diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index 15ce11e0..523c1793 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "potatoes, wheat, milk, watermelons, onions, tomatoes, barley, vegetables, dates, oranges (2022)", + "text": "potatoes, watermelons, wheat, milk, onions, tomatoes, vegetables, oranges, dates, barley (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/africa/ao.json b/africa/ao.json index f30df2d6..cc1d79c9 100644 --- a/africa/ao.json +++ b/africa/ao.json @@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "cassava, bananas, maize, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, pineapples, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, citrus fruits (2022)", + "text": "cassava, bananas, maize, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, tomatoes, pineapples, onions, potatoes, citrus fruits (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/africa/bc.json b/africa/bc.json index 413e1197..94d07745 100644 --- a/africa/bc.json +++ b/africa/bc.json @@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, root vegetables, vegetables, maize, sorghum, beef, game meat, watermelons, cabbages, goat milk (2022)", + "text": "root vegetables, beef, vegetables, sorghum, maize, game meat, milk, watermelons, goat milk, sunflower seeds (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/africa/bn.json b/africa/bn.json index b3448350..5e670682 100644 --- a/africa/bn.json +++ b/africa/bn.json @@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "cassava, yams, maize, oil palm fruit, cotton, rice, pineapples, soybeans, tomatoes, vegetables (2022)", + "text": "cassava, yams, maize, oil palm fruit, cotton, soybeans, rice, pineapples, tomatoes, chillies/peppers (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/africa/by.json b/africa/by.json index a3bd1195..4348e5fd 100644 --- a/africa/by.json +++ b/africa/by.json @@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "cassava, bananas, sweet potatoes, vegetables, beans, potatoes, maize, sugarcane, fruits, rice (2022)", + "text": "cassava, bananas, sweet potatoes, beans, maize, vegetables, potatoes, rice, sugarcane, fruits (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (2023)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "760 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); up to 3,000 in Somalia (ATMIS; note - foreign troop contingents under ATMIS are drawing down towards a final exit in December 2024) (2024)", + "text": "760 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)", "note": "note: Burundi deployed military troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2022 as part of an East African regional force; as of 2024, as many as 1,000 troops reportedly remained in the DRC" }, "Military - note": { diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index 7947b352..f19d1ed0 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "cassava, plantains, sugarcane, oil palm fruit, maize, rice, root vegetables, bananas, sweet potatoes, groundnuts (2022)", + "text": "cassava, plantains, sugarcane, maize, oil palm fruit, rice, root vegetables, bananas, sweet potatoes, groundnuts (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ "note": "note: in eastern Congo, fighters from armed groups, including some associated with government security forces, have been accused of forced recruitment of child soldiers" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

the FARDC’s primary focus is internal security and conducting operations against rebels and other illegal armed groups (IOGs); while it is large on paper, the FARDC is widely assessed to suffer from insufficient training, low equipment readiness, poor morale and leadership, ill-discipline, and widespread corruption; it was created out of the armed factions of the Congo wars that ended in 2003, incorporating various militia, paramilitary, and rebel formations; the DRC’s most effective military force, the Republican Guard, is overseen by the office of the presidency rather than the FARDC and focuses largely on protecting the president and government institutions and enforcing internal security

the FARDC is actively conducting operations against a variety of IOGs operating in the DRC, particularly in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu, where more than 15 significant and cohesive IOGs operate; there is also IOG-related violence in Maniema, Kasai, Kasai Central, and Tanganyika provinces; some estimates place over 100 IOGs operating in the country, including organized militias, such as the Nduma Defense of Congo-Renewal (NDC-R), which controls a large portion of North Kivu; Mai Mai groups (local militias that operate variously as self-defense networks and criminal rackets); and foreign-origin groups seeking safe haven and resources, such as the Ugandan-origin Allied Democratic Forces (ADF; aka Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the DRC), the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), multiple groups originating from Burundi, the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), and the March 23 Movement (aka M23 or Congolese Revolutionary Army), which the DRC has accused Rwanda of backing; the FARDC has been accused of collaborating with some IOGs, such as the NDC-R

the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has operated in the central and eastern parts of the country since 1999; as of 2023, MONUSCO had around 14,000 personnel assigned, but it was drawing down its forces towards a complete withdrawal at the request of the DRC Government; MONUSCO includes a Force Intervention Brigade (FIB; three infantry battalions, plus artillery and special forces), the first ever UN peacekeeping force specifically tasked to carry out targeted offensive operations to neutralize and disarm groups considered a threat to state authority and civilian security (2024)" + "text": "

the FARDC’s primary focus is internal security and conducting operations against rebels and other illegal armed groups (IOGs); while it is large on paper, the FARDC is widely assessed to suffer from insufficient training, low equipment readiness, poor morale and leadership, ill-discipline, and widespread corruption; it was created out of the armed factions of the Congo wars that ended in 2003, incorporating various militia, paramilitary, and rebel formations; the DRC’s most effective military force, the Republican Guard, is overseen by the office of the presidency rather than the FARDC and focuses largely on protecting the president and government institutions and enforcing internal security

the FARDC is actively conducting operations against a variety of IOGs operating in the DRC, particularly in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu, where more than 15 significant and cohesive IOGs operate; there is also IOG-related violence in Maniema, Kasai, Kasai Central, and Tanganyika provinces; some estimates place over 100 IOGs operating in the country, including organized militias, such as the Nduma Defense of Congo-Renewal (NDC-R), which controls a large portion of North Kivu; Mai Mai groups (local militias that operate variously as self-defense networks and criminal rackets); and foreign-origin groups seeking safe haven and resources, such as the Ugandan-origin Allied Democratic Forces (ADF; aka Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the DRC), the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), multiple groups originating from Burundi, the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), and the March 23 Movement (aka M23 or Congolese Revolutionary Army), which the DRC has accused Rwanda of backing; the FARDC has been accused of collaborating with some IOGs, such as the NDC-R

the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has operated in the central and eastern parts of the country since 1999; as of late 2024, MONUSCO was authorized around 14,000 personnel, and its mandate had been extended to the end of 2025; MONUSCO includes a Force Intervention Brigade (FIB; three infantry battalions, plus artillery and special forces), the first ever UN peacekeeping force specifically tasked to carry out targeted offensive operations to neutralize and disarm groups considered a threat to state authority and civilian security (2024)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/ct.json b/africa/ct.json index 22aea4d2..52fb968c 100644 --- a/africa/ct.json +++ b/africa/ct.json @@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "cassava, groundnuts, yams, coffee, maize, sesame seeds, bananas, taro, sugarcane, beef (2022)", + "text": "cassava, groundnuts, yams, coffee, maize, sesame seeds, taro, sugarcane, beef, milk (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/africa/cv.json b/africa/cv.json index 6a6203d3..121b78ba 100644 --- a/africa/cv.json +++ b/africa/cv.json @@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ "text": "Movement for Democracy (MpD) (38); African Party for the Independence of Cabo Verde (PAICV) (30); Union for an Independent Democratic Cape Verde (UCID) (4)" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { - "text": "38.9%" + "text": "44.4%" }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "April 2026" @@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, tomatoes, coconuts, pulses, goat milk, vegetables, bananas, milk, cabbages, potatoes (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, tomatoes, coconuts, pulses, goat milk, milk, vegetables, bananas, cabbages, onions (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -976,15 +976,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "57,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "60,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "10 (2022 est.)" + "text": "12 (2023 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "589,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "590,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "99 (2022 est.)" @@ -1009,15 +1009,15 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "70% (2021 est.)" + "text": "72% (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "24,839 (2020 est.)" + "text": "38,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "5 (2020 est.)" + "text": "7 (2023 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index cdd0cff7..a28b4bc3 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "vegetables, beans, milk, beef, camel milk, lemons/limes, goat meat, lamb/mutton, tomatoes, beef offal (2022)", + "text": "vegetables, beans, milk, beef, camel milk, lemons/limes, goat meat, lamb/mutton, tomatoes, beef offal (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -980,15 +980,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "28,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "29,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2 (2023 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "519,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "574,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "46 (2022 est.)" @@ -1013,15 +1013,15 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "69% (2021 est.)" + "text": "65% (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "25,053 (2020 est.)" + "text": "17,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3 (2020 est.)" + "text": "1 (2023 est.)" } } }, @@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 16-25 years of age for voluntary military training; no conscription (2023)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "approximately 950 Somalia (ATMIS; note - ATMIS troop contingents are drawing down towards a final exit in December 2024); Djibouti has about 200 police deployed to the Central African Republic under MINUSCA (2024)" + "text": "approximately 1,500 Somalia (AUSSOM) (2025)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "Djibouti's military forces are largely focused on border, coastal, and internal security duties, such as counterterrorism; China, France, Italy, Japan, and the US maintain bases in Djibouti for regional military missions, including counter-terrorism, counter-piracy, crisis response, and security assistance (note – France has multiple bases and hosts troop contingents from Germany and Spain); the EU and NATO also maintain a presence to support multinational naval counter-piracy operations and maritime training efforts (2023)" diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index 9ddf1061..747e994e 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, sugar beets, wheat, maize, tomatoes, potatoes, rice, milk, onions, oranges (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, sugar beets, wheat, maize, potatoes, tomatoes, rice, milk, onions, oranges (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ "note": "note: conscripts make up a considerable portion of the military and the Central Security Force" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "1,000 (plus nearly 200 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA); also has about 350 police deployed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo under MONUSCO (2024)" + "text": "1,000 (plus nearly 200 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA); also has about 350 police deployed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo under MONUSCO; slated to have about 1,100 personnel in Somalia under AUSSOM in 2025 (2024)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF) are responsible for external defense but also have an internal role assisting police and paramilitary security forces during emergencies and in anti-terrorism operations; the EAF also participates in foreign peacekeeping and other security missions, as well as both bilateral and multinational exercises; the military has considerable political power and independence; it has long had a crucial role in Egypt’s politics and 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 EAF is the largest and one of the best equipped militaries in the region; key areas of concern for the EAF include Islamist militant groups operating out of the Sinai Peninsula, regional challenges such as ongoing conflicts and instability, and maritime security; since 2011, the EAF has been conducting operations alongside other security forces in the North Sinai governorate against several militant groups, particularly the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); over the past decade, it has deployed large numbers of troops along Egypt's border with Libya, provided air support to the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen, and most recently boosted its presence on the border with Gaza in response to the HAMAS-Israel conflict; the Navy in recent years has sought to modernize and expand its capabilities and profile in the Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea, including the acquisition of helicopter carriers, modern frigates, and attack submarines; in 2020, the EAF inaugurated a large joint service military base on the Red Sea to secure the country’s southern coasts, protect economic investments and natural resources, and confront security challenges in the Red Sea region

Egypt is a major security partner of the US and one of the largest recipients of US military aid in the region; it also has Major Non-NATO Ally 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; it is composed of about 1,150 troops from 13 countries; Colombia, Fiji, and the US are the leading providers of troops to the MFO (2024)" diff --git a/africa/er.json b/africa/er.json index fc1a7644..ecf2d366 100644 --- a/africa/er.json +++ b/africa/er.json @@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ } }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sorghum, milk, barley, vegetables, root vegetables, cereals, pulses, millet, wheat, beef (2022)", + "text": "sorghum, milk, barley, vegetables, root vegetables, cereals, pulses, wheat, beef, maize (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index 89c1cffd..c8f6dac7 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "growing Horn of Africa construction- and services-based economy; port access via Djibouti and Eritrea; widespread but declining poverty; COVID-19, locust invasion, and Tigray crisis disruptions; public investment increases; second largest African labor force" + "text": "

low-income, fast-growing Horn of Africa economy; widespread poverty and food insecurity worsened by conflict and environmental factors; landlocked with tensions over seaport access; development aid supporting reforms to boost private-sector growth and financial stability; challenge of creating jobs for growing labor force

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { @@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "maize, wheat, cereals, sorghum, milk, barley, taro, potatoes, millet, beans (2022)", + "text": "maize, cereals, wheat, milk, sorghum, barley, taro, beans, sweet potatoes, potatoes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ "text": "18-22 years of age for voluntary military service (although the military may, when necessary, recruit a person more than 22 years old); no compulsory military service, but the military can conduct callups when necessary and compliance is compulsory (2023)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "as many as 10,000 troops in Somalia (approximately 3,000 for ATMIS; the remainder under a bilateral agreement with the Somali Government; note - foreign troop contingents in Somalia under ATMIS are drawing down towards a final departure in December 2024); 1,500 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2024)" + "text": "as many as 10,000 troops Somalia (approximately 2,500 under the AU; the remainder under a bilateral agreement with the Somali Government); 1,500 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2024)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the ENDF has been one of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest, most experienced, and best equipped militaries, but it suffered heavy casualties and equipment losses during the 2020-2022 Tigray conflict; the ENDF is focused on both external threats emanating from its neighbors and internal threats from multiple internal armed groups; since 1998, the ENDF has engaged in several conventional and counterinsurgency operations, including border wars with Eritrea (1998-2000) and Somalia (2006-2008) and internal conflicts with the Tigray regional state (2020-2022), several insurgent groups and ethnic militias (including the ethno-nationalist Amhara Fano), and the al-Shabaab terrorist group

as of 2024, the ENDF was conducting counterinsurgency operations against anti-government militants in several states, including in Oromya (Oromia) against the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), an insurgent group that claims to be fighting for greater autonomy for the Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group; in 2022, militants from the Somalia-based al-Shabaab terrorist group launched an incursion into Ethiopia's Somali (Sumale) regional state, attacking villages and security forces; the Ethiopian Government claimed that regional security forces killed hundreds of al-Shabaab fighters and subsequently deployed additional ENDF troops into Somalia’s Gedo region to prevent further incursions (2024)" diff --git a/africa/gb.json b/africa/gb.json index cd531861..85584a9b 100644 --- a/africa/gb.json +++ b/africa/gb.json @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "plantains, cassava, sugarcane, yams, taro, vegetables, maize, groundnuts, game meat, rubber (2022)", + "text": "oil palm fruit, plantains, cassava, sugarcane, yams, taro, vegetables, maize, groundnuts, game meat (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Gabonese Armed Forces (Force Armées Gabonaise or FAG; aka National Defense and Security Forces of Gabon or des Forces Nationales de Défense et de Sécurité (FNDS) du Gabon): Army (Armée de Terre, AT), Navy (Marine Nationale, MN), Air Force (l'Armée de l'Air, AA), Light Aviation (L’Aviation Légère des Armées, ALA), Fire Brigade (du Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers); National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Gabonaise, GENA); Republican Guard (Garde Républicaine, GR); Military Health Service (Service de Santé Militaire, SSM); Military Engineering (Génie Militaire) (2024)", + "text": "Gabonese Armed Forces (Force Armées Gabonaise or FAG; aka National Defense and Security Forces of Gabon or des Forces Nationales de Défense et de Sécurité (FNDS) du Gabon): Army (Armée de Terre, AT), Navy (Marine Nationale, MN), Air Force (l'Armée de l'Air, AA), Light Aviation (L’Aviation Légère des Armées, ALA), Fire Brigade (du Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers); National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Gabonaise, GENA); Republican Guard (Garde Républicaine, GR); Military Health Service (Service de Santé Militaire, SSM); Military Engineering (Génie Militaire) (2025)", "note": "note 1: the National Police Forces, under the Ministry of Interior, and the National Gendarmerie (GENA), under the Ministry of Defense, are responsible for law enforcement and public security; elements of the armed forces and the Republican Guard, an elite unit that protects the president under his direct authority, sometimes perform internal security functions

note 2: the GENA is organized into regionally-based “legions,” mobile forces, a national parks security unit, and a special intervention group" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 7,000 active-duty troops including the Republican Guard and Gendarmerie (2023)" + "text": "approximately 7,000 active-duty troops including the Republican Guard and Gendarmerie (2024)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the Gabonese military has a mix of older and more modern weapons and equipment from a variety of suppliers including Brazil, China, France, Germany, Russia/former Soviet Union, and South Africa (2024)" diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index 6aa3f3f6..4ea366c8 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, milk, maize, tea, bananas, potatoes, cabbages, camel milk, cassava, mangoes/guavas (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, milk, maize, bananas, tea, potatoes, cassava, cabbages, camel milk, mangoes/guavas (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ "text": "no conscription; 18-26 years of age for voluntary service for men and women (under 18 with parental consent; upper limit 30 years of age for specialists, tradesmen, or women with a diploma; 39 years of age for chaplains/imams); 9-year service obligation (7 years for Kenyan Navy) and subsequent 3-year re-enlistments; applicants must be Kenyan citizens (2024)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "400 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); more than 3,000 troops deployed in Somalia under ATMIS (note - ATMIS troop contingents are drawing down towards a final exit in December 2024) (2024)" + "text": "400 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); approximately 1,400 Somalia (African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia or AUSSOM) (2024)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the KDF's chief security concerns and missions include protecting the country’s sovereignty and territory, regional disputes, the threat posed by the al-Shabaab terrorist group based in neighboring Somalia, maritime crime and piracy, and assisting civil authorities in responding to emergency, disaster, or political unrest as requested; it has conducted operations in neighboring Somalia since 2011 and taken part in numerous regional peacekeeping and security missions; the KDF is a leading member of the Africa Standby Force; it participates in multinational exercises, and has ties to a variety of foreign militaries, including those of France, the UK, and the US 

Kenyan military forces intervened in Somalia in October 2011 to combat the al-Shabaab terrorist group, which had conducted numerous cross-border attacks into Kenya; in November 2011, the UN and the African Union invited Kenya to incorporate its forces into the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM); Kenyan forces were formally integrated into AMISOM (now the AU Transition Mission in Somalia or ATMIS) in February 2012

the Kenya Military Forces were created following independence in 1963; the current KDF was established and its composition laid out in the 2010 constitution; it is governed by the Kenya Defense Forces Act of 2012; the Army traces its origins back to the Kings African Rifles (KAR), a British colonial regiment raised from Britain's East Africa possessions from 1902 until independence in the 1960s; the KAR conducted both military and internal security functions within the colonial territories, and served outside the territories during both World Wars (2024)" diff --git a/africa/ly.json b/africa/ly.json index 7b6da8f2..3f4116c4 100644 --- a/africa/ly.json +++ b/africa/ly.json @@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "potatoes, watermelons, tomatoes, onions, dates, milk, olives, chicken, wheat, vegetables (2022)", + "text": "potatoes, onions, watermelons, tomatoes, dates, olives, milk, chicken, wheat, vegetables (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index 8720d71b..1a095acf 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "rice, sugarcane, cassava, sweet potatoes, milk, bananas, vegetables, mangoes/guavas, tropical fruits, potatoes (2022)", + "text": "rice, sugarcane, cassava, sweet potatoes, milk, bananas, vegetables, mangoes/guavas, maize, potatoes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/africa/mi.json b/africa/mi.json index eeca8837..4de8394d 100644 --- a/africa/mi.json +++ b/africa/mi.json @@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ } }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sweet potatoes, cassava, maize, sugarcane, mangoes/guavas, potatoes, tomatoes, pigeon peas, bananas, pumpkins/squash (2022)", + "text": "sweet potatoes, cassava, maize, sugarcane, mangoes/guavas, potatoes, tomatoes, pigeon peas, pumpkins/squash, plantains (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/africa/ml.json b/africa/ml.json index d29ecea2..12a1420b 100644 --- a/africa/ml.json +++ b/africa/ml.json @@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "maize, rice, millet, sorghum, okra, sugarcane, mangoes/guavas, onions, cotton, bananas (2022)", + "text": "maize, rice, millet, sorghum, onions, okra, sugarcane, cotton, mangoes/guavas, sweet potatoes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/africa/mo.json b/africa/mo.json index eb86064a..c84eb713 100644 --- a/africa/mo.json +++ b/africa/mo.json @@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "wheat, milk, olives, sugar beets, potatoes, tomatoes, tangerines/mandarins, oranges, apples, onions (2022)", + "text": "wheat, milk, potatoes, sugar beets, tomatoes, barley, olives, apples, tangerines/mandarins, onions (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/africa/mp.json b/africa/mp.json index ebcd2072..681ff916 100644 --- a/africa/mp.json +++ b/africa/mp.json @@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, chicken, pumpkins/squash, eggs, potatoes, tomatoes, bananas, onions, tea, cucumbers/gherkins (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, chicken, pumpkins/squash, tomatoes, eggs, potatoes, cabbages, bananas, onions, cucumbers/gherkins (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index 03082eab..c28c0136 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "cassava, sugarcane, maize, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, beans, bananas, onions, rice, coconuts (2022)", + "text": "cassava, maize, sugarcane, tomatoes, beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes, bananas, coconuts, onions (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index 113eefe5..22e59c65 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "camel milk, milk, goat milk, sheep milk, sugarcane, fruits, sorghum, cassava, vegetables, maize (2022)", + "text": "camel milk, milk, goat milk, sheep milk, sugarcane, fruits, sorghum, cassava, vegetables, maize (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription of men aged 18-40 and women aged 18-30 is authorized, but not currently utilized (2023)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Somali National Army (SNA) and supporting security and militia forces are actively conducting operations against the al-Shabaab terrorist group; al-Shabaab controls large parts of southern and central Somalia

the SNA is a lightly armed force of more than a dozen brigades; its most effective units are assessed to be the US-trained Danab (\"Lightning\") Advanced Infantry Brigade and those of the Turkish-trained Gorgor (\"Eagle\") Special Division; as of 2023, the Danab Brigade numbered about 2,000 troops with an eventual projected strength of 3,000, while the Gorgor Division was estimated to have up to 5,000 trained troops; SNA soldiers have also received training from Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the EU, Uganda, and the UK

the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) operated in the country with the approval of the UN from 2007-2022; its mission included assisting Somali forces in providing security for a stable political process, enabling the gradual handing over of security responsibilities from AMISOM to the Somali security forces, and reducing the threat posed by al-Shabaab and other armed opposition groups; in April 2022, AMISOM was reconfigured and replaced with the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS); the ATMIS mission is to support the Somalia Federal Government (FGS) in implementing the security objectives of the FGS's security transition plan, a comprehensive strategy developed by the FGS and its international partners in 2018 and updated in 2021 to gradually transfer security responsibilities from ATMIS to Somali security forces; originally about 20,000-strong (civilians, military, and police), ATMIS began reducing its staffing levels in mid-2023; it is slated to end its mission at the end of 2024; the follow-on force for ATMIS will be the Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM)

UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM; established 2013) is mandated by the Security Council to work with the FGS to support national reconciliation, provide advice on peace-building and state-building, monitor the human rights situation, and help coordinate the efforts of the international community; the UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS; established 2015) is responsible for providing logistical field support to ATMIS, UNSOM, and the Somali security forces on joint operations with ATMIS (2024)" + "text": "the Somali National Army (SNA) is a lightly armed force of more than a dozen brigades; its most effective units are assessed to be the US-trained Danab (\"Lightning\") Advanced Infantry Brigade and those of the Turkish-trained Gorgor (\"Eagle\") Special Division; SNA soldiers have also received training from Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the EU, Uganda, and the UK; the SNA and supporting security and militia forces are actively conducting operations against the al-Shabaab terrorist group; al-Shabaab controls large parts of southern and central Somalia

the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) operated in the country with the approval of the UN from 2007-2022; its mission included assisting Somali forces in providing security for a stable political process, enabling the gradual handing over of security responsibilities from AMISOM to the Somali security forces, and reducing the threat posed by al-Shabaab and other armed opposition groups; in April 2022, AMISOM was reconfigured and replaced with the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS); the ATMIS mission was to support the Somalia Federal Government (FGS) in implementing the security objectives of the FGS's security transition plan, a comprehensive strategy developed by the FGS and its international partners in 2018 and updated in 2021 to gradually transfer security responsibilities from ATMIS to Somali security forces; originally about 20,000-strong (civilians, military, and police), ATMIS began reducing its staffing levels in mid-2023 and ended its mission at the end of 2024; the follow-on force for ATMIS, the Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) was formed in January 2025 and was slated to have about 12,000 personnel, including soldiers, police and civilian support staff (2025)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/tp.json b/africa/tp.json index a1eb26bf..b7eeb38c 100644 --- a/africa/tp.json +++ b/africa/tp.json @@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ } }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "plantains, oil palm fruit, taro, bananas, fruits, cocoa beans, coconuts, yams, cassava, carrots/turnips (2022)", + "text": "plantains, oil palm fruit, taro, bananas, fruits, cocoa beans, yams, coconuts, cassava, vegetables (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -958,15 +958,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1 (2023 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "197,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "152,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "87 (2022 est.)" @@ -991,15 +991,15 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "51% (2021 est.)" + "text": "57% (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "2,512 (2020 est.)" + "text": "6,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2020 est.)" + "text": "3 (2023 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index c24ba3bc..b052a0c6 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, olives, tomatoes, wheat, barley, watermelons, chilies/peppers, potatoes, dates, oranges (2022)", + "text": "milk, tomatoes, olives, onions, chillies/peppers, watermelons, potatoes, wheat, dates, oranges (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/africa/tz.json b/africa/tz.json index 2008bd98..cfbd505a 100644 --- a/africa/tz.json +++ b/africa/tz.json @@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "cassava, maize, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, bananas, milk, rice, vegetables, beans, sunflower seeds (2022)", + "text": "maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, bananas, milk, sugarcane, rice, vegetables, beans, sunflower seeds (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 6-year commitment (2-year contracts afterwards); selective conscription for 2 years of public service (2024)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "520 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 850 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO; note - the MONUSCO mission is in the process of drawing down forces); 125 Lebanon (UNIFIL); approximately 300 Mozambique (under bi-lateral agreement to assist with combatting an insurgency) (2024)" + "text": "520 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 850 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 125 Lebanon (UNIFIL); approximately 300 Mozambique (under bi-lateral agreement to assist with combatting an insurgency) (2024)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the TDPF’s primary concerns are maritime piracy and smuggling, border security, terrorism, animal poaching, and spillover from instability in neighboring countries, particularly Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); it participates in multinational training exercises, regional peacekeeping deployments, and has ties with a variety of foreign militaries, including those of China, India, and the US; it has contributed troops to the UN’s Force Intervention Brigade in the DRC; the TPDF also participated in the former Southern African Development Community intervention force in Mozambique, which assisted the Mozambique military in combating fighters affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); the regional force withdrew in 2024, but the TPDF continues to maintain troops in Mozambique as part of a separate bilateral security agreement; since 2020, the TPDF has reinforced the border with Mozambique following several cross-border attacks by ISIS fighters (2024)" diff --git a/africa/ug.json b/africa/ug.json index c69a09dc..95b13d32 100644 --- a/africa/ug.json +++ b/africa/ug.json @@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "plantains, sugarcane, maize, cassava, milk, sweet potatoes, beans, vegetables, rice, coffee (2022)", + "text": "plantains, sugarcane, milk, maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, vegetables, beans, potatoes, tea (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military duty for men and women; 18-30 for those with degrees/diplomas in specialized fields such as medicine, engineering, chemistry, and education, or possess qualifications in some vocational skills; 9-year service obligation (2024)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "as many as 6,000 Somalia (625 for UNSOM; the remainder under ATMIS; note - foreign troop contingents in Somalia under ATMIS are drawing down towards a final withdrawal in December 2024) (2024)" + "text": "as many as 4-5,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo; approximately 4,500 Somalia (African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia or AUSSOM) (2025)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the UPDF’s missions include defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Uganda, assisting the civilian authorities in emergencies and natural disasters, and participating in socio-economic development projects; it supports the police in maintaining internal security and participates in African and UN peacekeeping missions; it is a key contributor to the East Africa Standby Force; the UPDF also has considerable political influence; it is constitutionally granted seats in parliament and is widely viewed as a key constituency for MUSEVENI; it has been used by MUSEVENI and his political party to break up rallies, raid opposition offices, and surveil rival candidates

since the 2010s, the UPDF has participated in several internal and regional military operations in addition to its large commitment to an international peacekeeping force in Somalia; from 2012-2017, it led regional efforts to pursue the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a small, violent group of Ugandan origin that conducted widespread attacks against civilians in much of Central Africa; Uganda intervened in the South Sudan civil war in 2013-2016, and UPDF forces have clashed with South Sudanese forces along the border as recently as 2023; since 2021, it is also conducting operations along the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) against the Allied Democratic Front (ADF), which has been designated by the US as the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the DRC (see Appendix T); in December 2022, Uganda sent about 1,000 UPDF troops to the DRC as part of a regional force to assist the DRC Government in combating the M23 rebel group; in addition, elements of the UPDF have deployed internally to assist the police against cattle rustlers, poachers, and criminal gangs

the military traces its history back to the formation of the Uganda Rifles in 1895 under the British colonial government; the Uganda Rifles were merged with the Central Africa Regiment and the East Africa Rifles to form the King’s African Rifles (KAR) in 1902, which participated in both world wars, as well as the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya (1952-1960); in 1962, the Ugandan battalion of the KAR was transformed into the country's first military force, the Uganda Rifles, which was subsequently renamed the Uganda Army; the UPDF was established in 1995 from the former rebel National Resistance Army following the enactment of the 1995 Constitution of Uganda (2024)" diff --git a/africa/wa.json b/africa/wa.json index d7bc75d6..b4024edb 100644 --- a/africa/wa.json +++ b/africa/wa.json @@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "root vegetables, milk, maize, millet, grapes, beef, onions, wheat, fruits, pulses (2022)", + "text": "root vegetables, milk, maize, beef, grapes, onions, wheat, fruits, pulses, vegetables (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/africa/wz.json b/africa/wz.json index 355c1f40..9341e5a9 100644 --- a/africa/wz.json +++ b/africa/wz.json @@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, maize, root vegetables, grapefruits, oranges, milk, pineapples, bananas, beef, potatoes (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, maize, root vegetables, grapefruits, oranges, milk, pineapples, bananas, beef, sweet potatoes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/aq.json b/australia-oceania/aq.json index 81467013..4a14b56c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/aq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/aq.json @@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ "text": "10,000 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "22 (2021 est.)" + "text": "20 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/as.json b/australia-oceania/as.json index 00ecd8a3..46ab502a 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/as.json +++ b/australia-oceania/as.json @@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "wheat, sugarcane, barley, milk, rapeseed, cotton, sorghum, beef, oats, chicken (2022)", + "text": "wheat, sugarcane, barley, rapeseed, milk, cotton, sorghum, beef, lentils, grapes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/cw.json b/australia-oceania/cw.json index d2394831..8e6f2eb8 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cw.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cw.json @@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ "text": "$336 million (2022 est.)" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "coconuts, vegetables, papayas, pork, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, fruits, mangoes/guavas, watermelons, eggs (2022)", + "text": "coconuts, vegetables, papayas, pork, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, fruits, mangoes/guavas, watermelons, chicken (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fp.json b/australia-oceania/fp.json index b4a7e4ca..58a67f8a 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fp.json @@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "coconuts, fruits, root vegetables, pineapples, eggs, cassava, sugarcane, tropical fruits, watermelons, tomatoes (2022)", + "text": "coconuts, fruits, cassava, sugarcane, pineapples, eggs, tropical fruits, watermelons, tomatoes, pork (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nc.json b/australia-oceania/nc.json index 0c736ae5..e4fcb44a 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nc.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nc.json @@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "coconuts, vegetables, fruits, maize, beef, pork, eggs, yams, bananas, mangoes/guavas (2022)", + "text": "coconuts, vegetables, fruits, pork, beef, maize, eggs, bananas, yams, oranges (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nh.json b/australia-oceania/nh.json index e18e635d..673f79c1 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nh.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nh.json @@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "coconuts, root vegetables, bananas, vegetables, fruits, pork, groundnuts, milk, beef, tropical fruits (2022)", + "text": "coconuts, oranges, yams, cabbages, taro, bananas, chillies/peppers, chestnuts, sweet potatoes, cassava (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nz.json b/australia-oceania/nz.json index 6d55ba87..3c84651a 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nz.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nz.json @@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, beef, kiwifruit, apples, grapes, lamb/mutton, potatoes, wheat, barley, onions (2022)", + "text": "milk, beef, kiwifruit, apples, grapes, lamb/mutton, potatoes, wheat, barley, chicken (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ps.json b/australia-oceania/ps.json index c9c9586f..8573000a 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ps.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ps.json @@ -523,13 +523,13 @@ "text": "4 years" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "11/3/2020" + "text": "11/5/2024" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "25%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "November 2024" + "text": "November 2028" } }, "Legislative branch - upper chamber": { @@ -549,13 +549,13 @@ "text": "4 years" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "11/3/2020" + "text": "11/5/2024" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "13.3%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "November 2024" + "text": "November 2028" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -859,15 +859,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "8,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "44 (2022 est.)" + "text": "45 (2023 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "24,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "24,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "133 (2022 est.)" @@ -897,10 +897,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,224 (2015 est.)" + "text": "1,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "7 (2015 est.)" + "text": "7 (2023 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/tl.json b/australia-oceania/tl.json index 3d14f5e9..575e7ba9 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tl.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tl.json @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ "note": "note: Tokelau notes that its wide inflation swings are due almost entirely to cigarette prices, a chief import." }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "coconuts, root vegetables, tropical fruits, pork, bananas, eggs, chicken, pork offal, pork fat, fruits (2022)", + "text": "coconuts, root vegetables, tropical fruits, pork, bananas, eggs, chicken (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ws.json b/australia-oceania/ws.json index 7ccc1268..47614669 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ws.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ws.json @@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "coconuts, taro, bananas, tropical fruits, pineapples, mangoes/guavas, papayas, root vegetables, milk, pork (2022)", + "text": "coconuts, bananas, taro, tropical fruits, pineapples, mangoes/guavas, papayas, root vegetables, milk, avocados (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json index 1ee5e0f0..f7ec2476 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json @@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "tropical fruits, milk, mangoes/guavas, eggs, lemons/limes, pumpkins/squash, vegetables, sweet potatoes, cassava, yams (2022)", + "text": "tropical fruits, milk, mangoes/guavas, eggs, lemons/limes, pumpkins/squash, sweet potatoes, vegetables, cucumbers/gherkins, yams (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json index 8a72e1e9..0ec570be 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ "text": "King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022); represented by Governor Julia CROUCH (since 11 September 2023)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Premier Dr. Ellis WEBSTER (since 30 June 2020) " + "text": "Premier Cora RICHARDSON-HODGE (since 27 February 2025)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Executive Council appointed by the governor from among elected members of the House of Assembly" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json index 96b7b82d..9d033444 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json @@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ "text": "2/4/2022" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { - "text": "38.1%" + "text": "33.3%" }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "February 2027" @@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, chicken, vegetables, milk, eggs, sweet potatoes, pork, coconuts, cantaloupes/melons, tropical fruits (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, chicken, vegetables, milk, eggs, sweet potatoes, pork, coconuts, tropical fruits, pulses (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1017,15 +1017,15 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "86% (2021 est.)" + "text": "76% (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "128,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "106,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "45 (2020 est.)" + "text": "37 (2022 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json index 1b657bfd..dccd315b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json @@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, maize, bananas, oranges, soybeans, sorghum, chicken, rice, beans, milk (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, maize, bananas, sorghum, soybeans, chicken, rice, oranges, fruits, plantains (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json index 37af1f7c..71db8204 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json @@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, maize, milk, chicken, beans, sorghum, coconuts, oranges, eggs, yautia (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, maize, milk, chicken, sorghum, beans, oranges, coconuts, eggs, mangoes/guavas (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json index 188bae65..4ce4ae0e 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json @@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ } }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "coconuts, sugarcane, eggs, bananas, vegetables, fruits, plantains, root vegetables, grapefruits, avocados (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, coconuts, eggs, vegetables, fruits, bananas, plantains, grapefruits, avocados, mangoes/guavas (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -934,15 +934,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "26,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "17,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "21 (2021 est.)" + "text": "14 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "101,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "112,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "81 (2021 est.)" @@ -967,15 +967,15 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "78% (2021 est.)" + "text": "80% (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "32,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "35,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "28 (2020 est.)" + "text": "30 (2022 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json index a5a92f3d..945d1567 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json @@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, yams, goat milk, chicken, coconuts, oranges, bananas, pumpkins/squash, plantains, sweet potatoes (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, goat milk, yams, chicken, oranges, coconuts, bananas, plantains, pumpkins/squash, pineapples (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json index 67642828..f98b48ed 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ "text": "several previous; latest adopted 19 November 1986, effective 9 January 1987" }, "amendments": { - "text": "proposed by the president of the republic or assent of at least half of the National Assembly membership; passage requires approval by 60% of the membership of the next elected Assembly and promulgation by the president of the republic; amended several times, last in 2021" + "text": "proposed by the president of the republic or assent of at least half of the National Assembly membership; passage requires approval by 60% of the membership of the next elected Assembly and promulgation by the president of the republic; amended several times, last in 2025" } }, "International law organization participation": { @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by qualified plurality vote for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 7 November 2021 (next to be held on 1 November 2026)" + "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by qualified plurality vote for a 6-year term (no term limits); election last held on 7 November 2021 (next to be held on 1 November 2026)" }, "election results": { "text": "
2021: Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra reelected president for a fourth consecutive term; percent of vote - Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra (FSLN) 75.9%, Walter ESPINOZA (PLC) 14.3%, Guillermo OSORNO (CCN) 3.3%, Marcelo MONTIEL (ALN) 3.1%, other 3.4%

2016: Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra reelected president for a third consecutive term; percent of vote - Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra (FSLN) 72.4%, Maximino RODRIGUEZ (PLC) 15%, Jose del Carmen ALVARADO (PLI) 4.5%, Saturnino CERRATO Hodgson (ALN) 4.3%, other 3.7%" @@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, milk, rice, oil palm fruit, maize, plantains, cassava, groundnuts, beans, coffee (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, milk, rice, oil palm fruit, maize, plantains, cassava, groundnuts, beans, chicken (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index a06232dd..c87daf8c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, bananas, rice, oranges, oil palm fruit, plantains, chicken, milk, pineapples, maize (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, rice, bananas, oranges, oil palm fruit, chicken, plantains, maize, milk, pineapples (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json index 6b432e10..579d9ab1 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json @@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, plantains, bananas, chicken, tomatoes, mangoes/guavas, eggs, oranges, pumpkins/squash, papayas (2022)", + "text": "milk, plantains, bananas, tomatoes, chicken, oranges, mangoes/guavas, pineapples, eggs, pumpkins/squash (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json index 88512b83..95be4df7 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json @@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ } }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "coconuts, tropical fruits, root vegetables, vegetables, eggs, pulses, tomatoes, beef, sweet potatoes, watermelons (2022)", + "text": "coconuts, tropical fruits, root vegetables, vegetables, eggs, pulses, sweet potatoes, watermelons, cucumbers/gherkins, tomatoes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -864,15 +864,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "16,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "16,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "33 (2021 est.)" + "text": "33 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "57,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "56,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "119 (2021 est.)" @@ -897,15 +897,15 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "79% (2021 est.)" + "text": "76% (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "30,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "22,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "56 (2020 est.)" + "text": "47 (2022 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json index 7d91111f..04bc4d37 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json @@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ "text": "President Christine KANGALOO (since 20 March 2023)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Keith ROWLEY (since 9 September 2015)" + "text": "Prime Minister Keith ROWLEY (since 9 September 2015); note - on 26 February 2025, Prime Minister ROWLEY announced that he will be resigning on 16 March 2025" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet appointed from among members of Parliament" @@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ } }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "chicken, fruits, coconuts, citrus fruits, plantains, maize, eggs, oranges, tomatoes, bananas (2022)", + "text": "chicken, fruits, coconuts, citrus fruits, maize, oranges, plantains, eggs, taro, mangoes/guavas (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json index 289b1625..efce11b9 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json @@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ } }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "bananas, root vegetables, plantains, vegetables, fruits, coconuts, mangoes/guavas, yams, spices, sweet potatoes (2022)", + "text": "bananas, root vegetables, plantains, spices, coconuts, fruits, apples, vegetables, mangoes/guavas, sweet potatoes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -896,15 +896,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "10,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11 (2022 est.)" + "text": "10 (2023 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "104,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "103,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "100 (2022 est.)" @@ -929,15 +929,15 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "85% (2021 est.)" + "text": "78% (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "24,733 (2020 est.)" + "text": "31,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "22 (2020 est.)" + "text": "30 (2023 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-asia/kz.json b/central-asia/kz.json index 448d2c31..41d06bfc 100644 --- a/central-asia/kz.json +++ b/central-asia/kz.json @@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "wheat, milk, potatoes, barley, watermelons, sunflower seeds, cantaloupes/melons, onions, maize, linseed (2022)", + "text": "wheat, milk, barley, potatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes/melons, sunflower seeds, maize, onions, tomatoes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/central-asia/ti.json b/central-asia/ti.json index 2f32c71f..0f5b8ca0 100644 --- a/central-asia/ti.json +++ b/central-asia/ti.json @@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, potatoes, wheat, watermelons, onions, cotton, tomatoes, carrots/turnips, vegetables, beef (2022)", + "text": "potatoes, milk, wheat, watermelons, onions, tomatoes, carrots/turnips, cotton, vegetables, grapes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/central-asia/tx.json b/central-asia/tx.json index d33f5058..6095f89e 100644 --- a/central-asia/tx.json +++ b/central-asia/tx.json @@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, cotton, wheat, potatoes, watermelons, tomatoes, grapes, beef, sugar beets, lamb/mutton (2022)", + "text": "milk, wheat, potatoes, cotton, watermelons, tomatoes, grapes, barley, beef, lamb/mutton (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/central-asia/uz.json b/central-asia/uz.json index 1acb4919..d6588735 100644 --- a/central-asia/uz.json +++ b/central-asia/uz.json @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "lower middle-income Central Asian economy; CIS Free Trade Area member but no intention of EAEU membership; key natural gas, cotton, and gold exporter; landlocked and environmentally fragile; positive growth through COVID-19, but poverty increasing" + "text": "

lower-middle income Central Asian economy; key exporter of natural gas, cotton, and gold; ongoing reform efforts to reduce state-owned sector dominance, attract foreign investment, and improve sustainability of cotton production

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { @@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, wheat, carrots/turnips, cotton, potatoes, tomatoes, grapes, vegetables, watermelons, apples (2022)", + "text": "milk, wheat, cotton, potatoes, carrots/turnips, tomatoes, grapes, watermelons, vegetables, apples (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json index d61ab350..d3e4d706 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json @@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "one of the world’s top two economies; sustained growth due to export relations, its manufacturing sector, and low-wage workers; only major economy to avoid COVID-19 economic decline; recovery efforts slowing due to longstanding poverty imbalances and other institutional issues; state-sponsored economic controls" + "text": "

world’s second-largest economy by nominal GDP; global leader in exports and manufacturing; historically strong growth slowing; challenges of aging workforce, weak productivity, rising youth unemployment, struggling property sector, and public debt; state-sponsored economic controls and infrastructure investments

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { @@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "maize, rice, vegetables, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, cucumbers/gherkins, tomatoes, watermelons, pork (2022)", + "text": "maize, rice, vegetables, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, cucumbers/gherkins, tomatoes, watermelons, pork (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json index d09fcc15..96e7b00b 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json @@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "pork, chicken, spinach, vegetables, game meat, pork offal, fruits, onions, lettuce, pork fat (2022)", + "text": "pork, chicken, spinach, vegetables, pork offal, game meat, beef, fruits, onions, pork fat (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index 8bf7327f..994a5bf3 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "rice, milk, sugar beets, vegetables, eggs, chicken, potatoes, cabbages, sugarcane, pork (2022)", + "text": "rice, milk, sugar beets, vegetables, eggs, chicken, potatoes, onions, cabbages, pork (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json index f1cce0d1..418ea288 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json @@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ } }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "maize, rice, vegetables, apples, cabbages, fruits, sweet potatoes, potatoes, beans, soybeans (2022)", + "text": "maize, vegetables, rice, apples, cabbages, fruits, sweet potatoes, potatoes, beans, soybeans (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ "note": "note: the bulk of the KPA is made up of conscripts; as many as 20% of North Korean males between the ages of 16 and 54 are in the military at a given time and possibly up to 30 percent of males between the ages of 18 and 27, not counting the reserves or paramilitary units; women comprise about 20% of the military by some estimates" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "approximately 10,000 Russia (2024)" + "text": "approximately 10-12,000 Russia (2025)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "North Korea is one of the most militarized countries in the World, and the Korean People's Army (KPA) is one of the World’s largest military forces; founded in 1948, the KPA’s primary responsibilities are national defense and protection of the Kim regime; it also provides considerable support to domestic economic projects such as agriculture production and infrastructure construction; North Korea views the US as its primary external security threat 

in addition to the invasion of South Korea and the subsequent Korean War (1950-53), North Korea from the 1960s to the 1980s launched a considerable number of limited military and subversive actions against South Korea using special forces and terrorist tactics; including aggressive skirmishes along the DMZ, overt attempts to assassinate South Korean leaders, kidnappings, the bombing of an airliner, and a failed effort in 1968 to foment an insurrection and conduct a guerrilla war in the South with more than 100 seaborne commandos; from the 1990s until 2010, the North lost two submarines and a semi-submersible boat attempting to insert infiltrators into the South (1996, 1998) and provoked several engagements in the Northwest Islands area along the disputed Northern Limit Line (NLL), including naval skirmishes between patrol boats in 1999 and 2002, the torpedoing and sinking of a South Korean Navy corvette in 2010, and the bombardment of a South Korean military installation on Yeonpyeong Island, also in 2010; since 2010, further minor incidents continue to occur periodically along the DMZ, where both the KPA and the South Korean military maintain large numbers of troops; in late 2023 and early 2024, the Kim regime abandoned decades of official policy and declared that South Korea was not inhabited by “fellow countrymen” but a separate and “hostile” state that the North would “subjugate” if war broke out

North Korea also has a history of provocative regional military actions and posturing that are of major concern to the international community, including: proliferation of military-related items; ballistic and cruise missile development and testing; weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs including tests of nuclear devices in 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016, and 2017; and large conventional armed forces; despite high-level efforts to ease tensions during the 2018-19 timeframe, including summits with the leaders of China, South Korea, and the US, North Korea has continued developing its WMD programs and, in recent years, issued statements condemning the US and vowing to further strengthen its military capabilities, including long range missiles and nuclear weapons (2024)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json index f9613e62..b5bc8a3c 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json @@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, wheat, potatoes, lamb/mutton, goat milk, beef, goat meat, bison milk, sheep milk, horse meat (2022)", + "text": "milk, wheat, lamb/mutton, potatoes, beef, carrots/turnips, goat milk, goat meat, bison milk, horse meat (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index aeebf097..6c4c40c1 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ } }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "oil palm fruit, coconuts, bananas, fruits, sweet potatoes, game meat, yams, root vegetables, sugarcane, vegetables (2022)", + "text": "oil palm fruit, coconuts, bananas, fruits, sweet potatoes, game meat, yams, root vegetables, vegetables, sugarcane (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index 7c7230bb..c01c0d6d 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, rice, cassava, oil palm fruit, maize, rubber, tropical fruits, chicken, pineapples, fruits (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, rice, cassava, oil palm fruit, maize, rubber, tropical fruits, chicken, mangoes/guavas, fruits (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/europe/au.json b/europe/au.json index 15c7be8c..43d699b5 100644 --- a/europe/au.json +++ b/europe/au.json @@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ "text": "President Alexander VAN DER BELLEN (since 26 January 2017)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Alexander SCHALLENBERG (since 10 January 2025) serving as interim Chancellor following the 4 January 2025 resignation of Karl NEHAMMER" + "text": "Chancellor Christian STOCKER (since 3 March 2025)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers proposed by the chancellor and appointed by the president" @@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, sugar beets, maize, wheat, barley, potatoes, pork, grapes, triticale, apples (2022)", + "text": "milk, sugar beets, maize, wheat, barley, potatoes, pork, grapes, triticale, soybeans (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index 0a847965..88f8d9c3 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "maize, milk, vegetables, potatoes, plums, wheat, apples, barley, chicken, pears (2022)", + "text": "maize, milk, vegetables, potatoes, plums, wheat, apples, barley, chicken, tomatoes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/europe/bo.json b/europe/bo.json index f92063ba..eca828ab 100644 --- a/europe/bo.json +++ b/europe/bo.json @@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, sugar beets, potatoes, wheat, triticale, barley, maize, rapeseed, rye, apples (2022)", + "text": "milk, sugar beets, potatoes, wheat, triticale, barley, maize, rapeseed, rye, chicken (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index 9774e824..cb0113d3 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "wheat, maize, sunflower seeds, milk, barley, rapeseed, potatoes, grapes, tomatoes, chicken (2022)", + "text": "wheat, maize, sunflower seeds, barley, milk, rapeseed, grapes, potatoes, triticale, tomatoes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/europe/ei.json b/europe/ei.json index 83c12649..286d9331 100644 --- a/europe/ei.json +++ b/europe/ei.json @@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, barley, wheat, beef, potatoes, pork, oats, chicken, rapeseed, lamb/mutton (2022)", + "text": "milk, barley, beef, wheat, potatoes, pork, oats, chicken, rapeseed, beans (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index 029a7e94..0375de52 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "wheat, milk, barley, rapeseed, oats, peas, potatoes, rye, pork, beans (2022)", + "text": "milk, wheat, barley, rapeseed, peas, oats, potatoes, rye, pork, triticale (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index f1395ed5..9718321d 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "wheat, sugar beets, milk, barley, rapeseed, potatoes, maize, pork, triticale, oats (2022)", + "text": "wheat, sugar beets, milk, barley, rapeseed, potatoes, maize, triticale, pork, chicken (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index e8982210..685c47dc 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, barley, oats, wheat, potatoes, sugar beets, pork, chicken, peas, beef (2022)", + "text": "milk, barley, oats, wheat, potatoes, sugar beets, pork, chicken, peas, rye (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index 997c8c65..f1830895 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "wheat, sugar beets, milk, barley, maize, potatoes, grapes, rapeseed, pork, sunflower seeds (2022)", + "text": "wheat, sugar beets, milk, maize, barley, potatoes, grapes, rapeseed, pork, sunflower seeds (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ "note": "note 1: in 2023, women comprised more than 16% of the uniformed armed forces 

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

note 3: men between the ages of 17.5 and 39.5 years of age, of any nationality, may join the French Foreign Legion; those volunteers selected for service sign five-year contracts" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "France typically has up to 30,000 total air, ground, and naval forces deployed on permanent or temporary foreign missions; up to 10,000 are permanently deployed, including Djibouti (1,400); French Guyana (2,000); French Polynesia (900); French West Indies (1,000); Reunion Island (1,700); West Africa (1,600; Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Senegal), and the UAE (700)

other non-permanent deployments include operations in Chad (1,000), NATO missions in Europe (2,000), the Middle East (850), and various EU (500) and UN (over 700, mostly in Lebanon under UNIFIL) missions (2024)" + "text": "France typically has up to 30,000 total air, ground, and naval forces deployed on permanent or temporary foreign missions; up to 10,000 are permanently deployed, including Djibouti (1,500); French Guyana (2,600); French Polynesia (1,000); French West Indies (1,000); Reunion Island (2,100); West Africa (1,200), and the UAE (800)

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

in 2010, France and the UK signed a declaration on defense and security cooperation that included greater military interoperability and a Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF), a deployable, combined Anglo-French military force for use in a wide range of crisis scenarios, 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; combined training exercises began in 2011, and 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

the French Foreign Legion, established in 1831, is a military force that is open to foreign recruits willing to serve in the French military for service in France and abroad; the Foreign Legion is an integrated part of the French Army and is comprised of approximately 8,000 personnel; its combat units are a mix of armored cavalry and airborne, light, mechanized, and motorized infantry regiments (2024)" diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index b9129649..325460f5 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "maize, wheat, sheep milk, peaches/nectarines, oranges, grapes, tomatoes, milk, watermelons, potatoes (2022)", + "text": "maize, wheat, sheep milk, oranges, tomatoes, milk, peaches/nectarines, grapes, watermelons, barley (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -903,12 +903,12 @@ "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Exports - partners": { - "text": "Italy 10%, Bulgaria 7%, Germany 6%, Cyprus 5%, Turkey 5% (2022)", - "note": "note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports" + "text": "Italy 12%, Germany 6%, Cyprus 6%, Bulgaria 5%, US 4% (2023)", + "note": "note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "refined petroleum, packaged medicine, aluminum, natural gas, plastic products (2022)", - "note": "note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars" + "text": "refined petroleum, packaged medicine, aluminum, olive oil, tobacco (2023)", + "note": "note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2023": { @@ -923,12 +923,12 @@ "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Imports - partners": { - "text": "China 12%, Germany 9%, Russia 9%, Italy 7%, Iraq 7% (2022)", - "note": "note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports" + "text": "Germany 10%, China 10%, Italy 8%, Iraq 6%, Netherlands 6% (2023)", + "note": "note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports" }, "Imports - commodities": { - "text": "crude petroleum, natural gas, refined petroleum, garments, packaged medicine (2022)", - "note": "note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars" + "text": "crude petroleum, refined petroleum, natural gas, cars, packaged medicine (2023)", + "note": "note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars" }, "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": { "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": { diff --git a/europe/hr.json b/europe/hr.json index 15fce1f0..f41e5f0f 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "maize, wheat, maize, sugar beets, milk, barley, soybeans, sunflower seeds, grapes, pork (2022)", + "text": "maize, wheat, sugar beets, milk, barley, soybeans, sunflower seeds, potatoes, pork, grapes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index c4ea91f3..0919e3c6 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, grapes, wheat, tomatoes, maize, apples, olives, oranges, potatoes, pork (2022)", + "text": "milk, wheat, grapes, tomatoes, maize, olives, apples, oranges, sugar beets, rice (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1115,15 +1115,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "19.982 million (2022 est.)" + "text": "20.107 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "34 (2022 est.)" + "text": "34 (2023 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "78.503 million (2022 est.)" + "text": "78.5 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "133 (2022 est.)" @@ -1148,15 +1148,15 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "75% (2021 est.)" + "text": "87% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "18,128,787 (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.1 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "30 (2020 est.)" + "text": "34 (2023 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index 65ae617f..772e5c03 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "wheat, milk, rapeseed, barley, oats, potatoes, rye, beans, peas, pork (2022)", + "text": "wheat, milk, rapeseed, barley, oats, potatoes, rye, beans, peas, chicken (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/europe/lu.json b/europe/lu.json index 0f6be61d..561b04fb 100644 --- a/europe/lu.json +++ b/europe/lu.json @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, wheat, barley, triticale, potatoes, pork, grapes, beef, oats, rapeseed (2022)", + "text": "milk, wheat, barley, triticale, potatoes, pork, grapes, beef, rye, rapeseed (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "261,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "260,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "40 (2022 est.)" @@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "876,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "961,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "137 (2021 est.)" @@ -1054,15 +1054,15 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "99% (2021 est.)" + "text": "99% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "235,155 (2020 est.)" + "text": "250,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "38 (2020 est.)" + "text": "38 (2022 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/europe/md.json b/europe/md.json index a49d8bb3..a7217870 100644 --- a/europe/md.json +++ b/europe/md.json @@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "wheat, maize, sunflower seeds, grapes, sugar beets, apples, milk, potatoes, barley, plums (2022)", + "text": "wheat, maize, sunflower seeds, grapes, apples, sugar beets, barley, milk, rapeseed, potatoes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index 2902e97a..3912a9f7 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, grapes, chilies/peppers, wheat, potatoes, apples, tomatoes, cabbages, maize, barley (2022)", + "text": "chillies/peppers, milk, wheat, potatoes, grapes, barley, cabbages, maize, watermelons, tomatoes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/europe/mt.json b/europe/mt.json index c9ce2aa8..c2b6f76c 100644 --- a/europe/mt.json +++ b/europe/mt.json @@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, cauliflower/broccoli, pork, chicken, cabbages, pumpkins/squash, grapes (2022)", + "text": "milk, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, chicken, cauliflower/broccoli, cabbages, pork, pumpkins/squash, watermelons (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/europe/nl.json b/europe/nl.json index 099679dd..7b994923 100644 --- a/europe/nl.json +++ b/europe/nl.json @@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, sugar beets, potatoes, pork, onions, wheat, chicken, tomatoes, carrots/turnips, goat milk (2022)", + "text": "milk, sugar beets, potatoes, onions, pork, wheat, chicken, tomatoes, carrots/turnips, beef (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ "note": "note: the total figures include about 6,000 reservists on active duty; the Navy figures include 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 (2024)" + "text": "the military's inventory consists of a mix of domestically produced and modern European- and US-sourced equipment; 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 (2025)" }, "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 (2024)", diff --git a/europe/no.json b/europe/no.json index e898c209..f26f9c5c 100644 --- a/europe/no.json +++ b/europe/no.json @@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ "text": "at least one parent must be a citizen of Norway" }, "dual citizenship recognized": { - "text": "no" + "text": "yes" }, "residency requirement for naturalization": { "text": "7 years" @@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, barley, wheat, potatoes, oats, pork, chicken, beef, eggs, rye (2022)", + "text": "milk, barley, potatoes, oats, wheat, pork, chicken, beef, eggs, carrots/turnips (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/europe/sw.json b/europe/sw.json index 11ed76c5..93e375c2 100644 --- a/europe/sw.json +++ b/europe/sw.json @@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "wheat, milk, sugar beets, barley, potatoes, oats, rapeseed, pork, chicken, triticale (2022)", + "text": "milk, wheat, sugar beets, barley, potatoes, oats, rapeseed, pork, chicken, beef (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/middle-east/ae.json b/middle-east/ae.json index 76c8adab..2ebcfdf3 100644 --- a/middle-east/ae.json +++ b/middle-east/ae.json @@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "dates, cucumbers/gherkins, camel milk, goat milk, tomatoes, eggs, goat meat, milk, chicken, camel meat (2022)", + "text": "dates, cucumbers/gherkins, camel milk, goat milk, tomatoes, chicken, goat meat, eggs, milk, camel meat (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/middle-east/ba.json b/middle-east/ba.json index 5470408f..4c14d625 100644 --- a/middle-east/ba.json +++ b/middle-east/ba.json @@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "lamb/mutton, dates, milk, chicken, tomatoes, fruits, sheep offal, eggs, sheepskins, cucumbers/gherkins (2022)", + "text": "lamb/mutton, dates, milk, tomatoes, chicken, eggs, sheep offal, sheepskins, eggplants, chillies/peppers (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/middle-east/gg.json b/middle-east/gg.json index e4ab5366..d585f96e 100644 --- a/middle-east/gg.json +++ b/middle-east/gg.json @@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "

main economic activities include cultivation of agricultural products, such as grapes, citrus fruits, and hazelnuts; mining of manganese, copper, and gold; producing alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages

" + "text": "

upper-middle income, fast-growing South Caucasus economy; regionally focused exporter of cars, metal ores, and energy; financial and migrant inflows resulting from Ukraine conflict; EU accession talks suspended over disputed election and foreign influence law; low inflation but persistent high unemployment

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { @@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, grapes, potatoes, wheat, maize, apples, watermelons, barley, tangerines/mandarins, tomatoes (2022)", + "text": "milk, grapes, potatoes, maize, wheat, tangerines/mandarins, tomatoes, barley, apples, eggs (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/middle-east/gz.json b/middle-east/gz.json index f2d3603d..d1b71cec 100644 --- a/middle-east/gz.json +++ b/middle-east/gz.json @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "tomatoes, milk, cucumbers/gherkins, olives, potatoes, sheep milk, eggplants, pumpkins/squash, grapes, chicken (2022)", + "text": "tomatoes, milk, cucumbers/gherkins, olives, potatoes, sheep milk, eggplants, pumpkins/squash, grapes, goat milk (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index 0675b521..bbd65f90 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "wheat, sugarcane, milk, sugar beets, tomatoes, barley, potatoes, vegetables, oranges, chicken (2022)", + "text": "wheat, sugarcane, milk, sugar beets, rice, tomatoes, barley, potatoes, oranges, apples (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1208,8 +1208,7 @@ "note": "note: conscripts serve in the Artesh, IRGC, and Law Enforcement, while Navy and Air/Air Defense Force personnel are primarily volunteers" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "continues to maintain a military presence in Syria reportedly of a few thousand personnel, mostly of special operations and IRGC forces (2024)", - "note": "note: Iran has recruited, trained, and funded thousands of Syrian and foreign fighters to support the ASAD regime during the Syrian civil war" + "text": "note: Iran maintained a military presence in Syria and recruited, trained, and funded thousands of Syrian and foreign fighters to support the ASAD regime during the Syrian civil war (2011-December 2024)" }, "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 IRGC played a critical role in helping KHOMEINI consolidate power in the aftermath of the 1979 revolution, and it ensured that KHOMEINI's Islamic revolutionary vision prevailed against domestic challenges from nationalists and leftist factions in the scramble for control after the Shah's departure

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; today, the IRGC is a highly institutionalized and parallel military force to Iran’s regular armed forces (Artesh); it is heavily involved in internal security and has significant influence in the political and economic spheres of Iranian society, as well as Iran’s foreign policy; on the economic front, it owns factories and corporations and subsidiaries in banking, infrastructure, housing, airlines, tourism and other sectors; its special operations forces, known as the Qods/Quds Force, specialize in foreign missions and have 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; the Qods Force also conducts intelligence and reconnaissance operations; note - both the IRGC and the Qods Force have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the US 

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

the Iranian Armed Forces are divided between the regular forces (Artesh) and the IRGC; the Artesh primarily focuses on defending Iran’s borders and territorial waters from external threats, while the IRGC has a broader mission to defend the Iranian revolution from any foreign or domestic threat; in 1989, Iran established the Armed Forces General Staff to coordinate military action across both the Artesh and the IRGC; Iran also has a joint military headquarters, the Khatam ol-Anbia Central Headquarters, to command the Artesh and IRGC in wartime (2024)" diff --git a/middle-east/is.json b/middle-east/is.json index d280b045..0a133767 100644 --- a/middle-east/is.json +++ b/middle-east/is.json @@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, chicken, potatoes, tomatoes, avocados, bananas, grapefruits, eggs, tangerines/mandarins, carrots/turnips (2022)", + "text": "milk, chicken, potatoes, tomatoes, tangerines/mandarins, bananas, eggs, avocados, beef, carrots/turnips (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index dc6b1828..4e5db699 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "wheat, dates, tomatoes, maize, watermelons, grapes, potatoes, milk, cucumbers/gherkins, eggplants (2022)", + "text": "wheat, dates, maize, tomatoes, rye, grapes, milk, chicken, potatoes, fruits (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index 13ce0398..c3b4a1d7 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "tomatoes, milk, chicken, potatoes, cucumbers/gherkins, olives, watermelons, peaches/nectarines, sheep milk, chilies/peppers (2022)", + "text": "tomatoes, milk, chicken, potatoes, olives, cucumbers/gherkins, onions, chillies/peppers, peaches/nectarines, sheep milk (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index 56e015bb..e6983e97 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "tomatoes, dates, cucumbers/gherkins, eggs, milk, chicken, lamb/mutton, vegetables, potatoes, eggplants (2022)", + "text": "dates, eggs, milk, tomatoes, chicken, lamb/mutton, cucumbers/gherkins, vegetables, maize, eggplants (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index 2d188e75..1a2248b0 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "potatoes, milk, tomatoes, apples, oranges, olives, cucumbers/gherkins, chicken, lemons/limes, wheat (2022)", + "text": "potatoes, milk, tomatoes, apples, oranges, olives, cucumbers/gherkins, chicken, lemons/limes, wheat (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/middle-east/mu.json b/middle-east/mu.json index fd1c1a16..916ee0a0 100644 --- a/middle-east/mu.json +++ b/middle-east/mu.json @@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "dates, tomatoes, milk, sorghum, vegetables, goat milk, cucumbers/gherkins, chilies/peppers, watermelons, cantaloupes/melons (2022)", + "text": "vegetables, dates, milk, tomatoes, sorghum, chillies/peppers, goat milk, cucumbers/gherkins, cantaloupes/melons, cabbages (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -819,10 +819,10 @@ }, "Average household expenditures": { "on food": { - "text": "21.8% of household expenditures (2022 est.)" + "text": "18.7% of household expenditures (2023 est.)" }, "on alcohol and tobacco": { - "text": "0.2% of household expenditures (2022 est.)" + "text": "0.1% of household expenditures (2023 est.)" } }, "Remittances": { @@ -1026,15 +1026,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "563,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "579,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13 (2021 est.)" + "text": "11 (2023 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6.75 million (2022 est.)" + "text": "6.98 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "135 (2021 est.)" @@ -1059,15 +1059,15 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "96% (2021 est.)" + "text": "95% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "508,949 (2020 est.)" + "text": "562,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11 (2020 est.)" + "text": "11 (2023 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/qa.json b/middle-east/qa.json index be0fc588..266879fa 100644 --- a/middle-east/qa.json +++ b/middle-east/qa.json @@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "tomatoes, dates, chicken, cucumbers/gherkins, camel milk, eggs, sheep milk, goat milk, pumpkins/squash, milk (2022)", + "text": "dates, chicken, tomatoes, camel milk, vegetables, cucumbers/gherkins, pumpkins/squash, eggs, sheep milk, eggplants (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index 413bcea0..8529a5b7 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, dates, chicken, wheat, tomatoes, potatoes, watermelons, olives, eggs, onions (2022)", + "text": "milk, dates, chicken, wheat, tomatoes, watermelons, potatoes, olives, eggs, onions (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -868,12 +868,12 @@ "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Exports - partners": { - "text": "China 19%, India 13%, Japan 10%, South Korea 10%, US 7% (2022)", - "note": "note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports" + "text": "China 21%, India 12%, Japan 12%, US 6%, UAE 4% (2023)", + "note": "note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "crude petroleum, refined petroleum, ethylene polymers, plastics, fertilizers (2022)", - "note": "note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars" + "text": "crude petroleum, refined petroleum, plastics, alcohols, ships (2023)", + "note": "note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2023": { @@ -888,12 +888,12 @@ "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Imports - partners": { - "text": "China 22%, UAE 16%, US 6%, India 6%, Germany 4% (2022)", - "note": "note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports" + "text": "China 21%, UAE 8%, US 7%, India 6%, Germany 5% (2023)", + "note": "note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports" }, "Imports - commodities": { - "text": "cars, broadcasting equipment, garments, gold, refined petroleum (2022)", - "note": "note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars" + "text": "cars, refined petroleum, gold, broadcasting equipment, packaged medicine (2023)", + "note": "note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars" }, "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": { "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": { diff --git a/middle-east/sy.json b/middle-east/sy.json index 8bc0d62e..f9c2abcc 100644 --- a/middle-east/sy.json +++ b/middle-east/sy.json @@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "wheat, milk, olives, sheep milk, tomatoes, potatoes, maize, watermelons, apples, oranges (2022)", + "text": "wheat, barley, milk, sheep milk, tomatoes, olives, potatoes, maize, oranges, grapes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/middle-east/ym.json b/middle-east/ym.json index 71e649dd..084f058f 100644 --- a/middle-east/ym.json +++ b/middle-east/ym.json @@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "mangoes/guavas, potatoes, onions, milk, sorghum, spices, watermelons, chicken, tomatoes, grapes (2022)", + "text": "mangoes/guavas, potatoes, milk, onions, spices, chicken, sorghum, watermelons, tomatoes, grapes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/north-america/ca.json b/north-america/ca.json index 13d97d8b..db5164d4 100644 --- a/north-america/ca.json +++ b/north-america/ca.json @@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "wheat, rapeseed, maize, barley, milk, soybeans, potatoes, oats, peas, lentils (2022)", + "text": "wheat, rapeseed, maize, milk, barley, soybeans, potatoes, peas, oats, pork (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/north-america/gl.json b/north-america/gl.json index 02bb0a38..e69baffb 100644 --- a/north-america/gl.json +++ b/north-america/gl.json @@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October" }, "time zone note": { - "text": "Greenland has four time zones" + "text": "Greenland has three time zones" }, "etymology": { "text": "\"nuuk\" is the Inuit word for \"cape\" and refers to the city's position at the end of the Nuup Kangerlua fjord" diff --git a/north-america/mx.json b/north-america/mx.json index 31e67932..0e6466d8 100644 --- a/north-america/mx.json +++ b/north-america/mx.json @@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, maize, milk, oranges, sorghum, tomatoes, chicken, wheat, chilies/peppers, lemons/limes (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, maize, milk, oranges, sorghum, tomatoes, chicken, chillies/peppers, wheat, lemons/limes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/north-america/us.json b/north-america/us.json index f5985637..dc2c62ed 100644 --- a/north-america/us.json +++ b/north-america/us.json @@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ "note": "note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean persons of Spanish/Hispanic/Latino origin including those of Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican Republic, Spanish, and Central or South American origin living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (White, Black, Asian, etc.); an estimated 18.7% of the total US population is Hispanic as of 2020" }, "Languages": { - "text": "English only 78.2%, Spanish 13.4%, Chinese 1.1%, other 7.3% (2017 est.)", - "note": "note: data represent the language spoken at home; the US has no official national language, but English has acquired official status in 32 of the 50 states; Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii, and 20 indigenous languages are official in Alaska" + "text": "English only (official) 78.2%, Spanish 13.4%, Chinese 1.1%, other 7.3% (2017 est.)", + "note": "note: data represent the language spoken at home; English is the official national language as of March 2025, but English previously had official status in 32 of the 50 states; Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii, and 20 indigenous languages are official in Alaska" }, "Religions": { "text": "Protestant 46.5%, Roman Catholic 20.8%, Jewish 1.9%, Church of Jesus Christ 1.6%, other Christian 0.9%, Muslim 0.9%, Jehovah's Witness 0.8%, Buddhist 0.7%, Hindu 0.7%, other 1.8%, unaffiliated 22.8%, don't know/refused 0.6% (2014 est.)" @@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ }, "Environment - international agreements": { "party to": { - "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Climate Change, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" + "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling" }, "signed, but not ratified": { "text": "Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping-London Protocol" @@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "high-income, diversified North American economy; NATO leader; largest importer and second-largest exporter; home to leading financial exchanges; high and growing public debt; rising socioeconomic inequalities; historically low interest rates; hit by COVID-19" + "text": "

world’s largest economy by nominal GDP; largest importer and second-largest exporter; home to leading financial exchanges and global reserve currency; high and growing public debt; inflation moderating but remains above pre-pandemic levels

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { @@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "maize, soybeans, milk, wheat, sugarcane, sugar beets, chicken, potatoes, beef, pork (2022)", + "text": "maize, soybeans, milk, wheat, sugar beets, sugarcane, potatoes, chicken, pork, tomatoes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/south-america/ar.json b/south-america/ar.json index b17aef86..8add8d0b 100644 --- a/south-america/ar.json +++ b/south-america/ar.json @@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "maize, soybeans, wheat, sugarcane, milk, barley, sunflower seeds, beef, sorghum, chicken (2022)", + "text": "maize, soybeans, sugarcane, wheat, milk, sunflower seeds, barley, beef, potatoes, chicken (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index 2340a674..1a68705e 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, soybeans, potatoes, maize, rice, sorghum, milk, chicken, plantains, wheat (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, soybeans, maize, potatoes, sorghum, rice, milk, chicken, plantains, beef (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/south-america/ns.json b/south-america/ns.json index a53562ea..06664adc 100644 --- a/south-america/ns.json +++ b/south-america/ns.json @@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ } }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "rice, sugarcane, oranges, chicken, plantains, vegetables, bananas, coconuts, cassava, eggs (2022)", + "text": "rice, sugarcane, oranges, vegetables, chicken, cassava, plantains, pineapples, eggs, citrus fruits (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/south-america/pa.json b/south-america/pa.json index a538dd6c..1a8f4d27 100644 --- a/south-america/pa.json +++ b/south-america/pa.json @@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, maize, soybeans, cassava, rice, wheat, milk, beef, oranges, oil palm fruit (2022)", + "text": "soybeans, sugarcane, maize, cassava, wheat, rice, milk, beef, oranges, bananas (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index a7d197cd..ec3ea582 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, potatoes, rice, bananas, milk, chicken, maize, oil palm fruit, cassava, grapes (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, potatoes, rice, bananas, milk, maize, chicken, oil palm fruit, cassava, grapes (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/south-america/uy.json b/south-america/uy.json index 0bcee713..6f224ae4 100644 --- a/south-america/uy.json +++ b/south-america/uy.json @@ -569,10 +569,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Luis Alberto LACALLE POU (since 1 March 2020)" + "text": "President Yamandú ORSI Martínez (since 1 March 2025)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President Luis Alberto LACALLE POU (since 1 March 2020)" + "text": "President Yamandú ORSI Martínez (since 1 March 2025)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president with approval of the General Assembly" @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for nonconsecutive terms); election last held on 27 October 2024 with a runoff on 24 November 2024 (next to be held on 28 October 2029 and a runoff, if needed, on 25 November 2029)" }, "election results": { - "text": "2024: Yamandú ORSI Martínez elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Yamandú ORSI Martínez (FA) 46.2%, Álvaro Luis DELGADO Ceretta (PN) 28.2%, Andrés OJEDA Ojeda Spitz (PC) 16.9%, other 8.7%; percent of vote in second round - Yamandú ORSI Martínez 52.1%, Álvaro Luis DELGADO Ceretta 47.9%; note - ORSI will take office 1 March 2025

2019: Luis Alberto LACALLE POU elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Daniel MARTINEZ (FA) 40.7%, Luis Alberto LACALLE POU (PN) 29.7%, Ernesto TALVI (Colorado Party) 12.8%, Guido MANINI RIOS (Open Cabildo) 11.3%, other 5.5%; percent of vote in second round - Luis Alberto LACALLE POU 50.6%, Daniel MARTINEZ 49.4%

2014: Tabare VAZQUEZ elected president in second round; percent of vote - Tabare VAZQUEZ (Socialist Party) 56.5%, Luis Alberto LACALLE Pou (PN) 43.4%" + "text": "2024: Yamandú ORSI Martínez elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Yamandú ORSI Martínez (FA) 46.2%, Álvaro Luis DELGADO Ceretta (PN) 28.2%, Andrés OJEDA Ojeda Spitz (PC) 16.9%, other 8.7%; percent of vote in second round - Yamandú ORSI Martínez 52.1%, Álvaro Luis DELGADO Ceretta 47.9%

2019: Luis Alberto LACALLE POU elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Daniel MARTINEZ (FA) 40.7%, Luis Alberto LACALLE POU (PN) 29.7%, Ernesto TALVI (Colorado Party) 12.8%, Guido MANINI RIOS (Open Cabildo) 11.3%, other 5.5%; percent of vote in second round - Luis Alberto LACALLE POU 50.6%, Daniel MARTINEZ 49.4%

2014: Tabare VAZQUEZ elected president in second round; percent of vote - Tabare VAZQUEZ (Socialist Party) 56.5%, Luis Alberto LACALLE Pou (PN) 43.4%" }, "note": "note: the president is both chief of state and head of government" }, @@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, rice, wheat, barley, soybeans, beef, rapeseed, sugarcane, maize, oranges (2022)", + "text": "milk, rice, wheat, barley, soybeans, beef, rapeseed, sugarcane, maize, beef offal (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { @@ -1103,15 +1103,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.259 million (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.205 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "37 (2022 est.)" + "text": "36 (2023 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4.741 million (2022 est.)" + "text": "4.8 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "139 (2022 est.)" @@ -1136,15 +1136,15 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "90% (2021 est.)" + "text": "90% (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,063,701 (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.1 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "31 (2020 est.)" + "text": "32 (2023 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/south-asia/af.json b/south-asia/af.json index f8ee352a..5c0b8f43 100644 --- a/south-asia/af.json +++ b/south-asia/af.json @@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "extremely low-income South Asian economy; import drops, currency depreciation, disappearing central bank reserves, and increasing inflation after Taliban takeover; increasing Chinese trade; hit hard by COVID; ongoing sanctions" + "text": "

low-income South Asian economy; economy stable after major contraction due to Taliban takeover, but recovery remains fragile; widespread poverty and obstacles to human development; import-reliant for food, fuel, and machinery; ongoing sanctions, suspended development aid, and frozen reserve assets

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { @@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "wheat, milk, watermelons, grapes, potatoes, cantaloupes/melons, vegetables, rice, onions, apples (2022)", + "text": "wheat, milk, grapes, watermelons, potatoes, cantaloupes/melons, vegetables, rice, onions, maize (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/south-asia/bt.json b/south-asia/bt.json index a58f8ed4..ced51c8c 100644 --- a/south-asia/bt.json +++ b/south-asia/bt.json @@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, rice, root vegetables, potatoes, maize, oranges, areca nuts, chilies/peppers, pumpkins/squash, bison milk (2022)", + "text": "rice, milk, potatoes, root vegetables, maize, oranges, areca nuts, chillies/peppers, pumpkins/squash, carrots/turnips (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index 1fcd95a8..335d59d4 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "rice, coconuts, plantains, tea, sugarcane, milk, cassava, fiber crops, maize, chicken (2022)", + "text": "rice, coconuts, tea, sugarcane, plantains, milk, fiber crops, cassava, chicken, pumpkins/squash (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/south-asia/mv.json b/south-asia/mv.json index 9a86e0b3..d68f70ee 100644 --- a/south-asia/mv.json +++ b/south-asia/mv.json @@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ } }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "fruits, vegetables, nuts, other meats, tomatoes, bananas, maize, pulses, coconuts, papayas (2022)", + "text": "fruits, vegetables, nuts, other meats, papayas, bananas, tomatoes, maize, pulses, chillies/peppers (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/south-asia/np.json b/south-asia/np.json index 7f638feb..9abd73e7 100644 --- a/south-asia/np.json +++ b/south-asia/np.json @@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "rice, vegetables, potatoes, sugarcane, maize, wheat, bison milk, milk, mangoes/guavas, fruits (2022)", + "text": "rice, vegetables, potatoes, sugarcane, maize, wheat, bison milk, milk, mangoes/guavas, bananas (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { diff --git a/south-asia/pk.json b/south-asia/pk.json index 49da85f6..30e3eb41 100644 --- a/south-asia/pk.json +++ b/south-asia/pk.json @@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugarcane, bison milk, wheat, milk, rice, maize, potatoes, mangoes/guavas, cotton, onions (2022)", + "text": "sugarcane, bison milk, wheat, milk, rice, maize, potatoes, cotton, mangoes/guavas, chicken (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": {