diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index 0a071535..67d4adcf 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Ahmed BOUTACHE (since 26 October 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador Mohammed HANECHE (since 12 December 2022)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2118 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008" diff --git a/africa/bc.json b/africa/bc.json index 1b8de29b..39756bff 100644 --- a/africa/bc.json +++ b/africa/bc.json @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "12.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "12.2 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/bn.json b/africa/bn.json index 5525dd91..270d741e 100644 --- a/africa/bn.json +++ b/africa/bn.json @@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "26.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "26.4 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ "text": "260 (plus about 160 police) Mali (MINUSMA) (May 2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "a key focus for the security forces of Benin is countering infiltrations into the country by terrorist groups tied to al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) operating just over the border from north Benin in Burkina Faso and Niger; in May 2022, the Benin Government said it was \"at war\" with terrorism after suffering a series of attacks from these groups; in addition, the FAB participated in the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) along with Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border

the FAB has a close working relationship with the Belgian armed forces; the Belgians offer military advice, training, and second-hand equipment donations, and deploy to Benin for limited military exercises (2023)" + "text": "a key focus for the security forces of Benin is countering infiltrations into the country by terrorist groups tied to al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) operating just over the border from north Benin in Burkina Faso and Niger; in May 2022, the Benin Government said it was \"at war\" after suffering a series of attacks from these groups; later that same year, President TALON said his government would spend more than $130 million to recruit up to 4,000 additional military personnel, modernize military equipment, and build and fortify operating bases; in addition, the FAB participates in the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) along with Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border

the FAB has a close working relationship with the Belgian armed forces; the Belgians offer military advice, training, and second-hand equipment donations, and deploy to Benin for limited military exercises (2023)" }, "Maritime threats": { "text": "

the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea remain a very high risk for piracy and armed robbery of ships; in 2021, there were 34 reported incidents of piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea region; although a significant decrease from the total number of 81 incidents in 2020, it included the one hijacking and three of five ships fired upon worldwide; while boarding and attempted boarding to steal valuables from ships and crews are the most common types of incidents, almost a third of all incidents involve a hijacking and/or kidnapping; in 2021, 57 crew members were kidnapped in seven separate incidents in the Gulf of Guinea, representing 100% of kidnappings worldwide; Nigerian pirates in particular are well armed and very aggressive, operating as far as 200 nm offshore; the Maritime Administration of the US Department of Transportation has issued a Maritime Advisory (2022-001 - Gulf of Guinea-Piracy/Armed Robbery/Kidnapping for Ransom) effective 4 January 2022, which states in part, \"Piracy, armed robbery, and kidnapping for ransom continue to serve as significant threats to US-flagged vessels transiting or operating in the Gulf of Guinea\"

" diff --git a/africa/by.json b/africa/by.json index 40beb380..94098d8a 100644 --- a/africa/by.json +++ b/africa/by.json @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "12.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "12.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/cd.json b/africa/cd.json index da497098..1ca6e92a 100644 --- a/africa/cd.json +++ b/africa/cd.json @@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "45.7 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "45.7 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "403,846 (Sudan), 124,529 (Central African Republic), 42,597 (Cameroon), 20,461 (Nigeria) (2022)" + "text": "403,846 (Sudan), 42,597 (Cameroon) (2022); 124,545 (Central African Republic), 20,498 (Nigeria) (2023)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "381,289 (majority are in the east) (2022)" diff --git a/africa/cf.json b/africa/cf.json index e7441e6d..f7506f4a 100644 --- a/africa/cf.json +++ b/africa/cf.json @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "832 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "832 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index 23e31728..fbe09908 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "1.3 trillion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.3 trillion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "213,296 (Central African Republic), 208,789 (Rwanda), 57,127 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 43,143 (Burundi) (2022)" + "text": "211,180 (Central African Republic), 208,789 (Rwanda), 57,127 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 43,623 (Burundi) (2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "5.52 million (fighting between government forces and rebels since mid-1990s; conflict in Kasai region since 2016) (2022)" diff --git a/africa/cm.json b/africa/cm.json index 08b88e73..9b897cf2 100644 --- a/africa/cm.json +++ b/africa/cm.json @@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "283.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "283.2 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/cn.json b/africa/cn.json index ad156543..77377f80 100644 --- a/africa/cn.json +++ b/africa/cn.json @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "1.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.2 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/ct.json b/africa/ct.json index 5b5b13a6..98280342 100644 --- a/africa/ct.json +++ b/africa/ct.json @@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "141 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "141 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1228,14 +1228,14 @@ "text": "information varies; approximately 8,000 FACA troops; up to 2,000 Gendarmerie; approximately 2,000 Mixed Special Security Units (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the FACA is lightly armed; most of the military's heavy weapons and equipment were destroyed or captured during the 2012–2014 civil war; prior to the war, most of its equipment was of French, Russian, or Soviet origin; in recent years, it has received small amounts of secondhand equipment from China, Russia, and Ukraine  (2022)", + "text": "the FACA is lightly armed; most of the military's heavy weapons and equipment were destroyed or captured during the 2012–2014 civil war; prior to the war, most of its equipment was of French, Russian, or Soviet origin; in recent years, it has received small amounts of secondhand equipment from China, Russia, and Ukraine (2022)", "note": "note: since 2013, CAR has been under a UNSC arms embargo; the embargo bans all supplies of arms and related materiel to the country except to the CAR security forces if approved in advance by the relevant UN Sanctions Committee" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 years of age for military service; no conscription (2021)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the 2013 coup resulted in the institutional collapse of the FACA; its forces were overwhelmed and forced to flee to neighboring countries; it has been estimated that only 10% of the FACA returned after the coup, and it has struggled to rebuild in the years of instability since; the European Union, France, Russia, the UN, and the US have provided various levels of security assistance

in 2018, the UN Security Council approved Russian security assistance for the CAR to help train and advise FACA personnel, as well as transport them to operational areas, provide logistical support, and assist with medical evacuation; Russia sent private military contractors, and as of 2022, as many as 2,000 were providing assistance to the FACA, as well as performing other security roles such as guarding mines and government officials; some Russian contractors and the CAR forces they supported have been accused of carrying out indiscriminate killings, using excessive force against civilians, and looting

the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has operated in the country since 2014; its peacekeeping mission includes providing security, protecting civilians, facilitating humanitarian assistance, disarming and demobilizing armed groups, and supporting the country’s fragile transitional government; in November 2019, the UN Security Council extended the mandate of the MINUSCA peacekeeping mission another year; as of 2022, MINUSCA had approximately 15,000 military and police personnel

the European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM-RCA) has operated in the country since 2016, providing advice, training, and educational programs to the country's security forces; since 2016, the EU mission has trained 5 territorial infantry battalions and 1 amphibious infantry battalion (2022)" + "text": "the 2013 coup resulted in the institutional collapse of the FACA; its forces were overwhelmed and forced to flee to neighboring countries; it has been estimated that only 10% of the FACA returned after the coup, and it has struggled to rebuild in the years of instability since, despite considerable foreign assistance; significant portions of the country remain outside state control and are ungoverned, with the presence of multiple armed actors creating insecurity in much of the country 

in 2018, the UN Security Council approved Russian security assistance for the CAR to help train and advise FACA personnel, as well as transport them to operational areas, provide logistical support, and assist with medical evacuation; in addition to teams of military trainers, Russia sent private military contractors, and as of 2022, as many as 2,000 were providing assistance to the FACA, as well as performing other security roles such as guarding mines and government officials; some Russian contractors and the CAR forces they supported have been accused of carrying out indiscriminate killings, using excessive force against civilians, and looting

the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has operated in the country since 2014; its mission includes providing security, protecting civilians, facilitating humanitarian assistance, disarming and demobilizing armed groups, and supporting the country’s fragile transitional government; as of 2022, MINUSCA had approximately 15,000 military and police personnel

the European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM-RCA) has operated in the country since 2016, providing advice, training, and educational programs to the country's security forces; since 2016, the EU mission has trained 5 territorial infantry battalions and 1 amphibious infantry battalion; the mission suspended operational training in 2021; France also provided assistance to the FACA before suspending its support, also in 2021 (2022)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/africa/cv.json b/africa/cv.json index 8abe0832..31c3f062 100644 --- a/africa/cv.json +++ b/africa/cv.json @@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "300 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "300 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index 7b371139..82f3df0a 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "300 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "300 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ "text": "960 Somalia (ATMIS) (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

as of 2022, China, France, Italy, Japan, and the US maintained bases in Djibouti for regional military missions, including counter-terrorism, counter-piracy, crisis response, and security assistance (note – France has multiple bases and hosts troop contingents from Germany and Spain); the EU and NATO have also maintained a presence to support multinational naval counter-piracy operations and maritime training efforts; in 2017, Djibouti and Saudi Arabia announced plans for the Saudis to build a military base there, although no start date was announced

" + "text": "the FAD is largely focused on border, coastal, and internal security duties, including counterterrorism; China, France, Italy, Japan, and the US maintain bases in Djibouti for regional military missions, including counter-terrorism, counter-piracy, crisis response, and security assistance (note – France has multiple bases and hosts troop contingents from Germany and Spain); the EU and NATO also maintain a presence to support multinational naval counter-piracy operations and maritime training efforts; in 2017, Djibouti and Saudi Arabia announced plans for the Saudis to build a military base there, although no start date was announced (2023)" }, "Maritime threats": { "text": "the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Piracy Reporting Center (PRC) received one incident of piracy and armed robbery in 2021 for the Horn of Africa; while there were no recorded incidents, the IMB PRC warned that Somali pirates continued to possess the capacity to carry out attacks in the Somali basin and wider Indian Ocean; in particular, the report warned that, \"Masters and crew must remain vigilant and cautious when transiting these waters.\"; the presence of several naval task forces in the Gulf of Aden and additional anti-piracy measures on the part of ship operators, including the use of on-board armed security teams, contributed to the drop in incidents; the EU naval mission, Operation ATALANTA, continues its operations in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean through 2022; naval units from China, India, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, the US, and other countries also operate in conjunction with EU forces; China has established a base in Djibouti to support its deployed naval units in the Horn of Africa" diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index 480966f8..329fb308 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "57.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "57.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/ek.json b/africa/ek.json index 9e2edfdf..283ef182 100644 --- a/africa/ek.json +++ b/africa/ek.json @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "26 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "26 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/er.json b/africa/er.json index 287af10a..23730904 100644 --- a/africa/er.json +++ b/africa/er.json @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "7.3 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "7.3 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index 8ccc61a7..508a5b69 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "122 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "122 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ "text": "5-10,000 Somalia (4,500 for ATMIS; the remainder under a bilateral agreement with Somalia; note - bilateral figures are prior to the conflict with Tigray); 250 Sudan (UNISFA); 1,475 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "from November of 2020 until a cease-fire was negotiated in November 2022, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) engaged in a military conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the former governing party of the Tigray Region; the GoE deemed a TPLF attack on an ENDF base as a domestic terrorism incident and launched a military offensive in response; the TPLF asserted that its actions were self-defense in the face of planned GoE action to remove it from the provincial government; the GoE sent large elements of the ENDF into Tigray to remove the TPLF and invited militia and paramilitary forces from the states of Afar and Amara, as well as the military forces of Eritrea, to assist; TPLF military forces were known as the Tigray Defense Force (TDF) and were comprised of state paramilitary forces, local militia, and troops that defected from the ENDF; the fighting included heavy civilian and military casualties with widespread abuses reported

as of 2023, the ENDF was engaged in counterinsurgency operations against anti-government militants in several other states; the largest was in Oromya (Oromia) against the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA; aka Shene), an insurgent group that claimed to be fighting for greater autonomy for the Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group; the OLA was a member of a coalition of eight anti-government factions known as the United Front of Ethiopia and Confederalist Forces (UFEFCF); formed in 2021, the UFEFCF included the TPLF, as well as rebel groups of variable sizes from several regions of the country; the OLA has also clashed with ethnic militias (aka Fano) from the neighboring state of Amara

in July 2022, militants from the Somalia-based terrorist group al-Shabaab launched an incursion into Ethiopia's Somali (Sumale) region, attacking villages and security forces; the GoE claimed that regional security forces killed hundreds of Shabaab fighters and subsequently deployed additional ENDF troops into Somalia’s Gedo region to prevent further incursions (2023)" + "text": "from November of 2020 until a cease-fire was negotiated in November 2022, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) engaged in a military conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the former governing party of the Tigray Region; the GoE deemed a TPLF attack on an ENDF base as a domestic terrorism incident and launched a military offensive in response; the TPLF asserted that its actions were self-defense in the face of planned GoE action to remove it from the provincial government; the GoE sent large elements of the ENDF into Tigray to remove the TPLF and invited militia and paramilitary forces from the states of Afar and Amara, as well as the military forces of Eritrea, to assist; TPLF military forces were known as the Tigray Defense Force (TDF) and were comprised of state paramilitary forces, local militia, and troops that defected from the ENDF; the fighting included heavy civilian and military casualties with widespread abuses reported

as of 2023, the ENDF was engaged in counterinsurgency operations against anti-government militants in several other states, particularly in Oromya (Oromia) against the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA; aka Shene), an insurgent group that claimed to be fighting for greater autonomy for the Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group; the OLA was a member of a coalition of eight anti-government factions known as the United Front of Ethiopia and Confederalist Forces (UFEFCF); formed in 2021, the UFEFCF included the TPLF, as well as rebel groups of variable sizes from several regions of the country; the OLA has also clashed with ethnic militias (aka Fano) from the neighboring state of Amara

in July 2022, militants from the Somalia-based terrorist group al-Shabaab launched an incursion into Ethiopia's Somali (Sumale) region, attacking villages and security forces; the GoE claimed that regional security forces killed hundreds of Shabaab fighters and subsequently deployed additional ENDF troops into Somalia’s Gedo region to prevent further incursions (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "409,621 (South Sudan), 251,895 (Somalia), 162,993 (Eritrea), 48,693 (Sudan) (2022)" + "text": "162,993 (Eritrea), 48,693 (Sudan) (2022); 410,727 (South Sudan), 252,496 (Somalia) (2023)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "2.72 million (includes conflict- and climate-induced IDPs, excluding unverified estimates from the Amhara region; border war with Eritrea from 1998-2000; ethnic clashes; and ongoing fighting between the Ethiopian military and separatist rebel groups in the Somali and Oromia regions; natural disasters; intercommunal violence; most IDPs live in Sumale state) (2022)" diff --git a/africa/ga.json b/africa/ga.json index c96a0a31..76b69e25 100644 --- a/africa/ga.json +++ b/africa/ga.json @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "8 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "8 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/gb.json b/africa/gb.json index 21522d61..dd7ee3f8 100644 --- a/africa/gb.json +++ b/africa/gb.json @@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "166 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "166 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/gh.json b/africa/gh.json index 1ff83f64..ea184f00 100644 --- a/africa/gh.json +++ b/africa/gh.json @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "56.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "56.2 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ "text": "approximately 14,000 active personnel (10,000 Army; 2,000 Navy; 2,000 Air Force) (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the military's inventory is a mix of Russian, Chinese, and Western equipment; in recent years, China and Czechia have been among the leading arms suppliers  (2022)" + "text": "the military's inventory is a mix of Russian, Chinese, and Western equipment; in recent years, China and Czechia have been among the leading arms suppliers (2022)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service, with basic education certificate; no conscription (2022)" diff --git a/africa/gv.json b/africa/gv.json index 0283ef2c..f2abac4a 100644 --- a/africa/gv.json +++ b/africa/gv.json @@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "226 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "226 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/iv.json b/africa/iv.json index b26c45e0..56d72941 100644 --- a/africa/iv.json +++ b/africa/iv.json @@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "84.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "84.1 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index dad8bda7..511629d4 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "30.7 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "30.7 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "279,625 (Somalia), 151,087 (South Sudan), 53,439 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 21,457 (Ethiopia), 8,087 (Burundi), 5,289 (Sudan) (2022)" + "text": "279,925 (Somalia), 153,289 (South Sudan), 53,439 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 21,457 (Ethiopia), 8,087 (Burundi), 5,289 (Sudan) (2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "190,000 (election-related violence, intercommunal violence, resource conflicts, al-Shabaab attacks in 2017 and 2018) (2021)" diff --git a/africa/li.json b/africa/li.json index 2dfad1e0..bb2be865 100644 --- a/africa/li.json +++ b/africa/li.json @@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "232 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "232 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/lt.json b/africa/lt.json index 41a60b4c..1a3d45a7 100644 --- a/africa/lt.json +++ b/africa/lt.json @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "3 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "3 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/ly.json b/africa/ly.json index 62ba92a4..19dbbf85 100644 --- a/africa/ly.json +++ b/africa/ly.json @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "700 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "700 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index 5aafa3de..20893655 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "337 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "337 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/mi.json b/africa/mi.json index d256a3cd..e45047d1 100644 --- a/africa/mi.json +++ b/africa/mi.json @@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "17.3 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "17.3 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/ml.json b/africa/ml.json index 665f4059..e931445c 100644 --- a/africa/ml.json +++ b/africa/ml.json @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "120 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "120 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ "text": "note: until announcing its withdrawal in May of 2022, Mali was part of a five-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G5 Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, and Niger; Mali had committed 1,100 troops and 200 gendarmes to the force" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "prior to the coup in August 2020 and military takeover in May 2021, the Malian military had intervened in the political arena at least five times since the country gained independence in 1960; two attempts failed (1976 and 1978), while three succeeded in overturning civilian rule (1968, 1991, and 2012); the military collapsed in 2012 during the fighting against Tuareg rebels and Islamic militants; it has been since rebuilt, but continues to have limited capabilities and is heavily reliant on external assistance

Malian security forces are actively engaged in operations against several insurgent terrorist groups affiliated with al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), as well as other rebel groups, communal militias, and criminal bands spread across the central, northern, and southern regions of the country; the government is reportedly in control of only an estimated 10-20% of the country's central and northern territories, and terror attacks were increasing in the more heavily populated south, including around the capital Bamako; the Macina Liberation Front (FLM), part of the Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) coalition of al-Qa'ida-linked terror groups, has played a large role in a surge in violence in Mali’s central and southern regions; in the north, the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS) has been able to reassert itself in 2022

the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has operated in the country since 2013; the Mission's responsibilities include providing security, rebuilding Malian security forces, protecting civilians, supporting national political dialogue, and assisting in the reestablishment of Malian government authority; as of late 2022, MINUSMA had around 14,000 personnel deployed; in June 2022, the UN extended its mission another 12 months

the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM-M) and the French military (under a separate, bi-lateral mission) have also operated in the country since 2013; the EUTM-M provides advice and training to the Malian Armed Forces and military assistance to the G5 Sahel Joint Force; in 2022, the mission included about 700 personnel from more than 20 European countries; in April of 2022, the EU said it would suspend its training program in Mali, citing issues with the ruling military government, including human rights abuses and the presence of Russian private military contractors; in August 2022, France completed withdrawing the last of its forces from Mali, also citing obstructions from the military government; prior to the withdrawal, more than 2,000 French troops had provided military assistance and conducted counter-terrorism/counter-insurgency operations

in December 2021, the Malian military government contracted with a Russian private military company to provide training for local armed forces and security to senior Malian officials; as of mid-2022, there were an estimated 1,000 Russian military contractors in Mali (2022)" + "text": "prior to the coup in August 2020 and military takeover in May 2021, the Malian military had intervened in the political arena at least five times since the country gained independence in 1960; two attempts failed (1976 and 1978), while three succeeded in overturning civilian rule (1968, 1991, and 2012)

the FAMA and the remainder of the security forces collapsed in 2012 during the fighting against Tuareg rebels and Islamic militants and have since been rebuilt with considerable external assistance, including the EU, France, and the UN; for example, the EU Training Mission in Mali (EUTM) from 2013-2022 trained some 14,000 Malian soldiers and 8 combined arms battalions/battlegroups (Groupement Tactique InterArmes, GTIA), each of which was structured to be self-sufficient with its own motorized/mechanized infantry, light armor, commandos, artillery, engineers, and other support forces; EUTM suspended its training program in 2022, citing issues with the ruling military government, including human rights abuses and the presence of Russian private military contractors; over the same period, the French military provided assistance to the Malian security forces and conducted counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations in Mali; the French suspended operations in 2021 and in August 2022 withdrew the last of its forces while also citing issues with the military government; the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has operated in the country since 2013 with the mission of providing security, rebuilding Malian security forces, protecting civilians, supporting national political dialogue, and assisting in the reestablishment of Malian government authority; as of late 2022, MINUSMA had around 14,000 personnel deployed 

the military government has increased security ties with Russia; Russia has provided military equipment, and in December 2021, Mali contracted with a Russian private military company to provide training for local armed forces and security to senior Malian officials; they have also participated in security operations and been accused of war crimes; as of 2022, there were an estimated 1,000 Russian military contractors in Mali

Malian security forces are actively engaged in operations against several insurgent terrorist groups affiliated with al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), as well as other rebel groups, communal militias, and criminal bands spread across the central, northern, and southern regions of the country; the government was reportedly in control of only an estimated 10-20% of the country's central and northern territories, and terror attacks were increasing in the more heavily populated south, including around the capital Bamako; the Macina Liberation Front (FLM), part of the Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) coalition of al-Qa'ida-linked terror groups, has played a large role in a surge in violence in Mali’s central and southern regions; in the north, the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS) has been able to reassert itself in 2022 (2022)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/mo.json b/africa/mo.json index fe4a87be..584617ba 100644 --- a/africa/mo.json +++ b/africa/mo.json @@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ "note": "note:  data does not include former Western Sahara" }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "29 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)", + "text": "29 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)", "note": "note:  data does not include former Western Sahara" } }, diff --git a/africa/mp.json b/africa/mp.json index 0a2b8676..18a31668 100644 --- a/africa/mp.json +++ b/africa/mp.json @@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "2.8 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "2.8 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/mr.json b/africa/mr.json index 74153c3f..a0dfe5e7 100644 --- a/africa/mr.json +++ b/africa/mr.json @@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "11.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "11.4 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index 32b63a61..90228ce7 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "217.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "217.1 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1278,8 +1278,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Armed Defense Forces of Mozambique (Forcas Armadas de Defesa de Mocambique, FADM): Mozambique Army, Mozambique Navy (Marinha de Guerra de Mocambique, MGM), Mozambique Air Force (Forca Aerea de Mocambique, FAM); Ministry of Interior: Mozambique National Police (PRM), the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR; police special forces), Border Security Force; other security forces include the Presidential Guard and the Force for the Protection of High-Level Individuals (2022)", - "note": "note: the FADM and other security forces are referred to collectively as the Defense and Security Forces (DFS)" + "text": "Armed Defense Forces of Mozambique (Forcas Armadas de Defesa de Mocambique, FADM): Mozambique Army, Mozambique Navy (Marinha de Guerra de Mocambique, MGM), Mozambique Air Force (Forca Aerea de Mocambique, FAM)

Ministry of Interior: Mozambique National Police (PRM), the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR; police special forces), Border Security Force; other security forces include the Presidential Guard and the Force for the Protection of High-Level Individuals (2022)", + "note": "note 1: the FADM and other security forces are referred to collectively as the Defense and Security Forces (DFS)

note 2: the PRM, SERNIC, and the UIR are responsible for law enforcement and internal security; the Border Security Force is responsible for protecting the country’s international borders and for carrying out police duties within 24 miles of borders

note 3: the Presidential Guard provides security for the president, and the Force for the Protection of High-level Individuals provides security for senior-level officials at the national and provincial" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2021": { @@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ "text": "registration for military service is mandatory for all men and women at 18 years of age; 18-35 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; 2-year service obligation (2021)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Government of Mozambique is facing an insurgency driven by militants with ties to the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) terrorist group in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, an area known for rich liquid natural gas deposits; insurgent attacks in the province began in 2017 and as of 2022, the fighting had left an estimated 4,000 dead and as many as 900,000 displaced; the FADM is widely assessed as lacking the training, equipment, and overall capabilities to address the insurgency; as of 2022, several countries from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the European Union, as well as Rwanda and the US were providing various forms of military assistance; the SADC countries and Zambia have sent more than 3,000 military and security personnel, while the EU and the US have provided training assistance; the counterterrorism efforts of the Mozambique and allied African military and security forces have seen some success against the militants, but as of 2022 terrorist attacks had expanded into the neighboring provinces of Niassa and Nampula (2022)" + "text": "the FADM is responsible for external security, cooperating with police on internal security, and responding to natural disasters and other emergencies; the current primary focus of the FADM is countering an insurgency driven by militants with ties to the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) terrorist group in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, an area known for rich liquid natural gas deposits; insurgent attacks in the province began in 2017 and the fighting has left over 4,000 estimated dead and approximately 1 million displaced; the FADM is widely assessed as lacking the training, equipment, and overall capabilities to address the insurgency; as of 2022, several countries from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the EU, as well as Rwanda and the US were providing various forms of military assistance; the SADC countries and Zambia have sent more than 3,000 military and security personnel, while the EU and the US have provided training assistance; the counterterrorism efforts of the Mozambique and allied African military and security forces have seen some success against the militants, but as of 2022 terrorist attacks had expanded into the neighboring provinces of Niassa and Nampula (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/ng.json b/africa/ng.json index deace1c0..74163335 100644 --- a/africa/ng.json +++ b/africa/ng.json @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "34.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "34.1 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force, Niger Gendarmerie (GN); Ministry of Interior: Niger National Guard (GNN), National Police (2022)", - "note": "note 1: the Gendarmerie has primary responsibility for rural security; the National Guard is responsible for domestic security and the protection of high-level officials and government buildings

note 2: the National Police includes the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance, which is charged with border management

note 3: the National Guard was formerly known as the National Forces of Intervention and Security " + "note": "note 1: the Gendarmerie (GN) and the National Guard (GNN) are paramilitary forces; the GN has primary responsibility for rural security while the GNN is responsible for domestic security and the protection of high-level officials and government buildings; the GNN was formerly known as the National Forces of Intervention and Security

note 2: the National Police includes the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance, which is charged with border management" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2021": { @@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ "text": "information varies; approximately 12,000 active FAN troops (8,000 Army; 200 Air Force; 4,000 Gendarmerie); approximately 3,000 National Guard (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the FAN's inventory consists of a wide variety of older weapons; in recent years, it has received small amounts of mostly secondhand equipment and donations from several countries with the US as the top provider (2022)" + "text": "the FAN's inventory consists of a wide variety of older weapons; in recent years, it has received small amounts of mostly secondhand equipment and donations from several countries, particularly the US  (2022)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "has conscription, although it is reportedly not always enforced; 18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory or voluntary military service; enlistees must be Nigerien citizens and unmarried; 2-year service term; women may serve in health care (2022)" @@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "188,107 (Nigeria), 65,734 (Mali) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)" + "text": "65,734 (Mali) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022); 188,041 (Nigeria) (2023)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "376,809 (includes the regions of Diffa, Tillaberi, and Tahoua; unknown how many of the 11,000 people displaced by clashes between government forces and the Tuareg militant group, Niger Movement for Justice, in 2007 are still displaced; inter-communal violence; Boko Haram attacks in southern Niger, 2015) (2022)" diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index bac75d78..b43619c5 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "286.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "286.2 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/od.json b/africa/od.json index b057284a..d52be9b2 100644 --- a/africa/od.json +++ b/africa/od.json @@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "49.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "49.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { "text": "estimated 150-200,000 active personnel, mostly ground forces with small contingents of air and riverine forces (2022)", - "note": "note: some active SSPDF personnel may be militia; the National/Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) will have about 50-80,000 troops from the SSPDF and armed opposition groups when it is formed; as of August 2022, approximately 20,000 NUF had been trained" + "note": "note: some active SSPDF personnel may be militia; the National/Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) will have some 50-80,000 personnel; the initial batch of 22,000 NUF personnel completed training in August 2022" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the SSPDF inventory is primarily of Soviet origin; South Sudan has been under a UN arms embargo since 2018 (2023)" diff --git a/africa/pu.json b/africa/pu.json index fb5eefea..953f77dd 100644 --- a/africa/pu.json +++ b/africa/pu.json @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "31.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "31.4 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/rw.json b/africa/rw.json index 9839219c..a6f85edf 100644 --- a/africa/rw.json +++ b/africa/rw.json @@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "13.3 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "13.3 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "72,192 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 48,367 (Burundi) (2022)" + "text": "72,192 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2022); 48,515 (Burundi) (2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "9,500 (2022)" diff --git a/africa/se.json b/africa/se.json index 6bca0c10..b22399af 100644 --- a/africa/se.json +++ b/africa/se.json @@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ "text": "18-28 (18-25 for officers) years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 6-year initial commitment; no conscription (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "formed in 1977, the SDF's primary responsibility is maritime security, particularly countering illegal fishing, piracy, and drug smuggling (2022)" + "text": "formed in 1977, the SDF is one of the world's smallest militaries; its primary responsibility is maritime security, particularly countering illegal fishing, piracy, and drug smuggling; the Seychelles have strong security ties with India (2022)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index 0f038d13..b6d492fd 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "51.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "51.4 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/sg.json b/africa/sg.json index 66138763..076937a4 100644 --- a/africa/sg.json +++ b/africa/sg.json @@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "39 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "39 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ "text": "approximately 19,000 active personnel (12,000 Army; 1,000 Navy/Coast Guard; 1,000 Air Force; 5,000 National Gendarmerie) (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the FAS inventory includes mostly older or second-hand equipment from a variety of countries, including France, South Africa, and Russia/former Soviet Union; in recent years, the FAS has undertaken a modernization program; in recent years, it has received small amounts of newer equipment from more than 10 countries, with France as the leading supplier (2022)" + "text": "the FAS inventory includes mostly older or secondhand equipment from a variety of countries, including France, South Africa, and Russia/former Soviet Union; in recent years, the FAS has undertaken a modernization program and has received small amounts of newer equipment from more than 10 countries, with France as the leading supplier (2022)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 20 years of age for selective conscript service; 2-year service obligation; women have been accepted into military service since 2008 (2022)" diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index 1701695c..68f136de 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "160 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "160 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index 515e27d1..02d70cff 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "14.7 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "14.7 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ "note": "note: in 2019, the Federal Government of Somalia renewed its commitment to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers by signing a roadmap detailing measures and practical actions to prevent violations against children, release children associated with armed forces, and reintegrate them into communities; the signing followed a similar accord committed to ending the use of child soldiers signed by both the Somali Transitional Government and the UN in 2012" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Somali National Army (SNA) and supporting security and militia forces are actively conducting operations against the al-Shabaab terrorist group (see Appendix T); al-Shabaab controls large parts of southern and central Somalia 

of the SNA’s approximately 13 brigades, the most effective are assessed to be the US-trained Danab (\"Lightning\") Advanced Infantry Brigade and those of the Turkish-trained Gorgor (\"Eagle\") Special Division; as of 2022, the Danab Brigade numbered about 1,500 troops with an eventual projected strength of 3,000, while the Gorgor Division was estimated to have up to 5,000 trained troops; the Somali Government has sent thousands of troops to Eritrea and Uganda for training and in 2023 announced plans to send additional personnel to Egypt and Ethiopia for training

the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) operates in the country with the approval of the UN from 2007-2022; its peacekeeping mission includes assisting Somali forces in providing security for a stable political process, enabling the gradual handing over of security responsibilities from AMISOM to the Somali security forces, and reducing the threat posed by al-Shabaab and other armed opposition groups; in April 2022, AMISOM was reconfigured and replaced with the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS); the ATMIS mission is to support the Somalia Federal Government (FGS) in implementing the security objectives of the FGS's security transition plan, a comprehensive strategy developed by the FGS and its international partners in 2018 and updated in 2021 to gradually transfer security responsibilities from ATMIS to Somali security forces; ATMIS is projected to gradually reduce staffing from its 2022 level of about 20,000 personnel (civilians, military, and police) to zero by the end of 2024

UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM; established 2013) is mandated by the Security Council to work with the FGS to support national reconciliation, provide advice on peace-building and state-building, monitor the human rights situation, and help coordinate the efforts of the international community; the UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS; established 2015) is responsible for providing logistical field support to ATMIS, UNSOM, and the Somali security forces on joint operations with ATMIS

the European Union Training Mission in Somalia (EUTM-S) has operated in the country since 2010; the EUTM provides advice and training to the Somali military; the US, UK, and Turkey maintain separate military training missions in Somalia (the US has also supported the SNA with air strikes); the UAE maintains a military presence in Somaliland (2023)" + "text": "the Somali National Army (SNA) and supporting security and militia forces are actively conducting operations against the al-Shabaab terrorist group (see Appendix T); al-Shabaab controls large parts of southern and central Somalia 

of the SNA’s approximately 13 brigades, the most effective are assessed to be the US-trained Danab (\"Lightning\") Advanced Infantry Brigade and those of the Turkish-trained Gorgor (\"Eagle\") Special Division; as of 2022, the Danab Brigade numbered about 1,500 troops with an eventual projected strength of 3,000, while the Gorgor Division was estimated to have up to 5,000 trained troops; the Somali Government has sent thousands of troops to Eritrea and Uganda for training and in 2023 announced plans to send additional personnel to Egypt and Ethiopia for training

the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) operated in the country with the approval of the UN from 2007-2022; its peacekeeping mission included assisting Somali forces in providing security for a stable political process, enabling the gradual handing over of security responsibilities from AMISOM to the Somali security forces, and reducing the threat posed by al-Shabaab and other armed opposition groups; in April 2022, AMISOM was reconfigured and replaced with the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS); the ATMIS mission is to support the Somalia Federal Government (FGS) in implementing the security objectives of the FGS's security transition plan, a comprehensive strategy developed by the FGS and its international partners in 2018 and updated in 2021 to gradually transfer security responsibilities from ATMIS to Somali security forces; ATMIS is projected to gradually reduce staffing from its 2022 level of about 20,000 personnel (civilians, military, and police) to zero by the end of 2024

UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM; established 2013) is mandated by the Security Council to work with the FGS to support national reconciliation, provide advice on peace-building and state-building, monitor the human rights situation, and help coordinate the efforts of the international community; the UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS; established 2015) is responsible for providing logistical field support to ATMIS, UNSOM, and the Somali security forces on joint operations with ATMIS

the European Union Training Mission in Somalia (EUTM-S) has operated in the country since 2010; the EUTM provides advice and training to the Somali military; the US, UK, and Turkey maintain separate military training missions in Somalia (the US has also supported the SNA with air strikes); the UAE maintains a military presence in Somaliland (2023)" }, "Maritime threats": { "text": "

the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Piracy Reporting Center (PRC) received one incident of piracy and armed robbery in 2021 for the Horn of Africa; while there were no recorded incidents, the IMB PRC warns that Somalia pirates continue to possess the capacity to carry out attacks in the Somali basin and wider Indian Ocean; in particular, the report warns that, \"Masters and crew must remain vigilant and cautious when transiting these waters.\"; the presence of several naval task forces in the Gulf of Aden and additional anti-piracy measures on the part of ship operators, including the use of on-board armed security teams, contributed to the drop in incidents; the EU naval mission, Operation ATALANTA, continues its operations in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean through 2022; naval units from China, India, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, the US, and other countries also operate in conjunction with EU forces

" diff --git a/africa/su.json b/africa/su.json index 358bb18f..b3dfae46 100644 --- a/africa/su.json +++ b/africa/su.json @@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "37.8 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "37.8 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ "text": "information varies widely; estimated 100-125,000 active duty armed forces personnel; approximately 30-40,000 Rapid Support Forces (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the SAF's inventory includes a mix of Chinese, Russian, Soviet-era, and domestically produced weapons systems; in recent years, leading arms providers have included Belarus, China, Russia, and Ukraine; North Korea has also provided arms; Sudan has a domestic arms industry that manufactures ammunition, small arms, and armored vehicles, largely based on older Chinese and Russian systems (2022)" + "text": "the SAF's inventory includes a mix of Chinese, Russian, Soviet-era, and domestically produced weapons systems; in recent years, Russia has been the leading arms provider; Sudan has one of the largest defense industries in Africa, which includes state-owned companies with military involvement; it mostly manufactures weapons systems under license from China, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine (2022)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-33 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service for men and women; 1-2 year service obligation (2022)", diff --git a/africa/to.json b/africa/to.json index 4e676cb6..daebd182 100644 --- a/africa/to.json +++ b/africa/to.json @@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "14.7 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "14.7 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/tp.json b/africa/tp.json index 4ddeca2c..29271a3b 100644 --- a/africa/tp.json +++ b/africa/tp.json @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "2.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "2.2 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory military service; 17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary service (2021)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the FASTP is one of the smallest militaries in Africa and consists of only a few companies of ground troops and a few small patrol boats (2022)" + "text": "the FASTP is one of the smallest militaries in Africa and consists of only a few companies of ground troops and some small patrol boats (2022)" }, "Maritime threats": { "text": "the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea remain a very high risk for piracy and armed robbery of ships; in 2021, there were 34 reported incidents of piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea region; although a significant decrease from the total number of 81 incidents in 2020, it included the one hijacking and three of five ships fired upon worldwide; while boarding and attempted boarding to steal valuables from ships and crews are the most common types of incidents, almost a third of all incidents involve a hijacking and/or kidnapping; in 2021, 57 crew members were kidnapped in seven separate incidents in the Gulf of Guinea, representing 100% of kidnappings worldwide; Nigerian pirates in particular are well armed and very aggressive, operating as far as 200 nm offshore; the Maritime Administration of the US Department of Transportation has issued a Maritime Advisory (2022-001 - Gulf of Guinea-Piracy/Armed Robbery/Kidnapping for Ransom) effective 4 January 2022, which states in part, \"Piracy, armed robbery, and kidnapping for ransom continue to serve as significant threats to US-flagged vessels transiting or operating in the Gulf of Guinea\"" diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index dbfb10a6..a9bea0ce 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "4.6 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "4.6 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Hanene TAJOURI Bessassi (since 4 October 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador Hanene TAJOURI BESSASSI (since 1 December 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "1515 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005" diff --git a/africa/tz.json b/africa/tz.json index a7cdc564..04df5671 100644 --- a/africa/tz.json +++ b/africa/tz.json @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "96.3 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "96.3 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "lower middle-income East African economy; large agricultural sector; slowing growth; protectionism limits foreign investments; natural resource rich; strong tourism sector; systemic income inequality; political instability during COVID-19 and election cycle" + "text": "emerging lower middle-income East African economy; resource-rich and growing tourism; strong post-pandemic recovery from hospitality, electricity, mining, and transit sectors; declining poverty; stable inflation; gender-based violence economic and labor force disruptions" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": { @@ -935,10 +935,10 @@ } }, "Exports - partners": { - "text": "India 20%, United Arab Emirates 13%, China 8%, Switzerland 7%, Rwanda 6%, Kenya 5%, Vietnam 5% (2019)" + "text": "India 15%, United Arab Emirates 15%, Switzerland 14%, Uganda 12%, China 7% (2020)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "gold, tobacco, cashews, sesame seeds, refined petroleum (2019)" + "text": "gold, cashews, copper, precious metals, legumes (2020)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2020": { @@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ "text": "China 34%, India 15%, United Arab Emirates 12% (2019)" }, "Imports - commodities": { - "text": "refined petroleum, palm oil, packaged medicines, cars, wheat (2019)" + "text": "copper, refined petroleum, packaged medicines, palm oil, wheat (2020)" }, "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": { "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 31 December 2018": { diff --git a/africa/ug.json b/africa/ug.json index 8a5e45f6..35e1eb3d 100644 --- a/africa/ug.json +++ b/africa/ug.json @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "60.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "60.1 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "854,268 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 473,529 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 61,563 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 40,630 (Burundi), 26,683 (Eritrea), 23,251 (Rwanda), 5,330 (Ethiopia) (2022)" + "text": "473,529 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 26,683 (Eritrea), 23,251 (Rwanda), 5,330 (Ethiopia) (2022); 62,169 (Somalia) (2023); 857,322 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 40,501 (Burundi) (2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "67,000 (2022)" diff --git a/africa/uv.json b/africa/uv.json index 9c40da01..6047c5b0 100644 --- a/africa/uv.json +++ b/africa/uv.json @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "13.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "13.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { "text": "approximately 13,000 personnel (8,000 Army; 500 Air Force; 4,500 National Gendarmerie) (2022)", - "note": "note 1: in 2019, the Burkina Faso Government announced an initial strength goal for the VDF of 15,000 members, but in October 2022 announced intentions to recruit up to 50,000 VDF volunteers

note 2:  in 2022, Burkina Faso announced a special recruitment for 3,000 additional soldiers to assist with its fight against terrorist groups operating in the country" + "note": "note: in 2022, the Burkina Faso Government announced a special recruitment for 3,000 additional soldiers to assist with its fight against terrorist groups operating in the country; it also put out a recruitment call for up to 50,000 VDF volunteers (the VDF's original recruited strength was 15,000)


" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the FABF has a mix of mostly older or secondhand equipment from a mix of suppliers, including France, South Africa, the UK, and the US (2022)" @@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ "note": "note: Burkina Faso is part of a four (formerly five)-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G4 Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Chad, Mali (withdrew in 2022), Mauritania, and Niger; it has committed 550 troops and 100 gendarmes to the force; as of 2020, defense forces from each of the participating states were allowed to pursue terrorist fighters up to 100 km into neighboring countries; the force is backed by France, the UN, and the US" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "including the most recent in October 2022, the military has conducted eight coups since 1960; the FABF and the National Gendarmerie were struggling to contain terrorist groups linked to al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), particularly in the northern and eastern regions of the country; in the north, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida linked militant groups, has exploited ethnic tensions and perceptions of state neglect, as well as grievances over corruption, patronage politics, social stratification, and land disputes; in 2022, JNIM conducted attacks in 10 of the country's 13 provinces; most of the attacks were assessed to be by the Macina Liberation Front (FLM) of the JNIM coalition; the ISIS-Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS) terrorist group operated in the eastern part of the country; an estimated 40% of the country was not under government control (2022)" + "text": "the FABF has a history of interference in the country’s politics, having conducted eight coups since 1960, including the most recent in September of 2022; its primary operational focus is internal security, and it is actively engaged in combat operations with terrorist groups linked to al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), particularly in the northern and eastern regions; the FABF is struggling to contain the groups, however, and a large portion of the country—40% by some estimates—is not under government control

in the north, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida linked militant groups, has exploited ethnic tensions and perceptions of state neglect, as well as grievances over corruption, patronage politics, social stratification, and land disputes; in 2022, JNIM conducted attacks in 10 of the country's 13 provinces; most of the attacks were assessed to be by the Macina Liberation Front (FLM) of the JNIM coalition; the ISIS-Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS) terrorist group operated in the eastern part of the country (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/wa.json b/africa/wa.json index 93882d60..b9965b5e 100644 --- a/africa/wa.json +++ b/africa/wa.json @@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "39.9 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "39.9 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/wz.json b/africa/wz.json index e11e181b..1379c5a1 100644 --- a/africa/wz.json +++ b/africa/wz.json @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "4.51 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "4.51 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/africa/za.json b/africa/za.json index 1944a90f..e54b4c1d 100644 --- a/africa/za.json +++ b/africa/za.json @@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "104.8 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "104.8 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -915,10 +915,10 @@ } }, "Exports - partners": { - "text": "Switzerland 29%, China 16%, Namibia 12%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 9%, Singapore 5% (2019)" + "text": "Switzerland 32%, China 14%, Namibia 12%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 9%, Singapore 8% (2020)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "copper, gold, gemstones, sulfuric acid, raw sugar, tobacco (2019)" + "text": "copper, gold, gemstones, tobacco, cement (2020)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { @@ -932,10 +932,10 @@ } }, "Imports - partners": { - "text": "South Africa 29%, China 14%, United Arab Emirates 12%, India 5% (2019)" + "text": "South Africa 31%, China 16%, United Arab Emirates 9%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 6%, India 5% (2020)" }, "Imports - commodities": { - "text": "refined petroleum, crude petroleum, delivery trucks, gold, fertilizers (2019)" + "text": "copper, petroleum, fertilizers, packaged medicines, delivery trucks (2020)" }, "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": { "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 31 December 2021": { diff --git a/africa/zi.json b/africa/zi.json index 59612ac0..ddcade1d 100644 --- a/africa/zi.json +++ b/africa/zi.json @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "20 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "20 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/bp.json b/australia-oceania/bp.json index f433c51d..4a20057a 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/bp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/bp.json @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "44.7 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "44.7 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -507,10 +507,10 @@ }, "Constitution": { "history": { - "text": "adopted 31 May 1978, effective 7 July 1978; note - in late 2017, provincial leaders agreed to adopt a new federal constitution, with passage expected in 2018, but it has been postponed indefinitely" + "text": "adopted 31 May 1978, effective 7 July 1978; note - in late 2017, provincial leaders agreed to adopt a new federal constitution; progress has been stalled, but as of February 2023, the draft constitution was with the Constitutional Review Unit in the prime minister's office " }, "amendments": { - "text": "proposed by the National Parliament; passage of constitutional sections, including those on fundamental rights and freedoms, the legal system, Parliament, alteration of the constitution and the ombudsman, requires three-fourths majority vote by Parliament and assent of the governor general; passage of other amendments requires two-thirds majority vote and assent of the governor general; amended several times, last in 2018; note - a new constitution was drafted in mid-2009 and the latest version drafted in 2013" + "text": "proposed by the National Parliament; passage of constitutional sections, including those on fundamental rights and freedoms, the legal system, Parliament, alteration of the constitution and the ombudsman, requires three-fourths majority vote by Parliament and assent of the governor general; passage of other amendments requires two-thirds majority vote and assent of the governor general; amended several times, last in 2018" } }, "Legal system": { @@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "lower middle-income Pacific island economy; natural resource rich; primarily subsistent agriculture and fishing; land rights conflicts; fairly low public debt; underdeveloped financial sector; large, state-owned enterprise presence" + "text": "lower middle-income Pacific island economy; natural resource rich; primarily subsistence agriculture and fishing; land rights conflicts; fairly low public debt; underdeveloped financial sector; large, state-owned enterprise presence" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fj.json b/australia-oceania/fj.json index 7961c134..17279fd0 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fj.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fj.json @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "28.6 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "28.6 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nh.json b/australia-oceania/nh.json index 8df8915b..659fffec 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nh.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nh.json @@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "10 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "10 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nr.json b/australia-oceania/nr.json index 9320f5ed..a559c122 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nr.json @@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "10 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "10 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nz.json b/australia-oceania/nz.json index c5de6e42..cea82df5 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nz.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nz.json @@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "327 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "327 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json index cb3c4b69..16bddbc2 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json @@ -1009,18 +1009,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "128,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "120,980 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "45 (2020 est.)" + "text": "43 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "295,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "316,633 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "103 (2020 est.)" + "text": "113 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ "text": "the telecom sector has seen a decline in subscriber numbers (particularly for prepaid mobile services the mainstay of short term visitors) and revenue; fixed and mobile broadband services are two areas that have benefited from the crisis as employees and students have resorted to working from home; one area of the telecom market that is not prepared for growth is 5G mobile; governments, regulators, and even the mobile network operators have shown that they have not been investing in 5G opportunities at the present time; network expansion and enhancements remain concentrated around improving LTE coverage (2021)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line teledensity of roughly 45 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone density about 103 per 100 persons (2020)" + "text": "fixed-line teledensity of roughly 43 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone density about 113 per 100 persons (2021)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 1-246; landing points for the ECFS and Southern Caribbean Fiber submarine cable with links to 15 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad and Puerto Ricco; satellite earth stations - 1 (Intelsat - Atlantic Ocean); tropospheric scatter to Trinidad and Saint Lucia (2019)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json index 3e6a612b..38ee3650 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "21.7 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "21.7 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index 0882c2e7..406eaa07 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "113 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "113 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json index 8e40a4ce..f7d578b3 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json @@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "38.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "38.1 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json index 2c408dd2..1e4cd643 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "200 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "200 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index 7406278d..337dcd3e 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "23.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "23.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json index 8764b474..02db8fad 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json @@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "26.3 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "26.3 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json index a27d0ada..a2adb408 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json @@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "200 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "200 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json index e8bc763c..1c773a29 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json @@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "127.9 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "127.9 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json index d10881a9..cbc4433d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "14 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "14 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json index e798ef1f..ba6b375e 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json @@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "92.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "92.2 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json index b15b86e0..5371bfd6 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "10.8 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "10.8 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json index 093a5824..e5dae148 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json @@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "164.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "164.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index 02228390..c87406d1 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "139.3 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "139.3 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json index f65d7933..6e598df5 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "7.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "7.1 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json index 4c368817..0dba8f5b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json @@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "24 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "20 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json index 2ebffc87..3aabd999 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "300 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "300 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json index 6feb3fc8..5cb5ca40 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "3.8 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "3.8 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json index a0a7211b..dfd0fa9a 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "100 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "100 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json index 57853a09..e31fe987 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json @@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ "text": "Legislature of the Virgin Islands last held on 8 November 2022 (next to be held in November 2024)
US House of Representatives last held on 8 November 2022 (next to be held in November 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Legislature of the Virgin Islands - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 9, independent 6; composition - men NA, women NA, percent of women NA%

delegate to US House of Representatives - seat by party - Democratic Party 1; composition - 1 woman" + "text": "Legislature of the Virgin Islands - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 9, independent 6; composition - men 9, women 6, percent of women 40%

delegate to US House of Representatives - seat by party - Democratic Party 1; composition - 1 woman" }, "note": "note: the Virgin Islands delegate to the US House of Representatives can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as the Committee of the Whole House, but not when legislation is submitted for a “full floor” House vote" }, diff --git a/central-asia/kg.json b/central-asia/kg.json index 92394059..c825472a 100644 --- a/central-asia/kg.json +++ b/central-asia/kg.json @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "23.7 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "23.7 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-asia/kz.json b/central-asia/kz.json index 010155ac..210d395e 100644 --- a/central-asia/kz.json +++ b/central-asia/kz.json @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "108.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "108.4 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index d72c349b..518778ec 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "4.5 trillion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "4.5 trillion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/central-asia/ti.json b/central-asia/ti.json index 3347ee8d..f905657c 100644 --- a/central-asia/ti.json +++ b/central-asia/ti.json @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "21.9 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "21.9 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 7-year term for a maximum of two terms; however, as the \"Leader of the Nation\" President RAHMON can run an unlimited number of times; election last held on 11 October 2020 (next to be held in 2027); prime minister appointed by the president" }, "election results": { - "text": "2020: Emomali RAHMON reelected president; percent of vote - Emomali RAHMON (PDPT) 92.1%, Rustam LATIFZODA 3.1%, and other 4.8%

2013: Emomali RAHMOND reelected president; percent of vote 84%, Ismoil TALBAKOV 5%, other 11%" + "text": "2020: Emomali RAHMON reelected president; percent of vote - Emomali RAHMON (PDPT) 92.1%, Rustam LATIFZODA (APT) 3.1%, and other 4.8%

2013: Emomali RAHMOND reelected president; percent of vote - Emomali RAHMOND (PDPT) 84%, Ismoil TALBAKOV CPT) 5%, other 11%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ "text": "7.114 million kW (2020 est.)" }, "consumption": { - "text": "15,070,890,000 kWh (2019 est.)" + "text": "15.071 billion kWh (2019 est.)" }, "exports": { "text": "3.175 billion kWh (2019 est.)" diff --git a/central-asia/tx.json b/central-asia/tx.json index 3077078e..b6d9f2c7 100644 --- a/central-asia/tx.json +++ b/central-asia/tx.json @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ "text": "Muslim 93%, Christian 6.4%, Buddhist <1%, folk religion <1%, Jewish <1%, other <1%, unspecified <1% (2020 est.)" }, "Demographic profile": { - "text": "

While Turkmenistan reputedly has a population of more than 5.6 million, the figure is most likely considerably less. Getting an accurate population estimate for the country is impossible because then President Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW withheld the results of the last two censuses. The 2012 census results reportedly show that nearly 2 million citizens have emigrated in the last decade, which prompted BERDIMUHAMEDOW to order another census. Results of this census, covering 2008-2018, also were not released to the public but purportedly are similar. Another census supposedly will be held in 2022.

Authorities have reacted to the dramatic population decline by preventing Turkmen from leaving the country, including removing citizens from international flights and refusing to provide necessary documents. Turkmenistan’s rise in outmigration – mainly to Turkey, Russia, and Uzbekistan – coincided with the country’s 2013-2014 economic crisis. The outflow has been sustained by poor living standards, inflation, low income, and a lack of health care. At the same time, Ashbagat is encouraging people to have more children to make up for its shrinking population.

" + "text": "

While Turkmenistan reputedly has a population of more than 5.6 million, the figure is most likely considerably less. Getting an accurate population estimate for the country is impossible because then President Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW withheld the results of the last two censuses. The 2012 census results reportedly show that nearly 2 million citizens have emigrated in the last decade, which prompted BERDIMUHAMEDOW to order another census. Results of this census, covering 2008-2018, also were not released to the public but purportedly are similar. Another census was held in December 2022.

Authorities have reacted to the dramatic population decline by preventing Turkmen from leaving the country, including removing citizens from international flights and refusing to provide necessary documents. Turkmenistan’s rise in outmigration – mainly to Turkey, Russia, and Uzbekistan – coincided with the country’s 2013-2014 economic crisis. The outflow has been sustained by poor living standards, inflation, low income, and a lack of health care. At the same time, Ashbagat is encouraging people to have more children to make up for its shrinking population.

" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "24.8 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "24.8 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -594,14 +594,15 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Council or Milli Genesi consists of:
People's Council or Halk Maslahaty (56 seats; 48 members indirectly elected by provincial councils and 8 members appointed by the president)
Assembly or Mejlisi (125 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms)

note: in September 2020, the Turkmenistani legislature (Milli Genesi) adopted a constitutional amendment creating an upper chamber, making the legislature bicameral; the chairperson of the Halk Maslahaty is now designated as the constitutional successor to the presidency; as of March 2022, Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW continues to serve in this position after stepping away from the presidency" + "text": "unicameral Assembly or Mejlis (125 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms); formerly the Assembly was the lower house of the bicameral National Council, which consisted of an upper house, the People's Council, and the Assembly" }, "elections": { - "text": "People's Council - first held on 28 March 2021 for 48 indirectly elected members (next to be held in 2026); first held on 14 April 2021 for 8 presidentially appointed members (next to be held NA)
Assembly - last held on 25 March 2018 (next to be held 2023)" + "text": "People's Council - first held on 28 March 2021 for 48 indirectly elected members; first held on 14 April 2021 for 8 presidentially appointed members; People's Council abolished in January 2023
Assembly - last held on 25 March 2018 (next to be held on 26 March 2023)" }, "election results": { "text": "People's Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DPT 3, independent 45; composition as of mid-2022 (55 members) - men 41, women 14, percent of women 25.5%
Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DPT 55, APT 11, PIE 11, independent 48 (individuals nominated by citizen groups); composition as of mid-2022 (116 members) - men 86, women 30, percent of women 25.9%; note - total percent of National Council percent of women 25.7%" - } + }, + "note": "note: on 22 January 2023, a joint session of the then National Council voted unanimously to abolish the National Council, re-establishing a unicameral parliament" }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { @@ -764,7 +765,7 @@ } }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, wheat, cotton, tomatoes, potatoes, watermelons, grapes, sugar beet, beef, rice" + "text": "milk, wheat, cotton, tomatoes, potatoes, watermelons, grapes, sugar beets, beef, rice" }, "Industries": { "text": "natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, food processing" @@ -933,7 +934,7 @@ "text": "5.205 million kW (2020 est.)" }, "consumption": { - "text": "15,090,300,000 kWh (2019 est.)" + "text": "15.09 billion kWh (2019 est.)" }, "exports": { "text": "3.2 billion kWh (2019 est.)" @@ -1016,19 +1017,19 @@ }, "Natural gas": { "production": { - "text": "83,622,908,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)" + "text": "83.623 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" }, "consumption": { - "text": "45,398,541,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)" + "text": "45.399 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" }, "exports": { - "text": "38,224,367,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)" + "text": "38.224 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" }, "imports": { "text": "0 cubic meters (2021 est.)" }, "proven reserves": { - "text": "11,326,720,000,000 cubic meters (2021 est.)" + "text": "11.327 trillion cubic meters (2021 est.)" } }, "Carbon dioxide emissions": { diff --git a/central-asia/uz.json b/central-asia/uz.json index 8c61f9e0..d3196bd3 100644 --- a/central-asia/uz.json +++ b/central-asia/uz.json @@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "48.9 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "48.9 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index 1ad53534..1cff400e 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "1 trillion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1 trillion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -618,10 +618,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "Prime Minister, State Administration Council (SAC) Chair, Sr. Gen. MIN AUNG HLAING (since 1 August 2021); note - MIN AUNG HLAING self-appointed himself to the role of prime minister of a “caretaker” provisional government that subsumed the SAC on 1 August 2021; the SAC, chaired by MIN AUNG HLAING, has served as the executive governing body since 2 February 2021, following the 1 February 2021 military takeover of the government and the declaration of a state of emergency and still exists under the provisional government according to state media" + "text": "Prime Minister, State Administration Council (SAC) Chair, Sr. Gen. MIN AUNG HLAING (since 1 August 2021);note - the military took over the government on 1 February 2021 and declared a state of emergency" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister, State Administration Council (SAC) Chair, Sr. Gen. MIN AUNG HLAING (since 1 August 2021); MIN AUNG HLAING self-appointed himself to the role of prime minister of a “caretaker” provisional government that subsumed the SAC on 1 August 2021" + "text": "Prime Minister, State Administration Council (SAC) Chair, Sr. Gen. MIN AUNG HLAING (since 1 August 2021)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet appointments shared by the president and the commander-in-chief; note - after 1 February, the military junta replaced the cabinet" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json index 53ddde0f..3cacacd1 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json @@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "8.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "8.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json index 6f60f5f0..13c75d6e 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json @@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "476.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "476.1 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json index 0ba39a06..47acc434 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "2.8 trillion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "2.8 trillion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index 65eaa5ae..05b62615 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "2 trillion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "2 trillion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ "text": "approximately 400,000 active duty troops (300,000 Army; 60,000 Navy, including about 20,000 marines; 30,000 Air Force) (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the Indonesian military inventory comes from a wide variety of sources; in recent years, the top suppliers have included China, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, South Korea, the UK, and the US; the TNI has been engaged in a modernization program for more than a decade with uneven success; Indonesia has a growing defense industry fueled by technology transfers and cooperation agreements with several countries; in 2019, the Indonesian Government said that growing its domestic defense industry was a national priority over the following 10 years (2022)" + "text": "the military's inventory is a wide mix of Chinese, Russian, and Western (including US) equipment; in recent years, the top suppliers have included China, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, South Korea, the UK, and the US; the TNI has been engaged in a modernization program for more than a decade with uneven success; Indonesia has a growing defense industry fueled by technology transfers and cooperation agreements with several countries; in 2019, the Indonesian Government said that growing its domestic defense industry was a national priority over the following 10 years (2022)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-45 years of age for voluntary military service, with selective conscription authorized (males, age 18), but not utilized; 2-year service obligation, with reserve obligation to age 45 (officers) (2021)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index 5be5dde1..ed14c7a5 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "430 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "430 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json index 14fc0b6b..99696e0d 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "77.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "77.2 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index 0eb010d4..25e33f66 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "69.7 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "69.7 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json index 24690e0e..9bb12ae4 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "333.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "333.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json index 9a429dd0..a10e35a5 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json @@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "34.8 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "34.8 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json index 1da2a99e..760eacf3 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "580 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "580 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index 042f8602..dbfb337f 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "801 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "801 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json index d993e18c..9370e000 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "479 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "479 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index 46aaec31..c913b1c9 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "600 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "600 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index c4c29462..45c4363d 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "438.6 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "438.6 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json index 5e9f8867..499e3623 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json @@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "8.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "8.2 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json index e47d1814..89e88a12 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "884.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "884.1 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/al.json b/europe/al.json index 88c2433d..677cb2a0 100644 --- a/europe/al.json +++ b/europe/al.json @@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "1,948 (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 41,804 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-November 2022)" + "note": "note: 42,608 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2023)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "

active transshipment point for Albanian narco-trafficking organizations moving illicit drugs such as cocaine and heroin from Turkey and countries in South America and Asia throughout Europe; significant source country for cannabis production

" diff --git a/europe/au.json b/europe/au.json index 6b4f8a17..8de9606e 100644 --- a/europe/au.json +++ b/europe/au.json @@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "67,588 (Syria), 43,725 (Afghanistan), 10,110 (Iraq), 8,684 (Somalia), 7,294 (Iran), 6,124 (Russia) (mid-year 2022); 92,436 (Ukraine) (as of 30 January 2023)" + "text": "67,588 (Syria), 43,725 (Afghanistan), 10,110 (Iraq), 8,684 (Somalia), 7,294 (Iran), 6,124 (Russia) (mid-year 2022); 92,821 (Ukraine) (as of 6 February 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "3,219 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/be.json b/europe/be.json index b8b24adb..c06e1fd6 100644 --- a/europe/be.json +++ b/europe/be.json @@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "20,086 (Syria), 7,049 (Afghanistan), 5,769 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 67,144 (Ukraine) (as of 30 January 2023)" + "text": "20,086 (Syria), 7,049 (Afghanistan), 5,769 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 67,511 (Ukraine) (as of 6 February 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,190 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index 62693f61..1169238e 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "37.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "37.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "48 (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 114,398 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2023)" + "note": "note: 115,118 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-February 2023)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "

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

" diff --git a/europe/bo.json b/europe/bo.json index b8af3929..644edc2d 100644 --- a/europe/bo.json +++ b/europe/bo.json @@ -1081,18 +1081,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,406,560 (2020 est.)" + "text": "4,332,754 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "47 (2020 est.)" + "text": "45 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,704,084 (2020 est.)" + "text": "11,760,087 (2021 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "124 (2020 est.)" + "text": "123 (2021 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ "text": "the Government of Belarus has successfully promoted the migration to an all-IP platform as part of a wider effort towards a digital transformation for the economy; the state-supported infrastructure operator beCloud has built an extensive fiber network, which reaches all but the smallest settlements in the country; Belarus has the second-highest fiber subscription rate in Europe, behind only Iceland; LTE coverage is almost universal, while considerable progress has also been made in developing 5G services (2021)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line teledensity is improving although rural areas continue to be underserved, approximately 47 per 100 fixed-line; mobile-cellular teledensity now roughly 124 telephones per 100 persons (2020)" + "text": "fixed-line teledensity is improving although rural areas continue to be underserved, approximately 45 per 100 fixed-line; mobile-cellular teledensity now roughly 123 telephones per 100 persons (2021)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 375; Belarus is landlocked and therefore a member of the Trans-European Line (TEL), Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line, and has access to the Trans-Siberia Line (TSL); 3 fiber-optic segments provide connectivity to Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine; worldwide service is available to Belarus through this infrastructure; additional analog lines to Russia; Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik earth stations; almost 31,000 base stations in service in 2019 (2020)" diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index 4b465991..04dafdf6 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "21.3 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "21.3 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "22,226 (Syria) (mid-year 2022); 49,805 (Ukraine) (as of 29 January 2023)" + "text": "22,226 (Syria) (mid-year 2022); 49,897 (Ukraine) (as of 6 February 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,129 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/cy.json b/europe/cy.json index 7e1b59ff..cd35cc73 100644 --- a/europe/cy.json +++ b/europe/cy.json @@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "780 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "780 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "10,869 (Syria) (mid-year 2022); 15,451 (Ukraine) (as of 22 January 2023)" + "text": "10,869 (Syria) (mid-year 2022); 15,750 (Ukraine) (as of 5 February 2023)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "242,000 (both Turkish and Greek Cypriots; many displaced since 1974) (2021)" diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index 00aa605c..7133ec45 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "6 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "6 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/ee.json b/europe/ee.json index 96a3fecb..434f1993 100644 --- a/europe/ee.json +++ b/europe/ee.json @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "2,057.8 cubic meters (2011)" + "text": "1.7 trillion cubic meters (2019)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/ei.json b/europe/ei.json index 6bfefe25..02c8f578 100644 --- a/europe/ei.json +++ b/europe/ei.json @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "52 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "52 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index be143d0e..b1cf6882 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "12.806 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "12.806 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Gabrielle COWAN (since July 2022)" + "text": "Ambassador Designate George P. KENT" }, "embassy": { "text": "Kentmanni 20, 15099 Tallinn" diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index ba7fe62e..ca5f7317 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "13.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "13.2 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Christy AGOR (since 18 August 2022)" + "text": "Ambassador Bijan SABET" }, "embassy": { "text": "Trziste 15, 118 01 Praha 1 - Mala Strana" @@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "486,133 (Ukraine) (as of 29 January 2023)" + "text": "487,393 (Ukraine) (as of 6 February 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,625 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index 8452a95d..26ff2941 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "110 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "110 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index 8658390c..b67275ca 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "211 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "211 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/gm.json b/europe/gm.json index affb0eed..8db5a92c 100644 --- a/europe/gm.json +++ b/europe/gm.json @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "154 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "154 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index 18bee9b4..573b2aa1 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "68.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "68.4 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "4,488 (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 1,234,332 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2023)" + "note": "note: 1,235,040 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-February 2023)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis products and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime" diff --git a/europe/hr.json b/europe/hr.json index 48314dbb..66d7693f 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "105.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "105.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "20,493 (Ukraine) (as of 27 January 2023)" + "text": "20,627 (Ukraine) (as of 3 February 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "2,889 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/hu.json b/europe/hu.json index 82189a93..8b78e1f9 100644 --- a/europe/hu.json +++ b/europe/hu.json @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "104 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "104 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "33,603 (Ukraine) (as of 31 January 2023)" + "text": "33,603 (Ukraine) (as of 7 February 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "130 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/ic.json b/europe/ic.json index 6dd52b70..b6620fe8 100644 --- a/europe/ic.json +++ b/europe/ic.json @@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "170 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "170 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index 2844c1ce..3b1db342 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "191.3 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "191.3 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "3,000 (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 700,711 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2023)" + "note": "note: 701,836 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-February 2023)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "important gateway for drug trafficking; organized crime groups allied with Colombian and Spanish groups trafficking cocaine to Europe" diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index fe638bce..2bf2f3b5 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "34.9 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "34.9 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador John Leslie CARWILE (since 5 November 2019)" + "text": "Ambassador Designate Christopher ROBINSON" }, "embassy": { "text": "1 Samnera Velsa Street (former Remtes), Riga LV-1510" diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index 64f45ad8..13432b93 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "24.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "24.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index f34025e3..ec94e450 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "50.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "50.1 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "107,199 (Ukraine) (as of 31 January 2023)" + "text": "107,199 (Ukraine) (as of 7 February 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "2,940 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/lu.json b/europe/lu.json index 29bc157f..88da8b99 100644 --- a/europe/lu.json +++ b/europe/lu.json @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "3.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "3.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/md.json b/europe/md.json index 63572ddb..b83f019f 100644 --- a/europe/md.json +++ b/europe/md.json @@ -1207,6 +1207,9 @@ "note": "note: the Carabinieri is a quasi-militarized gendarmerie responsible for protecting public buildings, maintaining public order, and other national security functions" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "0.4% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "0.4% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, @@ -1218,9 +1221,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "0.4% of GDP (2018 est.) (approximately $130 million)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "0.4% of GDP (2017 est.) (approximately $120 million)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { @@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "108,824 (Ukraine) (as of 31 January 2023)" + "text": "108,885 (Ukraine) (as of 6 February 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,701 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/mj.json b/europe/mj.json index 5965d95d..96f6fd32 100644 --- a/europe/mj.json +++ b/europe/mj.json @@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "468 (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 29,305 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2023)" + "note": "note: 29,444 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-February 2023)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "

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

" diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index 9f5c1253..bd58cbe7 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "6.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "6.4 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1208,12 +1208,12 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "6,404 (Ukraine) (as of 24 January 2023)" + "text": "6,410 (Ukraine) (as of 6 February 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "521 (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 550,697 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-November 2022)" + "note": "note: 552,030 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2023)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and hashish; minor transit point for South American cocaine destined for Europe; although not a financial center and most criminal activity is thought to be domestic, money laundering is a problem due to a mostly cash-based economy and weak enforcement" diff --git a/europe/mt.json b/europe/mt.json index 0e9f78c3..c0019b4f 100644 --- a/europe/mt.json +++ b/europe/mt.json @@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "50.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "50 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/nl.json b/europe/nl.json index 1f4e31c6..de9e3c90 100644 --- a/europe/nl.json +++ b/europe/nl.json @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "91 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "91 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/no.json b/europe/no.json index 082a91a2..f4ef5dab 100644 --- a/europe/no.json +++ b/europe/no.json @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "393 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "393 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/pl.json b/europe/pl.json index 08bfa487..88f99fdf 100644 --- a/europe/pl.json +++ b/europe/pl.json @@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "60.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "60.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ "text": "Germany 25%, China 10%, Italy 5%, Netherlands 5% (2019)" }, "Imports - commodities": { - "text": "cars and vehicle parts, crude petroleum,  packaged medicines, broadcasting equipment, office machinery/parts (2019)" + "text": "cars and vehicle parts, crude petroleum, packaged medicines, broadcasting equipment, office machinery/parts (2019)" }, "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": { "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 31 December 2021": { @@ -1069,16 +1069,16 @@ }, "Natural gas": { "production": { - "text": "5,666,815,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)" + "text": "5.667 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "consumption": { - "text": "21,463,908,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)" + "text": "21.464 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "exports": { "text": "704.975 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" }, "imports": { - "text": "16,633,345,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)" + "text": "16.633 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "proven reserves": { "text": "91.492 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)" @@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "1,563,386 (Ukraine) (as of 31 January 2022)" + "text": "1,563,386 (Ukraine) (as of 7 February 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,435 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/po.json b/europe/po.json index 6ba17b76..c9b66942 100644 --- a/europe/po.json +++ b/europe/po.json @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "77.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "77.4 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/ri.json b/europe/ri.json index 8e3ae4a0..da4e2ae9 100644 --- a/europe/ri.json +++ b/europe/ri.json @@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "162.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) (note - includes Kosovo)" + "text": "162.2 billion cubic meters (2019 est.) (note - includes Kosovo)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "2,594 (includes stateless persons in Kosovo) (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 940,413 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2023); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 6,313 migrants and asylum seekers as of June 2022" + "note": "note: 942,986 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-February 2023); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 6,313 migrants and asylum seekers as of June 2022" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "

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

" diff --git a/europe/ro.json b/europe/ro.json index f32b9be6..783fcd6f 100644 --- a/europe/ro.json +++ b/europe/ro.json @@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "212 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "212 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1277,12 +1277,12 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "108,663 (Ukraine) (as of 29 January 2023)" + "text": "108,663 (Ukraine) (as of 5 February 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "297 (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 12,176 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2023)" + "note": "note: 12,228 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-February 2023)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "

a source country for cannabis

" diff --git a/europe/si.json b/europe/si.json index 776fb273..c9c71db5 100644 --- a/europe/si.json +++ b/europe/si.json @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "31.9 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "31.9 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ "text": "
National Council - last held on 24 November 2022 (next to be held in 2027)
National Assembly - last held on 24 April 2022 (next to be held in 2026)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
National Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 36, women 4, percent of women 10%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - GS 34.5%, SDS 23.5%, NSi 6.9%, SD 6.7%, Levica 4.4%, other 24%; seats by party - GS 41, SDS 27, NSi 8, SD 7, Levica 5; composition - men 54, women 36, percent of women 40%; note - total Parliament percent of women 30.8%" + "text": "
National Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition (as of January 2023) - men 33, women 7, percent of women 17.5%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - GS 34.5%, SDS 23.5%, NSi 6.9%, SD 6.7%, Levica 4.4%, other 24%; seats by party - GS 41, SDS 27, NSi 8, SD 7, Levica 5; composition (as of January 2023) - men 56, women 34, percent of women 37.8%; note - total Parliament percent of women 31.5%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "10 (2020)" }, - "note": "note:  562,854 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-November 2022)" + "note": "note:  569,885 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2023)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "minor transit point for cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin bound for Western Europe, and for precursor chemicals" diff --git a/europe/sp.json b/europe/sp.json index ea12d372..22cd2134 100644 --- a/europe/sp.json +++ b/europe/sp.json @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "111.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "111.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "6,489 (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 280,020 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals, including Canary Islands (January 2015-January 2023)" + "note": "note: 280,905 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals, including Canary Islands (January 2015-February 2023)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "primary transit point in Europe for cocaine from South America and for hashish from Morocco; cocaine is shipped in raw or liquid form with mixed cargo to avoid detection; traffickers ship methamphetamine via express mail; increasing indoor cannabis production; illegal labs cutting, mixing, and reconstituting cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine labs; synthetic drugs, including ketamine and MDMA (ecstasy) transit from Spain to the US" diff --git a/europe/sw.json b/europe/sw.json index 187846e7..c1f7c920 100644 --- a/europe/sw.json +++ b/europe/sw.json @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "174 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "174 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/sz.json b/europe/sz.json index f8546d8e..7c537149 100644 --- a/europe/sz.json +++ b/europe/sz.json @@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "53.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "53.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/europe/uk.json b/europe/uk.json index 1c73eb1f..16a688fe 100644 --- a/europe/uk.json +++ b/europe/uk.json @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "147 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "147 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "21,904 (Iran), 15,615 (Eritrea), 11,371 (Sudan), 12,155 (Syria), 10,259 (Afghanistan), 8,009 (Pakistan), 7,699 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 158,800 (Ukraine) (as of 23 January 2023)" + "text": "21,904 (Iran), 15,615 (Eritrea), 11,371 (Sudan), 12,155 (Syria), 10,259 (Afghanistan), 8,009 (Pakistan), 7,699 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 161,400 (Ukraine) (as of 7 February 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "5,483 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/up.json b/europe/up.json index ac208b65..b81224f8 100644 --- a/europe/up.json +++ b/europe/up.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

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

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

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

On 24 February 2022, Russia escalated its conflict with Ukraine by invading the country on several fronts in what has become the largest conventional military attack on a sovereign state in Europe since World War II. The invasion has received near universal international condemnation, and many countries have imposed sanctions on Russia and supplied humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. Russia made substantial gains in the early weeks of the invasion but underestimated Ukrainian resolve and combat capabilities. By the end of 2022, Ukrainian forces had regained all territories in the north and northeast and made some advances in the east and south. Nonetheless, Russia in late September 2022 unilaterally declared its annexation of four Ukrainian oblasts - Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia - even though none was fully under Russian control. The annexations remain unrecognized by the international community.

The invasion has also created Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. As of 31 January, 2023, approximately 18.16 million people had fled Ukraine, and 6.54 million people were internally displaced as of October 2022.  Almost 18,500 civilian casualties had been reported, as of 22 January 2023. The invasion of Ukraine remains one of the two largest displacement crises worldwide (the other is the conflict in Syria).

 

" + "text": "

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

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

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

On 24 February 2022, Russia escalated its conflict with Ukraine by invading the country on several fronts in what has become the largest conventional military attack on a sovereign state in Europe since World War II. The invasion has received near universal international condemnation, and many countries have imposed sanctions on Russia and supplied humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. Russia made substantial gains in the early weeks of the invasion but underestimated Ukrainian resolve and combat capabilities. By the end of 2022, Ukrainian forces had regained all territories in the north and northeast and made some advances in the east and south. Nonetheless, Russia in late September 2022 unilaterally declared its annexation of four Ukrainian oblasts - Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia - even though none was fully under Russian control. The annexations remain unrecognized by the international community.

The invasion has also created Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. As of 7 February, 2023, approximately 18.38 million people had fled Ukraine, and 6.54 million people were internally displaced as of October 2022.  More than 18,800 civilian casualties had been reported, as of 5 February 2023. The invasion of Ukraine remains one of the two largest displacement crises worldwide (the other is the conflict in Syria).

 

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "175.3 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "175.3 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/middle-east/ae.json b/middle-east/ae.json index ce2170c9..f2568e59 100644 --- a/middle-east/ae.json +++ b/middle-east/ae.json @@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "150 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "150 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/middle-east/gg.json b/middle-east/gg.json index e395aad9..42e71a59 100644 --- a/middle-east/gg.json +++ b/middle-east/gg.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

The region of present day Georgia contained the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Kartli-Iberia. The area came under Roman influence in the first centuries A.D., and Christianity became the state religion in the 330s. Domination by Persians, Arabs, and Turks was followed by a Georgian golden age (11th-13th centuries) that was cut short by the Mongol invasion of 1236. Subsequently, the Ottoman and Persian empires competed for influence in the region. Georgia was absorbed into the Russian Empire in the 19th century. Independent for three years (1918-1921) following the Russian revolution, it was forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1921 and regained its independence when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991.

Mounting public discontent over rampant corruption and ineffective government services, followed by an attempt by the incumbent Georgian Government to manipulate parliamentary elections in November 2003, touched off widespread protests that led to the resignation of Eduard SHEVARDNADZE, president since 1995. In the aftermath of that popular movement, which became known as the \"Rose Revolution,\" new elections in early 2004 swept Mikheil SAAKASHVILI into power along with his United National Movement (UNM) party. SAAKASHVILI made progress on market reforms and good governance during his time in power, but also faced accusations of abuse of office. Progress was also complicated by Russian assistance and support to the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia that led to periodic flare-ups in tension and violence and that culminated in a five-day conflict in August 2008 between Russia and Georgia, including the invasion of large portions of Georgian territory. Russian troops pledged to pull back from most occupied Georgian territory, but in late August 2008 Russia unilaterally recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and Russian military forces remain in those regions.

Billionaire Bidzina IVANISHVILI's unexpected entry into politics in October 2011 brought the divided opposition together under his Georgian Dream coalition, which won a majority of seats in the October 2012 parliamentary elections and removed UNM from power. Conceding defeat, SAAKASHVILI named IVANISHVILI as prime minister and allowed Georgian Dream to create a new government. Giorgi MARGVELASHVILI became president in November 2013, ending a tense year of power-sharing between SAAKASHVILI and IVANISHVILI and SAAKASHVILI then left the country. At the time, these changes in leadership represented unique examples of a former Soviet state that emerged to conduct democratic and peaceful government transitions of power. IVANISHVILI voluntarily resigned from office after the presidential succession, and in the following years, the prime minister position has seen frequent turnover. Most recently, Irakli GARIBASHVILI became prime minister in February 2021, replacing Giorgi GAKHARIA, who later in the year formed his own opposition party. In October 2021, SAAKASHVILI returned to Georgia, where he was immediately arrested to serve six years in prison on outstanding abuse of office convictions. Popular and government support for integration with the West is high in Georgia. Joining the EU and NATO are among the country's top foreign policy goals.

" + "text": "

The region of present day Georgia contained the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Kartli-Iberia. The area came under Roman influence in the first centuries A.D., and Christianity became the state religion in the 330s. Domination by Persians, Arabs, and Turks was followed by a Georgian golden age (11th-13th centuries) that was cut short by the Mongol invasion of 1236. Subsequently, the Ottoman and Persian empires competed for influence in the region. Georgia was absorbed into the Russian Empire in the 19th century. Independent for three years (1918-1921) following the Russian revolution, it was forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1921 and regained its independence when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991.

Mounting public discontent over rampant corruption and ineffective government services, followed by an attempt by the incumbent Georgian Government to manipulate parliamentary elections in November 2003, touched off widespread protests that led to the resignation of Eduard SHEVARDNADZE, president since 1995. In the aftermath of that popular movement, which became known as the \"Rose Revolution,\" new elections in early 2004 swept Mikheil SAAKASHVILI into power along with his United National Movement (UNM) party. SAAKASHVILI made progress on market reforms and good governance during his time in power but also faced accusations of abuse of office. Progress was also complicated by Russian assistance and support to the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia that led to periodic flare-ups in tension and violence and that culminated in a five-day conflict in August 2008 between Russia and Georgia, including the invasion of large portions of Georgian territory. Russian troops pledged to pull back from most occupied Georgian territory, but in late August 2008 Russia unilaterally recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and Russian military forces remain in those regions.

Billionaire Bidzina IVANISHVILI's unexpected entry into politics in October 2011 brought the divided opposition together under his Georgian Dream coalition, which won a majority of seats in the October 2012 parliamentary elections and removed UNM from power. Conceding defeat, SAAKASHVILI named IVANISHVILI as prime minister and allowed Georgian Dream to create a new government. Giorgi MARGVELASHVILI became president in November 2013, ending a tense year of power-sharing between SAAKASHVILI and IVANISHVILI and SAAKASHVILI then left the country. At the time, these changes in leadership represented unique examples of a former Soviet state that emerged to conduct democratic and peaceful government transitions of power. IVANISHVILI voluntarily resigned from office after the presidential succession, and in the following years, the prime minister position has seen frequent turnover. Most recently, Irakli GARIBASHVILI became prime minister in February 2021, replacing Giorgi GAKHARIA, who later in the year formed his own opposition party. In October 2021, SAAKASHVILI returned to Georgia, where he was immediately arrested to serve six years in prison on outstanding abuse of office convictions. Popular and government support for integration with the West is high in Georgia. Joining the EU and NATO are among the country's top foreign policy goals.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -472,17 +472,17 @@ }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { - "text": "359,974,627.7 cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "360 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" }, "industrial": { - "text": "402,206,287.9 cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "402.2 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" }, "agricultural": { - "text": "1,060,819,084.4 cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "63.3 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "63.3 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Alliance of Patriots [Irma INASHVILI]
Citizens Party [Aleko ELISASHVILI]
European Georgia-Movement for Liberty [Giga BOKERIA]
European Socialists [Fridon INJIA]
For Georgia [Giorgi GAKHARIA]
Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia [Irakli KOBAKHIDZE]
Girchi-More Freedom [Zurab JAPARIDZE]
Labor Party [Shalva NATELASHVILI]
Lelo for Georgia [Mamuka KHAZARADZE]
New Political Centre-Girchi [Iago KHVICHIA]
Republican Party [Khatuna SAMNIDZE]
Strategy Aghmashenebeli [Giorgi VASHADZE]
United National Movement or UNM [Nikanor \"Nika\" MELIA]" + "text": "Alliance of Patriots [Irma INASHVILI]
Citizens Party [Aleko ELISASHVILI]
Democratic Movement-United Georgia or DM-UC [Nino BURJANADZE] 
European Georgia-Movement for Liberty [Giga BOKERIA]
European Socialists [Fridon INJIA]
For Georgia [Giorgi GAKHARIA]
Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia [Irakli KOBAKHIDZE]
Girchi-More Freedom [Zurab JAPARIDZE]
Labor Party [Shalva NATELASHVILI]
Lelo for Georgia [Mamuka KHAZARADZE]
New Political Centre-Girchi [Iago KHVICHIA]
Republican Party [Khatuna SAMNIDZE]
Strategy Aghmashenebeli [Giorgi VASHADZE]
United National Movement or UNM [Nikanor \"Nika\" MELIA]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ADB, BSEC, CD, CE, CPLP (associate), EAPC, EBRD, FAO, G-11, GCTU, GUAM, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" @@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ }, "Unemployment rate": { "Unemployment rate 2021": { - "text": "10.66% (2021 est.) NA%" + "text": "10.66% (2021 est.)" }, "Unemployment rate 2020": { "text": "18.5% (2020 est.)" @@ -1041,13 +1041,13 @@ "text": "6.088 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "consumption": { - "text": "2,539,649,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.54 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "exports": { "text": "0 cubic meters (2021 est.)" }, "imports": { - "text": "2,534,892,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.535 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "proven reserves": { "text": "8.495 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index 2b5b2d46..386b2e8a 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "137 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "137 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/middle-east/is.json b/middle-east/is.json index 43a9745d..ca8108d6 100644 --- a/middle-east/is.json +++ b/middle-east/is.json @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "1.8 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.8 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Michael HERZOG (since 5 September 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador Michael HERZOG (since 1 December 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "3514 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -1051,10 +1051,10 @@ }, "Natural gas": { "production": { - "text": "10,474,299,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)" + "text": "10.474 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" }, "consumption": { - "text": "9,442,435,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)" + "text": "9.442 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" }, "exports": { "text": "0 cubic meters (2021 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index c2d3f52b..31f13e77 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "89.9 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "89.9 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "13,344 (Turkey), 7,864 (West Bank and Gaza Strip) (mid-year 2022); 258,541 (Syria) (2022)" + "text": "13,344 (Turkey), 7,864 (West Bank and Gaza Strip) (mid-year 2022); 259,584 (Syria) (2023)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1,184,818 (displacement in central and northern Iraq since January 2014) (2022)" diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index cd4913c9..997a50b2 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "937 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "937 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index bc9ad2f5..a8956178 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "20 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "20 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador SALEM Abdallah al-Jaber al-Sabah (since 10 October 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador Jasem Mohamed ALBUDAIWI (since 16 September 2022)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2940 Tilden Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index 80227819..6cd58bc6 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "4.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "4.5 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ "text": "president indirectly elected by Parliament with two-thirds majority vote in the first round and if needed absolute majority vote in a second round for a 6-year term (eligible for non-consecutive terms); last held on 31 October 2016 (next to be held in 2022); prime minister appointed by the president in consultation with Parliament; deputy prime minister determined during cabinet formation" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2022: on 15 December 2022, Parliament in its tenth session failed to elect a president; next vote scheduled in January 2023

2016: Michel AWN elected president in second round; National Assembly vote - Michel AWN (FPM) 83 votes; note - in the initial election held on 23 April 2014, no candidate received the required two-thirds vote, and subsequent attempts failed because Parliament lacked the necessary quorum of 86 members to hold a vote; the president was finally elected in its 46th attempt on 31 October 2016" + "text": "
2023: on 19 January 2023, Parliament in its eleventh session failed to elect a president

2016: Michel AWN elected president in second round; National Assembly vote - Michel AWN (FPM) 83 votes; note - in the initial election held on 23 April 2014, no candidate received the required two-thirds vote, and subsequent attempts failed because Parliament lacked the necessary quorum of 86 members to hold a vote; the president was finally elected in its 46th attempt on 31 October 2016" } }, "Legislative branch": { diff --git a/middle-east/mu.json b/middle-east/mu.json index e334009a..3f4aa79e 100644 --- a/middle-east/mu.json +++ b/middle-east/mu.json @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "1.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.4 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/middle-east/qa.json b/middle-east/qa.json index 4952fae6..279b28c1 100644 --- a/middle-east/qa.json +++ b/middle-east/qa.json @@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "58 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "60 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index 39ed9a44..d457fa8a 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "2.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "2.4 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Princess RIMA bint Bandar bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (since 8 July 2019)" + "text": "Ambassador Reema Bint Bandar Bin Sultan AL SAUD (since 8 July 2019)" }, "chancery": { "text": "601 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037" diff --git a/middle-east/sy.json b/middle-east/sy.json index 4bdbe0d5..57486167 100644 --- a/middle-east/sy.json +++ b/middle-east/sy.json @@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "16.8 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "16.8 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/middle-east/tu.json b/middle-east/tu.json index 743f9190..f927e48b 100644 --- a/middle-east/tu.json +++ b/middle-east/tu.json @@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "211.6 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "211.6 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "10,244 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 3,513,776 (Syria) (2023); 95,874 (Ukraine) (as of 26 January 2023)" + "text": "10,244 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 3,500,964 (Syria) (2023); 95,874 (Ukraine) (as of 26 January 2023)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1.099 million (displaced from 1984-2005 because of fighting between the Kurdish PKK and Turkish military; most IDPs are Kurds from eastern and southeastern provinces; no information available on persons displaced by development projects) (2021)" diff --git a/middle-east/we.json b/middle-east/we.json index a14d1299..7c18def7 100644 --- a/middle-east/we.json +++ b/middle-east/we.json @@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ "note": "note: data represent combined total from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank." }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "837 million cubic meters (2017 est.)", + "text": "837 million cubic meters (2019 est.)", "note": "note: data represent combined total from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank." } }, diff --git a/middle-east/ym.json b/middle-east/ym.json index ea9fb9ee..e7c20285 100644 --- a/middle-east/ym.json +++ b/middle-east/ym.json @@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "2.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "2.1 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Mohammed Al-HADHRAMI (since 2019)" + "text": "Ambassador Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed AL-HADHRAMI (since 7 June 2022)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2319 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" diff --git a/north-america/ca.json b/north-america/ca.json index 7644c6b4..6bd984c0 100644 --- a/north-america/ca.json +++ b/north-america/ca.json @@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "2.9 trillion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "2.9 trillion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/north-america/mx.json b/north-america/mx.json index 25e829de..017f1ccb 100644 --- a/north-america/mx.json +++ b/north-america/mx.json @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "461.9 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "461.9 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/north-america/us.json b/north-america/us.json index 6aeefd34..9718e433 100644 --- a/north-america/us.json +++ b/north-america/us.json @@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "3.1 trillion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "3.1 trillion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index bdeeef8c..a96f5df0 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "574 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "574 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/south-america/br.json b/south-america/br.json index 55866339..102ae2d0 100644 --- a/south-america/br.json +++ b/south-america/br.json @@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "8.6 trillion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "8.6 trillion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/south-america/ci.json b/south-america/ci.json index bda6ceb5..d5d60421 100644 --- a/south-america/ci.json +++ b/south-america/ci.json @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "923 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "923 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/south-america/co.json b/south-america/co.json index ab29f82a..be83668b 100644 --- a/south-america/co.json +++ b/south-america/co.json @@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "2.4 trillion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "2.4 trillion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/south-america/ec.json b/south-america/ec.json index d552f8ca..16a7e7c7 100644 --- a/south-america/ec.json +++ b/south-america/ec.json @@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "442.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "442.4 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/south-america/gy.json b/south-america/gy.json index 6f15c078..3c6a3c01 100644 --- a/south-america/gy.json +++ b/south-america/gy.json @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "271 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "271 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/south-america/ns.json b/south-america/ns.json index b9bce0f9..8ed3a001 100644 --- a/south-america/ns.json +++ b/south-america/ns.json @@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "99 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "99 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/south-america/pa.json b/south-america/pa.json index 0bdbb3e3..95c83388 100644 --- a/south-america/pa.json +++ b/south-america/pa.json @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "387.8 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "387.8 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index 61bc01eb..1781241f 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "1.9 trillion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.9 trillion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/south-america/uy.json b/south-america/uy.json index e51b2de0..32ab6710 100644 --- a/south-america/uy.json +++ b/south-america/uy.json @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "172.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "172.2 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/south-america/ve.json b/south-america/ve.json index 2dfc5511..aec6f1e2 100644 --- a/south-america/ve.json +++ b/south-america/ve.json @@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "1.3 trillion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.3 trillion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/south-asia/bg.json b/south-asia/bg.json index 6d049921..98dfd39d 100644 --- a/south-asia/bg.json +++ b/south-asia/bg.json @@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Abdul HAMID (since 24 April 2013); note - Abdul HAMID served as acting president following the death of Zillur RAHMAN in March 2013; HAMID was subsequently indirectly elected by the National Parliament and sworn in 24 April 2013" + "text": "President-Elect Mohammad Shahabuddin CHUPPI (since 13 April 2023); CHUPPI ran unopposed; he will be inaugurated on 24 April 2023" }, "head of government": { "text": "Prime Minister Sheikh HASINA Wazed (since 6 January 2009)" @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador M Shahidul ISLAM (since 17 February 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador Muhammad IMRAN (since 12 December 2022)" }, "chancery": { "text": "3510 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008" diff --git a/south-asia/bt.json b/south-asia/bt.json index c79b14da..6900e1f4 100644 --- a/south-asia/bt.json +++ b/south-asia/bt.json @@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "78 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "78 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index 89ad3cac..d0eca573 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "52.8 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "52.8 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Mahinda SAMARASINGHE (since 1 December 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador Mahinda SAMARASINGHE (since 13 January 2022)" }, "chancery": { "text": "3025 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" diff --git a/south-asia/in.json b/south-asia/in.json index 24af11a4..99215e4a 100644 --- a/south-asia/in.json +++ b/south-asia/in.json @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "1.9 trillion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.9 trillion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/south-asia/mv.json b/south-asia/mv.json index d5415b75..fc2f5b20 100644 --- a/south-asia/mv.json +++ b/south-asia/mv.json @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "30 million cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "30 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 23 September 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" }, "election results": { - "text": "2018: Ibrahim Mohamed SOLIH elected president (in the first round); Ibrahim Mohamed SOLIH (MDP) 58.3%, Abdulla YAMEEN Abdul Gayoom (PPM) 41.7%" + "text": "2018: Ibrahim Mohamed SOLIH elected president (in single round); Ibrahim Mohamed SOLIH (MDP) 58.3%, Abdulla YAMEEN Abdul Gayoom (PPM) 41.7%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "

Maldives has no embassy in the US, but its Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, Thilmeeza HUSSAIN  (since 8 July 2019), is accredited to the US and serves as ambassador

" + "text": "

Maldives has no embassy in the US, but its Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, Abdul GHAFOOR Mohamed  (since 12 December 2022), is accredited to the US and serves as ambassador

" }, "chancery": { "text": "801 Second Avenue, Suite 202E, New York, NY 10017" diff --git a/south-asia/np.json b/south-asia/np.json index ddc3ddd1..bde86fed 100644 --- a/south-asia/np.json +++ b/south-asia/np.json @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "210.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "210.2 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { diff --git a/south-asia/pk.json b/south-asia/pk.json index fcb40692..1bf64759 100644 --- a/south-asia/pk.json +++ b/south-asia/pk.json @@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ } }, "Total renewable water resources": { - "text": "246.8 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)" + "text": "246.8 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" } }, "Government": { @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ "text": "President Arif ALVI (since 9 September 2018)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Shehbaz SHARIF (since 11 April 2022); former Prime Minister Imran KHAN on 10 April lost a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly" + "text": "Prime Minister Shehbaz SHARIF (since 11 April 2022); former Prime Minister Imran KHAN on 10 April 2022 lost a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president upon the advice of the prime minister" @@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Sardar Masood KHAN (since 24 March 2022)" + "text": "Ambassador Sardar Masood KHAN (since 14 April 2022)" }, "chancery": { "text": "3517 International Court NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ "text": "information varies; approximately 630,000 active duty personnel (550,000 Army; 30,000 Navy; 50,000 Air Force); approximately 150,000 Frontier Corps and Pakistan Rangers (2022)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the Pakistan military inventory includes a broad mix of equipment, primarily from China, France, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, the UK, and the US; China has been the leading supplier of arms to Pakistan; Pakistan also has a large domestic defense industry (2022)" + "text": "the military's inventory includes a broad mix of equipment, primarily from China, France, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, the UK, and the US; China has been the leading supplier of arms to Pakistan; Pakistan also has a large domestic defense industry (2022)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "16 (or 17 depending on service) to 23 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers cannot be deployed for combat until age 18; women serve in all three armed forces; reserve obligation to age 45 for enlisted men, age 50 for officers (2022)"