling to an affected area, you should be up to date with your diphtheria vaccines; before travel, discuss the need for a booster dose with your healthcare professional; diphtheria is a serious infection caused by strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria that make a toxin from which people get very sick; diphtheria bacteria spread from person to person through respiratory droplets like from coughing or sneezing; people can also get sick from touching open sores or ulcers of people sick with diphtheria (see attached map)" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "8.9% (2016)" @@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ "aerosolized dust or soil contact diseases": { "text": "Lassa fever" }, - "note": "note 1: on 4 May 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Travel Health Notice for a Yellow Fever outbreak in Nigeria; a large, ongoing outbreak of yellow fever in Nigeria began in September 2017; the outbreak is now spread throughout the country with the Nigerian Ministry of Health reporting cases of the disease in multiple states (Bauchi, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, and Enugu); the CDC recommends travelers going to Nigeria should receive vaccination against yellow fever at least 10 days before travel and should take steps to prevent mosquito bites while there; those never vaccinated against yellow fever should avoid travel to Nigeria during the outbreak

note 2: on 22 March 2023, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Africa; Nigeria is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine
note 3: on 24 February 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Travel Health Alert for a diphtheria outbreak in several states in Nigeria; vaccination against diphtheria is essential to protect against disease; if you are traveling to an affected area, you should be up to date with your diphtheria vaccines; before travel, discuss the need for a booster dose with your healthcare professional; diphtheria is a serious infection caused by strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria that make a toxin from which people get very sick; diphtheria bacteria spread from person to person through respiratory droplets like from coughing or sneezing; people can also get sick from touching open sores or ulcers of people sick with diphtheria" + "note": "note 1: on 4 May 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Travel Health Notice for a Yellow Fever outbreak in Nigeria; a large, ongoing outbreak of yellow fever in Nigeria began in September 2017; the outbreak is now spread throughout the country with the Nigerian Ministry of Health reporting cases of the disease in multiple states (Bauchi, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, and Enugu); the CDC recommends travelers going to Nigeria should receive vaccination against yellow fever at least 10 days before travel and should take steps to prevent mosquito bites while there; those never vaccinated against yellow fever should avoid travel to Nigeria during the outbreak (see attached map)

note 2: on 22 March 2023, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Africa; Nigeria is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine
note 3: on 24 February 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Travel Health Alert for a diphtheria outbreak in several states in Nigeria; vaccination against diphtheria is essential to protect against disease; if you are traveling to an affected area, you should be up to date with your diphtheria vaccines; before travel, discuss the need for a booster dose with your healthcare professional; diphtheria is a serious infection caused by strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria that make a toxin from which people get very sick; diphtheria bacteria spread from person to person through respiratory droplets like from coughing or sneezing; people can also get sick from touching open sores or ulcers of people sick with diphtheria (see attached map)" }, "Food insecurity": { "widespread lack of access": { @@ -891,10 +891,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$12.92 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$37.298 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$19.54 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$59.868 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/od.json b/africa/od.json index 340c2f6e..a12c71c7 100644 --- a/africa/od.json +++ b/africa/od.json @@ -432,13 +432,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "193 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "190 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "225 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "230 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "240 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "240 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires William FLENS (since 4 June 2022)
" + "text": "Ambassador Michael J. ADLER (since 24 August 2022)
" }, "embassy": { "text": "Kololo Road adjacent to the EU's compound, Juba" @@ -712,10 +712,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$259.6 million (FY2017/18 est.)" + "text": "$1.94 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$298.6 million (FY2017/18 est.)" + "text": "$1.938 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "289,840 (Sudan) (2022); 11,162 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2023)" + "text": "289,840 (Sudan) (2022); 11,446 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2023)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "2.23 million (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) (2023)" diff --git a/africa/pu.json b/africa/pu.json index a03d5a4b..527c7a76 100644 --- a/africa/pu.json +++ b/africa/pu.json @@ -795,10 +795,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$246.2 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$222 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$263.5 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$278 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ "text": "India 50%, Belgium 28%, Cote d'Ivoire 8% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "cashews, gold, fish, lumber, aluminum ores (2019)" + "text": "cashews, natural gas, mackerel, fish, scrap vessels (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2020": { diff --git a/africa/rw.json b/africa/rw.json index 5c452ca9..92354878 100644 --- a/africa/rw.json +++ b/africa/rw.json @@ -484,13 +484,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "61.4 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "230 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "20.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "102 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "360 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -844,10 +844,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.943 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.393 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$2.337 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.919 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "71,559 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2022); 48,592 (Burundi) (2023)" + "text": "212,985 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 48,627 (Burundi) (2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "9,500 (2022)" diff --git a/africa/se.json b/africa/se.json index ae343465..4a38e222 100644 --- a/africa/se.json +++ b/africa/se.json @@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "9 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { "text": "3.8 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" @@ -776,10 +776,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$593.4 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$601 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$600.7 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$586 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index 320fe734..328a92f4 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -498,13 +498,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "3.89 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "3.11 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "4.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "4.09 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "11.39 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "11.99 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -877,10 +877,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$92.86 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$84.19 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$108.3 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$121.204 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/sg.json b/africa/sg.json index b9588432..8f27d8cf 100644 --- a/africa/sg.json +++ b/africa/sg.json @@ -516,13 +516,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "98 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "260 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { "text": "58 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "2.065 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "2.76 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -881,10 +881,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$4.139 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.76 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$4.9 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$5.662 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index 205b2aae..062fbb13 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -493,13 +493,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "111 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "110 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "55.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "60 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "45.7 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "50 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -834,10 +834,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$562 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$740 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$846.4 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$867 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index 2dbd488f..a4f205d1 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -466,13 +466,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "15 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "20 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { "text": "2 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "3.281 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "3.28 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 18-20,000 SNA personnel (2023)", + "text": "estimates vary; up to 20,000 SNA personnel (2023)", "note": "note 1: in January 2023, the Somali Government said the SNA would have 24,000 trained and equipped troops by 2024

note 2: as of 2022, there were estimates of up to 50,000 militia forces operating in the country" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { diff --git a/africa/su.json b/africa/su.json index 71838e3d..0a8d6008 100644 --- a/africa/su.json +++ b/africa/su.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Long referred to as Nubia, modern-day Sudan was the site of the Kingdom of Kerma (ca. 2500-1500 B.C.) until it was absorbed into the New Kingdom of Egypt. By the 11th century B.C., the Kingdom of Kush gained independence from Egypt; it lasted in various forms until the middle of the 4th century A.D. After the fall of Kush, the Nubians formed three Christian kingdoms of Nobatia, Makuria, and Alodia. The latter two endured until around 1500. Between the 14th and 15th centuries much of Sudan was settled by Arab nomads, and between the 16th–19th centuries it underwent extensive Islamization. Following Egyptian occupation early in the 19th century, the British established an Anglo-Egyptian Sudan - nominally a condominium, but in effect a British colony.

Military regimes favoring Islamic-oriented governments have dominated national politics since Sudan gained independence from Anglo-Egyptian co-rule in 1956. The 30-year reign of President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR, following months of nationwide protests, ended with the military forcing him out in April 2019. In July 2019, the country’s Transitional Military Council signed an agreement with the Forces for Freedom and Change (an umbrella group of civilian actors) to form a transitional government under a Constitutional Declaration. Economist and former international civil servant Abdalla HAMDOUK al-Kinani was selected to serve as prime minister of a civilian-led transitional government, which was to have guided the country to credible democratic elections in late 2022. In October 2021, the Sudanese military organized a takeover that ousted Prime Minister HAMDOUK and his government and replaced civilian members of the Sovereign Council (Sudan’s collective Head of State) with individuals selected by the military. HAMDOUK was briefly reinstated in November 2021 but resigned in January 2022.

As of March 2022, General Abd-al-Fatah al-BURHAN Abd-al-Rahman, the Chair of Sudan’s Sovereign Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces, serves as de facto head of state and government. He presides over a Sovereign Council consisting of military leaders, former armed opposition group representatives, and civilians appointed by the military. A cabinet of acting ministers handles day-to-day administration. These acting ministers are either senior civil servants (some appointed by former Prime Minister HAMDOUK and some selected by the military) or holdover ministers from Prime Minister HAMDOUK’s former cabinet who were appointed by former armed opposition groups that the military allowed to remain in their positions. The UN, the African Union, and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development are currently facilitating a Sudanese-led political process intended to enable Sudanese civilian and military stakeholders to agree on the framework for a new civilian-led transitional government.

During most of the second half of the 20th century, Sudan was embroiled in two prolonged civil wars rooted in northern economic, political, and social domination of the largely non-Muslim, non-Arab southern portion of the country. The first civil war ended in 1972, but another broke out in 1983. Peace talks gained momentum in 2002-04, and the final North/South Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), signed in January 2005, granted the southern rebels autonomy for six years followed by a referendum on independence for Southern Sudan. South Sudan became independent on 9 July 2011, but Sudan and South Sudan have yet to fully implement security and economic agreements relating to the normalization of relations between the two countries.

In the 21st century, Sudan faced conflict in Darfur, Southern Kordofan, and Blue Nile starting in 2003. Together, these conflicts displaced more than 3 million people; while some repatriation has taken place, about 3.04 million IDPs remained in Sudan as of February 2022. Sudan also faces refugee influxes from neighboring countries, primarily Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Syria.

 

" + "text": "

Long referred to as Nubia, modern-day Sudan was the site of the Kingdom of Kerma (ca. 2500-1500 B.C.) until it was absorbed into the New Kingdom of Egypt. By the 11th century B.C., the Kingdom of Kush gained independence from Egypt; it lasted in various forms until the middle of the 4th century A.D. After the fall of Kush, the Nubians formed three Christian kingdoms of Nobatia, Makuria, and Alodia. The latter two endured until around 1500. Between the 14th and 15th centuries much of Sudan was settled by Arab nomads, and between the 16th–19th centuries it underwent extensive Islamization. Following Egyptian occupation early in the 19th century, the British established an Anglo-Egyptian Sudan - nominally a condominium, but in effect a British colony.

Military regimes favoring Islamic-oriented governments have dominated national politics since Sudan gained independence from Anglo-Egyptian co-rule in 1956. The 30-year reign of President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR, following months of nationwide protests, ended with the military forcing him out in April 2019. In July 2019, the country’s Transitional Military Council signed an agreement with the Forces for Freedom and Change (an umbrella group of civilian actors) to form a transitional government under a Constitutional Declaration. Economist and former international civil servant Abdalla HAMDOUK al-Kinani was selected to serve as prime minister of a civilian-led transitional government, which was to have guided the country to credible democratic elections in late 2022. In October 2021, the Sudanese military organized a takeover that ousted Prime Minister HAMDOUK and his government and replaced civilian members of the Sovereign Council (Sudan’s collective Head of State) with individuals selected by the military. HAMDOUK was briefly reinstated in November 2021 but resigned in January 2022.

As of March 2022, General Abd-al-Fatah al-BURHAN Abd-al-Rahman, the Chair of Sudan’s Sovereign Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces, serves as de facto head of state and government. He presides over a Sovereign Council consisting of military leaders, former armed opposition group representatives, and civilians appointed by the military. A cabinet of acting ministers handles day-to-day administration. These acting ministers are either senior civil servants (some appointed by former Prime Minister HAMDOUK and some selected by the military) or holdover ministers from Prime Minister HAMDOUK’s former cabinet who were appointed by former armed opposition groups that the military allowed to remain in their positions. The UN, the African Union, and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development have been facilitating a Sudanese-led political process intended to enable Sudanese civilian and military stakeholders to agree on the framework for a new civilian-led transitional government. However, a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces, loyal to head of state General Abd-al-Fatah al-BURHAN Abd-al-Rahman, and the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group lead by deputy head of state Mohammed Hamdan DAGALO (a.k.a. Hemeti), erupted into fighting in April 2023. The armed conflict was initially centered around Khartoum but spread across the country, indefinitely postponing the establishment of a civilian-led transitional government, which was due in mid-April under the December 2022 political framework agreement. 

During most of the second half of the 20th century, Sudan was embroiled in two prolonged civil wars rooted in northern economic, political, and social domination of the largely non-Muslim, non-Arab southern portion of the country. The first civil war ended in 1972, but another broke out in 1983. Peace talks gained momentum in 2002-04, and the final North/South Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), signed in January 2005, granted the southern rebels autonomy for six years followed by a referendum on independence for Southern Sudan. South Sudan became independent on 9 July 2011, but Sudan and South Sudan have yet to fully implement security and economic agreements relating to the normalization of relations between the two countries.

In the 21st century, Sudan faced conflict in Darfur, Southern Kordofan, and Blue Nile starting in 2003. Together, these conflicts displaced more than 3 million people; while some repatriation has taken place, about 3.04 million IDPs remained in Sudan as of February 2022. Sudan also faces refugee influxes from neighboring countries, primarily Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Syria.

 

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -496,13 +496,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "950 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "950 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "75 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "80 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "25.91 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "25.91 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires Lucy TAMLYN  (since 3 February 2022)" + "text": "Ambassador John T. Godfrey (since 1 September 2022)" }, "embassy": { "text": "P.O. Box 699, Kilo 10, Soba, Khartoum" @@ -665,7 +665,8 @@ }, "email address and website": { "text": "
ACSKhartoum@state.gov

https://sd.usembassy.gov/" - } + }, + "note": "NOTE:  the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum suspended operations on 22 April 2023, and the Department of State ordered the departure of U.S. employees due to the continued threat from armed conflict in Sudan " }, "Flag description": { "text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; colors and design based on the Arab Revolt flag of World War I, but the meanings of the colors are expressed as follows: red signifies the struggle for freedom, white is the color of peace, light, and love, black represents the people of Sudan (in Arabic 'Sudan' means black), green is the color of Islam, agriculture, and prosperity" @@ -849,10 +850,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$8.48 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.479 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$13.36 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$8.277 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1262,7 +1263,7 @@ "note": "note: many defense expenditures are probably off-budget" }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "information varies widely; estimated 100-125,000 active duty armed forces personnel; estimated up to 50,000 Rapid Support Forces (2022)" + "text": "information varies widely; estimated 100-125,000 active-duty armed forces personnel; estimated up to 50,000 Rapid Support Forces (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the SAF's inventory includes a mix of Chinese, Russian, Soviet-era, and domestically produced weapons systems; in recent years, Russia has been the leading arms provider; Sudan has one of the largest defense industries in Africa, which includes state-owned companies with military involvement; it mostly manufactures weapons systems under license from China, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine (2022)" @@ -1275,7 +1276,7 @@ "text": "approximately 750 Democratic Republic of the Congo (East African Community stabilization force)

Sudan joined the Saudi-led coalition that intervened in Yemen in 2015, reportedly providing as many as 40,000 troops during the peak of the war in 2016-17, mostly from the Rapid Support Forces; by 2021, Sudan had reduced the size of the force to about a brigade (approximately 2-3,000 troops) (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

the SAF is large, relatively well-equipped, and supported by militia and paramilitary forces, particularly the RSF; its primary focuses are internal security, border issues, and potential external threats from its neighbors; both the SAF and the RSF have some operational experience from internal security operations and Sudan’s years-long intervention in Yemen with the Saudi-led coalition; information on the organization of the SAF and the RSF varies; the Army is estimated to have more than 10 infantry divisions, as well as divisions of mechanized, armored, and airborne/special forces, and several independent infantry brigades; the RSF is estimated to have as many as 10 paramilitary brigades of varying size and makeup; the Air Force has several squadrons of Chinese- and Russian-origin combat  aircraft, as well as multiple squadrons of combat helicopters, also largely of Russian origin; the Navy has a small force of coastal patrol boats   

the Sudanese military has been a dominant force in the ruling of the country since its independence in 1956; in addition, the Sudanese military and security forces have a large role in the country's economy, reportedly controlling over 200 commercial companies, including businesses involved in gold mining, rubber production, agriculture, and meat exports

the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has operated in the disputed Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan since 2011; UNISFA's mission includes ensuring security, protecting civilians, strengthening the capacity of the Abyei Police Service, de-mining, monitoring/verifying the redeployment of armed forces from the area, and facilitating the flow of humanitarian aid; UNISFA had about 2,000 personnel deployed as of 2022

in addition, the UN African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) operated in the war-torn Darfur region between 2007 and the end of its mandate in July 2021; UNAMID was a joint African Union-UN peacekeeping force with the mission of bringing stability to Darfur, including protecting civilians, facilitating humanitarian assistance, and promoting mediation efforts, while peace talks on a final settlement continued; UNAMID withdrew the last of its personnel in December 2021; note - the October 2020 peace agreement provided for the establishment of a Joint Security Keeping Forces (JSKF) comprised of 12,000 personnel tasked with securing the Darfur region in the place of UNAMID; in June 2021, Sudan's transitional government announced it would increase the size of this force to 20,000 and expand its mission scope to include the capital and other parts of the country suffering from violence; the force would include the SAF, RSF, police, intelligence, and representatives from armed groups involved in peace negotiations; in Sep 2022, the first 2,000 members of the JSKF completed training (2022)" + "text": "

the SAF is large, relatively well-equipped, and supported by militia and paramilitary forces, particularly the RSF; its primary focuses are internal security, border issues, and potential external threats from its neighbors; both the SAF and the RSF have some operational experience from internal security operations and Sudan’s years-long intervention in Yemen with the Saudi-led coalition; information on the organization of the SAF and the RSF varies; the Army is estimated to have more than 10 infantry divisions, as well as divisions of mechanized, armored, and airborne/special forces, and several independent infantry brigades; the RSF is reportedly organized into paramilitary brigades of varying size and makeup; the Air Force has several squadrons of Chinese- and Russian-origin combat  aircraft, as well as multiple squadrons of combat helicopters, also largely of Russian origin; the Navy has a small force of coastal patrol boats   

the Sudanese military has been a dominant force in the ruling of the country since its independence in 1956; in addition, the Sudanese military and security forces have a large role in the country's economy, reportedly controlling over 200 commercial companies, including businesses involved in gold mining, rubber production, agriculture, and meat exports

the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has operated in the disputed Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan since 2011; UNISFA's mission includes ensuring security, protecting civilians, strengthening the capacity of the Abyei Police Service, de-mining, monitoring/verifying the redeployment of armed forces from the area, and facilitating the flow of humanitarian aid; UNISFA had about 2,000 personnel deployed as of 2022

in addition, the UN African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) operated in the war-torn Darfur region between 2007 and the end of its mandate in July 2021; UNAMID was a joint African Union-UN peacekeeping force with the mission of bringing stability to Darfur, including protecting civilians, facilitating humanitarian assistance, and promoting mediation efforts, while peace talks on a final settlement continued; UNAMID withdrew the last of its personnel in December 2021; note - the October 2020 peace agreement provided for the establishment of a Joint Security Keeping Forces (JSKF) comprised of 12,000 personnel tasked with securing the Darfur region in the place of UNAMID; in June 2021, Sudan's transitional government announced it would increase the size of this force to 20,000 and expand its mission scope to include the capital and other parts of the country suffering from violence; the force would include the SAF, RSF, police, intelligence, and representatives from armed groups involved in peace negotiations; in Sep 2022, the first 2,000 members of the JSKF completed training (2022)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/to.json b/africa/to.json index 88c6a105..841a7dde 100644 --- a/africa/to.json +++ b/africa/to.json @@ -868,10 +868,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.023 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.275 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.203 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.158 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/tp.json b/africa/tp.json index 7637d5ad..88b1044b 100644 --- a/africa/tp.json +++ b/africa/tp.json @@ -471,13 +471,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "14.7 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { "text": "600,000 cubic meters (2017 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "25.6 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "30 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -801,10 +801,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$103 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$95 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$112.4 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$102 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index 6aa91d6d..8678aaa9 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -827,10 +827,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$9.876 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$10.866 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$12.21 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$12.375 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ "text": "325 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 100 Mali (MINUSMA) (May 2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "as of 2022, the Tunisian military’s primary operational areas of focus were counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, and border security; it was conducting counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations against al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Islamic State of ash-Sham (ISIS)-linked militants who have been fighting a low-intensity insurgency, mostly in the mountainous region along the border with Algeria, particularly the Chaambi Mountains near the city of Kasserine; the military maintained the lead role for security in this area and also routinely conducted joint operations with Algerian security forces against these groups, as well to counter smuggling and trafficking activities; the military in recent years also has increased its role in securing the southern border against militant activity, smuggling, and trafficking from war-torn Libya; since 2015, Tunisia has constructed a complex structure of berms, trenches, and water-filled moats, complemented by electronic surveillance equipment such as motion detectors, ground surveillance radars, and infrared sensors along the 220-kilometer border with Libya; in the remote southern areas of the border with Libya, buffer/exclusion zones have also been established where the military has the lead for counterterrorism efforts; outside of these border areas, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has the lead responsibility for counter-terrorism in Tunisia, particularly for urban areas; the National Police Anti-Terrorism Brigade (BAT) and the National Guard Special Unit have the lead for MOI counterterrorism operations

Tunisia has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2022)" + "text": "the Tunisian military’s primary operational areas of focus are counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, and border security; it is conducting counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations against al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Islamic State of ash-Sham (ISIS)-linked militants who have been fighting a low-intensity insurgency, mostly in the mountainous region along the border with Algeria, particularly the Chaambi Mountains near the city of Kasserine; the military maintains the lead role for security in this area and also routinely conducts joint operations with Algerian security forces against these groups, as well to counter smuggling and trafficking activities; the military in recent years also has increased its role in securing the southern border against militant activity, smuggling, and trafficking from war-torn Libya; since 2015, Tunisia has constructed a complex structure of berms, trenches, and water-filled moats, complemented by electronic surveillance equipment such as motion detectors, ground surveillance radars, and infrared sensors along the 220-kilometer border with Libya; in the remote southern areas of the border with Libya, buffer/exclusion zones have also been established where the military has the lead for counterterrorism efforts; outside of these border areas, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has the lead responsibility for counter-terrorism in Tunisia, particularly for urban areas; the National Police Anti-Terrorism Brigade (BAT) and the National Guard Special Unit have the lead for MOI counterterrorism operations

Tunisia has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/tz.json b/africa/tz.json index a2325af5..ff5e91f2 100644 --- a/africa/tz.json +++ b/africa/tz.json @@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Adrian RAINES (since March 2023)" + "text": "Ambassador Michael A. BATTLE Sr. (since 27 February 2023)" }, "embassy": { "text": "686 Old Bagamoyo Road, Msasani, P.O. Box 9123, Dar es Salaam" @@ -892,10 +892,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$7.873 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$8.968 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$8.818 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$10.017 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "126,238 (Burundi), 79,823 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2023)" + "text": "126,238 (Burundi), 82,220 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2023)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/ug.json b/africa/ug.json index 0a56d8d0..af4ec758 100644 --- a/africa/ug.json +++ b/africa/ug.json @@ -864,10 +864,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$3.848 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$5.088 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$4.928 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$6.896 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "867,391 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 483,718 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 70,020 (Somalia), 41,235 (Burundi), 27,605 (Eritrea), 23,290 (Rwanda), 5,450 (Ethiopia) (2023)" + "text": "867,391 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 487,044 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 70,020 (Somalia), 41,235 (Burundi), 27,605 (Eritrea), 23,290 (Rwanda), 5,450 (Ethiopia) (2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "67,000 (2022)" diff --git a/africa/uv.json b/africa/uv.json index f448e76a..53d3e93a 100644 --- a/africa/uv.json +++ b/africa/uv.json @@ -857,10 +857,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.666 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.212 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$3.655 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.757 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ "note": "note: Burkina Faso is part of a four (formerly five)-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G4 Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Chad, Mali (withdrew in 2022), Mauritania, and Niger; it has committed 550 troops and 100 gendarmes to the force; as of 2020, defense forces from each of the participating states were allowed to pursue terrorist fighters up to 100 km into neighboring countries; the force is backed by France, the UN, and the US" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the FABF has a history of interference in the country’s politics, having conducted eight coups since 1960, including the most recent in September of 2022; its primary operational focus is internal security, and it is actively engaged in combat operations with terrorist groups linked to al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), particularly in the northern and eastern regions; the FABF is struggling to contain the groups, however, and a large portion of the country—40% by some estimates—is not under government control

in the north, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida linked militant groups, has exploited ethnic tensions and perceptions of state neglect, as well as grievances over corruption, patronage politics, social stratification, and land disputes; in 2022, JNIM conducted attacks in 10 of the country's 13 provinces; most of the attacks were assessed to be by the Macina Liberation Front (FLM) of the JNIM coalition; the ISIS-Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS) terrorist group operated in the eastern part of the country (2023)" + "text": "the FABF has a history of interference in the country’s politics, having conducted eight coups since 1960, including the most recent in September of 2022; its primary operational focus is internal security, and it is actively engaged in combat operations with terrorist groups linked to al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), particularly in the northern and eastern regions; the FABF is struggling to contain the groups, however, and a large portion of the country—40% by some estimates—is not under government control

in the north, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida linked militant groups, has exploited ethnic tensions and perceptions of state neglect, as well as grievances over corruption, patronage politics, social stratification, and land disputes; in 2022, JNIM was assessed to be the primary jihadi threat to the country while conducting attacks in 10 of Burkina Faso's 13 provinces; most of the attacks were assessed to be by the Macina Liberation Front (FLM) of the JNIM coalition; the ISIS-Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS) terrorist group operated in the eastern part of the country (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/wa.json b/africa/wa.json index 1c21f39e..b6e95160 100644 --- a/africa/wa.json +++ b/africa/wa.json @@ -855,10 +855,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$4.268 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.004 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$5 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.693 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "6,316 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023)" + "text": "6,357 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023)" } } } diff --git a/africa/wz.json b/africa/wz.json index 277316c9..0a007833 100644 --- a/africa/wz.json +++ b/africa/wz.json @@ -812,10 +812,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.263 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.131 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.639 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.454 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/africa/za.json b/africa/za.json index fec03e30..ed7a9829 100644 --- a/africa/za.json +++ b/africa/za.json @@ -863,10 +863,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$4.473 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.758 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$6.357 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$7.044 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "7,230 (Burundi) (2022); 52,288 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), " + "text": "7,230 (Burundi) (2022); 54,047 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers)," } }, "Trafficking in persons": { diff --git a/africa/zi.json b/africa/zi.json index abec3f15..e1aa3139 100644 --- a/africa/zi.json +++ b/africa/zi.json @@ -856,10 +856,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$3.8 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$17 million (2018 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$5.5 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$23 million (2018 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "11,814 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 9,887 (Mozambique) (2022)" + "text": "11,761 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 9,887 (Mozambique) (2022)" } }, "Trafficking in persons": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/aq.json b/australia-oceania/aq.json index ffd37cb6..e8e9714c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/aq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/aq.json @@ -831,7 +831,8 @@ }, "under 914 m": { "text": "1 (2021)" - } + }, + "note": "note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)" }, "Roadways": { "total": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/as.json b/australia-oceania/as.json index ebfd0420..db45b7ff 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/as.json +++ b/australia-oceania/as.json @@ -855,10 +855,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$490 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$479.33 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$496.9 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$532.579 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ "text": "approximately 60,000 active troops (30,000 Army; 15,000 Navy; 15,000 Air Force) (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the military's inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and imported Western weapons systems; in recent years, the US has been the largest supplier of arms; the Australian defense industry produces a variety of land and sea weapons platforms; the defense industry also participates in joint development and production ventures with other Western countries, including the US and Canada (2022)" + "text": "the military's inventory includes a mix of domestically produced and imported Western weapons systems; in recent years, the US has been the largest supplier of arms; the Australian defense industry produces a variety of land and sea weapons platforms; the defense industry also participates in joint development and production ventures with other Western countries, including the US and Canada (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "17 years of age for voluntary military service (with parental consent); no conscription (abolished 1973); women allowed to serve in all roles, including combat arms, since 2013 (2022)", diff --git a/australia-oceania/bp.json b/australia-oceania/bp.json index c7d21505..b66fb652 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/bp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/bp.json @@ -755,10 +755,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$532.5 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$514 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$570.5 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$537 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fj.json b/australia-oceania/fj.json index b6fcd11b..50d420dc 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fj.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fj.json @@ -785,10 +785,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.454 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$885 million (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.648 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.515 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1168,6 +1168,9 @@ "note": "note: the RFMF is subordinate to the president as the commander-in-chief, while the Fiji Police Force reports to the the Ministry of Defense, National Security, and Policing" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "1.2% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1.5% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, @@ -1179,9 +1182,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "1.6% of GDP (2018 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "1.5% of GDP (2017 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fm.json b/australia-oceania/fm.json index d6b79b1c..d962c072 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fm.json @@ -727,10 +727,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$213.8 million (FY12/13 est.)" + "text": "$320 million (2018 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$192.1 million (FY12/13 est.)" + "text": "$223 million (2018 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/kr.json b/australia-oceania/kr.json index 399574b1..97cfb5ef 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kr.json @@ -741,10 +741,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$151.2 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$281 million (2017 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$277.5 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$205 million (2017 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nh.json b/australia-oceania/nh.json index a4a5837e..869ec40b 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nh.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nh.json @@ -756,10 +756,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$236.7 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$398 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$244.1 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$355 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nr.json b/australia-oceania/nr.json index b852b585..f6df5ba2 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nr.json @@ -685,10 +685,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$103 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$195 million (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$113.4 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$158 million (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nz.json b/australia-oceania/nz.json index 07069374..fd7d75d6 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nz.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nz.json @@ -829,10 +829,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$74.11 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$76.694 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$70.97 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$88.593 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.4% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.3% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1.3% of GDP (2021)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/ps.json b/australia-oceania/ps.json index e3a0d8a3..abc783a9 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ps.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ps.json @@ -744,10 +744,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$193 million (2012 est.)" + "text": "$122 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$167.3 million (2012 est.)" + "text": "$121 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/rm.json b/australia-oceania/rm.json index dcfec5ca..17ba72bb 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/rm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/rm.json @@ -760,10 +760,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$116.7 million (2013 est.)" + "text": "$148 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$113.9 million (2013 est.)" + "text": "$153 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/tn.json b/australia-oceania/tn.json index a2d6cf51..6a0c2679 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tn.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tn.json @@ -767,10 +767,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$181.2 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$212 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$181.2 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$196 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/tv.json b/australia-oceania/tv.json index 4c21b48d..e83f5fc7 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tv.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tv.json @@ -710,10 +710,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$42.68 million (2013 est.)" + "text": "$87 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$32.46 million (2012 est.)" + "text": "$88 million (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: revenue data include Official Development Assistance from Australia" }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/ws.json b/australia-oceania/ws.json index 72f33093..ced9dd0b 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ws.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ws.json @@ -772,10 +772,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$237.3 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$313 million (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$276.8 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$263 million (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json index 5e804903..1abdbfe2 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json @@ -643,10 +643,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$681.6 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$793 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$755.5 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$782 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -956,7 +956,8 @@ }, "2,438 to 3,047 m": { "text": "1 (2021)" - } + }, + "note": "note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)" }, "Roadways": { "total": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json index c15ebb69..09dcded9 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json @@ -707,10 +707,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$298.2 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$278 million (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$334 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$357 million (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1026,7 +1026,8 @@ }, "under 914 m": { "text": "1 (2021)" - } + }, + "note": "note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)" }, "Airports - with unpaved runways": { "total": { @@ -1066,7 +1067,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (ABDF): Coast Guard and the Antigua and Barbuda Regiment (2022)" + "text": "Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (ABDF): Coast Guard and the Antigua and Barbuda Regiment; Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda (2023)" }, "Military expenditures": { "text": "not available" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json index ab8d7465..ca1adbb8 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json @@ -733,7 +733,8 @@ }, "1,524 to 2,437 m": { "text": "1 (2021)" - } + }, + "note": "note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)" }, "Roadways": { "total": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json index b4797681..744c170d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json @@ -774,10 +774,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.466 billion (2017 est.) (2013 est.)" + "text": "$1.271 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.664 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.483 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1094,7 +1094,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Barbados Defense Force: The Barbados Regiment, The Barbados Coast Guard (2022)" + "text": "Barbados Defense Force: The Barbados Regiment, The Barbados Coast Guard (2023)", + "note": "note: authority over the BDF is shared between the president and prime minister, with the president overseeing strategic direction and the prime minister responsible for operational leadership" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { @@ -1123,7 +1124,7 @@ "text": "voluntary service only (men and women); 17 years, 9 months to 17 years, 11 months with letter of consent from a parent or guardian, or be in the age range of 18-25 years at the start of recruit training; citizens of Barbados by descent or naturalization (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Barbados has been a member of the Caribbean Regional Security System (RSS) since its creation in 1982; RSS signatories (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) agreed to prepare contingency plans and assist one another, on request, in national emergencies, prevention of smuggling, search and rescue, immigration control, fishery protection, customs and excise control, maritime policing duties, protection of off-shore installations, pollution control, national and other disasters, and threats to national security; the RSS is headquartered in Barbados (2022)" + "text": "Barbados has been a member of the Caribbean Regional Security System (RSS) since its creation in 1982; RSS signatories (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) agreed to prepare contingency plans and assist one another, on request, in national emergencies, prevention of smuggling, search and rescue, immigration control, fishery protection, customs and excise control, maritime policing duties, protection of off-shore installations, pollution control, national and other disasters, and threats to national security; the RSS is headquartered in Barbados (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json index 460f7418..9bd2b21a 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json @@ -717,10 +717,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.139 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.087 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$2.46 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.899 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1098,8 +1098,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF): includes land, air, maritime elements (2022)", - "note": "note: the RBDF is primarily responsible for external security but also provides security at a detention center for migrants and performs some domestic security functions, such as guarding embassies; the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) maintains internal security; both the RBDF and the RBPF report to the minister of national security" + "text": "Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF): includes land, air, maritime elements; Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) (2023)", + "note": "note: the RBPF maintains internal security; both the RBDF and the RBPF report to the minister of national security" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { @@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ "text": "18 years of age for voluntary male and female service; no conscription (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the RBDF was established in 1980; its primary responsibilities are disaster relief, maritime security, and counter-narcotics operations; it is a naval force, but includes a lightly-armed marine infantry/commando squadron for base and internal security, as well as a few light non-combat aircraft; the maritime element has coastal patrol craft and patrol boats; the RBDF maintains training relationships with the UK and the US (2022)" + "text": "established in 1980; the RBDF's primary responsibilities are disaster relief, maritime security, and counter-narcotics operations; it also provides security at a detention center for migrants and performs some domestic security functions, such as guarding embassies; the RBDF is a naval force, but includes a lightly-armed marine infantry/commando squadron for base and internal security, as well as a few light non-combat aircraft; the maritime element has coastal patrol craft and patrol boats; the RBDF maintains training relationships with the UK and the US (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json index 21045992..cf70c87b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json @@ -806,10 +806,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$553.5 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$583 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$572 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$656 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1180,8 +1180,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Belize Defense Force (BDF): Army, Air Wing; Belize Coast Guard (2022)", - "note": "note: the Ministry of National Defense and Border Security is responsible for oversight of the BDF and the Coast Guard, while the Ministry of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries has responsibility for police and prisons" + "text": "Belize Defense Force (BDF): Army, Air Wing; Belize Coast Guard; Belize Police Department (2023)", + "note": "note: the Ministry of National Defense and Border Security is responsible for oversight of the BDF and the Coast Guard, while the Ministry of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries has responsibility for the Belize Police Department and prisons; the Police Department is primarily responsible for internal security " }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { @@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; laws allow for conscription only if volunteers are insufficient, but conscription has never been implemented; initial service obligation is 12 years (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

the BDF traces its history back to the Prince Regent Royal Honduras Militia, a volunteer force established in 1817; the BDF was established in 1978 from the disbanded Police Special Force and the Belize Volunteer Guard to assist the resident British forces with the defense of Belize against Guatemala

the British Army has maintained a presence in Belize since its independence; as of 2022, the presence consisted of a small training support unit that provides jungle training to troops from the UK and international partners

" + "text": "

the BDF traces its history back to the Prince Regent Royal Honduras Militia, a volunteer force established in 1817; the BDF was established in 1978 from the disbanded Police Special Force and the Belize Volunteer Guard to assist the resident British forces with the defense of Belize against Guatemala

the British Army has maintained a presence in Belize since its independence; the presence consists of a small training support unit that provides jungle training to troops from the UK and international partners

(2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index fe8e965f..51c5ad47 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -307,7 +307,8 @@ }, "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "dengue fever" - } + }, + "note": "note: on 17 April 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for an outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the province of Limón, Costa Rica; there is also malaria transmission in Alajuela Province; public health authorities in Costa Rica are responding to this outbreak by enhancing malaria surveillance; CDC now recommends malaria chemoprohylaxis for travelers visiting Limón and Alajuela Provinces in Costa Rica prior to travel; the parasite P. falciparum, which is found worldwide in tropical and subtropical areas is spread through the bite of female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles; P. falciparum can cause severe malaria because it multiples rapidly in the blood, and can thus cause severe blood loss (anemia); in addition, the infected parasites can clog small blood vessels; when this occurs in the brain, cerebral malaria results, a complication that can be fatal; seek medical care if you develop fever, chills, sweats, headache, vomiting, or body aches; malaria is a medical emergency, and appropriate treatment should not be delayed (see attached map)" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "25.7% (2016)" @@ -463,7 +464,8 @@ }, "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "dengue fever" - } + }, + "note": "note: on 17 April 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for an outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the province of Limón, Costa Rica; there is also malaria transmission in Alajuela Province; public health authorities in Costa Rica are responding to this outbreak by enhancing malaria surveillance; CDC now recommends malaria chemoprohylaxis for travelers visiting Limón and Alajuela Provinces in Costa Rica prior to travel; the parasite P. falciparum, which is found worldwide in tropical and subtropical areas is spread through the bite of female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles; P. falciparum can cause severe malaria because it multiples rapidly in the blood, and can thus cause severe blood loss (anemia); in addition, the infected parasites can clog small blood vessels; when this occurs in the brain, cerebral malaria results, a complication that can be fatal; seek medical care if you develop fever, chills, sweats, headache, vomiting, or body aches; malaria is a medical emergency, and appropriate treatment should not be delayed (see attached map)" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -858,10 +860,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$8.357 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$9.664 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$11.92 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$14.001 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json index 51818149..4b72943b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json @@ -585,10 +585,10 @@ "text": "Council of Ministers proposed by the president and appointed by the National Assembly" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president and vice president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for a 5-year term (may be reelected for another 5-year term); election last held on 10 October 2019 (next to be held NA)" + "text": "president and vice president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for a 5-year term (may be reelected for another 5-year term); election last held on 19 April 2023 (next to be held NA)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2019: Miguel DIAZ-CANEL Bermudez (PCC) elected president; percent of National Assembly vote - 98.8%; Salvador Antonio VALDES Mesa (PCC) elected vice president; percent of National Assembly vote - 98.1%

2018: Miguel DIAZ-CANEL Bermudez (PCC) elected president; percent of National Assembly vote - 98.8%; Salvador Antonio VALDES Mesa (PCC) elected vice president; percent of National Assembly vote - 100%" + "text": "
2023: Miguel DIAZ-CANEL Bermudez (PCC) reelected president; percent of National Assembly vote - 97.7%; Salvador Antonio VALDES Mesa (PCC) reelected vice president; percent of National Assembly vote - 93.4%

2019: Miguel DIAZ-CANEL Bermudez (PCC) elected president; percent of National Assembly vote - 98.8%; Salvador Antonio VALDES Mesa (PCC) elected vice president; percent of National Assembly vote - 98.1%

2018: Miguel DIAZ-CANEL Bermudez (PCC) elected president; percent of National Assembly vote - 98.8%; Salvador Antonio VALDES Mesa (PCC) elected vice president; percent of National Assembly vote - 100%" }, "note": "note - on 19 April 2018, DIAZ-CANEL succeeded Raul CASTRO as president of the Councils of State and Ministers; on 10 October 2019 he was elected to the newly created position of President of the Republic, which replaced the position of President of the Councils of State and Ministers" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json index 84b8ef99..459b030e 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json @@ -672,10 +672,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$227.8 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$180 million (2021 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$260.4 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$184 million (2021 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index 5cdb8fa7..988edf82 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -863,10 +863,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$11.33 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$12.804 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$13.62 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$14.511 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json index a8f980f3..156a3b7b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json @@ -844,10 +844,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$5.886 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$6.448 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$6.517 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$7.273 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json index c015f438..95be05f6 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json @@ -712,10 +712,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$288.4 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$323 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$252.3 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$263 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json index 179d4fd5..d1ebc999 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json @@ -856,10 +856,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$8.164 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$8.647 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$9.156 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$10.373 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json index ccf1639b..76f2ef82 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json @@ -836,10 +836,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.567 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.179 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.65 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.527 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ "text": "United States 81%, Canada 7% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "clothing and apparel, eels, essential oils, perfumes, mangoes, cocoa beans (2019)" + "text": "clothing and apparel, essential oils, eels, mangoes, scrap iron (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json index 1148c788..01ed4641 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json @@ -847,10 +847,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$4.658 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$6.476 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$5.283 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$6.454 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ "text": "United States 53%, El Salvador 8%, Guatemala 5%, Nicaragua 5% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "clothing and apparel, coffee, insulated wiring, bananas, palm oil (2019)" + "text": "clothing and apparel, coffee, insulated wiring, palm oil, shrimp, gold, bananas (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { @@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2017, women made up over 4% of the active duty military" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the armed forces, including the PMOP, are subordinate to the Secretariat of Defense, while the HNP reports to the Secretariat of Security; the National Interinstitutional Security Force is an interagency command that coordinates the overlapping responsibilities of the HNP, PMOP, National Intelligence Directorate, and Public Ministry (public prosecutor) but exercises coordination, command, and control responsibilities only during interagency operations involving those forces (2022)" + "text": "the armed forces, including the PMOP, are subordinate to the Secretariat of Defense, while the HNP reports to the Secretariat of Security; the National Interinstitutional Security Force is an interagency command that coordinates the overlapping responsibilities of the HNP, PMOP, National Intelligence Directorate, and Public Ministry (public prosecutor) but exercises coordination, command, and control responsibilities only during interagency operations involving those forces (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json index 0a485c8a..cc5d407d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json @@ -800,10 +800,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$4.382 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.029 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$4.314 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.564 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ "text": "United States 32%, Netherlands 11%, Germany 9%, Canada 7%, Iceland 7% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "bauxite, refined petroleum, aluminum, rum, fruits, nuts (2019)" + "text": "aluminum oxide, refined petroleum, aluminum, rums, fruits, nuts, natural gas, sauces and seasonings (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json index 14852ae9..ee04bf79 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json @@ -821,10 +821,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$3.871 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.452 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$4.15 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.511 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index 70b56167..c2add0b1 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -849,10 +849,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$12.43 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$9.743 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$13.44 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$15.145 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ "text": "Panama's security forces are lightly armed; Canada, Italy and the US have provided equipment to the security forces in recent years (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

the MPS's chief focuses are countering narcotics trafficking and border security; Panama's security forces have long been criticized for being ineffective and corrupt

Panama created a paramilitary National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Panamá) in the 1950s from the former National Police (established 1904); the National Guard subsequently evolved into more of a military force with some police responsibilities; it seized power in a coup in 1968 and military officers ran the country until 1989; in 1983, the National Guard was renamed the Panama Defense Force (PDF); the PDF was disbanded after the 1989 US invasion and the current national police forces were formed in 1990; the armed forces were officially abolished under the 1994 Constitution (2022)" + "text": "

the MPS's chief focuses are countering narcotics trafficking and border security

Panama created a paramilitary National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Panamá) in the 1950s from the former National Police (established 1904); the National Guard subsequently evolved into more of a military force with some police responsibilities; it seized power in a coup in 1968 and military officers ran the country until 1989; in 1983, the National Guard was renamed the Panama Defense Force (PDF); the PDF was disbanded after the 1989 US invasion and the current national police forces were formed in 1990; the armed forces were officially abolished under the 1994 Constitution (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json index 3115688b..554658de 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json @@ -386,13 +386,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "796 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "800 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "2.365 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "2.37 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "113.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "110 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json index 93609f86..c68bad3e 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "15.4 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "20 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { "text": "0 cubic meters (2017 est.)" @@ -704,10 +704,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$307 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$286 million (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$291.1 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$324 million (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json index 688484bc..8005da7f 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json @@ -416,13 +416,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "12.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { "text": "0 cubic meters (2017 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "30.4 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "30 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -748,10 +748,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$398.2 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$350 million (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$392.8 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$516 million (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json index 41a5a02f..29af0383 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json @@ -759,10 +759,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$5.581 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.939 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$7.446 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$7.528 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json index 6c9052e5..4e1f5a31 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json @@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "8.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { "text": "2,000 cubic meters (2017 est.)" @@ -728,10 +728,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$225.2 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$243 million (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$230 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$288 million (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json index 77eff384..94f48738 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json @@ -422,10 +422,10 @@ "text": "unicameral House of Assembly (15 seats; 13 members - 9 in single-seat constituencies and 4 at-large seats directly elected by simple majority vote and 2 ex-officio members - the attorney general and the speaker - chosen from outside the House; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 25 February 2019 (next to be held in 2023)" + "text": "last held on 24 April 2023 (next to be held in 2027)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - VIP 46.5%, NDP 28.2%, PVIM 17.4%, PU 8%; seats by party - VIP 8, NDP 3, PVIM 1, PU 1; composition as of March 2022 - men 11, women 4, percent of women 26.7%" + "text": "percent of vote by party - PVIM 34.2%, VIP 31.9%, NDP 26.1%, PU 8%; seats by party - VIP 6, NDP 3, PVIM 3, PU 1" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/central-asia/kg.json b/central-asia/kg.json index f07b260c..b26cdd9c 100644 --- a/central-asia/kg.json +++ b/central-asia/kg.json @@ -832,10 +832,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.169 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.878 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$2.409 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.89 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-asia/kz.json b/central-asia/kz.json index 4090859e..77eb6b5a 100644 --- a/central-asia/kz.json +++ b/central-asia/kz.json @@ -857,10 +857,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$35.48 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$29.955 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$38.3 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$41.994 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1260,6 +1260,9 @@ "note": "note: the National Guard is a gendarmerie type force administered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but also serves the Ministry of Defense; it is responsible for fighting crime, maintaining public order, and ensuring public safety; other duties include anti-terrorism operations, guarding prisons, riot control, and territorial defense in time of war" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, @@ -1271,9 +1274,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "0.9% of GDP (2018 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2017 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index fc8ed5e7..3423efa4 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -509,13 +509,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "17.71 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "17.15 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "28.04 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "29.03 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "18.66 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "18.64 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ }, "Administrative divisions": { "text": "

46 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast), 21 republics (respubliki, singular - respublika), 4 autonomous okrugs (avtonomnyye okrugi, singular - avtonomnyy okrug), 9 krays (kraya, singular - kray), 2 federal cities (goroda, singular - gorod), and 1 autonomous oblast (avtonomnaya oblast')

oblasts: Amur (Blagoveshchensk), Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, Kurgan, Kursk, Leningrad (Gatchina), Lipetsk, Magadan, Moscow, Murmansk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Orel, Penza, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Sakhalin (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), Tambov, Tomsk, Tula, Tver, Tyumen, Ulyanovsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl

republics: Adygeya (Maykop), Altay (Gorno-Altaysk), Bashkortostan (Ufa), Buryatiya (Ulan-Ude), Chechnya (Groznyy), Chuvashiya (Cheboksary), Dagestan (Makhachkala), Ingushetiya (Magas), Kabardino-Balkariya (Nal'chik), Kalmykiya (Elista), Karachayevo-Cherkesiya (Cherkessk), Kareliya (Petrozavodsk), Khakasiya (Abakan), Komi (Syktyvkar), Mariy-El (Yoshkar-Ola), Mordoviya (Saransk), North Ossetia (Vladikavkaz), Sakha [Yakutiya] (Yakutsk), Tatarstan (Kazan), Tyva (Kyzyl), Udmurtiya (Izhevsk)

autonomous okrugs: Chukotka (Anadyr'), Khanty-Mansi-Yugra (Khanty-Mansiysk), Nenets (Nar'yan-Mar), Yamalo-Nenets (Salekhard)

krays: Altay (Barnaul), Kamchatka (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy), Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Primorskiy [Maritime] (Vladivostok), Stavropol, Zabaykalsk [Transbaikal] (Chita)

federal cities: Moscow [Moskva], Saint Petersburg [Sankt-Peterburg]

autonomous oblast: Yevreyskaya [Jewish] (Birobidzhan)", - "note": "note 1: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

note 2: the United States does not recognize Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the municipality of Sevastopol, nor their redesignation as the \"Republic of Crimea\" and the \"Federal City of Sevastopol\"" + "note": "note 1: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

note 2: the United States does not recognize Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the municipality of Sevastopol, nor their redesignation as the \"Republic of Crimea\" and the \"Federal City of Sevastopol\"; it similarly does not recognize the annexation of the Ukrainian oblasts Dontetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhiya, and Kherson" }, "Independence": { "text": "25 December 1991 (from the Soviet Union; Russian SFSR renamed Russian Federation); notable earlier dates: 1157 (Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal created); 16 January 1547 (Tsardom of Muscovy established); 22 October 1721 (Russian Empire proclaimed); 30 December 1922 (Soviet Union established)" @@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ }, "Constitution": { "history": { - "text": "several previous (during Russian Empire and Soviet era); latest drafted 12 July 1993, adopted by referendum 12 December 1993, effective 25 December 1993" + "text": "several previous (during Russian Empire and Soviet era); latest drafted 12 July 1993, adopted by referendum 12 December 1993, effective 25 December 1993, underwent major revisions June 2020" }, "amendments": { "text": "proposed by the president of the Russian Federation, by either house of the Federal Assembly, by the government of the Russian Federation, or by legislative (representative) bodies of the Federation's constituent entities; proposals to amend the government’s constitutional system, human and civil rights and freedoms, and procedures for amending or drafting a new constitution require formation of a Constitutional Assembly; passage of such amendments requires two-thirds majority vote of its total membership; passage in a referendum requires participation of an absolute majority of eligible voters and an absolute majority of valid votes; approval of proposed amendments to the government structure, authorities, and procedures requires approval by the legislative bodies of at least two thirds of the Russian Federation's constituent entities; amended several times, last in 2020" @@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ "text": "President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN (since 7 May 2012)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Premier Mikhail MISHUSTIN (since 16 January 2020); First Deputy Premier Andrey Removich BELOUSOV (since 21 January 2020); Deputy Premiers Yuriy TRUTNEV (since 31 August 2013), Yuriy Ivanovich BORISOV, Tatiana Alekseyevna GOLIKOVA (since 18 May 2018), Dmitriy Yuriyevich GRIGORENKO, Viktoriya Valeriyevna ABRAMCHENKO, Aleksey Logvinovich OVERCHUK, Marat Shakirzyanovich KHUSNULLIN, Dmitriy Nikolayevich CHERNYSHENKO (since 21 January 2020), Aleksandr NOVAK (since 10 November 2020)" + "text": "Premier Mikhail MISHUSTIN (since 16 January 2020); First Deputy Premier Andrey Removich BELOUSOV (since 21 January 2020); Deputy Premiers Yuriy TRUTNEV (since 31 August 2013), Tatiana Alekseyevna GOLIKOVA (since 18 May 2018), Dmitriy Yuriyevich GRIGORENKO, Viktoriya Valeriyevna ABRAMCHENKO, Aleksey Logvinovich OVERCHUK, Marat Shakirzyanovich KHUSNULLIN, Dmitriy Nikolayevich CHERNYSHENKO (since 21 January 2020), Aleksandr NOVAK (since 10 November 2020), Denis Valentinovich MANTUROV (since 15 July 2022)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "the \"Government\" is composed of the premier, his deputies, and ministers, all appointed by the president; the premier is also confirmed by the Duma" @@ -901,10 +901,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$258.6 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$604.135 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$281.4 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$571.465 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-asia/ti.json b/central-asia/ti.json index 0a9969cc..1bd779f1 100644 --- a/central-asia/ti.json +++ b/central-asia/ti.json @@ -828,10 +828,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.269 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.222 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$2.374 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.393 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-asia/tx.json b/central-asia/tx.json index 800b5951..247e14e3 100644 --- a/central-asia/tx.json +++ b/central-asia/tx.json @@ -830,10 +830,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$5.657 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$5.954 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$6.714 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$6.134 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/central-asia/uz.json b/central-asia/uz.json index 26140dcc..c28b200c 100644 --- a/central-asia/uz.json +++ b/central-asia/uz.json @@ -835,10 +835,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$15.22 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$16.197 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$15.08 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$16.346 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index 110c8417..0ef947fb 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -880,10 +880,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$9.108 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$13.361 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$11.23 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$18.035 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1283,8 +1283,11 @@ "note": "note 1: under the 2008 constitution, the Tatmadaw controls appointments of senior officials to lead the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Border Affairs, and the Ministry of Home Affairs; in March 2022, a new law gave the commander-in-chief of the Tatmadaw the authority to appoint or remove the head of the police force

note 2: the Burma Police Force is primarily responsible for internal security; the Border Guard Police is administratively part of the Burma Police Force but operationally distinct; both are under the Ministry of Home Affairs, which is led by an active-duty military general and itself subordinate to the military command" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "3.1% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "3.4% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "3.3% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "3% of GDP (2020 est.)" @@ -1294,9 +1297,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "4.4% of GDP (2018 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "4.7% of GDP (2017 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json index 0cf0e343..88014b0b 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json @@ -768,10 +768,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.245 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.058 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$4.345 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.189 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json index 3e394d1a..377c80a4 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json @@ -853,10 +853,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$3.947 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$7.254 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$4.354 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$6.452 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json index efc9ff62..62bc5d8f 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json @@ -905,10 +905,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.553 trillion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.983 trillion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$3.008 trillion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.893 trillion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json index cfac75f3..0f4de261 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json @@ -713,10 +713,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$79.34 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$70.124 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$61.64 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$105.849 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ "text": "China 23%, India 14%, Netherlands 6%, United Kingdom 5% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "gold, broadcasting equipment, integrated circuits, diamonds, telephones (2019)" + "text": "gold, integrated circuits, gas turbines, broadcasting equipment, silver, diamonds, telephones (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index 8cfe1e7f..308aaaa0 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -890,10 +890,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$131.7 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$130.872 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$159.6 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$192.97 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ "text": "China 15%, United States 10%, Japan 9%, Singapore 8%, India 7%, Malaysia 5% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "coal, palm oil, natural gas, cars, gold (2019)" + "text": "coal, palm oil, natural gas, iron alloys, stainless steel (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { @@ -1300,8 +1300,11 @@ "note": "note 1: in 2014, Indonesia created a Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) to coordinate the actions of all maritime security agencies, including the Navy, the Indonesian Sea and Coast Guard (Kesatuan Penjagaan Laut dan Pantai, KPLP), the Water Police (Polair), Customs (Bea Cukai), and Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries

note 2: the Indonesian National Police includes a paramilitary Mobile Brigade Corps (BRIMOB); following the Bali terror bombing in 2002, the National Police formed a special counterterrorism force called Detachment 88 (Densus or Detasemen Khusus 88 Antiteror); Detachment 88 often works with the TNI's Joint Special Operations Command, which has counterterrorism and counterinsurgency units" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2021)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.8% of GDP (2020)" @@ -1311,9 +1314,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "0.7% of GDP (2018)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "0.9% of GDP (2017)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index f55f922c..c0ce81f5 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -835,10 +835,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.714 trillion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.756 trillion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.885 trillion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.916 trillion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1% of GDP (2022)" + "text": "1.1% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1% of GDP (2021)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index 93688b42..4595d2e2 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -831,10 +831,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$357.1 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$378.552 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$335.8 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$372.412 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json index 690ed61e..63810a23 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json @@ -855,10 +855,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$3.099 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.896 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$4.038 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.839 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json index a2a2c612..31ecc725 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json @@ -636,10 +636,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$14.71 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$18.119 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$9.684 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$10.165 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json index b697270b..b71b6298 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json @@ -845,10 +845,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.967 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.699 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$3.681 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.979 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1232,6 +1232,9 @@ "note": "note: the National Police Agency and the General Authority for Border Protection, which operate under the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs, are primarily responsible for internal security; they are assisted by the General Intelligence Agency under the prime minister; the MAF assists the internal security forces in providing domestic emergency assistance and disaster relief" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "0.6% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "0.8% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, @@ -1243,9 +1246,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "0.7% of GDP (2018 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2017 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json index a8879c3c..98d00c97 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json @@ -854,10 +854,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$51.25 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$77.736 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$60.63 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$85.851 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index 9566839a..7410f1f4 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -838,10 +838,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$3.638 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.039 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$4.591 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$5.135 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1226,6 +1226,9 @@ "text": "Papua New Guinea Defense Force (PNGDF; includes land, maritime, and air elements); Ministry of Police: Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary and Correctional Services (2022)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "0.3% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "0.4% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, @@ -1237,9 +1240,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "0.3% of GDP (2018) (approximately $100 million)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "0.3% of GDP (2017) (approximately $110 million)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json index a9107822..77d662f6 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json @@ -497,13 +497,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "8.929 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "8.16 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "15.85 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "9.88 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "67.97 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "67.83 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -873,10 +873,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$49.07 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$71.173 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$56.02 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$90.953 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1276,6 +1276,9 @@ "note": "note 1: the Philippine Coast Guard is an armed and uniformed service under the Department of Transportation; it would be attached to the AFP in wartime; the Philippine National Police Force (PNP) falls under the Department of the Interior

note 2: the Philippine Government also arms and supports civilian militias; the AFP controls Civilian Armed Force Geographical Units, while the Civilian Volunteer Organizations fall under PNP command" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "1.2% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1.1% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, @@ -1287,9 +1290,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "1% of GDP (2018)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "1.3% of GDP (2017)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index c99f37d2..b7158fb4 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -443,13 +443,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "296.73 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "300 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "336.294 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "340 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "26.376 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "30 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -824,10 +824,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$50.85 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$59.974 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$51.87 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$90.264 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: expenditures include both operational and development expenditures" }, @@ -1195,8 +1195,11 @@ "note": "note 1: the Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS) was stood up as the fourth SAF service in October of 2022

note 2: the Gurkha Contingent of the Singapore Police Force (GCSPF) is a paramilitary unit for riot control and acts as a rapid reaction force 

note 3: in 2009, Singapore established a multi-agency national Maritime Security Task Force (MSTF) to work with law enforcement and maritime agencies to guard Singapore’s waters, including conducting daily patrols, as well as boarding and escort operations in the Singapore Strait; the MSTF is subordinate to the Singapore Navy" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "2.9% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "3.2% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "3% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "3% of GDP (2020)" @@ -1206,9 +1209,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "2.9% of GDP (2018)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "3% of GDP (2017)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index 6fe6292c..75714cba 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -883,10 +883,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$69.23 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$104.689 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$85.12 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$128.581 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1284,8 +1284,11 @@ "note": "note 1: the ISOC oversees counter-insurgency operations, as well as countering terrorism, narcotics and weapons trafficking, and other internal security duties; it is primarily run by the Army

note 2: official paramilitary forces in Thailand include the Thai Rangers (Thahan Phran or \"Hunter Soldiers\") under the Army; the Paramilitary Marines under the Navy; the Border Patrol Police (BPP) under the Royal Thai Police; the Volunteer Defense Corps (VDC or O So) and National Defense Volunteers (NDV), both under the Ministry of Interior; there are also several government-backed volunteer militias created to provide village security against insurgents in the deep south or to assist the ISOC" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "1.2% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "1.3% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.3% of GDP (2021)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.4% of GDP (2020)" @@ -1295,9 +1298,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "1.3% of GDP (2018)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "1.4% of GDP (2017)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json index b4a11a8f..787837b3 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json @@ -808,10 +808,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$300 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$879 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$2.4 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.396 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json index caa52b26..b6525496 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json @@ -519,13 +519,13 @@ }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2019": { - "text": "$1,143,277,000,000 (2019 est.)" + "text": "$1.143 trillion (2019 est.)" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2018": { - "text": "$1,113,126,000,000 (2018 est.)" + "text": "$1.113 trillion (2018 est.)" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2017": { - "text": "$1,083,384,000,000 (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.083 trillion (2017 est.)" }, "note": "note: data are in 2010 dollars" }, @@ -541,11 +541,14 @@ } }, "Real GDP per capita": { + "Real GDP per capita 2019": { + "text": "$47,800 (2019 est.)" + }, "Real GDP per capita 2018": { - "text": "$24,502 (2018 est.)" + "text": "$46,600 (2018 est.)" }, "Real GDP per capita 2017": { - "text": "$23,865 (2017 est.)" + "text": "$45,400 (2017 est.)" }, "note": "note: data are in 2017 dollars" }, @@ -663,10 +666,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$91.62 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$94.943 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$92.03 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$105.833 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1043,7 +1046,7 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "2.2% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "2% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "2.1% of GDP (2021)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json index 1e081b65..80452bee 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json @@ -864,10 +864,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$54.59 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$64.895 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$69.37 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$75.834 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/europe/al.json b/europe/al.json index 5744b62d..d01a1b89 100644 --- a/europe/al.json +++ b/europe/al.json @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ "text": "Albanian 98.8% (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek 0.5%, other 0.6% (including Macedonian, Romani, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)" }, "major-language sample(s)": { - "text": "
Libri i fakteve boterore, burim i pa zevendesueshem  per informacione elementare. (Albanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + "text": "
Libri i fakteve boterore, burimi i domosdoshem per informacionin themelore (Albanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, "Religions": { @@ -839,10 +839,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$3.614 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.19 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$3.874 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.489 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1159,7 +1159,8 @@ }, "1,524 to 2,437 m": { "text": "1 (2021)" - } + }, + "note": "note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)" }, "Pipelines": { "text": "498 km gas (a majority of the network is in disrepair and parts of it are missing), 249 km oil (2015)" diff --git a/europe/au.json b/europe/au.json index c820e9ec..7a0ed759 100644 --- a/europe/au.json +++ b/europe/au.json @@ -839,10 +839,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$201.7 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$218.48 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$204.6 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$215.485 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Austrian Armed Forces: Land Forces, Air Forces, Cyber Forces, Special Forces (2022)" + "text": "Austrian Armed Forces: Land Forces, Air Forces, Cyber Forces, Special Forces (2023)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { @@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ "text": "170 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force); 300 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); 200 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Aug 2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Austria is constitutionally non-aligned but is an EU member and actively participates in EU peacekeeping and crisis management operations under the Common Security and Defense Policy; Austria is not a member of NATO but joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace framework in 1995 and participates in NATO-led crisis management and peacekeeping operations; as of 2022, more than 100,000 Austrian military and civilian personnel had taken part in more than 50 international peace support and humanitarian missions since 1960 (2022)" + "text": "Austria is constitutionally militarily non-aligned but is an EU member and actively participates in EU peacekeeping and crisis management operations under the Common Security and Defense Policy; Austria is not a member of NATO but joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace framework in 1995 and participates in NATO-led crisis management and peacekeeping operations; as of 2023, more than 100,000 Austrian military and civilian personnel had taken part in more than 50 international peace support and humanitarian missions since 1960 (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "67,588 (Syria), 43,725 (Afghanistan), 10,110 (Iraq), 8,684 (Somalia), 7,294 (Iran), 6,124 (Russia) (mid-year 2022); 94,984 (Ukraine) (as of 20 March 2023)" + "text": "67,588 (Syria), 43,725 (Afghanistan), 10,110 (Iraq), 8,684 (Somalia), 7,294 (Iran), 6,124 (Russia) (mid-year 2022); 95,993 (Ukraine) (as of 17 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "3,219 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/ax.json b/europe/ax.json index acce5c34..348c1fe4 100644 --- a/europe/ax.json +++ b/europe/ax.json @@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ "Airports - with paved runways": { "2,438 to 3,047 m": { "text": "1 (2021)" - } + }, + "note": "note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)" } }, "Military and Security": { diff --git a/europe/be.json b/europe/be.json index 15987399..10517a5f 100644 --- a/europe/be.json +++ b/europe/be.json @@ -830,10 +830,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$253.5 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$267.105 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$258.6 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$277.492 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Belgian Armed Forces: Land Component, Marine (Naval) Component, Air Component, Medical Service (2022)" + "text": "Belgian Armed Forces: Land Component, Marine (Naval) Component, Air Component, Medical Service (2023)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { @@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ "text": "approximately 25,000 active duty personnel (10,000 Land Component; 1,500 Marine Component; 5,000 Air Force Component; 1,500 Medical Service; 7,000 other, including joint staff, support, and training schools) (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the armed forces have a mix of weapons systems from European countries, Israel, and the US; Belgium has an export-focused defense industry that focuses on components and subcontracting (2022)" + "text": "the armed forces have a mix of weapons systems from European countries, Israel, and the US; Belgium has an export-focused defense industry that focuses on components and subcontracting (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription abolished in 1995 (2022)", @@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ "note": "note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Belgium, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Belgium is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949; Belgium hosts the NATO headquarters in Brussels

in 2015, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed an agreement to conduct joint air policing of their territories; under the agreement, which went into effect in January of 2017, the Belgian and Dutch Air Forces trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries

in 2018, the Defense Ministers of Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the creation of a Composite Special Operations Component Command (C-SOCC); the C-SOCC was declared operational in December 2020

" + "text": "Belgium is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949; Belgium hosts the NATO headquarters in Brussels

in 2015, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed an agreement to conduct joint air policing of their territories; under the agreement, which went into effect in January of 2017, the Belgian and Dutch Air Forces trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries

in 2018, the Defense Ministers of Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the creation of a Composite Special Operations Component Command (C-SOCC); the C-SOCC was declared operational in December 2020

(2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "20,086 (Syria), 7,049 (Afghanistan), 5,769 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 70,307 (Ukraine) (as of 3 April 2023)" + "text": "20,086 (Syria), 7,049 (Afghanistan), 5,769 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 70,917 (Ukraine) (as of 11 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,190 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index f3f72a8a..e86be283 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ "text": "Bosnian (official) 52.9%, Serbian (official) 30.8%, Croatian (official) 14.6%, other 1.6%, no answer 0.2% (2013 est.)" }, "major-language sample(s)": { - "text": "
Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Bosnian/Montenegrin)

Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian)

Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, nužan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Croatian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + "text": "
Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Bosnian)

Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian)

Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, nužan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Croatian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, "Religions": { @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ "election results": { "text": "2022: percent of vote - Denis BECIROVIC - (SDP BiH) 57.4% - Bosniak seat; Zeljko KOMSIC (DF) 55.8% - Croat seat; Zeljka CVIJANOVIC (SNSD) 51.7% - Serb seat

2018: percent of vote - Milorad DODIK (SNSD) 53.9% - Serb seat; Zeljko KOMSIC (DF) 52.6% - Croat seat; Sefik DZAFEROVIC (SDA) 36.6% - Bosniak seat

2014: percent of vote - Mladen IVANIC (PDP) 48.7% - Serb seat; Dragan COVIC (HDZ-BiH) 52.2% - Croat seat; Bakir IZETBEGOVIC (SDA) 32.9% - Bosniak seat" }, - "note": "note: President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Marinko CAVARA (since 9 February 2015); Vice Presidents Melika MAHMUTBEGOVIC (since 9 February 2015), Milan DUNOVIC (since 9 February 2015); President of the Republika Srpska Zeljka CVIJANOVIC (since 18 November 2018); Vice Presidents Ramiz SALKIC (since 24 November 2014), Josip JERKOVIC (since 24 November 2014)" + "note": "note: President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Lidiia BRADARA (since 28 February 2023); Vice Presidents Refik LENDO (since 28 February 2023) and Igor STOJANOVIC (since 28 February 2023); President of the Republika Srpska Milorad DODIK (since 15 November 2022); Vice Presidents Camil DURAKOVIC (since 15 November 2022) and Davor PRANJIC (since 15 November 2022)" }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { @@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Alliance for a Better Future of BiH or SBB BiH [Fahrudin RADONCIC]
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats or SNSD [Milorad DODIK]
Alternative Party for Democratic Activity or A-SDA [Nermin OGRESEVIC] (merged with Independent Bosnian Herzegovinian List to form NES)
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative or BHI KF [Fuad KASUMOVIC]
Civic Alliance or GS [Reuf BAJROVIC]
Croat Peasants' Party or HSS [Mario KARAMATIC]
Croatian Christian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina or HKDU [Ivanka BARIC]
Croatian Democratic Union or HDU [Miro GRABOVAC-TITAN]
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina or HDZ-BiH [Dragan COVIC]
Croatian Democratic Union 1990 or HDZ-1990 [Ilija CVITANOVIC]
Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starcevic or HSP-AS Bih [Stanko PRIMORAC]
Democratic Alliance or DEMOS [Nedeljko CUBRILOVIC]
Democratic Front of DF [Zeljko KOMSIC]
Democratic Peoples' Alliance or DNS [Nenad NESIC]
For Justice and Order [Nebojsa VUKANOVIC]
Independent Bloc or NB [Senad SEPIC]
Movement for Democratic Action or PDA [Elzina PIRIC]
National Democratic Movement or NDP [Dragan CAVIC]
Our Party or NS/HC [Edin FORTO]
Party for Democratic Action or SDA [Bakir IZETBEGOVIC]
Party of Democratic Progress or PDP [Branislav BORENOVIC]
People and Justice Party or NiP [Elmedin KONAKOVIC]
People's European Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina or NES [Nermin OGRESEVIC]
Progressive Srpska or NS [Goran DORDIC]
Serb Democratic Party or SDS [Mirko SAROVIC]
Serb Radical Party-Dr. Vojislav Seselj or SRS-VS [Vojislav SESELJ] (merged with PDP)
Social Democratic Party or SDP [Nermin NIKSIC]
Socialist Party or SP [Petar DOKIC]
United Srpska or US [Nenad STEVANDIC]" + "text": "Alliance of Independent Social Democrats or SNSD [Milorad DODIK]
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative or BHI KF [Fuad KASUMOVIC]
Civic Alliance or GS [Reuf BAJROVIC]
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina or HDZ-BiH [Dragan COVIC]
Democratic Front or DF [Zeljko KOMSIC]
Democratic Union or DEMOS [Nedeljko CUBRILOVIC]
For Justice and Order [Nebojsa VUKANOVIC]
Our Party or NS/HC [Edin FORTO]
Party for Democratic Action or SDA [Bakir IZETBEGOVIC]
Party of Democratic Progress or PDP [Branislav BORENOVIC]
People and Justice Party or NiP [Elmedin KONAKOVIC]
People's European Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina or NES [Nermin OGRESEVIC]
Progressive Srpska or NS [Goran DORDIC]
Serb Democratic Party or SDS [Milan MILICEVIC]
Social Democratic Party or SDP [Nermin NIKSIC]
United Srpska or US [Nenad STEVANDIC]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "BIS, CD, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM (observer), OAS (observer), OIC (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)", @@ -832,10 +832,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$7.993 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$8.434 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$7.607 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$8.154 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1213,8 +1213,11 @@ "text": "Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH or Oruzanih Snaga Bosne i Hercegovine, OSBiH): Operations Command (includes Army, Air, and Air Defense units), Support Command (2022)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "0.9% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "0.9% of GDP (2021)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.9% of GDP (2020)" @@ -1224,9 +1227,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "0.9% of GDP (2018)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "0.9% of GDP (2017)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { @@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2021, women made up about 7% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) are comprised of the former Bosnian-Croat Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Vojska Federacije Bosne i Hercegovin, VF) and the Bosnian-Serb Republic of Serbia Army (Vojska Republike Srpske, VRS); the two forces were unified under the 2003 Law on Defense, which also established the country’s Ministry of Defense

the European Union Force Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR) has operated in the country to oversee implementation of the Dayton/Paris Agreement since taking over from NATO's Stabilization Force (SFOR) in 2004; in addition to its security mission, EUFOR supports the overall EU comprehensive strategy for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the efforts of the AFBiH to attain NATO standards; as of 2022, it had about 600 troops from 19 countries

Bosnia and Herzegovina joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace (PfP) program in 2007 and was invited to join NATO’s Membership Action Plan in 2010; as of 2022, NATO maintained a military headquarters in Sarajevo with the mission of assisting Bosnia and Herzegovina with the PfP program and promoting closer integration with NATO, as well as providing logistics and other support to EUFOR

 

" + "text": "

the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) are comprised of the former Bosnian-Croat Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Vojska Federacije Bosne i Hercegovin, VF) and the Bosnian-Serb Republic of Serbia Army (Vojska Republike Srpske, VRS); the two forces were unified under the 2006 Law on Defense, which also established the country’s Ministry of Defense

the European Union Force Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR) has operated in the country to oversee implementation of the Dayton/Paris Agreement since taking over from NATO's Stabilization Force (SFOR) in 2004; it has about about 1,100 troops from 22 countries

Bosnia and Herzegovina joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace (PfP) program in 2007 and was invited to join NATO’s Membership Action Plan in 2010; NATO maintains a military headquarters in Sarajevo with the mission of assisting Bosnia and Herzegovina with the PfP program and promoting closer integration with NATO, as well as providing logistics and other support to EUFOR

 

(2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/europe/bo.json b/europe/bo.json index d83c216c..c8be9b02 100644 --- a/europe/bo.json +++ b/europe/bo.json @@ -840,10 +840,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$22.15 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$24.743 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$20.57 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$24.239 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1234,6 +1234,9 @@ "text": "Belarus Armed Forces: Army, Air and Air Defense Force, Special Operations Force, Special Troops (electronic warfare, signals, engineers, biological/chemical/nuclear protection troops, etc); Ministry of Interior: State Border Troops, Militia, Internal Troops (2022)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "1.1% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1.2% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, @@ -1245,9 +1248,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "1.5% of GDP (2018 est.) (approximately $2.05 billion)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "1.5% of GDP (2017 est.) (approximately $1.98 billion)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { @@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ "note": "note: conscripts can be assigned to the military, to the Ministry of Interior as internal or border troops, or to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection (alternative service); as of 2020, conscripts comprised an estimated 40% of the military" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Belarus has close security ties with Russia, including an integrated air and missile defense system, joint training exercises, and the establishment of three joint training centers since 2020 (1 in Belarus, 2 in Russia); Russia has been the principal supplier of arms to Belarus, and Belarusian troops reportedly train on Russian equipment; Russia leases from Belarus a strategic ballistic missile defense site operated by Russian Aerospace Forces and a global communications facility for the Russian Navy; in 2020, the countries signed an agreement allowing for close security cooperation between the Belarusian Ministry of Interior and the Russian National Guard, including protecting public order and key government facilities, and combating extremism and terrorism; in 2022, Belarus allowed Russian military forces to stage on its territory for its invasion of Ukraine

Belarus has been a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) since 1994 and contributes an airborne brigade to CSTO's rapid reaction force (KSOR) (2022)" + "text": "Belarus has close security ties with Russia, including an integrated air and missile defense system, joint training exercises, and the establishment of three joint training centers since 2020 (1 in Belarus, 2 in Russia); Russia has been the principal supplier of arms to Belarus, and Belarusian troops reportedly train on Russian equipment; Russia leases from Belarus a strategic ballistic missile defense site operated by Russian Aerospace Forces and a global communications facility for the Russian Navy; in 2020, the countries signed an agreement allowing for close security cooperation between the Belarusian Ministry of Interior and the Russian National Guard, including protecting public order and key government facilities, and combating extremism and terrorism; in 2022, Belarus allowed Russian military forces to stage on its territory for its invasion of Ukraine and continues to supply arms and other aid to the Russian military

Belarus has been a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) since 1994 and contributes an airborne brigade to CSTO's rapid reaction force (KSOR) (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index d1d943b0..eb51fe96 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Herro MUSTAFA (since 18 October 2019)" + "text": "Ambassador Kenneth MERTEN (since 7 April 2023)" }, "embassy": { "text": "16, Kozyak Street, Sofia 1408" @@ -843,10 +843,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$20.35 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$24.487 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$19.35 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$26.544 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ "note": "note 1: in 2021, women comprised about 17% of the Bulgarian military's full-time personnel

note 2: in 2020, Bulgaria announced a program to allow every citizen up to the age of 40 to join the armed forces for 6 months of military service in the voluntary reserve" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Bulgaria became a member of NATO in 2004; Bulgaria conducts its own air policing mission, but because of Russian aggression in the Black Sea region, NATO allies have sent detachments of fighters to augment the Bulgarian Air Force since 2014 (2022)" + "text": "Bulgaria became a member of NATO in 2004; Bulgaria conducts its own air policing mission, but because of Russian aggression in the Black Sea region, NATO allies have sent detachments of fighters to augment the Bulgarian Air Force since 2014 (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "22,226 (Syria) (mid-year 2022); 48,974 (Ukraine) (as of 4 April 2023)" + "text": "22,226 (Syria) (mid-year 2022); 47,131 (Ukraine) (as of 18 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,129 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/cy.json b/europe/cy.json index 0db9c8f5..48baca8e 100644 --- a/europe/cy.json +++ b/europe/cy.json @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Orthodox Christian 89.1%, Roman Catholic 2.9%, Protestant/Anglican 2%, Muslim 1.8%, Buddhist 1%, other (includes Maronite, Armenian Church, Hindu) 1.4%, unknown 1.1%, none/atheist 0.6% (2011 est.)", + "text": "Eastern Orthodox Christian 89.1%, Roman Catholic 2.9%, Protestant/Anglican 2%, Muslim 1.8%, Buddhist 1%, other (includes Maronite Catholic, Armenian Apostolic, Hindu) 1.4%, unknown 1.1%, none/atheist 0.6% (2011 est.)", "note": "note: data represent only the government-controlled area of Cyprus" }, "Age structure": { @@ -549,10 +549,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES (since 28 February 2023); the president is both chief of state and head of government; note - vice presidency reserved for a Turkish Cypriot, but vacant since 1974 because Turkish Cypriots do not participate in the Republic of Cyprus Government" + "text": "President Nikos CHRISTODOULIDIS (since 28 February 2023); the president is both chief of state and head of government; note - vice presidency reserved for a Turkish Cypriot, but vacant since 1974 because Turkish Cypriots do not participate in the Republic of Cyprus Government" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES (since 28 February 2023)" + "text": "President Nikos CHRISTODOULIDIS (since 28 February 2023)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president; note - under the 1960 constitution, 3 of the ministerial posts reserved for Turkish Cypriots, appointed by the vice president; positions currently filled by Greek Cypriots" @@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term; election last held on held 5 February 2023 with a runoff on 12 February 2023 (next to be held in 2028)" }, "election results": { - "text": "2023: Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES (independent) 32%, Andreas MAVROYIANNIS (independent) 29.6%, Averof NEOFYTOU (DISY) 26.1%, Christos CHRISTOU (ELAM) 6%, other 6.3%; percent of vote in second round - Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES 52%, Andreas MAVROYIANNIS 48%

2018: Nikos ANASTASIADIS reelected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Nikos ANASTASIADIS (DISY) 35.5%, Stavros MALAS (AKEL) 30.2%, Nicolas PAPADOPOULOS (DIKO) 25.7%, other 8.6%; percent of vote in second round - Nikos ANASTASIADIS 56%, Stavros MALAS 44%

2013: Nikos ANASTASIADIS elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Nikos ANASTASIADIS 45.5% (DISY), Stavros  MALAS 26.9% (AKEL), Georgos LILLIKAS 24.9% (SP), other 2.7%; percent of vote in second round - Nikos ANASTASIADIS 57.5%, Savros MALAS 42.5%" + "text": "2023: Nikos CHRISTODOULIDIS elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Nikos CHRISTODOULIDIS (independent) 32%, Andreas MAVROGIIANNIS (independent) 29.6%, Averof NEOFYTOU (DISY) 26.1%, Christos CHRISTOU (ELAM) 6%, other 6.3%; percent of vote in second round - Nikos CHRISTODOULIDS 52%, Andreas MAVROGIANNIS 48%

2018: Nikos ANASTASIADIS reelected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Nikos ANASTASIADIS (DISY) 35.5%, Stavros MALAS (AKEL) 30.2%, Nicolas PAPADOPOULOS (DIKO) 25.7%, other 8.6%; percent of vote in second round - Nikos ANASTASIADIS 56%, Stavros MALAS 44%

2013: Nikos ANASTASIADIS elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Nikos ANASTASIADIS 45.5% (DISY), Stavros  MALAS 26.9% (AKEL), Georgos LILLIKAS 24.9% (SP), other 2.7%; percent of vote in second round - Nikos ANASTASIADIS 57.5%, Savros MALAS 42.5%" }, "note": "note: the first round of the TRNC presidential election, originally scheduled for 26 April 2020, was postponed to 11 October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the second round was held on 18 October 2020; percent of vote in the first round - Ersin TATAR (UBP) 32.4%, Mustafa AKINCI (independent) 29.8%, Tufan ERHURMAN (RTP) 21.7%, Kudret OZERSAY (independent) 5.7%, Erhan ARIKLI (YDP) 5.4%, Serdar DENKTAS (independent) 4.2%, other 0.8%; percent of vote in the second round - Ersin TATAR 51.7%, Mustafa AKINCI 48.3%" }, @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ "text": "area under government control: last held on 30 May 2021 (next to be held in 2026); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: last held on 23 January 2022 (next to be held in 2027)" }, "election results": { - "text": "area under government control: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party/coalition - DISY 27.8%, AKEL 22.3%, DIKO 11.3%, ELAM 6.8%, EDEK-SP 6.7%, DiPa 6.1%, Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation 4.4%, other 14.6%; seats by party/coalition - DISY 17, AKEL 15, DIKO 9, ELAM 4, EDEK-SP 4, DiPa 4, Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation 3; area administered by Turkish Cypriots - \"Assembly of the Republic\" - percent of vote by party - UBP 39.5%, CTP 32%, DP 7.4%, HP 6.7%, YDP 6.4%, other 8%; seats by party - UBP 24, CTP 18, DP 3, HP 3, YDP 2" + "text": "area under government control: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party/coalition - DISY 27.8%, AKEL 22.3%, DIKO 11.3%, ELAM 6.8%, EDEK-SP 6.7%, DIPA 6.1%, Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation 4.4%, other 14.6%; seats by party/coalition - DISY 17, AKEL 15, DIKO 9, ELAM 4, EDEK-SP 4, DIPA 4, Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation 3; area administered by Turkish Cypriots - \"Assembly of the Republic\" - percent of vote by party - UBP 39.5%, CTP 32%, DP 7.4%, HP 6.7%, YDP 6.4%, other 8%; seats by party - UBP 24, CTP 18, DP 3, HP 3, YDP 2" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "area under government control:
Citizens' Alliance or SP [Giorgos LILLIKAS] (dissolved 2 December 2021)
Democratic Front or DiPa [Marios GAROYIAN]
Democratic Party or DIKO [Nikolas PAPADOPOULOS]
Democratic Rally or DISY [Averof NEOPHYTOU]
Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Alliance [Charalambos THEOPEMPTOU]
Movement of Social Democrats EDEK [Marinos SIZOPOULOS]
National Popular Front or ELAM [Christos CHRISTOU]
Progressive Party of the Working People or AKEL (Communist Party) [Stefanos STEFANOU]
Solidarity Movement [Eleni THEOCHAROUS]

area administered by Turkish Cypriots:
Communal Democracy Party or TDP [Mine ATLI]
Communal Liberation Party - New Forces or TKP-YG [Mehmet CAKICI]
Cyprus Socialist Party or KSP [Mehmet BIRINCI]
Democratic Party or DP [Fikri ATAOGLU]
National Democratic Party or NDP [Buray BUSKUVUTCU]
National Unity Party or UBP [Faiz SUCUOGLU]
New Cyprus Party or YKP [Murat KANATLI]
People's Party or HP [Kudret OZERSAY]
Rebirth Party or YDP [Erhan ARIKLI]
Republican Turkish Party or CTP [Tufan ERHURMAN]
United Cyprus Party or BKP [Izzet IZCAN]" + "text": "area under government control:
Citizens' Alliance or SP [Giorgos LILLIKAS] (dissolved 2 December 2021)
Democratic Front or DIPA [Marios GAROYIAN]
Democratic Party or DIKO [Nikolas PAPADOPOULOS]
Democratic Rally or DISY [Annita DIMITRIOU]
Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Alliance [Charalambos THEOPEMPTOU]
Movement of Social Democrats EDEK [Marinos SIZOPOULOS]
National Popular Front or ELAM [Christos CHRISTOU]
Progressive Party of the Working People or AKEL (Communist Party) [Stefanos STEFANOU]
Solidarity Movement [Eleni THEOCHAROUS]

area administered by Turkish Cypriots:
Communal Democracy Party or TDP [Mine ATLI]
Communal Liberation Party - New Forces or TKP-YG [Mehmet CAKICI]
Cyprus Socialist Party or KSP [Mehmet BIRINCI]
Democratic Party or DP [Fikri ATAOGLU]
National Democratic Party or NDP [Buray BUSKUVUTCU]
National Unity Party or UBP [Faiz SUCUOGLU]
New Cyprus Party or YKP [Murat KANATLI]
People's Party or HP [Kudret OZERSAY]
Rebirth Party or YDP [Erhan ARIKLI]
Republican Turkish Party or CTP [Tufan ERHURMAN]
United Cyprus Party or BKP [Izzet IZCAN]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "Australia Group, C, CD, CE, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, NSG, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Judith Gail GARBER (since 18 March 2019)" + "text": "Ambassador Julie D. FISHER (since 21 February 2023)" }, "embassy": { "text": "Metochiou and Ploutarchou Street, 2407, Engomi, Nicosia" @@ -832,10 +832,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$8.663 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$10.362 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$8.275 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$9.996 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ "note": "note: the CNG accepts all foreign nationals of at least partial Cypriot descent under age 32 as volunteers; dual citizenship Cypriot origin citizens, who were born in Cyprus or abroad, have the obligation to serve in the CNG on repatriation, regardless of whether or not they possess a foreign citizenship; a person is considered as having Cypriot origin where a grandparent or parent was/is a Cypriot citizen" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) was set up in 1964 to prevent further fighting between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities on the island and bring about a return to normal conditions; the UN force patrols a buffer zone, also called the “Green Line,” that separates the two sides; the UNFICYP mission has about 800-1,000 personnel  (2022)" + "text": "the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) was set up in 1964 to prevent further fighting between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities on the island and bring about a return to normal conditions; the UN force patrols a buffer zone, also called the “Green Line,” that separates the two sides; the UNFICYP mission has about 800-1,000 personnel (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index 8efe110f..8d5aaa62 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ "text": "last held on 1 November 2022 (next to be held on 31 October 2026)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - SDP 27.5%, V 13.3%, M 9.3%, E 8.1%, DF 2.6%, SLP 3.8%, SF 8.3%, EL 5.1%, C 5.5%, AP 3.3%, NB 3.3%, LA 8.1%; seats by party - SDP 50, V 23, M 16, E 14, DF 5, SLP 7, SF 15, EL 9, C 10, AP 6, NB 6, LA 14; composition

5 June 2019:  percent of vote by party - SDP 27.4%, V 24.6%, DF 9.1%, SLP 9.1%, SF 8%, EL 7.4%, C 6.9%, AP 2.9%, NB 2.3%, LA 2.3%; seats by party - SDP 48, V 43, DF 16, SLP 16, SF 14, EL 13, C 12, AP 5, NB 4, LA 4; composition (as of September 2021) - men 108, women 71 (includes 2 from Greenland), percent of women 39.7%" + "text": "
1 November 2022: percent of vote by party - SDP 27.5%, V 13.3%, M 9.3%, E 8.1%, DF 2.6%, SLP 3.8%, SF 8.3%, EL 5.1%, C 5.5%, AP 3.3%, NB 3.3%, LA 8.1%; seats by party - SDP 50, V 23, M 16, E 14, DF 5, SLP 7, SF 15, EL 9, C 10, AP 6, NB 6, LA 14; composition - men 101, women 78, percent of women 43.6%

5 June 2019: percent of vote by party - SDP 27.4%, V 24.6%, DF 9.1%, SLP 9.1%, SF 8%, EL 7.4%, C 6.9%, AP 2.9%, NB 2.3%, LA 2.3%; seats by party - SDP 48, V 43, DF 16, SLP 16, SF 14, EL 13, C 12, AP 5, NB 4, LA 4; composition (as of September 2021) - men 108, women 71 (includes 2 from Greenland), percent of women 39.7%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -825,10 +825,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$172.5 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$185.645 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$168.9 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$172.408 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Danish Armed Forces (Forsvaret): Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force, Danish Home Guard (Reserves) (2022)", + "text": "Danish Armed Forces (Forsvaret): Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force, Danish Home Guard (Reserves) (2023)", "note": "note: the Danish military maintains a Joint Arctic Command with the mission of protecting the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark in the Arctic Region, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland; the command also conducts maritime pollution prevention, environmental monitoring, fishery inspections, search and rescue, hydrographical surveys, and provides support to governmental science missions" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ "text": "approximately 17,000 active duty personnel (10,000 Army; 3,500 Navy; 3,500 Air Force) (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the Danish military inventory is comprised of a mix of modern European, US, and domestically-produced equipment; the US has been the largest supplier of military equipment to Denmark in recent years; the Danish defense industry is active in the production of naval vessels, defense electronics, and subcomponents of larger weapons systems, such as the US F-35 fighter aircraft (2022)" + "text": "the Danish military inventory is comprised of a mix of modern European, US, and domestically produced equipment; the US has been the largest supplier of military equipment to Denmark in recent years; the Danish defense industry is active in the production of naval vessels, defense electronics, and subcomponents of larger weapons systems, such as the US F-35 fighter aircraft (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months depending on specialization; former conscripts are assigned to mobilization units; women eligible to volunteer for military service; in addition to full time employment, the Danish military offers reserve contracts in all three branches (2023)", @@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ "note": "note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Denmark, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Denmark is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949

Denmark is a member of the EU and voted to join the EU’s Common Defense and Security Policy in a June 2022 referendum

the Danish Armed Forces cooperate closely with the militaries of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO), which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; areas of cooperation include armaments, education, human resources, training and exercises, and operations; NORDEFCO was established in 2009

in 2018, the Defense Ministers of Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the creation of a Composite Special Operations Component Command (C-SOCC); the C-SOCC was declared operational in December 2020 (2022)" + "text": "Denmark is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949

Denmark is a member of the EU and voted to join the EU’s Common Defense and Security Policy in a June 2022 referendum

the Danish Armed Forces cooperate closely with the militaries of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO), which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; areas of cooperation include armaments, education, human resources, training and exercises, and operations; NORDEFCO was established in 2009

in 2018, the Defense Ministers of Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the creation of a Composite Special Operations Component Command (C-SOCC); the C-SOCC was declared operational in December 2020 (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "19,424 (Syria), 5,885 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2022); 41,419 (Ukraine) (as of 2 April 2023)" + "text": "19,424 (Syria), 5,885 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2022); 41,560 (Ukraine) (as of 10 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "11,644 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/ee.json b/europe/ee.json index 4e730251..176291c1 100644 --- a/europe/ee.json +++ b/europe/ee.json @@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "

the EU's Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) provides the civilian, military, and political structures for EU crisis management and security issues; the highest bodies are:

the Political and Security Committee (PSC), which meets at the ambassadorial level as a preparatory body for the Council of the EU; it assists with defining policies and preparing a crisis response

the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) is the EU's highest military body; it is composed of the chiefs of defense (CHODs) of the Member States, who are regularly represented by their permanent Military Representatives; the EUMC provides the PSC with advice and recommendations on all military matters within the EU

the Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CIVCOM) provides advice and recommendations to the PSC in parallel with the EUMC on civilian aspects of crisis management

the Politico-Military Group (PMG) provides advice and recommendations to the PSC on political aspects of EU military and civil-military issues, including concepts, capabilities and operations and missions, and monitors implementation

other bodies set up under the CSDP include the Security and Defense Policy Directorate (SECDEFPOL), the Integrated approach for Security and Peace Directorate (ISP), the EU Military Staff (EUMS), the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC), the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC), the European Defense Agency, the European Security and Defense College (ESDC), the EU Institute for Security Studies, and the EU Satellite Center (2022)

", + "text": "

the EU's Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) provides the civilian, military, and political structures for EU crisis management and security issues; the highest bodies are:

the Political and Security Committee (PSC), which meets at the ambassadorial level as a preparatory body for the Council of the EU; it assists with defining policies and preparing a crisis response

the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) is the EU's highest military body; it is composed of the chiefs of defense (CHODs) of the Member States, who are regularly represented by their permanent Military Representatives; the EUMC provides the PSC with advice and recommendations on all military matters within the EU

the Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CIVCOM) provides advice and recommendations to the PSC in parallel with the EUMC on civilian aspects of crisis management

the Politico-Military Group (PMG) provides advice and recommendations to the PSC on political aspects of EU military and civil-military issues, including concepts, capabilities and operations and missions, and monitors implementation

other bodies set up under the CSDP include the Security and Defense Policy Directorate (SECDEFPOL), the Integrated approach for Security and Peace Directorate (ISP), the EU Military Staff (EUMS), the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC), the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC), the European Defense Agency, the European Security and Defense College (ESDC), the EU Institute for Security Studies, and the EU Satellite Center (2023)

", "note": "note: in 2017, the EU set up the Permanent Structured Cooperation on Defense (PESCO), a mechanism for deepening defense cooperation amongst member states through binding commitments and collaborative programs on a variety of military-related capabilities such as cyber, maritime surveillance, medical support, operational readiness, procurement, and training; similar efforts to promote collaboration and cooperation that same year amongst members included the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC), the Coordinated Annual Review on Defense (CARD), and the European Defense Fund (EDF)" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -821,11 +821,11 @@ "note": "note: the combined forces of NATO have approximately 3.3 million active duty personnel" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "since 2003, the EU has launched more than 30 civilian and military crisis-management, advisory, and training missions in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, as well as counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and a naval operation in the Mediterranean to disrupt human smuggling and trafficking networks and prevent the loss of life at sea (2022)", + "text": "since 2003, the EU has launched more than 30 civilian and military crisis-management, advisory, and training missions in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, as well as counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and a naval operation in the Mediterranean to disrupt human smuggling and trafficking networks and prevent the loss of life at sea (2023)", "note": "note: in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the EU announced that it would develop a rapid deployment force consisting of up to 5,000 troops by 2025" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the EU partners with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); NATO is an alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe; its role is to safeguard the security of its member countries by political and military means; NATO conducts crisis management and peacekeeping missions; member countries that participate in the military aspect of the Alliance contribute forces and equipment, which remain under national command and control until a time when they are required by NATO for a specific purpose (i.e., conflict or crisis, peacekeeping); NATO, however, does possess some common capabilities owned and operated by the Alliance, such as some early warning radar aircraft; relations between NATO and the EU were institutionalized in the early 2000s, building on steps taken during the 1990s to promote greater European responsibility in defense matters; cooperation and coordination covers a broad array of issues, including crisis management, defense and political consultations, civil preparedness, capacity building, military capabilities, maritime security, planning, cyber defense, countering hybrid threats, information sharing, logistics, defense industry, counterterrorism, etc.; since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the EU and NATO, EU Member States and NATO  allies have intensified their work and cooperation; NATO and the EU have 21 member countries in common

there are no permanent standing EU forces, but Europe has a variety of multinational military organizations that may be deployed through the EU, in a NATO environment, upon the mandate of the participating countries, or upon the mandate of other international organizations, such as the UN or OSCE including:

EU Battlegroups (BGs) are rapid reaction multinational army units that form a key part of the EU's capacity to respond to crises and conflicts; their deployment is subject to a unanimous decision by the EU Council; BGs typically consists of 1,500-2,000 troops organized around an infantry battalion depending on the mission; the troops and equipment are drawn from EU member states and under the direction of a lead nation; two BGs are always on standby for a period of 6 months; the BGs were declared operational in 2007, but have never been used operationally due to political and financial obstacles

the European Corps (Eurocorps) is an independent multinational land force corps headquarters composed of personnel from six framework nations and five associated nations; the corps has no standing operational units; during a crisis, units would be drawn from participating states, and the corps would be placed at the service of the EU and NATO; Eurocorps was established in 1992 by France and Germany; Belgium (1993), Spain (1994), and Luxembourg (1996) joined over the next few years; Greece and Turkey (since 2002), Italy, Romania, and Austria (since 2009, 2016, and 2021 respectively) participate as associated nations; Poland joined in 2022; Eurocorps is headquartered in France

the European Gendarmerie Force (EURGENDFOR) is an operational, pre-organized, and rapidly deployable European gendarmerie/police force; it is not established at the EU level, but is capable of performing police tasks, including law enforcement, stability operations, and training in support of the EU, the UN, OSCE, NATO, and other international organizations or ad hoc coalitions; member state gendarmeries include those of France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Spain; the Lithuanian Public Security Service is a partner, while Turkey's Gendarmerie is an observer force

the European Medical Corps (EMC) was set up in the aftermath of the Ebola crisis in West Africa in 2014 to enable the deployment of teams and equipment from EU member states to provide medical assistance and public health expertise in response to emergencies inside and outside the EU; as of 2022, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and Sweden had committed teams and equipment to the EMC

the European Medical Command (EMC) was formed to provide a standing EU medical capability, increase medical operational readiness, and improve interoperability amongst the 18 participating EU members; it operates closely with the NATO Framework Nations Concept’s Multinational Medical Coordination Center (MMCC) under a single administrative and infrastructural framework (MMCC/EMC); the EMC was declared operational in May 2022

the European Air Transport Command (EATC) is a single multinational command for more than 150 military air mobility assets from seven member states, including transport, air-to-air refueling, and aeromedical evacuation; the EATC headquarters is located in the Netherlands, but the air assets remain located at member national air bases; the EATC was established in 2010

the European Air Group (EAG) is an independent organization formed by the air forces of its seven member nations (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and the UK) that is focused on improving interoperability between the air forces of EAG members and its 14 partner and associate nations; it was established in the late 1990s and is headquartered in the UK

the European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR or EMF) is a four-nation (France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain), non-standing naval force with the ability to carry out naval, air, and amphibious operations; EUROMARFOR was formed in 1995 to conduct missions such as crisis response, humanitarian missions, peacekeeping, peace enforcement, and sea control; it can deploy under EU, NATO, or UN mandate, but also as long as the four partner nations agree

the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF) is a deployable, combined French-UK military force of up to 10,000 personnel for use in a wide range of crisis scenarios, up to and including high intensity combat operations; the CJEF has no standing forces, but would be available at short notice for French-UK bilateral, NATO, EU, UN, or other operations; it was established in 2010 and declared operational in 2020

the 1st German/Netherlands (Dutch) Corps is a combined army corps headquarters that has the ability to conduct operations under the command and control of Germany and the Netherlands, NATO, or the EU; in peacetime, approximately 1,100 Dutch and German soldiers are assigned, but during a crisis up to 80,000 troops may be assigned; it was formed in 1995 and is headquartered in Germany 

the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG) is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units; units affiliated with the multinational brigade remain within the structures of the armed forces of their respective countries until the brigade is activated for participation in an international operation; it was formed in 2014 and is headquartered in Poland

in 2022, the EU approved a new defense strategy designed to increase the bloc’s capacity to act, including setting up a Rapid Deployment Capacity (EU RDC) consisting of up to 5,000 troops by 2025 (2022)" + "text": "the EU partners with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); NATO is an alliance of 31 countries from North America and Europe; its role is to safeguard the security of its member countries by political and military means; NATO conducts crisis management and peacekeeping missions; member countries that participate in the military aspect of the Alliance contribute forces and equipment, which remain under national command and control until a time when they are required by NATO for a specific purpose (i.e., conflict or crisis, peacekeeping); NATO, however, does possess some common capabilities owned and operated by the Alliance, such as some early warning radar aircraft; relations between NATO and the EU were institutionalized in the early 2000s, building on steps taken during the 1990s to promote greater European responsibility in defense matters; cooperation and coordination covers a broad array of issues, including crisis management, defense and political consultations, civil preparedness, capacity building, military capabilities, maritime security, planning, cyber defense, countering hybrid threats, information sharing, logistics, defense industry, counterterrorism, etc.; since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the EU and NATO have intensified their work and cooperation; NATO and the EU have 22 member countries in common

there are no permanent standing EU forces, but Europe has a variety of multinational military organizations that may be deployed through the EU, in a NATO environment, upon the mandate of the participating countries, or upon the mandate of other international organizations, such as the UN or OSCE including:

EU Battlegroups (BGs) are rapid reaction multinational army units that form a key part of the EU's capacity to respond to crises and conflicts; their deployment is subject to a unanimous decision by the European Council; BGs typically consists of 1,500-2,000 troops organized around an infantry battalion depending on the mission; the troops and equipment are drawn from EU member states and under the direction of a lead nation; two BGs are always on standby for a period of 6 months; the BGs were declared operational in 2007 but have never been used operationally due to political and financial obstacles

the European Corps (Eurocorps) is an independent multinational land force corps headquarters composed of personnel from six framework nations and five associated nations; the corps has no standing operational units; during a crisis, units would be drawn from participating states, and the corps would be placed at the service of the EU and NATO; Eurocorps was established in 1992 by France and Germany; Belgium (1993), Spain (1994), and Luxembourg (1996) joined over the next few years; Greece and Turkey (since 2002), Italy, Romania, and Austria (since 2009, 2016, and 2021 respectively) participate as associated nations; Poland joined in 2022; Eurocorps is headquartered in France

the European Gendarmerie Force (EURGENDFOR) is an operational, pre-organized, and rapidly deployable European gendarmerie/police force; it is not established at the EU level, but is capable of performing police tasks, including law enforcement, stability operations, and training in support of the EU, the UN, OSCE, NATO, and other international organizations or ad hoc coalitions; member state gendarmeries include those of France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Spain; the Lithuanian Public Security Service is a partner, while Turkey's Gendarmerie is an observer force

the European Medical Corps (EMC) was set up in the aftermath of the Ebola crisis in West Africa in 2014 to enable the deployment of teams and equipment from EU member states to provide medical assistance and public health expertise in response to emergencies inside and outside the EU; as of 2022, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and Sweden had committed teams and equipment to the EMC

the European Medical Command (EMC) was formed to provide a standing EU medical capability, increase medical operational readiness, and improve interoperability amongst the 18 participating EU members; it operates closely with the NATO Framework Nations Concept’s Multinational Medical Coordination Center (MMCC) under a single administrative and infrastructural framework (MMCC/EMC); the EMC was declared operational in May 2022

the European Air Transport Command (EATC) is a single multinational command for more than 150 military air mobility assets from seven member states, including transport, air-to-air refueling, and aeromedical evacuation; the EATC headquarters is located in the Netherlands, but the air assets remain located at member national air bases; the EATC was established in 2010

the European Air Group (EAG) is an independent organization formed by the air forces of its seven member nations (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and the UK) that is focused on improving interoperability between the air forces of EAG members and its 14 partner and associate nations; it was established in the late 1990s and is headquartered in the UK

the European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR or EMF) is a four-nation (France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain), non-standing naval force with the ability to carry out naval, air, and amphibious operations; EUROMARFOR was formed in 1995 to conduct missions such as crisis response, humanitarian missions, peacekeeping, peace enforcement, and sea control; it can deploy under EU, NATO, or UN mandate, but also as long as the four partner nations agree

the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF) is a deployable, combined French-UK military force of up to 10,000 personnel for use in a wide range of crisis scenarios, up to and including high intensity combat operations; the CJEF has no standing forces but would be available at short notice for French-UK bilateral, NATO, EU, UN, or other operations; it was established in 2010 and declared operational in 2020

the 1st German/Netherlands (Dutch) Corps is a combined army corps headquarters that has the ability to conduct operations under the command and control of Germany and the Netherlands, NATO, or the EU; in peacetime, approximately 1,100 Dutch and German soldiers are assigned, but during a crisis up to 80,000 troops may be assigned; it was formed in 1995 and is headquartered in Germany 

the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG) is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units; units affiliated with the multinational brigade remain within the structures of the armed forces of their respective countries until the brigade is activated for participation in an international operation; it was formed in 2014 and is headquartered in Poland

in 2022, the EU approved a new defense strategy (Strategic Compass) designed to increase the bloc’s capacity to act, including setting up a Rapid Deployment Capacity (EU RDC) consisting of up to 5,000 troops by 2025 (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/europe/ei.json b/europe/ei.json index d224faf7..ddb50e3b 100644 --- a/europe/ei.json +++ b/europe/ei.json @@ -815,10 +815,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$86.04 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$99.784 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$87.19 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$97.713 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ "text": "United States 28%, Belgium 10%, Germany 10%, UK 9%, China 5%, Netherlands 5% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "medical cultures/vaccines, nitrogen compounds, packaged medicines, integrated circuits, scented mixtures (2019)" + "text": "vaccines and cultures, packaged medicines, nitrogen compounds, integrated circuits, scented mixtures, medical instruments (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { @@ -1209,6 +1209,9 @@ "text": "Irish Defense Forces (Oglaigh na h-Eireannn): Army, Air Corps, Naval Service, Reserve Defense Forces (2022)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "0.3% of GDP (2022)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "0.3% of GDP (2021)" }, @@ -1220,9 +1223,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "0.3% of GDP (2018)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "0.3% of GDP (2017)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { @@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "78,121 (Ukraine) (as of 14 March 2023)" + "text": "80,540 (Ukraine) (as of 9 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "7 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index ca9ef48f..73cb2e5e 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -571,10 +571,10 @@ "text": "Cabinet appointed by the prime minister, approved by Parliament" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "

president indirectly elected by Parliament for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); if a candidate does not secure two thirds of the votes after 3 rounds of balloting, then an electoral college consisting of Parliament members and local council members elects the president, choosing between the 2 candidates with the highest number of votes; election last held on 30-31 August 2021 (next to be held in 2026); in a first round of voting on 30 August, parliament failed to elect a president; in a second round on 31 August, the sole candidate, Alar KARIS, received 72 votes of 101 votes (there were 8 blank votes and 21 electors not present); prime minister nominated by the president and approved by Parliament

" + "text": "

president indirectly elected by Parliament for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); if a candidate does not secure two thirds of the votes after 3 rounds of balloting, then an electoral college consisting of Parliament members and local council members elects the president, choosing between the 2 candidates with the highest number of votes; if a president is still not elected, the process begins again; election last held on 30-31 August 2021 (next to be held in 2026); prime minister nominated by the president and approved by Parliament

" }, "election results": { - "text": "

2021: Alar KARIS elected president; parliamentary vote Alar KARIS (independent) 72 of 101 votes;  KALLAS is Estonia's first female prime minister

2016: Kersti KALJULAID is indirectly elected president with 81 of 98 votes in parliament (17 ballots blank). She is sworn in on October 10 as the first female head of state of Estonia.

" + "text": "

2021: Alar KARIS (independent) elected president; second round of voting in parliament with 72 of 101 votes

2016: Kersti KALJULAID is elected president with 81 of 98 votes in parliament (17 ballots blank) in the sixth round of voiting. She is sworn in on October 10 as the first female head of state of Estonia.

" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ "text": "last held on 5 March 2023" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - Reform 31.2%, EKRE 16.1%, Center 15.3%, E200 13.3%, SDE 9.3%, Pro Patria 8.2%, Left 2.4%, Right 2.3%, Greens 1.0%; seats by party - Reform 37, EKRE 17, Center 16, E200 14, SDE 9, Pro Patria 8" + "text": "2023: percent of vote by party - Reform 31.2%, EKRE 16.1%, Center 15.3%, E200 13.3%, SDE 9.3%, Pro Patria 8.2%, Left 2.4%, Right 2.3%, Greens 1.0%; seats by party - Reform 37, EKRE 17, Center 16, E200 14, SDE 9, Pro Patria 8; composition - men 71, women 30, percent of women 29.7%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Designate George P. KENT" + "text": "Ambassador George P. KENT (since 21 February 2023)" }, "embassy": { "text": "Kentmanni 20, 15099 Tallinn" @@ -847,10 +847,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$10.37 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$12.282 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$10.44 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$12.269 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ "note": "note 1: conscripts comprise approximately 3,000-3,300 of the Estonian military's 7,000 active-duty personnel and serve in all branches, except for the Air Force, which does not have conscripts; after conscript service, reservists are called up for training every 5 years; Estonia has had conscription since 1991

note 2: the Estonian Defense Forces rely largely on reservists who have completed compulsory conscription in the previous 10 years to fill out its active duty and Territorial Defense units during a crisis; a total of approximately 230,000 Estonians are enrolled in the mobilization registry

note 3: in 2020, women comprised about 10% of the full-time professional military force" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Estonia became a member of NATO in 2004

since 2017, Estonia has hosted a UK-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative; NATO has provided air protection for Estonia since 2004 through its Air Policing mission; NATO member countries that possess air combat capabilities voluntarily contribute to the mission on 4-month rotations; NATO fighter aircraft have been hosted at Estonia’s Ämari Air Base since 2014 (2022)" + "text": "Estonia became a member of NATO in 2004

since 2017, Estonia has hosted a UK-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative; NATO has provided air protection for Estonia since 2004 through its Air Policing mission; NATO member countries that possess air combat capabilities voluntarily contribute to the mission on 4-month rotations; NATO fighter aircraft have been hosted at Estonia’s Ämari Air Base since 2014 (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { @@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "68,930 (Ukraine) (as of 3 April 2023)" + "text": "69,616 (Ukraine) (as of 10 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "70,604 (2022); note - following independence in 1991, automatic citizenship was restricted to those who were Estonian citizens prior to the 1940 Soviet occupation and their descendants; thousands of ethnic Russians remained stateless when forced to choose between passing Estonian language and citizenship tests or applying for Russian citizenship; one reason for demurring on Estonian citizenship was to retain the right of visa-free travel to Russia; stateless residents can vote in local elections but not general elections; stateless parents who have been lawful residents of Estonia for at least five years can apply for citizenship for their children before they turn 15 years old" diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index 457d6709..60e03b99 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (limited to 2 consecutive terms); elections last held on 27-28 January 2023 the second round and 13-14 January 2023 for the 1st round; prime minister appointed by the president for a 4-year term" }, "election results": { - "text": "2023; 2nd Round Petr PAVEL 58.3%, Andrej BABIS 41.6%; 1st Round Petr PAVEL 35.4%, Andrej BABIS 35%, Danuse NERUDORA 13.9%, Pavel FISCHER 6.8%

2018: Milos ZEMAN reelected president in the second round; percent of vote - Milos ZEMAN (SPO) 51.4%, Jiri DRAHOS (independent) 48.6%

2013: Milos ZEMAN elected president; percent of vote - Milos ZEMAN (SPO) 54.8%, Karel SCHWARZENBERG (TOP 09) 45.2%" + "text": "2023; 2nd Round Petr PAVEL 58.3%, Andrej BABIS 41.6%; 1st Round Petr PAVEL 35.4%, Andrej BABIS 35%, Danuse NERUDOVA 13.9%, Pavel FISCHER 6.8%

2018: Milos ZEMAN reelected president in the second round; percent of vote - Milos ZEMAN (SPO) 51.4%, Jiri DRAHOS (independent) 48.6%

2013: Milos ZEMAN elected president; percent of vote - Milos ZEMAN (SPO) 54.8%, Karel SCHWARZENBERG (TOP 09) 45.2%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -831,10 +831,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$87.37 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$103.838 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$83.92 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$103.167 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ "note": "note: in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Czechia joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997, and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance" + "text": "Czechia joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997, and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index 8b26d9fd..20aeaf00 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ "text": "President Sauli NIINISTO (since 1 March 2012)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Petteri ORPO (since 02 April 2023)" + "text": "Prime Minister Sanna MARIN (since 10 December 2019)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of State or Valtioneuvosto appointed by the president, responsible to Parliament" @@ -842,10 +842,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$134.2 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$140.643 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$135.6 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$153.635 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: Central Government Budget data; these numbers represent a significant reduction from previous official reporting" }, @@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "9,175 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 47,067 (Ukraine) (as of 27 March 2023)" + "text": "9,175 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 47,067 (Ukraine) (as of 10 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "3,546 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/fo.json b/europe/fo.json index c8b1dc45..5297e0c1 100644 --- a/europe/fo.json +++ b/europe/fo.json @@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ "text": "no regular military forces or conscription" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Government of Denmark has responsibility for defense; as such, the Danish military’s Joint Arctic Command in Nuuk, Greenland is responsible for territorial defense of the Faroe Islands; the Joint Arctic Command has a contact element in the capital of Torshavn" + "text": "the Government of Denmark has responsibility for defense; as such, the Danish military’s Joint Arctic Command in Nuuk, Greenland is responsible for coordinating the defense of the Faroe Islands; the Joint Arctic Command has a contact element in the capital of Torshavn" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index 43a192c9..45f65606 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -879,10 +879,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.392 trillion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.427 trillion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.459 trillion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.509 trillion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1313,8 +1313,8 @@ "text": "approximately 205,000 active-duty troops (115,000 Army; 35,000 Navy; 40,000 Air Force; 15,000 other, such as joint staffs, administration, logistics, procurement, medical service, etc.); approximately 100,000 National Gendarmerie; approximately 75,000 National Guard (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the French military's inventory consists mostly of domestically produced weapons systems, including some jointly produced with other European countries; there is a limited mix of armaments from other Western countries, particularly the US; France has a defense industry capable of manufacturing the full spectrum of air, land, and naval military weapons systems (2022)", - "note": "note: as of 2022, two major future acquisition programs for the French military included the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System, or FCAS (known in France as the système combat aérien du futur, or SCAF) and a next-generation tank development project with Germany known as the Main Ground Combat System, or MGCS " + "text": "the French military's inventory consists mostly of domestically produced weapons systems, including some jointly produced with other European countries; there is a limited mix of armaments from other Western countries, particularly the US; France has a defense industry capable of manufacturing the full spectrum of air, land, and naval military weapons systems (2023)", + "note": "note: two major future acquisition programs for the French military included the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System, or FCAS (known in France as the système combat aérien du futur, or SCAF) and a next-generation tank development project with Germany known as the Main Ground Combat System, or MGCS" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (abolished 2001); 12-month service obligation; women serve in noncombat posts (2022)", diff --git a/europe/gi.json b/europe/gi.json index dd576687..684eff13 100644 --- a/europe/gi.json +++ b/europe/gi.json @@ -820,7 +820,10 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Royal Gibraltar Regiment (2022)" + "text": "Royal Gibraltar Regiment (2023)" + }, + "Military and security service personnel strengths": { + "text": "the Royal Gibraltar Regiment has more than 400 personnel (2023)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "defense is the responsibility of the UK" diff --git a/europe/gk.json b/europe/gk.json index 0d0a33c7..460d3d47 100644 --- a/europe/gk.json +++ b/europe/gk.json @@ -551,14 +551,20 @@ "Exports": { "text": "

NA

" }, + "Exports - partners": { + "text": "almost entirely United Kingdom (2022)" + }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables" + "text": "aircraft, photo lab equipment, clocks, ships, paintings, scientific instruments (2022)" }, "Imports": { "text": "

NA

" }, + "Imports - partners": { + "text": "almost entirely United Kingdom (2022)" + }, "Imports - commodities": { - "text": "coal, gasoline, oil, machinery, and equipment" + "text": "ships, aircraft, refined petroleum, mineral manufactures, beverages (2022)" }, "Debt - external": { "text": "

NA

" diff --git a/europe/gm.json b/europe/gm.json index 72f32483..1d33d3bd 100644 --- a/europe/gm.json +++ b/europe/gm.json @@ -859,10 +859,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.665 trillion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.785 trillion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.619 trillion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.945 trillion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): Army (Heer), Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe, includes air defense), Joint Support Service (Streitkraeftebasis, SKB), Central Medical Service (Zentraler Sanitaetsdienst, ZSanDstBw), Cyber and Information Space Command (Kommando Cyber und Informationsraum, Kdo CIR) (2022)" + "text": "Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): Army (Heer), Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe, includes air defense), Joint Support Service (Streitkraeftebasis, SKB), Central Medical Service (Zentraler Sanitaetsdienst, ZSanDstBw), Cyber and Information Space Command (Kommando Cyber und Informationsraum, Kdo CIR) (2023)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index a5045947..6048da7c 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ "text": "unicameral Hellenic Parliament or Vouli ton Ellinon (300 seats; 280 members in multi-seat constituencies and 12 members in a single nationwide constituency directly elected by open party-list proportional representation vote; 8 members in single-seat constituencies elected by simple majority vote; members serve up to 4 years);  note - only parties surpassing a 3% threshold are entitled to parliamentary seats; parties need 10 seats to become formal parliamentary groups but can retain that status if the party participated in the last election and received the minimum 3% threshold" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 7 July 2019 (next to be held by July 2023)" + "text": "last held on 7 July 2019 (next to be held on 21 May 2023)" }, "election results": { "text": "percent of vote by party - ND 39.9%, SYRIZA 31.5%, KINAL 8.1%, KKE 5.3%, Greek Solution 3.7%, MeRA25 3.4%, other 8.1%; seats by party - ND 158, SYRIZA 86, KINAL 22, KKE 15, Greek Solution 10, MeRA25 9; composition - men 244, women 56, percent of women 18.7%" @@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow or ANTARSYA [collective leadership]
Coalition of the Radical Left or SYRIZA [Alexios (Alexis) TSIPRAS]
Communist Party of Greece or KKE [Dimitrios KOUTSOUMBAS]
Democratic Left or DIMAR [Athanasios (Thanasis) THEOCHAROPOULOS]
European Realistic Disobedience Front or MeRA25 [Ioannis (Yanis) VAROUFAKIS]
Greek Solution [Kyriakos VELOPOULOS]
Independent Greeks or ANEL [Panagiotis (Panos) KAMMENOS]
New Democracy or ND [Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS]
PASOK - Movement for Change or PASOK-KINAL [Nikos ANDROULAKIS]
Popular Unity or LAE [Nikolaos CHOUNTIS]
Union of Centrists or EK [Vasileios (Vasilis) LEVENTIS]" + "text": "Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow or ANTARSYA [collective leadership]
Coalition of the Radical Left-Progressive Alliance or SYRIZA-PS [Alexios (Alexis) TSIPRAS]
Communist Party of Greece or KKE [Dimitrios KOUTSOUMBAS]
Democratic Left or DIMAR [Athanasios (Thanasis) THEOCHAROPOULOS]
European Realistic Disobedience Front or MeRA25 [Ioannis (Yanis) VAROUFAKIS]
Greek Solution [Kyriakos VELOPOULOS]
Independent Greeks or ANEL [Panagiotis (Panos) KAMMENOS]
National Party-Greeks [Anastasios (Tasos) KANELLOPOULOS]
New Democracy or ND [Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS]
PASOK - Movement for Change or PASOK-KINAL [Nikolaos (Nikos) ANDROULAKIS]
Popular Unity or LAE [Nikolaos CHOUNTIS]
Union of Centrists or EK [Vasileios (Vasilis) LEVENTIS]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC" @@ -834,10 +834,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$97.99 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$98.523 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$96.35 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$97.277 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1271,12 +1271,12 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "41,594 (Syria), 33,549 (Afghanistan), 14,228 (Iraq), 6,366 (West Bank and Gaza) (mid-year 2022); 20,955 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "41,594 (Syria), 33,549 (Afghanistan), 14,228 (Iraq), 6,366 (West Bank and Gaza) (mid-year 2022); 22,704 (Ukraine) (as of 31 March 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "4,488 (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 1,237,058 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2023)" + "note": "note: 1,237,392 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-April 2023)" }, "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 c1da578c..c226f497 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ "text": "President Zoran MILANOVIC (since 18 February 2020)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Andrej PLENKOVIC (since 19 October 2016); Deputy Prime Ministers Damir KRSTICEVIC (since 19 October 2016), Predrag STROMAR (since 9 June 2017), Marija Pejcinovic BURIC (since 19 June 2017), and Tomislav TOLUSIC (since 25 May 2018)" + "text": "Prime Minister Andrej PLENKOVIC (since 19 October 2016); Deputy Prime Ministers Tomo MEDVED (since 23 July 2020), Davor BOZINOVIC (since 12 July 2019), Oleg BUTKOVIC (since 15 July 2022), Branko BACIC (since 17 January 2023), Anja SIMPRAG (since 29 April 2022)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers named by the prime minister and approved by the Assembly" @@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Bloc for Croatia or BLOK or BZH [Zlatko HASANBEGOVIC]
The Bridge or Most [Bozo PETROV] (formerly the Bridge of Independent Lists)
Center or Centar [Ivica PULJAK] (formerly Pametno and Party with a First and Last Name or SSIP) 
Civic Liberal Alliance or GLAS [Ankar Mrak TARITAS]
Croatian Demochristian Party or HDS [Goran DODIG]
Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja or HDSSB [Branimir GLAVAS]
Croatian Democratic Union or HDZ [Andrej PLENKOVIC]
Croatian Democratic Union-led coalition (includes HSLS, HDS, HDSSB)
Croatian Party of Pensioners or HSU [Veselko GABRICEVIC]
Croatian Peasant Party or HSS [Kreso BELJAK]
Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats or HNS-LD [Stjepan CURAJ]
Croatian Social Liberal Party or HSLS [Dario HREBAK]
Croatian Sovereignists or HS [Marijan PAVLICEK]
Focus on the Important or Focus [Davor NADI]
Green-Left coalition [collective leadership] (includes MOZEMO!, NL)
Homeland Movement or DP [Ivan PENAVA] (also known as Miroslav Škoro Homeland Movement or DPMS)
Independent Democratic Serb Party or SDSS [Milorad PUPOVAC]
Istrian Democratic Assembly or IDS [Dalibor PAUS]
New Left or NL [Ivana KEKIN]
People's Party - Reformists or NS-R [Radimir CACIC]
Restart Coalition (includes SDP, HSS, HSU, GLAS, IDS, NS-R)
Social Democratic Party of Croatia or SDP [Peda GRBIN]
We Can! or Mozemo! [collective leadership]
Workers' Front or RF [collective leadership]
" + "text": "Bloc for Croatia or BLOK or BZH [Zlatko HASANBEGOVIC]
The Bridge or Most [Bozo PETROV] (formerly the Bridge of Independent Lists)
Center or Centar [Ivica PULJAK] (formerly Pametno and Party with a First and Last Name or SSIP) 
Civic Liberal Alliance or GLAS [Ankar Mrak TARITAS]
Croatian Demochristian Party or HDS [Goran DODIG]
Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja or HDSSB [Branimir GLAVAS]
Croatian Democratic Union or HDZ [Andrej PLENKOVIC]
Croatian Democratic Union-led coalition (includes HSLS, HDS, HDSSB)
Croatian Party of Pensioners or HSU [Veselko GABRICEVIC]
Croatian Peasant Party or HSS [Kreso BELJAK]
Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats or HNS-LD [Mirko KOROTAJ, acting]
Croatian Social Liberal Party or HSLS [Dario HREBAK]
Croatian Sovereignists or HS [Marijan PAVLICEK]
Focus on the Important or Focus [Davor NADI]
Green-Left coalition [collective leadership] (includes MOZEMO!, NL)
Homeland Movement or DP [Ivan PENAVA] (also known as Miroslav Škoro Homeland Movement or DPMS)
Independent Democratic Serb Party or SDSS [Milorad PUPOVAC]
Istrian Democratic Assembly or IDS [Dalibor PAUS]
New Left or NL [Ivana KEKIN]
People's Party - Reformists or NS-R [Radimir CACIC]
Restart Coalition (includes SDP, HSS, HSU, GLAS, IDS, NS-R)
Social Democratic Party of Croatia or SDP [Peda GRBIN]
We Can! or Mozemo! [collective leadership]
Workers' Front or RF [collective leadership]
" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CD, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EMU, EU, FAO, G-11, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, NAM (observer), NATO, NSG, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNMOGIP, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC" @@ -859,10 +859,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$25.24 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$212.81 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$24.83 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$211.069 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "21,352 (Ukraine) (as of 20 March 2023)" + "text": "21,640 (Ukraine) (as of 7 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "2,889 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/hu.json b/europe/hu.json index 56f57261..fa8d6d78 100644 --- a/europe/hu.json +++ b/europe/hu.json @@ -856,10 +856,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$61.98 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$70.83 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$64.7 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$74.127 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ "text": "Germany 27%, Romania 5%, Italy 5%, Slovakia 5% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "cars and vehicle parts, packaged medicines, spark-ignition engines, video displays, broadcasting equipment (2019)" + "text": "cars and vehicle parts, electric batteries, video displays, packaged medicines, spark-ignition engines, broadcasting equipment (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { @@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ "text": "160 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force); 150 Iraq (NATO); 470 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Hungary joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997 and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance (2022)" + "text": "Hungary joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997 and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "34,248 (Ukraine) (as of 3 April 2023)" + "text": "35,030 (Ukraine) (as of 18 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "130 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/ic.json b/europe/ic.json index 933889bd..73504737 100644 --- a/europe/ic.json +++ b/europe/ic.json @@ -804,10 +804,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$10.39 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$11.776 billion (2018 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$10.02 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$11.536 billion (2018 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ "text": "Netherlands 23%, United Kingdom 9%, Germany 9%, Spain 8%, United States 7%, France 7%, Canada 5% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "aluminum and aluminum products, fish products, aircraft, iron alloys, animal meal (2019)" + "text": "aluminum and aluminum products, fish fillets, salmon, iron alloys, animal meal (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { @@ -1166,16 +1166,16 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "no regular military forces; Ministry of Interior: Icelandic Coast Guard (includes both air and maritime elements); Icelandic National Police (2022)" + "text": "no regular military forces; Ministry of Interior: Icelandic Coast Guard (includes both air and maritime elements); Icelandic National Police (2023)" }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { "text": "the Icelandic Coast Guard has approximately 250 personnel (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the Icelandic Coast Guard's inventory consists of equipment from mostly European suppliers (2022)" + "text": "the Icelandic Coast Guard's inventory consists of equipment from mostly European suppliers (2023)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Iceland was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949; Iceland is the only NATO member that has no standing military force; defense of Iceland remains a NATO commitment and NATO maintains an air policing presence in Icelandic airspace; Iceland participates in international peacekeeping missions with the civilian-manned Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU)

Iceland cooperates with the militaries of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO), which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; areas of cooperation include armaments, education, human resources, training and exercises, and operations; NORDEFCO was established in 2009

in 1951, Iceland and the US concluded an agreement to make arrangements regarding the defense of Iceland and for the use of facilities in Iceland to that end; the agreement, along with NATO membership, is one of the two pillars of Iceland‘s security policy; since 2007 Iceland has concluded cooperation agreements with Canada, Denmark, Norway, and the UK; it also has regular consultations with Germany and France on security and defense (2022)" + "text": "Iceland was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949; Iceland is the only NATO member that has no standing military force; defense of Iceland remains a NATO commitment and NATO maintains an air policing presence in Icelandic airspace; Iceland participates in international peacekeeping missions with the civilian-manned Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU)

Iceland cooperates with the militaries of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO), which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; areas of cooperation include armaments, education, human resources, training and exercises, and operations; NORDEFCO was established in 2009

in 1951, Iceland and the US concluded an agreement to make arrangements regarding the defense of Iceland and for the use of facilities in Iceland to that end; the agreement, along with NATO membership, is one of the two pillars of Iceland‘s security policy; since 2007 Iceland has concluded cooperation agreements with Canada, Denmark, Norway, and the UK; it also has regular consultations with Germany and France on security and defense (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/im.json b/europe/im.json index 586d3837..3784093f 100644 --- a/europe/im.json +++ b/europe/im.json @@ -657,14 +657,20 @@ "Exports": { "text": "

NA

" }, + "Exports - partners": { + "text": "almost entirely United Kingdom (2022)" + }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb" + "text": "crude petroleum, artwork, vegetables, fruits, whiskies (2022)" }, "Imports": { "text": "

NA

" }, + "Imports - partners": { + "text": "almost entirely United Kingdom (2022)" + }, "Imports - commodities": { - "text": "timber, fertilizers, fish" + "text": "ships, delivery trucks (2022)" }, "Debt - external": { "text": "

NA

" diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index c24bfb6b..b5c5e266 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -838,10 +838,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$903.3 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$901.494 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$948.1 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.08 trillion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ "text": "Germany 12%, France 11%, United States 10%, United Kingdom 5%, Spain 5%, Switzerland 5% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "packaged medicines, cars and vehicle parts, refined petroleum, valves, trunks/cases, wine (2019)" + "text": "packaged medicines, cars and vehicle parts, refined petroleum, vaccines and cultures, jewelry, valves (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { @@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Italian Armed Forces: Army (Esercito Italiano, EI), Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI; includes aviation, marines), Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI); Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri, CC) (2022)", + "text": "Italian Armed Forces: Army (Esercito Italiano, EI), Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI; includes aviation, marines), Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI); Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri, CC) (2023)", "note": "note 1: the Carabinieri is the national gendarmerie; for its civil police functions, the Carabinieri falls under the control of the Ministry of the Interior

note 2: the Financial Guard (Guardia di Finanza) under the Ministry of Economy and Finance is a force with military status and nationwide remit for financial crime investigations, including narcotics trafficking, smuggling, and illegal immigration" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ "text": "approximately 170,000 active personnel (100,000 Army; 30,000 Navy; 40,000 Air Force); approximately 108,000 Carabinieri (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the military's inventory includes a mix of domestically manufactured, imported, and jointly produced weapons systems, mostly from Europe and the US; the Italian defense industry is capable of producing equipment across all the military domains with particular strengths in naval vessels and aircraft; it also participates in joint development and production of advanced weapons systems with other European countries and the US (2022)" + "text": "the military's inventory includes a mix of domestically manufactured, imported, and jointly produced weapons systems, mostly from Europe and the US; the Italian defense industry is capable of producing equipment across all the military domains with particular strengths in naval vessels and aircraft; it also participates in joint development and production of advanced weapons systems with other European countries and the US (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "17-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (some variations on age depending on the military branch); voluntary service is a minimum of 12 months with the option to extend in the Armed Forces or compete for positions in the Military Corps of the Italian Red Cross, the State Police, the Carabinieri, the Guardia di Finanza, the Penitentiary Police, or the National Fire Brigade; recruits can also volunteer for 4 years military service; conscription abolished 2004 (2022)", @@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ "note": "note: in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Italy, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Italy is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949

Italy is an active participant in EU, NATO, UN, and other multinational military, security, and humanitarian operations abroad; as of 2022, it hosted the headquarters for the EU’s Mediterranean naval operations force (EUNAVFOR-MED) in Rome and the US Navy’s 6th Fleet in Naples; Italy was admitted to the UN in 1955 and in 1960 participated in its first UN peacekeeping mission, the UN Operation in Congo (ONUC); since 1960, it has committed more than 60,000 troops to UN missions; since 2006, Italy has hosted a training center in Vicenza for police personnel destined for peacekeeping missions" + "text": "Italy is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949

Italy is an active participant in EU, NATO, UN, and other multinational military, security, and humanitarian operations abroad; as of 2022, it hosted the headquarters for the EU’s Mediterranean naval operations force (EUNAVFOR-MED) in Rome and the US Navy’s 6th Fleet in Naples; Italy was admitted to the UN in 1955 and in 1960 participated in its first UN peacekeeping mission, the UN Operation in Congo (ONUC); since 1960, it has committed more than 60,000 troops to UN missions; since 2006, Italy has hosted a training center in Vicenza for police personnel destined for peacekeeping missions (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1283,12 +1283,12 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "21,441 (Nigeria), 17,706 (Afghanistan), 17,619 (Pakistan), 11,193 (Mali), 8,405 (Somalia), 6,324 (Gambia), 5,768 (Bangladesh), 5,463 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 171,739 (Ukraine) (as of 24 February 2023)" + "text": "21,441 (Nigeria), 17,706 (Afghanistan), 17,619 (Pakistan), 11,193 (Mali), 8,405 (Somalia), 6,324 (Gambia), 5,768 (Bangladesh), 5,463 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 173,213 (Ukraine) (as of 17 March 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "3,000 (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 727,542 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-April 2023)" + "note": "note: 730,374 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-April 2023)" }, "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/je.json b/europe/je.json index 350ca686..3405f57b 100644 --- a/europe/je.json +++ b/europe/je.json @@ -609,14 +609,20 @@ "Exports": { "text": "

NA

" }, + "Exports - partners": { + "text": "almost entirely United Kingdom (2022)" + }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "light industrial and electrical goods, dairy cattle, foodstuffs, textiles, flowers" + "text": "refined petroleum, beverages, ships, jewelry, artwork (2022)" }, "Imports": { "text": "

NA

" }, + "Imports - partners": { + "text": "almost entirely United Kingdom (2022)" + }, "Imports - commodities": { - "text": "machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals" + "text": "artwork, ships, vegetables, fruits, jewelry (2022)" }, "Debt - external": { "text": "

NA

" diff --git a/europe/kv.json b/europe/kv.json index 8366d352..e73e7944 100644 --- a/europe/kv.json +++ b/europe/kv.json @@ -114,14 +114,15 @@ }, "Languages": { "Languages": { - "text": "Albanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian (official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes Romani), unspecified 0.1%; note - in municipalities where a community's mother tongue is not one of Kosovo's official languages, the language of that community may be given official status according to the 2006 Law on the Use of Languages (2011 est.)" + "text": "Albanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian (official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes Romani), unspecified 0.1%; note - in municipalities where a community's mother tongue is not one of Kosovo's official languages, the language of that community may be given official status according to the 2006 Law on the Use of Languages

note: these estimates may under-represent Serb, Romani, and some other ethnic minority languages because they are based on the 2011 Kosovo national census, which excluded northern Kosovo (a largely Serb-inhabited region) and was partially boycotted by Serb and Romani communities in southern Kosovo (2011 est.)" }, "major-language sample(s)": { - "text": "
Libri i Fakteve Boterore, burimi vital per informacione elementare. (Albanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + "text": "Libri i fakteve boterore, burimi i domosdoshem per informacionin themelore (Albanian)

Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Muslim 95.6%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Orthodox 1.5%, other 0.1%, none 0.1%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)" + "text": "Muslim 95.6%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Orthodox 1.5%, other 0.1%, none 0.1%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)", + "note": "note: these estimates may under-represent Serb, Romani, and some other ethnic minorities because they are based on the 2011 Kosovo national census, which excluded northern Kosovo (a largely Serb-inhabited region) and was partially boycotted by Serb and Romani communities in southern Kosovo" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -458,10 +459,10 @@ "subordinate courts": { "text": "Court of Appeals (organized into 4 departments: General, Serious Crime, Commercial Matters, and Administrative Matters); Basic Court (located in 7 municipalities, each with several branches)" }, - "note": "note: in August 2015, the Kosovo Assembly approved a constitutional amendment that establishes the Kosovo Relocated Specialist Judicial Institution, also referred to as the Kosovo Specialist Chambers or \"Special Court\"; the court, located at the Hague in the Netherlands, began operating in late 2016 and has jurisdiction to try crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other crimes under Kosovo law that occurred in the 1998-2000 period" + "note": "note: in August 2015, the Kosovo Assembly approved a constitutional amendment that established the Kosovo Relocated Specialist Judicial Institution, also referred to as the Kosovo Specialist Chambers or \"Special Court\"; the court, located at the Hague in the Netherlands, began operating in late 2016 and has jurisdiction to try crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other crimes under Kosovo law that occurred in the 1998-2000 period" }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Alliance for the Future of Kosovo or AAK [Ramush HARADINAJ]
Alternativa [Mimoza KUSARI-LILA]
Ashkali Party for Integration or PAI [Bekim ARIFI]
Democratic League of Kosovo or LDK [Lumir ABDIXHIKU]
Democratic Party of Kosovo or PDK [Memli KRASNIQI]
Guxo! [Donika GERVALLA-SCHWARZ]
Independent Liberal Party or SLS [Slobodan PETROVIC]
New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo or IRDK [Elbert KRASNIQI]
New Democratic Party or NDS [Emilja REDXEPI]
New Kosovo Alliance or AKR [Behgjet PACOLLI]
Progressive Movement of Kosovar Roma or LPRK [Erxhan GALUSHI]
Romani Initiative [Gazmend SALIJEVCI]
Self-Determination Movement (Lëvizja Vetevendosje) or LVV [Albin KURTI]
Serb List or SL [Goran RAKIC]
Social Democratic Initiative or NISMA [Fatmir LIMAJ] (formerly Initiative for Kosovo)
Social Democratic Party of Kosovo or PSD [Dardan MOLLIQAJ]
Social Democratic Union or SDU [Duda BALJE]
Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo or KDTP [Fikrim DAMKA]
Unique Gorani Party JGP [Adem HODZA]
Vakat Coalition or VAKAT [Rasim DEMIRI]" + "text": "Alliance for the Future of Kosovo or AAK [Ramush HARADINAJ]
Ashkali Party for Integration or PAI [Bekim ARIFI]
Democratic League of Kosovo or LDK [Lumir ABDIXHIKU]
Democratic Party of Kosovo or PDK [Memli KRASNIQI]
New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo or IRDK [Elbert KRASNIQI]
New Democratic Party or NDS [Emilja REDZEPI]
Progressive Movement of Kosovar Roma or LPRK [Erxhan GALJUSI]
Romani Initiative [Gazmend SALIJEVCI]
Self-Determination Movement (Lëvizja Vetevendosje or Vetevendosie) or LVV or VV [Albin KURTI]
Serb List or SL [Goran RAKIC]
Social Democratic Union or SDU [Duda BALJE]
Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo or KDTP [Fikrim DAMKA]
Unique Gorani Party or JGP [Adem HODZA]
Vakat Coalition or VAKAT [Bahrim SABANI]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "IBRD, IDA, IFC, IMF, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, OIF (observer)" @@ -691,10 +692,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.054 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.951 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$2.203 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.547 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1049,7 +1050,7 @@ "text": "service is voluntary; must be over the age of 18 and a citizen of Kosovo; upper age for enlisting is 30 for officers, 25 for other ranks, although these may be waived for recruits with key skills considered essential for the KSF
(2023)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) has operated in the country as a peace support force since 1999; KFOR is responsible for providing a safe and secure environment and ensuring freedom of movement for all citizens, as well as assisting in developing the Kosovo Security Force; as of 2022, it numbered about 3,700 troops from 28 countries" + "text": "the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) has operated in the country as a peace support force since 1999; KFOR is responsible for providing a safe and secure environment and ensuring freedom of movement for all citizens, as well as assisting in developing the Kosovo Security Force; it numbers about 3,700 troops from 27 countries (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index c746bf07..05831060 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Designate Christopher ROBINSON" + "text": "Ambassador Christopher ROBINSON (since 21 Feburary 2023)" }, "embassy": { "text": "1 Samnera Velsa Street (former Remtes), Riga LV-1510" @@ -842,10 +842,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$11.39 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$12.931 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$11.53 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$14.242 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "32,488 (Ukraine) (as of 3 April 2023)" + "text": "32,380 (Ukraine) (as of 11 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "195,354 (2022); note - individuals who were Latvian citizens prior to the 1940 Soviet occupation and their descendants were recognized as Latvian citizens when the country's independence was restored in 1991; citizens of the former Soviet Union residing in Latvia who have neither Latvian nor other citizenship are considered non-citizens (officially there is no statelessness in Latvia) and are entitled to non-citizen passports; children born after Latvian independence to stateless parents are entitled to Latvian citizenship upon their parents' request; non-citizens cannot vote or hold certain government jobs and are exempt from military service but can travel visa-free in the EU under the Schengen accord like Latvian citizens; non-citizens can obtain naturalization if they have been permanent residents of Latvia for at least five years, pass tests in Latvian language and history, and know the words of the Latvian national anthem" diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index d87425b5..5f11c8cb 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 12 and 26 May 2019 (next to be held in May 2024); prime minister appointed by the president, approved by Parliament" }, "election results": { - "text": "2019: Gitanas NAUSEDA elected president in second round; percent of vote - Gitanas NAUSEDA (independent) 66.7%, Ingrida SIMONYTE (independent) 33.3%



   
" + "text": "2019: Gitanas NAUSEDA elected president in second round; percent of vote - Gitanas NAUSEDA (independent) 66.7%, Ingrida SIMONYTE (independent) 33.3%

2014: elected president; percent by vote Dalia GRYBAUSKAITE (independent) 59.1%, Zigmantas BALCYTIS (Social Democratic Party) 40.9%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Electoral Action of Lithuanian Poles or LLRA [Valdemar TOMASEVSKI]
Freedom and Justice Party or LT [Remigijus ZEMAITAITIS] (formerly Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals))
Freedom Party or LP [Ausrine ARMONAITE]
Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats or TS-LKD [Gabrielius LANDSBERGIS]
Labor Party or DP [Andrius MAZURONIS]
Lithuanian Center Party or LCP [Naglis PUTEIKIS]
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union or LVZS [Ramunas KARBAUSKIS]
Lithuanian Green Party or LZP [Remigijus LAPINSKAS]
Lithuanian Liberal Movement or LS or LRLS [Viktorija CMILYTE-NIELSEN]
Lithuanian List or LL [Darius KUOLYS]
Lithuanian Regions Party or LRP [Jonas PINSKUS] (formerly Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party or LSDDP)
Lithuanian Social Democratic Party or LSDP [Vilija BLINKEVICIUTE]" + "text": "Democrats for Lithuania [Saulius SKVERNELIS]
Electoral Action of Lithuanian Poles or LLRA [Valdemar TOMASEVSKI]
Freedom and Justice Party or LT [Remigijus ZEMAITAITIS] (formerly Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals))
Freedom Party or LP [Ausrine ARMONAITE]
Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats or TS-LKD [Gabrielius LANDSBERGIS]
Labor Party or DP [Andrius MAZURONIS]
Lithuanian Center Party or LCP [Naglis PUTEIKIS]
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union or LVZS [Ramunas KARBAUSKIS]
Lithuanian Green Party or LZP [Remigijus LAPINSKAS]
Lithuanian Liberal Movement or LS or LRLS [Viktorija CMILYTE-NIELSEN]
Lithuanian List or LL [Darius KUOLYS]
Lithuanian Regions Party or LRP [Jonas PINSKUS] (formerly Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party or LSDDP)
Lithuanian Social Democratic Party or LSDP [Vilija BLINKEVICIUTE]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "Australia Group, BA, BIS, CBSS, CD, CE, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" @@ -848,10 +848,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$15.92 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$18.636 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$15.7 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$18.491 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "76,309 (Ukraine) (as of 31 March 2023)" + "text": "76,540 (Ukraine) (as of 11 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "2,720 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index d11c3e13..8dbf4bc3 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -449,13 +449,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "293.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "290 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "231.2 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "230 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "31.6 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "30 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ "text": "unicameral National Council or Narodna Rada (150 seats; members directly elected in a single- and multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 29 February 2020 (next to be held in February 2024)" + "text": "last held on 29 February 2020 (next to be held in September 2023)" }, "election results": { "text": "percent of vote by party - OLaNO-NOVA 25%, Smer-SD 18.3%, Sme-Rodina or SR 8.2%, LSNS 8%, SaS 6.2%, Za Ludi or ZL 5.8%, other 28.5%; seats by party - OLaNO-NOVA 53, Smer-SD 38, Sme-Rodina 17, LSNS 17, SaS 13, Za Ludi 12; composition (as of mid-2022) - men 118, women 77, percent of women 21.3%" @@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Alliance-Szovetseg or A-S [Krisztian FORRO]
Direction-Social Democracy or Smer-SD [Robert FICO]
For the People or Za Ludi [Veronika REMISOVA]
Freedom and Solidarity or SaS [Richard SULIK]
Kotleba-People's Party Our Slovakia or LSNS [Marian KOTLEBA]
Ordinary People and Independent Personalities - New Majority or OLaNO-NOVA [Igor MATOVIC]
Slovak National Party or SNS [Andrej DANKO]
Voice - Social Democracy or Hlas-SD [Petr PELLIGRINI]
We Are Family or Sme-Rodina [Boris KOLLAR] (formerly Party of Citizens of Slovakia)" + "text": "Alliance-Szovetseg or A-S [Krisztian FORRO]
Democrats [Eduard HEGER]
Direction-Social Democracy or Smer-SD [Robert FICO]
For the People or Za Ludi [Veronika REMISOVA]
Freedom and Solidarity or SaS [Richard SULIK]
Kotleba-People's Party Our Slovakia or LSNS [Marian KOTLEBA]
Ordinary People and Independent Personalities - New Majority or OLaNO-NOVA [Igor MATOVIC]
Slovak National Party or SNS [Andrej DANKO]
Voice - Social Democracy or Hlas-SD [Petr PELLIGRINI]
We Are Family or Sme-Rodina [Boris KOLLAR] (formerly Party of Citizens of Slovakia)" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC" @@ -828,10 +828,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$37.79 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$43.495 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$38.79 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$44.914 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ "note": "note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Slovakia, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Slovakia became a member of NATO in 2004

in 2022, Slovakia agreed to host a NATO ground force battlegroup comprised of troops from Czechia, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the US; Czechia and Poland also provide the NATO air policing mission for Slovakia" + "text": "Slovakia became a member of NATO in 2004

in 2022, Slovakia agreed to host a NATO ground force battlegroup comprised of troops from Czechia, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the US; Czechia and Poland also provide fighter aircraft for the NATO air policing mission over Slovakia (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { @@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "113,253 (Ukraine) (as of 2 April 2023)" + "text": "113,509 (Ukraine) (as of 16 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "2,940 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/lu.json b/europe/lu.json index 5d7ed2f6..ec28fb6f 100644 --- a/europe/lu.json +++ b/europe/lu.json @@ -806,10 +806,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$27.75 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$31.74 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$26.8 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$30.014 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Luxembourg Army (l'Armée Luxembourgeoise) (2022)" + "text": "Luxembourg Army (l'Armée Luxembourgeoise) (2023)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { @@ -1187,17 +1187,17 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 900 active personnel (2022)" + "text": "approximately 900 active personnel (2023)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the inventory of Luxembourg's Army is a small mix of Western origin equipment (2022)" + "text": "the inventory of Luxembourg's Army is a small mix of Western origin equipment (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (abolished 1969) (2022)", + "text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (abolished 1969) (2023)", "note": "note 1: since 2003, the Army has allowed EU citizens 18-24 years of age who have been a resident in the country for at least 36 months to volunteer

note 2: as of 2019, women made up about 8% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Luxembourg is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949

in 2015, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed an agreement to conduct joint air policing of their territories; under the agreement, which went into effect in January of 2017, the Belgian and Dutch Air Forces trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries (2022)" + "text": "Luxembourg is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949

in 2015, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed an agreement to conduct joint air policing of their territories; under the agreement, which went into effect in January of 2017, the Belgian and Dutch Air Forces trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/md.json b/europe/md.json index c9b9aea5..dd3a7dda 100644 --- a/europe/md.json +++ b/europe/md.json @@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ }, "Capital": { "name": { - "text": "Chisinau in Moldovan (Kishinev in Russian)" + "text": "Chisinau in Romanian (Kishinev in Russian)" }, "geographic coordinates": { "text": "47 00 N, 28 51 E" @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ "text": "President Maia SANDU (since 24 December 2020)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Natalia GAVRILITA (since 6 August 2021)" + "text": "Prime Minister Dorin RECEAN (since 16 February 2023)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet proposed by the prime minister-designate, nominated by the president, approved through a vote of confidence in Parliament" @@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "

Party of Action and Solidarity or PAS [Igor GROSU]
Bloc of Communists and Socialists or BECS [Vladimir VORONIN and Igor DODON]
SOR Party [llan SHOR]

" + "text": "

Party of Action and Solidarity or PAS [Igor GROSU]
Communist Party or PCRM [Vladimir VORONIN]
Socialist Party or PSRM [Igor DODON]
SOR Party [llan SHOR]

" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "BSEC, CD, CE, CEI, CIS, EAEU (observer), EAPC, EBRD, FAO, GCTU, GUAM, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO", @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires Carolina PEREBINOS (since 27 July 2022)" + "text": "Ambassador Viorel URSU (since 12 December 2022)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2101 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -818,10 +818,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.886 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.582 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$2.947 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.754 billion (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: National Public Budget" }, @@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2019, women made up about 20% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Moldova is constitutionally neutral, but has maintained a relationship with NATO since 1992; bilateral cooperation started when Moldova joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1994; Moldova has contributed small numbers of troops to NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) since 2014, and a civilian NATO liaison office was established in Moldova in 2017 at the request of the Moldovan Government to promote practical cooperation and facilitate support

the 1992 war between Moldovan forces and Transnistrian separatists backed by Russian troops ended with a cease-fire; as of 2022, Russia maintained approximately 1,500 troops in Transnistria, some of which served under the authority of a peacekeeping force known as a Joint Control Commission that also included Moldovan and separatist personnel; the remainder of the Russian contingent (the Operative Group of the Russian Troops or OGRT) guarded a depot of Soviet-era ammunition and trained Transnistrian separatist paramilitary troops (2022)" + "text": "Moldova is constitutionally neutral, but has maintained a relationship with NATO since 1992; bilateral cooperation started when Moldova joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1994; Moldova has contributed small numbers of troops to NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) since 2014, and a civilian NATO liaison office was established in Moldova in 2017 at the request of the Moldovan Government to promote practical cooperation and facilitate support

the 1992 war between Moldovan forces and Transnistrian separatists backed by Russian troops ended with a cease-fire; as of 2022, Russia maintained approximately 1,500 troops in Transnistria, some of which served under the authority of a peacekeeping force known as a Joint Control Commission that also included Moldovan and separatist personnel; the remainder of the Russian contingent (Operational Group of Russian Forces - Transnistria or OGF-T) guarded a depot of Soviet-era ammunition and trained Transnistrian separatist paramilitary troops (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { @@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "106,634 (Ukraine) (as of 3 April 2023)" + "text": "107,480 (Ukraine) (as of 16 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,701 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/mj.json b/europe/mj.json index f53c0957..0ec37f20 100644 --- a/europe/mj.json +++ b/europe/mj.json @@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Albanian Alternative or AA [Nik DELJOSAJ]
Albanian Coalition (includes DP, DSCG, DUA for 2020 election)
Albanian Coalition Perspective or AKP
Albanian List or AL [Nik DELJOSAJ and Nazif CUNGU] (coalition includes AA, Forca, AKP, DSA)
Bosniak Party or BS [Ervin IBRAHIMOVIC]
Croatian Civic Initiative or HGI [Adrian VUKSANOVIC]
Croatian Reform Party [Marija VUCINOVIC]
Democratic Alliance or DEMOS [Miodrag LEKIC]
Democratic Front or DF [collective leadership] (coalition includes NOVA, PZP, DNP, RP)
Democratic League in Montenegro or DSCG [Mehmet BARDHI]
Democratic League of Albanians or DSA
Democratic Montenegro or DCG [Aleksa BECIC]
Democratic Party or DP [Fatmir GJEKA]
Democratic Party of Socialists or DPS [Milo DJUKANOVIC]
Democratic Party of Unity or DSJ [Nebojsa JUSKOVIC]
Democratic People's Party or DNP [Milan KNEZEVIC]
Democratic Serb Party or DSS [Dragica PEROVIC]
Democratic Union of Albanians or DUA [Mehmet ZENKA]
Europe Now! [Milojko SPAJIC]
For the Future of Montenegro or ZBCG [Zdravko KRIVOKAPIC] (electoral coalition includes SNP and 2 alliances - DF, NP)
In Black and White [Dritan ABAZOVIC] (electoral list)
Liberal Party or LP [Andrija POPOVIC]
Movement for Changes or PZP [Nebojsa MEDOJEVIC]
New Democratic Power or FORCA [Nazif CUNGU]
New Serb Democracy or NSD or NOVA [Andrija MANDIC]
Party of Pensioners, Disabled, and Restitution or PUPI [Momir JOKSIMOVIC]
Peace is Our Nation or MNIM [Aleksa BECIC] (coalition includes Democrats, DEMOS, New Left, PUPI)
Popular Movement or NP [Miodrag DAVIDOVIC] (coalition includes DEMOS, RP, UCG, and several minor parties)
Social Democratic Party or SDP [Rasko KONJEVIC]
Social Democrats or SD [Damir SEHOVIC]
Socialist People's Party or SNP [Vladimir JOKOVIC]
True Montenegro or PRAVA or PCG [Marko MILACIC]
United Montenegro or UCG [Goran DANILOVIC] (split from DEMOS)
United Reform Action or URA [Dritan ABAZOVIC]
Workers' Party or RP [Maksim VUCINIC]" + "text": "Albanian Alternative or AA [Nik DELJOSAJ]
Albanian Coalition (includes DP, DSCG, DUA for 2020 election)
Albanian Coalition Perspective or AKP
Albanian List or AL [Nik DELJOSAJ and Nazif CUNGU] (coalition includes AA, Forca, AKP, DSA)
Bosniak Party or BS [Ervin IBRAHIMOVIC]
Croatian Civic Initiative or HGI [Adrian VUKSANOVIC]
Croatian Reform Party [Marija VUCINOVIC]
Democratic Alliance or DEMOS [Miodrag LEKIC]
Democratic Front or DF [collective leadership] (coalition includes NOVA, PZP, DNP, RP)
Democratic League in Montenegro or DSCG [Mehmet BARDHI]
Democratic League of Albanians or DSA
Democratic Montenegro or DCG [Aleksa BECIC]
Democratic Party or DP [Fatmir GJEKA]
Democratic Party of Socialists or DPS [Danijel ZIVKOVIC, acting]
Democratic Party of Unity or DSJ [Nebojsa JUSKOVIC]
Democratic People's Party or DNP [Milan KNEZEVIC]
Democratic Serb Party or DSS [Dragica PEROVIC]
Democratic Union of Albanians or DUA [Mehmet ZENKA]
Europe Now! [Milojko SPAJIC]
For the Future of Montenegro or ZBCG [Zdravko KRIVOKAPIC] (electoral coalition includes SNP and 2 alliances - DF, NP) (dissolved in September 2020)
In Black and White [Dritan ABAZOVIC] (electoral list)
Liberal Party or LP [Andrija POPOVIC]
Movement for Changes or PZP [Nebojsa MEDOJEVIC]
New Democratic Power or FORCA [Nazif CUNGU]
New Serb Democracy or NSD or NOVA [Andrija MANDIC]
Party of Pensioners, Disabled, and Restitution or PUPI [Momir JOKSIMOVIC]
Peace is Our Nation or MNIM [Aleksa BECIC] (coalition includes Democrats, DEMOS, New Left, PUPI)
Popular Movement or NP [Miodrag DAVIDOVIC] (coalition includes DEMOS, RP, UCG, and several minor parties)
Social Democratic Party or SDP [Rasko KONJEVIC]
Social Democrats or SD [Damir SEHOVIC]
Socialist People's Party or SNP [Vladimir JOKOVIC]
True Montenegro or PRAVA or PCG [Marko MILACIC]
United Montenegro or UCG [Goran DANILOVIC] (split from DEMOS)
United Reform Action or URA [Dritan ABAZOVIC]
Workers' Party or RP [Maksim VUCINIC]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO", @@ -869,10 +869,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.78 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.051 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$2.05 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.568 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2021, women made up about 10% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Montenegro became a member of NATO in 2017; as of 2022, Greece and Italy provided NATO's air policing mission for Montenegro" + "text": "Montenegro became a member of NATO in 2017" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1275,12 +1275,12 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "31,770 (Ukraine) (as of 3 April 2023)" + "text": "32,383 (Ukraine) (as of 17 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "468 (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 29,948 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-April 2023)" + "note": "note: 30,083 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-April 2023)" }, "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 e2d27c22..241c10cc 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Alliance for Albanians or AfA [Ziadin SELA]
Alternative (Alternativa) [Afrim GASHI]
Besa Movement [Bilal KASAMI]
Democratic Party of Albanians or PDSh [Menduh THACI]
Democratic Union for Integration or BDI [Ali AHMETI]
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity or VMRO-DPMNE [Hristijan MICKOSKI]
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - People's Party or VMRO-NP [Ljubco GEORGIEVSKI]
Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Goran MILEVSKI]
Renewal (VMRO-DPMNE coalition) [Maja MORACHANIN]
Social Democratic Union of Macedonia or SDSM [Dimitar KOVACHEVSKI]
The Left (Levica) [Dimitar APASIEV]
Turkish Democratic Party of DPT [Beycan ILYAS]
We Can (coalition includes SDSM/Besa/VMRO-NP, DPT, LDP)" + "text": "Alliance for Albanians or AfA [Ziadin SELA]
Alternative (Alternativa) [Afrim GASHI]
Besa Movement [Bilal KASAMI]
Democratic Party of Albanians or PDSh [Menduh THACI]
Democratic Union for Integration or BDI [Ali AHMETI]
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity or VMRO-DPMNE [Hristijan MICKOSKI]
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - People's Party or VMRO-NP [Ljubco GEORGIEVSKI]
Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Goran MILEVSKI]
Renewal [Maja MORACHANIN]
Social Democratic Union of Macedonia or SDSM [Dimitar KOVACHEVSKI]
The Left (Levica) [Dimitar APASIEV]
Turkish Democratic Party of DPT [Beycan ILYAS]
We Can (coalition includes SDSM/Besa/VMRO-NP, DPT, LDP)" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "BIS, CD, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, EU (candidate country), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO", @@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Kate Marie BYRNES (since 12 July 2019)" + "text": "Ambassador Angela AGGELER (since 8 November 2022)" }, "embassy": { "text": "Str. Samoilova, Nr. 21, 1000 Skopje" @@ -822,10 +822,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$3.295 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.505 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$3.605 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.5 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2023, women made up about 10.6% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "North Macedonia became the 30th member of NATO in 2020; as of 2022, Greece provided NATO's air policing mission for North Macedonia" + "text": "North Macedonia became the 30th member of NATO in 2020" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "6,562 (Ukraine) (as of 3 April 2023)" + "text": "6,615 (Ukraine) (as of 9 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "521 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/mn.json b/europe/mn.json index 3c7759a1..45346ac3 100644 --- a/europe/mn.json +++ b/europe/mn.json @@ -810,11 +810,11 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "no regular military forces; Ministry of Interior: Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince (Prince’s Company of Carabiniers), Corps des Sapeurs-pompiers de Monaco (Fire and Emergency), Police Department (2022)", + "text": "no regular military forces; Ministry of Interior: Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince (Prince’s Company of Carabiniers), Corps des Sapeurs-pompiers de Monaco (Fire and Emergency), Police Department (2023)", "note": "note: the primary responsibility for the Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince is guarding the palace" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "the Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince is staffed by French nationals (2022)" + "text": "the Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince is staffed by French nationals (2023)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "defense is the responsibility of France" diff --git a/europe/mt.json b/europe/mt.json index 0ca4a612..3e49d098 100644 --- a/europe/mt.json +++ b/europe/mt.json @@ -804,10 +804,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$5.076 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$5.661 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$4.583 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$5.586 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1168,8 +1168,11 @@ "note": "note: the AFM and the Malta Police Force are both under the Ministry of Home Affairs, National Security, and Law Enforcement" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "0.6% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "0.5% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "0.5% of GDP (2021)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.6% of GDP (2020)" @@ -1179,9 +1182,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "0.5% of GDP (2018)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "0.5% of GDP (2017)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/nl.json b/europe/nl.json index 3dc69634..ea642109 100644 --- a/europe/nl.json +++ b/europe/nl.json @@ -843,10 +843,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$361.4 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$396.687 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$352.4 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$374.166 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Netherlands (Dutch) Armed Forces (Nederlandse Krijgsmacht): Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force, Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (Military Constabulary) (2022)", + "text": "Netherlands (Dutch) Armed Forces (Nederlandse Krijgsmacht): Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force, Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (Military Constabulary) (2023)", "note": "note: the Netherlands Coast Guard and the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard are civilian in nature but managed by the Royal Netherlands Navy" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1249,14 +1249,14 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 40,000 active duty personnel (20,000 Army; 7,500 Navy; 6,500 Air Force; 6,000 Constabulary) (2022)", + "text": "approximately 40,000 active duty personnel (20,000 Army; 7,500 Navy; 6,500 Air Force; 6,000 Constabulary) (2023)", "note": "note: the Navy includes about 2,300 marines" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the military's inventory consists of a mix of domestically produced and modern European- and US-sourced equipment; in recent years, the US has been the leading supplier of weapons systems; the Netherlands has an advanced domestic defense industry that focuses on armored vehicles, naval ships, and air defense systems; it also participates with the US and other European countries on joint development and production of advanced weapons systems (2022)" + "text": "the military's inventory consists of a mix of domestically produced and modern European- and US-sourced equipment; in recent years, the US has been the leading supplier of weapons systems; the Netherlands has an advanced domestic defense industry that focuses on armored vehicles, naval ships, and air defense systems; it also participates with the US and other European countries on joint development and production of advanced weapons systems (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "17 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; the military is an all-volunteer force; conscription remains in place, but the requirement to show up for compulsory military service was suspended in 1997; must be a citizen of the Netherlands (2022)", + "text": "17 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; the military is an all-volunteer force; conscription remains in place, but the requirement to show up for compulsory military service was suspended in 1997; must be a citizen of the Netherlands (2023)", "note": "note: in 2019, women made up about 11% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military deployments": { @@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ "note": "note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including the Netherlands, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Netherlands is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949

since 1973, the Dutch Marine Corps has worked closely with the British Royal Marines, including jointly in the UK-Netherlands amphibious landing force; a Dutch Army airmobile infantry brigade and a mechanized infantry brigade have been integrated into the German Army since 2014 and 2016 respectively

in 2020, Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands formed a joint Composite Special Operations Component Command (C-SOCC); in 2015, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed an agreement to conduct joint air policing of their territories; under the agreement, which went into effect in January of 2017, the Belgian and Dutch Air Forces trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries (2022)" + "text": "the Netherlands is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949

since 1973, the Dutch Marine Corps has worked closely with the British Royal Marines, including jointly in the UK-Netherlands amphibious landing force; all three Dutch Army combat brigades have been integrated into the German Army 

in 2020, Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands formed a joint Composite Special Operations Component Command (C-SOCC); in 2015, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed an agreement to conduct joint air policing of their territories; under the agreement, which went into effect in January of 2017, the Belgian and Dutch Air Forces trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/europe/no.json b/europe/no.json index 25f7be5c..9b1d681d 100644 --- a/europe/no.json +++ b/europe/no.json @@ -829,10 +829,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$217.1 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$185.338 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$199.5 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$210.522 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Norwegian Armed Forces: Norwegian Army (Haeren), Royal Norwegian Navy (Kongelige Norske Sjoeforsvaret; includes Coastal Rangers and Coast Guard (Kystvakt)), Royal Norwegian Air Force (Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret), Norwegian Special Forces, Norwegian Cyber Defense Force, Home Guard (Heimevernet, HV) (2022)" + "text": "Norwegian Armed Forces: Norwegian Army (Haeren), Royal Norwegian Navy (Kongelige Norske Sjoeforsvaret; includes Coastal Rangers and Coast Guard (Kystvakt)), Royal Norwegian Air Force (Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret), Norwegian Special Forces, Norwegian Cyber Defense Force, Home Guard (Heimevernet, HV) (2023)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { @@ -1226,22 +1226,22 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 27,000 active personnel (9,000 Army; 4,300 Navy; 4,700 Air Force; 9,000 other, including special operations, cyber, joint staff, intelligence, logistics support, active Home Guard, etc.); approximately 40,000 Home Guard (2022)", + "text": "approximately 27,000 active personnel (9,000 Army; 4,300 Navy; 4,700 Air Force; 9,000 other, including special operations, cyber, joint staff, intelligence, logistics support, active Home Guard, etc.); approximately 40,000 Home Guard (2023)", "note": "note:  active personnel includes about 10,000 conscripts" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the military's inventory includes a mix of modern, imported European, US, and domestically produced weapons systems and equipment; in recent years, the US has been the leading supplier of weapons systems to Norway (2022)" + "text": "the military's inventory includes a mix of modern, imported European, US, and domestically produced weapons systems and equipment; in recent years, the US has been the leading supplier of weapons systems to Norway (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "19-35 years of age for selective compulsory military service for men and women; 17 years of age for male volunteers; 18 years of age for women volunteers; 12-19 month service obligation; conscripts first serve 12 months between the ages of 19 and 28, and then up to 4-5 refresher training periods until age 35, 44, 55, or 60 depending on rank and function (2023)", "note": "note 1: Norway conscripts about 8,000 individuals annually; it has had compulsory military service since 1907

note 2: Norway was the first NATO country to allow women to serve in all combat arms branches of the military (1985); it also has an all-female special operations unit known as Jegertroppen (The Hunter Troop), which was established in 2014; as of 2021, women comprised about 20% of the military's full-time personnel

note 3: beginning in 1995, the military began offering Icelandic citizens the opportunity to apply for admission to officer schools in Norway with an associated education and service contract under special reasons and based on recommendations from Icelandic authorities; as early as 1996, Norway and Iceland entered into a cooperation agreement on the voluntary participation of Icelandic personnel in Norwegian force contributions in foreign operations" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "up to 190 Lithuania (NATO) (2022)", + "text": "up to 190 Lithuania (NATO) (2023)", "note": "note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Norway, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Norway is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949; the Norwegian Armed Forces cooperate closely with the militaries of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO), which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; areas of cooperation include armaments, education, human resources, training and exercises, and operations; NORDEFCO was established in 2009

the first Norwegian defense organization, the leidangen, was established along the coastline in the 10th century to protect the Norwegian coast (2022)" + "text": "Norway is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949; the Norwegian Armed Forces cooperate closely with the militaries of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO), which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; areas of cooperation include armaments, education, human resources, training and exercises, and operations; NORDEFCO was established in 2009

the origins of the Norwegian military go back to the leidangen, defense forces which were established along the coastline in the 10th century to protect the Norwegian coast (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { @@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "15,901 (Syria), 10,883 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2022); 44,798 (Ukraine) (as of 3 April 2023)" + "text": "15,901 (Syria), 10,883 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2022); 45,238 (Ukraine) (as of 11 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "3,901 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/pl.json b/europe/pl.json index 0bea3438..f48c6a14 100644 --- a/europe/pl.json +++ b/europe/pl.json @@ -483,13 +483,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "2.028 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.96 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "7.035 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "5.87 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "1.018 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.39 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Agreement [Jaroslaw GOWIN]
Civic Coalition or KO [collective leadership]
Civic Platform or PO [Donald Tusk]
Confederation Liberty and Independence or KORWiN [Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE, Robert WINNICKI, Grzegorz BRAUN]
Confederation of the Polish Crown or KKP [Grzegorz BRAUN]
Kukiz 15 [Pawel KUKIZ]
Law and Justice or PiS [Jaroslaw KACZYNSKI]
Left Together or LR [Adrian ZANBERG and Magdalena BIEJAT]
Modern or .N [Adam SZLAPKA]
National Movement or RN [Robert WINNICKI]
New Hope or NN [Slawomir MENTZEN]
New Left or NL [Wlodzimierz CZARZASTY and Robert Biedron]
Poland 2050 [Szymon HOLOWNIA]
Polish People's Party or PSL [Wladyslaw KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ]
Polish Initiative or iPL [Barbara NOWACKA]
Polish Socialist Party or PPS [Wojciech KONIECZNY]
Regional. Minority with Majority or MN [Ryszard GALLA]
Republican Party or R [Adam BIELAN]
The Greens or PZ [Wojciech KUBALEWSKI and Malgorzata TRACZ]
Union of European Democrats or UED [Elzbieta BINCZYCKA]
United Poland or SP [Zbigniew ZIOBRO]
Wolnosciowcy [Arthur DZIAMBOR]" + "text": "Agreement [Jaroslaw GOWIN]
Civic Platform or PO [Donald Tusk]
Konfederajca [Krzysztof BOSAK]
New Left or NL [Wlodzimierz CZARZASTY and Robert Biedron]
Poland 2050 [Szymon HOLOWNIA]
Polish People's Party or PSL [Wladyslaw KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ]
Republican Party or R [Adam BIELAN]
United Poland or SP [Zbigniew ZIOBRO]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS, CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UN Security Council (temporary), UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC" @@ -869,10 +869,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$207.5 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$244.485 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$216.2 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$248.868 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ "note": "note 1: Poland contributes about 2,500 troops to the Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine joint military brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG), which was established in 2014; the brigade is headquartered in Poland and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units; units affiliated with the multinational brigade remain within the structures of the armed forces of their respective countries until the brigade is activated for participation in an international operation

note 2: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Poland, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Poland joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997, and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance

since 2017, Poland has hosted a US-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative; since 2014, Poland has also hosted NATO fighter detachments at Malbork Air Base under NATO's enhanced air policing arrangements

Poland hosts a NATO-led divisional headquarters (Multinational Division Northeast; operational in 2018), which coordinates training and preparation activities of its respective subordinate battlegroups in Poland and Lithuania; Poland also hosts a corps-level headquarters (Multinational Corps Northeast) (2022)

" + "text": "Poland joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997, and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance

since 2017, Poland has hosted a US-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative; since 2014, Poland has also hosted NATO fighter detachments at Malbork Air Base under NATO's enhanced air policing arrangements

Poland hosts a NATO-led divisional headquarters (Multinational Division Northeast; operational in 2018), which coordinates training and preparation activities of its respective subordinate battlegroups in Poland and Lithuania; Poland also hosts a corps-level headquarters (Multinational Corps Northeast) (2022)

(2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "1,581,148 (Ukraine) (as of 3 April 2023)" + "text": "1,583,563 (Ukraine) (as of 16 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,435 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/po.json b/europe/po.json index d116c06c..0e1f9c71 100644 --- a/europe/po.json +++ b/europe/po.json @@ -447,13 +447,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "914.1 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "880 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "1.497 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.83 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "8.767 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "3.42 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -835,10 +835,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$93.55 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$102.052 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$100 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$101.854 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Portuguese Armed Forces: Portuguese Army (Exercito Portuguesa), Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps), Portuguese Air Force (Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP); National Republican Guard (Guarda Nacional Republicana, GNR) (2022)", + "text": "Portuguese Armed Forces: Portuguese Army (Exercito Portuguesa), Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps), Portuguese Air Force (Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP); National Republican Guard (Guarda Nacional Republicana, GNR) (2023)", "note": "note: the GNR is a national gendarmerie force comprised of military personnel with law enforcement, internal security, civil defense, disaster response, and coast guard duties; it is responsible to the Ministry of Internal Administration and to the Ministry of National Defense; in the event of war or crisis, it may be placed under the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces; the GNR has law enforcement jurisdiction in rural areas, while the Public Security Police (also under the Ministry of Internal Administration) has jurisdiction in cities" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1241,13 +1241,13 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 27,000 active duty personnel (14,000 Army; 7,000 Navy, including about 1,000 marines; 6,000 Air Force); 24,500 National Republican Guard (military personnel) (2022)" + "text": "approximately 27,000 active duty personnel (14,000 Army; 7,000 Navy, including about 1,000 marines; 6,000 Air Force); 24,500 National Republican Guard (military personnel) (2023)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the military's inventory includes mostly European- and US-origin weapons systems along with a smaller mix of domestically produced equipment; in recent years, leading foreign suppliers have included Germany and the US; Portugal's defense industry is primarily focused on shipbuilding (2022)" + "text": "the military's inventory includes mostly European- and US-origin weapons systems along with a smaller mix of domestically produced equipment; in recent years, leading foreign suppliers have included Germany and the US; Portugal's defense industry is primarily focused on shipbuilding (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary or contract military service; no compulsory military service (abolished 2004) but conscription possible if insufficient volunteers available; women serve in the armed forces but are prohibited from serving in some combatant specialties; contract service lasts for an initial period of 2-6 years, and can be extended to a maximum of 20 years of service; initial voluntary military service lasts 12 months; reserve obligation to age 35 (2022)", + "text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary or contract military service; no compulsory military service (abolished 2004) but conscription possible if insufficient volunteers available; women serve in the armed forces but are prohibited from serving in some combatant specialties; contract service lasts for an initial period of 2-6 years, and can be extended to a maximum of 20 years of service; initial voluntary military service lasts 12 months; reserve obligation to age 35 (2023)", "note": "note: as of 2019, women made up about 12% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military deployments": { @@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ "note": "note 1: in 2021, Portugal deployed about 80 troops to Mozambique to assist with the EU training mission
note 2: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Portugal, have sent additional troops to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
note 3: Portugal also participates in several NATO maritime and air policing operations, as well as some EU international missions" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Portugal is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949" + "text": "Portugal is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949 (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/europe/ri.json b/europe/ri.json index 849b1146..1f593bf9 100644 --- a/europe/ri.json +++ b/europe/ri.json @@ -488,13 +488,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "659.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "680 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "4.057 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "3.99 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "660.8 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "660 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 3 April 2022 (next to be held in April 2027); prime minister elected by the National Assembly; note - in October 2020 President VUCIC called for early elections" }, "election results": { - "text": "2022: Aleksandar VUCIC reelected in the first round; percent of vote - Aleksandar VUSIC (SNS) 60%, Zdravko PONOS (US) 18.9%, Milos JOVANOVIC (NADA) 6.1%, Bosko OBRADOVIC (Dveri-POKS) 4.5%, Milica DURDEVIC STAMENDOVSKI (SSZ) 4.3%, other 6.2%

2017: Aleksandar VUCIC elected president in the first round; percent of vote - Aleksandar VUCIC (SNS) 55.1%, Sasa JANKOVIC (independent) 16.4%, Luka MAKSIMOVIC (independent) 9.4%, Vuk JEREMIC (independent) 5.7%, Vojislav SESELJ (SRS) 4.5%, Bosko OBRADOVIC (Dveri) 2.3%, other 5.0%, invalid/blank 1.6%; Prime Minister Ana BRNABIC reelected by the National Assembly on 5 October 2020" + "text": "2022: Aleksandar VUCIC reelected in the first round; percent of vote - Aleksandar VUCIC (SNS) 60%, Zdravko PONOS (US) 18.9%, Milos JOVANOVIC (NADA) 6.1%, Bosko OBRADOVIC (Dveri-POKS) 4.5%, Milica DJURDJEVIC STAMENKOVSKI (SSZ) 4.3%, other 6.2%

2017: Aleksandar VUCIC elected president in the first round; percent of vote - Aleksandar VUCIC (SNS) 55.1%, Sasa JANKOVIC (independent) 16.4%, Luka MAKSIMOVIC (independent) 9.4%, Vuk JEREMIC (independent) 5.7%, Vojislav SESELJ (SRS) 4.5%, Bosko OBRADOVIC (Dveri) 2.3%, other 5.0%, invalid/blank 1.6%; Prime Minister Ana BRNABIC reelected by the National Assembly on 5 October 2020" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Albanian Democratic Alternative (coalition of ethnic Albanian parties) [Shaip KAMBERI]
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians or SVM or VMSZ [Istvan PASZTOR]
Better Serbia or BS [Dragan JOVANOVIC]
Democratic Party or DS [Zoran LUTOVAC]
Dveri [Bosko OBRADOVIC]
Greens of Serbia or ZS [Ivan KARIC]
Ivica Dacic - Prime Minister of Serbia [Ivica DACIC] (coalition includes SPS, JS, ZS)
Justice and Reconciliation Party or SPP [Usame ZUKORLIC] (formerly Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandzak or BDZS)
Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia or POKS [Vojislav MIHAILOVIC]
Movement of Free Citizens or PSG [Pavle GRBOVIC]
Movement of Socialists or PS [Aleksandar VULIN]
National Democratic Alternative or NADA [Milos JOVANOVIC and Vojislav MIHAILOVIC] (coalition includes DSS and POKS)
New Democratic Party of Serbia or NDSS or New DSS [Milos JOVANOVIC] (formerly Democratic Party of Serbia or DSS)
Party of Democratic Action of the Sandzak or SDA [Sulejman UGLJANIN]
Party of Freedom and Justice or SSP [Dragan DILAS]
Party of United Pensioners, Farmers, and Proletarians of Serbia – Solidarity and Justice or PUPS - Solidarity and Justice [Milan KRKOBABIC] (formerly Party of United Pensioners of Serbia or PUPS)
People's Party or NS or Narodna [Vuk JEREMIC]
People's Peasant Party or NSS [Marijan RISTICEVIC]
Serbian Party Oathkeepers or SSZ [Stefan STAMENKOVSKI]
Serbian People's Party or SNP [Nenad POPOVIC]
Serbian Progressive Party or SNS [Aleksandar VUCIC]
Serbian Renewal Movement or SPO [Vuk DRASKOVIC]
Social Democratic Party of Serbia or SDPS [Rasim LJAJIC]
Socialist Party of Serbia or SPS [Ivica DACIC]
Strength of Serbia or PSS [Bogoljub KARIC]
Together for Serbia or ZZS [Nebojsa ZELENOVIC]
Together We Can Do Everything [Milenko JOVANOV] (includes SNS, SDPS, PUPS, PSS, SNP, SPO, PS, NSS, USS, BS)
United for the Victory of Serbia or UZPS (includes NS, SSP, DS, PSG) (dissolved April 2022)
United Peasant Party or USS [Milija MILETIC]
United Serbia or JS [Dragan MARKOVIC]
We Must or Moramo [Nebojsa ZELENOVIC, Dobrica VESELINOVIC, Aleksandar JOVANOVIC CUTA, Biljana STOJKOVIC, Radomir LAZOVIC, Biljana DORDEVIC]", + "text": "Albanian Democratic Alternative (coalition of ethnic Albanian parties) [Shaip KAMBERI]
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians or SVM or VMSZ [Istvan PASZTOR]
Better Serbia or BS [Dragan JOVANOVIC]
Democratic Party or DS [Zoran LUTOVAC]
Dveri [Bosko OBRADOVIC]
Greens of Serbia or ZS [Ivan KARIC]
Ivica Dacic - Prime Minister of Serbia [Ivica DACIC] (electoral coalition includes SPS, JS, ZS)
Justice and Reconciliation Party or SPP [Usame ZUKORLIC] (formerly Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandzak or BDZS)
Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia or POKS [Vojislav MIHAILOVIC]
Movement of Free Citizens or PSG [Pavle GRBOVIC]
Movement of Socialists or PS [Aleksandar VULIN]
National Democratic Alternative or NADA [Milos JOVANOVIC and Vojislav MIHAILOVIC] (coalition includes DSS and POKS)
New Democratic Party of Serbia or NDSS or New DSS [Milos JOVANOVIC] (formerly Democratic Party of Serbia or DSS)
Party of Democratic Action of the Sandzak or SDA [Sulejman UGLJANIN]
Party of Freedom and Justice or SSP [Dragan DJILAS]
Party of United Pensioners, Farmers, and Proletarians of Serbia – Solidarity and Justice or PUPS - Solidarity and Justice [Milan KRKOBABIC] (formerly Party of United Pensioners of Serbia or PUPS)
People's Party or NS or Narodna [Vuk JEREMIC]
People's Peasant Party or NSS [Marijan RISTICEVIC]
Serbian Party Oathkeepers or SSZ [Milica DJURDJEVIC STAMENKOVSKI]
Serbian People's Party or SNP [Nenad POPOVIC]
Serbian Progressive Party or SNS [Aleksandar VUCIC]
Serbian Renewal Movement or SPO [Vuk DRASKOVIC]
Social Democratic Party of Serbia or SDPS [Rasim LJAJIC]
Socialist Party of Serbia or SPS [Ivica DACIC]
Strength of Serbia or PSS [Bogoljub KARIC]
Together for Serbia or ZZS [Nebojsa ZELENOVIC]
Together We Can Do Everything [Milenko JOVANOV] (electoral coalition includes SNS, SDPS, PUPS, PSS, SNP, SPO, PS, NSS, USS, BS)
United for the Victory of Serbia or UZPS (includes NS, SSP, DS, PSG) (dissolved April 2022)
United Peasant Party or USS [Milija MILETIC]
United Serbia or JS [Dragan MARKOVIC]
We Must or Moramo [Nebojsa ZELENOVIC, Dobrica VESELINOVIC, Aleksandar JOVANOVIC CUTA, Biljana STOJKOVIC, Radomir LAZOVIC, Biljana DORDEVIC]", "note": "note: Serbia has more than 110 registered political parties and citizens' associations" }, "International organization participation": { @@ -873,10 +873,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$17.69 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$21.858 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$17.59 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$25.72 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: data include both central government and local goverment budgets" }, @@ -1245,8 +1245,11 @@ "note": "note: the Serbian Guard is a brigade-sized unit that is directly subordinate to the Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff; its duties include safeguarding key defense facilities and rendering military honors to top foreign, state, and military officials 
" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "2.2% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "2.4% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.2% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "2% of GDP (2020 est.)" @@ -1256,9 +1259,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "1.6% of GDP (2018 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "1.8% of GDP (2017 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { @@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ "text": "175 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (May 2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Serbian Armed Forces were established in June 2006; the Serbian military traces its origins to the First (1804-1813) and Second (1815-1817) Uprisings against the Ottoman Empire

Serbia does not aspire to join NATO, but has cooperated with the Alliance since 2006 when it joined the Partnership for Peace program; Serbia maintains security ties with Russia (2022)" + "text": "the Serbian Armed Forces were established in June 2006; the Serbian military traces its origins to the First (1804-1813) and Second (1815-1817) Uprisings against the Ottoman Empire

Serbia does not aspire to join NATO, but has cooperated with the Alliance since 2006 when it joined the Partnership for Peace program; Serbia also maintains security ties with Russia and China (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { @@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "2,594 (includes stateless persons in Kosovo) (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 951,905 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2023); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 7,271 migrants and asylum seekers as of November 2022" + "note": "note: 953,390 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-April 2023); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 7,271 migrants and asylum seekers as of November 2022" }, "Trafficking in persons": { "tier rating": { diff --git a/europe/ro.json b/europe/ro.json index c735c574..fcd77ff4 100644 --- a/europe/ro.json +++ b/europe/ro.json @@ -125,19 +125,20 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Romanian 83.4%, Hungarian 6.1%, Romani 3.1%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.2%, other 0.7%, unspecified 6.1% (2011 est.)", - "note": "note: Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 5–11% of Romania's population" + "text": "Romanian 89.3%, Hungarian 6%, Romani 3.4%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.1%, other 0.9% (2021 est.)", + "note": "note: data represent individuals who declared an ethnic group in the 2021 national census; 13% did not respond; Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 5–11% of Romania's population" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { - "text": "Romanian (official) 85.4%, Hungarian 6.3%, Romani 1.2%, other 1%, unspecified 6.1% (2011 est.)" + "text": "Romanian (official) 91.6%, Hungarian 6.3%, Romani 1.2%, other 0.7% (2021 est.)

note: data represent individuals who declared a maternal language in the 2021 national census; 13.1% did not respond" }, "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Cartea informativa a lumii, sursa indispensabila pentru informatii de baza. (Romanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 81.9%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformed and Pentecostal) 6.4%, Roman Catholic 4.3%, other (includes Muslim) 0.9%, none or atheist 0.2%, unspecified 6.3% (2011 est.)" + "text": "Romanian Orthodox 85.3%, Roman Catholic 4.5%, Reformed 3%, Pentecostal 2.5, other 4.7% (2021 est.)", + "note": "note: data represent individuals who declared a religion in the 2021 national census; 13.9% did not respond" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -463,13 +464,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "1.048 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.09 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "4.234 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "3.9 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "1.491 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.43 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -597,7 +598,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "2020 USR-PLUS Alliance [Dan BARNA and Dacian CIOLOS] (dissolved 16 April 2021)
Alliance for the Fatherland or APP [Codrin STEFANESCU]
Alliance for the Unity of Romanians or AUR [George SIMION]
Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party or PNT-CD [Aurelian PAVELESCU]
Civic Hungarian Party [Zsolt BIRO]
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania or UDMR [Hunor KELEMEN]
Ecologist Party of Romania or PER [Danut POP]
Force of the Right or FD [Ludovic ORBAN]
Greater Romania Party or PRM [Victor IOVICI]
Green Party [Marius LAZAR and Lavinia COSMA]
National Liberal Party or PNL [Nicolae CIUCA]
Party of Liberty, Unity, and Solidarity or PLUS [Dacian CIOLOS] (dissolved 16 April 2021)
Popular Movement Party or PMP [Eugen TOMAC]
PRO Romania or PRO [Victor PONTA]
Romanian Nationhood Party or PNR [Ninel PEIA]
Save Romania Union Party or USR [Catalin DRULA]
Social Democratic Party or PSD [Marcel CIOLACU]
Social Liberal Humanist Party or PUSL [Daniel IONASCU] (formerly Humanist Power Party (Social-Liberal) or PPU-SL)
United Romania Party or PRU [Robert BUGA]" + "text": "2020 USR-PLUS Alliance [Dan BARNA and Dacian CIOLOS] (dissolved 16 April 2021)
Alliance for the Fatherland or APP [Codrin STEFANESCU]
Alliance for the Unity of Romanians or AUR [George SIMION]
Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party or PNT-CD [Aurelian PAVELESCU]
Civic Hungarian Party [Zsolt BIRO]
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania or UDMR [Hunor KELEMEN]
Ecologist Party of Romania or PER [Danut POP]
Force of the Right or FD [Ludovic ORBAN]
Greater Romania Party or PRM [Victor IOVICI]
Green Party [Marius LAZAR and Lavinia COSMA]
National Liberal Party or PNL [Nicolae CIUCA]
Party of Liberty, Unity, and Solidarity or PLUS [Dacian CIOLOS] (dissolved 16 April 2021)
Popular Movement Party or PMP [Eugen TOMAC]
PRO Romania or PRO [Victor PONTA]
Romanian Nationhood Party or PNR [Ninel PEIA]
Save Romania Union Party or USR [Catalin DRULA]
Social Democratic Party or PSD [Marcel CIOLACU]
Social Liberal Humanist Party or PUSL [Daniel IONASCU] (formerly Humanist Power Party (Social-Liberal) or PPU-SL)
S.O.S. Romania [Diana IOVANOVICI-SOSOACA]
The Right Alternative or AD [Adela MIRZA]
United Romania Party or PRU [Robert BUGA]
We are Renewing the European Project in Romania or REPER [Dacian CIOLOS; Ramona STRUGARIU; Dragos PISLARU]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, G-9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MONUSCO, NATO, NSG, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC" @@ -624,7 +625,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires David MUNIZ (since 20 January 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador Kathleen KAVALEC (since 14 February 2023)" }, "embassy": { "text": "4-6, Dr. Liviu Librescu Blvd., District 1, Bucharest, 015118" @@ -845,10 +846,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$62.14 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$72.193 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$68.13 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$83.59 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1262,7 +1263,7 @@ "text": "up to 120 Poland (NATO) (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Romania became a member of NATO in 2004

Romania hosts a NATO multinational divisional headquarters (Multinational Division Southeast; became operational in 2017) and a French-led ground force battlegroup as part of NATO's tailored forward presence in the southeastern part of the Alliance; NATO reinforced the battlegroup with additional troops in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine; Romania conducts its own air policing mission, but because of Russian aggression in the Black Sea region, NATO allies have sent detachments of fighters to augment the Romanian Air Force since 2014 (2022)" + "text": "Romania became a member of NATO in 2004

Romania hosts a NATO multinational divisional headquarters (Multinational Division Southeast; became operational in 2017) and a French-led ground force battlegroup as part of NATO's tailored forward presence in the southeastern part of the Alliance in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine; Romania conducts its own air policing mission, but because of Russian aggression in the Black Sea region, NATO allies have sent detachments of fighters to augment the Romanian Air Force since 2014 (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1277,7 +1278,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "107,706 (Ukraine) (as of 2 April 2023)" + "text": "104,823 (Ukraine) (as of 16 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "297 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/si.json b/europe/si.json index 55e61c1a..851bb92e 100644 --- a/europe/si.json +++ b/europe/si.json @@ -444,10 +444,10 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "169.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "170 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "758 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "830 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { "text": "3.9 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" @@ -825,10 +825,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$21.07 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$23.735 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$21.06 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$23.456 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ "note": "note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Slovenia, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Slovenia became a member of NATO in 2004; Hungary and Italy provide NATO's air policing mission for Slovenia’s airspace (2022)" + "text": "Slovenia became a member of NATO in 2004 (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { @@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "9,222 (Ukraine) (as of 2 April 2023)" + "text": "9,461 (Ukraine) (as of 11 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "10 (2020)" diff --git a/europe/sm.json b/europe/sm.json index 3532f9b1..16fb7fdf 100644 --- a/europe/sm.json +++ b/europe/sm.json @@ -697,10 +697,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$667.7 million (2011 est.)" + "text": "$371 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$715.3 million (2011 est.)" + "text": "$363 million (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/europe/sp.json b/europe/sp.json index 6d989627..b2f6da71 100644 --- a/europe/sp.json +++ b/europe/sp.json @@ -459,13 +459,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "4.89 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "4.56 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "5.966 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "5.5 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "20.36 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "18.96 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -846,10 +846,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$498.1 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$546.084 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$539 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$585.979 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Spanish Armed Forces: Army (Ejército de Tierra), Spanish Navy (Armada Espanola; includes Marine Corps), Air and Space Force (Ejército del Aire y del Espacio); Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) (2022)", + "text": "Spanish Armed Forces: Army (Ejército de Tierra), Spanish Navy (Armada Espanola; includes Marine Corps), Air and Space Force (Ejército del Aire y del Espacio); Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) (2023)", "note": "note: the Civil Guard is a military force with police duties (including coast guard) under both the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of the Interior; it also responds to the needs of the Ministry of Finance" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1257,11 +1257,11 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 120,000 active-duty troops (72,000 Army; 25,000 Navy, including about 5,000 marines; 23,000 Air and Space Force); 80,000 Guardia Civil (2022)", - "note": "note:  a 2007 law established a maximum strength of 130,000 military personnel" + "text": "approximately 120,000 active-duty troops (72,000 Army; 25,000 Navy, including about 5,000 marines; 23,000 Air and Space Force); 80,000 Guardia Civil (2023)", + "note": "note: a 2007 law established a maximum strength of 130,000 military personnel" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the military's inventory is comprised of domestically produced and imported Western weapons systems; in recent years, leading suppliers have included France, Germany, and the US; Spain's defense industry manufactures land, air, and sea weapons systems and is integrated within the European defense-industrial sector (2022)" + "text": "the military's inventory is comprised of domestically produced and imported Western weapons systems; in recent years, leading suppliers have included France, Germany, and the US; Spain's defense industry manufactures land, air, and sea weapons systems and is integrated within the European defense-industrial sector (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 24-36 month initial obligation; women allowed to serve in all branches, including combat units; no conscription (abolished 2001), but the Spanish Government retains the right to mobilize citizens 19-25 years of age in a national emergency; 18-58 for the voluntary reserves (2022)", @@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ "note": "note: in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Spain, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Spain joined NATO in 1982 but refrained from participating in the integrated military structure until 1996; the Spanish Marine Corps, established in 1537, is the oldest marine corps in the world; the Spanish Army has an infantry regiment, formed in the 13th century, that is considered the oldest still active military unit in the western world

Spain created a Spanish Legion for foreigners in 1920, but early on the Legion was primarily filled by native Spaniards due to difficulties in recruiting foreigners and most of its foreign members were from the Republic of Cuba; it was modeled after the French Foreign Legion and its purpose was to provide a corps of professional troops to fight in Spain's colonial campaigns in North Africa; in more recent years, it has been used in NATO peacekeeping deployments; today’s Legion includes a mix of native Spaniards and foreigners with Spanish residency (2022)" + "text": "Spain joined NATO in 1982 but refrained from participating in the integrated military structure until 1996; the Spanish Marine Corps, established in 1537, is the oldest marine corps in the world; the Spanish Army has an infantry regiment, formed in the 13th century, that is considered the oldest still active military unit in the western world

Spain created a Spanish Legion for foreigners in 1920, but early on the Legion was primarily filled by native Spaniards due to difficulties in recruiting foreigners and most of its foreign members were from the Republic of Cuba; it was modeled after the French Foreign Legion and its purpose was to provide a corps of professional troops to fight in Spain's colonial campaigns in North Africa; in more recent years, it has been used in NATO peacekeeping deployments; today’s Legion includes a mix of native Spaniards and foreigners with Spanish residency (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1287,12 +1287,12 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "14,994 (Syria) (mid-year 2022); 418,200 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2021); 172,682 (Ukraine) (as of 3 April 2023)" + "text": "14,994 (Syria) (mid-year 2022); 418,200 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2021); 173,829 (Ukraine) (as of 3 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "6,489 (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 283,666 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals, including Canary Islands (January 2015-April 2023)" + "note": "note: 284,024 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals, including Canary Islands (January 2015-April 2023)" }, "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 indoor cannabis production; illegal labs cutting, mixing, and reconstituting cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine labs; synthetic drugs, including ketamine and MDMA (ecstasy) transit from Spain to the US" diff --git a/europe/sv.json b/europe/sv.json index 5350c144..7a1a224d 100644 --- a/europe/sv.json +++ b/europe/sv.json @@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ "text": "no regular military forces" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Svalbard is a territory of Norway, demilitarized by treaty on 9 February 1920; Norwegian military activity is limited to fisheries surveillance by the Norwegian Coast Guard (2022)" + "text": "Svalbard is a territory of Norway, demilitarized by treaty on 9 February 1920; Norwegian military activity is limited to fisheries surveillance by the Norwegian Coast Guard (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/sw.json b/europe/sw.json index 81a2a0f7..a055da98 100644 --- a/europe/sw.json +++ b/europe/sw.json @@ -458,13 +458,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "955 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "700 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "1.345 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.27 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "75 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "100 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -833,10 +833,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$271.2 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$259.17 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$264.4 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$256.454 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1222,11 +1222,11 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten): Army, Navy, Air Force, Home Guard (2022)" + "text": "Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten): Army, Navy, Air Force, Home Guard (2023)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.4% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.3% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1.3% of GDP (2021)" @@ -1242,11 +1242,11 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "the SAF has about 46,000 military personnel: approximately 14,000 continuous service/full-time; approximately 11,000 temporary service; approximately 21,000 Home Guard (some on active duty) (2022)", + "text": "the SAF has about 46,000 military personnel: approximately 14,000 continuous service/full-time; approximately 11,000 temporary service; approximately 21,000 Home Guard (some on active duty) (2023)", "note": "note 1: SAF personnel are divided into continuously serving (full-time) and temporary service troops (part-timers who serve periodically and have another main employer or attend school); additional personnel have signed service agreements with the SAF and mostly serve in the Home Guard; the SAF also has about 9,000 civilian employees

note 2: in 2021, Sweden announced plans that increase the total size of the armed forces to about 100,000 personnel by 2030" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the SAF's inventory is comprised of domestically produced and imported Western weapons systems; in recent years, the US has been the leading supplier of military hardware to Sweden; Sweden's defense industry produces a range of air, land, and naval systems (2022)" + "text": "the SAF's inventory is comprised of domestically produced and imported Western weapons systems; in recent years, the US has been the leading supplier of military hardware to Sweden; Sweden's defense industry produces a range of air, land, and naval systems (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-47 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; service obligation: 7.5 months (Army), 7-15 months (Navy), 8-12 months (Air Force); after completing initial service, soldiers have a reserve commitment until age 47; compulsory military service, abolished in 2010, was reinstated in January 2018; conscription is selective, includes both men and women (age 18), and requires 9-12 months of service (2023)", @@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ "text": "approximately 200 Mali (MINUSMA) (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Sweden maintains a policy of military non-alignment, but cooperates with NATO and regional countries; it joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1994 and has contributed to NATO-led missions, including those in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kosovo; Sweden applied for NATO membership in May 2022

the Swedish military cooperates closely with the military forces of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO), which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; areas of cooperation include armaments, education, human resources, training and exercises, and operations; NORDEFCO was established in 2009

Sweden is a signatory of the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy and contributes to CSDP missions and operations (2022)" + "text": "Sweden maintained a policy of military non-alignment for over 200 years before applying for NATO membership in May 2022; before then, Stockholm joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1994 and contributed to NATO-led missions, including those in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kosovo

the Swedish military cooperates closely with the military forces of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO), which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; areas of cooperation include armaments, education, human resources, training and exercises, and operations; NORDEFCO was established in 2009

Sweden is a signatory of the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy and contributes to CSDP missions and operations (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "113,213 (Syria), 26,857 (Afghanistan), 25,849 (Eritrea), 10,464 (Iraq), 9,315 (Somalia), 7,146 (Iran) (mid-year 2022); 53,755 (Ukraine) (as of 30 March 2023)" + "text": "113,213 (Syria), 26,857 (Afghanistan), 25,849 (Eritrea), 10,464 (Iraq), 9,315 (Somalia), 7,146 (Iran) (mid-year 2022); 53,957 (Ukraine) (as of 5 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "46,515 (2022); note - the majority of stateless people are from the Middle East and Somalia" diff --git a/europe/sz.json b/europe/sz.json index 40795b41..7140bffc 100644 --- a/europe/sz.json +++ b/europe/sz.json @@ -845,10 +845,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$242.1 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$239.767 billion (2018 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$234.4 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$230.383 billion (2018 est.)" }, "note": "note: includes federal, cantonal, and municipal budgets" }, @@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe) (2022)" + "text": "Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe) (2023)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2021": { @@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ "text": "the Swiss Armed Forces maintain a full-time professional cadre of about 4,000 personnel along with approximately 18-20,000 conscripts brought in annually for 18-23 weeks of training; approximately 120,000 reserve forces (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the military's inventory includes a mix of domestically produced and imported weapons systems; in recent years, the US has been the leading supplier of military armaments to Switzerland; the Swiss defense industry produces a range of military land vehicles (2022)" + "text": "the military's inventory includes a mix of domestically produced and imported weapons systems; in recent years, the US has been the leading supplier of military armaments to Switzerland; the Swiss defense industry produces a range of military land vehicles (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-30 years of age for compulsory military service for men; 18 years of age for voluntary military service; women may volunteer; every Swiss male has to serve at least 245 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by six 19-day intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years (2023)", @@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ "text": "up to 165 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

Switzerland has long maintained a policy of military neutrality but does periodically participate in EU, NATO, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and UN military operations; Swiss law excludes participation in combat operations for peace enforcement, and Swiss units will only participate in operations under the mandate of the UN or OSCE; Switzerland joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1996; it contributed to the NATO-led Kosovo peace-support force (KFOR) in 1999 and as of 2022, continued doing so with up to 165 personnel; Switzerland also provided a small number of staff officers to the NATO mission in Afghanistan from 2004-2007

" + "text": "

Switzerland has long maintained a policy of military neutrality but does periodically participate in EU, NATO, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and UN military and peacekeeping operations; however, Swiss units will only participate in operations under the mandate of the UN or OSCE; Switzerland joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1996; it contributed to the NATO-led Kosovo force (KFOR) in 1999 and as of 2023, continued doing so with up to 165 personnel; Switzerland also provided a small number of staff officers to the NATO mission in Afghanistan from 2004-2007

(2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "14,726 (Eritrea), 11,441 (Afghanistan), 8,039 (Syria), (mid-year 2022); 65,818 (Ukraine) (as of 31 March 2023)" + "text": "14,726 (Eritrea), 11,441 (Afghanistan), 8,039 (Syria), (mid-year 2022); 65,763 (Ukraine) (as of 14 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "891 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/uk.json b/europe/uk.json index 5e9b832c..0567749a 100644 --- a/europe/uk.json +++ b/europe/uk.json @@ -840,10 +840,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.028 trillion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$998.006 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.079 trillion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.362 trillion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "United Kingdom Armed Forces (aka British Armed Forces, aka Her Majesty's Armed Forces): British Army, Royal Navy (includes Royal Marines), Royal Air Force (2022)", + "text": "United Kingdom Armed Forces (aka British Armed Forces, aka Her Majesty's Armed Forces): British Army, Royal Navy (includes Royal Marines), Royal Air Force (2023)", "note": "note: in 2021 the UK formed a joint service Space Command staffed by Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel, as well as civilians and key members of the commercial sector to manage space operations, training, and capabilities; it established a National Cyber Force comprised of military and intelligence personnel in 2020; in 2019, the UK formed the Strategic Command (formerly Joint Forces Command) to develop and manage the British military's medical services, training and education, defense intelligence, and information systems across the land, sea, air, space, and cyber domains; national-level special forces (UK Special Forces, UKSF) also fall under Strategic Command; in addition, the command manages joint overseas operations" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1261,14 +1261,14 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 153,000 regular forces (81,000 Army; 34,000 Navy, including about 7,000 Royal Marines; 38,000 Air Force) (2022)", + "text": "approximately 153,000 regular forces (81,000 Army; 34,000 Navy, including about 7,000 Royal Marines; 38,000 Air Force) (2023)", "note": "note: the military also has approximately 40-45,000 reserves and other personnel on active duty" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the inventory of the British military is comprised of a mix of domestically produced and imported Western weapons systems; in recent years, the US has been the leading supplier of armaments to the UK; the UK defense industry is capable of producing a wide variety of air, land, and sea weapons systems and is one of the world's top weapons suppliers (2022)" + "text": "the inventory of the British military is comprised of a mix of domestically produced and imported Western weapons systems; in recent years, the US has been the leading supplier of armaments to the UK; the UK defense industry is capable of producing a wide variety of air, land, and sea weapons systems and is one of the world's top weapons suppliers (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "some variations by service, but generally 16-36 years of age for enlisted (with parental consent under 18) and 18-29 for officers; minimum length of service 4 years; women serve in all military services including combat roles; conscription abolished in 1963 (2022)", + "text": "some variations by service, but generally 16-36 years of age for enlisted (with parental consent under 18) and 18-29 for officers; minimum length of service 4 years; women serve in all military services including combat roles; conscription abolished in 1963 (2023)", "note": "note 1: women made up about 11% of the military's full-time personnel in 2021

note 2: the British military allows Commonwealth nationals who are current UK residents and have been in the country for at least 5 years to apply; it also accepts Irish citizens

note 3: the British Army has continued the historic practice of recruiting Gurkhas from Nepal to serve in the Brigade of Gurkhas; the British began to recruit Nepalese citizens (Gurkhas) into the East India Company Army during the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-1816); the Gurkhas subsequently were brought into the British Indian Army and by 1914, there were 10 Gurkha regiments, collectively known as the Gurkha Brigade; following the partition of India in 1947, an agreement between Nepal, India, and Great Britain allowed for the transfer of the 10 regiments from the British Indian Army to the separate British and Indian armies; four of the regiments were transferred to the British Army, where they have since served continuously as the Brigade of Gurkhas" }, "Military deployments": { @@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ "note": "note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including the UK, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the UK is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949; the UK is also a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements (FPDA), a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 embracing Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK; the FPDA commits the members to consult with one another in the event or threat of an armed attack on any of the members and to mutually decide what measures should be taken, jointly or separately; there is no specific obligation to intervene militarily

in 2010, France and the UK signed a declaration on defense and security cooperation that included greater military interoperability and a Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF), a deployable, combined Anglo-French military force for use in a wide range of crisis scenarios, up to and including high intensity combat operations; the CJEF has no standing forces but would be available at short notice for UK-French bilateral, NATO, EU, UN, or other operations; combined training exercises began in 2011; as of 2020, the CJEF was assessed as having full operating capacity with the ability to rapidly deploy over 10,000 personnel capable of high intensity operations, peacekeeping, disaster relief, and humanitarian assistance

in 2014, the UK led the formation of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), a pool of high-readiness military forces from Baltic and Scandinavian countries able to respond to a wide range of contingencies both in peacetime and in times of crisis or conflict; its principal geographic area of interest is the High North, North Atlantic, and Baltic Sea regions, where the JEF can complement national capabilities or NATO’s deterrence posture, although it is designed to be flexible and prepared to respond to humanitarian crises further afield; the JEF consists of 10 countries (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the UK) and was declared operational in 2018; most of the forces in the pool are British, and the UK provides the most rapidly deployable units as well as the command and control elements

the British Armed Forces were formed in 1707 as the armed forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain when England and Scotland merged under the terms of the Treaty of Union; while the origins of the armed forces of England and Scotland stretch back to the Middle Ages, the first standing armies for England and Scotland were organized in the 1600s while the navies were formed in the 1500s; the Royal Marines were established in 1755; the Royal Air Force was created in April 1918 by the merger of the British Army's Royal Flying Corps and the Admiralty's Royal Naval Air Service (2022)" + "text": "the UK is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949; the UK is also a member of the Five Power Defense Arrangements (FPDA), a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 embracing Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK; the FPDA commits the members to consult with one another in the event or threat of an armed attack on any of the members and to mutually decide what measures should be taken, jointly or separately; there is no specific obligation to intervene militarily

in 2010, France and the UK signed a declaration on defense and security cooperation that included greater military interoperability and a Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF), a deployable, combined Anglo-French military force for use in a wide range of crisis scenarios, up to and including high intensity combat operations; the CJEF has no standing forces but would be available at short notice for UK-French bilateral, NATO, EU, UN, or other operations; combined training exercises began in 2011; as of 2020, the CJEF was assessed as having full operating capacity with the ability to rapidly deploy over 10,000 personnel capable of high intensity operations, peacekeeping, disaster relief, and humanitarian assistance

in 2014, the UK led the formation of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), a pool of high-readiness military forces from Baltic and Scandinavian countries able to respond to a wide range of contingencies both in peacetime and in times of crisis or conflict; its principal geographic area of interest is the High North, North Atlantic, and Baltic Sea regions, where the JEF can complement national capabilities or NATO’s deterrence posture, although it is designed to be flexible and prepared to respond to humanitarian crises further afield; the JEF consists of 10 countries (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the UK) and was declared operational in 2018; most of the forces in the pool are British, and the UK provides the most rapidly deployable units as well as the command and control elements

the British Armed Forces were formed in 1707 as the armed forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain when England and Scotland merged under the terms of the Treaty of Union; while the origins of the armed forces of England and Scotland stretch back to the Middle Ages, the first standing armies for England and Scotland were organized in the 1600s while the navies were formed in the 1500s; the Royal Marines were established in 1755; the Royal Air Force was created in April 1918 by the merger of the British Army's Royal Flying Corps and the Admiralty's Royal Naval Air Service (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "21,904 (Iran), 15,615 (Eritrea), 11,371 (Sudan), 12,155 (Syria), 10,259 (Afghanistan), 8,009 (Pakistan), 7,699 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 198,700 (Ukraine) (as of 28 March 2023)" + "text": "21,904 (Iran), 15,615 (Eritrea), 11,371 (Sudan), 12,155 (Syria), 10,259 (Afghanistan), 8,009 (Pakistan), 7,699 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 201,000 (Ukraine) (as of 11 April 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "5,483 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/up.json b/europe/up.json index 6582f79b..63515bc2 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, but this effort failed as well. 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 supplied humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. Russia made substantial gains in the early weeks of the invasion but underestimated Ukrainian resolve and combat capabilities. By the end of 2022, Ukrainian forces had regained all territories in the north and northeast and made some advances in the east and south. Nonetheless, Russia in late September 2022 unilaterally declared its annexation of four Ukrainian oblasts - Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia - even though none was fully under Russian control. The annexations remain unrecognized by the international community.

The invasion has also created Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. As of 4 April 2023, approximately 20.19 million people had fled Ukraine, and 5.35 million people were internally displaced as of January 2023.  More than 21,900 civilian casualties had been reported, as of 12 March 2023. The invasion of Ukraine remains one of the two largest displacement crises worldwide (the other is the conflict in Syria).

 

" + "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, but this effort failed as well. 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 supplied humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. Russia made substantial gains in the early weeks of the invasion but underestimated Ukrainian resolve and combat capabilities. By the end of 2022, Ukrainian forces had regained all territories in the north and northeast and made some advances in the east and south. Nonetheless, Russia in late September 2022 unilaterally declared its annexation of four Ukrainian oblasts - Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia - even though none was fully under Russian control. The annexations remain unrecognized by the international community.

The invasion has also created Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. As of 11 April 2023, approximately 20.42 million people had fled Ukraine, and 5.35 million people were internally displaced as of January 2023.  More than 22,700 civilian casualties had been reported, as of 9 April 2023. The invasion of Ukraine remains one of the two largest displacement crises worldwide (the other is the conflict in Syria).

 

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ }, "Capital": { "name": { - "text": "Kyiv (Kiev)" + "text": "Kyiv (Kiev as the transliteration from Russian)" }, "geographic coordinates": { "text": "50 26 N, 30 31 E" @@ -586,11 +586,12 @@ "text": "unicameral Supreme Council or Verkhovna Rada (450 seats; 225 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 225 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed, party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 21 July 2019 (next to be held in July 2024)" + "text": "last held on 21 July 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)" }, "election results": { "text": "percent of vote by party - Servant of the People 43.2%, Opposition Platform-For Life 13.1%, Batkivshchyna 8.2%, European Solidarity 8.1%, Voice 5.8%, other 21.6%; Servant of the People 254, Opposition Platform for Life 43, Batkivshchyna 26, European Solidarity 25, Voice 20, Opposition Bloc 6, Svoboda 1, Self Reliance 1, United Centre 1, Bila Tserkva Together 1, Independents 46; note - voting not held in Crimea and parts of two Russian-occupied eastern oblasts leaving 26 seats vacant; although this brings the total to 424 elected members (of 450 potential), article 83 of the constitution mandates that a parliamentary majority consists of 226 seats" - } + }, + "note": "note: Legislative and presidential elections cannot be held under martial law. The Verkhovna Rada declared martial law in February 2022 following Russia's full-scale invasion." }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { @@ -605,7 +606,7 @@ "note": "note: specialized courts were abolished as part of Ukraine's judicial reform program; in November 2019, President ZELENSKYY signed a bill on legal reforms" }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) [Yuliya TYMOSHENKO]
European Solidarity or YeS [Petro POROSHENKO]
Holos (Voice or Vote) [Kira RUDYK]
Opposition Bloc [Evgeny MURAYEV] (formerly known as Opposition Bloc — Party for Peace and Development, successor of the Industrial Party of Ukraine, and resulted from a schism in the original Opposition Bloc in 2019; banned in court June 2022; ceased to exist in July 2022)
Opposition Bloc or OB (divided into Opposition Bloc - Party for Peace and Development and Opposition Platform - For Life in 2019; ceased to exist in July 2022)
Opposition Platform - For Life [Yuriy BOYKO] (resulted from a schism in the original Opposition Bloc in 2019; activities suspended by the National Security and Defense Countil in March 2022; dissolved in April 2022)
Radical Party or RPOL [Oleh LYASHKO]
Samopomich (Self Reliance) [Oksana Ivanivna SYROYID]
Servant of the People [Olena Oleksiivna SHULIAK]
Svoboda (Freedom) [Oleh TYAHNYBOK]" + "text": "Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) [Yuliya TYMOSHENKO]
European Solidarity or YeS [Petro POROSHENKO]
Holos (Voice or Vote) [Kira RUDYK]
Opposition Bloc [Evgeny MURAYEV] (formerly known as Opposition Bloc — Party for Peace and Development, successor of the Industrial Party of Ukraine, and resulted from a schism in the original Opposition Bloc in 2019; banned in court June 2022; ceased to exist in July 2022)
Opposition Bloc or OB (divided into Opposition Bloc - Party for Peace and Development and Opposition Platform - For Life in 2019; ceased to exist in July 2022)
Opposition Platform - For Life [Yuriy BOYKO] (resulted from a schism in the original Opposition Bloc in 2019; activities suspended by the National Security and Defense Council in March 2022; dissolved in April 2022)
Radical Party or RPOL [Oleh LYASHKO]
Samopomich (Self Reliance) [Oksana Ivanivna SYROYID]
Servant of the People [Olena Oleksiivna SHULIAK]
Svoboda (Freedom) [Oleh TYAHNYBOK]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "Australia Group, BSEC, CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CICA (observer), CIS (participating member, has not signed the 1993 CIS charter), EAEC (observer), EAPC, EBRD, FAO, GCTU, GUAM, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC", @@ -855,10 +856,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$29.82 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$60.602 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$31.55 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$63.742 billion (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: this is the planned, consolidated budget" }, @@ -1126,7 +1127,7 @@ } }, "Broadcast media": { - "text": "Ukraine’s media landscape is dominated by oligarch-owned news outlets, which are often politically motivated and at odds with one another and/or the government; while polls suggest most Ukrainians still receive news from traditional media sources, social media is a crucial component of information dissemination in Ukraine; almost all Ukrainian politicians and opinion leaders communicate with the public via social media and maintain at least one social media page, if not more; this allows them direct communication with audiences, and news often breaks on Facebook or Twitter before being picked up by traditional news outlets

Ukraine television serves as the principal source of news; the largest national networks are controlled by oligarchs: TRK Ukraina is owned by Rinat Akhmetov; Studio 1+1 is owned by Ihor Kolomoyskyy; Inter is owned by Dmytro Firtash and Serhiy Lyovochkin; and StarlightMedia channels (ICTV, STB, and Novyi Kanal) are owned by Victor Pinchuk;  a set of 24-hour news channels also have clear political affiliations: pro-Ukrainian government Channel 5 and Pryamyi are linked to President Petro Poroshenko; 24 is owned by opposition, but not pro-Russian, politicians; UA: Suspilne is a public television station under the umbrella of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine; while it is often praised by media experts for balanced coverage, it lags in popularity; Ukrainian Radio, institutionally linked to UA: Suspilne, is one of only two national talk radio networks, with the other being the privately owned Radio NV

(2021)" + "text": "Ukraine’s media landscape is dominated by oligarch-owned news outlets, which are often politically motivated and at odds with one another and/or the government; while polls suggest most Ukrainians still receive news from traditional media sources, social media is a crucial component of information dissemination in Ukraine; almost all Ukrainian politicians and opinion leaders communicate with the public via social media and maintain at least one social media page, if not more; this allows them direct communication with audiences, and news often breaks on Facebook or Twitter before being picked up by traditional news outlets; Kyiv created a unified news platform to broadcast news about the war following Russia's full-scale invasion; the government's \"United News\" television marathon is a round-the clock framework which untied the Ukrainian public broadcaster and top commercial TV channels' programming; Ukraine television serves as the principal source of news; the largest national networks are controlled by oligarchs: Studio 1+1 is owned by Ihor Kolomoyskyy; Inter is owned by Dmytro Firtash and Serhiy Lyovochkin; and StarlightMedia channels (ICTV, STB, and Novyi Kanal) are owned by Victor Pinchuk;  a set of 24-hour news channels also have clear political affiliations: pro-Ukrainian government Channel 5 and Pryamyi are linked to President Petro Poroshenko; 24 is owned by opposition, but not pro-Russian, politicians; UA: Suspilne is a public television station under the umbrella of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine; while it is often praised by media experts for balanced coverage, it lags in popularity; Ukrainian Radio, institutionally linked to UA: Suspilne, is one of only two national talk radio networks, with the other being the privately owned Radio NV (2021)" }, "Internet country code": { "text": ".ua" @@ -1291,7 +1292,7 @@ "text": "note: prior to the Russian invasion in 2022, Ukraine contributed about 500 troops to the Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine joint military brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG), which was established in 2014; the brigade is headquartered in Poland and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units; units affiliated with the multinational brigade remain within the structures of the armed forces of their respective countries until the brigade is activated for participation in an international operation" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Ukraine has a relationship with NATO dating back to the early 1990s when Ukraine joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (1991) and the Partnership for Peace program (1994); the relationship intensified in the wake of the 2014 Russia-Ukraine conflict and Russian seizure of Crimea to include NATO support for Ukrainian military capabilities development and capacity-building; NATO further increased its support to the Ukrainian military following Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 (2022)" + "text": "Ukraine has a relationship with NATO dating back to the early 1990s when Ukraine joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (1991) and the Partnership for Peace program (1994); the relationship intensified in the wake of the 2014 Russia-Ukraine conflict and Russian seizure of Crimea to include NATO support for Ukrainian military capabilities development and capacity-building; NATO further increased its support to the Ukrainian military following Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/vt.json b/europe/vt.json index 6a87b06e..1882d4a1 100644 --- a/europe/vt.json +++ b/europe/vt.json @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "the Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera Pontificia) serves as the de facto military force of Vatican City; the Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City (Corpo della Gendarmeriais) is a police force that helps augment the Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps during the Pope’s appearances, as well as providing general security, traffic direction, and investigative duties for the Vatican City State (2022)", + "text": "the Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera Pontificia) serves as the de facto military force of Vatican City; the Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City (Corpo della Gendarmeriais) is a police force that helps augment the Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps during the Pope’s appearances, as well as providing general security, traffic direction, and investigative duties for the Vatican City State (2023)", "note": "note: the Swiss Guard Corps has protected the Pope and his residence since 1506" }, "Military service age and obligation": { diff --git a/middle-east/ae.json b/middle-east/ae.json index d376988f..3cd1c76e 100644 --- a/middle-east/ae.json +++ b/middle-east/ae.json @@ -813,10 +813,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$110.2 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$129.741 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$111.1 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$127.262 billion (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: the UAE federal budget does not account for emirate-level spending in Abu Dhabi and Dubai" }, @@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ "note": "note: in 2015, UAE intervened militarily in Yemen as part of the Saudi-led coalition in support of the Republic of Yemen Government with an estimated 3,500 troops, as well as supporting air and naval forces; UAE withdrew its main military force from Yemen in 2019, but has retained a small military presence while working with proxies in southern Yemen, most notably the Southern Transitional Council (STC)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the UAE hosts a multi-service French military base, which includes the French naval command for the Indian Ocean (ALINDIEN); the UAE has a defense cooperation agreement with the US and hosts about 3,500 US troops, mostly air and naval personnel

the UAE's military traces its origins to the establishment of the Trucial Oman Scouts in 1951, a joint UK-Abu Dhabi organization modeled after Jordan’s Arab Legion, which became the Abu Dhabi Defense Force in 1965; the modern Emirati armed forces were formed in 1976 (2022)" + "text": "the UAE hosts a multi-service French military base, which includes the French naval command for the Indian Ocean (ALINDIEN); the UAE has a defense cooperation agreement with the US and hosts about 3,500 US troops, mostly air and naval personnel

the UAE's military traces its origins to the establishment of the Trucial Oman Scouts in 1951, a joint UK-Abu Dhabi organization modeled after Jordan’s Arab Legion, which became the Abu Dhabi Defense Force in 1965; the modern Emirati armed forces were formed in 1976 (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/middle-east/aj.json b/middle-east/aj.json index 321f24de..f3359c2c 100644 --- a/middle-east/aj.json +++ b/middle-east/aj.json @@ -835,10 +835,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$9.556 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$19.95 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$10.22 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$16.001 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/middle-east/am.json b/middle-east/am.json index cfba1e4e..f625a14f 100644 --- a/middle-east/am.json +++ b/middle-east/am.json @@ -825,10 +825,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.644 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.258 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$3.192 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.392 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1144,7 +1144,8 @@ }, "914 to 1,523 m": { "text": "2 (2021)" - } + }, + "note": "note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)" }, "Airports - with unpaved runways": { "total": { diff --git a/middle-east/ba.json b/middle-east/ba.json index bbad37f6..573ee3d0 100644 --- a/middle-east/ba.json +++ b/middle-east/ba.json @@ -809,10 +809,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$5.854 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$9.168 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$9.407 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$12.63 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ "note": "note: the BDF hires foreign nationals, Sunni Muslims primarily from Arabic countries and Pakistan, to serve under contract; as of 2020, foreigners were estimated to comprise as much as 80% of the military; the policy has become a controversial issue with the primarily Shia population; during the 2011, the BDF reportedly deployed mostly foreign personnel against protesters" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Bahrain hosts the US Naval Forces Central Command (USNAVCENT; established 1983), which includes the US 5th Fleet, several subordinate naval task forces, and the Combined Maritime Forces (established 2002), a coalition of more than 30 nations providing maritime security for regional shipping lanes; in 2018, the UK opened a naval support base in Bahrain

in addition to the US and UK, Bahrain maintains close security ties to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE); both Saudi Arabia and the UAE sent forces to Bahrain to assist with internal security following the 2011 uprising; in 2015, Bahrain joined the Saudi Arabia-led military action to try to restore the Government of Yemen that was ousted by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, supplying a few hundred troops and combat aircraft

Bahrain has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments (2023)" + "text": "Bahrain hosts the US Naval Forces Central Command (USNAVCENT; established 1983), which includes the US 5th Fleet, several subordinate naval task forces, and the Combined Maritime Forces (established 2002), a coalition of more than 30 nations providing maritime security for regional shipping lanes; in 2018, the UK opened a naval support base in Bahrain

in addition to the US and UK, Bahrain maintains close security ties to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE); both Saudi Arabia and the UAE sent forces to Bahrain to assist with internal security following the 2011 uprising; in 2015, Bahrain joined the Saudi Arabia-led military action to try to restore the Government of Yemen that was ousted by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, supplying a few hundred troops and combat aircraft

Bahrain has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/middle-east/gg.json b/middle-east/gg.json index d8ade359..9d9f71ec 100644 --- a/middle-east/gg.json +++ b/middle-east/gg.json @@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament or Sakartvelos Parlamenti (150 seats statutory, 144 current; 120 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed, party-list proportional representation vote and 30 directly elected in single-seat constituencies by at least 50% majority vote, with a runoff if needed; no party earning less than 40% of total votes may claim a majority; members serve 4-year terms)" + "text": "unicameral Parliament or Sakartvelos Parlamenti (150 seats statutory, 139 current; 120 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed, party-list proportional representation vote and 30 directly elected in single-seat constituencies by at least 50% majority vote, with a runoff if needed; no party earning less than 40% of total votes may claim a majority; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { "text": "last held on 31 October and 21 November 2020 (next to be held in October 2024)" @@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Alliance of Patriots [Irma INASHVILI]
Citizens Party [Aleko ELISASHVILI]
Democratic Movement-United Georgia or DM-UC [Nino BURJANADZE] 
European Georgia-Movement for Liberty [Giga BOKERIA]
European Socialists [Fridon INJIA]
For Georgia [Giorgi GAKHARIA]
Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia [Irakli KOBAKHIDZE]
Girchi-More Freedom [Zurab JAPARIDZE]
Labor Party [Shalva NATELASHVILI]
Lelo for Georgia [Mamuka KHAZARADZE]
New Political Centre-Girchi [Iago KHVICHIA]
Republican Party [Khatuna SAMNIDZE]
Strategy Aghmashenebeli [Giorgi VASHADZE]
United National Movement or UNM [Nikanor \"Nika\" MELIA]" + "text": "Alliance of Patriots [Davit TARKHAN-MOURAVI]
Citizens Party [Aleko ELISASHVILI]
Democratic Movement-United Georgia or DM-UC [Nino BURJANADZE] 
European Georgia-Movement for Liberty [Giga BOKERIA]
European Socialists [Fridon INJIA]
For Georgia [Giorgi GAKHARIA]
Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia [Irakli KOBAKHIDZE]
Girchi-More Freedom [Zurab JAPARIDZE]
Labor Party [Shalva NATELASHVILI]
Lelo for Georgia [Mamuka KHAZARADZE]
New Political Centre-Girchi [Iago KHVICHIA]
Republican Party [Khatuna SAMNIDZE]
Strategy Aghmashenebeli [Giorgi VASHADZE]
United National Movement or UNM [Levan KHABEISHVILI]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ADB, BSEC, CD, CE, CPLP (associate), EAPC, EBRD, FAO, G-11, GCTU, GUAM, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ "text": "Ambassador Kelly C. DEGNAN (since 31 January 2020)" }, "embassy": { - "text": "11 Georgian-American Friendship Avenue, Didi Dighomi, Tbilisi, 0131" + "text": "29 Georgian-American Friendship Avenue, Didi Dighomi, Tbilisi, 0131" }, "mailing address": { "text": "7060 Tbilisi Place, Washington, DC  20521-7060" @@ -835,10 +835,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$4.352 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$4.737 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$4.925 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$5.059 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1223,6 +1223,9 @@ "text": "Georgian Defense Forces: Land Forces (includes Aviation and Air Defense Forces), Special Operations Forces, National Guard; Ministry of Internal Affairs: Border Police, Coast Guard (includes Georgian naval forces, which were merged with the Coast Guard in 2009) (2022)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "1.4% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1.7% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, @@ -1234,9 +1237,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "1.9% of GDP (2018)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "1.9% of GDP (2017)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { @@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "25,101 (Ukraine) (as of 24 January 2023)" + "text": "24,182 (Ukraine) (as of 6 April 2023)" }, "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 2320a710..568da4c6 100644 --- a/middle-east/gz.json +++ b/middle-east/gz.json @@ -567,7 +567,13 @@ } }, "Budget": { - "text": "see entry for the West Bank" + "revenues": { + "text": "$3.803 billion (2020 est.)" + }, + "expenditures": { + "text": "$5.002 billion (2020 est.)" + }, + "note": "see entry for the West Bank" }, "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "18.78% (of GDP) (2018 est.)" @@ -833,7 +839,7 @@ "text": "the military wing of HAMAS is armed with light weapons, including an inventory of improvised rocket, anti-tank missile, and mortar capabilities; HAMAS acquires its weapons through smuggling or local construction and receives some military support from Iran (2023)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "since seizing control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, HAMAS has claimed responsibility for numerous rocket attacks into Israel and organized protests at the border between Gaza and Israel, resulting in violent clashes, casualties, and reprisal military actions by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF); HAMAS and Israel fought an 11-day conflict in May of 2021, which ended in an informal truce; sporadic clashes continued into 2022, including incendiary balloon attacks from Gaza and retaliatory IDF strikes; Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has conducted numerous attacks on Israel since the 1980s, including a barrage of mortar and rocket strikes in 2020, also prompting IDF counter-strikes; see Appendix T for more details on HAMAS and PIJ

in 2017, HAMAS and PIJ announced the formation of a \"joint operations room\" to coordinate the activities of their armed wings; by late 2020, the formation consisted of 12 militant groups operating in Gaza and had conducted its first joint training exercise (2022)" + "text": "since seizing control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, HAMAS has claimed responsibility for numerous rocket attacks into Israel and organized protests at the border between Gaza and Israel, resulting in violent clashes, casualties, and reprisal military actions by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF); HAMAS and Israel fought an 11-day conflict in May of 2021, which ended in an informal truce; sporadic clashes continued into 2023, including rocket attacks from Gaza and retaliatory IDF strikes; Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has conducted numerous attacks on Israel since the 1980s, including a barrage of mortar and rocket strikes in 2020, also prompting IDF counter-strikes; see Appendix T for more details on HAMAS and PIJ

in 2017, HAMAS and PIJ announced the formation of a \"joint operations room\" to coordinate the activities of their armed wings; by late 2020, the formation consisted of 12 militant groups operating in Gaza and had conducted its first joint training exercise (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index ae937806..4a2690ad 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -834,10 +834,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$74.4 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$60.714 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$84.45 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$90.238 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ "text": "China 48%, India 12%, South Korea 8%, Turkey 6%, United Arab Emirates 5% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "crude petroleum, polymers, industrial alcohols, iron, pistachios (2019)" + "text": "ethylene polymers, pistachios, iron, copper, industrial alcohols, aluminum (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2017": { @@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ "note": "note: Iran has recruited, trained, and funded thousands of Syrian and foreign fighters to support the ASAD regime during the Syrian civil war" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was formed in May 1979 in the immediate aftermath of Shah Mohammad Reza PAHLAVI’s fall, as leftists, nationalists, and Islamists jockeyed for power; while the interim prime minister controlled the government and state institutions, such as the Army, followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah KHOMEINI organized counterweights, including the IRGC, to protect the Islamic revolution; the IRGC’s command structure bypassed the elected president and went directly to KHOMEINI; the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88) transformed the IRGC into more of a conventional fighting force with its own ground, air, naval, and special forces, plus control over Iran’s strategic missile and rocket forces; as of 2022, the IRGC was a highly institutionalized and parallel military force to Iran’s regular armed forces (Artesh); it was heavily involved in internal security and had significant influence in the political and economic spheres of Iranian society, as well as Iran’s foreign policy; on the economic front, it owned factories and corporations and subsidiaries in banking, infrastructure, housing, airlines, tourism and other sectors; its special operations forces, known as the Qods/Quds Force, specialized in foreign missions and has provided advice, funding, guidance, material support, training, and weapons to militants in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, as well as extremist groups, including HAMAS, Hizballah, Kata’ib Hizballah, and Palestine Islamic Jihad (see Appendix T for additional details on the IRGC and Qods Force); the Qods Force also conducts intelligence and reconnaissance operations 

the Supreme Council for National Security (SCNS) is the senior-most body for formulating Iran’s foreign and security policy; it is formally chaired by the president, who also appoints the SCNS secretary; its members include the speaker of the Majles, the head of the judiciary, the chief of the Armed Forces General Staff (chief of defense or CHOD), the commanders of the Artesh (regular forces) and IRGC, and the ministers of defense, foreign affairs, interior, and intelligence; the SCNS reports to the supreme leader; the supreme leader is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces (2022)" + "text": "the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was formed in May 1979 in the immediate aftermath of Shah Mohammad Reza PAHLAVI’s fall, as leftists, nationalists, and Islamists jockeyed for power; while the interim prime minister controlled the government and state institutions, such as the Army, followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah KHOMEINI organized counterweights, including the IRGC, to protect the Islamic revolution; the IRGC’s command structure bypassed the elected president and went directly to KHOMEINI; the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88) transformed the IRGC into more of a conventional fighting force with its own ground, air, naval, and special forces, plus control over Iran’s strategic missile and rocket forces; as of 2022, the IRGC was a highly institutionalized and parallel military force to Iran’s regular armed forces (Artesh); it was heavily involved in internal security and had significant influence in the political and economic spheres of Iranian society, as well as Iran’s foreign policy; on the economic front, it owned factories and corporations and subsidiaries in banking, infrastructure, housing, airlines, tourism and other sectors; its special operations forces, known as the Qods/Quds Force, specialized in foreign missions and has provided advice, funding, guidance, material support, training, and weapons to militants in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, as well as extremist groups, including HAMAS, Hizballah, Kata’ib Hizballah, and Palestine Islamic Jihad (see Appendix T for additional details on the IRGC and Qods Force); the Qods Force also conducts intelligence and reconnaissance operations 

the Supreme Council for National Security (SCNS) is the senior-most body for formulating Iran’s foreign and security policy; it is formally chaired by the president, who also appoints the SCNS secretary; its members include the speaker of the Majles, the head of the judiciary, the chief of the Armed Forces General Staff (chief of defense or CHOD), the commanders of the Artesh (regular forces) and IRGC, and the ministers of defense, foreign affairs, interior, and intelligence; the SCNS reports to the supreme leader; the supreme leader is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces (2023)" }, "Maritime threats": { "text": "

the Maritime Administration of the US Department of Transportation has issued a Maritime Advisory (2023-003 - Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Bab al Mandeb Strait, Red Sea, and Somali Basin-Threats to Commercial Vessels) effective 23 February 2023, which states in part that \"Regional conflict, military activity, and political tensions pose threats to commercial vessels operating in the above listed geographic areas;\" Coalition Task Force (CTF) Sentinel has been established to provide escorts for commercial shipping transiting the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman

" diff --git a/middle-east/is.json b/middle-east/is.json index 8542204f..d8676ce5 100644 --- a/middle-east/is.json +++ b/middle-east/is.json @@ -846,10 +846,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$93.11 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$139.374 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$100.2 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$154.927 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ "text": "United States 26%, China 9%, United Kingdom 7% (2020)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "diamonds, packaged medicines, medical instruments, integrated circuits, refined petroleum (2019)" + "text": "diamonds, integrated circuits, refined petroleum, medical instruments, packaged medicines, measuring instruments (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index 499260b7..4ab36230 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ }, "Languages": { "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official), Kurdish (official), Turkmen (a Turkish dialect), Syriac (Neo-Aramaic), and Armenian are official in areas where native speakers of these languages constitute a majority of the population" + "text": "Arabic (official), Kurdish (official); Turkmen (a Turkish dialect) and Syriac (Neo-Aramaic) are recognized as official languages where native speakers of these languages are present; Iraqis have the right to be educated in their native language" }, "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، أحسن مصدر للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim (official) 95-98% (Shia 61-64%, Sunni 29-34%), Christian 1% (includes Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Assyrian Church of the East), other 1-4% (2015 est.)", - "note": "note: the last census in Iraq was in 1997; while there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, the overall Christian population has decreased at least 50% and perhaps as high as 90% since the fall of the SADDAM Husayn regime in 2003, according to US Embassy estimates, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon" + "note": "note: the last census in Iraq was in 1997; while there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, the overall Christian population has decreased at least 50% and perhaps as much as 90% since 2003, according to US Embassy estimates, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -860,10 +860,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$68.71 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$51.534 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$76.82 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$85.546 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ "text": "China 26%, India 24%, South Korea 9%, United States 8%, Italy 6%, Greece 6% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "crude petroleum, refined petroleum, gold, dates, petroleum coke (2019)" + "text": "crude petroleum, refined petroleum, gold, petroleum coke, natural gas (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { @@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "7,864 (West Bank and Gaza Strip) (mid-year 2022); 260,341 (Syria), 8,423 (Iran), 8,191 (Turkey) (2023)" + "text": "7,864 (West Bank and Gaza Strip) (mid-year 2022); 261,929 (Syria), 8,423 (Iran), 8,191 (Turkey) (2023)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1.17 million (displacement in central and northern Iraq since January 2014) (2023)" diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index ce01adb6..d78f7686 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Jordanian 69.3%, Syrian 13.3%, Palestinian 6.7%, Egyptian 6.7%, Iraqi 1.4%, other 2.6% (includes Armenian, Circassian) (2015 est.)", + "text": "Jordanian 69.3%, Syrian 13.3%, Palestinian 6.7%, Egyptian 6.7%, Iraqi 1.4%, other 2.6% (2015 est.)", "note": "note: data represent population by self-identified nationality" }, "Languages": { @@ -853,10 +853,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$9.462 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$10.813 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$11.51 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$13.489 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ "text": "United States 21%, Saudi Arabia 13%, India 8%, Iraq 7%, United Arab Emirates 5%, China 5% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "fertilizers, calcium phosphates, packaged medicines, clothing and apparel, phosphoric acid (2019)" + "text": "fertilizers, clothing and apparel, calcium phosphates, phosphoric acid, packaged medicines (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index 241f0c41..96681095 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ "election results": { "text": "50 nonpartisans elected, of which 28 were opposition candidates; composition - men 48, women 2, percent of women 4%" }, - "note": "Note: the Kuwait Constitutional Court, on 19 March 2023, annulled the 29 September 2022 National Assembly election and ordered reinstatement of the previous Assembly" + "note": "Note: on 17 April 2023, Crown Prince Mishal al-AHMAD al-Sabah dissolved the National Assembly, which had been reinstated in March at the direction of the Constitutional Court, following its annulment of the September 2022 election" }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { @@ -806,10 +806,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$50.5 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$77.988 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$62.6 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$72.03 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index 288f82dc..34432ace 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -836,10 +836,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$11.62 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$11.061 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$15.38 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$16.574 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/middle-east/mu.json b/middle-east/mu.json index f84c1193..d3fa1473 100644 --- a/middle-east/mu.json +++ b/middle-east/mu.json @@ -811,10 +811,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$22.14 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$29.334 billion (2018 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$31.92 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$35.984 billion (2018 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ "text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary military service (women have been allowed to serve since 2011); no conscription (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the SAF has a longstanding security relationship with the British military going back to the 18th century; as of 2022, the SAF and the British maintained a joint training base in Oman and exercised together regularly; in 2017, Oman and the British signed an agreement allowing the British military the use of facilities at Al Duqm Port; in 2019, the US obtained access to the port (2022)" + "text": "the SAF has a longstanding security relationship with the British military going back to the 18th century; as of 2022, the SAF and the British maintained a joint training base in Oman and exercised together regularly; in 2017, Oman and the British signed an agreement allowing the British military the use of facilities at Al Duqm Port; in 2019, the US obtained access to the port (2023)" }, "Maritime threats": { "text": "

the Maritime Administration of the US Department of Transportation has issued a Maritime Advisory (2023-003 - Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Bab al Mandeb Strait, Red Sea, and Somali Basin-Threats to Commercial Vessels) effective 23 February 2023, which states in part that \"Regional conflict, military activity, and political tensions pose threats to commercial vessels operating in the above listed geographic areas\"; Coalition Task Force (CTF) Sentinel has been established to provide escorts for commercial shipping transiting the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman

" diff --git a/middle-east/qa.json b/middle-east/qa.json index bf2e2912..008b234d 100644 --- a/middle-east/qa.json +++ b/middle-east/qa.json @@ -450,13 +450,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "477.2 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "530 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "143.7 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "400 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "291.7 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "320 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -813,10 +813,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$44.1 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$65.922 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$53.82 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$57.258 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ "note": "note 1: the military incorporates about 2,000 conscripts annually

note 2: Qatar recruits foreign contract soldiers to overcome manpower limitations; it is estimated that as much as 85% of the military is comprised of foreigners" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Qatar hosts the regional headquarters for the US Central Command (CENTCOM; established 1983) and more than 8,000 US military forces at various military facilities, including the large Al Udeid Air Base; Qatar also hosts as many as 5,000 Turkish military forces at two bases established in 2014 and 2019

Qatar has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments (2023)" + "text": "Qatar hosts the regional headquarters for the US Central Command (CENTCOM; established 1983) and more than 8,000 US military forces at various military facilities, including the large Al Udeid Air Base; Qatar also hosts as many as 5,000 Turkish military forces at two bases established in 2014 and 2019

Qatar has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index fc114078..96bb7966 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -458,13 +458,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "3.15 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "3.39 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.4 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "19.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "21.2 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -832,10 +832,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$181 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$247.093 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$241.8 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$282.4 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ "text": "estimated 2,500-5,000 Yemen (varies depending on operations) (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "in 2015, a Saudi-led coalition of Arab states intervened militarily in Yemen in support of the Republic of Yemen Government against the separatist Houthis; Saudi Arabia also has raised and equipped paramilitary/militia security forces in Yemen--based largely on tribal or regional affiliation--to deploy along the Saudi-Yemen border, especially the areas bordering the governorates of Saada and Al-Jawf (2022)" + "text": "in 2015, a Saudi-led coalition of Arab states intervened militarily in Yemen in support of the Republic of Yemen Government against the separatist Houthis; Saudi Arabia also has raised and equipped paramilitary/militia security forces in Yemen--based largely on tribal or regional affiliation--to deploy along the Saudi-Yemen border (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/middle-east/sy.json b/middle-east/sy.json index 38fd2f8d..90c1341e 100644 --- a/middle-east/sy.json +++ b/middle-east/sy.json @@ -1157,8 +1157,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Syrian Armed Forces: Syrian Arab Army (includes Republican Guard), Syrian Naval Forces, Syrian Air Forces, Syrian Air Defense Forces, National Defense Forces (pro-government militia and auxiliary forces) (2022)", - "note": "note: as of 2022, the Syrian military was supported by numerous pro-regime and pro-Iranian irregular/militia forces, the Russian armed forces, the Iran-affiliated Hizballah terrorist group, and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps" + "text": "Syrian Armed Forces: Syrian Arab Army (includes Republican Guard), Syrian Naval Forces, Syrian Air Forces, Syrian Air Defense Forces, National Defense Forces (NDF) and Local Defense Forces (LDF) (2022)", + "note": "note: NDF and LDF are pro-government militia and auxiliary forces; some militia and auxiliary forces are Iranian-backed; the Syrian military is also supported by the Russian armed forces, the Iran-affiliated Hizballah terrorist group, and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2019": { @@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { "text": "current estimates not available; since the start of the civil war in 2011, the Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) have taken significant losses in personnel due to casualties and desertions; prior to the civil war, the SAF had approximately 300,000 active duty troops, including 200-225,000 Army, plus about 300,000 reserve forces (2022)", - "note": "note: pro-government and pro-Iranian militias probably number in the tens of thousands" + "note": "note: pro-government militia and auxiliary forces probably number in the tens of thousands" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the SAF's inventory is comprised mostly of Russian and Soviet-era equipment; in recent years, Russia has supplied the majority of Syria's weapons systems, although China and Iran have also provided military equipment (2022)" @@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ "note": "note: the military is comprised largely of conscripts" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) has operated in the Golan between Israel and Syria since 1974 to monitor the ceasefire following the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and supervise the areas of separation between the two countries; as of 2022, UNDOF consisted of about 1,000 military personnel

multiple actors are conducting military operations in Syria in support of the ASAD government or Syrian opposition forces, as well in pursuit of their own security goals, such counterterrorism; operations have included air strikes, direct ground combat, and sponsoring proxy forces, as well as providing non-lethal military support, including advisors, technicians, arms and equipment, funding, intelligence, and training:

pro-ASAD elements operating in Syria have included Lebanese Hizbollah, Iranian, Iranian-backed Shia militia, and Russian forces; since early in the civil war, the ASAD government has relied on Lebanese Hizballah (see Appendix T for further information), as well as Iran and Iranian-backed irregular forces, for combat operations and to hold territory; Iran has provided military advisors and combat troops from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (including the Qods Force; see Appendix T for further information), as well as intelligence, logistical, material, technical, and financial support; it has funded, trained, equipped, and led Shia militia/paramilitary units comprised of both Syrian and non-Syrian personnel, primarily from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan; Russia intervened at the request of the ASAD government in 2015 and has since provided air support, special operations forces, military advisors, private military contractors, training, arms, and equipment; Iranian and Russian support has also included assisting Syria in combating the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS; see Appendix T) terrorist group

Turkey intervened militarily in 2016 to combat Kurdish militants and ISIS, support select Syrian opposition forces, and establish a buffer along portions of its border with Syria; Turkey continues to maintain a considerable military presence in northern Syria; it has armed and trained militia/proxy forces, such as the Syrian National Army, which was formed in late 2017 of Syrian Arab and Turkmen rebel factions in the Halab (Aleppo) province and northwestern Syria

the US and some regional and European states have at times backed Syrian opposition forces militarily and/or conducted military operations, primarily against ISIS; the US has operated in Syria since 2015 with ground forces and air strikes; the majority the US ground forces are deployed in the Eastern Syria Security Area (ESSA, which includes parts of Hasakah and Dayr az Zawr provinces east of the Euphrates River) in support of operations by the Syrian Democratic Forces against ISIS, while the remainder are in southeast Syria around At Tanf supporting counter-ISIS operations by the Jaysh Mughawir al-Thawra (MaT, or Revolutionary Commando Army) Syrian opposition force; the US has also conducted air strikes against Syrian military targets in response to Syrian Government use of chemical weapons against opposition forces and civilians; in addition, France, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UK have provided forms of military assistance to opposition forces and/or conducted operations against ISIS, including air strikes

Israel has conducted hundreds of military air strikes in Syria against Syrian military, Hizbollah, Iranian, and/or Iranian-backed militia targets

the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are an anti-ASAD regime coalition of forces composed primarily of Kurdish, Sunni Arab, and Syriac Christian fighters; it is dominated and led by Kurdish forces, particularly the People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia; the SDF began to receive US support in 2015 and as of 2023 was the main local US partner in its counter-ISIS campaign; the SDF has internal security, counterterrorism, and commando units; Turkey views the SDF as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a US-designated terrorist organization (see Appendix T)

the ISIS terrorist group (see Appendix T) lost its last territorial stronghold to SDF forces in 2019, but continues to maintain a low-level insurgency; in addition, the SDF holds about 10,000 captured suspected ISIS fighters in detention facilities across northern Syria, including 2,000 from countries other than Iraq and Syria

the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS; formerly known as al-Nusrah Front) terrorist organization (see Appendix T) is the dominant militant group in northwest Syria and asserted considerable influence and control over the so-called Syrian Salvation Government in the Iblib de-escalation zone (2023)" + "text": "the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) has operated in the Golan between Israel and Syria since 1974 to monitor the ceasefire following the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and supervise the areas of separation between the two countries; as of 2022, UNDOF consisted of about 1,000 military personnel

multiple actors are conducting military operations in Syria in support of the ASAD government or Syrian opposition forces, as well in pursuit of their own security goals, such counterterrorism; operations have included air strikes, direct ground combat, and sponsoring proxy forces, as well as providing non-lethal military support, including advisors, technicians, arms and equipment, funding, intelligence, and training:

pro-ASAD elements operating in Syria have included the Syrian Arab Army, Lebanese Hizbollah, Iranian, Iranian-backed Shia militia, and Russian forces; since early in the civil war, the ASAD government has relied on Lebanese Hizballah (see Appendix T for further information), as well as Iran and Iranian-backed irregular forces, for combat operations and to hold territory; since 2011, Iran has provided military advisors and combat troops from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (including the Qods Force; see Appendix T for further information), as well as intelligence, logistical, material, technical, and financial support; it has funded, trained, equipped, and led Shia militia/paramilitary units comprised of both Syrian and non-Syrian personnel, primarily from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan; Russia intervened at the request of the ASAD government in 2015 and has since provided air support, special operations forces, military advisors, private military contractors, training, arms, and equipment; Iranian and Russian support has also included assisting Syria in combating the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS; see Appendix T) terrorist group

Turkey has intervened militarily several times since 2016 to combat Kurdish militants and ISIS, support select Syrian opposition forces, and establish a buffer along portions of its border with Syria; Turkey continues to maintain a considerable military presence in northern Syria; it has armed and trained militia/proxy forces, such as the Syrian National Army, which was formed in late 2017 of Syrian Arab and Turkmen rebel factions in the Halab (Aleppo) province and northwestern Syria

the US and some regional and European states have at times backed Syrian opposition forces militarily and/or conducted military operations, primarily against ISIS; the US has operated in Syria since 2015 with ground forces and air strikes; the majority the US ground forces are deployed in the Eastern Syria Security Area (ESSA, which includes parts of Hasakah and Dayr az Zawr provinces east of the Euphrates River) in support of operations by the Syrian Democratic Forces against ISIS, while the remainder are in southeast Syria around At Tanf supporting counter-ISIS operations by the Syrian Free Army opposition force; the US has also conducted air strikes against Syrian military targets in response to Syrian Government use of chemical weapons against opposition forces and civilians; in addition, France, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UK have provided forms of military assistance to opposition forces and/or conducted operations against ISIS, including air strikes

Israel has conducted hundreds of military air strikes in Syria against Syrian military, Hizbollah, Iranian, and/or Iranian-backed militia targets

the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a coalition of forces composed primarily of Kurdish, Sunni Arab, and Syriac Christian fighters; it is dominated and led by Kurdish forces, particularly the People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia; the SDF began to receive US support in 2015 and as of 2023 was the main local US partner in its counter-ISIS campaign; the SDF has internal security, counterterrorism, and commando units; Turkey views the SDF as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a US-designated terrorist organization (see Appendix T)

the ISIS terrorist group (see Appendix T) lost its last territorial stronghold to SDF forces in 2019, but continues to maintain a low-level insurgency; in addition, the SDF holds about 10,000 captured suspected ISIS fighters in detention facilities across northern Syria, including 2,000 from countries other than Iraq and Syria

the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS; formerly known as al-Nusrah Front) terrorist organization (see Appendix T) is the dominant militant group in northwest Syria and asserted considerable influence and control over the so-called Syrian Salvation Government in the Iblib de-escalation zone and the Aleppo province (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/middle-east/tu.json b/middle-east/tu.json index bd5541f2..9d36e688 100644 --- a/middle-east/tu.json +++ b/middle-east/tu.json @@ -566,10 +566,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (chief of state since 28 August 2014; head of government since 9 July 2019); Vice President Fuat OKTAY (since 9 July 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" + "text": "President Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (chief of state since 28 August 2014; head of government since 9 July 2018); Vice President Fuat OKTAY (since 9 July 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (head of government since 9 July 2019; chief of state since 28 August 2014); note - a 2017 constitutional referendum eliminated the post of prime minister after the 2018 general election" + "text": "President Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (head of government since 9 July 2018; chief of state since 28 August 2014); note - a 2017 constitutional referendum eliminated the post of prime minister after the 2018 general election" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president" @@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ "text": "unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey or Turkey Buyuk Millet Meclisi (600 seats - increased from 550 seats beginning with June 2018 election; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms - increased from 4 to 5 years beginning with June 2018 election)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 24 June 2018 (next to be held in June 2023)" + "text": "last held on 24 June 2018 (next to be held on 14 May 2023)" }, "election results": { "text": "percent of vote by party - People's Alliance 53.7% (AKP 42.6%, MHP 11.1%), Nation Alliance 33.9% (CHP 22.6%, IYI 10%, SP 1.3%), HDP 11.7%, other 0.7%; seats by party - People's Alliance 344 (AKP 295, MHP 49), National Alliance 189 (CHP 146, IYI 43), HDP 67; note - only parties surpassing a 10% threshold can win parliamentary seats; composition as of mid-2022 (582 members) - men 481, women 101, percent of women 17.4%" @@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Democracy and Progress Party or DEVA [Ali BABACAN]
Democrat Party or DP [Gultekin UYSAL]
Democratic Regions Party or DBP [Saliha AYDENIZ, Keskin BAYINDIR]
Felicity Party (Saadet Party) or SP [Temel KARAMOLLAOGLU]
Free Cause Party or HUDA PAR [Zekeriya YAPICIOGLU]
Future Party (Gelecek Partisi) or GP [Ahmet DAVUTOGLU]
Good Party (IYI Party) [Meral AKSENER]
Grand Unity Party or BBP [Mustafa DESTICI]
Justice and Development Party or AKP [Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN]
Nation Alliance (electoral alliance includes CHP, IYI, SP, DP)
Nationalist Movement Party or MHP [Devlet BAHCELI]
Patriotic Party (Vatan Partisi) or VP [Dogu PERINCEK]
People's Alliance (electoral alliance AKP, MHP, BBP)
Peoples' Democratic Party or HDP [Pervin BULDAN, Mithat SANCAR]
Republican People's Party or CHP [Kemal KILICDAROGLU]", + "text": "Democracy and Progress Party or DEVA [Ali BABACAN]
Democrat Party or DP [Gultekin UYSAL]
Democratic Regions Party or DBP [Saliha AYDENIZ, Keskin BAYINDIR]
Felicity Party (Saadet Party) or SP [Temel KARAMOLLAOGLU]
Free Cause Party or HUDA PAR [Zekeriya YAPICIOGLU]
Future Party (Gelecek Partisi) or GP [Ahmet DAVUTOGLU]
Good Party (IYI Party) [Meral AKSENER]
Grand Unity Party or BBP [Mustafa DESTICI]
Justice and Development Party or AKP [Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN]
Nation Alliance (electoral alliance includes CHP, DEVA, DP, GP, IYI, SP)
Nationalist Movement Party or MHP [Devlet BAHCELI]
New Welfare Party or YRP [Fatih ERBAKAN]
Patriotic Party (Vatan Partisi) or VP [Dogu PERINCEK]
People's Alliance (electoral alliance includes AKP, BBP, MHP, YRP)
Peoples' Democratic Party or HDP [Pervin BULDAN, Mithat SANCAR]
Republican People's Party or CHP [Kemal KILICDAROGLU]", "note": "note:  as of September 2021, 116 political parties were legally registered" }, "International organization participation": { @@ -636,13 +636,13 @@ "text": "Ambassador Jeffrey Lane FLAKE (since 26 January 2022)" }, "embassy": { - "text": "110 Ataturk Boulevard, Kavaklidere, 06100 Ankara" + "text": "1480 Sokak No. 1, Cukurambar Mahallesi, 06530 Cankaya, Ankara" }, "mailing address": { "text": "7000 Ankara Place, Washington  DC 20512-7000" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[90] (312) 455-5555" + "text": "[90] (312) 294-0000" }, "FAX": { "text": "[90] (312) 467-0019" @@ -860,10 +860,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$172.8 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$210.536 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$185.8 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$249.268 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.4% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.2% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1.6% of GDP (2021)" @@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ "text": "approximately 445,000 active duty personnel (350,000 Army; 45,000 Navy; 50,000 Air Force); approximately 150,000 Gendarmerie (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the military's inventory is mostly comprised of a mix of domestically produced and Western weapons systems, although in recent years, Turkey has also acquired some Chinese, Russian, and South Korean equipment; over the past decade, the US has been the leading provider of armaments to Turkey; other significant suppliers have included Germany, Italy, South Korea, and Spain; Turkey has a robust defense industry capable of producing a range of weapons systems for both export and internal use, including armored vehicles, naval vessels, and unmanned aerial platforms, although it is heavily dependent on Western technology; Turkey's defense industry also partners with other countries for defense production (2022)" + "text": "the military's inventory is mostly comprised of a mix of domestically produced and Western weapons systems, although in recent years, Turkey has also acquired some Chinese, Russian, and South Korean equipment; over the past decade, the US has been the leading provider of armaments to Turkey; other significant suppliers have included Germany, Italy, South Korea, and Spain; Turkey has a robust defense industry capable of producing a range of weapons systems for both export and internal use, including armored vehicles, naval vessels, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), although it is heavily dependent on Western technology; Turkey's defense industry also partners with other countries for defense production (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "mandatory military service for men at age 20; service can be delayed if in university or in certain professions (researchers, professionals, and athletic, or those with artistic talents have the right to postpone military service until the age of 35); 6-12 months service; women may volunteer (2023)", @@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ "note": "note 1: between 2016 and 2020, Turkey conducted four significant military ground campaigns in northern Syria; Turkey also has deployed troops into northern Iraq on numerous occasions to combat the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), including large operations involving thousands of troops in 2007, 2011, and 2018, and smaller-scale operations in 2021 and 2022; Turkey has also conducted numerous air strikes in both Iraq and Syria; in October of 2021, Turkey’s parliament extended the military’s mandate to launch cross-border operations in Iraq and Syria by two more years

note 2: in 2020, Turkey deployed hundreds of Turkish troops and as many as 5,000 Syrian fighters to Libya to support the Libyan Government of National Accord" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Turkey has been a member of NATO since 1952 and hosts NATO's Land Forces Command in Izmir, as well as a NATO/US airbase at Incirlik and a NATO missile defense radar system in eastern Turkey

under a long-range (2033) strategic plan, the Turkish Armed Forces continued efforts to modernize its equipment and force structure; Land Forces sought to produce a 20-30% smaller, more highly trained force characterized by greater mobility and firepower and capable of joint and combined operations

the Turkish Navy is a regional naval power that wants to develop the capability to project power beyond Turkey's coastal waters; it is planning to launch new frigates, submarines, and a light aircraft carrier/amphibious assault ship in the next few years, adding to its current force of about 16 frigates and 12 submarines; the Navy is heavily involved in NATO, multinational, and UN operations; its roles include control of territorial waters and security for sea lines of communications

the Turkish Air Force adopted an \"Aerospace and Missile Defense Concept\" in 2002 and is developing an integrated missile defense system; in a controversial move that complicated its relationship with NATO and the US, it purchased the Russian S-400 air defense system for an estimated $2.5 billion in 2019; Air Force priorities include attaining a modern deployable, survivable, and sustainable force structure, and establishing a sustainable command and control system

in recent years, Turkey has taken on a greater level of international peacekeeping responsibilities, including keeping a substantial force under NATO in Afghanistan until withdrawing in 2021; Turkey also has built expeditionary military bases in Qatar, Somalia, northern Cyprus, and Sudan

the military has a substantial stake in Turkey's economy through a holding company that is involved in the automotive, energy, finance, and logistics sectors, as well as iron and steel production (2022)" + "text": "Turkey has been a member of NATO since 1952 and hosts NATO's Land Forces Command in Izmir, as well as a NATO/US airbase at Incirlik and a NATO missile defense radar system in eastern Turkey

under a long-range (2033) strategic plan, the Turkish Armed Forces continues efforts to modernize its equipment and force structure; Turkish Land Forces are seeking to produce a 20-30% smaller, more highly trained force characterized by greater mobility and firepower and capable of joint and combined operations

the Turkish Navy is a regional naval power that seeks to develop the capability to project power beyond Turkey's coastal waters; it is planning to launch new frigates, submarines, and a light aircraft carrier/amphibious assault ship in the next few years, adding to its current force of about 16 frigates and 12 submarines; the Navy is heavily involved in NATO, multinational, and UN operations; its roles include control of territorial waters and security for sea lines of communications

the Turkish Air Force adopted an \"Aerospace and Missile Defense Concept\" in 2002 and is developing an integrated missile defense system; in a controversial move that complicated its relationship with NATO and the US, it purchased the Russian S-400 air defense system for an estimated $2.5 billion in 2019; Air Force priorities include attaining a modern deployable, survivable, and sustainable force structure, and establishing a sustainable command and control system

in recent years, Turkey has taken on a greater level of international peacekeeping responsibilities, including keeping a substantial force under NATO in Afghanistan until withdrawing in 2021; Turkey also has built expeditionary military bases in Qatar, Somalia, northern Cyprus, and Sudan

the military has a substantial stake in Turkey's economy through a holding company that is involved in the automotive, energy, finance, and logistics sectors, as well as iron and steel production (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "10,244 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 3,426,719 (Syria) (2023); 95,874 (Ukraine) (as of 26 January 2023)" + "text": "10,244 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 3,419,328 (Syria) (2023); 95,874 (Ukraine) (as of 26 January 2023)" }, "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 082a7a9e..1fe9b9ad 100644 --- a/middle-east/we.json +++ b/middle-east/we.json @@ -621,10 +621,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.314 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.803 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.278 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$5.002 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: includes Palestinian Authority expenditures in the Gaza Strip" }, @@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ "text": "not available" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are responsible for the West Bank, but PA security forces were granted security control of 17.5% (called Area A) under the 1993 Oslo Accords; the PA has administrative control over Area B (about 22% of the West Bank), but security control is shared with Israeli authorities; Israel maintains all administrative and security control of Area C, which comprises about 61% of the West Bank (2022)" + "text": "the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are responsible for the West Bank, but PA security forces were granted security control of 17.5% (called Area A) under the 1993 Oslo accords; the PA has administrative control over Area B (about 22% of the West Bank), but security control is shared with Israeli authorities; Israel maintains all administrative and security control of Area C, which comprises about 61% of the West Bank (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/middle-east/ym.json b/middle-east/ym.json index 9c62003b..2d3d8776 100644 --- a/middle-east/ym.json +++ b/middle-east/ym.json @@ -816,10 +816,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.821 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$2.207 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$4.458 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$3.585 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1189,14 +1189,14 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) forces; Ministry of Defense: Yemeni National Army, Air Force and Air Defense, Navy and Coastal Defense Forces, Border Guard, Strategic Reserve Forces (includes Special Forces and Presidential Protection Brigades, which are under the Ministry of Defense but responsible to the president), Popular Committee Forces (government-backed tribal militia); Ministry of Interior: Special Security Forces (paramilitary; formerly known as Central Security Forces), Political Security Organization (state security), National Security Bureau (intelligence), Counterterrorism Unit

Saudi-backed forces: paramilitary/militia border security brigades based largely on tribal or regional affiliation (deployed along the Saudi-Yemen border)

United Arab Emirates-backed forces include tribal and regionally-based militia and paramilitary forces (concentrated in the southern governates): Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces, including the Security Belt Forces, the Shabwani and Hadrami “Elite” Forces, the Support and Backup Forces (aka Logistics and Support Forces), Facilities Protection Forces, and Anti-Terrorism Forces; Republican Forces; Joint Forces

Houthi: ground, aerospace (air, missile), naval/coastal defense, presidential protection, special operations, and militia/tribal auxiliary forces (2022)", + "text": "Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) forces; Ministry of Defense: Yemeni National Army, Air Force and Air Defense, Navy and Coastal Defense Forces, Border Guard, Strategic Reserve Forces (includes Special Forces and Presidential Protection Brigades, which are under the Ministry of Defense but responsible to the president), Popular Committee Forces (aka Popular Resistance Forces; government-backed tribal militia); Ministry of Interior: Special Security Forces (paramilitary; formerly known as Central Security Forces), Political Security Organization (state security), National Security Bureau (intelligence), Counterterrorism Unit

Saudi-backed forces: paramilitary/militia border security brigades based largely on tribal or regional affiliation (deployed along the Saudi-Yemen border)

United Arab Emirates-backed forces include tribal and regionally-based militia and paramilitary forces (concentrated in the southern governates): Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces, including the Security Belt Forces, the Shabwani and Hadrami “Elite” Forces, the Support and Backup Forces (aka Logistics and Support Forces), Facilities Protection Forces, and Anti-Terrorism Forces; Republican Forces; Joint Forces

Houthi: ground, aerospace (air, missile), naval/coastal defense, presidential protection, special operations, and militia/tribal auxiliary forces (2023)", "note": "note 1: under the 2019 Riyadh Agreement, the STC forces were to be incorporated into Yemen’s Ministries of Defense and Interior under the authority of the HADI government 

note 2: a considerable portion--up to 70 percent by some estimates--of Yemen’s military and security forces defected in whole or in part to former president SALAH and the Houthi opposition in 2011-2015" }, "Military expenditures": { "text": "

prior to the start of the civil war in 2014, annual military expenditures were approximately 4-5% of Yemen's GDP 

" }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "information limited and widely varied; Yemen Government: up to 300,000 estimated military, paramilitary, militia, and other security forces; UAE- and Saudi-backed forces: estimated 150-200,000 trained militia and paramilitary fighters; Houthis: up to 200,000 estimated fighters (2021)" + "text": "information limited and widely varied; Yemen Government: up to 300,000 estimated military, paramilitary, militia, and other security forces; UAE- and Saudi-backed forces: estimated 150-200,000 trained militia and paramilitary fighters; Houthis: up to 200,000 estimated fighters (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the inventory of the Yemeni Government forces consists primarily of Russian and Soviet-era equipment, although much of it has been lost in the current conflict; since the start of the civil war in 2014, it has received limited amounts of donated equipment from some Gulf States, including Saudi Arabia and UAE

Houthi forces are armed largely with weapons seized from Yemeni Government forces; they are also reported to have received military hardware from Iran (2022)" @@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2001; 2-year service obligation (note - limited information since the start of the civil war in 2014) (2021)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "in 2015, a Saudi-led coalition of Arab states intervened militarily in Yemen in support of the Republic of Yemen Government against the separatist Houthis; as of 2022, Saudi military forces continued to conduct operations in Yemen; Saudi Arabia also has raised and equipped paramilitary/militia security forces in Yemen based largely on tribal or regional affiliation to deploy along the Saudi-Yemen border

the United Arab Emirates (UAE) intervened in Yemen in 2015 as part of the Saudi-led coalition with about 3,500 troops, as well as supporting air and naval forces; UAE withdrew its main military force from Yemen in 2019, but has retained a smaller military presence while working with proxies in southern Yemen, most notably the Southern Transitional Council (STC); as of 2021, UAE had recruited, trained, and equipped an estimated 150-200,000 Yemeni fighters and formed them into dozens of militia and paramilitary units

Iran has provided some military and political support to the Houthis (2022)" + "text": "in 2015, a Saudi-led coalition of Arab states (UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, Kuwait, Jordan and Egypt) intervened militarily in Yemen in support of the Republic of Yemen Government against the separatist Houthis; Saudi military forces conducted operations in Yemen and raised and equipped paramilitary/militia security forces in Yemen based largely on tribal or regional affiliation to deploy along the Saudi-Yemen border

UAE's 2015 intervention in Yemen included several thousand ground troops, as well as supporting air and naval forces; UAE withdrew its main military force from Yemen in 2019, but has retained a smaller military presence while working with proxies in southern Yemen, most notably the Southern Transitional Council (STC); UAE has recruited, trained, and equipped tens of thousands of Yemeni fighters and formed them into dozens of militia and paramilitary units

Iran has provided military and political support to the Houthis (2023)" }, "Maritime threats": { "text": "the International Maritime Bureau reports a significant security risk to vessels transiting off Yemen and the Gulf of Aden due to the civil war in Yemen; vessels have been fired upon and approached, not piracy related; the Maritime Administration of the US Department of Transportation has issued a Maritime Advisory (2023-003 - Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Bab al Mandeb Strait, Red Sea, and Somali Basin-Threats to Commercial Vessels) effective 23 February 2023, which states in part that \"Regional conflict, military activity, and political tensions pose threats to commercial vessels operating in the above listed geographic areas\"" diff --git a/north-america/bd.json b/north-america/bd.json index df3a9c1c..7716ff7e 100644 --- a/north-america/bd.json +++ b/north-america/bd.json @@ -1015,20 +1015,20 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Royal Bermuda Regiment; Bermuda Police Service (2022)", - "note": "note: the Royal Bermuda Regiment is a reserve multi-role battalion that carries out two primary functions – providing military aid to civil authorities and humanitarian and disaster relief" + "text": "Royal Bermuda Regiment; Bermuda Police Service (2023)", + "note": "note: the Royal Bermuda Regiment (aka \"The Regiment\") includes the Royal Bermuda Regiment Coast Guard" }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "the Royal Bermuda Regiment has about 350 troops (2022)" + "text": "the Royal Bermuda Regiment has about 350 troops (2023)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the Regiment is equipped with small arms (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "men and women who are Commonwealth citizens and 18-45 years of age can volunteer for the Bermuda Regiment; service is for a minimum period of three years and two months from the date of enlistment; service can be extended only by volunteering or an executive order from the Governor; annual training commitment is about 30 days a year, which includes a two-week camp, weekends, and drill nights (2022)" + "text": "men and women who are Commonwealth citizens and 18-45 years of age can volunteer for the Bermuda Regiment; service is for a minimum period of three years and two months from the date of enlistment; service can be extended only by volunteering or an executive order from the Governor; annual training commitment is about 30 days a year, which includes a two-week camp, weekends, and drill nights (2023)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "defense is the responsibility of the UK" + "text": "defense is the responsibility of the UK; the Royal Bermuda Regiment is a reserve multi-role battalion that has two primary functions – providing military aid to civil authorities and humanitarian and disaster relief (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/north-america/ca.json b/north-america/ca.json index fbbade6e..2bf748d4 100644 --- a/north-america/ca.json +++ b/north-america/ca.json @@ -135,19 +135,19 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Canadian 32.3%, English 18.3%, Scottish 13.9%, French 13.6%, Irish 13.4%, German 9.6%, Chinese 5.1%, Italian 4.6%, North American Indian 4.4%, East Indian 4%, Ukrainian 3.9%, other 47.7% (2016 est.)", + "text": "Canadian 15.6%, English 14.7%, Scottish 12.1%, French 11%, Irish 12.1%, German 8.1%, Chinese 4.7%, Italian 4.3%, First Nations 1.7%, Indian 3.7%, Ukrainian 3.5%, Metis 1.5% (2021 est.)", "note": "note: percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one ethnic origin" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { - "text": "English (official) 58.7%, French (official) 22%, Punjabi 1.4%, Italian 1.3%, Spanish 1.3%, German 1.3%, Cantonese 1.2%, Tagalog 1.2%, Arabic 1.1%, other 10.5% (2011 est.)" + "text": "English (official) 87.1%, French (official) 29.1%, Chinese languages 4.2%, Spanish 3.2%, Punjabi 2.6%, Arabic 2.4%, Tagalog 2.3%, Italian 1.5% (2022 est.)" }, "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
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The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)" } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Catholic 39% (includes Roman Catholic 38.8%, other Catholic .2%), Protestant 20.3% (includes United Church 6.1%, Anglican 5%, Baptist 1.9%, Lutheran 1.5%, Pentecostal 1.5%, Presbyterian 1.4%, other Protestant 2.9%), Orthodox 1.6%, other Christian 6.3%, Muslim 3.2%, Hindu 1.5%, Sikh 1.4%, Buddhist 1.1%, Jewish 1%, other 0.6%, none 23.9% (2011 est.)" + "text": "Christian 53.3%, Muslim 4.9%, Hindu 2.3%, Sikh 2.1%, Buddhist 1%, Jewish 0.9%, Traditional (North American Indigenous) 0.2%, other religions and traditional spirituality 0.6%, none 34.6% (2021 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -873,10 +873,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$649.6 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$686.718 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$665.7 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$861.955 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1288,8 +1288,11 @@ "note": "note: the Army reserves include the Canadian Rangers, which provides a limited presence in Canada's northern, coastal, and isolated areas for sovereignty, public safety, and surveillance roles" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "1.3% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "1.3% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.3% of GDP (2021)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.4% of GDP (2020)" @@ -1299,9 +1302,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "1.3% of GDP (2018)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "1.4% of GDP (2017)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { @@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ "note": "note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Canada, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe " }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

Canada is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949

Canada is part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD; established 1958); NORAD is a Canada-US bi-national military command responsible for monitoring and defending North American airspace; traditionally, a Canadian Armed Forces officer has served as the deputy commander of NORAD

Canada’s defense relationship with the US extends back to the Ogdensburg Declaration of 1940, when the two countries formally agreed on military cooperation, including the establishment of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD), which continued to be the highest-level bilateral defense forum between Canada and the US as of 2022

British troops withdrew from Canada in 1871 as part of the UK-US Treaty of Washington; following the withdrawal, the first Canadian militia, known as the Royal Canadian Regiment, was organized in 1883 to protect Canadian territory and defend British interests abroad, which it did in the South African War (1899-1902), Canada’s first overseas conflict; militia units formed the backbone of the more than 425,000 Canadian soldiers that went to Europe during World War I in what was called the Canadian Expeditionary Force; the Royal Canadian Navy was created in 1910, while the Canadian Air Force was established in 1920 and became the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1924; the Canadian Army was officially founded in 1942; a unified Canadian Armed Forces was created in 1968

" + "text": "

Canada is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949

Canada is part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD; established 1958); NORAD is a Canada-US bi-national military command responsible for monitoring and defending North American airspace; traditionally, a Canadian Armed Forces officer has served as the deputy commander of NORAD

Canada’s defense relationship with the US extends back to the Ogdensburg Declaration of 1940, when the two countries formally agreed on military cooperation, including the establishment of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD), which continues to be the highest-level bilateral defense forum between Canada and the US 

British troops withdrew from Canada in 1871 as part of the UK-US Treaty of Washington; following the withdrawal, the first Canadian militia, known as the Royal Canadian Regiment, was organized in 1883 to protect Canadian territory and defend British interests abroad, which it did in the South African War (1899-1902), Canada’s first overseas conflict; militia units formed the backbone of the more than 425,000 Canadian soldiers that went to Europe during World War I in what was called the Canadian Expeditionary Force; the Royal Canadian Navy was created in 1910, while the Canadian Air Force was established in 1920 and became the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1924; the Canadian Army was officially founded in 1942; a unified Canadian Armed Forces was created in 1968

(2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/north-america/gl.json b/north-america/gl.json index 1a87fd4f..45ca1bf1 100644 --- a/north-america/gl.json +++ b/north-america/gl.json @@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ "text": "no regular military forces or conscription" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Danish military’s Joint Arctic Command in Nuuk is responsible for the defense of Greenland" + "text": "the Danish military’s Joint Arctic Command in Nuuk is responsible for coordinating Denmark's defense of Greenland" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/north-america/mx.json b/north-america/mx.json index 43d0e858..df457340 100644 --- a/north-america/mx.json +++ b/north-america/mx.json @@ -911,10 +911,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$261.4 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$264.261 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$273.8 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$313.358 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2022, women comprised about 15% of the active duty military" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the constitution was amended in 2019 to grant the president the authority to use the armed forces to protect internal and national security, and courts have upheld the legality of the armed forces’ role in law enforcement activities in support of civilian authorities through 2028; Mexican military operations are heavily focused on internal security duties, particularly in countering drug cartels and organized crime groups, as well as border control and immigration enforcement; the armed forces also administer most of the country's land and sea ports and customs services, plus the approximately 2,700 branches of a state-owned development bank; in addition, President LOPEZ OBRADOR has placed the military in charge of a growing number of infrastructure projects, such as building a new airport for Mexico City and sections of a train line in the country’s southeast (2022)" + "text": "the constitution was amended in 2019 to grant the president the authority to use the armed forces to protect internal and national security, and courts have upheld the legality of the armed forces’ role in law enforcement activities in support of civilian authorities through 2028; Mexican military operations are heavily focused on internal security duties, particularly in countering drug cartels and organized crime groups, as well as border control and immigration enforcement; the armed forces also administer most of the country's land and sea ports and customs services, plus the approximately 2,700 branches of a state-owned development bank; in addition, President LOPEZ OBRADOR has placed the military in charge of a growing number of infrastructure projects, such as building and operating a new airport for Mexico City and sections of a train line in the country’s southeast (2023)" }, "Maritime threats": { "text": "the International Maritime Bureau reported one incident in the territorial waters of Mexico in 2022, the same number of attacks as in 2021; ports in Mexico continue to be affected by the crime of armed robbery; this incident occurred in the port of Puerto Dos Bocas while ships were berthed or at anchor; pirates and robbers in this area are armed with guns" diff --git a/north-america/us.json b/north-america/us.json index c7d9767e..35ccd69c 100644 --- a/north-america/us.json +++ b/north-america/us.json @@ -853,12 +853,11 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$3.315 trillion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$6.429 trillion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$3.981 trillion (2017 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: revenues exclude social contributions of approximately $1.0 trillion; expenditures exclude social benefits of approximately $2.3 trillion" + "text": "$7.647 trillion (2019 est.)" + } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { "text": "-3.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" diff --git a/south-america/ar.json b/south-america/ar.json index 78be1bcf..75dc8b73 100644 --- a/south-america/ar.json +++ b/south-america/ar.json @@ -857,10 +857,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$120.6 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$150.823 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$158.6 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$170.725 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1191,7 +1191,8 @@ }, "under 914 m": { "text": "10 (2021)" - } + }, + "note": "note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)" }, "Airports - with unpaved runways": { "total": { @@ -1266,7 +1267,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic (Fuerzas Armadas de la República Argentina): Argentine Army (Ejercito Argentino, EA), Navy of the Argentine Republic (Armada Republica, ARA; includes naval aviation and naval infantry), Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina, FAA); Ministry of Security: Gendarmería Nacional Argentina (National Gendarmerie), Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval)  (2022)" + "text": "Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic (Fuerzas Armadas de la República Argentina): Argentine Army (Ejercito Argentino, EA), Navy of the Argentine Republic (Armada Republica, ARA; includes naval aviation and naval infantry), Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina, FAA); Ministry of Security: Gendarmería Nacional Argentina (National Gendarmerie), Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval) (2023)", + "note": "note: all federal police forces are under the Ministry of Security" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2021": { @@ -1299,7 +1301,7 @@ "text": "225 Cyprus (UNFICYP) (2023)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Army and Navy were both created in 1810 during the Argentine War of Independence, while the Air Force was established in 1945; the military coups d'état in 1930, 1943, 1955, 1962, 1966, and 1976; the 1976 coup, aka the \"National Reorganization Process,\" marked the beginning of the so-called \"Dirty War,\" a period of state-sponsored terrorism that saw the deaths or disappearances of thousands of Argentinians; the defeat in the 1983 Falklands War led to the downfall of the military junta

Argentina and Chile have a joint peacekeeping force known as the Combined Southern Cross Peacekeeping Force (FPC), designed to be made available to the UN; the FPC is made up of two battalions, one from each country, a command and service company, an air component (a squadron of Argentine and Chilean helicopters), a naval component, and a combined logistics support unit

Argentina has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments (2022)" + "text": "the Army and Navy were both created in 1810 during the Argentine War of Independence, while the Air Force was established in 1945; the military conducted coups d'état in 1930, 1943, 1955, 1962, 1966, and 1976; the 1976 coup, aka the \"National Reorganization Process,\" marked the beginning of the so-called \"Dirty War,\" a period of state-sponsored terrorism that saw the deaths or disappearances of thousands of Argentinians; the defeat in the 1983 Falklands War led to the downfall of the military junta

Argentina and Chile have a joint peacekeeping force known as the Combined Southern Cross Peacekeeping Force (FPC), designed to be made available to the UN; the FPC is made up of two battalions, one from each country, a command and service company, an air component (a squadron of Argentine and Chilean helicopters), a naval component, and a combined logistics support unit

Argentina has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index 9cebf198..ec37b43a 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -874,10 +874,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$15.09 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$11.796 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$18.02 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$14.75 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Bolivian Armed Forces: Bolivian Army (Ejercito de Boliviano, EB), Bolivian Naval Force (Fuerza Naval Boliviana, FNB), Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB); Ministry of Government: National Police (Policía Nacional de Bolivia, PNB) (2022)", + "text": "Bolivian Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas de Bolivia or FAB): Bolivian Army (Ejercito de Boliviano, EB), Bolivian Naval Force (Fuerza Naval Boliviana, FNB), Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB); Ministry of Government: National Police (Policía Nacional de Bolivia, PNB) (2022)", "note": "note: the PNB includes two paramilitary forces, the Anti-Narcotics Special Forces (Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra el Narcotráfico, FELCN) and the Anti-Terrorist Group (GAT); the PNB is part of the reserves for the Armed Forces; the police and military share responsibility for border enforcement" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1292,17 +1292,17 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "information varies widely; approximately 40,000 active troops (28,000 Army; 5,000 Navy; 7,000 Air Force); note - a considerable portion of the Navy personnel are marines and naval police; approximately 40,000 National Police (2022)" + "text": "information varies widely; approximately 40,000 active troops (28,000 Army; 5,000 Navy; 7,000 Air Force; note - a considerable portion of the Navy personnel are marines and naval police); approximately 40,000 National Police (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the Bolivian Armed Forces are equipped with a mix of mostly older Brazilian, Chinese, European, and US equipment; in recent years, China and France have been the leading suppliers of military hardware to Bolivia (2022)" + "text": "the military is equipped with a mix of mostly older Brazilian, Chinese, European, and US equipment (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "compulsory for all men between the ages of 18 and 22; men can volunteer from the age of 16, women from 18; service is for 12 months; Search and Rescue service can be substituted for citizens who have reached the age of compulsory military service; duration of this service is 24 months (2023)", "note": "note: foreign nationals 18-22 residing in Bolivia may join the armed forces; joining speeds the process of acquiring Bolivian citizenship by naturalization" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Bolivia has a small naval force for patrolling some 5,000 miles of navigable rivers to combat narcotics trafficking and smuggling, provide disaster relief, and deliver supplies to remote rural areas, as well as for maintaining a presence on Lake Titicaca; the Navy also exists in part to cultivate a maritime tradition and as a reminder of Bolivia’s desire to regain the access to the Pacific Ocean that the country lost to Chile in the War of the Pacific (1879-1884); every year on 23 March, the Navy participates in parades and government ceremonies commemorating the Día Del Mar (Day of the Sea) holiday that remembers the loss (2022)" + "text": "Bolivia has a small naval force for patrolling some 5,000 miles of navigable rivers to combat narcotics trafficking and smuggling, provide disaster relief, and deliver supplies to remote rural areas, as well as for maintaining a presence on Lake Titicaca; the Navy also exists in part to cultivate a maritime tradition and as a reminder of Bolivia’s desire to regain the access to the Pacific Ocean that the country lost to Chile in the War of the Pacific (1879-1884); every year on 23 March, the Navy participates in parades and government ceremonies commemorating the Día Del Mar (Day of the Sea) holiday that remembers the loss (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/south-america/br.json b/south-america/br.json index f29782c7..8ae19ef3 100644 --- a/south-america/br.json +++ b/south-america/br.json @@ -899,10 +899,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$733.7 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$424.196 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$756.3 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$617.332 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ "note": "note: in 2020, women comprised approximately 9% of the Brazilian military" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the origins of Brazil's military stretch back to the 1640s

the three national police forces – the Federal Police, Federal Highway Police, and Federal Railway Police – have domestic security responsibilities and report to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Ministry of Justice); there are two distinct units within the state police forces: the civil police, which performs an investigative role, and the military police, charged with maintaining law and order in the states and the Federal District; despite the name, military police forces report to the Ministry of Justice, not the Ministry of Defense; the National Public Security Force (Forca Nacional de Seguranca Publica or SENASP) is a national police force made up of Military Police from various states; the armed forces also have some domestic security responsibilities and report to the Ministry of Defense

Brazil has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments (2023)" + "text": "the origins of Brazil's military stretch back to the 1640s

the three national police forces – the Federal Police, Federal Highway Police, and Federal Railway Police – have domestic security responsibilities and report to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Ministry of Justice); there are two distinct units within the state police forces: the civil police, which performs an investigative role, and the military police, charged with maintaining law and order in the states and the Federal District; despite the name, military police forces report to the Ministry of Justice, not the Ministry of Defense; the National Public Security Force (Forca Nacional de Seguranca Publica or SENASP) is a national police force made up of Military Police from various states; the armed forces also have some domestic security responsibilities and report to the Ministry of Defense

Brazil has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2023)" }, "Maritime threats": { "text": "the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial waters of Brazil are a risk for armed robbery against ships; in 2022, five attacks against commercial vessels were reported, an increase from the three attacks in 2021; all of these occurred in the port of Macapa while ships were berthed or at anchor" diff --git a/south-america/ci.json b/south-america/ci.json index eae1fb61..ae3f844f 100644 --- a/south-america/ci.json +++ b/south-america/ci.json @@ -844,10 +844,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$57.75 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$55.16 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$65.38 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$73.176 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2021, women comprised approximately 18% of the armed forces" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Chilean Army was founded in 1810, but traces its origins back to the Army of the Kingdom of Chile, which was established by the Spanish Crown in the early 1600s; the Navy traces its origins to 1817; it was first led by a British officer and its first ships were largely crewed by American, British, and Irish sailors; by the 1880s, the Chilean Navy was one of the most powerful in the Americas, and included the world’s first protected cruiser (a ship with an armored deck to protect vital machine spaces); Chile's military aviation was inaugurated in 1913 with the creation of a military aviation school

Chile and Argentina have a joint peacekeeping force known as the Combined Southern Cross Peacekeeping Force (FPC), designed to be made available to the UN; the FPC is made up of two battalions, one from each country, a command and service company, an air component (a squadron of Argentine and Chilean helicopters), a naval component, and a combined logistics support unit (2022)" + "text": "the Chilean Army was founded in 1810, but traces its origins back to the Army of the Kingdom of Chile, which was established by the Spanish Crown in the early 1600s; the Navy traces its origins to 1817; it was first led by a British officer and its first ships were largely crewed by American, British, and Irish sailors; by the 1880s, the Chilean Navy was one of the most powerful in the Americas, and included the world’s first protected cruiser (a ship with an armored deck to protect vital machine spaces); Chile's military aviation was inaugurated in 1913 with the creation of a military aviation school

Chile and Argentina have a joint peacekeeping force known as the Combined Southern Cross Peacekeeping Force (FPC), designed to be made available to the UN; the FPC is made up of two battalions, one from each country, a command and service company, an air component (a squadron of Argentine and Chilean helicopters), a naval component, and a combined logistics support unit (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/south-america/co.json b/south-america/co.json index 41d3bfc9..014de4a2 100644 --- a/south-america/co.json +++ b/south-america/co.json @@ -872,10 +872,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$83.35 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$94.985 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$91.73 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$103.098 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/south-america/ec.json b/south-america/ec.json index 20c10b24..f164c13c 100644 --- a/south-america/ec.json +++ b/south-america/ec.json @@ -870,10 +870,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$33.43 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$35.914 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$38.08 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$39.319 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/south-america/gy.json b/south-america/gy.json index bbc7dd59..eadac71e 100644 --- a/south-america/gy.json +++ b/south-america/gy.json @@ -818,10 +818,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.002 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.333 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.164 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.467 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ "text": "Trinidad and Tobago 31%, Canada 11%, Portugal 11%, Ghana 8%, Norway 6%, United Arab Emirates 5% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "ships, gold, shipping containers, excavation machinery, aluminum ores, rice (2019)" + "text": "crude petroleum, gold, rice, aluminum ores, railway shipping containers, rums   (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { diff --git a/south-america/ns.json b/south-america/ns.json index 267dcfdd..35047ec9 100644 --- a/south-america/ns.json +++ b/south-america/ns.json @@ -455,13 +455,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "49.3 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "50 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "135.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "140 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "431.1 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "430 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -820,10 +820,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$560.7 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$863 million (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$827.8 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$1.648 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/south-america/pa.json b/south-america/pa.json index 17850ee6..a6c05b4e 100644 --- a/south-america/pa.json +++ b/south-america/pa.json @@ -853,10 +853,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$5.524 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$7.272 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$5.968 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$8.714 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2021, women made up about 6% of the active military" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the armed forces conduct operations against the Paraguayan People's Army (Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo, EPP), a domestic criminal group initially dedicated to a socialist revolution in Paraguay that operates in the rural northern part of the country along the border with Brazil; they also assist internal security forces in countering narco-trafficking networks (2023)" + "text": "the armed forces conduct operations against the Paraguayan People's Army (Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo, EPP), a domestic criminal group initially dedicated to a Marxist-Leninist revolution in Paraguay that operates in the rural northern part of the country along the border with Brazil; they also assist internal security forces in countering narco-trafficking networks (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index c4c1d81a..0220554c 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -889,10 +889,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$58.06 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$45.983 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$64.81 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$49.134 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/south-america/uy.json b/south-america/uy.json index a3f660e5..74d217a8 100644 --- a/south-america/uy.json +++ b/south-america/uy.json @@ -853,10 +853,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$17.66 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$14.991 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$19.72 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$17.571 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ "text": "830 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 210 Golan Heights (UNDOF) (May 2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the military has some domestic responsibilities, including perimeter security for a number of prisons and border security; in 2020, the military deployed more than 1,000 troops to assist the National Police in securing the land border with Brazil and the riverine border with Argentina as part of a border control law passed in 2018 (2022)" + "text": "the military has some domestic responsibilities, including perimeter security for a number of prisons and border security; in 2020, the military deployed more than 1,000 troops to assist the National Police in securing the land border with Brazil and the riverine border with Argentina as part of a border control law passed in 2018 (2023)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/south-america/ve.json b/south-america/ve.json index 6961d401..c8b38fcc 100644 --- a/south-america/ve.json +++ b/south-america/ve.json @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "dengue fever and malaria" }, - "note": "note: as of 30 September 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that travelers avoid all nonessential travel to Venezuela; the country is experiencing outbreaks of infectious diseases, and adequate health care is currently not available in most of the country" + "note": "note: as of 30 September 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that travelers avoid all nonessential travel to Venezuela; the country is experiencing outbreaks of infectious diseases, and adequate health care is currently not available in most of the country; there are shortages of food, water, electricity, medicine, and medical supplies that have contributed to an increasing humanitarian crisis affecting much of the country" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "25.6% (2016)" @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "dengue fever and malaria" }, - "note": "note: as of 30 September 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that travelers avoid all nonessential travel to Venezuela; the country is experiencing outbreaks of infectious diseases, and adequate health care is currently not available in most of the country" + "note": "note: as of 30 September 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that travelers avoid all nonessential travel to Venezuela; the country is experiencing outbreaks of infectious diseases, and adequate health care is currently not available in most of the country; there are shortages of food, water, electricity, medicine, and medical supplies that have contributed to an increasing humanitarian crisis affecting much of the country" }, "Food insecurity": { "widespread lack of access": { @@ -820,10 +820,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$92.8 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$30 million (2017 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$189.7 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$76 million (2017 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2017, women made up more than 20% of the active duty military" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "between 2013 and 2017, Venezuela established at least a dozen military-led firms in a variety of economic sectors, such as agriculture, banking, construction, insurance, the media, mining, oil, and tourism; as of 2020, military officers reportedly led at least 60 state-owned companies; as of 2019, 9 of 32 government ministries were controlled by the military, including the ministries of agriculture and energy

as of 2023, members of the terrorist organizations National Liberation Army (ELN) and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia dissidents (FARC-People's Army and Segundo Marquetalia - see Appendix T) operated in Venezuela, mostly in the states of Amazonas, Apure, Bolivar, Guarico, Tachira, and Zulia; the ELN was assessed to be present in 12 of Venezuela’s 23 states; the groups were particularly active in Apure state; the Venezuelan military has been deployed to the border region to patrol border crossings and has clashed with both the ELN and the FARC dissident groups (2023)" + "text": "between 2013 and 2017, Venezuela established at least a dozen military-led firms in a variety of economic sectors, such as agriculture, banking, construction, insurance, the media, mining, oil, and tourism; as of 2020, military officers reportedly led at least 60 state-owned companies; as of 2023, 14 of 32 government ministries were controlled by the military, including the ministries of agriculture, food, petroleum, and water

members of the terrorist organizations National Liberation Army (ELN) and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia dissidents (FARC-People's Army and Segundo Marquetalia - see Appendix T) operate in Venezuela, mostly in the states of Amazonas, Apure, Bolivar, Guarico, Tachira, and Zulia; the ELN is assessed to be present in 12 of Venezuela’s 23 states; the groups are particularly active in Apure state; the Venezuelan military has been deployed to the border region to patrol border crossings and has clashed with both the ELN and the FARC dissident groups (2023)" }, "Maritime threats": { "text": "The International Maritime Bureau reported three attacks in 2022 where ships were boarded in the territorial and offshore waters of Venezuela, an increase from no attacks in 2021; ports in Venezuela continue to be affected by the crime of armed robbery; the Caribbean Sea remains at risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; numerous vessels, including commercial shipping and pleasure craft, have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crews have been robbed and stores or cargoes stolen" diff --git a/south-asia/af.json b/south-asia/af.json index e11a1bdf..e2a3d875 100644 --- a/south-asia/af.json +++ b/south-asia/af.json @@ -844,10 +844,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$2.276 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$5.093 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$5.328 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$5.293 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1176,7 +1176,8 @@ }, "under 914 m": { "text": "3 (2021)" - } + }, + "note": "note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)" }, "Airports - with unpaved runways": { "total": { diff --git a/south-asia/bg.json b/south-asia/bg.json index 0642b729..be75394e 100644 --- a/south-asia/bg.json +++ b/south-asia/bg.json @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President-Elect Mohammad Shahabuddin CHUPPI (since 13 April 2023); CHUPPI ran unopposed; he will be inaugurated on 24 April 2023" + "text": "President Mohammad Shahabuddin CHUPPI (since 24 April 2023); CHUPPI ran unopposed" }, "head of government": { "text": "Prime Minister Sheikh HASINA Wazed (since 6 January 2009)" @@ -885,10 +885,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$25.1 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$30.023 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$33.5 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$46.379 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/south-asia/bt.json b/south-asia/bt.json index 99e16003..e356eb1d 100644 --- a/south-asia/bt.json +++ b/south-asia/bt.json @@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ "text": "bicameral Parliament or Chi Tshog consists of:
non-partisan National Council or Gyelyong Tshogde (25 seats; 20 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 5 members appointed by the king; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly or Tshogdu (47 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies in a two-round majoritarian voting system; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "
National Council election last held on 20 April 2018 (next to be held in April 2023)
National Assembly - first round held on 15 September 2018 and second round held on 18 October 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" + "text": "
National Council election last held on 20 April 2018 (next to be held on 30 April 2023)
National Assembly - first round held on 15 September 2018 and second round held on 18 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2023)" }, "election results": { "text": "
National Council - seats by party - independent 20 (all candidates ran as independents) and 5 appointed by the king; composition - men 23, women 2, percent of women 8%
National Assembly - first round - percent of vote by party - DNT 31.9%, DPT 30.9%, PDP 27.4%, BKP 9.8%; second round - percent of vote by party -  NA; seats by party - DNT 30, DPT 17; composition - men 40, women 7, percent of women 14.9%; note - total Parliament percent of women 12.5%" @@ -745,10 +745,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$655.3 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$710 million (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$737.4 million (2017 est.)" + "text": "$777 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: the Government of India finances nearly one-quarter of Bhutan's budget expenditures" }, diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index 3a02b416..60467069 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -485,13 +485,13 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "805 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "810 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "831 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "830 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "11.31 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "11.31 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { @@ -864,10 +864,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$12.07 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$10.623 billion (2019 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$16.88 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$17.496 billion (2019 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.9% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.7% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1.9% of GDP (2021 est.)" diff --git a/south-asia/in.json b/south-asia/in.json index 3dcb203b..51d7db75 100644 --- a/south-asia/in.json +++ b/south-asia/in.json @@ -906,10 +906,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$238.2 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$495.007 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$329 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$818.94 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ "text": "United States 17%, United Arab Emirates 9%, China 5% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "refined petroleum, diamonds, packaged medicines, jewelry, cars (2019)" + "text": "refined petroleum, diamonds, packaged medicines, jewelry, rice (2021)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { @@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ "text": "2.2% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "2.6% of GDP (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.5% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "2.4% of GDP (2019 est.)" diff --git a/south-asia/mv.json b/south-asia/mv.json index 5313512e..2f62ba34 100644 --- a/south-asia/mv.json +++ b/south-asia/mv.json @@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ "text": "unicameral Parliament or People's Majlis (87 seats - includes 2 seats added by the Elections Commission in late 2018; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 6 April 2019 (next to be held in 2023)" + "text": "last held on 6 April 2019 (next to be held in April 2024)" }, "election results": { "text": "percent of vote - MDP 44.7%, JP 10.8%, PPM 8.7%, PNC 6.4%, MDA 2.8%, other 5.6%, independent 21%; seats by party - MDP 65, JP 5, PPM 5, PNC 3, MDA 2, independent 7; composition - men 83, women 4, percent of women 4.6%" @@ -784,10 +784,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$1.19 billion (2016 est.)" + "text": "$993 million (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$1.643 billion (2016 est.)" + "text": "$1.797 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { diff --git a/south-asia/np.json b/south-asia/np.json index d40cf1c3..a2557af8 100644 --- a/south-asia/np.json +++ b/south-asia/np.json @@ -837,10 +837,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$5.925 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$7.305 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$5.945 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$9.008 billion (2020 est.)" } }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { @@ -1209,6 +1209,9 @@ "note": "note: the Nepal Police are responsible for enforcing law and order across the country; the Armed Police Force is responsible for combating terrorism, providing security during riots and public disturbances, assisting in natural disasters, and protecting vital infrastructure, public officials, and the borders; it also conducts counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations and would assist the Army in the event of an external invasion" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "1.1% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1.3% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, @@ -1220,9 +1223,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "2.3% of GDP (2018)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "2.6% of GDP (2017)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/south-asia/pk.json b/south-asia/pk.json index 20254cb7..def08496 100644 --- a/south-asia/pk.json +++ b/south-asia/pk.json @@ -901,10 +901,10 @@ }, "Budget": { "revenues": { - "text": "$46.81 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$38.966 billion (2020 est.)" }, "expenditures": { - "text": "$64.49 billion (2017 est.)" + "text": "$59.621 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: data are for fiscal years" }, @@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ "text": "1,300 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,970 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 220 Mali (MINUSMA); 290 South Sudan (UNMISS); 220 Sudan (UNISFA) (May 2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Pakistan military operates largely independently and without effective civilian oversight; it has ruled the country for more than 30 years since independence in 1947 and continues to play a significant role in Pakistan's political arena; it also has a large stake in the country’s economic sector and is involved in a diverse array of commercial activities, including banking, construction of public projects, employment services, energy and power generation, fertilizer, food, housing, real estate, and security services

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

the Army is the largest component; it has approximately 22 combat divisions, plus about 20 independent combat brigades; the Army also has an inventory of over 5,000 artillery systems organized into divisions and brigades, plus several squadrons of attack helicopters; the Navy operates throughout the Indian Ocean and conducts a variety of missions, including countering piracy, narcotics, and smuggling, protecting Pakistan’s sea lines of communications, multinational security and humanitarian operations, and naval diplomacy; the Navy is in the midst of a large modernization effort; its principal combat ships are a mix of about 14 frigates and corvettes, plus 5 attack submarines; there is also a small marine amphibious force; the Air Force’s combat missions include the air defense of Pakistan and support to the Army and Navy; it has over 400 Chinese-, French-, and US-made combat aircraft 

Pakistan and India have fought several conflicts since 1947, including the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 and the Indo-Pakistan and Bangladesh War of Independence of 1971, as well as two clashes over the disputed region of Kashmir (First Kashmir War of 1947 and the Kargil Conflict of 1999); a fragile cease-fire in Kashmir was reached in 2003, revised in 2018, and reaffirmed in 2021, although the Line of Control remained contested as of 2022, and India has accused Pakistan of backing armed separatists and terrorist organizations in Jammu and Kashmir; in addition, India and Pakistan have battled over the Siachen Glacier of Kashmir, which was seized by India in 1984 with Pakistan attempting to retake the area in 1985, 1987, and 1995; despite a cease-fire, as of 2022 both sides continued to maintain a permanent military presence there with outposts at altitudes above 20,000 feet (over 6,000 meters) where most casualties were due to extreme weather or the hazards of operating in the high mountain terrain of the world’s highest conflict, including avalanches, exposure, and altitude sickness

Pakistan has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2023)" + "text": "the Pakistan military operates largely independently and without effective civilian oversight; it has ruled the country for more than 30 years since independence in 1947 and continues to play a significant role in Pakistan's political arena; it also has a large stake in the country’s economic sector and is involved in a diverse array of commercial activities, including banking, construction of public projects, employment services, energy and power generation, fertilizer, food, housing, real estate, and security services

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

the Army is the largest component; it has approximately 22 combat divisions, plus about 20 independent combat brigades; the Army also has an inventory of over 5,000 artillery systems organized into divisions and brigades, plus several squadrons of attack helicopters; the Navy operates throughout the Indian Ocean and conducts a variety of missions, including countering piracy, narcotics, and smuggling, protecting Pakistan’s sea lines of communications, multinational security and humanitarian operations, and naval diplomacy; the Navy is in the midst of a large modernization effort; its principal combat ships are a mix of about 14 frigates and corvettes, plus 5 attack submarines; there is also a small marine amphibious force; the Air Force’s combat missions include the air defense of Pakistan and support to the Army and Navy; it has over 400 Chinese-, French-, and US-made combat aircraft 

Pakistan and India have fought several conflicts since 1947, including the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 and the Indo-Pakistan and Bangladesh War of Independence of 1971, as well as two clashes over the disputed region of Kashmir (First Kashmir War of 1947 and the Kargil Conflict of 1999); a fragile cease-fire in Kashmir was reached in 2003, revised in 2018, and reaffirmed in 2021, although the Line of Control remains contested, and India has accused Pakistan of backing armed separatists and terrorist organizations in Jammu and Kashmir; in addition, India and Pakistan have battled over the Siachen Glacier of Kashmir, which was seized by India in 1984 with Pakistan attempting to retake the area in 1985, 1987, and 1995; despite a cease-fire, as of 2022 both sides continued to maintain a permanent military presence there with outposts at altitudes above 20,000 feet (over 6,000 meters) where most casualties were due to extreme weather or the hazards of operating in the high mountain terrain of the world’s highest conflict, including avalanches, exposure, and altitude sickness

Pakistan has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/world/xx.json b/world/xx.json index 1cdad34a..0b8dbe4a 100644 --- a/world/xx.json +++ b/world/xx.json @@ -274,7 +274,19 @@ "text": "0.7% (2021 est.)" }, "Major infectious diseases": { - "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring globally; older adults and people of any age with serious chronic medical conditions are at increased risk for severe disease; some health care systems are becoming overwhelmed and there may be limited access to adequate medical care in affected areas; many countries are implementing travel restrictions and mandatory quarantines, closing borders, and prohibiting non-citizens from entry with little advance notice; US residents may have difficulty returning to the United States; as of 9 December 2022, 643,875,406 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 6,630,082 deaths have been reported to the World Health Organization; as of 8 December 2022, 68.6% of the World population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "food or waterborne diseases": { + "text": "Typhoid fever - An estimated 26 million cases of typhoid fever and 5 million cases of paratyphoid fever occur worldwide each year, causing 215,000 deaths. High-risk regions for typhoid and paratyphoid fever include Africa and Southeast Asia; lower-risk regions include East Asia, South America, and the Caribbean. Typhoid fever is a life-threatening illness caused by Salmonella Typhi bacteria. Paratyphoid fever is a life-threatening illness caused by Salmonella Paratyphi bacteria. The bacteria that cause typhoid fever are most often spread through contaminated food and water and person to person contact. Symptoms of typhoid fever include high fever, weakness, stomach pain, headache, constipation or diarrhea, cough, and loss of appetite. Typhoid fever can be fatal without appropriate antibiotic treatment. CDC recommends that all travelers (even short-term travelers) to affected areas be vaccinated against typhoid fever before travel." + }, + "vectorborne diseases": { + "text": "Malaria - In 2020, an estimated 627,000 people died of malaria—most were young children in sub-Saharan Africa. Nearly half the world’s population lives in areas at risk of malaria transmission in 87 countries and territories (see attached map). In 2020, malaria caused an estimated 241 million clinical episodes, and 627,000 deaths. An estimated 95% of deaths in 2020 were in the WHO African Region. The predominant parasite species is Plasmodium falciparum , which is the species that is most likely to cause severe malaria and death. Where malaria is found depends mainly on climatic factors such as temperature, humidity, and rainfall. Malaria is transmitted in tropical and subtropical areas, where Anopheles mosquitoes can survive and multiply, and malaria parasites can complete their growth cycle in the mosquitoes (“extrinsic incubation period”). Temperature is particularly critical. For example, at temperatures below 20°C (68°F), Plasmodium falciparum (which causes severe malaria) cannot complete its growth cycle in the Anopheles mosquito, and thus cannot be transmitted.
African Trypanosomiasis - also known as “sleeping sickness”, is caused by microscopic parasites of the species Trypanosoma brucei. It is transmitted by the tsetse fly (Glossina species), which is found only in sub-Saharan Africa. Two morphologically indistinguishable subspecies of the parasite cause distinct disease patterns in humans: T. b. gambiense causes a slowly progressing African trypanosomiasis in western and central Africa and T. b. rhodesiense causes a more acute African trypanosomiasis in eastern and southern Africa. Control efforts have reduced the number of annual cases and for the first time in 50 years, the number of reported cases fell under 10,000 in 2009. In 2017–2018, fewer than 2000 cases were reported to WHO. The number of cases continue to drop and in 2020, fewer than 700 combined cases were reported to WHO; over 85% caused by T. b. gambiense and around 15% caused by T. b. rhodesiense. Sleeping sickness is curable with medication but is fatal if left untreated.
Dengue fever - Dengue viruses are spread to people through the bite of an infected Aedes species (Ae. aegypti or Ae. albopictus) mosquito. Almost half of the world’s population, about 4 billion people, live in areas with a risk of dengue. Dengue is often a leading cause of illness in areas with risk. Each year, up to 400 million people get infected with dengue. Approximately 100 million people get sick from infection, and 40,000 die from severe dengue. Dengue has emerged as a worldwide problem since the 1960s. The disease is common in many popular tourist destinations in the Caribbean (including Puerto Rico), Central and South America, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands (see attached regional maps). In the United States, local cases and limited spread of dengue does occur periodically in some states with hot, humid climates and Aedes mosquitoes." + }, + "water contact diseases": { + "text": "Schistosomaisis - also known as bilharzia, is a disease caused by parasitic worms. In terms of impact this disease is second only to malaria as the most devastating parasitic disease (see attached map).  Schistosomiasis is considered one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The parasites that cause schistosomiasis live in certain types of freshwater snails. The infectious form of the parasite, known as cercariae, emerge from the snail into the water. You can become infected when your skin comes in contact with contaminated freshwater. Most human infections are caused by Schistosoma mansoni, S. haematobium, or S. japonicum. Freshwater becomes contaminated by Schistosoma eggs when infected people urinate or defecate in the water. The eggs hatch, and if certain types of freshwater snails are present in the water, the parasites develop and multiply inside the snails. The parasite leaves the snail and enters the water where it can survive for about 48 hours. Schistosoma parasites can penetrate the skin of persons who are wading, swimming, bathing, or washing in contaminated water.
" + }, + "respiratory diseases": { + "text": "Meningococcal meningitis - Meningococcal disease occurs worldwide, with the highest incidence of disease found in the ‘meningitis belt’ of sub-Saharan Africa (see attached map). In this region, major epidemics occur every 5 to 12 years with attack rates reaching 1,000 cases per 100,000 population. Bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis cause meningococcal disease. About 1 in 10 people have these bacteria in the back of their nose and throat without being ill. This is called being ‘a carrier.’ Sometimes the bacteria invade the body and cause certain illnesses, which are known as meningococcal disease. Other regions of the world experience lower overall rates of disease and occasional outbreaks. Annual attack rates in these regions averages around 0.3 to 3 per 100,000 population. Risk factors for meningococcal disease outbreaks in Africa are not fully understood. However, the following characteristics create favorable conditions for meningococcal disease epidemics: Dry and dusty conditions during the dry season between December to June, Immunological susceptibility of the population, Travel and large population displacements, Crowded living conditions" + }, + "note": "note 1: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring globally; older adults and people of any age with serious chronic medical conditions are at increased risk for severe disease; as of 9 December 2022, 643,875,406 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 6,630,082 deaths have been reported to the World Health Organization; as of 8 December 2022, 68.6% of the World population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
note 2: on 22 March 2023, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for some international destinations (see attached map) currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "66.2% (2023 est.)" @@ -347,7 +359,19 @@ } }, "Major infectious diseases": { - "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring globally; older adults and people of any age with serious chronic medical conditions are at increased risk for severe disease; some health care systems are becoming overwhelmed and there may be limited access to adequate medical care in affected areas; many countries are implementing travel restrictions and mandatory quarantines, closing borders, and prohibiting non-citizens from entry with little advance notice; US residents may have difficulty returning to the United States; as of 9 December 2022, 643,875,406 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 6,630,082 deaths have been reported to the World Health Organization; as of 8 December 2022, 68.6% of the World population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "food or waterborne diseases": { + "text": "Typhoid fever - An estimated 26 million cases of typhoid fever and 5 million cases of paratyphoid fever occur worldwide each year, causing 215,000 deaths. High-risk regions for typhoid and paratyphoid fever include Africa and Southeast Asia; lower-risk regions include East Asia, South America, and the Caribbean. Typhoid fever is a life-threatening illness caused by Salmonella Typhi bacteria. Paratyphoid fever is a life-threatening illness caused by Salmonella Paratyphi bacteria. The bacteria that cause typhoid fever are most often spread through contaminated food and water and person to person contact. Symptoms of typhoid fever include high fever, weakness, stomach pain, headache, constipation or diarrhea, cough, and loss of appetite. Typhoid fever can be fatal without appropriate antibiotic treatment. CDC recommends that all travelers (even short-term travelers) to affected areas be vaccinated against typhoid fever before travel." + }, + "vectorborne diseases": { + "text": "Malaria - In 2020, an estimated 627,000 people died of malaria—most were young children in sub-Saharan Africa. Nearly half the world’s population lives in areas at risk of malaria transmission in 87 countries and territories (see attached map). In 2020, malaria caused an estimated 241 million clinical episodes, and 627,000 deaths. An estimated 95% of deaths in 2020 were in the WHO African Region. The predominant parasite species is Plasmodium falciparum , which is the species that is most likely to cause severe malaria and death. Where malaria is found depends mainly on climatic factors such as temperature, humidity, and rainfall. Malaria is transmitted in tropical and subtropical areas, where Anopheles mosquitoes can survive and multiply, and malaria parasites can complete their growth cycle in the mosquitoes (“extrinsic incubation period”). Temperature is particularly critical. For example, at temperatures below 20°C (68°F), Plasmodium falciparum (which causes severe malaria) cannot complete its growth cycle in the Anopheles mosquito, and thus cannot be transmitted.
African Trypanosomiasis - also known as “sleeping sickness”, is caused by microscopic parasites of the species Trypanosoma brucei. It is transmitted by the tsetse fly (Glossina species), which is found only in sub-Saharan Africa. Two morphologically indistinguishable subspecies of the parasite cause distinct disease patterns in humans: T. b. gambiense causes a slowly progressing African trypanosomiasis in western and central Africa and T. b. rhodesiense causes a more acute African trypanosomiasis in eastern and southern Africa. Control efforts have reduced the number of annual cases and for the first time in 50 years, the number of reported cases fell under 10,000 in 2009. In 2017–2018, fewer than 2000 cases were reported to WHO. The number of cases continue to drop and in 2020, fewer than 700 combined cases were reported to WHO; over 85% caused by T. b. gambiense and around 15% caused by T. b. rhodesiense. Sleeping sickness is curable with medication but is fatal if left untreated.
Dengue fever - Dengue viruses are spread to people through the bite of an infected Aedes species (Ae. aegypti or Ae. albopictus) mosquito. Almost half of the world’s population, about 4 billion people, live in areas with a risk of dengue. Dengue is often a leading cause of illness in areas with risk. Each year, up to 400 million people get infected with dengue. Approximately 100 million people get sick from infection, and 40,000 die from severe dengue. Dengue has emerged as a worldwide problem since the 1960s. The disease is common in many popular tourist destinations in the Caribbean (including Puerto Rico), Central and South America, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands (see attached regional maps). In the United States, local cases and limited spread of dengue does occur periodically in some states with hot, humid climates and Aedes mosquitoes." + }, + "water contact diseases": { + "text": "Schistosomaisis - also known as bilharzia, is a disease caused by parasitic worms. In terms of impact this disease is second only to malaria as the most devastating parasitic disease (see attached map).  Schistosomiasis is considered one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The parasites that cause schistosomiasis live in certain types of freshwater snails. The infectious form of the parasite, known as cercariae, emerge from the snail into the water. You can become infected when your skin comes in contact with contaminated freshwater. Most human infections are caused by Schistosoma mansoni, S. haematobium, or S. japonicum. Freshwater becomes contaminated by Schistosoma eggs when infected people urinate or defecate in the water. The eggs hatch, and if certain types of freshwater snails are present in the water, the parasites develop and multiply inside the snails. The parasite leaves the snail and enters the water where it can survive for about 48 hours. Schistosoma parasites can penetrate the skin of persons who are wading, swimming, bathing, or washing in contaminated water.
" + }, + "respiratory diseases": { + "text": "Meningococcal meningitis - Meningococcal disease occurs worldwide, with the highest incidence of disease found in the ‘meningitis belt’ of sub-Saharan Africa (see attached map). In this region, major epidemics occur every 5 to 12 years with attack rates reaching 1,000 cases per 100,000 population. Bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis cause meningococcal disease. About 1 in 10 people have these bacteria in the back of their nose and throat without being ill. This is called being ‘a carrier.’ Sometimes the bacteria invade the body and cause certain illnesses, which are known as meningococcal disease. Other regions of the world experience lower overall rates of disease and occasional outbreaks. Annual attack rates in these regions averages around 0.3 to 3 per 100,000 population. Risk factors for meningococcal disease outbreaks in Africa are not fully understood. However, the following characteristics create favorable conditions for meningococcal disease epidemics: Dry and dusty conditions during the dry season between December to June, Immunological susceptibility of the population, Travel and large population displacements, Crowded living conditions" + }, + "note": "note 1: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring globally; older adults and people of any age with serious chronic medical conditions are at increased risk for severe disease; as of 9 December 2022, 643,875,406 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 6,630,082 deaths have been reported to the World Health Organization; as of 8 December 2022, 68.6% of the World population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
note 2: on 22 March 2023, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for some international destinations (see attached map) currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine" }, "Major lakes (area sq km)": { "text": "top ten largest natural lakes: Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan) 374,000 sq km; Lake Superior (Canada, United States) 82,100 sq km; Lake Victoria (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) 62,940 sq km; Lake Huron (Canada, United States) 59,600 sq km; Lake Michigan (United States) 57,750 sq km; Lake Tanganyika (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Zambia) 32,000 sq km; Great Bear Lake (Canada) 31,328 sq km; Lake Baikal (Russia) 31,500 sq km; Lake Malawi (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania) 22,490 sq km; Great Slave Lake (Canada) 28,568 sq km

note 1: the areas of the lakes are subject to seasonal variation; only the Caspian Sea is saline, the rest are fresh water

note 2: Lakes Huron and Michigan are technically a single lake because the flow of water between the Straits of Mackinac that connects the two lakes keeps their water levels at near-equilibrium; combined, Lake Huron-Michigan is the largest freshwater lake by surface area in the world"