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"total": {
"text": "1,066 km"
},
"border countries (2)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Oman 609 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km"
}
},
@ -138,6 +138,9 @@
"text": "Muslim (Islam; official) 76%, Christian 9%, other (primarily Hindu and Buddhist, less than 5% of the population consists of Parsi, Baha'i, Druze, Sikh, Ahmadi, Ismaili, Dawoodi Bohra Muslim, and Jewish) 15%",
"note": {
"text": "represents the total population; about 85% of the population consists of noncitizens (2005 est.)"
},
"religious affiliation": {
"text": null
}
},
"Population": {
@ -381,6 +384,17 @@
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
"Citizenship": {
"birthright citizenship": {
"text": ""
},
"dual citizenship recognized": {
"text": "no"
},
"residency requirement for naturalization": {
"text": ""
}
},
"Suffrage": {
"text": "limited; note - rulers of the seven emirates each select a proportion of voters for the Federal National Council (FNC) that together account for about 12 percent of Emirati citizens"
},
@ -395,10 +409,10 @@
"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president"
},
"elections/appointments": {
"text": "president and vice president elected by the FSC for a 5-year term (no term limits) from among the 7 FSC members; election last held 3 November 2004 upon the death of the UAE's Founding Father and first President ZAYID bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan (next election NA); prime minister and deputy prime minister appointed by the president"
"text": "president and vice president indirectly elected by the Federal Supreme Council - composed of the rulers of the 7 emirates - for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held 3 November 2009 (next election NA); prime minister and deputy prime minister appointed by the president"
},
"election results": {
"text": "KHALIFA bin Zayid Al-Nuhayyan elected president by unanimous FSC vote; MUHAMMAD bin Rashid Al-Maktum unanimously affirmed vice president after the 2006 death of his brother Sheikh MAKTUM bin Rashid Al-Maktum"
"text": "KHALIFA bin Zayid Al-Nuhayyan reelected president; FSC vote NA"
},
"note": {
"text": "there is also a Federal Supreme Council (FSC) composed of the seven emirate rulers; the FSC is the highest constitutional authority in the UAE; establishes general policies and sanctions federal legislation; meets 4 times a year; Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi) and Dubayy (Dubai) rulers have effective veto power"
@ -406,13 +420,13 @@
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Federal National Council or Majlis al-Ittihad al-Watani (40 seats; 20 members appointed by the rulers of the 7 constituent states and 20 indirectly elected by an electoral college of the constituent state councils; members serve 4-year terms)"
"text": "unicameral Federal National Council or Majlis al-Ittihad al-Watani (40 seats; 20 members appointed by the rulers of the 7 constituent states and 20 indirectly elected by an electoral college whose members are selected by each emirate ruler proportional to its FNC membership; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 24 September 2011 (next to be held on 3 October 2015); note - the electoral college was expanded from 6,689 voters in the December 2006 election to 129,274 in the September 2011 election; elections for candidates rather than party lists; 469 candidates including 85 women ran for 20 contested FNC seats"
"text": "last held on 3 October 2015 (next to be held in 2019); note - the electoral college was expanded from 129,274 electors in the December 2011 election to 224,279 in the October 2015 election; elections for candidates rather than political parties; 347 candidates including 78 women ran for 20 contested FNC seats"
},
"election results": {
"text": "elected seats by emirate - Abu Dhabi 4, Dubai 4, Sharjah 3, Ras al-Khaimah 3, Ajman 2, Fujairah 2, Umm al-Quwain 2; note - number of appointed seats for each emirate are same as elected seats"
"text": "elected FNC seats by emirate - Abu Dhabi 4, Dubai 4, Sharjah 3, Ras al-Khaimah 3, Ajman 2, Fujairah 2, Umm al-Quwain 2; note - only 1 woman (from Ras Al Khaimah) won an FNC seat"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
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}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "none; political parties are not allowed"
"text": "none; political parties are banned"
},
"Political pressure groups and leaders": {
"text": "NA"
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},
"Energy": {
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "97.91 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "100.5 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "82.52 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "93.28 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "8.147 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
"Electricity - imports": {
"text": "0 kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "26.14 million kW (2011 est.)"
"text": "27.23 million kW (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "99.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "2.8 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "2.82 million bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "2.5 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "97.8 billion bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "97.8 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "371,500 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "487,000 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "698,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "694,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "382,300 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "364,500 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "351,400 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "341,700 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "52.5 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "54.6 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "63.29 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "66.69 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "7.955 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "7.4 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "18.75 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "19.49 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "6.089 trillion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"

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"total": {
"text": "2,468 km"
},
"border countries (5)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Armenia 996 km, Georgia 428 km, Iran 689 km, Russia 338 km, Turkey 17 km"
}
},
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"text": "Azerbaijani (Azeri) (official) 92.5%, Russian 1.4%, Armenian 1.4%, other 4.7% (2009 est.)"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower"
}
"text": "Muslim 96.9% (predominantly Shia), Christian 3%, other \nnote: religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower\n\n"
},
"Population": {
"text": "9,780,780 (July 2015 est.)"
@ -404,6 +401,17 @@
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
"Citizenship": {
"birthright citizenship": {
"text": "yes"
},
"dual citizenship recognized": {
"text": "no"
},
"residency requirement for naturalization": {
"text": "5 years"
}
},
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
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"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Milli Mejlis (125 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 7 November 2010 (next to be held in November 2015)"
"text": "last held on 7 November 2010 (next to be held on 1 November 2015)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - YAP 45.8%, CSP 1.6%, Motherland 1.4%, independents 48.2%, other 3.1%; seats by party - YAP 71, CSP 3, Motherland 2, Civil Unity 1, Democratic Reforms 1, Great Creation 1, Hope Party 1, Justice 1, Social Welfare 1, Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front 1, independents 42"
"text": "percent of vote by party - YAP 45.8%, CSP 1.6%, Motherland 1.4%, independents 48.2%, other 3.1%; seats by party - YAP 72, CSP 3, Motherland 2, Civil Unity 1, Democratic Reforms 1, Great Creation 1, Hope Party 1, Justice 1, Social Welfare 1, Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front 1, independent 41"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
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}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "Azerbaijan Democratic Party or ADP [Sardar JALALOGLU] ++ Azerbaijan Popular Front or AXCP [Ali KARIMLI] ++ Civil Solidarity Party or CSP [Sabir RUSTAMKHANLI] ++ Civil Unity Party [Sabir HAJIYEV] ++ Classical Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan [Mirmahmud MIRALI-OGLU] ++ Democratic Reforms Party [Asim MOLLAZADE] ++ Great Creation Party [Fazil Gazanfaroglu MUSTAFAYEV] ++ Hope (Umid) Party [Igbal AGAZADE] ++ Justice Party [Ilyas ISMAILOV] ++ Liberal Party of Azerbaijan [Lala Shovkat HACIYEVA, Avaz TEMIRKHAN] ++ Motherland Party [Fazail AGAMALI] ++ Musavat (Equality) [Arif HAJILI] ++ Social Democratic Party of Azerbaijan or SDP [Araz ALIZADE] ++ Social Welfare Party [Khanhusein KAZIMLI] ++ Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party [Gudrat HASANGULIYEV] ++ Yeni (New) Azerbaijan Party or YAP [President Ilham ALIYEV]"
"text": "Azerbaijan Democratic Party or ADP [Sardar JALALOGLU] ++ Azerbaijan Popular Front or AXCP [Ali KARIMLI] ++ Civil Solidarity Party or CSP [Sabir RUSTAMKHANLI] ++ Civil Unity Party or CUP [Sabir HAJIYEV] ++ Classical Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan [Mirmahmud MIRALI-OGLU] ++ Democratic Reforms Party [Asim MOLLAZADE] ++ Great Creation Party [Fazil Gazanfaroglu MUSTAFAYEV] ++ Hope (Umid) Party [Igbal AGAZADE] ++ Justice Party [Ilyas ISMAILOV] ++ Liberal Party of Azerbaijan [Lala Shovkat HACIYEVA, Avaz TEMIRKHAN] ++ Motherland Party or AVP [Fazail AGAMALI] ++ Musavat (Equality) [Arif HAJILI] ++ Social Democratic Party of Azerbaijan or SDP [Ayaz MUTALIBOV] ++ Social Welfare Party [Khanhusein KAZIMLI] ++ Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party [Gudrat HASANGULIYEV] ++ Yeni (New) Azerbaijan Party or YAP [President Ilham ALIYEV]"
},
"Political pressure groups and leaders": {
"text": "Club-125 [Ilhamia RZAYEVA] ++ Ireli Youth Movement [MirHasan SEYIDOV] ++ National Council of Democratic Forces [Jamil HASANLI] ++ NIDA Youth Movement [Turgut GAMBAR, Zaur GURBANLI] ++ Positive Change Youth Movement [Bakhtiyar HAJIYEV] ++ Republican Alternative or REAL [Ilgar MAMMADOV (in jail)]"
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"text": "22.99 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "20.29 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "17.79 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "805 million kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "680 million kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - imports": {
"text": "128 million kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "141 million kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "6.398 million kW (2011 est.)"
"text": "7.114 million kW (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "84.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "85% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
"text": "15.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "14.9% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "874,400 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "845,900 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "821,000 bbl/day (2011 est.)"
"text": "811,300 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "7 billion bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "7 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "133,500 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "131,600 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "93,430 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "99,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "53,440 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "36,700 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "498.6 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "807.1 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "17.18 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "18.2 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "10.74 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "10.91 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "6.99 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "7.29 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "250 million cu m (2011 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "991.1 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"

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"total": {
"text": "1,570 km"
},
"border countries (4)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Azerbaijan 996 km, Georgia 219 km, Iran 44 km, Turkey 311 km"
}
},
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"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
"Citizenship": {
"birthright citizenship": {
"text": "no, unless one parent is an Armenian citizen"
},
"dual citizenship recognized": {
"text": "yes"
},
"residency requirement for naturalization": {
"text": "3 years"
}
},
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
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"text": "last held on 6 May 2012 (next to be held in the spring of 2017)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - RPA 44%, Prosperous Armenia 30.1%, ANC 7.1%, Heritage Party 5.8%, ARF (Dashnak) 5.7%, Rule of Law 5.5%, other 1.8%; seats by party - RPA 69, Prosperous Armenia 37, ANC 7, Heritage Party 5, ARF (Dashnak) 5, Rule of Law 6, independent 2"
"text": "percent of vote by party - RPA 44%, Prosperous Armenia 30.1%, ANC 7.1%, Heritage Party 5.8%, ARF (Dashnak) 5.7%, Rule of Law 5.5%, other 1.8%; seats by party - RPA 69, Prosperous Armenia 37, ANC 7, Rule of Law 6, Heritage Party 5, ARF (Dashnak) 5, independent 2"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
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},
"Economy": {
"Economy - overview": {
"text": "Under the old Soviet central planning system, Armenia developed a modern industrial sector, supplying machine tools, textiles, and other manufactured goods to sister republics, in exchange for raw materials and energy. Armenia has since switched to small-scale agriculture and away from the large agroindustrial complexes of the Soviet era. Armenia has only two open trade borders - Iran and Georgia - because its borders with Azerbaijan and Turkey have been closed since 1991 and 1993, respectively, as a result of Armenia's ongoing conflict with Azerbaijan over the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region. Armenia's geographic isolation, a narrow export base, and pervasive monopolies in important business sectors have made it particularly vulnerable to the sharp deterioration in the global economy and the economic downturn in Russia. Armenia is particularly dependent on Russian commercial and governmental support and most key Armenian infrastructure is Russian-owned and/or managed, especially in the energy sector, including electricity and natural gas. Remittances from expatriates working in Russia are equivalent to about 20% of GDP and partly offset the country's severe trade imbalance. Armenia joined Russia in the Eurasian Economic Union upon the bloc’s launch in January 2015, even though the ruble’s sharp depreciation in December 2014 led to currency instability, inflation, and significant decrease of export from Armenia to Russia. Armenia joined the WTO in January 2003. The government has made some improvements in tax and customs administration in recent years, but anti-corruption measures have been ineffective. Armenia will need to pursue additional economic reforms and to strengthen the rule of law in order to regain economic growth and improve economic competitiveness and employment opportunities, especially given its economic isolation from two of its nearest neighbors, Turkey and Azerbaijan."
"text": "Under the old Soviet central planning system, Armenia developed a modern industrial sector, supplying machine tools, textiles, and other manufactured goods to sister republics, in exchange for raw materials and energy. Armenia has since switched to small-scale agriculture and away from the large agroindustrial complexes of the Soviet era. Armenia has only two open trade borders - Iran and Georgia - because its borders with Azerbaijan and Turkey have been closed since 1991 and 1993, respectively, as a result of Armenia's ongoing conflict with Azerbaijan over the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region. Armenia's geographic isolation, a narrow export base, and pervasive monopolies in important business sectors have made it particularly vulnerable to the sharp deterioration in the global economy and the economic downturn in Russia. Armenia is particularly dependent on Russian commercial and governmental support and most key Armenian infrastructure is Russian-owned and/or managed, especially in the energy sector, including electricity and natural gas. Remittances from expatriates working in Russia are equivalent to about 20% of GDP and partly offset the country's severe trade imbalance. Armenia joined Russia in the Eurasian Economic Union upon the bloc's launch in January 2015, even though the ruble's sharp depreciation in December 2014 led to currency instability, inflation, and significant decrease of export from Armenia to Russia. Armenia joined the WTO in January 2003. The government has made some improvements in tax and customs administration in recent years, but anti-corruption measures have been ineffective. Armenia will need to pursue additional economic reforms and to strengthen the rule of law in order to regain economic growth and improve economic competitiveness and employment opportunities, especially given its economic isolation from two of its nearest neighbors, Turkey and Azerbaijan."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$24.28 billion (2014 est.) ++ $23.48 billion (2013 est.) ++ $22.68 billion (2012 est.)",
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"text": "$1.489 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $2.251 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
},
"Debt - external": {
"text": "$8.452 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $8.694 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
"text": "$8.537 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $8.695 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
},
"Stock of direct foreign investment - at home": {
"text": "$4.817 billion (2013)"
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"text": "5.043 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "1.36 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.696 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - imports": {
"text": "17 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "98 million kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "4.021 million kW (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "52,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "8,700 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "32 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "46,550 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "8,722 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "0 cu m (2014 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "2.01 billion cu m (2014 est.)"

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"text": "Arabic (official), English, Farsi, Urdu"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Muslim 70.3%, Christian 14.5%, Hindu 9.8%, Buddhist 2.5%, Jewish 0.6%, folk religion \n\n"
"text": "Muslim 70.3%, Christian 14.5%, Hindu 9.8%, Buddhist 2.5%, Jewish 0.6%, folk religion \nreligious affiliation:\n\n \n\n"
},
"Population": {
"text": "1,346,613",
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"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
"Citizenship": {
"birthright citizenship": {
"text": "no, unless the father was a citizen of Bahrain"
},
"dual citizenship recognized": {
"text": "no"
},
"residency requirement for naturalization": {
"text": "25 years; 15 years for Arab nationals"
}
},
"Suffrage": {
"text": "20 years of age; universal; note - Bahraini Cabinet in May 2011 endorsed a draft law lowering eligibility to 18 years"
},
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"text": "Council of Representatives - last held in two rounds on 23 and 29 November 2014 (next in November 2018)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Council of Representatives - percent of vote by society - NA; seats by society - Al-Asalah (Sunni Salafi) 2, Islmaic Minbar (Sunni Muslim Brotherhood) 1, independent 36, other 1; note - Bahrain has societies rather than parties"
"text": "Council of Representatives - percent of vote by society - NA; seats by society - Al-Asalah (Sunni Salafi) 2, Islamic Minbar (Sunni Muslim Brotherhood) 1, independent 36, other 1; note - Bahrain has societies rather than parties"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
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},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"note": {
"text": "political parties are prohibited but political societies were legalized per a July 2005 law ++ Al Watan ++ Arab Islamic Center Society [Abdulrahman AL-BAKER] ++ Constitutional Gathering Society [Abdulrahman AL-BAKER] ++ Islamic Asalah [Abd al-Halim MURAD] ++ Islamic Saff Society [Abdullah Khalil BU GHAMAR] ++ Islamic Shura Society ++ Movement of National Justice Society [Muhi al-Din KHAN] ++ National Action Charter Society [Muhammad AL-BUAYNAYN] ++ National Democratic Action Society [Radhi AL-MOUSAWI] ++ National Democratic Assembly [Hasan AL-ALI] ++ National Dialogue Society ++ National Fraternity Society [Musa AL-ANSARI] ++ National Islamic Minbar [Ali AHMAD] ++ National Progressive Tribune [Abd al-Nabi SALMAN] ++ National Unity Gathering ++ Unitary National Democratic Assemblage [Fadhil ABBAS] ++ Wifaq National Islamic Society [Ali SALMAN]"
"text": "political parties are prohibited but political societies were legalized per a July 2005 law ++ Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society or Al-Wefeq [Ali SALMAN] ++ Arab Islamic Center Society [Abdulrahman AL-BAKER] ++ Constitutional Gathering Society [Abdulrahman AL-BAKER] ++ Islamic Asalah [Abd al-Halim MURAD] ++ Islamic Saff Society [Abdullah Khalil BU GHAMAR] ++ Islamic Shura Society ++ Movement of National Justice Society [Muhi al-Din KHAN] ++ National Action Charter Society [Muhammad AL-BUAYNAYN] ++ National Democratic Action Society [Radhi AL-MOUSAWI] ++ National Democratic Assembly [Hasan AL-ALI] ++ National Dialogue Society ++ National Fraternity Society [Musa AL-ANSARI] ++ National Islamic Minbar [Ali AHMAD] ++ National Progressive Tribune [Abd al-Nabi SALMAN] ++ National Unity Gathering ++ Unitary National Democratic Assemblage [Fadhil ABBAS] ++ "
}
},
"Political pressure groups and leaders": {
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},
"Economy": {
"Economy - overview": {
"text": "Bahrain has made great efforts to diversify its economy; its highly developed communication and transport facilities make Bahrain home to numerous multinational firms with business in the Gulf. As part of its diversification plans, Bahrain implemented a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US in August 2006, the first FTA between the US and a Gulf state. Bahrain's economy, however, continues to depend heavily on oil. In 2013, petroleum production and refining accounted for 73% of Bahrain's export receipts, 88% of government revenues, and 21% of GDP. Other major economic activities are production of aluminum - Bahrain's second biggest export after oil - finance, and construction. Bahrain continues to seek new natural gas supplies as feedstock to support its expanding petrochemical and aluminum industries. In 2011 Bahrain experienced economic setbacks as a result of domestic unrest, however, the economy recovered in 2012-14, partly as a result of improved tourism. Lower oil prices in 2015 will likely exacerbate Bahrain’s budget deficit."
"text": "Bahrain has made great efforts to diversify its economy; its highly developed communication and transport facilities make Bahrain home to numerous multinational firms with business in the Gulf. As part of its diversification plans, Bahrain implemented a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US in August 2006, the first FTA between the US and a Gulf state. Bahrain's economy, however, continues to depend heavily on oil. In 2013, petroleum production and refining accounted for 73% of Bahrain's export receipts, 88% of government revenues, and 21% of GDP. Other major economic activities are production of aluminum - Bahrain's second biggest export after oil - finance, and construction. Bahrain continues to seek new natural gas supplies as feedstock to support its expanding petrochemical and aluminum industries. In 2011 Bahrain experienced economic setbacks as a result of domestic unrest, however, the economy recovered in 2012-14, partly as a result of improved tourism. Lower oil prices in 2015 will likely exacerbate Bahrain's budget deficit."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$61.94 billion (2014 est.) ++ $59.13 billion (2013 est.) ++ $56.14 billion (2012 est.)",
@ -662,10 +673,10 @@
},
"Energy": {
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "13 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "13.26 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "12.12 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "11.69 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "190 million kWh (2012 est.)"
@ -674,55 +685,55 @@
"text": "35 million kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "3.169 million kW (2011 est.)"
"text": "3.94 million kW (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "99.9% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0.1% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "58,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "49,500 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "152,600 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "256,000 bbl/day (2011 est.)"
"text": "243,300 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "124.6 million bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "124.6 million bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "270,800 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "278,500 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "49,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "50,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "226,000 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "242,900 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "2,357 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "13.63 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "15.7 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "13.63 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "15.7 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "92.03 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"

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"total": {
"text": "1,814 km"
},
"border countries (4)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Armenia 219 km, Azerbaijan 428 km, Russia 894 km, Turkey 273 km"
}
},
@ -403,6 +403,17 @@
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
"Citizenship": {
"birthright citizenship": {
"text": "no, unless at least one parent is a citizen of Georgia"
},
"dual citizenship recognized": {
"text": "no"
},
"residency requirement for naturalization": {
"text": "10 years"
}
},
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
@ -446,7 +457,7 @@
}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "Alliance of Patriots [Irma INASHVILI] ++ Conservative Party [Zviad DZIDZIGURI] ++ European Democrats [Paata DAVITAIA] ++ Free Georgia [Kakha KUKAVA] ++ Georgian Dream (a five-party coalition composed of Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia, Republican Party, National Forum, Conservative Party, and Industry Will Save Georgia, plus two factions of independent majoritarians) ++ Georgian Dream (a six-party coalition composed of Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia, Republican Party, Our Georgia-Free Democrats, National Forum, Conservative Party, and Industry Will Save Georgia) ++ Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia [Irakli GARIBASHVILI] ++ Georgian People's Front [Nodar NATADZE] ++ Georgian Troupe [Jondi BAGHTURIA] ++ Industry Will Save Georgia (Industrialists) or IWSG [Giorgi TOPADZE] ++ Labor Party [Shalva NATELASHVILI] ++ National Democratic Party or NDP [Bachuki KARDAVA] ++ National Forum [Kakhaber SHARTAVA] ++ New Rights [Pikria CHIKHRADZE] ++ Our Georgia-Free Democrats (OGFD) [Irakli ALASANIA] ++ People's Party [Koba DAVITASHVILI ++ Republican Party [Khatuna SAMNIDZE] ++ Traditionalists [Akaki ASATIANI] ++ United Democratic Movement [Nino BURJANADZE] ++ United National Movement or UNM [Mikheil SAAKASHVILI]"
"text": "Conservative Party [Zviad DZIDZIGURI] ++ European Democrats [Paata DAVITAIA] ++ Free Georgia [Kakha KUKAVA] ++ Georgian Dream (a six-party coalition composed of Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia, Republican Party, National Forum, Conservative Party, Industry Will Save Georgia, and Green Party of Georgia) ++ Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia [Irakli GARIBASHVILI] ++ Georgian People's Front [Nodar NATADZE] ++ Green Party of Georgia [Gia GACHECHILADZE] ++ Industry Will Save Georgia (Industrialists) or IWSG [Giorgi TOPADZE] ++ National Democratic Party or NDP [Bachuki KARDAVA] ++ National Forum [Kakhaber SHARTAVA] ++ Our Georgia-Free Democrats (OGFD) [Irakli ALASANIA] ++ People's Party [Koba DAVITASHVILI ++ Republican Party [Khatuna SAMNIDZE] ++ United Democratic Movement [Nino BURJANADZE] ++ United National Movement or UNM [Mikheil SAAKASHVILI]"
},
"Political pressure groups and leaders": {
"other": {
@ -676,7 +687,7 @@
"text": "$3.283 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $2.823 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
},
"Debt - external": {
"text": "$12.3 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $12.11 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
"text": "$13.56 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $13.17 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
},
"Stock of direct foreign investment - at home": {
"text": "$12.91 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $11.61 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
@ -690,67 +701,67 @@
},
"Energy": {
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "9.694 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "9.475 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "9.379 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "8.468 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "930 million kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "528 million kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - imports": {
"text": "614 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "615 million kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "4.35 million kW (2011 est.)"
"text": "4.308 million kW (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "38.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "39.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
"text": "61.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "60.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "1,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "1,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "531 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "727 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "35 million bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "35 million bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "16,790 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "21,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2011 est.)"
"text": "40.88 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "18,500 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "21,770 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "9.151 million cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "1.776 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "2.03 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "1.77 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "2.03 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "8.495 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"

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"total": {
"text": "72 km"
},
"border countries (2)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Egypt 13 km, Israel 59 km"
}
},
@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
"text": "Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Muslim 98.0 - 99.0% (predominantly Sunni), Christian \nnote: dismantlement of Israeli settlements was completed in September 2005; Gaza has had no Jewish population since then (2012 est.)\n\n"
"text": "Muslim 98.0 - 99.0% (predominantly Sunni), Christian \nnote: dismantlement of Israeli settlements was completed in September 2005; Gaza has had no Jewish population since then (2012 est.)\nreligious affiliation:\n\n \n\n"
},
"Population": {
"text": "1,869,055 (July 2015 est.)"
@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
"text": "4.08 children born/woman (2015 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "52.5% (includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank) (2010)"
"text": "52.5% (includes Gaza Strip and West Bank) (2010)"
},
"Physicians density": {
"text": "2.1 physicians/1,000 population (2013)"
@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
"text": "94.5%"
},
"note": {
"text": "estimates are for the Palestinian Territories (2015 est.)"
"text": "estimates are for Gaza and West Bank (2015 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {

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"total": {
"text": "5,894 km"
},
"border countries (7)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Afghanistan 921 km, Armenia 44 km, Azerbaijan 689 km, Iraq 1,599 km, Pakistan 959 km, Turkey 534 km, Turkmenistan 1,148 km"
}
},
@ -132,7 +132,10 @@
"text": "Persian (official), Azeri Turkic and Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic, other"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Muslim (official) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2011 est.)"
"text": "Muslim (official) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2011 est.)",
"religious affiliation": {
"text": null
}
},
"Population": {
"text": "81,824,270 (July 2015 est.)"
@ -400,6 +403,17 @@
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
"Citizenship": {
"birthright citizenship": {
"text": ""
},
"dual citizenship recognized": {
"text": "no"
},
"residency requirement for naturalization": {
"text": ""
}
},
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
@ -428,7 +442,7 @@
"text": "unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly or Majles-e Shura-ye Eslami or Majles (290 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by two-round vote; members serve 4-year terms); note - all candidates to the Majles must be approved by the Guardian Council, a 12-member group of which 6 are appointed by the supreme leader and 6 are jurists nominated by the judiciary and elected by the Majles"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 2 March 2012 (first round); second round held on 4 May 2012; (next to be held on 26 February 2016)"
"text": "last held in two rounds on 2 March and 4 May 2012; (next to be held on 26 February 2016)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA"
@ -679,67 +693,67 @@
},
"Energy": {
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "225.8 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "239.2 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "185.8 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "195.3 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "8.668 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "11.03 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - imports": {
"text": "3.656 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "3.897 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "65.31 million kW (2011 est.)"
"text": "78.3 million kW (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "86.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "85.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "1.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
"text": "13.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "12.4% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
"text": "0.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "3.113 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "3.236 million bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "1.322 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "28,140 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "157.3 billion bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "157.8 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "1.718 million bbl/day (2011 est.)"
"text": "1.823 million bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "1.87 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "1.885 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "330,800 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "271,800 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "180,400 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "18,150 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "166.6 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "161.3 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "162.2 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "157.3 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "9.4 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "9.307 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "5 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "5.329 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "33.8 trillion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"

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"total": {
"text": "1,068 km"
},
"border countries (6)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Egypt 208 km, Gaza Strip 59 km, Jordan 307 km, Lebanon 81 km, Syria 83 km, West Bank 330 km"
}
},
@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
}
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) is an important freshwater source; the Dead Sea is the second saltiest body of water in the world (after Lake Assal in Djibouti); in 2014, there were 423 settlements in the Israeli-occupied territories - 42 settlements in the Golan Heights, 381 sites in the occupied Palestinian territories to include 212 settlements and 134 outposts in the West Bank, and 35 settlements in East Jerusalem; there are no Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip – all were evacuated in 2005 (2014 est.)"
"text": "Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) is an important freshwater source; the Dead Sea is the second saltiest body of water in the world (after Lake Assal in Djibouti); in 2014, there were 423 settlements in the Israeli-occupied territories - 42 settlements in the Golan Heights, 381 sites in the occupied Palestinian territories to include 212 settlements and 134 outposts in the West Bank, and 35 settlements in East Jerusalem; there are no Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip because all were evacuated in 2005 (2014 est.)"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -126,7 +126,10 @@
"text": "Hebrew (official), Arabic (used officially for Arab minority), English (most commonly used foreign language)"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Jewish 75%, Muslim 17.5%, Christian 2%, Druze 1.6%, other 3.9% (2013 est.)"
"text": "Jewish 75%, Muslim 17.5%, Christian 2%, Druze 1.6%, other 3.9% (2013 est.)",
"religious affiliation": {
"text": null
}
},
"Population": {
"text": "8,049,314 (includes populations of the Golan Heights of Golan Sub-District and East Jerusalem, which was annexed by Israel after 1967) (July 2014 est.)",
@ -377,12 +380,23 @@
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; withdrew acceptance of ICCt jurisdiction in 2002"
},
"Citizenship": {
"birthright citizenship": {
"text": ""
},
"dual citizenship recognized": {
"text": "yes"
},
"residency requirement for naturalization": {
"text": ""
}
},
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Reuven RIVLIN (since 27 July 2014)"
"text": "President Reuven RIVLIN (since 27 July 2014)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Prime Minister Binyamin NETANYAHU (since 31 March 2009)"
@ -402,10 +416,10 @@
"text": "unicameral Knesset (120 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 17 March 2015 (next to be held in 2019, but can be called earlier)"
"text": "last held on 17 March 2015 (next to be held in 2019 but can be called earlier)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - Likud 23.4%, Zionist Camp 18.7%, Joint List 10.5%, Yesh Atid 8.8%, Kukanu 7.5%, Bayit Yehudi 6.7%, Shas, 5.7%, Israel Beitenu 5.1%, United Torah Judaism 5%, Meretz 3.9%, Yachad 3%, other 1.7%; seats by party - Likud 30, Zionist Camp 24, Joint List 13, Yesh Atid 11, Kulanu 10, Bayit Yehudi 8, Shas 7, Yisrael Beitenu 6, , United Torah Judaism 6, Meretz 5"
"text": "percent of vote by party - Likud 23.4%, Zionist Union 18.7%, Joint List 10.6%, Yesh Atid 8.8%, Kulanu 7.5%, The Jewish Home 6.7%, Shas, 5.7%, Yisrael Beitenu 5.1%, UTJ 5%, Meretz 3.9%, Yachad 3.0%, other 1.6%; seats by party - Likud 30, Zionist Union 24, Joint List 13, Yesh Atid 11, Kulanu 10, The Jewish Home 8, Shas 7, Yisrael Beitenu 6, , UTJ 6, Meretz 5"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
@ -420,7 +434,7 @@
}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "Balad [Jamal ZAHALKA] ++ Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (HADASH) [Muhammad BARAKEH] ++ Kadima [Shaul MOFAZ] ++ Kulanu [Moshe KAHLON] ++ Labor Party [Isaac HERZOG] ++ Likud [Binyamin NETANYAHU] ++ National Union [Uri ARIEL] ++ SHAS [Eliyahu YISHAI] ++ The Jewish Home (Bayit Yehudi) [Naftali BENNETT] ++ The Movement (Hatnuah) [Tzipora \"Tzipi\" LIVNI] ++ The New Movement-Meretz [Haim ORON] ++ The Zionist Camp (established for March 2015 election purposes) ++ United Arab List-Ta'al [Ibrahim SARSUR] ++ United Torah Judaism or UTJ [Yaakov LITZMAN] (an alliance of three parties) ++ Yesh Atid [Yair LAPID] ++ Yisrael Beiteinu or YB [Avigdor LIEBERMAN]"
"text": "Balad [Jamal ZAHALKA] ++ Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (HADASH) [Aiman UDA] ++ Kadima [Shaul MOFAZ] ++ Kulanu [Moshe KAHLON] ++ Joint List [Ayman ODEH] ++ Labor Party [Isaac HERZOG] ++ Likud [Binyamin NETANYAHU] ++ Meretz [Zehava GALON] ++ Shas [Arye DERI] ++ The Jewish Home (Bayit Yehudi) [Naftali BENNETT] ++ The Movement (Hatnuah) [Tzipora \"Tzipi\" LIVNI] ++ The New Movement-Meretz [Haim ORON] ++ United Arab List-Ta'al [Ibrahim SARSUR] ++ United Torah Judaism or UTJ [Yaakov LITZMAN] (an alliance of three parties) ++ Yesh Atid [Yair LAPID] ++ Yisrael Beiteinu [Avigdor LIEBERMAN] ++ Zionist Union [Isaac HERZOG, Tzipora \"Tzipi\" LIVNI] (established by the Labor Party and Hatnuah for March 2015 election)"
},
"Political pressure groups and leaders": {
"text": "Breaking the Silence [Yehuda SHAUL, Executive Director] collects testimonies from soldiers who served in the West Bank and Gaza Strip ++ B'Tselem [Jessica MONTELL, Executive Director] monitors human rights abuses ++ Peace Now [Yariv OPPENHEIMER, Secretary General] supports territorial concessions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip ++ YESHA Council [Danny DAYAN, Chairman] promotes settler interests and opposes territorial compromise"
@ -447,7 +461,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Daniel B. SHAPIRO (since 8 July 2011)"
"text": "Ambassador Daniel B. SHAPIRO (since 29 September 2011)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "71 Hayarkon Street, Tel Aviv 6343229"
@ -645,7 +659,7 @@
"text": "$88.01 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $81.79 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
},
"Debt - external": {
"text": "$99.75 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $95.53 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
"text": "$96.16 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $95.37 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
},
"Stock of direct foreign investment - at home": {
"text": "$97.05 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $86.95 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
@ -665,7 +679,7 @@
"text": "59.83 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "4.2 billion kWh (2013 est.)"
"text": "4.938 billion kWh (2013 est.)"
},
"Electricity - imports": {
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
@ -686,40 +700,40 @@
"text": "2.6% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "490 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "390 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "5,352 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "268,000 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "275,600 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "11.5 million bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "13.95 million bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "275,600 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "276,300 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "238,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "234,600 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "83,700 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "77,280 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "143,500 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "96,590 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "6.35 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
"text": "7.51 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "7.538 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
"text": "7.57 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "510 million cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "60 million cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "285 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"

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{
"Introduction": {
"Background": {
"text": "Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq was occupied by Britain during the course of World War I; in 1920, it was declared a League of Nations mandate under UK administration. In stages over the next dozen years, Iraq attained its independence as a kingdom in 1932. A \"republic\" was proclaimed in 1958, but in actuality a series of strongmen ruled the country until 2003. The last was SADDAM Husayn. Territorial disputes with Iran led to an inconclusive and costly eight-year war (1980-88). In August 1990, Iraq seized Kuwait but was expelled by US-led, UN coalition forces during the Gulf War of January-February 1991. Following Kuwait's liberation, the UN Security Council (UNSC) required Iraq to scrap all weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles and to allow UN verification inspections. Continued Iraqi noncompliance with UNSC resolutions over a period of 12 years led to the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and the ouster of the SADDAM Husayn regime. US forces remained in Iraq under a UNSC mandate through 2009 and under a bilateral security agreement thereafter, helping to provide security and to train and mentor Iraqi security forces. ++ In October 2005, Iraqis approved a constitution in a national referendum and, pursuant to this document, elected a 275-member Council of Representatives (COR) in December 2005. The COR approved most cabinet ministers in May 2006, marking the transition to Iraq's first constitutional government in nearly a half century. Nearly nine years after the start of the Second Gulf War in Iraq, US military operations there ended in mid-December 2011. In January 2009 and April 2013, Iraq held elections for provincial councils in all governorates except for the three comprising the Kurdistan Regional Government and Kirkuk Governorate. Iraq held a national legislative election in March 2010 - choosing 325 legislators in an expanded COR - and, after nine months of deadlock the COR approved the new government in December 2010. In April 2014, Iraq held a national legislative election and expanded the COR to 328 legislators. Prime Minister Nuri al-MALIKI dropped his bid for a third term in office, enabling new Prime Minister Haydar al-ABADI, a Shia from Baghdad, to win parliamentary approval of his new cabinet in September 2014. Sincer early 2015, Iraq has been engaged in a military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to recapture territory lost in the western and northern portion of the country."
"text": "Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq was occupied by Britain during the course of World War I; in 1920, it was declared a League of Nations mandate under UK administration. In stages over the next dozen years, Iraq attained its independence as a kingdom in 1932. A \"republic\" was proclaimed in 1958, but in actuality a series of strongmen ruled the country until 2003. The last was SADDAM Husayn. Territorial disputes with Iran led to an inconclusive and costly eight-year war (1980-88). In August 1990, Iraq seized Kuwait but was expelled by US-led, UN coalition forces during the Gulf War of January-February 1991. Following Kuwait's liberation, the UN Security Council (UNSC) required Iraq to scrap all weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles and to allow UN verification inspections. Continued Iraqi noncompliance with UNSC resolutions over a period of 12 years led to the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and the ouster of the SADDAM Husayn regime. US forces remained in Iraq under a UNSC mandate through 2009 and under a bilateral security agreement thereafter, helping to provide security and to train and mentor Iraqi security forces. ++ In October 2005, Iraqis approved a constitution in a national referendum and, pursuant to this document, elected a 275-member Council of Representatives (COR) in December 2005. The COR approved most cabinet ministers in May 2006, marking the transition to Iraq's first constitutional government in nearly a half century. Nearly nine years after the start of the Second Gulf War in Iraq, US military operations there ended in mid-December 2011. In January 2009 and April 2013, Iraq held elections for provincial councils in all governorates except for the three comprising the Kurdistan Regional Government and Kirkuk Governorate. Iraq held a national legislative election in March 2010 - choosing 325 legislators in an expanded COR - and, after nine months of deadlock the COR approved the new government in December 2010. In April 2014, Iraq held a national legislative election and expanded the COR to 328 legislators. Prime Minister Nuri al-MALIKI dropped his bid for a third term in office, enabling new Prime Minister Haydar al-ABADI, a Shia from Baghdad, to win parliamentary approval of his new cabinet in September 2014. Since early 2015, Iraq has been engaged in a military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to recapture territory lost in the western and northern portion of the country."
}
},
"Geography": {
@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
"total": {
"text": "3,809 km"
},
"border countries (6)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Iran 1,599 km, Jordan 179 km, Kuwait 254 km, Saudi Arabia 811 km, Syria 599 km, Turkey 367 km"
}
},
@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
"text": "Arabic (official), Kurdish (official), Turkmen (a Turkish dialect) and Assyrian (Neo-Aramaic) are official in areas where they constitute a majority of the population), Armenian"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Muslim (official) 99% (Shia 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian 0.8%, Hindu \nnote: while there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, recent reporting indicates that the overall Christian population may have dropped by as much as 50 percent since the fall of the Saddam HUSSEIN regime in 2003, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon (2010 est.)\n\n"
"text": "Muslim (official) 99% (Shia 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian 0.8%, Hindu \nnote: while there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, recent reporting indicates that the overall Christian population may have dropped by as much as 50 percent since the fall of the Saddam HUSSEIN regime in 2003, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon (2010 est.)\nreligious affiliation:\n\n \n\n"
},
"Population": {
"text": "37,056,169 (July 2015 est.)"
@ -374,6 +374,17 @@
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
"Citizenship": {
"birthright citizenship": {
"text": ""
},
"dual citizenship recognized": {
"text": "yes"
},
"residency requirement for naturalization": {
"text": ""
}
},
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
@ -402,7 +413,7 @@
"text": "last held on 30 April 2014 (next to be held in 2018)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Council of Representatives - percent of vote by coalition - NA; seats by coalition/party – State of Law Coalition 95, Sadrist Movement 34, ISCI 30, KDP 25, United for Reform Coalition/Muttahidun 23, PUK) 21, Nationalism Coalition/Al-Wataniyah 19, other Sunni coalitions/parties 15, Al-Arabiyah Coalition 10, Goran 9, other Shia coalitions/parties 9, Fadilah 6, National Reform Trend 6, Iraq Coalition 5,Kurdistan Islamic Union 4, other 17"
"text": "Council of Representatives - percent of vote by party/coalition - NA; seats by coalition/party – State of Law Coalition 95, Sadrist Movement 34, ISCI 30, KDP 25, United for Reform Coalition/Muttahidun 23, PUK 21, Nationalism Coalition/Al-Wataniyah 19, other Sunni coalitions/parties 15, Al-Arabiyah Coalition 10, Goran 9, other Shia parties/coalitions 9, Fadilah 6, National Reform Trend 6, Iraq Coalition 5,Kurdistan Islamic Union 4, other parties 17"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
@ -417,10 +428,7 @@
}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": " ++ Anbar Loyalty Party [Qasim al-FAHADAWI] ++ Awakening Conference [Ahmad al-RISHAWI] ++ Badr Organization [Hadi al-AMIRI] ++ Civil Democratic Alliance ++ Da'wa Party (Islamic) [Vice President Nuri al-MALIKI] ++ Da'wa Tanzim [Hashim al-MUSAWI branch] ++ Fadilah Party [Ammar TUAMA] ++ Goran (Change) List (also known as the Movement for Change) [Nushirwan MUSTAFA] ++ Iraq Coalition [Abd al-Salam al-HAMMUDI] ++ Iraqi Front for National Dialogue [Deputy Prime Minister Salih al-MUTLAQ] ++ Iraqi Islamic Party or IIP [Ayad al-SAMARRA’I] ++ Iraqi Justice and Reform Movement [Shaykh Abdallah al-YAWR] ++ Iraqi National Congress or INC [Ahmad CHALABI] ++ Iraqi Turkoman Front [Arshad al-SALIHI] ++ Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq or ISCI [Ammar al-HAKIM] ++ Kurdistan Democratic Party or KDP [Kurdistan Regional Government President Masud BARZANI] ++ Kurdistan Islamic Group (also called Islamic Group of Kurdistan) [Ali BAPIR] ++ Kurdish Islamic Union [ Mohammed FARAI] ++ Nationalism Coalition/Al Wataniyah [Vice President Ayad ALLAWI] ++ National Future Gathering [Dhafir al-ANI] ++ National Movement for Reform and Development [Muhammad al-KARBULI] ++ National Reform Trend [Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-JAFARI] ++ Patriotic Union of Kurdistan or PUK [former President Jalal TALABANI] ++ Sadrist Trend [Muqtada al-SADR] ++ Shia Independents [Higher Education Minister Husayn al-SHAHRISTANI] ++ United for Iraq/Muttahidun Party [Vice President Usama al-NUJAYFI]",
"Coalitions and Leaders": {
"text": "Al Ahrar Coalition/Sadrist Trend [Muqtada al-SADR] ++ Al-Arabiyah Coalition [Deputy Prime Minister Salih al-MUTLAQ] ++ Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Coalition/Muwatin [Ammar al-HAKIM] ++ Kurdistan Alliance [Muhsin al-SADUN] ++ Nationalism Coalition/Al Wataniyah [Vice President Ayad ALLAWI] ++ State of Law Coalition [Vice President Nouri al MALIKI] ++ United for Reform Coalition/Muttahidun Party [Vice President Usama al-NUJAYFI]"
},
"text": "Al-Arabiyah Coalition [Deputy Prime Minister Salih al-MUTLAQ] ++ Badr Organization [Hadi al-AMIRI] ++ Fadilah Party [Ammar TUAMA] ++ Goran (Change) List (also known as the Movement for Change) [Nushirwan MUSTAFA] ++ Iraq Coalition [Abd al-Salam al-HAMMUDI] ++ Iraqi Front for National Dialogue [Deputy Prime Minister Salih al-MUTLAQ] ++ Iraqi Justice and Reform Movement [Shaykh Abdallah al-YAWR] ++ Iraqi National Congress or INC [Ahmad CHALABI] ++ Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq or ISCI [Ammar al-HAKIM] ++ Kurdistan Democratic Party or KDP [Kurdistan Regional Government President Masud BARZANI] ++ Kurdish Islamic Union [ Mohammed FARAI] ++ Nationalism Coalition/Al Wataniyah [Vice President Ayad ALLAWI] ++ National Movement for Reform and Development [Muhammad al-KARBULI] ++ National Reform Trend [Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-JAFARI] ++ Patriotic Union of Kurdistan or PUK [former President Jalal TALABANI] ++ Sadrist Movement [Muqtada al-SADR] ++ State of Law Coalition [Vice President Nouri al MALIKI] ++ United for Iraq/Muttahidun Party [Vice President Usama al-NUJAYFI] ++ United for Reform Coalition/Muttahidun Party [Vice President Usama al-NUJAYFI]",
"note": {
"text": "numerous smaller local, tribal, and minority parties"
}
@ -488,7 +496,7 @@
},
"Economy": {
"Economy - overview": {
"text": "During 2014, worsening security and financial stability throughout Iraq—driven by an ongoing insurgency, decreasing oil prices, and political upheaval—decreased the prospects for improving the country's economic environment and securing much-needed foreign investment. Long-term fiscal health, a strengthened investment climate, and sustained improvements in the overall standard of living still depend on the central government passing major policy reforms. Iraq's largely state-run economy is dominated by the oil sector, which provides more than 90% of government revenue and 80% of foreign exchange earnings. Oil exports in 2014 remained relatively flat at 2.4 million barrels per day on average, despite new production coming online at the West Qurna 2 and Badrah oilfields, because repeated attacks on the Iraq-Turkey pipeline reduced export capacity. During the second half of 2014, government revenues decreased as global oil prices fell by more than 30%. Iraq's contracts with major oil companies have the potential to further expand oil exports and revenues, but Iraq will need to make significant upgrades to its oil processing, pipeline, and export infrastructure to enable these deals to reach their economic potential. The Iraqi Kurdistan Region's (IKR) autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) passed its own oil law in 2007, and has directly signed about 50 contracts to develop IKR energy reserves. The federal government has disputed the legal authority of the KRG to conclude most of these contracts, some of which are also in areas with unresolved administrative boundaries in dispute between the federal and regional government. In December, the federal government and the KRG agreed to sell oil exports from Kurdish-controlled oil fields under the federal oil ministry, in exchange for the central government paying $1 billion to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and resuming budget transfers to the KRG that amount to 17% of Iraq's national budget. Iraq is making slow progress enacting laws and developing the institutions needed to implement economic policy, and political reforms are still needed to assuage investors' concerns regarding the uncertain business climate.. The government of Iraq is eager to attract additional foreign direct investment, but it faces a number of obstacles, including a tenuous political system and concerns about security and societal stability. Rampant corruption, outdated infrastructure, insufficient essential services, skilled labor shortages, and antiquated commercial laws stifle investment and continue to constrain growth of private, nonoil sectors. Under the Iraqi Constitution, some competencies relevant to the overall investment climate are either shared by the federal government and the regions or are devolved entirely to local governments. Investment in the IKR operates within the framework of the Kurdistan Region Investment Law (Law 4 of 2006) and the Kurdistan Board of Investment, which is designed to provide incentives to help economic development in areas under the authority of the KRG. Inflation has remained under control since 2006. However, Iraqi leaders remain hard pressed to translate macroeconomic gains into an improved standard of living for the Iraqi populace. Unemployment remains a problem throughout the country despite a bloated public sector. Encouraging private enterprise through deregulation would make it easier for Iraqi citizens and foreign investors to start new businesses. Rooting out corruption and implementing reforms - such as restructuring banks and developing the private sector - would be important steps in this direction."
"text": "During 2014, worsening security and financial stability throughout Iraq - driven by an ongoing insurgency, decreasing oil prices, and political upheaval - decreased the prospects for improving the country's economic environment and securing much-needed foreign investment. Long-term fiscal health, a strengthened investment climate, and sustained improvements in the overall standard of living still depend on the central government passing major policy reforms. Iraq's largely state-run economy is dominated by the oil sector, which provides more than 90% of government revenue and 80% of foreign exchange earnings. Oil exports in 2014 remained relatively flat at 2.4 million barrels per day on average, despite new production coming online at the West Qurna 2 and Badrah oilfields, because repeated attacks on the Iraq-Turkey pipeline reduced export capacity. During the second half of 2014, government revenues decreased as global oil prices fell by more than 30%. Iraq's contracts with major oil companies have the potential to further expand oil exports and revenues, but Iraq will need to make significant upgrades to its oil processing, pipeline, and export infrastructure to enable these deals to reach their economic potential. The Iraqi Kurdistan Region's (IKR) autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) passed its own oil law in 2007, and has directly signed about 50 contracts to develop IKR energy reserves. The federal government has disputed the legal authority of the KRG to conclude most of these contracts, some of which are also in areas with unresolved administrative boundaries in dispute between the federal and regional government. In December, the federal government and the KRG agreed to sell oil exports from Kurdish-controlled oil fields under the federal oil ministry, in exchange for the central government paying $1 billion to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and resuming budget transfers to the KRG that amount to 17% of Iraq's national budget. Iraq is making slow progress enacting laws and developing the institutions needed to implement economic policy, and political reforms are still needed to assuage investors' concerns regarding the uncertain business climate.. The government of Iraq is eager to attract additional foreign direct investment, but it faces a number of obstacles, including a tenuous political system and concerns about security and societal stability. Rampant corruption, outdated infrastructure, insufficient essential services, skilled labor shortages, and antiquated commercial laws stifle investment and continue to constrain growth of private, nonoil sectors. Under the Iraqi Constitution, some competencies relevant to the overall investment climate are either shared by the federal government and the regions or are devolved entirely to local governments. Investment in the IKR operates within the framework of the Kurdistan Region Investment Law (Law 4 of 2006) and the Kurdistan Board of Investment, which is designed to provide incentives to help economic development in areas under the authority of the KRG. Inflation has remained under control since 2006. However, Iraqi leaders remain hard pressed to translate macroeconomic gains into an improved standard of living for the Iraqi populace. Unemployment remains a problem throughout the country despite a bloated public sector. Encouraging private enterprise through deregulation would make it easier for Iraqi citizens and foreign investors to start new businesses. Rooting out corruption and implementing reforms - such as restructuring banks and developing the private sector - would be important steps in this direction."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$522.7 billion (2014 est.) ++ $535.5 billion (2013 est.) ++ $502.5 billion (2012 est.)",
@ -657,7 +665,7 @@
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "3.066 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "3.368 million bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "2.39 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
@ -666,31 +674,31 @@
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "140.3 billion bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "144.2 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "492,800 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "590,400 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "769,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "750,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "3,832 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "2,153 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "172,600 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "242,700 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "646 million cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.18 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "646 million cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.179 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "3.158 trillion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
@ -875,10 +883,10 @@
},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "16,637 (Turkey); 11,053 (Iran); 9,246 (West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2014); 248,503 (Syria) (2015)"
"text": "16,637 (Turkey); 11,053 (Iran); 9,246 (West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2014); 245,134 (Syria) (2015)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "4,136,864 (since 2006 from ethno-sectarian violence; includes 3,182,736 displaced in central and northern Iraq since January 2014) (2015)"
"text": "4,160,864 (since 2006 from ethno-sectarian violence; includes 3,206,736 displaced in central and northern Iraq since January 2014) (2015)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "120,000 (2014); note - in the 1970s and 1980s under SADDAM Husayn's administration, thousands of Iraq's Faili Kurds, followers of Shia Islam, were stripped of their Iraqi citizenship, had their property seized by the government, and many were deported; some Faili Kurds had their citizenship reinstated under the 2006 Iraqi Nationality Law, but others lack the documentation to prove their Iraqi origins; some Palestinian refugees, who were also persecuted under the SADDAM Husayn regime, still remain stateless in Iraq"

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"total": {
"text": "1,744 km"
},
"border countries (5)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Iraq 179 km, Israel 307 km, Saudi Arabia 731 km, Syria 379 km, West Bank 148 km"
}
},
@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
"text": "Arabic (official), English (widely understood among upper and middle classes)"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Muslim 97.2% (official; predominantly Sunni), Christian 2.2% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), Buddhist 0.4%, Hindu 0.1%, Jewish \n\n"
"text": "Muslim 97.2% (official; predominantly Sunni), Christian 2.2% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), Buddhist 0.4%, Hindu 0.1%, Jewish \nreligious affiliation:\n\n \n\n"
},
"Population": {
"text": "8,117,564",
@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
"text": "Chamber of Deputies - last held on 23 January 2013 (next election 2017); note - the King dissolved the previous Chamber of Deputies in November 2012, midway through the parliamentary term"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - 27 elected on closed national list to include: Islamic Centrist Party 3, Nation 2, National Union 2, Stronger Jordan 2, Ahl al-Himma 1, Al-Bayyan 1, Citizenship 1, Construction 1, Cooperation 1, Dawn 1, Dignity 1, Free Voice 1, Labor and Trade 1, National Accord Youth Block 1, National Action 1, National Current 1 (member resigned in February 2013), National Unity 1, Nobel Jerusalem 1, Salvation 1, The People 1, Unified Front 1, Voice of Nation 1; other 123; note - the IAF boycotted the election"
"text": "Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - 27 elected on closed national list including: Islamic Centrist Party 3, Nation 2, National Union 2, Stronger Jordan 2, Ahl al-Himma 1, Al-Bayyan 1, Citizenship 1, Construction 1, Cooperation 1, Dawn 1, Dignity 1, Free Voice 1, Labor and Trade 1, National Accord Youth Block 1, National Action 1, National Current 1 (member resigned in February 2013), National Unity 1, Nobel Jerusalem 1, Salvation 1, The People 1, Unified Front 1, Voice of Nation 1; other 123; note - the IAF boycotted the election"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "Ahl al-Himma ++ Al-Bayyan ++ Al-Hayah Jordanian Party [Zahier AMR] ++ Arab Ba'ath Socialist Party [Akram al-HIMSI] ++ Ba'ath Arab Progressive Party [Fuad DABBOUR] ++ Citizenship ++ Construction ++ Cooperation ++ Dawn ++ Democratic People's Party [Ablah ABU ULBAH] ++ Democratic Popular Unity Party [Sa'id DIAB] ++ Dignity ++ Du'a Party [Muhammed ABU BAKR] ++ Free Voice ++ Islamic Action Front or IAF [Hamzah MANSOUR] ++ Islamic Centrist Party [Muhammad al-HAJ] ++ Jordanian Communist Party [Munir HAMARNAH] ++ Jordanian National Party [Muna ABU BAKR] ++ Jordanian United Front [Amjad al-MAJALI] ++ Labor and Trade ++ Nation ++ National Accord Youth Block ++ National Action ++ National Constitution Party [Ahmad al-SHUNAQ] ++ National Current Party [Abd al-Hadi al-MAJALI] ++ National Movement for Direct Democracy [Muhammad al-QAQ] ++ National Union ++ National Unity ++ Nobel Jerusalem ++ Risalah Party [Hazem QASHOU] ++ Salvation ++ Stronger Jordan ++ The Direct Democratic Nationalists Movement Party [Nash'at KHALIFAH] ++ The People ++ Unified Front ++ United Front ++ Voice of the Nation"
"text": "Ahl al-Himma ++ Al-Bayyan ++ Al-Hayah Jordanian Party [Zahier AMR] ++ Arab Ba'ath Socialist Party [Akram al-HIMSI] ++ Ba'ath Arab Progressive Party [Fuad DABBOUR] ++ Citizenship ++ Construction ++ Cooperation ++ Dawn ++ Democratic People's Party [Ablah ABU ULBAH] ++ Democratic Popular Unity Party [Sa'id DIAB] ++ Dignity ++ Du'a Party [Muhammed ABU BAKR] ++ Free Voice ++ Islamic Action Front or IAF [Hamzah MANSOUR] ++ Islamic Centrist Party [Muhammad al-HAJ] ++ Jordanian Communist Party [Munir HAMARNAH] ++ Jordanian National Party [Muna ABU BAKR] ++ Jordanian United Front [Amjad al-MAJALI] ++ Labor and Trade ++ Muslim Center Party [Haitham ALAMAERAH] ++ Nation ++ National Accord Youth Block ++ National Action ++ National Constitution Party [Ahmad al-SHUNAQ] ++ National Current Party [Abd al-Hadi al-MAJALI] ++ National Movement for Direct Democracy [Muhammad al-QAQ] ++ National Union ++ National Unity ++ Nobel Jerusalem ++ Risalah Party [Hazem QASHOU] ++ Salvation ++ Stronger Jordan ++ The Direct Democratic Nationalists Movement Party [Nash'at KHALIFAH] ++ The Homeland (Hizb Al-Watan) ++ The People ++ Unified Front ++ United Front ++ Voice of the Nation; qtgan"
},
"Political pressure groups and leaders": {
"text": "15 April Movement [Mohammad SUNEID, chairman] ++ 24 March Movement [Mu'az al-KHAWALIDAH, Abdel Rahman HASANEIN, spokespersons] ++ 1952 Constitution Movement ++ Anti-Normalization Committee [Hamzah MANSOUR, chairman] ++ Economic and Social Association of Retired Servicemen and Veterans or ESARSV [Abdulsalam al-HASSANAT, chairman] ++ Group of 36 ++ Higher Coordination Committee of Opposition Parties [Said DIAB] ++ Higher National Committee for Military Retirees or HNCMR [Ali al-HABASHNEH, chairman] ++ Hirak ++ Jordan Bar Association [Saleh al-ARMUTI, chairman] ++ Jordanian Campaign for Change or Jayin ++ Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood [Dr. Hamam SAID, controller general] ++ Jordanian Press Association [Sayf al-SHARIF, president] ++ National Front for Reform or NFR [Ahmad OBEIDAT, chairman] ++ Popular Gathering for Reform ++ Professional Associations Council [Abd al-Hadi al-FALAHAT, chairman] ++ Sons of Jordan"
@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Alice G. WELLS (since 17 August 2014)"
"text": "Ambassador Alice G. WELLS (since 31 August 2014)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "Abdoun, Al-Umawyeen St., Amman"
@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
},
"Economy": {
"Economy - overview": {
"text": "Jordan's economy is among the smallest in the Middle East, with insufficient supplies of water, oil, and other natural resources underlying the government's heavy reliance on foreign assistance. Other economic challenges for the government include chronic high rates of poverty, unemployment, inflation, and a large budget deficit and resulting government debt. King ABDALLAH, during the first decade of the 2000s, implemented significant economic reforms, such as opening up foreign trade and privatizing state-owned companies, that attracted foreign investment and contributed to average annual economic growth of 8% for 2004 through 2008. The global economic slowdown and regional turmoil since, however, reduced the average annual growth rate to 2.6% for the 2010-2013 period and hurt export-oriented sectors, construction, and tourism. Jordan's finances have been strained by a series of natural gas pipeline attacks in Egypt, causing Jordan to substitute more expensive diesel imports, primarily from Saudi Arabia, to generate electricity. To diversify its energy mix, Jordan is currently exploring nuclear power generation, exploitation of abundant oil shale reserves and renewable technologies, as well as the import of Israeli offshore gas. In August 2012, to correct budgetary and balance of payments imbalances, Jordan entered into a $2.1 billion, three year International Monetary Fund Stand-By Arrangement. In 2014, fiscal reform measures enacted in the previous few years continued to boost government revenues and reduced the budget deficit even as an influx of over 620,000 Syrian refugees since 2011 put additional pressure on expenditures."
"text": "Jordan's economy is among the smallest in the Middle East, with insufficient supplies of water, oil, and other natural resources underlying the government's heavy reliance on foreign assistance. Other economic challenges for the government include chronic high rates of poverty, unemployment, inflation, and a large budget deficit and resulting government debt. King ABDALLAH, during the first decade of the 2000s, implemented significant economic reforms, such as opening up foreign trade and privatizing state-owned companies that attracted foreign investment and contributed to average annual economic growth of 8% for 2004 through 2008. The global economic slowdown and regional turmoil since, however, reduced the average annual growth rate to 2.6% for the 2010-2013 period and hurt export-oriented sectors, construction, and tourism. Jordan's finances have been strained by a series of natural gas pipeline attacks in Egypt, causing Jordan to substitute more expensive diesel imports, primarily from Saudi Arabia, to generate electricity. To diversify its energy mix, Jordan is currently exploring nuclear power generation, exploitation of abundant oil shale reserves and renewable technologies, as well as the import of Israeli offshore gas. In August 2012, to correct budgetary and balance of payments imbalances, Jordan entered into a $2.1 billion, three year International Monetary Fund Stand-By Arrangement. In 2014, fiscal reform measures enacted in the previous few years continued to boost government revenues and reduced the budget deficit even as an influx of over 620,000 Syrian refugees since 2011 put additional pressure on expenditures."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$79.62 billion (2014 est.) ++ $77.22 billion (2013 est.) ++ $75.1 billion (2012 est.)",
@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
"text": "$16.51 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $13.82 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
},
"Debt - external": {
"text": "$26.06 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $22.61 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
"text": "$25.02 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $23.85 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
},
"Stock of direct foreign investment - at home": {
"text": "$28.65 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $26.67 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
},
"Energy": {
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "17.26 billion kWh (2013 est.)"
"text": "15.6 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
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"text": "14.56 billion kWh (2013 est.)"
@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
"text": "0.1% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "19 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "22 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "59,440 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1 million bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "1 million bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "57,790 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "122,700 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "134,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "68,040 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "225 million cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "150 million cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "709 million cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "1.016 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "484 million cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "865 million cu m (2013 est.)"
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"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "6.031 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
@ -892,7 +892,7 @@
},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
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"text": "2,097,338 (Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)) (2014); 628,887 (Syria); 50,638 (Iraq) (2015)"
"text": "2,097,338 (Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)) (2014); 630,776 (Syria); 51,105 (Iraq) (2015)"
}
}
}

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"total": {
"text": "475 km"
},
"border countries (2)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Iraq 254 km, Saudi Arabia 221 km"
}
},
@ -126,6 +126,9 @@
"text": "Muslim (official) 76.7%, Christian 17.3%, other and unspecified 5.9%",
"note": {
"text": "represents the total population; about 69% of the population consists of immigrants (2013 est.)"
},
"religious affiliation": {
"text": null
}
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@ -277,13 +280,13 @@
"unimproved": {
"text": ""
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"text": "0% of population"
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"rural": {
"text": "0% of population"
},
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"total": {
"text": "0% of population (2015 est.)"
}
},
@ -375,6 +378,17 @@
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
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"birthright citizenship": {
"text": ""
},
"dual citizenship recognized": {
"text": "no"
},
"residency requirement for naturalization": {
"text": ""
}
},
"Suffrage": {
"text": "21 years of age; universal; note - members of the military or police by law cannot vote; all voters must have been citizens for 20 years"
},
@ -400,7 +414,7 @@
"text": "last held 27 July 2013 (next to be held in July 2017)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "voter turnout 52%; seats won - pro-government 30, liberals 9, Shiites 8, Sunni 3"
"text": "seats won - pro-government 30, liberal 9, Shiite 8, Sunni 3"
}
},
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@ -653,10 +667,10 @@
},
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"text": "54.01 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "58.9 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
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"text": "46.93 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "50 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
@ -665,55 +679,55 @@
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "13.5 million kW (2011 est.)"
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"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
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"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
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"text": "2.802 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1.395 million bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "1.824 million bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "104 billion bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "104 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
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"text": "915,900 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "772,300 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "467,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "656,100 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "533,100 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "15.51 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "16.31 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
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"text": "18.18 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "2.664 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "571 million cu m (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1.798 trillion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"

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"total": {
"text": "484 km"
},
"border countries (2)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Israel 81 km, Syria 403 km"
}
},
@ -129,6 +129,9 @@
"text": "Muslim 54% (27% Sunni, 27% Shia), Christian 40.5% (includes 21% Maronite Catholic, 8% Greek Orthodox, 5% Greek Catholic, 6.5% other Christian), Druze 5.6%, very small numbers of Jews, Baha'is, Buddhists, Hindus, and Mormons",
"note": {
"text": "18 religious sects recognized (2012 est.)"
},
"religious affiliation": {
"text": null
}
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"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
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"birthright citizenship": {
"text": ""
},
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"text": "yes"
},
"residency requirement for naturalization": {
"text": ""
}
},
"Suffrage": {
"text": "21 years of age; compulsory for all males; authorized for women at age 21 with elementary education; excludes military personnel"
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"text": "president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for a 6-year term (eligible for non-consecutive terms); first round of election held on 23 April 2014 (next to be held in 2020); prime minister and deputy prime minister appointed by the president in consultation with the National Assembly"
},
"election results": {
"text": "NA; note - the April 2014 parliamentary vote failed to meet the required two-thirds majority vote threshold; subsequent voting from April 2014 through August 2015 also failed to meet a quorum or was postponed"
"text": "NA; note - the April 2014 parliamentary vote failed to meet the required two-thirds majority vote threshold; subsequent voting from April 2014 through October 2015 also failed to meet a quorum or was postponed"
}
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"Legislative branch": {
@ -416,10 +430,10 @@
"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Nuwab in Arabic or Assemblee Nationale in French (128 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by majority vote; members serve 4-year terms); note - seats are apportioned among the Christian and Muslim denominations"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 7 June 2009 (next delayed until 16 November 2014)"
"text": "last held on 7 June 2009 (next delayed due to a failure to elect a new president)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by group - March 8 Coalition 54.7%, March 14 Coalition 45.3%; seats by group - March 14 Coalition 71; March 8 Coalition 57; seats by party following 16 July 2012 byelection held to fill one seat - March 14 Coalition 72, March 8 Coalition 56"
"text": "percent of vote by coalition - March 8 Coalition 54.7%, March 14 Coalition 45.3%; seats by coalition - March 14 Coalition 71; March 8 Coalition 57; seats by coalition following 16 July 2012 byelection held to fill one seat - March 14 Coalition 72, March 8 Coalition 56"
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@ -435,13 +449,13 @@
},
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"text": " ++ Democratic Left [Ilyas ATALLAH] ++ Democratic Renewal Movement [Nassib LAHUD] ++ Future Movement Bloc [Sa'ad al-HARIRI] ++ Kataeb Party [Amine GEMAYEL] ++ Lebanese Forces [Samir JA'JA] ++ Tripoli Independent Bloc ++ "
"text": " ++ Democratic Left Movement or DLM [Elias ATALLAH] ++ Future Movement Bloc [Sa'ad al-HARIRI] ++ Kataeb Party [Amine GEMAYEL] ++ Lebanese Forces [Samir GEAGEA] ++ Social Democratic Hunchakian Party [Hagop DIKRANIAN] ++ "
},
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"text": " ++ Development and Resistance Bloc [Nabih BERRI, leader of Amal Movement] ++ Free Patriotic Movement [Michel AWN] ++ Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc [Mohammad RA'AD] (includes Hizballah [Hassan NASRALLAH]) ++ Nasserite Popular Movement [Usama SAAD] ++ Popular Bloc [Elias SKAFF] ++ Syrian Ba'th Party [Sayez SHUKR] ++ Syrian Social Nationalist Party [Ali QANSO] ++ Tashnaq [Hovig MEKHITIRIAN] ++ "
"text": " ++ Amal Movement [Nabih BERRI] ++ Free Patriotic Movement [Michel AOUN] ++ Lebanese Democratic Party [Emir Talal ARSLAN] ++ Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc [Mohammad RA'AD] (includes Hizballah [Hassan NASRALLAH]) ++ Syrian Ba'th Party [Abdel Mouin GHAZI] ++ Syrian Social Nationalist Party [Ali QANSO] ++ Tashnag or ARF [Hagop DHATCHERIAN] ++ "
},
"Independent": {
"text": " ++ Democratic Gathering Bloc [Walid JUNBLATT, leader of Progressive Socialist Party] ++ Metn Bloc [Michel MURR]"
"text": " ++ Progressive Socialist Party or PSP [Walid JUMBLATT] ++ Metn Bloc [Michel MURR]"
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@ -684,67 +698,67 @@
},
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"text": "15.42 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "13.99 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
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"text": "14.4 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "12.94 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "2.313 million kW (2011 est.)"
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"text": "90.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "9.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "19,719 (2007 Lebanese security forces' destruction of Palestinian refugee camp) (2014)"
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"text": "undetermined (2014); note - tens of thousands of persons are stateless in Lebanon, including many Palestinian refugees and their descendants, Syrian Kurds denaturilzed in Syria in 1962, children born to Lebanese women maried to foreign or stateless men; most babies born to Syrian refugees, and Lebanese children whose births are unregistered"
"text": "undetermined (2014); note - tens of thousands of persons are stateless in Lebanon, including many Palestinian refugees and their descendants, Syrian Kurds denaturalilzed in Syria in 1962, children born to Lebanese women married to foreign or stateless men; most babies born to Syrian refugees, and Lebanese children whose births are unregistered"
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"total": {
"text": "1,561 km"
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"border countries": {
"text": "Saudi Arabia 658 km, UAE 609 km, Yemen 294 km"
}
},
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"text": "Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects"
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"text": "Muslim (official; majority are Ibadhi, lesser numbers of Sunni and Shia)) 85.9%, Christian 6.5%, Hindu 5.5%, Buddhist 0.8%, Jewish \nnote: approximately 75% of Omani citizens, who compose almost 70% of the country's total population, are Ibadhi Muslims; the Omani government does not keep statistics on religious affiliation (2013) (2010 est.)\nreligious affiliation:\n\n \n\n"
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"text": "bicameral Council of Oman or Majlis Oman consists of the Council of State or Majlis al-Dawla (83 seats; members appointed by the sultan from among former government officials and prominent educators, businessmen, and citizens) and the Consultative Assembly or Majlis al-Shura (84 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms); note - following political reforms in 2011, legislation from the Consultative Assembly is submitted to the Council of State for passage and amendments"
},
"elections": {
"text": "(Majlis al-Shura) last held on 15 October 2011 (next to be held in October 2015)"
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"text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; note - three prominent figures from the Arab Spring 2011 protests won seats; one woman also won a seat"
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},
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"text": "17.23 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
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"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
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"text": "944,800 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "833,400 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "164,600 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
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"text": "153,800 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "172,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "47,710 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "44,300 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "2,390 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
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"text": "29.29 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
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"text": "20.26 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
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"text": "11.5 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1.836 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
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"total": {
"text": "87 km"
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"border countries": {
"text": "Saudi Arabia 87 km"
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},
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"text": "Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language"
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"Population": {
"text": "2,194,817 (July 2015 est.)"
@ -399,10 +402,10 @@
},
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"text": "unicameral Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura (15 seats; members appointed by the monarch); note - the 2003 constitutional referendum called for the election of 30 members, however, the first election scheduled for 2013 was postponed"
"text": "unicameral Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura (15 seats; members appointed by the monarch); note - the 2003 constitutional referendum called for the election of 30 members, however, the first election scheduled for 2013 was postponed and current term extended until 2016"
},
"note": {
"text": "the Advisory Council has limited legislative authority to draft and approve laws, but the Amir has final say on all matters; Qatar's first legislative elections were expected to be held in 2013, but HAMAD postponed them in a final legislative act prior to handing over power to TAMIM; in principle the public would elect 30 members and the Amir would appoint 15; the Advisory Council would have authority to approve the national budget, hold ministers accountable through no-confidence votes, and propose legislation; the 29-member Central Municipal Council - first elected in 1999 - has limited consultative authority aimed at improving municipal services; members elected for 4-year terms; next election scheduled for May 2015"
"text": "although the Advisory Council has limited legislative authority to draft and approve laws, the Amir has final vote on all legislation; Qatar's first legislative elections were expected to be held in 2013, but HAMAD postponed them in a final legislative act prior to handing over power to TAMIM; in principle, the public would elect 30 members and the Amir would appoint 15; the Advisory Council would have authority to approve the national budget, hold ministers accountable through no-confidence votes, and propose legislation; the 29-member Central Municipal Council - first elected in 1999 - has limited consultative authority aimed at improving municipal services; members elected for a 4-year term; next election scheduled for May 2019"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
@ -417,7 +420,7 @@
}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "none"
"text": "political parties are banned"
},
"Political pressure groups and leaders": {
"text": "none"
@ -642,10 +645,10 @@
},
"Energy": {
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "28.87 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "32.7 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "28.24 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "30.53 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
@ -654,55 +657,55 @@
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "7.83 million kW (2011 est.)"
"text": "7.947 million kW (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "98.5% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "1.5% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "2.057 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "1.54 million bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "1.389 million bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.232 million bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "25.24 billion bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "25.24 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "287,500 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "310,900 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "220,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "230,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "210,000 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "554,300 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "156.4 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "158.5 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "35.58 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "32.93 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "120.8 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "125.5 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "25.07 trillion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
@ -863,7 +866,7 @@
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"current situation": {
"text": "Qater is a destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor, and, to a much lesser extent, forced prostitution; the predominantly foreign workforce migrates to Qatar legally but often experiences situations of forced labor, including debt bondage, delayed or nonpayment of salaries, confiscation of passports, abuse, hazardous working conditions, and squalid living arrangements; foreign female domestic workers are particularly vulnerable to trafficking because of their isolation in private homes and lack of protection under Qatari labor laws; some women who migrate for work are also forced into prostitution"
"text": "Qatar is a destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor, and, to a much lesser extent, forced prostitution; the predominantly foreign workforce migrates to Qatar legally but often experiences situations of forced labor, including debt bondage, delayed or nonpayment of salaries, confiscation of passports, abuse, hazardous working conditions, and squalid living arrangements; foreign female domestic workers are particularly vulnerable to trafficking because of their isolation in private homes and lack of protection under Qatari labor laws; some women who migrate for work are also forced into prostitution"
},
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List – Qatar does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; in 2013, the government took action to prevent human trafficking by convicting individuals for visa selling, doubling the number of labor inspectors, closing some recruitment firms, and implementing anti-trafficking awareness campaigns; authorities identified some trafficking victims and provided them with shelter and other protection services; the government did not reform the exploitive sponsorship system, prosecute or convict any trafficking offenders, or rigorously enforce laws prohibiting employers from wage and passport withholding (2014)"

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"total": {
"text": "4,272 km"
},
"border countries (7)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Iraq 811 km, Jordan 731 km, Kuwait 221 km, Oman 658 km, Qatar 87 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,307 km"
}
},
@ -135,6 +135,9 @@
"text": "Muslim (official; citizens are 85-90% Sunni and 10-15% Shia), other (includes Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh) (2012 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "despite having a large expatriate community of various faiths (more than 30% of the population), most forms of public religious expression inconsistent with the government-sanctioned interpretation of Sunni Islam are restricted; non-Muslims are not allowed to have Saudi citizenship and non-Muslim places of worship are not permitted (2013)"
},
"religious affiliation": {
"text": null
}
},
"Population": {
@ -496,7 +499,7 @@
},
"Economy": {
"Economy - overview": {
"text": "Saudi Arabia has an oil-based economy with strong government controls over major economic activities. It possesses about 16% of the world's proven petroleum reserves, ranks as the largest exporter of petroleum, and plays a leading role in OPEC. The petroleum sector accounts for roughly 80% of budget revenues, 45% of GDP, and 90% of export earnings. Saudi Arabia is encouraging the growth of the private sector in order to diversify its economy and to employ more Saudi nationals. Diversification efforts are focusing on power generation, telecommuncations, natural gas exploration, and petrochemical sectors. Over 6 million foreign workers play an important role in the Saudi economy, particularly in the oil and service sectors, while Riyadh is struggling to reduce unemployment among its own nationals. Saudi officials are particularly focused on employing its large youth population, which generally lacks the education and technical skills the private sector needs. In 2014 the Kingdom ran its first budget deficit since 2009, and faces budget deficits for the foreseeable future because it requires an oil price greater than $100 per barrel to balance its budget. Although the Kingdom can finance high deficits for several years by drawing down its considerable foreign assets or borrowing, it probably will begin to reduce capital spending if oil prices stay low through the next year. "
"text": "Saudi Arabia has an oil-based economy with strong government controls over major economic activities. It possesses about 16% of the world's proven petroleum reserves, ranks as the largest exporter of petroleum, and plays a leading role in OPEC. The petroleum sector accounts for roughly 80% of budget revenues, 45% of GDP, and 90% of export earnings. Saudi Arabia is encouraging the growth of the private sector in order to diversify its economy and to employ more Saudi nationals. Diversification efforts are focusing on power generation, telecommunications, natural gas exploration, and petrochemical sectors. Over 6 million foreign workers play an important role in the Saudi economy, particularly in the oil and service sectors, while Riyadh is struggling to reduce unemployment among its own nationals. Saudi officials are particularly focused on employing its large youth population, which generally lacks the education and technical skills the private sector needs. In 2014 the Kingdom ran its first budget deficit since 2009, and faces budget deficits for the foreseeable future because it requires an oil price greater than $100 per barrel to balance its budget. Although the Kingdom can finance high deficits for several years by drawing down its considerable foreign assets or borrowing, it probably will begin to reduce capital spending if oil prices stay low through the next year. "
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$1.616 trillion (2014 est.) ++ $1.56 trillion (2013 est.) ++ $1.51 trillion (2012 est.)",
@ -673,10 +676,10 @@
},
"Energy": {
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "235.1 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "255.4 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "211.6 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "231.6 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
@ -685,55 +688,55 @@
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "51.15 million kW (2011 est.)"
"text": "53.62 million kW (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "99.9% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0.1% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "11.59 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "9.735 million bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "6.88 million bbl/day (2011 est.)"
"text": "7.658 million bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2011 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "268.4 billion bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "268.3 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "1.935 million bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "1.971 million bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "2.925 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "2.961 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "1.471 million bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "1.524 million bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "196,700 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "338,800 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "103 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "102.4 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "103 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "102.4 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "8.235 trillion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"

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"total": {
"text": "2,363 km"
},
"border countries (5)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Iraq 599 km, Israel 83 km, Jordan 379 km, Lebanon 403 km, Turkey 899 km"
}
},
@ -132,7 +132,10 @@
"text": "Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian (widely understood); French, English (somewhat understood)"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Muslim 87% (official; includes Sunni 74% and Alawi, Ismaili, and Shia 13%), Christian (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian) 10% (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian), Druze 3%, Jewish (few remaining in Damascus and Aleppo)"
"text": "Muslim 87% (official; includes Sunni 74% and Alawi, Ismaili, and Shia 13%), Christian (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian) 10% (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian), Druze 3%, Jewish (few remaining in Damascus and Aleppo)",
"religious affiliation": {
"text": null
}
},
"Population": {
"text": "17,064,854 (July 2014 est.)",
@ -400,6 +403,17 @@
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
"Citizenship": {
"birthright citizenship": {
"text": ""
},
"dual citizenship recognized": {
"text": "yes"
},
"residency requirement for naturalization": {
"text": ""
}
},
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
@ -443,11 +457,11 @@
}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"legal parties": {
"text": "National Progressive Front or NPF [President Bashar al-ASAD, Dr. Suleiman QADDAH] (includes Arab Socialist Renaissance (Ba'th) Party [President Bashar al-ASAD] ++ Socialist Unionist Democratic Party [Fadlallah Nasr al-DIN] ++ Syrian Arab Socialist Union or ASU [Safwan al-QUDSI] ++ Syrian Communist Party (two branches) [Wissal Farha BAKDASH, Yusuf Rashid FAYSAL] ++ Syrian Social Nationalist Party [As'ad HARDAN] ++ Unionist Socialist Party [Fayez ISMAIL])"
"legal parties/alliances": {
"text": "Arab Socialist Union of Syria or ASU [Safwan al-QUDSI] ++ National Progressive Front or NPF [Bashar al-ASAD, Suleiman QADDAH] (alliance includes Arab Socialist Renaissance (Ba'th) Party [President Bashar al-ASAD], Socialist Unionist Democratic Party [Fadlallah Nasr al-DIN] ++ Syrian Communist Party (two branches) [Wissal Farha BAKDASH, Yusuf Rashid FAYSAL] ++ Syrian Social Nationalist Party or SSNP [As'ad HARDAN] ++ Unionist Socialist Party [Fayez ISMAIL])"
},
"Kurdish parties (considered illegal)": {
"text": "Kurdish Azadi Party ++ Kurdish Democratic Accord Party (al Wifaq) ++ Kurdish Democratic Party (al Parti-Ibrahim wing) ++ Kurdish Democratic Party (al Parti-Mustafa wing) ++ Kurdish Democratic Party in Syria or KDP-S ++ Kurdish Democratic Patriotic/National Party ++ Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party or KDPP-Darwish ++ Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party or KDPP-Muhammad ++ Kurdish Democratic Union Party or PYD [Salih Muslim MOHAMMAD] ++ Kurdish Democratic Unity Party ++ Kurdish Democratic Yekiti Party ++ Kurdish Future Party or KFP ++ Kurdish Future Party [Rezan HASSAN] ++ Kurdish Left Party ++ Kurdish Yekiti (Union) Party ++ Syrian Kurdish Democratic Party"
"text": "Kurdish Azadi Party ++ Kurdish Democratic Accord Party (al Wifaq) ++ Kurdish Democratic Party (al Parti-Ibrahim wing) ++ Kurdish Democratic Party (al Parti-Mustafa wing) ++ Kurdish Democratic Party in Syria or KDP-S ++ Kurdish Democratic Patriotic/National Party ++ Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party or KDPP-Darwish ++ Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party or KDPP-Muhammad ++ Kurdish Democratic Union Party or PYD [Salih Muslim MOHAMMAD] ++ Kurdish Democratic Unity Party ++ Kurdish Democratic Yekiti Party ++ Kurdish Future Party [Rezan HASSAN] ++ Kurdish Left Party ++ Kurdish Yekiti (Union) Party ++ Syrian Kurdish Democratic Party"
},
"other": {
"text": "Syrian Democratic Party [Mustafa QALAAJI]"
@ -684,67 +698,67 @@
},
"Energy": {
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "38.78 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "29.48 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "35.37 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "25.7 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "1.192 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
},
"Electricity - imports": {
"text": "0 kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - imports": {
"text": "1.234 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "8.323 million kW (2011 est.)"
"text": "8.958 million kW (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "89.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "82.9% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
"text": "10.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "16.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0.3% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "74,820 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "22,660 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "152,400 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "2.5 billion bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "2.5 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "253,600 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "168,800 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "257,400 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "224,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "36,210 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "18,940 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "104,800 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "63,820 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "6.442 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "5.3 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "6.442 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "5.65 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "250 million cu m (2011 est.)"
"text": "350 million cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "240.7 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
@ -926,7 +940,7 @@
"text": "526,744 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)) (2014); undetermined (Iraq) (2015)"
},
"note": {
"text": "the ongoing civil war has created more than 4 million Syrian refugees - dispersed in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey - as of August 2015"
"text": "the ongoing civil war has created nearly 4.3 million Syrian refugees - dispersed in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey - as of November 2015"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "7,632,500 (ongoing civil war since 2011) (2015)"

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"total": {
"text": "2,816 km"
},
"border countries (8)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Armenia 311 km, Azerbaijan 17 km, Bulgaria 223 km, Georgia 273 km, Greece 192 km, Iran 534 km, Iraq 367 km, Syria 899 km"
}
},
@ -394,6 +394,17 @@
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
"Citizenship": {
"birthright citizenship": {
"text": ""
},
"dual citizenship recognized": {
"text": "yes, but requires prior permission from the government"
},
"residency requirement for naturalization": {
"text": ""
}
},
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
@ -419,10 +430,10 @@
"text": "unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey or Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi (550 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 7 June 2015 (next to be held on 1 November 2015); note - ERDOGAN was unable to form a coalition government and announced on 24 August 2015 that snap elections would be held; DAVUTOGLU will form the interim government"
"text": "last held on 1 November 2015 (next to be held on June 2019); note - ERDOGAN was unable to form a coalition government and announced on 24 August 2015 that snap elections would be held; DAVUTOGLU formed the interim government"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - AKP 40.9%, CHP 25.1%, MHP 16.4%, HDP 13.1%, other 4.5%; seats by party - AKP 256, CHP 132, MHP 80, HDP 82; note - only parties surpassing the 10% threshold can win parliamentary seats"
"text": "percent of vote by party - AKP 49.5%, CHP 25.3%, MHP 11.9%, HDP 10.8, other 2.6%; seats by party - AKP 317, CHP 134, MHP 40, HDP 59; note - only parties surpassing the 10% threshold can win parliamentary seats"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
@ -671,7 +682,7 @@
"text": "$132 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $131 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
},
"Debt - external": {
"text": "$407.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $390 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
"text": "$402.4 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $389.2 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
},
"Stock of direct foreign investment - at home": {
"text": "$208.6 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $194.6 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
@ -685,10 +696,10 @@
},
"Energy": {
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "228.1 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "228.3 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "187.1 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "197 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "1.236 billion kWh (2013 est.)"
@ -697,55 +708,55 @@
"text": "7.425 billion kWh (2013 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "53.86 million kW (2011 est.)"
"text": "57.12 million kW (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "62.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "61% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
"text": "31.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "34.3% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
"text": "5.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "4.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "47,340 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "47,670 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "4,176 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "390,300 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "379,600 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "294.8 million bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "296 million bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "486,100 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "483,100 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "728,400 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "718,600 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "107,800 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "142,600 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "423,500 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "438,600 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "537 million cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "476 million cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "45.64 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "48.45 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "654 million cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "633 million cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "45.27 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "48.89 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "6.824 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
@ -939,7 +950,7 @@
},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "at least 103,000 (Iraq) (2014); 1,938,999 (Syria) (2015)"
"text": "at least 103,000 (Iraq) (2014); 2,181,293 (Syria) (2015)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "954,000-1.2 million (displaced from 1984-2005 because of fighting between Kurdish PKK and Turkish military; most IDPs are Kurds from eastern and southeastern provinces; no information available on persons displaced by development projects) (2014)"

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"total": {
"text": "478 km"
},
"border countries (2)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Israel 330 km, Jordan 148 km"
}
},
@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
"text": "Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Muslim 80.0 - 85.0% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 12.0 - 14.0%, Christian 1.0 - 2.5% (mainly Greek Orthodox), other, unaffiliated, unspecified \nnote: the proportion of Christians continues to fall mainly as a result of the growth of the Muslim population but also because of the migration and the declining birth rate of the Christian population (2012 est.)\n\n"
"text": "Muslim 80.0 - 85.0% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 12.0 - 14.0%, Christian 1.0 - 2.5% (mainly Greek Orthodox), other, unaffiliated, unspecified \nnote: the proportion of Christians continues to fall mainly as a result of the growth of the Muslim population but also because of the migration and the declining birth rate of the Christian population (2012 est.)\nreligious affiliation:\n\n \n\n"
},
"Population": {
"text": "2,785,366 (represents Palestinian population only) (July 2014 est.)",
@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
"text": "2.76 children born/woman (2015 est.)"
},
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
"text": "52.5% (includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank) (2010)"
"text": "52.5% (includes Gaza Strip and West Bank) (2010)"
},
"Physicians density": {
"text": "1.3 physicians/1,000 population (2013)"
@ -285,8 +285,8 @@
"female": {
"text": "94.5%"
},
"notes": {
"text": "estimates are for the Palestinian Territories (2015 est.)"
"note": {
"text": "estimates are for Gaza and West Bank (2015 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
"text": "food, consumer goods, construction materials, petroleum, chemicals"
},
"Debt - external": {
"text": "$1.04 billion (2010 est.) ++ $1.3 billion (2007 est.)",
"text": "$1.572 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $1.691 billion (31 December 2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data include the Gaza Strip"
}
@ -519,10 +519,10 @@
},
"Energy": {
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "535 million kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "433 million kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "5.12 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "5.312 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "0 kWh (2013)"
@ -533,56 +533,56 @@
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "140,000 kW",
"note": {
"text": "includes Gaza Strip (2011 est.)"
"text": "includes Gaza Strip (2012 est.)"
}
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "23,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "16,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "514.8 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "3.84 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "16,330 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "16,330 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"

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@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
"total": {
"text": "1,601 km"
},
"border countries (2)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Oman 294 km, Saudi Arabia 1,307 km"
}
},
@ -135,10 +135,16 @@
"text": "predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans"
},
"Languages": {
"text": "Arabic (official)"
"text": "Arabic (official)",
"note": {
"text": "a distinct Socotri language is widely used on Socotra Island and Archipelago; Mahri is still fairly widely spoken in eastern Yemen"
}
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Muslim 99.1% (official; virtually all are citizens, an estimated 65% are Sunni and 35% are Shia), other 0.9% (includes Jewish, Baha'i, Hindu, and Christian; many are refugees or temporary foreign residents) (2010 est.)"
"text": "Muslim 99.1% (official; virtually all are citizens, an estimated 65% are Sunni and 35% are Shia), other 0.9% (includes Jewish, Baha'i, Hindu, and Christian; many are refugees or temporary foreign residents) (2010 est.)",
"religious affiliation": {
"text": null
}
},
"Population": {
"text": "26,737,317 (July 2015 est.)"
@ -419,16 +425,16 @@
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Abd Rabuh Mansur HADI (since 21 February 2012); note - President HADI submitted his resignation in late January 2015, but Parliament did not convene to accept it; he later rescinded his resignation and remains the internationally recognized President of Yemen; he fled to Saudi Arabia in late March 2015 and remains in exile"
"text": "President Abd Rabuh Mansur HADI (since 21 February 2012); note - President HADI submitted his resignation in late January 2015, but Parliament did not convene to accept it; he later rescinded his resignation and remains the internationally recognized President of Yemen; he fled to Saudi Arabia in late March 2015 but returned in September after government loyalist forces aided by a Saudi-led coalition regained control of Aden from Huthi rebels in July"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Prime Minister Khalid Mahfuz BAHAH; note - BAHAH submitted his resignation in late January 2015, but Parliament did not convene to accept it; BAHAH later rescinded his resignation and remains prime minister; on 13 April he was named vice president, but continues to be the prime minister"
"text": "Prime Minister Khalid Mahfuz BAHAH; note - BAHAH submitted his resignation in late January 2015, but Parliament did not convene to accept it; BAHAH later rescinded his resignation and remains prime minister; on 13 April he was named vice president, but continues to be the prime minister; he returned to Yemen from weeks of exile in Saudi Arabia on the 16 September 2015"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "appointed by the president"
},
"elections/appointments": {
"text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 7-year term (eligible for a second term); last election held on 21 February 2012 (next election NA); note - a special election held on 21 February 2012 to remove Ali Abdallah SALIH was based on a Gulf Cooperation Council-mediated deal during the political crisis of 2011; vice president appointed by the president but position is vacant; prime minister appointed by the president"
"text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 7-year term (eligible for a second term); last election held on 21 February 2012 (next election NA); note - a special election held on 21 February 2012 to remove Ali Abdallah SALIH under the terms of a Gulf Cooperation Council-mediated deal during the political crisis of 2011; vice president appointed by the president; prime minister appointed by the president"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Abd Rabuh Mansur HADI (GPC) elected as a consensus president with about 50% popular participation; no other candidates"
@ -439,10 +445,10 @@
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Majlis consists of the Shura Council or Majlis Alshoora (111 seats; members appointed by the president; member tenure NA) and the House of Representatives or Majlis al Nuwaab (301 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 27 April 2003 (scheduled April 2009 election postponed until February 2015)"
"text": "last held on 27 April 2003 (next scheduled for April 2009 but postponed indefinitely)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "House of Representatives percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - GPC 238, Islah 47, YSP 6, Nasserite Unionist Party 3, National Arab Socialist Ba'th Party 2, independents 5"
"text": "House of Representatives percent of vote by party - GPC 58%, Islah 22.6%, YSP 3.8%, Unionist Party 1.9%, other 13.7%; seats by party - GPC 238, Islah 46, YSP 8, Nasserite Unionist Party 3, National Arab Socialist Ba'th Party 2, independent 4"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
@ -457,10 +463,7 @@
}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "General People's Congress or GPC [Ali Abdallah SALIH] ++ Islamic Reform Grouping or Islah [Muhammed Abdallah al-YADUMI, Abdul Wahab al-ANSI] ++ Nasserite Unionist Party [Abdallah NU'MAN] ++ Yemeni Socialist Party or YSP [Dr. Abd al-Rahman Umar al-SAQQAF] ++ ",
"note": {
"text": "there are at least seven more active political parties"
}
"text": "Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party ++ General People's Congress or GPC [Ali Abdallah SALIH] ++ Nasserite Unionist Popular Organization [Abdallah NU'MAN] ++ Yemeni Reform Grouping or Islah [Muhammed Abdallah al-YADUMI, Abdul Wahab al-ANSI] ++ Yemeni Socialist Party or YSP [Dr. Abd al-Rahman Umar al-SAQQAF]"
},
"Political pressure groups and leaders": {
"text": "Houthis ++ Muslim Brotherhood ++ Women National Committee",
@ -693,10 +696,10 @@
},
"Energy": {
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "5.834 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "6.185 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "4.137 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "3.838 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
@ -705,55 +708,55 @@
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "1.533 million kW (2011 est.)"
"text": "1.535 million kW (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "99.9% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0.1% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "130,700 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "125,100 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "43,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "3 billion bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "86,330 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "27,840 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "144,400 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "134,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "14,330 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "20,840 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "59,050 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "110,600 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "7.652 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "10.3 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "968.5 million cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "700 million cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "6.684 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "9.6 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "478.5 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
@ -883,7 +886,7 @@
}
},
"Transportation - note": {
"text": "the International Maritime Bureau reports offshore waters in the Gulf of Aden are high risk for piracy; numerous vessels, including commercial shipping and pleasure craft, have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crew, passengers, and cargo are held for ransom; the presence of several naval task forces in the Gulf of Aden and additional anti-piracy measures on the part of ship operators reduced the incidence of piracy in that body of water by more than half in 2010"
"text": "the International Maritime Bureau reports offshore waters in the Gulf of Aden are high risk for piracy; numerous vessels, including commercial shipping and pleasure craft, have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crew, passengers, and cargo are held for ransom; the presence of several naval task forces in the Gulf of Aden and additional anti-piracy measures on the part of ship operators reduced the incidence of piracy in that body of water"
}
},
"Military": {
@ -930,10 +933,10 @@
},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "5,934 (Ethiopia) (2014); 244,404 (Somalia) (2015)"
"text": "5,934 (Ethiopia) (2014); 246,648 (Somalia) (2015)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "1,439,118 (conflict in Sa'ada governorate; clashes between AQAP and government forces) (2015)"
"text": "2,305,048 (conflict in Sa'ada governorate; clashes between AQAP and government forces) (2015)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {