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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) is composed of the 7 emirate rulers and is the highest constitutional authority in the UAE; the FSC establishes general policies and sanctions federal legislation; meets 4 times a year; Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi) and Dubayy (Dubai) rulers have effective veto power"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Federal National Council (FNC) or Majlis al-Ittihad al-Watani (40 seats; 20 members indirectly elected using single non-transferable vote by an electoral college whose members are selected by each emirate ruler proportional to its FNC membership, and 20 members appointed by the rulers of the 7 constituent states; members serve 4-year terms)"
"legislature name": {
"text": "Federal National Council (Majlis Watani Itihadi)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held for indirectly elected members on 7 October 2023 (next to be held in October 2027); last held for appointed members in October 2023 (next appointments expected in late 2027)"
"legislative structure": {
"text": "unicameral"
},
"election results": {
"text": "seats by emirate - Abu Dhabi 4, Dubai 4, Sharjah 3, Ras al-Khaimah 3, Ajman 2, Fujairah 2, Umm al-Quwain 2; composition - 13 men, 7 women, percentage elected women 35%; note - to attain overall FNC gender parity, 13 women and 7 men were appointed; total FNC percentage of women 50%"
"number of seats": {
"text": "40 (20 indirectly elected; 20 appointed)"
},
"electoral system": {
"text": "other systems"
},
"scope of elections": {
"text": "full renewal"
},
"term in office": {
"text": "4 years"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "10/7/2023"
},
"percentage of women in chamber": {
"text": "50%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "October 2027"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
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},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": {
"text": "$719.733 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$718.95 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
"text": "$696.041 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$693.842 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
"text": "$645.376 billion (2021 est.)"
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},
"Real GDP growth rate": {
"Real GDP growth rate 2023": {
"text": "3.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.62% (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP growth rate 2022": {
"text": "7.85% (2022 est.)"
"text": "7.51% (2022 est.)"
},
"Real GDP growth rate 2021": {
"text": "4.35% (2021 est.)"
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},
"Real GDP per capita": {
"Real GDP per capita 2023": {
"text": "$75,600 (2023 est.)"
"text": "$68,600 (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2022": {
"text": "$73,700 (2022 est.)"
"text": "$68,900 (2022 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2021": {
"text": "$68,900 (2021 est.)"
"text": "$67,400 (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in 2021 dollars"
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$504.173 billion (2023 est.)",
"text": "$514.13 billion (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "1.63% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "4.83% (2022 est.)"
"text": "5.29% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "-0.01% (2021 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020": {
"text": "-2.08% (2020 est.)"
"text": "0.18% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
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},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "0.8% (2022 est.)"
"text": "0.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"industry": {
"text": "51.5% (2022 est.)"
"text": "47.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"services": {
"text": "47.7% (2022 est.)"
"text": "51.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data"
},
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
"household consumption": {
"text": "40.2% (2020 est.)"
"text": "45.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"government consumption": {
"text": "14.5% (2020 est.)"
"text": "12.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"investment in fixed capital": {
"text": "20.2% (2020 est.)"
"text": "27.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"investment in inventories": {
"text": "2.6% (2020 est.)"
"text": "0% (2023 est.)"
},
"exports of goods and services": {
"text": "95.9% (2020 est.)"
"text": "108.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"imports of goods and services": {
"text": "-70.6% (2020 est.)"
"text": "-93.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection"
},
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"text": "petroleum and petrochemicals; fishing, aluminum, cement, fertilizer, commercial ship repair, construction materials, handicrafts, textiles"
},
"Industrial production growth rate": {
"text": "8.49% (2022 est.)",
"text": "0.8% (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "6.668 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "7.248 million (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
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},
"Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income": {
"Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2018": {
"text": "26 (2018 est.)"
"text": "26.4 (2018 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> index (0-100) of income distribution; higher values represent greater inequality"
},
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},
"Household income or consumption by percentage share": {
"lowest 10%": {
"text": "4% (2018 est.)"
"text": "2.8% (2018 est.)"
},
"highest 10%": {
"text": "20% (2018 est.)"
"text": "20.5% (2018 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population"
},
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"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "0.57% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "0.58% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {

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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> OSCE observers noted shortcomings in the election, including a restrictive political environment, limits on fundamental freedoms, a lack of genuine competition, and ballot box stuffing"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Milli Mejlis (125 seats, current 116; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)"
"legislature name": {
"text": "National Assembly (Milli Majlis)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 1 September 2024 (next to be held in 2029)"
"legislative structure": {
"text": "unicameral"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - YAP 68, CSP 3, Justice, Law, Deomcracy Party 2, Azerbaijan Democratic Enlightenment Party 1, Azerbaijan National Independence Party 1, Democratic Reforms Party 1, Great Azerbaijan Party 1, Great Order Party 1, Motherland Party 1, National Front Party 1, Republican Alternative Party1, independents 44"
"number of seats": {
"text": "125 (all directly elected)"
},
"electoral system": {
"text": "plurality/majority"
},
"scope of elections": {
"text": "full renewal"
},
"term in office": {
"text": "5 years"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "9/1/2024"
},
"parties elected and seats per party": {
"text": "New Azerbaidjan Party (YAP) (68); Independents (44); Other (13)"
},
"percentage of women in chamber": {
"text": "20.8%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "November 2029"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
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}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "3 state-run and 1 public TV channels; 4 domestic commercial TV stations and about 15 regional TV stations; cable TV services are available in Baku; 1 state-run and 1 public radio network operating; a small number of private commercial radio stations broadcasting; local FM relays of Baku commercial stations are available in many localities; note - all broadcast media is pro-government, and most private broadcast media outlets are owned by entities directly linked to the government"
"text": "<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">TV is the most popular medium and many homes are hooked up to satellite, all Azerbaijan-based channels promote the government line, state-owned AzTV runs three national channels and there are four national privately-owned stations, state-funded iTV is a notional public service broadcaster, Turkish, Russian and Western TVs are available on cable, opposition and exile TVs use satellite and online distribution, analogue terrestrial TV was phased out in 2016-17, radio outlets focus on entertainment, around a dozen stations are on FM in Baku and many of them are relayed elsewhere, newspapers distribution is largely limited to Baku</p> (2023)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".az"

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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Nikol PASHINYAN was first elected prime minister on 8 May 2018 and reelected on January 2019; in response to a political crisis that followed Armenia's defeat in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in late 2020, PASHINYAN called an early legislative election for 21 June 2021; his party won the election and PASHINYAN was elected prime minister for a third time; his election was confirmed by the president on 2 August 2021, and he was sworn in on 10 September 2021"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral National Assembly (Parliament) or Azgayin Zhoghov (minimum 101 seats; current - 107 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms; four mandates are reserved for national minorities)"
"legislature name": {
"text": "National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held early on 20 June 2021 (next to be held in June 2026)"
"legislative structure": {
"text": "unicameral"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - Civil Contract 53.9%, Armenia Alliance 21%, I Have Honour Alliance 5.2%, other 19.9%; seats by party/coalition - Civil Contract 71, Armenia Alliance 29, I Have Honour Alliance 7; composition - men 68, women 39, percentage women 36.5%"
"number of seats": {
"text": "107 (all directly elected)"
},
"electoral system": {
"text": "proportional representation"
},
"scope of elections": {
"text": "full renewal"
},
"term in office": {
"text": "5 years"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "6/20/2021"
},
"parties elected and seats per party": {
"text": "Civil Contract Party (71); Armenia Alliance (29); I Have the Honour Alliance (7)"
},
"percentage of women in chamber": {
"text": "36.4%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "June 2026"
},
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> additional seats allocated as necessary; the numbers usually change with each parliamentary convocation<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> four mandates are reserved for national minorities; no more than 70% of the top membership of a party list can belong to the same sex; political parties must meet a 5% threshold and alliances a 7% threshold to win seats; at least three parties must be seated in the Parliament"
},
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},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": {
"text": "$57.728 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$57.516 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
"text": "$53.108 billion (2022 est.)"
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},
"Real GDP growth rate": {
"Real GDP growth rate 2023": {
"text": "8.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP growth rate 2022": {
"text": "12.6% (2022 est.)"
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},
"Real GDP per capita": {
"Real GDP per capita 2023": {
"text": "$20,800 (2023 est.)"
"text": "$19,200 (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2022": {
"text": "$19,100 (2022 est.)"
"text": "$17,900 (2022 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2021": {
"text": "$16,900 (2021 est.)"
"text": "$15,900 (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in 2021 dollars"
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$24.212 billion (2023 est.)",
"text": "$24.086 billion (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
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},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "8.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"industry": {
"text": "23.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "23.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"services": {
"text": "59% (2023 est.)"
"text": "59.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data"
},
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
"household consumption": {
"text": "65.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "65.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"government consumption": {
"text": "14.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"investment in fixed capital": {
"text": "20.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "20.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"investment in inventories": {
"text": "0.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "0.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"exports of goods and services": {
"text": "58.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "59.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"imports of goods and services": {
"text": "-58.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "-60.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection"
},
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"text": "brandy, mining, diamond processing, metal-cutting machine tools, forging and pressing machines, electric motors, knitted wear, hosiery, shoes, silk fabric, chemicals, trucks, instruments, microelectronics, jewelry, software, food processing"
},
"Industrial production growth rate": {
"text": "5.51% (2023 est.)",
"text": "2.7% (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "1.356 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "1.475 million (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
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},
"Remittances": {
"Remittances 2023": {
"text": "7.64% of GDP (2023 est.)"
"text": "6.03% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Remittances 2022": {
"text": "10.43% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"text": "10.41% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Remittances 2021": {
"text": "11.22% of GDP (2021 est.)"
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},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$510.104 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "-$556.329 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "$150.994 million (2022 est.)"
"text": "$64.725 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$482.982 million (2021 est.)"
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},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$14.13 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$14.338 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$10.038 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$10.118 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$5.012 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$5.04 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
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},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$14.279 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$14.532 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$10.186 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$10.265 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$6.12 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$6.155 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
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"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2022": {
"text": "$6.028 billion (2022 est.)"
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$6.352 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
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}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "<p>Armenia’s government-run Public Television network operates alongside 100 privately owned TV stations that provide local to near nationwide coverage; three Russian TV companies are broadcast in Armenia under interstate agreements; subscription cable TV services are available in most regions; several major international broadcasters are available, including CNN; Armenian TV completed conversion from analog to digital broadcasting in late 2016; Public Radio of Armenia is a national, state-run broadcast network that operates alongside 18 privately owned radio stations</p> (2019)"
"text": "<p>Armenia’s government-run Public Television network operates alongside 100 privately owned TV stations that provide local to near nationwide coverage; three Russian TV companies are broadcast in Armenia under interstate agreements; subscription cable TV services are available in most regions; several major international broadcasters are available, including CNN; Armenian TV completed conversion from analog to digital broadcasting in late 2016; Public Radio of Armenia is a national, state-run broadcast network that operates alongside 18 privately owned radio stations</p> (2024)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".am"

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}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral National Assembly consists of:<br>Consultative Council or Majlis al-Shura (40 seats; members appointed by the king)<br>Council of Representatives or Majlis al-Nuwab (40 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 4-year renewable terms)"
"legislature name": {
"text": "National Assembly (Al-Majlis Al-Watani)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "Consultative Council - last appointments on 30 November 2022 (next appointments in 2026)<br>Council of Representatives - first round for 6 members held on 12 November 2022; second round for remaining 34 members held on 19 November 2022 (next to be held in November 2026)"
"legislative structure": {
"text": "bicameral"
}
},
"Legislative branch - lower chamber": {
"chamber name": {
"text": "Council of Representatives (Majlis Al-Nuwab)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Consultative Council - all members appointed; composition - men 30, women 10, percentage women 25%<br><br>Council of Representatives - percent of vote by society - NA; seats by society - NA; composition - men 32, women 8, percentage women 20%; total National Assembly percentage women 23%"
"number of seats": {
"text": "40 (all directly elected)"
},
"electoral system": {
"text": "plurality/majority"
},
"scope of elections": {
"text": "full renewal"
},
"term in office": {
"text": "4 years"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "11/12/2022 to 11/19/2022"
},
"percentage of women in chamber": {
"text": "20%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "November 2026"
}
},
"Legislative branch - upper chamber": {
"chamber name": {
"text": "Shura Council (Majlis Al-Shura)"
},
"number of seats": {
"text": "40 (all appointed)"
},
"scope of elections": {
"text": "full renewal"
},
"term in office": {
"text": "4 years"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "11/27/2022"
},
"percentage of women in chamber": {
"text": "25%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "November 2026"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
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},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": {
"text": "$85.491 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$90.228 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
"text": "$83.421 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$87.617 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
"text": "$79.531 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$82.672 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in 2021 dollars"
},
"Real GDP growth rate": {
"Real GDP growth rate 2023": {
"text": "2.48% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.98% (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP growth rate 2022": {
"text": "4.89% (2022 est.)"
"text": "5.98% (2022 est.)"
},
"Real GDP growth rate 2021": {
"text": "2.59% (2021 est.)"
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},
"Real GDP per capita": {
"Real GDP per capita 2023": {
"text": "$57,600 (2023 est.)"
"text": "$57,200 (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2022": {
"text": "$56,700 (2022 est.)"
"text": "$57,500 (2022 est.)"
},
"Real GDP per capita 2021": {
"text": "$54,400 (2021 est.)"
"text": "$55,000 (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in 2021 dollars"
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$43.205 billion (2023 est.)",
"text": "$46.08 billion (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
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"text": "0.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"industry": {
"text": "44.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "44% (2023 est.)"
},
"services": {
"text": "51.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "51.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data"
},
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
"household consumption": {
"text": "39.2% (2021 est.)"
"text": "39.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"government consumption": {
"text": "15.8% (2021 est.)"
"text": "14.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"investment in fixed capital": {
"text": "24.6% (2021 est.)"
"text": "27.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"investment in inventories": {
"text": "1% (2021 est.)"
"text": "1.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"exports of goods and services": {
"text": "89.7% (2021 est.)"
"text": "87.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"imports of goods and services": {
"text": "-70.2% (2021 est.)"
"text": "-70.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection"
},
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"text": "petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, iron pelletization, fertilizers, Islamic and offshore banking, insurance, ship repairing, tourism"
},
"Industrial production growth rate": {
"text": "-1.1% (2023 est.)",
"text": "-0.35% (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "855,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "918,000 (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
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@ -808,11 +854,11 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "115.52% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"text": "111.6% of GDP (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "2.92% (of GDP) (2020 est.)"
"text": "2.82% (of GDP) (2020 est.)"
},
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@ -1006,7 +1052,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "state-run Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation (BRTC) operates 5 terrestrial TV networks and several radio stations; satellite TV systems provide access to international broadcasts; 1 private FM station directs broadcasts to Indian listeners; radio and TV broadcasts from countries in the region are available (2019)"
"text": "state-run Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation (BRTC) operates 6 terrestrial TV networks and several radio stations; satellite TV systems provide access to international broadcasts; 1 private FM station directs broadcasts to Indian listeners; radio and TV broadcasts from countries in the region are available (2023)"
},
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@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Salome ZOURABICHVILI (since 16 December 2018)"
"text": "President Mikheil KAVELASHVILI (since 29 December 2024)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Prime Minister Irakli KOBAKHIDZE (since 8 February 2024)"
@ -553,22 +553,43 @@
"text": "Cabinet of Ministers"
},
"elections/appointments": {
"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 28 November 2018 (next to be held in 2024); prime minister nominated by Parliament, appointed by the president; note - 2017 constitutional amendments made the 2018 election the last where the president was directly elected; future presidents will be elected by a 300-member College of Electors; in light of these changes, ZOURABICHVILI was allowed a six-year term"
"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 14 December 2024; next election in 2029; prime minister nominated by Parliament, appointed by the president; note - 2017 constitutional amendments made the 2018 election the last where the president was directly elected; future presidents will be elected by a 300-member College of Electors"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2024: </em>Irakli KOBAKHIDZE approved as prime minister by Parliamentary vote 84-10<em><br><br>2018:</em> Salome ZOURABICHVILI elected president in second round; percent of vote in second round - Salome ZOURABICHVILI (independent, backed by Georgian Dream) 59.5%, Grigol VASHADZE (UNM) 40.5%; Irakli GARIBASHVILI approved as prime minister by Parliamentary vote 89-2; note-resigned on January 29, 2024"
"text": "<em><br>2024: </em>Mikheil KAVELASHVILI (Georgian Dream Party) was formally inaugurated on 29 December 2024<br><em><br>2024: </em>Irakli KOBAKHIDZE approved as prime minister by Parliamentary vote 84-10<em><br><br>2018:</em> Salome ZOURABICHVILI elected president in second round; percent of vote in second round - Salome ZOURABICHVILI (independent, backed by Georgian Dream) 59.5%, Grigol VASHADZE (UNM) 40.5%; Irakli GARIBASHVILI approved as prime minister by Parliamentary vote 89-2; note-resigned on January 29, 2024"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>Irakli GARIBASHVILI resigned on 29 January 2024 to prepare for general elections in October 2024"
},
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"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament or Sakartvelos Parlamenti (150 seats statutory, 140 as of October 2024); 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)"
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"text": "Parliament (Sakartvelos Parlamenti)"
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"text": "last held on 26 October 2024"
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"text": "unicameral"
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"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - Georgian Dream 53.9%, the Coalition for Change 11%, Unity-National Movement 10.2%, Strong Georgia 8.8%, Gakharia for Georgia 7.8%; seats by party - Georgian Dream 89, Coalition for Change 19, Unity-National Movement 16, Strong Georgia 14, Gakharia for Georgia 12"
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"text": "proportional representation"
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"text": "full renewal"
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"text": "10/26/2024"
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"text": "Georgian Dream (89); Coalition for Changes (19); Unity - National Movement (16); Strong Georgia – Lelo, For people, For Liberty! (14); For Georgia (12)"
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},
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"text": "$83.656 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$83.935 billion (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "$77.838 billion (2022 est.)"
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},
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"text": "7.47% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.83% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "10.96% (2022 est.)"
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},
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"text": "$22,200 (2023 est.)"
"text": "$22,600 (2023 est.)"
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"text": "$21,000 (2022 est.)"
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"text": "$30.536 billion (2023 est.)",
"text": "$30.778 billion (2023 est.)",
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"text": "6% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "19% (2023 est.)"
"text": "18.9% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "61.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "62.1% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "68.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "71.5% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "12.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "12.1% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "21.5% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "4.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.5% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "49.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "49.3% (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "-56.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "-57.9% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "steel, machine tools, electrical appliances, mining (manganese, copper, gold), chemicals, wood products, wine"
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"text": "6.15% (2023 est.)",
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"text": "1.853 million (2023 est.)",
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"text": "2.7% (2021 est.)"
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"text": "26.2% (2021 est.)"
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"text": "14.74% of GDP (2023 est.)"
"text": "13.65% of GDP (2023 est.)"
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"text": "-$1.326 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "-$1.708 billion (2023 est.)"
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"text": "-$1.12 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "-$1.105 billion (2022 est.)"
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"text": "-$1.943 billion (2021 est.)"
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"text": "$15.161 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$15.173 billion (2023 est.)"
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"text": "$17.791 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$17.816 billion (2023 est.)"
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"text": "$6.976 billion (2022 est.)"
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},

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"Economy": {
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"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": {
"text": "$27.418 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$27.446 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
"text": "$29.016 billion (2022 est.)"
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},
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"text": "-5.51% (2023 est.)"
"text": "-5.41% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "4.08% (2022 est.)"
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"note": "<b>note:</b> data in 2021 dollars; entry includes West Bank and Gaza Strip"
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"text": "$17.396 billion (2023 est.)",
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},
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"text": "101.6% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "20.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "20.3% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "24.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "24.7% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "1.5% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "19.6% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "-66.9% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "1.389 million (2022 est.)",
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"text": "21.13% of GDP (2022 est.)"
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"text": "-$2.895 billion (2023 est.)"
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"text": "-$2.037 billion (2022 est.)"
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"text": "-$1.903 billion (2020 est.)"
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"note": "<strong>Note: </strong>presidential election held early due to the death of President Ebrahim RAISI in a helicopter accident in May 2024"
},
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"description": {
"text": "unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly or Majles-e Shura-ye Eslami or Majles (290 seats; 285 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by multiple non-transferable vote in 2 rounds, 1 seat each for Zoroastrians, Jews, Assyrian and Chaldean Christians, Armenians in the north of the country and Armenians in the south; members serve 4-year terms)"
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"text": "percent of vote by coalition in first round - NA; seats by coalition in first round - conservatives and hardliners 200, other 45; composition - NA"
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"text": "3/1/2024 to 5/10/2024"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> all candidates to the Majles must be approved by the Council of Guardians, a 12-member group of which 6 are appointed by the supreme leader and 6 are jurists nominated by the judiciary and elected by the Majles"
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"text": "$1.44 trillion (2023 est.)"
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"text": "4.95% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.04% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "$15,900 (2023 est.)"
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"text": "$15,500 (2022 est.)"
"text": "$15,300 (2022 est.)"
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"text": "$401.505 billion (2023 est.)",
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"text": "13% (2023 est.)"
"text": "12.8% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "41.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "36.2% (2023 est.)"
},
"services": {
"text": "42.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "48.3% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "47.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "50.3% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "13.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "12.9% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "26.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "26.8% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "9.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "11.2% (2022 est.)"
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"text": "28.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "24.2% (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "-26.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "-28% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "8.84% (2023 est.)",
"text": "7.14% (2023 est.)",
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},
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"text": "29.159 million (2023 est.)",
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}
},
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},

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}
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"description": {
"text": "unicameral Knesset (120 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
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"text": "unicameral"
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"text": "percent by party - Likud 23.4%, Yesh Atid 17.8%, Religious Zionism (electoral alliance of Religious Zionist Party, Jewish Power, and Noam) 10.8%, National Unity 9.1%, Shas 8.2%, UTJ 5.9%, Yisrael Beiteinu 4.5%, United Arab List 4.1%, Hadash-Ta'al 3.8%, Labor 3.7%, Meretz 3.2%, other 1.6%; seats by party - Likud 32, Yesh Atid 24, Religious Zionism (electoral alliance of Religious Zionist Party, Jewish Power, and Noam) 14, National Unity 12, Shas 11, UTJ 7, Yisrael Beiteinu 6, Hadash-Ta'al 5, United Arab List 5, Labor 4; composition - men 90, women 30, percentage women 25%"
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"text": "full renewal"
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"text": "11/1/2022"
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"text": "Likud (32); Yesh Atid (24); Religious Zionism (14); National Unity (12); Shas (11); United Torah Judaism (Yahadut Hatorah) (7); Yisrael Beiteinu (6); Other (14)"
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"text": "25%"
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"text": "October 2026"
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"text": "$471.03 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$472.533 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
"text": "$461.808 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$461.354 billion (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "$432.271 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$433.317 billion (2021 est.)"
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"text": "2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.42% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "6.47% (2022 est.)"
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"text": "$48,300 (2023 est.)"
"text": "$48,400 (2023 est.)"
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"text": "$48,300 (2022 est.)"
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"text": "$46,200 (2021 est.)"
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},
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"text": "$509.901 billion (2023 est.)",
"text": "$513.611 billion (2023 est.)",
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@ -729,34 +750,34 @@
},
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"text": "1.3% (2021 est.)"
"text": "1.2% (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "17.2% (2021 est.)"
"text": "18.9% (2022 est.)"
},
"services": {
"text": "72.4% (2021 est.)"
"text": "70.8% (2022 est.)"
},
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},
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
"household consumption": {
"text": "48.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "47.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"government consumption": {
"text": "22.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "22.2% (2023 est.)"
},
"investment in fixed capital": {
"text": "24% (2023 est.)"
"text": "24.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"investment in inventories": {
"text": "1.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"exports of goods and services": {
"text": "30.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "30.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"imports of goods and services": {
"text": "-27.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "-26.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection"
},
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"text": "high-technology products (including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics, fiber optics), wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and tobacco, caustic soda, cement, pharmaceuticals, construction, metal products, chemical products, plastics, cut diamonds, textiles, footwear"
},
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"text": "6.05% (2021 est.)",
"text": "5.51% (2022 est.)",
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},
"Labor force": {
"text": "4.554 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "4.574 million (2023 est.)",
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@ -819,10 +840,10 @@
},
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"text": "1.9% (2021 est.)"
"text": "2% (2021 est.)"
},
"highest 10%": {
"text": "27.1% (2021 est.)"
"text": "26.6% (2021 est.)"
},
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},
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"text": "$25.089 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$24.545 billion (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "$20.34 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$20.328 billion (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "$19.095 billion (2021 est.)"
@ -870,7 +891,7 @@
},
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"text": "$156.165 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$156.331 billion (2023 est.)"
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},
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"text": "$137.567 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$137.487 billion (2023 est.)"
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"text": "$150.804 billion (2022 est.)"

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}
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"description": {
"text": "unicameral Council of Representatives of Iraq (COR) or Majlis an-Nuwwab al-Iraqiyy (329 seats; 320 members directly elected in 83 multi-seat constituencies by single nontransferable vote, 9 seats elected by religious minorities - 5 by Christians, 1 each by Sabaean-Mandaeans, Yazidis, Shabaks andFayli Kurds, and 25% of seats allocated to women; members serve 4-year terms)"
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"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - NA; seats by party/coalition - Taqadum 47, State of Law Coalition 43, Al Fatah Alliance 37, Kurdistan Democratic Party 31, Kurdistan Coalition 18, Azm Alliance 16, Imtidad 16, State Forces Alliance 11, Ishraqat Kanun 10, New Generation Movement 9, National Contract Party 8, Tasmim Alliance 7, Babiliyun Movement 3, other 73; composition - men 234, women 95, percentage women 29.2%"
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"text": "full renewal"
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"text": "4 years"
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"text": "10/10/2021"
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"text": "Sadrist Bloc (73); National Progress Alliance / Taqadum (37); State of Law Coalition (33); Kurdistan Democratic Party (31); Fatah Alliance (17); Kurdistan Alliance (17); Independents (43); Other (78)"
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"text": "28.9%"
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"text": "October 2025"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> seat counts reflect updated numbers following the 12 June 2022 Sadrist Trend withdrawal from government formation; its 73 seats were reallocated to other parties"
},
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},
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"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Alina L. ROMANOWSKI (since 2 June 2022)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Elizabeth TRUDEAU (since 7 December 2024)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "Al-Kindi Street, International Zone, Baghdad; note - consulate in Al Basrah closed as of 28 September 2018"

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}
},
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"text": "bicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-'Umma consists of:<br>Senate or the House of Notables or Majlis al-Ayan (65 seats; members appointed by the monarch to serve 4-year terms)<br><br>Chamber of Deputies or Majlis al-Nuwaab (138 seats; 97 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by open-list proportional representation vote; of these, 12 seats reserved for Christian, Circassian, and Chechen minorities, and 18 reserved for women; the remaining 41 members directly elected from a single national constituency by closed party-list proportional representation vote; of these, 2 seats reserved for Christians and 1 each for members of the Chechen and Circassian minorities; party candidate lists must include at least 1 woman among the first 3 candidates and 1 among the next 3 candidates; all members serve 4-year terms)"
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"text": "Senate - composition - men 55, women 10, percent of women 15.4%<br><em><br></em>House of Representatives - percentage by party - NA; seats by party - Islamic Action Front 31, Mithaq 21, Irada 19, and Taqadum 8, other (includes seats reserved for women, minorities)"
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"text": "full renewal"
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"text": "September 2028"
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"chamber name": {
"text": "Senate (Majlis Al-Aayan)"
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"text": "full renewal"
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@ -671,10 +718,10 @@
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"text": "$106.806 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$107.101 billion (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "$104.084 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$104.307 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
"text": "$101.617 billion (2021 est.)"
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"text": "2.62% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.68% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "2.43% (2022 est.)"
"text": "2.65% (2022 est.)"
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"text": "$9,400 (2023 est.)"
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"text": "$9,200 (2022 est.)"
"text": "$9,300 (2022 est.)"
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"text": "$9,100 (2021 est.)"
"text": "$9,200 (2021 est.)"
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"text": "$50.814 billion (2023 est.)",
"text": "$50.967 billion (2023 est.)",
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"text": "4.8% (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "24.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "24.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"services": {
"text": "60.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "60.7% (2023 est.)"
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@ -759,10 +806,10 @@
"text": "3% (2021 est.)"
},
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"text": "30.3% (2021 est.)"
"text": "43.5% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "-50.2% (2021 est.)"
"text": "-56.7% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "tourism, information technology, clothing, fertilizer, potash, phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, inorganic chemicals, light manufacturing"
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"text": "3.28% (2023 est.)",
"text": "3.54% (2023 est.)",
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"text": "3.063 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "3.103 million (2023 est.)",
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},
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"text": "9.72% of GDP (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.79% of GDP (2023 est.)"
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"text": "10.1% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"text": "10.07% of GDP (2022 est.)"
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},
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"text": "101.14% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"text": "100.91% of GDP (2022 est.)"
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"text": "17.47% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
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"text": "-$1.91 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$4.159 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "-$3.815 billion (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "-$3.718 billion (2021 est.)"
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"text": "-$2.505 billion (2020 est.)"
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},
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"text": "$22.186 billion (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "$20.335 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$20.743 billion (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "$13.87 billion (2021 est.)"
},
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"text": "$10.444 billion (2020 est.)"
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@ -881,15 +928,15 @@
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"text": "$28.922 billion (2023 est.)"
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"text": "$29.955 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$30.019 billion (2022 est.)"
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"text": "$23.321 billion (2021 est.)"
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"Debt - external": {
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"text": "$16.293 billion (2022 est.)"
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"text": "$21.766 billion (2023 est.)"
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},

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}
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"description": {
"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Umma (65 seats; 50 members directly elected from 5 multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 15 ex-officio members (cabinet ministers)&nbsp;appointed by the amir; members serve 4-year terms)"
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"text": "National Assembly (Majles Al-Ommah)"
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"text": "50 nonpartisan candidates, including 29 opposition candidates; composition - men 63, women 2, percent women 3.1%"
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"text": "other systems"
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"text": "full renewal"
},
"term in office": {
"text": "4 years"
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"text": "4/4/2024"
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"text": "April 2028"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in May 2024, Amir Sheikh MISHAL al-Ahmad al-Sabah dissolved the National Assembly, and some powers held by the National Assembly were assumed by the government"
},
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},
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"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires James HOLTSNIDER (since July 2021)"
"text": "Ambassador Karen Hideko SASAHARA (since 10 March 2024)"
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"text": "P.O. Box 77, Safat 13001"
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},
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"text": "$219.06 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$225.481 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
"text": "$224.057 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$234 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
"text": "$211.099 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$221.048 billion (2021 est.)"
},
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},
"Real GDP growth rate": {
"Real GDP growth rate 2023": {
"text": "-2.23% (2023 est.)"
"text": "-3.64% (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "6.14% (2022 est.)"
"text": "5.86% (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.7% (2021 est.)"
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},
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"text": "$50,800 (2023 est.)"
"text": "$46,500 (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "$52,500 (2022 est.)"
"text": "$51,000 (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "$49,700 (2021 est.)"
"text": "$50,700 (2021 est.)"
},
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},
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"text": "$161.772 billion (2023 est.)",
"text": "$163.705 billion (2023 est.)",
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@ -697,31 +712,34 @@
},
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"text": "0.4% (2022 est.)"
"text": "0.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"industry": {
"text": "67% (2022 est.)"
"text": "60.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"services": {
"text": "43.6% (2022 est.)"
"text": "51.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data"
},
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"household consumption": {
"text": "40.6% (2019 est.)"
"text": "32.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"government consumption": {
"text": "24.8% (2019 est.)"
"text": "20.7% (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "24.6% (2019 est.)"
"text": "16.1% (2022 est.)"
},
"investment in inventories": {
"text": "0.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"exports of goods and services": {
"text": "52.3% (2019 est.)"
"text": "60.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"imports of goods and services": {
"text": "-44.1% (2019 est.)"
"text": "-30.4% (2022 est.)"
},
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},
@ -733,11 +751,11 @@
"text": "petroleum, petrochemicals, cement, shipbuilding and repair, water desalination, food processing, construction materials"
},
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"text": "8.05% (2022 est.)",
"text": "-5.37% (2023 est.)",
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},
"Labor force": {
"text": "2.463 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "2.826 million (2023 est.)",
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},
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@ -780,7 +798,7 @@
"text": "0.01% of GDP (2022 est.)"
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"text": "0.57% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"text": "0.54% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
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},

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},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "president (vacant)"
"text": "President Joseph AOUN (since 9 January 2025)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Caretaker Prime Minister Najib MIQATI (since 20 September 2021)"
"text": "Prime Minister Najib MIQATI (since 20 September 2021)"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "Cabinet chosen by the prime minister in consultation with the president and Parliament"
"text": "Cabinet chosen by the prime minister in consultation with the president and the National Assembly"
},
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"text": "president indirectly elected by a qualified majority of two-thirds of Parliament members in the first round and if needed a two-thirds quorum of members by simple majority vote in a second round for a 6-year term (eligible for non-consecutive terms); last held on 31 October 2016; prime minister appointed by the president in consultation with Parliament"
"text": "president indirectly elected by a qualified majority of two-thirds of Parliament members in the first round and if needed a two-thirds quorum of members by simple majority popular vote for a 6-year term (eligible for non-consecutive terms); last held on 9 January 2025 (next to be held in 2031); prime minister appointed by the president in consultation with the National Assembly"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br><em>2023:</em> on 14 June 2023, Parliament failed in its twelfth attempt to elect a president; note - the Hezbollah bloc withdrew following the first round of voting and a second round was not possible since Parliament lacked the required 86-member quorum for a second round of voting<br><em><br>2016:</em> Michel AWN elected president in second round; Parliament vote - Michel AWN (FPM) 83; the president was finally elected in its 46th attempt on 31 October 2016"
"text": "<em>2025: </em>Joseph AOUN elected president in second round; National Assembly vote - 99 of 128; note - President Michel AWN's term ended 31 October 2022, and the government was in caretaker status until the 9 January National Assembly election of AOUN<br><em><br>2016:</em> Michel AWN elected president in second round; National Assembly vote - Michel AWN (FPM) 83; the president elected in its 46th attempt on 31 October 2016"
}
},
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"description": {
"text": "unicameral House of Representatives or Majlis al-Nuwab in Arabic, Chambre des d&eacute;put&eacute;s in French (128 seats; members directly elected in multi-member constituencies by open-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
"legislature name": {
"text": "National Assembly (Majlis Al-Nuwwab)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 15 May 2022 (next to be held in May 2026)"
"legislative structure": {
"text": "unicameral"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition &ndash; NA; seats by party/coalition &ndash; FPM 16, LF 14, Amal Movement 13, Hezbollah 13, PSP 9, Kata&rsquo;ib Party 4, other 30, independent 29; composition - men 120, women 8, percentage women 6.3%"
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"text": "128 (all directly elected)"
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"text": "proportional representation"
},
"scope of elections": {
"text": "full renewal"
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"term in office": {
"text": "4 years"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "5/15/2022"
},
"parties elected and seats per party": {
"text": "Strong Republic (19); Strong Lebanon (18); Development and Liberation (15); Loyalty to the Resistance (15); Independent Deputies (9); Democratic Gathering (8); Independents (20); Other (24)"
},
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"text": "6.3%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "May 2026"
},
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> Lebanon’s constitution states that the Parliament cannot conduct regular business until it elects a president when the position is vacant <br><strong><br>note 2:</strong> seats are apportioned evenly between Christians and Muslims"
},
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"text": "$12,300 (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "$12,000 (2022 est.)"
"text": "$11,500 (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "$11,900 (2021 est.)"
"text": "$11,600 (2021 est.)"
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},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$17.937 billion (2023 est.)",
"text": "$20.992 billion (2022 est.)",
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},
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"text": "1.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "1.2% (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "2.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"services": {
"text": "47.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "88.6% (2022 est.)"
},
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},
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"text": "129.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "140.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"government consumption": {
"text": "5.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.6% (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "0.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "1.2% (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "0% (2022 est.)"
},
"exports of goods and services": {
"text": "46.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "34.8% (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "-82.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "-80.1% (2022 est.)"
},
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},
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"text": "banking, tourism, real estate and construction, food processing, wine, jewelry, cement, textiles, mineral and chemical products, wood and furniture products, oil refining, metal fabricating"
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"text": "0.74% (2023 est.)",
"text": "-0.56% (2022 est.)",
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"Labor force": {
"text": "1.771 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "1.925 million (2023 est.)",
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},
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"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
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},
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},

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"note": "<strong>note</strong> - the monarch is both chief of state and head of government"
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"text": "bicameral Council of Oman or Majlis Oman consists of:<br>Council of State or Majlis al-Dawla (87 seats including the chairman; members appointed by the sultan from among former government officials and prominent educators, businessmen, and citizens; members serve 4-year term)<br>Consultative Assembly or Majlis al-Shura (90 seats; members directly elected in single- and 2-seat constituencies by simple majority popular vote to serve renewable 4-year terms)"
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},
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"text": "Shura Council (Majles A'Shura)"
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"text": "full renewal"
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}
},
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}
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"text": "unicameral Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura (45 seats; members appointed by the monarch to serve until resignation or until relieved; note 1 - legislative drafting authority rests with the Council of Ministers and is reviewed by the Advisory Council; note 2 - a constitutional amendment passed in late 2023, replaced direct elections for 30 of the 45 members of the Shura Council with appointments"
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},
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"text": "$304.973 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$304.903 billion (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "$292.655 billion (2021 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.19% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "4.19% (2022 est.)"
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"text": "45.3% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "30.6% (2022 est.)"
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"text": "44.9% (2022 est.)"
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"text": "4.5% (2022 est.)"
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},
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"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - People's Alliance 49.9% (AKP 35.6%, MHP 10.1%, YRP 2.8%, BBP 1%), Nation Alliance 35.4% (CHP 25.3%, IYI 9.7%), Labor and Freedom Alliance 10.7% (YSGP 8.9%, TIP 1.8%); seats by party/coalition - People's Alliance 323 (AKP 268, MHP 50, YRP 5), Nation Alliance 212 (CHP 169, IYI 43), Labor and Freedom Alliance 65 (YSGP 61, TIP 4); composition - men 480, women 119, percentage women 19.9%"
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"text": "Justice and Development Party (AKP) (267); Republican People's Party (CHP) (130); Green and the Left Party of the Future (YSGP) (57); Nationalist Action Party (MHP) (50); Good Party (İyi Party) (44); Other (52)"
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},
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"text": "$2.936 trillion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$2.953 trillion (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "$2.81 trillion (2022 est.)"
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},
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"text": "4.52% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "$34,600 (2023 est.)"
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"text": "6.2% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "28.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "28.4% (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "54% (2023 est.)"
"text": "54.1% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "59.4% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "13.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "13.1% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "32.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "31.9% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "-3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "-1.9% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "32.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "31.9% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "-34.7% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "textiles, food processing, automobiles, electronics, mining (coal, chromate, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper"
},
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"text": "2.34% (2023 est.)",
"text": "2.52% (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
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"text": "35.071 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "35.59 million (2023 est.)",
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"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
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"text": "14.4% (2020 est.)",
"text": "14.4% (2021 est.)",
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@ -851,7 +872,7 @@
},
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"text": "0.08% of GDP (2023 est.)"
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},
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"text": "-$44.961 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "-$40.503 billion (2023 est.)"
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"text": "-$45.799 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "-$46.638 billion (2022 est.)"
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"text": "-$6.433 billion (2021 est.)"
@ -894,10 +915,10 @@
},
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"text": "$352.514 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$357.025 billion (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "$346.369 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$346.21 billion (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "$287.318 billion (2021 est.)"
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},
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"text": "$386.828 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$386.666 billion (2023 est.)"
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"text": "$383.02 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$383.7 billion (2022 est.)"
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"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
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"text": "$133.882 billion (2022 est.)"
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"text": "$151.844 billion (2023 est.)"
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},

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"Economy": {
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"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": {
"text": "$27.418 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$27.446 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
"text": "$29.016 billion (2022 est.)"
@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
},
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"text": "-5.51% (2023 est.)"
"text": "-5.41% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "4.08% (2022 est.)"
@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in 2021 dollars; entry includes West Bank and Gaza Strip"
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$17.396 billion (2023 est.)",
"text": "$17.421 billion (2023 est.)",
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@ -519,13 +519,13 @@
},
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"text": "101.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "101.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"government consumption": {
"text": "20.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "20.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"investment in fixed capital": {
"text": "24.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "24.7% (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.5% (2023 est.)"
@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
"text": "19.6% (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "-66.9% (2023 est.)"
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"note": "<b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection"
},
@ -549,7 +549,7 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency; entry includes West Bank and Gaza Strip"
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"text": "1.389 million (2022 est.)",
"text": "1.391 million (2022 est.)",
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@ -597,10 +597,10 @@
},
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"text": "21.84% of GDP (2023 est.)"
"text": "18.62% of GDP (2023 est.)"
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"text": "21.13% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"text": "23.98% of GDP (2022 est.)"
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@ -626,27 +626,27 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP; entry includes West Bank and Gaza Strip"
},
"Current account balance": {
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"text": "-$2.895 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$2.037 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$1.778 billion (2021 est.)"
},
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"text": "-$1.903 billion (2020 est.)"
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},
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"text": "$3.413 billion (2023 est.)"
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"text": "$3.533 billion (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "$3.14 billion (2021 est.)"
},
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"text": "$2.385 billion (2020 est.)"
},
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},
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@ -658,15 +658,15 @@
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},
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"text": "$11.637 billion (2023 est.)"
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"text": "$12.257 billion (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "$10.094 billion (2021 est.)"
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"text": "$8.065 billion (2020 est.)"
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},
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@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Chairperson, Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Muhammad al-ALIMI, Dr. (since 19 April 2022)"
"text": "Chairperson, Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Muhammad al-ALIMI (since 19 April 2022)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Prime Minister Ahmad Awad Bin MUBAREK (since 5 February 2024)"
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"text": "formerly, the president was directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 7-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 21 February 2012 (next election NA); note - a special election was held on 21 February 2012 to remove Ali Abdallah SALIH under the terms of a Gulf Cooperation Council-mediated deal during the political crisis of 2011; vice president appointed by the president; prime minister appointed by the president"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Abd Rabuh Mansur HADI (GPC) elected consensus president"
"text": "<em>2012:</em> Abd Rabuh Mansur HADI (GPC) elected consensus president"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> on 7 April 2022, President Abd Rabuh Mansur HADI announced his abdication, the dismissal of Vice President ALI MUHSIN al-Ahmar and the formation of a Presidential Leadership Council, an eight-member body chaired by former minister Rashad AL-ALIMI; on 19 April 2022, the Council was sworn in before Parliament and began assuming the responsibilities of the president and vice president and carrying out the political, security, and military duties of the government"
},
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"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Majlis consists of:<br>Shura Council or Majlis Alshoora (111 seats; members appointed by the president; member term is continuous)<br>House of Representatives or Majlis al Nuwaab (301 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms)"
"legislature name": {
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"text": "Shura Council - last appointments NA (next appointments NA)<br>House of Representatives - last held in April 2019 (next to be held in NA)"
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"text": "bicameral"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - GPC 58%, Islah 22.6%, YSP 3.8%, Unionist Party 1.9%, other 13.7%; seats by party - GPC 238, Islah 46, YSP 8, Nasserist Unionist Party 3, National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 2, independent 4; composition - men 245, women 0, percent of women 0%"
"note": "note: the last legislative election occurred in 2003, and the six-year term for the House of Representatives expired in 2009. Ongoing instability, beginning in 2011, has since prevented new elections. A new Shura Council was appointed in 2021 and is currently chaired by Dr. Ahmed Obaid bin Dagher (as of Jan 2025)."
},
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"chamber name": {
"text": "House of Representatives (Majlis Annowab)"
},
"number of seats": {
"text": "301 (all directly elected)"
},
"electoral system": {
"text": "plurality/majority"
},
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"text": "full renewal"
},
"term in office": {
"text": "6 years"
},
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"text": "4/27/2003"
},
"parties elected and seats per party": {
"text": "General People's Congress (GPC) (238); Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah) (46); Other (17)"
},
"percentage of women in chamber": {
"text": "0%"
}
},
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"chamber name": {
"text": "Shura Council (Majlis Alshoora)"
},
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"text": "111 (all appointed)"
},
"scope of elections": {
"text": "full renewal"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "4/28/2001"
},
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"text": "1.1%"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Shura Council serves in an advisory role to the president; it has no legislative responsibilities"
},
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"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
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"text": "6.883 million (2023 est.)",
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},
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"text": "20.52% of GDP (2023 est.)"
"text": "20.05% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "16.01% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"text": "16.02% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "19.58% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"text": "19.44% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
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},
@ -877,8 +919,8 @@
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},
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"text": "$5.687 billion (2022 est.)"
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"text": "$6.688 billion (2023 est.)"
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"text": "Yemeni rials (YER) per US dollar -"
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"text": "1,355.116 (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "1,114.293 (2022 est.)"
"text": "1,115.002 (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "1,035.467 (2021 est.)"
"text": "1,028.108 (2021 est.)"
},
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"text": "743.006 (2020 est.)"
},
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"text": "486.731 (2019 est.)"
},
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"text": "214.89 (2018 est.)"
}
}
},