From 8a8f8c3e63b72e161d4cbe8502ed499996fac2dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yo Robot Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 22:15:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] auto-update week 15 --- africa/ag.json | 10 +++++----- africa/ao.json | 6 +++--- africa/bc.json | 12 ++++++------ africa/bn.json | 6 +++--- africa/by.json | 4 ++-- africa/cf.json | 9 +++++++++ africa/cg.json | 6 +++--- africa/cm.json | 6 +++--- africa/cn.json | 4 ++-- africa/cv.json | 4 ++-- africa/dj.json | 10 +++++----- africa/eg.json | 10 +++++----- africa/et.json | 6 +++--- africa/ga.json | 10 +++++----- africa/gb.json | 12 +++++------- africa/gh.json | 20 +++++++++---------- africa/gv.json | 14 +++++++------- africa/iv.json | 7 +++++-- africa/ke.json | 20 +++++++++---------- africa/li.json | 6 +++--- africa/lt.json | 14 +++++++------- africa/ly.json | 4 ++-- africa/ma.json | 10 +++++----- africa/mi.json | 20 +++++++++---------- africa/ml.json | 8 ++++---- africa/mo.json | 16 +++++++-------- africa/mp.json | 20 +++++++++---------- africa/mr.json | 18 ++++++++--------- africa/mz.json | 12 ++++++------ africa/ng.json | 12 ++++++------ africa/ni.json | 18 ++++++++--------- africa/od.json | 16 +++++++-------- africa/pu.json | 12 ++++++------ africa/rw.json | 20 +++++++++---------- africa/se.json | 14 +++++++------- africa/sf.json | 22 ++++++++++----------- africa/sg.json | 18 ++++++++--------- africa/sh.json | 4 ++-- africa/sl.json | 16 +++++++-------- africa/so.json | 4 ++-- africa/su.json | 10 +++++----- africa/to.json | 18 ++++++++--------- africa/tp.json | 14 +++++++------- africa/ts.json | 20 +++++++++---------- africa/tz.json | 20 +++++++++---------- africa/ug.json | 22 ++++++++++----------- africa/uv.json | 6 +++--- africa/wa.json | 18 ++++++++--------- africa/wz.json | 14 +++++++------- africa/za.json | 12 ++++++------ africa/zi.json | 4 ++-- antarctica/bv.json | 2 +- antarctica/fs.json | 2 +- australia-oceania/as.json | 4 ++-- australia-oceania/bp.json | 16 +++++++-------- australia-oceania/fj.json | 12 ++++++------ australia-oceania/fm.json | 3 +-- australia-oceania/fp.json | 10 ++++------ australia-oceania/kr.json | 8 ++++---- australia-oceania/nc.json | 6 ++---- australia-oceania/ne.json | 6 +++--- australia-oceania/nf.json | 4 ++-- australia-oceania/nh.json | 12 ++++++------ australia-oceania/nr.json | 10 ++++------ australia-oceania/nz.json | 20 +++++++++---------- australia-oceania/ps.json | 4 ++-- australia-oceania/rm.json | 6 +++--- australia-oceania/tl.json | 4 ++-- australia-oceania/tn.json | 20 +++++++++---------- australia-oceania/tv.json | 12 ++++++------ australia-oceania/wf.json | 2 +- australia-oceania/ws.json | 6 +++--- central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json | 4 ++-- central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json | 2 +- central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json | 6 +++--- central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json | 4 ++-- central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json | 6 +++--- central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json | 4 ++-- central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json | 10 +++++----- central-america-n-caribbean/do.json | 4 ++-- central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json | 10 +++++----- central-america-n-caribbean/es.json | 11 ++++------- central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json | 10 +++++----- central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json | 20 +++++++++---------- central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json | 10 +++++----- central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json | 20 +++++++++---------- central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json | 10 +++++----- central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json | 8 ++++---- central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json | 16 +++++++-------- central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json | 8 ++++---- central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json | 2 +- central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json | 8 ++++---- central-america-n-caribbean/st.json | 10 +++++----- central-america-n-caribbean/td.json | 14 +++++++------- central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json | 10 +++++----- central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json | 4 ++-- central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json | 6 +++--- central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json | 2 +- central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json | 4 ++-- central-asia/kg.json | 8 ++++---- central-asia/kz.json | 12 ++++++------ central-asia/rs.json | 6 +++--- central-asia/ti.json | 8 ++++---- central-asia/tx.json | 8 ++++---- central-asia/uz.json | 16 +++++++-------- east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json | 20 +++++++++---------- east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json | 8 ++++---- east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json | 4 ++-- east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json | 12 ++++++------ east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json | 8 ++++---- east-n-southeast-asia/id.json | 22 ++++++++++----------- east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json | 14 +++++++------- east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json | 4 ++-- east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json | 14 +++++++------- east-n-southeast-asia/la.json | 14 +++++++------- east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json | 12 ++++++------ east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json | 18 ++++++++--------- east-n-southeast-asia/my.json | 14 +++++++------- east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json | 6 +++--- east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json | 30 ++++++++++++++--------------- east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json | 12 ++++++------ east-n-southeast-asia/th.json | 16 +++++++-------- east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json | 16 +++++++-------- east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json | 4 ++-- east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json | 16 +++++++-------- europe/al.json | 4 ++-- europe/au.json | 4 ++-- europe/be.json | 8 ++++---- europe/bk.json | 8 ++++---- europe/bo.json | 4 ++-- europe/bu.json | 10 +++++----- europe/cy.json | 12 ++++++------ europe/da.json | 8 ++++---- europe/ee.json | 3 +-- europe/ei.json | 16 +++++++-------- europe/en.json | 14 +++++++------- europe/ez.json | 12 ++++++------ europe/fi.json | 10 +++++----- europe/fo.json | 6 +++--- europe/fr.json | 22 ++++++++++----------- europe/gi.json | 2 +- europe/gm.json | 6 +++--- europe/gr.json | 22 ++++++++++----------- europe/hr.json | 12 ++++++------ europe/hu.json | 21 ++++++++++---------- europe/ic.json | 14 +++++++------- europe/it.json | 16 +++++++-------- europe/kv.json | 10 +++++----- europe/lg.json | 22 ++++++++++----------- europe/lh.json | 12 ++++++------ europe/lo.json | 22 ++++++++++----------- europe/lu.json | 10 +++++----- europe/mj.json | 12 ++++++------ europe/mk.json | 10 +++++----- europe/mt.json | 14 +++++++------- europe/nl.json | 14 +++++++------- europe/no.json | 10 +++++----- europe/pl.json | 14 +++++++------- europe/po.json | 24 +++++++++++------------ europe/ri.json | 16 +++++++-------- europe/si.json | 12 ++++++------ europe/sm.json | 8 ++++---- europe/sp.json | 16 +++++++-------- europe/sv.json | 2 +- europe/sz.json | 12 ++++++------ europe/uk.json | 10 +++++----- europe/up.json | 10 +++++----- middle-east/ae.json | 10 +++++----- middle-east/aj.json | 4 ++-- middle-east/am.json | 6 +++--- middle-east/ir.json | 4 ++-- middle-east/is.json | 4 ++-- middle-east/iz.json | 18 ++++++++--------- middle-east/jo.json | 21 +++++++++++--------- middle-east/ku.json | 18 ++++++++--------- middle-east/le.json | 16 +++++++-------- middle-east/mu.json | 18 ++++++++--------- middle-east/qa.json | 16 +++++++-------- middle-east/sa.json | 16 +++++++-------- middle-east/sy.json | 4 ++-- middle-east/tu.json | 8 ++++---- middle-east/we.json | 4 ++-- middle-east/ym.json | 17 +++++++++------- north-america/bd.json | 6 +++--- north-america/ca.json | 8 ++++---- north-america/mx.json | 20 +++++++++---------- north-america/sb.json | 4 ++-- north-america/us.json | 10 +++++----- south-america/ar.json | 4 ++-- south-america/bl.json | 10 +++++----- south-america/br.json | 10 +++++----- south-america/ci.json | 12 ++++++------ south-america/co.json | 14 +++++++------- south-america/ec.json | 15 ++++++++------- south-america/fk.json | 4 ++-- south-america/gy.json | 18 ++++++++--------- south-america/ns.json | 14 +++++++------- south-america/pa.json | 18 ++++++++--------- south-america/pe.json | 16 +++++++-------- south-america/uy.json | 16 +++++++-------- south-america/ve.json | 22 ++++++++++----------- south-asia/af.json | 6 +++--- south-asia/bg.json | 7 ++++--- south-asia/bt.json | 11 +++++++---- south-asia/ce.json | 24 +++++++++++------------ south-asia/in.json | 17 ++++++++-------- south-asia/io.json | 2 +- south-asia/mv.json | 16 +++++++-------- south-asia/np.json | 14 +++++++------- south-asia/pk.json | 27 +++++++++++++------------- world/xx.json | 2 +- 211 files changed, 1184 insertions(+), 1173 deletions(-) diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index f76d5cec..7c57e0f8 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -835,10 +835,10 @@ "text": "$19.036 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$4,514,564,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$4.515 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$18,187,037,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$18.187 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -865,10 +865,10 @@ "text": "$46.617 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$44.302 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$44.302 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$42.347 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$42.347 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$59.434 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/africa/ao.json b/africa/ao.json index 4278c9b8..69b0568b 100644 --- a/africa/ao.json +++ b/africa/ao.json @@ -881,10 +881,10 @@ "text": "$28.564 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$18.845 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$18.845 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$15.146 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$15.146 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$13.782 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { diff --git a/africa/bc.json b/africa/bc.json index 0d8df0a8..b000dcbd 100644 --- a/africa/bc.json +++ b/africa/bc.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "In the early 1800s, multiple political entities in what is now Botswana were destabilized or destroyed by a series of conflicts and population movements in southern Africa. By the end of this period, the Tswana ethnic group, who also live across the border in South Africa, had become the most prominent group in the area. In 1852, Tswana forces halted the expansion of white Afrikaner settlers who were seeking to expand their territory northwards into what is now Botswana. In 1885, Great Britain claimed territory that roughly corresponds with modern day Botswana as a protectorate called Bechuanaland. Upon independence in 1966, the British protectorate of Bechuanaland adopted the new name of Botswana, which means land of the Tswana. More than five decades of uninterrupted civilian leadership, progressive social policies, and significant capital investment have created an enduring democracy and upper-middle-income economy. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party has won every national election since independence; President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe MASISI assumed the presidency in 2018 following the retirement of former President Ian KHAMA due to constitutional term limits. MASISI won his first election as president in 2019, and he is Botswana’s fifth president since independence. Mineral extraction, principally diamond mining, dominates economic activity, though tourism is a growing sector due to the country's conservation practices and extensive nature preserves. Botswana has one of the world's highest rates of HIV/AIDS infection but also one of Africa's most progressive and comprehensive programs for dealing with the disease.

 

 

" + "text": "In the early 1800s, multiple political entities in what is now Botswana were destabilized or destroyed by a series of conflicts and population movements in southern Africa. By the end of this period, the Tswana ethnic group, who also live across the border in South Africa, had become the most prominent group in the area. In 1852, Tswana forces halted the expansion of white Afrikaner settlers who were seeking to expand their territory northwards into what is now Botswana. In 1885, Great Britain claimed territory that roughly corresponds with modern day Botswana as a protectorate called Bechuanaland. Upon independence in 1966, the British protectorate of Bechuanaland adopted the new name of Botswana, which means \"land of the Tswana.\"

More than five decades of uninterrupted civilian leadership, progressive social policies, and significant capital investment have created an enduring democracy and upper-middle-income economy. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party has won every national election since independence; President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe MASISI assumed the presidency in 2018 after the retirement of former President Ian KHAMA due to constitutional term limits. MASISI won his first election as president in 2019, and he is Botswana’s fifth president since independence. Mineral extraction, principally diamond mining, dominates economic activity, though tourism is a growing sector due to the country's conservation practices and extensive nature preserves. Botswana has one of the world's highest rates of HIV/AIDS infection but also one of Africa's most progressive and comprehensive programs for dealing with the disease.

 

 

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ "text": "-$250.118 million (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$1,531,276,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$1.531 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -879,10 +879,10 @@ "text": "$8.7 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$9.252 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$9.252 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$7.554 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$7.554 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$4.941 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2023)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "approximately 300 Mozambique (Southern African Development Community force) (2023)" + "text": "approximately 300 Mozambique (Southern African Development Community force; the mission is scheduled to end by mid-2024) (2024)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the BDF’s key functions include defending the country's territorial integrity on land and in the air, ensuring national security and stability, and aiding civil authorities in support of domestic missions such as disaster relief and anti-poaching; it participates in regional and international security operations; the Ground Force has five small brigades of infantry, light armor, and artillery, plus commandos and a marine unit with boats and river craft for patrolling Botswana's internal waterways and supporting anti-poaching operations; the Air Arm has a small squadron of ageing fighters, as well as some multipurpose helicopters

Bechuanaland/Botswana did not have a permanent military during colonial times, with the British colonial administrators relying instead on small, lightly armed constabularies such as the Bechuanaland Mounted Police, the Bechuanaland Border Police, and by the early 1960s, the Police Mobile Unit (PMU); after independence in 1966, Botswana militarized the PMU and gave it responsibility for the country’s defense rather than create a conventional military force; however, turmoil in neighboring countries and numerous cross-border incursions by Rhodesian and South African security forces in the 1960s and 1970s demonstrated that the PMU was inadequate for defending the country and led to the establishment of the Botswana Defense Force (BDF) in 1977 (2023)" diff --git a/africa/bn.json b/africa/bn.json index 5896a170..e2742b9e 100644 --- a/africa/bn.json +++ b/africa/bn.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "Present day Benin is comprised of about 42 ethnic groups, including the Yoruba in the southeast, who migrated from what is now Nigeria in the 12th century; the Dendi in the north-central area, who came from Mali in the 16th century; the Bariba and the Fula in the northeast; the Ottamari in the Atakora mountains; the Fon in the area around Abomey in the south-central area; and the Mina, Xueda, and Aja, who came from Togo, on the coast. The Kingdom of Dahomey emerged on the Abomey plateau in the 17th century and was a regional power for much of the 18th and 19th centuries. Dahomey had an organized domestic economy, international trade with Europeans, and a highly organized military. The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known as a major source of enslaved people. France began to control the coastal areas of Dahomey in the second half of the 19th century; the entire kingdom was conquered by 1894. French Dahomey achieved independence in 1960; it changed its name to the Republic of Benin in 1975.

A succession of military governments ended in 1972 with the rise to power of Mathieu KEREKOU and the establishment of a government based on Marxist-Leninist principles. A move to representative government began in 1989. Two years later, free elections ushered in former Prime Minister Nicephore SOGLO as president, marking the first successful transfer of power in Africa from a dictatorship to a democracy. KEREKOU was returned to power by elections held in 1996 and 2001, though some irregularities were alleged. KEREKOU stepped down at the end of his second term in 2006 and was succeeded by Thomas YAYI Boni, a political outsider and independent, who won a second five-year term in March 2011. Patrice TALON, a wealthy businessman, took office in 2016; the space for pluralism, dissent, and free expression has narrowed under his administration. TALON won a second term in April 2021." + "text": "Present-day Benin is comprised of about 42 ethnic groups, including the Yoruba in the southeast, who migrated from what is now Nigeria in the 12th century; the Dendi in the north-central area, who came from Mali in the 16th century; the Bariba and the Fula in the northeast; the Ottamari in the Atakora mountains; the Fon in the area around Abomey in the south-central area; and the Mina, Xueda, and Aja, who came from Togo, on the coast. The Kingdom of Dahomey emerged on the Abomey plateau in the 17th century and was a regional power for much of the 18th and 19th centuries. The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known as a major source of enslaved people. France began to control the coastal areas of Dahomey in the second half of the 19th century; the entire kingdom was conquered by 1894. French Dahomey achieved independence in 1960, and it changed its name to the Republic of Benin in 1975.

A succession of military governments ended in 1972 with the rise to power of Mathieu KEREKOU and a Marxist-Leninist government. A move to representative government began in 1989. Two years later, free elections ushered in former Prime Minister Nicephore SOGLO as president, marking the first successful transfer of power in Africa from a dictatorship to a democracy. KEREKOU returned to power after elections in 1996 and 2001. He stepped down in 2006 and was succeeded by Thomas YAYI Boni, a political outsider and independent, who won a second term in 2011. Patrice TALON, a wealthy businessman, took office in 2016; the space for pluralism, dissent, and free expression has narrowed under his administration. TALON won a second term in 2021." } }, "Geography": { @@ -893,10 +893,10 @@ "text": "$4.925 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$3.942 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.942 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$4.307 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.307 billion (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/africa/by.json b/africa/by.json index 6b059472..68c1da60 100644 --- a/africa/by.json +++ b/africa/by.json @@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2018": { - "text": "$905.294 million (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$905.294 million (2018 est.)" }, "Imports 2017": { "text": "$1.295 billion (2017 est.)" @@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (2023)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "750 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); more than 3,000 in Somalia (ATMIS); note - foreign troop contingents under ATMIS are drawing down towards a final exit in December 2024) (2023)" + "text": "760 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); approximately 3,000 in Somalia (ATMIS); note - foreign troop contingents under ATMIS are drawing down towards a final exit in December 2024) (2024)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the FDNB is responsible for defending Burundi’s territorial integrity and protecting its sovereignty; it has an internal security role, including maintaining and restoring public order if required; the FDNB also participates in providing humanitarian/disaster assistance, countering terrorism, narcotics trafficking, piracy, and illegal arms trade, and protecting the country’s environment; the FDNB conducts limited training with foreign partners such as Russia and participates in regional peacekeeping missions, most recently in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Somalia; these missions have provided the force some operational experience and funding; in recent years the FDNB has conducted operations against anti-government rebel groups based in the neighboring DRC that have carried out sporadic attacks in Burundi, such as the such as National Forces of Liberation (FNL), the Resistance for the Rule of Law-Tabara (aka RED Tabara), and Popular Forces of Burundi (FPB or FOREBU)

the Land Force’s primary units are four regionally based divisions which are comprised mostly of light infantry complemented by a few battalions of artillery, light armored forces, and commandos; the FDNB also has a separate special security brigade for protecting key facilities; the Air Force is lightly equipped with a handful of combat helicopters, while the Naval Force has a few patrol boats for monitoring Burundi’s 175-km shoreline on Lake Tanganyika

the Arusha Accords that ended the 1993-2005 civil war created a unified military by balancing the predominantly Tutsi ex-Burundi Armed Forces (ex-FAB) and the largely Hutu dominated armed movements and requiring the military to have a 50/50 ethnic mix of Tutsis and Hutus (2023)" diff --git a/africa/cf.json b/africa/cf.json index 61521d29..aed0e57e 100644 --- a/africa/cf.json +++ b/africa/cf.json @@ -893,6 +893,9 @@ "Exports 2019": { "text": "$7.855 billion (2019 est.)" }, + "Exports 2016": { + "text": "$4.6 billion (2016 est.)" + }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Exports - partners": { @@ -908,6 +911,9 @@ "Imports 2019": { "text": "$4.945 billion (2019 est.)" }, + "Imports 2016": { + "text": "$7,291,015,964 (2016 est.)" + }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Imports - partners": { @@ -1245,6 +1251,9 @@ "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription ended in 1969 (2022)" }, + "Military deployments": { + "text": "has about 190 mostly police personnel deployed to the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)" + }, "Military - note": { "text": "the FAC is viewed as having limited capabilities due to obsolescent and poorly maintained equipment and low levels of training; its primary focus is internal security; since its creation in 1961, the FAC has had a turbulent history; it has been sidelined by some national leaders in favor of personal militias, endured an internal rebellion (1996), and clashed with various rebel groups and political or ethnic militias (1993-1996, 2002-2005, 2017); during the 1997-1999 civil war, the military generally split along ethnic lines, with most northern officers supporting eventual winner SASSOU-Nguesso, and most southerners backing the rebels; others joined ethnic-based factions loyal to regional warlords; forces backing SASSOU-Nguesso were supported by Angolan troops and received some French assistance; the FAC also has undergone at least three reorganizations that included the incorporation of former rebel combatants and various ethnic and political militias; in recent years, France has provided some advice and training, and a military cooperation agreement was signed with Russia in 2019 (2023)" } diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index d7bfc0fc..fbe555e8 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -918,13 +918,13 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$22.193 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$22.193 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$14.557 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$14.557 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$16.892 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$16.892 billion (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/africa/cm.json b/africa/cm.json index 21029c24..1509200d 100644 --- a/africa/cm.json +++ b/africa/cm.json @@ -930,10 +930,10 @@ "text": "$9.759 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$9.025 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$9.025 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$7.212 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$7.212 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ "text": "18-23 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription; high school graduation required; service obligation 4 years (2023)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "750 (plus about 350 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (May 2022)", + "text": "750 (plus about 350 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)", "note": "note: Cameroon has committed approximately 2,000-2,500 troops to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own country territories, although cross‐border operations occur occasionally" }, "Military - note": { diff --git a/africa/cn.json b/africa/cn.json index 75de4793..a4a1419e 100644 --- a/africa/cn.json +++ b/africa/cn.json @@ -804,10 +804,10 @@ "text": "$479.94 million (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$415.965 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$415.965 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$343.608 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$343.608 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/africa/cv.json b/africa/cv.json index 12cbb12e..850cf11f 100644 --- a/africa/cv.json +++ b/africa/cv.json @@ -839,10 +839,10 @@ "text": "$1.301 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$1.117 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.117 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$1.008 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.008 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index 0b4dc822..2c2cef7e 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -828,10 +828,10 @@ "text": "$5.674 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$5.16 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.16 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$3.695 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.695 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -846,10 +846,10 @@ "text": "$5.096 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$5.483 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.483 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$3.425 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.425 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$686.339 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index c6d88414..38db7c68 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -900,10 +900,10 @@ "text": "$76.295 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$58.339 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$58.339 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$40.102 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$40.102 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -918,10 +918,10 @@ "text": "$97.144 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$94.039 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$94.039 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$72.482 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$72.482 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ "note": "note: conscripts are estimated to comprise over half of the military, as well as a considerable portion of the Central Security Force" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "1,000 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2023)" + "text": "1,000 (plus nearly 200 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA); also has about 350 police deployed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo under MONUSCO (2024)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF) are responsible for external defense but also have an internal role assisting police and paramilitary security forces during emergencies and in anti-terrorism operations; the EAF also participates in foreign peacekeeping and other security missions, as well as both bilateral and multinational exercises; the military has considerable political power and independence; it has long had a crucial role in Egypt’s politics and has a large stake in the civilian economy, including running banks, businesses, gas stations, shipping lines, and utilities, and producing consumer and industrial goods, importing commodities, and building and managing infrastructure projects, such as bridges, roads, hospitals, and housing; the various enterprises are reportedly profitable enough to make the armed forces largely self-funded

key areas of concern for the EAF include Islamic militant groups operating out of the Sinai Peninsula, regional challenges such as instability in Libya and Yemen, and maritime security; since 2011, the EAF has been conducting operations alongside other security forces in the North Sinai governorate against several militant groups, particularly the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham; since 2014, it has deployed large numbers of troops along its border with Libya and provided air support to the Saudi-led coalition operating in Yemen; the Navy in recent years has sought to modernize and expand its capabilities and profile in the Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea, including the acquisition of helicopter carriers, modern frigates, and attack submarines; in 2020, the EAF inaugurated a large joint service military base on the Red Sea to secure the country’s southern coasts, protect economic investments and natural resources, and confront security challenges in the Red Sea region

the EAF is the largest and one of the best equipped militaries in the region; the Army’s primary combat forces include approximately 13 divisions, which are mostly armored or mechanized, complemented by some independent armored and infantry brigades; the EAF has approximately 5,000 artillery systems, plus surface-to-surface missile forces and a large special operations command, which includes airborne, airmobile, commando, special forces, and other specialized units; the Navy’s principal warships are approximately 20 frigates and corvettes, eight attack submarines, and two French-built helicopter-capable amphibious assault ships (LHDs); the Air Force has more than 300 French-, Russian-, and US-made fighter and multipurpose fighter aircraft, as well as nearly 100 US- and Russian-produced attack helicopters

Egypt is a major security partner of the US and one of the largest recipients of US military aid in the region; it also has Major Non-NATO Ally status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation

the Multinational Force & Observers (MFO) has operated in the Sinai since 1982 as a peacekeeping and monitoring force to supervise the implementation of the security provisions of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace; the MFO is an independent international organization, created by agreement between Egypt and Israel; it is composed of about 1,150 troops from 13 countries; Colombia, Fiji, and the US are the leading providers of troops to the MFO (2023)" diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index e36db6ea..2e0c27cf 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ "text": "$10.971 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$9.496 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$9.496 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { "text": "$7.715 billion (2020 est.)" @@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ "text": "$24.187 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$20.859 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$20.859 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { "text": "$17.17 billion (2020 est.)" @@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ "text": "18-22 years of age for voluntary military service (although the military may, when necessary, recruit a person more than 22 years old); no compulsory military service, but the military can conduct callups when necessary and compliance is compulsory (2023)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "approximately 5-8,000 in Somalia (up to 4,000 for ATMIS; the remainder under a bilateral agreement with the Somali Government; note - foreign troop contingents in Somalia under ATMIS are drawing down towards a final withdrawal in December 2024); 1,450 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2023)" + "text": "approximately 5-8,000 in Somalia (up to 4,000 for ATMIS; the remainder under a bilateral agreement with the Somali Government; note - foreign troop contingents in Somalia under ATMIS are drawing down towards a final departure in December 2024); 1,500 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2024)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the ENDF has traditionally been one of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest, most experienced, and best equipped militaries, but it suffered heavy casualties and equipment losses during the 2020-2022 Tigray conflict; the Ground Forces are estimated to have more than 20 infantry divisions, including several that are mechanized, along with at least one division of commandos/special forces; the Air Force has combat squadrons of multipurpose fighter aircraft, attack helicopters, and armed unmanned aerial vehicles; ENDF operations are often supported by sizeable regional state paramilitary units 

the ENDF is focused on both external threats emanating from its neighbors and internal threats from multiple internal armed groups; since 1998, the ENDF has engaged in several conventional and counterinsurgency operations, including border wars with Eritrea (1998-2000) and Somalia (2006-2008) and internal conflicts with the Tigray regional state (2020-2022), several insurgent groups and ethnic militias (including the ethnonationalist Amhara Fano), and the al-Shabaab terrorist group (see Appendix T); as of 2024, the ENDF was conducting counterinsurgency operations against anti-government militants in several states, including in Oromya (Oromia) against the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), an insurgent group that claims to be fighting for greater autonomy for the Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group; in 2022, militants from the Somalia-based al-Shabaab terrorist group launched an incursion into Ethiopia's Somali (Sumale) regional state, attacking villages and security forces; the Ethiopian Government claimed that regional security forces killed hundreds of al-Shabaab fighters and subsequently deployed additional ENDF troops into Somalia’s Gedo region to prevent further incursions (2023)" diff --git a/africa/ga.json b/africa/ga.json index 2971b3fe..dea69fa1 100644 --- a/africa/ga.json +++ b/africa/ga.json @@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ "text": "$267.377 million (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$142.652 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$142.652 million (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { "text": "$175.682 million (2020 est.)" @@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ "text": "$829.516 million (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$726.23 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$726.23 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { "text": "$690.979 million (2020 est.)" @@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$387.046 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1128,10 +1128,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "2,977 km (2011)" + "text": "2,977 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "518 km (2011)" + "text": "518 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "2,459 km (2011)" diff --git a/africa/gb.json b/africa/gb.json index 352fe79b..ded3f9c4 100644 --- a/africa/gb.json +++ b/africa/gb.json @@ -842,8 +842,7 @@ }, "Exports 2017": { "text": "$9.145 billion (2017 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" + } }, "Exports - partners": { "text": "China 63%, Singapore 5% (2019)" @@ -860,8 +859,7 @@ }, "Imports 2017": { "text": "$4.749 billion (2017 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" + } }, "Imports - partners": { "text": "France 22%, China 17%, Belgium 6%, United States 6%, United Arab Emirates 5% (2019)" @@ -879,7 +877,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2017": { "text": "$965.054 million (2017 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1127,10 +1125,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "14,300 km (2001)" + "text": "14,300 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "900 km (2001)" + "text": "900 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "13,400 km (2001)" diff --git a/africa/gh.json b/africa/gh.json index d14c95ae..b1e17ecd 100644 --- a/africa/gh.json +++ b/africa/gh.json @@ -870,13 +870,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$1,516,942,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$1.517 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$2,541,423,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$2.541 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$2,133,965,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$2.134 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -885,10 +885,10 @@ "text": "$25.744 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$23.901 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$23.901 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$22.077 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$22.077 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -903,10 +903,10 @@ "text": "$26.329 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$25.967 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$25.967 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$24.545 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$24.545 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2019": { "text": "$7.563 billion (2019 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1180,10 +1180,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "65,725 km (2021)" + "text": "65,725 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "14,948 km (2021)" + "text": "14,948 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "50,777 km (2021)" diff --git a/africa/gv.json b/africa/gv.json index 8fea0503..c60e945c 100644 --- a/africa/gv.json +++ b/africa/gv.json @@ -864,10 +864,10 @@ "text": "$8.898 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$10.266 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$10.266 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$8.996 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$8.996 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -882,10 +882,10 @@ "text": "$5.749 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$5.353 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.353 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$6.314 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.314 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2018": { "text": "$1.242 billion (2018 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1148,10 +1148,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "44,301 km (2018)" + "text": "44,301 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "3,346 km (2018)" + "text": "3,346 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "40,955 km (2018)" diff --git a/africa/iv.json b/africa/iv.json index 67ab968f..65d13209 100644 --- a/africa/iv.json +++ b/africa/iv.json @@ -916,10 +916,10 @@ "text": "$16.191 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$12.66 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$12.66 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$12.881 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$12.881 billion (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1254,6 +1254,9 @@ "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-26 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service for men and women; conscription is reportedly not enforced (2023)" }, + "Military deployments": { + "text": "180 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)" + }, "Military - note": { "text": "the military (FACI) was established in 1960 from home defense units the French colonial government began standing up in 1950; the FACI has mutinied several times since the late 1990s, most recently in 2017, and has had a large role in the country’s political turmoil; it is responsible for external defense but also has a considerable internal role supporting the National Gendarmerie and other internal security forces; the operational focus of the FACI, as well as the Gendarmerie and other security forces, is the growing threat posed by Islamic militants associated with the al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) terrorist group operating across the border in Burkina Faso and Mali; AQIM militants conducted significant attacks in the country in 2016 and 2020; Côte d’Ivoire since 2016 has stepped up border security and completed building a joint counter-terrorism training center with France near Abidjan in 2020

the FACI’s Land Forces are assigned to regions, and its combat units are organized into approximately 10 battalions, most of which are infantry or security forces, complemented by artillery, armored, and air defense battalions; the separate special forces branch has a commando/paratrooper battalion; the Air Force has a few operational combat helicopters, while the Navy operates a handful of patrol boats and two offshore patrol vessels acquired since 2022; the National Gendarmerie has seven “legions” deployed throughout the country (Abidjan has two assigned legions) and is organized into mobile and territorial forces; the Mobile Gendarmerie is responsible for maintaining and restoring order and is considered the backbone of the country’s domestic security; the Territorial Gendarmerie is responsible for the administrative, judicial, and military police; the Gendarmerie also has separate specialized units for security, intervention (counterterrorism, hostage rescue, etc), VIP protection, and surveillance

Cote d’Ivoire has close security ties with France, which maintains a military presence; the UN had a 9,000-strong peacekeeping force in Cote d’Ivoire (UNOCI) from 2004 until 2017 (2023)" } diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index 5d8b8c0e..f42db9f3 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -880,13 +880,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$5,765,538,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$5.766 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$5,744,078,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$5.744 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$4,791,686,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$4.792 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -895,10 +895,10 @@ "text": "$13.859 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$11.825 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$11.825 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$9.709 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$9.709 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -913,10 +913,10 @@ "text": "$24.406 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$21.853 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$21.853 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$17.717 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$17.717 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$8.297 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1193,10 +1193,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "161,451 km (2023)" + "text": "161,451 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "18,603 km (2023)" + "text": "18,603 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "157,596 km (2023)" diff --git a/africa/li.json b/africa/li.json index 109184ea..63a25db4 100644 --- a/africa/li.json +++ b/africa/li.json @@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$340.966 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1118,10 +1118,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "10,600 km (2021)" + "text": "10,600 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "657 km (2021)" + "text": "657 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "9,943 km (2021)" diff --git a/africa/lt.json b/africa/lt.json index 5127e171..0ffa3d94 100644 --- a/africa/lt.json +++ b/africa/lt.json @@ -853,10 +853,10 @@ "text": "$1.07 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$1.082 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.082 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$902.123 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$902.123 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -871,10 +871,10 @@ "text": "$2.244 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$2.222 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.222 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$1.986 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.986 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2017": { "text": "$657.668 million (2017 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1123,10 +1123,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "6,906 km (2022)" + "text": "6,906 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "1,799 km (2022)" + "text": "1,799 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "5,107 km (2022)" diff --git a/africa/ly.json b/africa/ly.json index 2d5f593b..981de05b 100644 --- a/africa/ly.json +++ b/africa/ly.json @@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ "text": "$32.38 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$9.537 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$9.537 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Exports 2019": { "text": "$29.326 billion (2019 est.)" @@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ "text": "$25.406 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$14.334 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$14.334 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { "text": "$25.368 billion (2019 est.)" diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index cdec339c..41e4bbb6 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -856,10 +856,10 @@ "text": "$4.689 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$3.362 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.362 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$2.589 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.589 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -874,10 +874,10 @@ "text": "$6.041 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$4.769 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.769 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$3.718 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.718 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$1.981 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/africa/mi.json b/africa/mi.json index c17d50d9..055454d2 100644 --- a/africa/mi.json +++ b/africa/mi.json @@ -865,22 +865,22 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$1,543,008,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$1.543 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$1,466,328,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$1.466 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2019": { - "text": "-$1,321,052,000 (2019 est.)" + "text": "-$1.321 billion (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, "Exports": { "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$1.538 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.538 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$1.268 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.268 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Exports 2019": { "text": "$1.447 billion (2019 est.)" @@ -895,10 +895,10 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$3.582 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.582 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$3.208 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.208 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { "text": "$3.266 billion (2019 est.)" @@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2018": { "text": "$766.155 million (2018 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1172,10 +1172,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "15,451 km (2022)" + "text": "15,451 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "4,038 km (2022)" + "text": "4,038 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "11,413 km (2022)" diff --git a/africa/ml.json b/africa/ml.json index 028caad6..93403ee6 100644 --- a/africa/ml.json +++ b/africa/ml.json @@ -874,13 +874,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$1,468,521,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$1.469 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "-$379.683 million (2020 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2019": { - "text": "-$1,288,755,000 (2019 est.)" + "text": "-$1.289 billion (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ "text": "$5.381 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$5.196 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.196 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Exports 2019": { "text": "$4.442 billion (2019 est.)" @@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ "text": "$7.596 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$6.339 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.339 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { "text": "$6.559 billion (2019 est.)" diff --git a/africa/mo.json b/africa/mo.json index 79c7f8fe..2355b7f4 100644 --- a/africa/mo.json +++ b/africa/mo.json @@ -901,13 +901,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$4,775,206,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$4.775 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$3,348,692,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$3.349 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$1,368,383,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$1.368 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -916,10 +916,10 @@ "text": "$58.556 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$47.09 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$47.09 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$37.545 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$37.545 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -934,10 +934,10 @@ "text": "$73.783 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$60.215 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$60.215 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$46.358 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$46.358 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$35.998 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/africa/mp.json b/africa/mp.json index 851c5bdf..b6b4d8b0 100644 --- a/africa/mp.json +++ b/africa/mp.json @@ -808,13 +808,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$1,486,146,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$1.486 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$1,496,640,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$1.497 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$1,002,712,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$1.003 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -823,10 +823,10 @@ "text": "$5.005 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$3.194 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.194 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$3.088 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.088 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -841,10 +841,10 @@ "text": "$8.037 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$6.057 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.057 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$5.222 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.222 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$7.291 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1107,10 +1107,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "2,428 km (2015)" + "text": "2,428 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "2,379 km (2015) (includes 99 km of expressways)" + "text": "2,379 km (includes 99 km of expressways)" }, "unpaved": { "text": "49 km (2015)" diff --git a/africa/mr.json b/africa/mr.json index a9b7b6b4..dfce4425 100644 --- a/africa/mr.json +++ b/africa/mr.json @@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$1,424,095,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$1.424 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "-$807.862 million (2021 est.)" @@ -881,10 +881,10 @@ "text": "$4.132 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$3.18 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.18 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$2.784 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.784 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -899,10 +899,10 @@ "text": "$5.77 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$4.312 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.312 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$3.675 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.675 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2019": { "text": "$1.029 billion (2019 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1173,13 +1173,13 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "12,253 km (2018)" + "text": "12,253 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "3,988 km (2018)" + "text": "3,988 km" }, "unpaved": { - "text": "8,265 km (2018)" + "text": "8,265 km" } }, "Waterways": { diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index 6936d203..748fd660 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -883,10 +883,10 @@ "text": "$9.409 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$6.404 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.404 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$4.37 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.37 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -901,10 +901,10 @@ "text": "$15.913 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$10.392 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$10.392 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$8.661 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$8.661 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1178,10 +1178,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "30,562 km (2018)" + "text": "30,562 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "5,958 km (2018)" + "text": "5,958 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "24,604 km (2018)" diff --git a/africa/ng.json b/africa/ng.json index 673a6784..c77ded1c 100644 --- a/africa/ng.json +++ b/africa/ng.json @@ -878,10 +878,10 @@ "text": "$1.487 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$1.338 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.338 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Exports 2019": { - "text": "$1.387 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.387 billion (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -896,10 +896,10 @@ "text": "$4.027 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$3.542 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.542 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$3.395 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.395 billion (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1155,10 +1155,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "18,949 km (2018)" + "text": "18,949 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "3,979 km (2018)" + "text": "3,979 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "14,969 km (2018)" diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index 3fcbf8ab..935b3219 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -881,10 +881,10 @@ "text": "$1.019 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$3,254,163,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$3.254 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$15,985,928,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$15.986 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -893,10 +893,10 @@ "text": "$69.091 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$50.856 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$50.856 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$39.937 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$39.937 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -911,10 +911,10 @@ "text": "$77.049 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$67.478 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$67.478 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$72.178 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$72.178 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$36.73 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1195,10 +1195,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "195,000 km (2019)" + "text": "195,000 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "60,000 km (2019)" + "text": "60,000 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "135,000 km (2019)" diff --git a/africa/od.json b/africa/od.json index e4295d0d..76975114 100644 --- a/africa/od.json +++ b/africa/od.json @@ -496,10 +496,10 @@ "text": "bicameral National Legislature consists of:
Council of States, pending establishment as stipulated by the 2018 peace deal
Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA), established on 4 August 2016, in accordance with the August 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan; note - originally 400 seats; the TNLA was expanded to 550 members from 400 and reestablished in May 2020 under the 2018 peace agreement" }, "elections": { - "text": "Council of States - pending establishment as stipulated by the 2018 peace deal
Transitional National Legislative Assembly - 550 members; percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - 332 SPLM, 128 SPLM-IO, 90 other political parties; composition - NA" + "text": "Council of States - pending establishment as stipulated by the 2018 peace deal
Transitional National Legislative Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - 332 SPLM, 128 SPLM-IO, 90 other political parties; composition - NA" }, "election results": { - "text": "Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SPLM 20, unknown 30; composition - men 44, women 6, percent of women 12%
National Legislative Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SPLM 251, DCP 10, independent 6, unknown 133; composition - men 291, women 109, percent of women 27.3%; note - total National Legislature percent of women 25.6%" + "text": "Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SPLM 20, unknown 30; composition - men 44, women 6, percent of women 12%

National Legislative Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SPLM 251, DCP 10, independent 6, unknown 133; composition - men 291, women 109, percent of women 27.3%; note - total National Legislature percent of women 25.6%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ "text": "-$6.55 million (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$1,717,500,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$1.718 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -739,10 +739,10 @@ "text": "$5.811 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$4.652 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.652 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$2.344 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.344 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -757,10 +757,10 @@ "text": "$6.402 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$4.037 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.037 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$4.245 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.245 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2018": { "text": "$36.396 million (2018 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Exchange rates": { "Currency": { diff --git a/africa/pu.json b/africa/pu.json index fd48d8af..7ae8affc 100644 --- a/africa/pu.json +++ b/africa/pu.json @@ -806,10 +806,10 @@ "text": "$334.904 million (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$232.536 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$232.536 million (2020 est.)" }, "Exports 2019": { - "text": "$291.805 million (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$291.805 million (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -824,10 +824,10 @@ "text": "$518.162 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$439.386 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$439.386 million (2020 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$502.204 million (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$502.204 million (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1072,10 +1072,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "4,400 km (2016)" + "text": "4,400 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "453 km (2016)" + "text": "453 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "3,947 km (2016)" diff --git a/africa/rw.json b/africa/rw.json index 3f6f02a4..111cfc67 100644 --- a/africa/rw.json +++ b/africa/rw.json @@ -854,13 +854,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$1,301,158,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$1.301 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$1,209,211,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$1.209 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$1,227,521,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$1.228 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -869,10 +869,10 @@ "text": "$2.993 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$2.11 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.11 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$1.929 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.929 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -887,10 +887,10 @@ "text": "$4.98 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$3.856 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.856 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$3.578 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.578 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$1.72 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1150,10 +1150,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "7,797 km (2024)" + "text": "7,797 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "2,652 km (2024)" + "text": "2,652 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "5,145 km (2024)" diff --git a/africa/se.json b/africa/se.json index 2398260f..cd941cce 100644 --- a/africa/se.json +++ b/africa/se.json @@ -807,10 +807,10 @@ "text": "$2.247 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$1.751 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.751 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$1.24 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.24 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -825,10 +825,10 @@ "text": "$2.298 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$1.821 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.821 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$1.332 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.332 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$559.682 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1085,10 +1085,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "526 km (2015)" + "text": "526 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "514 km (2015)" + "text": "514 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "12 km (2015)" diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index a087e691..617275dd 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -586,10 +586,10 @@ "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:

National Council of Provinces (90 seats; nine 10-member delegations, each with 6 permanent delegates and 4 special delegates, appointed by each of the 9 provincial legislatures to serve 5-year terms; note - the Council has special powers to protect regional interests, including safeguarding cultural and linguistic traditions among ethnic minorities)

National Assembly (400 seats; half the members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies and half in a single nationwide constituency, both by proportional representation popular vote; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "National Council of Provinces and National Assembly - last held on 8 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024)" + "text": "National Council of Provinces and National Assembly - last held on 8 May 2019 (next to be held on 29 May 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "

National Council of Provinces - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ANC 29, DA 13, EFF 9, FF+ 2, IFP 1; composition of permanent members - men 34, women 20, percent of women 37%; note - 36 appointed members not filled

National Assembly - percent of vote by party - ANC 57.5%, DA 20.8%, EFF 10.8%, IFP 3.8%, FF+ 2.4%, other 4.7%; seats by party - ANC 230, DA 84, EFF 44, IFP 14, FF+ 10, other 18; composition as of mid-2022 (396 current seats) - men 212, women 184, percent of women 46.5%; note overall Parliament percent of women 45.3%

" + "text": "

National Council of Provinces - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ANC 29, DA 13, EFF 9, FF+ 2, IFP 1; composition of permanent members - men 34, women 20, percent of women 37%; note - 36 appointed seats not filled

National Assembly - percent of vote by party - ANC 57.5%, DA 20.8%, EFF 10.8%, IFP 3.8%, FF+ 2.4%, other 4.7%; seats by party - ANC 230, DA 84, EFF 44, IFP 14, FF+ 10, other 18; composition as of mid-2022 (396 current seats) - men 212, women 184, percent of women 46.5%; note overall Parliament percent of women 45.3%

" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$1,697,574,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$1.698 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "$15.5 billion (2021 est.)" @@ -899,10 +899,10 @@ "text": "$136.112 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$130.882 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$130.882 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$94.059 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$94.059 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -917,10 +917,10 @@ "text": "$127.596 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$104.867 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$104.867 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$79.039 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$79.039 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$55.008 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1220,10 +1220,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "750,000 km (2016)" + "text": "750,000 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "158,124 km (2016)" + "text": "158,124 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "591,876 km (2016)" @@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ "note": "note: in 2020, women comprised about 30% of the military" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "1,150 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); up to 1,500 authorized for Mozambique (part of a Southern African Development Community force to help quell an insurgency) (2023)" + "text": "1,150 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); up to 1,500 authorized for Mozambique (part of a Southern African Development Community force to help quell an insurgency; scheduled to be withdrawn by mid-2024) (2024)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the SANDF’s primary responsibilities include territorial and maritime defense, supporting the Police Service, protecting key infrastructure, and participating in international peacekeeping missions; the SANDF traditionally has been one of Africa’s most capable militaries, but in recent years its operational readiness and modernization programs have been hampered by funding shortfalls; it participates regularly in African and UN peacekeeping missions and is a member of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Standby Force; in 2021, it sent up to 1,500 troops to Mozambique as part of a multinational SADC force to help combat an insurgency, and South African forces are a key component of the UN’s Force Intervention Brigade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; in recent years, the SANDF has been deployed internally to assist the Police Service with quelling unrest and assisting with border security

the Army in recent years has reorganized, and its combat forces are organized into four “modern” brigades, each designed for specific missions and responding to modern-day threats such as “asymmetric” warfare; the new brigades are separated into airborne, light infantry, mechanized, and motorized forces; the Navy operates a mixed force of warships, patrol craft, submarines, and support vessels; its principal combatants are four frigates and three attack submarines; the Navy also has a maritime rapid reaction squadron that includes naval infantry and combat divers; the Air Force has squadrons of multipurpose fighter, ground attack, and transport aircraft, as well as attack and transport helicopters

the SANDF was created in 1994 to replace the South African Defense Force (SADF); the SANDF was opened to all South Africans who met military requirements, while the SADF was a mostly white force (only whites were subject to conscription) with non-whites only allowed to join in a voluntary capacity; the SANDF also absorbed members of the guerrilla and militia forces of the various anti-apartheid opposition groups, including the African National Congress, the Pan Africanist Congress, and the Inkatha Freedom Party, as well as the security forces of the formerly independent Bantustan homelands (2023)" diff --git a/africa/sg.json b/africa/sg.json index 75351321..3255aaf8 100644 --- a/africa/sg.json +++ b/africa/sg.json @@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ "text": "President Bassirou Diomaye FAYE (since 2 April 2024)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Sidiki KABA (since 9 March 2024); note - on 6 March 2024, President Macky SALL dismissed Prime Minister Amadou BA and the cabinet and appointed Sidiki KABA to be prime minister and form a new cabinet" + "text": "Prime Minister Ousmane SONKO (since 2 April 2024)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president" @@ -590,13 +590,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblée Nationale (165 seats; 112 members including 15 representing Senegalese diaspora directly elected by plurality vote in single- and multi-seat constituencies and 53 members directly elected by proportional representation vote in a single nationwide constituency; member term is 5-years)" + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblée Nationale (165 seats; 112 members including 15 representing Senegalese diaspora directly elected by plurality vote in single- and multi-seat constituencies and 53 members directly elected by proportional representation vote in a single nationwide constituency; member term is 5-years)" }, "elections": { - "text": "National Assembly - last held on 31 July 2022 (next scheduled to be held in July 2027)" + "text": "last held on 31 July 2022 (next scheduled to be held in July 2027)" }, "election results": { - "text": "National Assembly results - percent of vote by party/coalition - BBY 46.6%, YAW 32.9%, WS 14.5%, other 6%;  seats by party/coalition - BBY 82, YAW 42, WS 24, other 17; composition - men 92, women 73, percent of women 44%" + "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - BBY 46.6%, YAW 32.9%, WS 14.5%, other 6%; seats by party/coalition - BBY 82, YAW 42, WS 24, other 17; composition - men 92, women 73, percent of women 44%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -869,13 +869,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$3,327,280,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$3.327 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$2,662,353,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$2.662 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2019": { - "text": "-$1,897,946,000 (2019 est.)" + "text": "-$1.898 billion (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -1175,10 +1175,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "16,665 km (2017)" + "text": "16,665 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "6,126 km (2017) (includes 241 km of expressways)" + "text": "6,126 km (includes 241 km of expressways)" }, "unpaved": { "text": "10,539 km (2017)" diff --git a/africa/sh.json b/africa/sh.json index fab43dfb..6f57003d 100644 --- a/africa/sh.json +++ b/africa/sh.json @@ -730,10 +730,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "198 km (2002) (Saint Helena 138 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 20 km)" + "text": "198 km (Saint Helena 138 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 20 km)" }, "paved": { - "text": "168 km (2002) (Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km)" + "text": "168 km (Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km)" }, "unpaved": { "text": "30 km (2002) (Saint Helena 20 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km)" diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index a4a4836e..73d0b5c6 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ "text": "last held on 24 June 2023 (next to be held in 2028)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - n/a; seats by party - SLPP 81, APC 54; composition - men 94, women 41, percent of women 30.3%" + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SLPP 81, APC 54; composition - men 94, women 41, percent of women 30.3%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -837,10 +837,10 @@ "text": "$1.114 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$661.505 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$661.505 million (2020 est.)" }, "Exports 2019": { - "text": "$632.405 million (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$632.405 million (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -855,10 +855,10 @@ "text": "$1.869 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$1.386 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.386 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$1.818 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.818 billion (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$707.704 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1110,10 +1110,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "11,701 km (2015)" + "text": "11,701 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "1,051 km (2015)" + "text": "1,051 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "10,650 km (2015)" diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index b53d098c..59aa32fb 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -544,10 +544,10 @@ "text": "bicameral Federal Parliament to consist of:
Senate (54 seats; senators indirectly elected by state assemblies to serve 4-year terms)
House of the People (275 seats; members indirectly elected by electoral colleges, each consisting of 51 delegates selected by the 136 Traditional Elders in consultation with sub-clan elders; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "Senate - first held on 10 October 2016; last held 27 July - 13 November 2021 (next to be held in 2024)
House of the People - first held 23 October - 10 November 2016 (next scheduled for September - October 2021 but postponed to November 2021 and then extended numerous times until April 2022; next to be held in 2024)" + "text": "Senate - first held on 10 October 2016; last held 27 July - 13 November 2021 (next to be held in 2024)
House of the People - first held 23 October - 10 November 2016 (next scheduled for September - October 2021 but postponed to November 2021 and then extended several times until April 2022; next to be held in 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 40, women 14, percent of women 25.9%
House of the People - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 225, women 50, percent of women 22.2%; note - total Parliament percent of women 19.5%" + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 40, women 14, percent of women 25.9%

House of the People - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 225, women 50, percent of women 22.2%; note - total Parliament percent of women 19.5%" }, "note": "note 1: the inaugural House of the People was appointed in September 2012 by clan elders; in 2016 and 2017, the Federal Parliament became bicameral with indirect elections scheduled for 10 October 2016 for the Upper House - renamed 'Senate' and 23 October to 10 November 2016 for the House of the People; while the elections were delayed, they were eventually held in most regions despite voting irregularities; on 27 December 2016, 41 Upper House senators and 242 House of the People Members of Parliament (MP) were sworn in

note 2: despite the formation of political parties in 2020, the 2021 parliamentary elections maintained a primarily clan-based system of appointments; seats in the legislature were apportioned to Somali member states and not by party representation




" }, diff --git a/africa/su.json b/africa/su.json index 6de6b57c..f8d2b58d 100644 --- a/africa/su.json +++ b/africa/su.json @@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ "text": "according to the August 2019 Constitutional Declaration, which established Sudan's transitional government, the Transitional Legislative Council (TLC) was to have served as the national legislature during the transitional period until elections could be held; as of June 2023, the TLC had not been established" }, "elections": { - "text": "Council of State - last held 1 June 2015; subsequently dissolved in April 2019
National Assembly - last held on 13-15 April 2015; subsequently dissolved in April 2019
note: according to the 2019 Constitutional Declaration, elections for a new legislature are to be held in late 2023" + "text": "Council of State - last held 1 June 2015; dissolved in April 2019
National Assembly - last held on 13-15 April 2015; dissolved in April 2019

note: according to the 2019 Constitutional Declaration, elections for a new legislature are to be held in late 2023" }, "election results": { "text": "Council of State - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; former composition - men 35, women 19, percent of women 35.2%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; former seats by party - NCP 323, DUP 25, Democratic Unionist Party 15, other 44, independent 19; former composition - men 296 women 130, percent of women 30.5%; note - former total National Legislature percent of women 31%" @@ -854,10 +854,10 @@ "text": "$5.908 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$6.664 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.664 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$5.065 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.065 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -872,10 +872,10 @@ "text": "$11.575 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$10.271 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$10.271 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$10.52 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$10.52 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/africa/to.json b/africa/to.json index b4d2d282..56507ac2 100644 --- a/africa/to.json +++ b/africa/to.json @@ -581,10 +581,10 @@ "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (91 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms); party lists are required to contain equal numbers of men and women" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 20 December 2018 (next to be held on March 2024)" + "text": "last held on 20 December 2018 (next election was to be held on 20 April 2024 but has been indefinitely postponed)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by party - UNIR 59, UFC 7, NET 3, MPDD 2, MRC 1, PDP 1, independent 18; composition - men 76, women 15, percent of women 16.5%" + "text": "
percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UNIR 59, UFC 7, NET 3, MPDD 2, MRC 1, PDP 1, independent 18; composition - men 76, women 15, percent of women 16.5%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -870,10 +870,10 @@ }, "Exports": { "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$1.722 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.722 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Exports 2019": { - "text": "$1.665 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.665 billion (2019 est.)" }, "Exports 2018": { "text": "$1.703 billion (2018 est.)" @@ -888,10 +888,10 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$2.389 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.389 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$2.261 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.261 billion (2019 est.)" }, "Imports 2018": { "text": "$2.329 billion (2018 est.)" @@ -1164,13 +1164,13 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "9,951 km (2018)" + "text": "9,951 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "1,794 km (2018)" + "text": "1,794 km" }, "unpaved": { - "text": "8,157 km (2018)" + "text": "8,157 km" }, "urban": { "text": "1,783 km (2018)" diff --git a/africa/tp.json b/africa/tp.json index 055c759e..38fd2dff 100644 --- a/africa/tp.json +++ b/africa/tp.json @@ -815,10 +815,10 @@ "text": "$96.977 million (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$75.256 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$75.256 million (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$49.337 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$49.337 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -833,10 +833,10 @@ "text": "$219.322 million (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$201.145 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$201.145 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$160.097 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$160.097 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$75.288 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1093,10 +1093,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "1,300 km (2018)" + "text": "1,300 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "230 km (2018)" + "text": "230 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "1,070 km (2018)" diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index 4aee2ee6..b0124d34 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -555,10 +555,10 @@ "text": "bicameral legislature (enacted by the 2022 constitution) consists of:
newly added National Council of Regions and Districts (Le Conseil National des regions et des districts); (77 seats; members appointed by municipal-level councils; members of each Regional Council elect 3 members among themselves to the National Council; each District Council elects 1 member among themselves to the National Council; members serve 5-year term)
Assembly of Representatives of the People (161 seats; 151 members in single seat constituencies and 10 members from Tunisian diaspora directly elected by majoritarian two-round voting system; all members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "National Council of Regions and Districts - elections held on 24 December 2023 for 279 local councils which will indirectly elect the National Council 
Assembly of Representatives of the People - last held on 17 December 2022 with a runoff on 29 January 2023 (next to be held in late 2027)" + "text": "National Council of Regions and Districts - last held on 24 December 2023 for 279 local councils, which will indirectly elect the National Council (next to be held in 2028)

Assembly of Representatives of the People - last held on 17 December 2022 with a runoff on 29 January 2023 (next to be held in late 2027)" }, "election results": { - "text": "note: in 2022 President SAIED issued a new electoral law which required all legislative candidates run as independents" + "text": "
note: in 2022 President SAIED issued a new electoral law, which required all legislative candidates to run as independents" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -843,13 +843,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$4,017,979,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$4.018 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$2,794,487,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$2.794 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$2,535,914,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$2.536 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -858,10 +858,10 @@ "text": "$17.288 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$14.067 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$14.067 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$11.213 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$11.213 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -876,10 +876,10 @@ "text": "$22.536 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$18.215 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$18.215 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$14.554 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$14.554 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$9.811 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/africa/tz.json b/africa/tz.json index 8c4801dd..4b9bc2cb 100644 --- a/africa/tz.json +++ b/africa/tz.json @@ -894,22 +894,22 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$1,121,983,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$1.122 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2019": { - "text": "-$1,512,182,000 (2019 est.)" + "text": "-$1.512 billion (2019 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2018": { - "text": "-$2,262,330,000 (2018 est.)" + "text": "-$2.262 billion (2018 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, "Exports": { "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$8.555 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$8.555 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Exports 2019": { - "text": "$9.659 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$9.659 billion (2019 est.)" }, "Exports 2018": { "text": "$8.307 billion (2018 est.)" @@ -924,10 +924,10 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$9.181 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$9.181 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$10.576 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$10.576 billion (2019 est.)" }, "Imports 2018": { "text": "$10.399 billion (2018 est.)" @@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2016": { "text": "$4.351 billion (2016 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1210,10 +1210,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "145,203 km (2022)" + "text": "145,203 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "11,201 km (2022)" + "text": "11,201 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "134,002 km (2022)" diff --git a/africa/ug.json b/africa/ug.json index 9967f438..ea4c70a9 100644 --- a/africa/ug.json +++ b/africa/ug.json @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ "text": "last held on 14 January 2021 (next to be held in February 2026)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NRM 336, NUP 57, FDC 32, DP 9, UPDF 10, UPC 9, independent 76 (excludes 27 ex-officio members); composition - men 368, women 188, percent of women 33.8%" + "text": "
percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NRM 336, NUP 57, FDC 32, DP 9, UPDF 10, UPC 9, independent 76 (excludes 27 ex-officio members); composition as of February 2024 - men 368, women 189, percent of women 33.9%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -860,13 +860,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$3,821,110,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$3.821 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$4,094,991,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$4.095 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$3,656,656,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$3.657 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -875,10 +875,10 @@ "text": "$6.058 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$6.174 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.174 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$5.563 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.563 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -893,10 +893,10 @@ "text": "$11.145 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$10.686 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$10.686 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$10.209 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$10.209 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2016": { "text": "$3.098 billion (2016 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1167,10 +1167,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "20,544 km (2017) (excludes local roads)" + "text": "20,544 km (excludes local roads)" }, "paved": { - "text": "4,257 km (2017)" + "text": "4,257 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "16,287 km (2017)" diff --git a/africa/uv.json b/africa/uv.json index 5282488c..a615201e 100644 --- a/africa/uv.json +++ b/africa/uv.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Many of Burkina Faso’s ethnic groups arrived in the region between the 12th and 15th centuries. The Gurma and Mossi peoples established several of the largest kingdoms in the area and used horse-mounted warriors in military campaigns. Of the various Mossi kingdoms, the most powerful were Ouagadougou and Yatenga. In the late 19th century, European states competed for control of the region. France eventually conquered the area and established it as a French protectorate.

The country achieved independence from France in 1960 and changed its name to Burkina Faso in 1984. Repeated military coups were common in the country’s first few decades. In 1987 Blaise COMPAORE deposed the former president, established a government, and ruled for 27 years. In October 2014, COMPAORE resigned following protests against his repeated efforts to amend the constitution's two-term presidential limit. An interim administration led a year-long transition period organizing presidential and legislative elections. In November 2015, Roch Marc Christian KABORE was elected president; he was reelected in November 2020. In 2022, military personnel conducted two takeovers. First, in January 2022, Paul Henri DAMIBA, a colonel in the army, overthrew KABORE in a coup d'etat and then, in September 2022, army captain Ibrahim TRAORE deposed DAMIBA and declared himself transition president. The transition government had planned to hold democratic elections by July 2024, but may be delayed due to security concerns.

Terrorist groups - including groups affiliated with Al-Qa’ida and the Islamic State - began attacks in the country in 2016 and conducted attacks in the capital in 2016, 2017, and 2018. By early 2023, insecurity in Burkina Faso had displaced more than 2 million people and led to significant jumps in humanitarian needs and food insecurity. In addition to terrorism, the country faces a myriad of problems including high population growth, recurring drought, pervasive and perennial food insecurity, and limited natural resources. It is one of the world’s poorest countries.

 

" + "text": "

Many of Burkina Faso’s ethnic groups arrived in the region between the 12th and 15th centuries. The Gurma and Mossi peoples established several of the largest kingdoms in the area and used horse-mounted warriors in military campaigns. Of the various Mossi kingdoms, the most powerful were Ouagadougou and Yatenga. In the late 19th century, European states competed for control of the region. France eventually conquered the area and established it as a French protectorate.

The country achieved independence from France in 1960 and changed its name to Burkina Faso in 1984. Repeated military coups were common in the country’s first few decades. In 1987 Blaise COMPAORE deposed the president, established a government, and ruled for 27 years. In 2014, COMPAORE resigned after protests against his repeated efforts to amend the constitution's two-term presidential limit. An interim administration led a year-long transition, organizing presidential and legislative elections. In 2015, Roch Marc Christian KABORE was elected president, and he was reelected in 2020. In 2022, the military conducted two takeovers: In January, army colonel Paul Henri DAMIBA overthrew KABORE in a coup d'etat, and then in September, army captain Ibrahim TRAORE deposed DAMIBA and declared himself transition president. The transition government planned to hold elections by July 2024, but they may be delayed due to security concerns.

Terrorist groups -- including groups affiliated with Al-Qa’ida and the Islamic State -- began attacks in the country in 2016 and conducted attacks in the capital in 2016, 2017, and 2018. By early 2023, insecurity in Burkina Faso had displaced more than 2 million people and led to significant jumps in humanitarian needs and food insecurity. In addition to terrorism, the country faces a myriad of problems including high population growth, recurring drought, pervasive and perennial food insecurity, and limited natural resources. It is one of the world’s poorest countries.

 

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -886,10 +886,10 @@ "text": "$5.835 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$4.779 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.779 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$5.023 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.023 billion (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/africa/wa.json b/africa/wa.json index 5dbd6b25..2b5b6524 100644 --- a/africa/wa.json +++ b/africa/wa.json @@ -855,10 +855,10 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$1,633,970,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$1.634 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$1,273,632,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$1.274 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "$270.73 million (2020 est.)" @@ -870,10 +870,10 @@ "text": "$5.099 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$4.246 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.246 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$3.838 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.838 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -888,10 +888,10 @@ "text": "$7.313 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$6.384 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.384 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$4.886 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.886 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$2.171 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1162,10 +1162,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "48,875 km (2018)" + "text": "48,875 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "7,893 km (2018)" + "text": "7,893 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "40,982 km (2018)" diff --git a/africa/wz.json b/africa/wz.json index 5a2f12c5..4f4c388a 100644 --- a/africa/wz.json +++ b/africa/wz.json @@ -823,10 +823,10 @@ "text": "$2.095 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$2.132 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.132 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$1.808 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.808 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -841,10 +841,10 @@ "text": "$2.288 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$2.173 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.173 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$1.686 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.686 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$545.564 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1101,10 +1101,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "4,594 km (2022)" + "text": "4,594 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "1,500 km (2022)" + "text": "1,500 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "3,000 km (2022)" diff --git a/africa/za.json b/africa/za.json index 4d225899..c2e179d2 100644 --- a/africa/za.json +++ b/africa/za.json @@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ "text": "last held on 12 August 2021 (next to be held in 2026)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - UPND 53.9%, PF 38.1%, PNUP 0.6%, independent 7.4%; seats by party - UPND 82, PF 62, PNUP 1, independent 11; composition - men 136, women 20, percent of women 13.5%; composition - men 141, women 25, percent of women 15.1%" + "text": "
percent of vote by party - UPND 53.9%, PF 38.1%, PNUP 0.6%, independent 7.4%; seats by party - UPND 82, PF 62, PNUP 1, independent 11; composition as of February 2024 - men 142, women 25, percent of women 15%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -875,10 +875,10 @@ "text": "$12.444 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$11.728 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$11.728 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$8.558 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$8.558 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -893,10 +893,10 @@ "text": "$10.022 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$7.691 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$7.691 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$5.836 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.836 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$1.203 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { diff --git a/africa/zi.json b/africa/zi.json index a01a32bc..3f38afb2 100644 --- a/africa/zi.json +++ b/africa/zi.json @@ -583,10 +583,10 @@ "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (80 seats; 60 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - 6 seats in each of the 10 provinces - by proportional representation vote, 16 indirectly elected by the regional governing councils, 18 reserved for the National Council Chiefs, and 2 reserved for members with disabilities; members serve 5-year terms)

National Assembly (280 seats; 210 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 60 seats reserved for women directly elected by proportional representation vote and 10 additional seats reserved for candidates aged between 21 and 35 directly elected by proportional representation, members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "

Senate - last held for elected member on 23 August 2023 (next to be held in 2028)

National Assembly - last held on 23 August 2023 (next to be held in 2028) note: a by election was held on 11 November 2023 due to the death of a candidate during the August general election; a special by election was held on 9 December 2023 after nine opposition lawmakers were removed from their seats and disqualified from running again; another by election was held 3 February 2024 for six open seats

" + "text": "

Senate - last held for elected member on 23 August 2023 (next to be held in 2028)
National Assembly - last held on 23 August 2023 (next to be held in 2028) note: a by election was held on 11 November 2023 due to the death of a candidate during the August general election; a special by election was held on 9 December 2023 after nine opposition lawmakers were removed from their seats and disqualified from running again; another by election was held 3 February 2024 for six open seats

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

Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ZANU-PF 33, CCC- 27, Chiefs 18, people with disabilities 2; composition - men 44, women 36, percent of women 45%

National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ZANU-PF 190, CCC-93; composition - men 194, women 86, percent of women 30.8%; note - total Parliament percent of women 34.3%

" + "text": "

Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ZANU-PF 33, CCC- 27, Chiefs 18, people with disabilities 2; composition as of February 2024 - men 36, women 35, percent of women 49.3%

National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ZANU-PF 190, CCC-93; composition as of February 2024 - men 192, women 75, percent of women 28.1%; note - total Parliament percent of women 32.5%

" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/antarctica/bv.json b/antarctica/bv.json index 56b1890b..5b4347e3 100644 --- a/antarctica/bv.json +++ b/antarctica/bv.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "This uninhabited, volcanic, Antarctic island is almost entirely covered by glaciers making it difficult to approach; it is recognized as the most remote island on Earth. (It is furthest in distance from any other point of land, 1,639 km from Antarctica.) Bouvet Island was discovered in 1739 by a French naval officer after whom it is named. No claim was made until 1825, when the British flag was raised. A few expeditions visited the island in the late 19th century. In 1929, the UK waived its claim in favor of Norway, which had occupied the island two years previously. In 1971, Norway designated Bouvet Island and the adjacent territorial waters a nature reserve. Since 1977, Norway has run an automated meteorological station and studied foraging strategies and distribution of fur seals and penguins on the island. In February 2006, an earthquake weakened the station's foundation causing it to be blown out to sea in a winter storm. Norway erected a new research station in 2014 that can hold six people for periods of two to four months." + "text": "This uninhabited volcanic island in Antarctica is almost entirely covered by glaciers, making it difficult to approach. Bouvet Island is recognized as the most remote island on Earth because it is furthest from any other point of land (1,639 km from Antarctica). The island was named after the French naval officer who discovered it in 1739, although no country laid claim to it until 1825, when the British flag was raised. A few expeditions visited the island in the late 19th century. In 1929, the UK waived its claim in favor of Norway, which had occupied the island two years previously. In 1971, Norway designated Bouvet Island and the adjacent territorial waters as a nature reserve. Since 1977, Norway has run an automated meteorological station and studied foraging strategies and distribution of fur seals and penguins on the island. In 2006, an earthquake weakened the station's foundation, causing it to be blown out to sea in a winter storm. Norway erected a new research station in 2014 that can hold six people for periods of two to four months." } }, "Geography": { diff --git a/antarctica/fs.json b/antarctica/fs.json index 9e69de58..f93b3521 100644 --- a/antarctica/fs.json +++ b/antarctica/fs.json @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ }, "Transnational Issues": { "Disputes - international": { - "text": "

French claim to \"Adelie Land\" in Antarctica is not recognized by the US;

Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): claimed by Madagascar; the vegetated drying cays of Banc du Geyser, which were claimed by Madagascar in 1976, also fall within the EEZ claims of the Comoros and France (Glorioso Islands)

Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): claimed by Mauritius

" + "text": "see France" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/australia-oceania/as.json b/australia-oceania/as.json index 17c7e563..6bd4c1ad 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/as.json +++ b/australia-oceania/as.json @@ -903,10 +903,10 @@ "text": "$367.458 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$299.618 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$299.618 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$251.779 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$251.779 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/bp.json b/australia-oceania/bp.json index 5ddab70d..99034a0f 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/bp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/bp.json @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ "text": "unicameral National Parliament (50 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 3 April 2019 (next originally scheduled for April 2023, but delayed until 2024)" + "text": "last held on 3 April 2019 (next originally scheduled for April 2023 but delayed until 17 April 2024)" }, "election results": { "text": "percent of vote by party - UDP 10.7%, DAP 7.8%, PAP 4.4%, independent 56.3%, other 20.8%; seats by party - DAP 7, UDP 5, PAP 3, KPSI 1, SIPFP 1, SIPRA 1, independent 32; composition - men 46, women 4, percent of women 8%" @@ -781,10 +781,10 @@ "text": "$411.359 million (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$413.657 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$413.657 million (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$428.834 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$428.834 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -799,10 +799,10 @@ "text": "$764.641 million (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$619.46 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$619.46 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$556.26 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$556.26 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$660.996 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1065,10 +1065,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "1,390 km (2011)" + "text": "1,390 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "34 km (2011)" + "text": "34 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "1,356 km (2011)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/fj.json b/australia-oceania/fj.json index ecef6756..e1e07f6c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fj.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fj.json @@ -822,10 +822,10 @@ "text": "$2.376 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$1.171 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.171 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$1.23 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.23 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -840,10 +840,10 @@ "text": "$3.434 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$2.344 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.344 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$1.977 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.977 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$1.082 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ }, "Transnational Issues": { "Disputes - international": { - "text": "Fiji-Tonga: Fiji does not recognize Tonga’s 1972 claim to the Minerva Reefs and their surrounding waters; the Minerva Reefs’ 200-mile exclusive economic zone includes valuable fishing grounds" + "text": "Fiji-Tonga: Fiji does not recognize Tonga’s 1972 claim to the Minerva Reefs and their surrounding waters" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/australia-oceania/fm.json b/australia-oceania/fm.json index 4b2c40bb..2866251a 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fm.json @@ -759,8 +759,7 @@ }, "Exports 2019": { "text": "$130 million (2019 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" + } }, "Exports - partners": { "text": "Thailand 81%, China 9%, Japan 4%, Philippines 4%, United States 1% (2021)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/fp.json b/australia-oceania/fp.json index ba25f7be..e29dd109 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fp.json @@ -675,8 +675,7 @@ }, "Exports 2019": { "text": "$184 million (2019 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" + } }, "Exports - partners": { "text": "United States 47%, Japan 17%, France 14%, Netherlands 4%, Poland 3% (2021)" @@ -693,8 +692,7 @@ }, "Imports 2019": { "text": "$2.24 billion (2019 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" + } }, "Imports - partners": { "text": "France 43%, New Zealand 12%, China 8%, United States 6%, Singapore 5% (2021)" @@ -923,10 +921,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "2,590 km (1999)" + "text": "2,590 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "1,735 km (1999)" + "text": "1,735 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "855 km (1999)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/kr.json b/australia-oceania/kr.json index ea063435..16e7c2f0 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kr.json @@ -765,10 +765,10 @@ "text": "$19.677 million (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$10.754 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$10.754 million (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$21.228 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$21.228 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -783,10 +783,10 @@ "text": "$254.438 million (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$201.984 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$201.984 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$148.77 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$148.77 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/nc.json b/australia-oceania/nc.json index 2ebf0439..80e4939b 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nc.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nc.json @@ -680,8 +680,7 @@ }, "Exports 2019": { "text": "$1.79 billion (2019 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" + } }, "Exports - partners": { "text": "China 55%, South Korea 16%, Japan 11%, Taiwan 4%, Spain 3% (2021)" @@ -698,8 +697,7 @@ }, "Imports 2019": { "text": "$2.48 billion (2019 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" + } }, "Imports - partners": { "text": "France 39%, Australia 14%, Singapore 11%, New Zealand 7%, China 7% (2021)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/ne.json b/australia-oceania/ne.json index ce5085c9..cbdb8f03 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ne.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ne.json @@ -741,13 +741,13 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "234 km (2017)" + "text": "234 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "210 km (2017)" + "text": "210 km" }, "unpaved": { - "text": "24 km" + "text": "24 km (2017)" } }, "Merchant marine": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nf.json b/australia-oceania/nf.json index defd92b7..880df3cd 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nf.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nf.json @@ -498,10 +498,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "80 km (2008)" + "text": "80 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "53 km (2008)" + "text": "53 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "27 km (2008)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nh.json b/australia-oceania/nh.json index 5b22899d..174a6ef7 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nh.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nh.json @@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ "text": "last held on 13 October 2022 (next to be held in 2026)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - GJP 4, NUP 4, RDP 4, IG 3, PPP 2, NCM 2, VNDP 2, LM 1, NAG 1, PUDP 1, UCM 1, VLM 1, VPDP 1, independent 1; composition - men 51, women 1; percent of women 2%; note - political party associations are fluid" + "text": "
percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - GJP 4, NUP 4, RDP 4, IG 3, PPP 2, NCM 2, VNDP 2, LM 1, NAG 1, PUDP 1, UCM 1, VLM 1, VPDP 1, independent 1; composition as of February 2024 - men 50, women 1; percent of women 2%; note - political party associations are fluid" }, "note": "note: the National Council of Chiefs advises on matters of culture and language" }, @@ -783,10 +783,10 @@ "text": "$140.561 million (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$89.105 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$89.105 million (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$141.829 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$141.829 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -801,10 +801,10 @@ "text": "$577.334 million (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$520.15 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$520.15 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$449.277 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$449.277 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$613.637 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nr.json b/australia-oceania/nr.json index a59e7c98..77dd46d9 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nr.json @@ -718,8 +718,7 @@ }, "Exports 2019": { "text": "$32.7 million (2019 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" + } }, "Exports - partners": { "text": "Thailand 49%, Saudi Arabia 14%, Philippines 11%, South Korea 8%, India 7% (2021)" @@ -736,8 +735,7 @@ }, "Imports 2019": { "text": "$88.2 million (2019 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" + } }, "Imports - partners": { "text": "Australia 36%, Taiwan 16%, China 12%, Japan 12%, Nigeria 7% (2021)" @@ -974,10 +972,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "30 km (2002)" + "text": "30 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "24 km (2002)" + "text": "24 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "6 km (2002)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nz.json b/australia-oceania/nz.json index 47283d42..9d68f1e9 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nz.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nz.json @@ -844,13 +844,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$21,627,319,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$21.627 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$14,803,988,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$14.804 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$2,400,615,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$2.401 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -859,10 +859,10 @@ "text": "$57.485 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$54.923 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$54.923 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$50.173 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$50.173 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -877,10 +877,10 @@ "text": "$71.35 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$62.984 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$62.984 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$48.118 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$48.118 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$13.733 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1148,10 +1148,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "94,000 km (2017)" + "text": "94,000 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "61,600 km (2017) (includes 199 km of expressways)" + "text": "61,600 km (includes 199 km of expressways)" }, "unpaved": { "text": "32,400 km (2017)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/ps.json b/australia-oceania/ps.json index 13f009ce..4f101119 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ps.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ps.json @@ -893,10 +893,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "121 km (2018)" + "text": "121 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "85 km (2018)" + "text": "85 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "36 km (2018)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/rm.json b/australia-oceania/rm.json index f6343447..506c0998 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/rm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/rm.json @@ -925,13 +925,13 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "2,028 km (2007)" + "text": "2,028 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "75 km (2007)" + "text": "75 km" }, "unpaved": { - "text": "1,953 km" + "text": "1,953 km (2007)" } }, "Merchant marine": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/tl.json b/australia-oceania/tl.json index c3953eb3..4f3a04a8 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tl.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tl.json @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ "text": "King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022); represented by Governor-General of New Zealand Dame Cindy KIRO (since 21 September 2021); New Zealand is represented by Administrator Don HIGGINS (since June 2022)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "(Ulu o Tokelau) Kelihiano KALOLO (since 6 March 2023); note - position rotates annually among the three Faipule (village leaders) of the atolls" + "text": "(Ulu o Tokelau) Alapati TAVITE (since 12 March 2024); note - position rotates annually among the three Faipule (village leaders) of the atolls" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council for the Ongoing Government of Tokelau (or Tokelau Council) functions as a cabinet; consists of 3 village leaders (Faipule) and 3 village mayors (Pulenuku)" @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ "text": "last held on 26 January 2023 depending on island (next to be held in January 2026)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independent 20; composition - men 17, women 3, percent of women 15%" + "text": "
percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independent 20; composition - men 17, women 3, percent of women 15%" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/tn.json b/australia-oceania/tn.json index be73f1a0..5f81d9e4 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tn.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tn.json @@ -529,13 +529,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fale Alea (30 seats statutory, 26 current); 17 people's representatives directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, and 9 indirectly elected by hereditary leaders; members serve 4-year terms)" + "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fale Alea (30 seats statutory, 28 current); 17 people's representatives directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, and 9 indirectly elected by hereditary leaders; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { "text": "last held on 18 November 2021 (next to be held in November 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats by party (elected members) - independents 11, nobles' representatives 9, DPFI 3, TPPI 3; composition - men 26, women 2, percent of women 7.14%" + "text": "
percent of vote - NA; seats by party - independent 11, nobles' representatives 9, DPFI 3, TPPI 3; composition as of February 2024 - men 26, women 2, percent of women 7.1%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -799,10 +799,10 @@ "text": "$59.622 million (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$58.152 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$58.152 million (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$99.78 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$99.78 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -817,10 +817,10 @@ "text": "$329.146 million (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$291.957 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$291.957 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$309.685 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$309.685 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$298.948 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1068,10 +1068,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "680 km (2011)" + "text": "680 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "184 km (2011)" + "text": "184 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "496 km (2011)" @@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ }, "Transnational Issues": { "Disputes - international": { - "text": "

Tonga-Fiji: Fiji does not recognize Tonga’s 1972 claim to the Minerva Reefs and their surrounding waters; the Minerva Reefs’ 200-mile exclusive economic zone includes valuable fishing grounds

 

" + "text": "

Tonga-Fiji: Fiji does not recognize Tonga’s 1972 claim to the Minerva Reefs and their surrounding waters

 

" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/australia-oceania/tv.json b/australia-oceania/tv.json index 08716b77..a56e5891 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tv.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tv.json @@ -509,10 +509,10 @@ "text": "unicameral House of Assembly or Fale I Fono (16 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 26 January 2024 (next to be held January 2028)" + "text": "last held on 26 January 2024 (next to be held in January 2028)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 16 (10 members reelected); composition - 15 men, 1 woman; percent women 6.25%" + "text": "
percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 16 (10 members reelected); composition as of February 2024 - 16 men, 0 women; percent women 0%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -744,10 +744,10 @@ "text": "$2.232 million (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$2.745 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.745 million (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$3.089 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.089 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -762,10 +762,10 @@ "text": "$57.388 million (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$63.962 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$63.962 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$56.947 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$56.947 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/wf.json b/australia-oceania/wf.json index d10aa82b..f4ef38aa 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/wf.json +++ b/australia-oceania/wf.json @@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ "text": "Territorial Assembly - last held on 20 March 2022 (next to be held in March 2027)
French Senate - last held on 24 September 2023 (next to be held on 30 September 2026)
French National Assembly - last held on 12 and 19 June 2022 (next to be held in June 2027)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Territorial Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - 2 members are elected from the list Ofa mo'oni ki tou fenua and 2 members are elected from list Mauli fetokoniaki, 1 seat each from 16 other lists; composition - men NA, women NA, percent of women NA
representation in French Senate - LR 1 (man)
representation in French National Assembly - independent 1 (man)" + "text": "
Territorial Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - 2 members are elected from the list Ofa mo'oni ki tou fenua and 2 members are elected from list Mauli fetokoniaki, 1 seat each from 16 other lists; composition - men NA, women NA, percent of women NA

representation in French Senate - LR 1

representation in French National Assembly - independent 1" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ws.json b/australia-oceania/ws.json index 96009698..f9b51b99 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ws.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ws.json @@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ "text": "$171.278 million (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$97.774 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$97.774 million (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { "text": "$116.519 million (2020 est.)" @@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ "text": "$512.002 million (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$430.011 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$430.011 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { "text": "$376.791 million (2020 est.)" @@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$277.056 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2013": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json index d35663a0..618a9842 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json @@ -689,10 +689,10 @@ "text": "$2.429 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$1.947 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.947 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$1.644 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.644 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json index 70dc4333..66f6b775 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json @@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ "text": "$1.176 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$866.971 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$866.971 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { "text": "$739.747 million (2020 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json index 93a97402..6515f0d6 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json @@ -794,15 +794,15 @@ "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, "Exports": { - "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$357 million (2021 est.)" - }, "Exports 2017": { "text": "$2.228 billion (2017 est.)" }, "Exports 2016": { "text": "$2.41 billion (2016 est.)" }, + "Exports 2015": { + "text": "$2.358 billion (2015 est.)" + }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Exports - partners": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json index 519374aa..6fde2361 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json @@ -759,10 +759,10 @@ "text": "$5.692 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$4.947 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.947 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$3.411 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.411 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json index aab472de..618364e2 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1862. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981. Guatemala refused to recognize the new nation until 1992, and the two countries are still involved in an ongoing border dispute. Both nations have voted to send the dispute for final resolution to the International Court of Justice. Tourism has become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include the country's heavy foreign debt burden, high crime rates, high unemployment combined with a majority youth population, growing involvement in the Mexican and South American drug trade, and one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Central America." + "text": "Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1862. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981. Guatemala refused to recognize the new nation until 1992, and the two countries are still involved in an ongoing border dispute. Tourism has become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include the country's heavy foreign debt burden, high crime rates, high unemployment combined with a majority youth population, growing involvement in the Mexican and South American drug trade, and one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Central America." } }, "Geography": { @@ -850,10 +850,10 @@ "text": "$1.574 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$1.249 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.249 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$901.819 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$901.819 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json index 5c8112bb..705182c3 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json @@ -670,10 +670,10 @@ "text": "$2.743 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$2.51 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.51 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$2.743 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.743 billion (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index b7bb7247..daf9135c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -857,10 +857,10 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$2,469,049,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$2.469 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$1,604,512,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$1.605 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "-$631.662 million (2020 est.)" @@ -890,10 +890,10 @@ "text": "$26.602 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$21.94 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$21.94 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$17.519 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$17.519 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$7.232 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json index f656daca..ad89ab48 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json @@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ "text": "$192.278 million (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$123.36 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$123.36 million (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { "text": "$95.366 million (2020 est.)" @@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ "text": "$349.052 million (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$307.79 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$307.79 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { "text": "$303.326 million (2020 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index 754b480a..94aff05d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -886,10 +886,10 @@ "text": "$25.103 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$20.601 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$20.601 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$14.889 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$14.889 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -904,10 +904,10 @@ "text": "$36.36 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$28.69 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$28.69 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$20.302 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$20.302 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ }, "Transnational Issues": { "Disputes - international": { - "text": "Dominican Republic-Haiti: unauthorized migration and smuggling from impoverished and unstable Haiti has led to occasional border tensions and increased security by the Dominican Republic, including the construction of a fence and the deployment of military troops" + "text": "Dominican Republic-Haiti: unauthorized migration and smuggling from impoverished and politically unstable Haiti has led to occasional border tensions and increased security by the Dominican Republic, including the construction of a fence and the deployment of military troops" }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json index 4561f6f0..e4502b38 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json @@ -870,10 +870,10 @@ "text": "$10.129 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$8.33 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$8.33 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$6.073 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.073 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -888,10 +888,10 @@ "text": "$18.07 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$15.459 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$15.459 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$10.398 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$10.398 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1206,9 +1206,6 @@ "text": "18-30 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 16-22 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; service obligation is 12 months, with 11 months for officers and non-commissioned officers (2023)", "note": "note: as of 2016, women made up about 6% of the active-duty military" }, - "Military deployments": { - "text": "110 Mali (MINUSMA) (2023)" - }, "Military - note": { "text": "the Armed Force of El Salvador (FAES) is responsible for defending national sovereignty and ensuring territorial integrity but also has considerable domestic security responsibilities; while the National Civil Police (PNC) is responsible for maintaining public security, the country’s constitution allows the president to use the FAES “in exceptional circumstances” to maintain internal peace and public security; in 2016, the government created a special 1,000-strong joint unit of Army commandos and police to fight criminal gangs; more military personnel were devoted to internal security beginning in 2019 when President BUKELE signed a decree authorizing military involvement in police duties to combat rising gang violence, organized crime, and narcotics trafficking, as well as assisting with border security; since the decree, a considerable portion of the Army has been deployed in support of the PNC; in multiple cases since 2022, for example, as many as 8,000 troops have been deployed alongside thousands of police on single operations against criminal gang members 

the FAES trains regularly, as well as with regional partners and the US, in such areas as internal security and disaster relief operations; it has deployed small numbers of personnel on UN peacekeeping missions and in support of military operations in Iraq (2003-2009); the FAES is deployed throughout the country in zones; the Army’s combat units are six infantry brigades, plus a special security brigade comprised of border guards and military police, and an artillery brigade; the Navy operates patrol boats and has a small force of naval commandos; the Air Force has a few dozen light ground attack fixed-wing aircraft and multirole helicopters

the military led the country for much of the 20th century; from 1980 to 1992, it fought a bloody civil war against guerrillas from the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front or FMLN, the paramilitary arm of the Democratic Revolutionary Front (Frente Democrático Revolucionario), a coalition of left-wing dissident political groups backed by Cuba and the Soviet Union; the FAES received considerable US support during the conflict; significant human rights violations occurred during the war and approximately 75,000 Salvadorans, mostly civilians, were killed (2023)" } diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json index 426dd655..538430bc 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json @@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ "text": "$816.533 million (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$534.892 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$534.892 million (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { "text": "$428.623 million (2020 est.)" @@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ "text": "$802.567 million (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$622.303 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$622.303 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { "text": "$544.695 million (2020 est.)" @@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$293.32 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2017": { @@ -1013,10 +1013,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "1,127 km (2017)" + "text": "1,127 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "902 km (2017)" + "text": "902 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "225 km (2017)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json index bc8431f7..2500379e 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) 56%, Maya 41.7%, Xinca (Indigenous, non-Maya) 1.8%, African descent 0.2%, Garifuna (mixed West and Central African, Island Carib, and Arawak) 0.1%, foreign 0.2% (2018 est.)" + "text": "Mestizo (mixed Indigenous-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) 56%, Maya 41.7%, Xinca (Indigenous, non-Maya) 1.8%, African descent 0.2%, Garifuna (mixed West and Central African, Island Carib, and Arawak) 0.1%, foreign 0.2% (2018 est.)" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { @@ -872,13 +872,13 @@ }, "Exports": { "Exports 2022": { - "text": "$18.127 billion (2022 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$18.127 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$15.246 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$15.246 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$12.713 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$12.713 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -890,13 +890,13 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2022": { - "text": "$33.938 billion (2022 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$33.938 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$27.343 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$27.343 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$19.267 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$19.267 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$18.464 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1174,10 +1174,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "17,440 km (2022)" + "text": "17,440 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "7,420 km (2022)" + "text": "7,420 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "9,440 km (2022)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json index a0c8eeb5..8dbeb1e4 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json @@ -845,10 +845,10 @@ "text": "$1.355 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$1.272 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.272 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$1.018 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.018 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -863,10 +863,10 @@ "text": "$5.451 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$5.048 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.048 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$4.177 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.177 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$2.59 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json index a16adc67..4a66ed1e 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, African descent 2%, White 1%" + "text": "Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and European) 90%, Indigenous 7%, African descent 2%, White 1%" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { @@ -857,10 +857,10 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$2,083,057,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$2.083 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$1,527,689,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$1.528 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "$665.854 million (2020 est.)" @@ -872,10 +872,10 @@ "text": "$9.385 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$8.062 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$8.062 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$6.269 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.269 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -890,10 +890,10 @@ "text": "$17.957 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$14.869 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$14.869 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$9.94 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$9.94 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$8.138 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1168,10 +1168,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "14,742 km (2012)" + "text": "14,742 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "3,367 km (2012)" + "text": "3,367 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "11,375 km (2012) (1,543 km summer only)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json index 7c3c1756..9f6cde09 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json @@ -827,10 +827,10 @@ "text": "$6.424 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$4.401 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.401 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$3.249 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.249 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -845,10 +845,10 @@ "text": "$9.726 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$7.405 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$7.405 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$5.913 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.913 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$3.938 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json index 3d378cfb..ebdccafe 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json @@ -530,10 +530,10 @@ "text": "$1.372 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$790.938 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$790.938 million (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$527.044 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$527.044 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -545,10 +545,10 @@ "text": "$1.318 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$1.003 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.003 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$760.824 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$760.824 million (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json index 95eddc73..e03fab11 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and White) 69%, White 17%, Black 9%, Amerindian 5%" + "text": "Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and White) 69%, White 17%, Black 9%, Indigenous 5%" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { @@ -844,10 +844,10 @@ "text": "$7.87 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$6.618 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.618 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$5.342 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.342 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -862,10 +862,10 @@ "text": "$10.213 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$8.342 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$8.342 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$5.952 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.952 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$3.212 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1125,10 +1125,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "24,033 km (2013)" + "text": "24,033 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "3,447 km (2013)" + "text": "3,447 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "20,586 km (2013)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index 754cd2ab..83c0f0ff 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -863,10 +863,10 @@ "text": "$36.145 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$27.338 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$27.338 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$19.792 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$19.792 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -881,10 +881,10 @@ "text": "$35.692 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$24.424 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$24.424 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$17.614 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$17.614 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json index 8cb62b60..4aace377 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ "note": "note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency" }, "GDP (official exchange rate)": { - "text": "$649.206 million (2021 est.) (2005 est.)", + "text": "$649.206 million (2021 est.)", "note": "note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate" }, "GDP - composition, by sector of origin": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json index ffd292ee..59ac399f 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json @@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ "text": "$531.408 million (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$392.744 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$392.744 million (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { "text": "$353.961 million (2020 est.)" @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ "text": "$531.167 million (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$412.276 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$412.276 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { "text": "$430.263 million (2020 est.)" @@ -1015,10 +1015,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "383 km (2002)" + "text": "383 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "163 km (2002)" + "text": "163 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "220 km (2002)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json index 4cc15ceb..b50177c0 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json @@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ "text": "$1.209 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$710.431 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$710.431 million (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { "text": "$452.444 million (2020 est.)" @@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ "text": "$1.179 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$815.666 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$815.666 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { "text": "$666.968 million (2020 est.)" @@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$231.361 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1032,10 +1032,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "1,210 km (2011)" + "text": "1,210 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "847 km (2011)" + "text": "847 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "363 km (2011)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json index 766bbebd..d973fc39 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json @@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ "text": "Senate - last appointments on 28 August 2020 (next appointments in August 2025)
House of Representatives - last held on 10 August 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition as of May 2020 - men 18, women 13, percent of women 41.9%
House of Representatives - percent by party - NA; seats by party - PNM 22, UNC 19; composition - as of May 2022 - men 31, women 11, percent of women 26.2%; note - overall Parliament percent of women 32.9%" + "text": "
Senate - percent by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition as of February 2024 - men 19, women 13, percent of women 40.6%

House of Representatives - percent by party - NA; seats by party - PNM 22, UNC 19; composition as of February 2024 - men 30, women 12, percent of women 28.6%; note - overall Parliament percent of women 33.8%" }, "note": "note: Tobago has a unicameral House of Assembly (19 seats; 15 assemblymen directly elected by simple majority vote and 4 appointed councilors - 3 on the advice of the chief secretary and 1 on the advice of the minority leader; members serve 4-year terms)" }, @@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ "text": "$2.695 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$1,356,411,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$1.356 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -779,10 +779,10 @@ "text": "$17.584 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$11.542 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$11.542 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$6.44 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.44 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -797,10 +797,10 @@ "text": "$10.694 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$8.636 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$8.636 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$6.785 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.785 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$6.954 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json index afeb6538..bb4b5b45 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ "text": "last held on 19 February 2021 (next to be held in 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats by party - PNP 14, PDM 1; composition as of mid-2022 (elected members) - men 12, women 3; percent of women 20%" + "text": "
percent of vote - NA; seats by party - PNP 14, PDM 1; composition as of mid-2022 (elected members) - men 12, women 3; percent of women 20%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ }, "Exports": { "Exports 2018": { - "text": "$826.824 million (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$826.824 million (2018 est.)" }, "Exports 2017": { "text": "$602.581 million (2017 est.)" @@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2018": { - "text": "$544.219 million (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$544.219 million (2018 est.)" }, "Imports 2017": { "text": "$484.842 million (2017 est.)" @@ -847,10 +847,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "121 km (2003)" + "text": "121 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "24 km (2003)" + "text": "24 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "97 km (2003)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json index c9024d57..b2ddebab 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json @@ -644,10 +644,10 @@ "text": "$2.904 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$1.919 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.919 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$1.709 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.709 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json index 533b0d37..13ebea02 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json @@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ "text": "$262.355 million (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$140.343 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$140.343 million (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { "text": "$184.627 million (2020 est.)" @@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ "text": "$508.404 million (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$425.4 million (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$425.4 million (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { "text": "$375.036 million (2020 est.)" @@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$205.195 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json index 157818e6..f7a74f46 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "First inhabited by Arawak and later by Carib Indians, the Virgin Islands were settled by the Dutch in 1648 and then annexed by the English in 1672. The islands were part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands (1872-1960); they were granted autonomy in 1967. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency. On 6 September 2017, Hurricane Irma devastated the island of Tortola. An estimated 80% of residential and business structures were destroyed or damaged, communications disrupted, and local roads rendered impassable." + "text": "First inhabited by Arawak and later by Carib Indians, the Virgin Islands were settled by the Dutch in 1648 and then annexed by the English in 1672. The islands were part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands (1872-1960); they were granted autonomy in 1967. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US Virgin Islands to the west, and the US dollar is the legal currency. In 2017, Hurricane Irma devastated the island of Tortola. An estimated 80% of residential and business structures were destroyed or damaged, communications disrupted, and local roads rendered impassable." } }, "Geography": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json index d2338571..ab59e5e7 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json @@ -423,10 +423,10 @@ "text": "unicameral Legislature of the Virgin Islands (15 seats; senators directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by simple majority popular vote to serve 2-year terms)

the Virgin Islands directly elects 1 delegate to the US House of Representatives by simple majority vote to serve a 2-year term" }, "elections": { - "text": "Legislature of the Virgin Islands last held on 8 November 2022 (next to be held in November 2024)
Delegate to the US House of Representatives last held on 8 November 2022 (next to be held on 5 November 2024)" + "text": "Legislature of the Virgin Islands last held on 8 November 2022 (next to be held on 5 November 2024)
Delegate to the US House of Representatives last held on 8 November 2022 (next to be held on 5 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 9, women 6, percent of women 40%

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 as of January 2023 - men 9, women 6, percent of women 40%

delegate to US House of Representatives - seat by party - Democratic Party 1" }, "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 91d6826b..4d7f17a4 100644 --- a/central-asia/kg.json +++ b/central-asia/kg.json @@ -859,10 +859,10 @@ "text": "$3.628 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$3.292 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.292 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$2.435 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.435 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -877,10 +877,10 @@ "text": "$10.655 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$5.928 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.928 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$4.051 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.051 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/central-asia/kz.json b/central-asia/kz.json index 5a5a7192..bd180a9a 100644 --- a/central-asia/kz.json +++ b/central-asia/kz.json @@ -887,10 +887,10 @@ "text": "$93.581 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$71.726 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$71.726 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$49.273 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$49.273 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -905,10 +905,10 @@ "text": "$60.147 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$49.597 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$49.597 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$46.502 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$46.502 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1196,10 +1196,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "96,167 km (2021)" + "text": "96,167 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "83,813 km (2021)" + "text": "83,813 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "12,354 km (2021)" diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index b6cdf7e9..109789fb 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$596.77 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1245,10 +1245,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "1,283,387 km (2012)" + "text": "1,283,387 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "927,721 km (2012) (includes 39,143 km of expressways)" + "text": "927,721 km (includes 39,143 km of expressways)" }, "unpaved": { "text": "355,666 km (2012)" diff --git a/central-asia/ti.json b/central-asia/ti.json index 0edbd5e1..ea937c06 100644 --- a/central-asia/ti.json +++ b/central-asia/ti.json @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ "text": "
National Assembly - last held on 1 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025)
Assembly of Representatives - last held on 1 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition as of mid-2202 (31 members) - men 23, women 8, percent of women 25.8%
Assembly of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDPT 50.4%, PERT 16.6%, APT 16.5%, SPT 5.2%, DPT 5.1%, CPT 3.1%, other 3.1%; seats by party - PDPT 47, APT 7, PERT 5, CPT 2, SPT 1, DPT 1; composition as of mid 2022 - men 46, women 17, percent of women 27%; note - total Supreme Assembly percent of women 26.6%" + "text": "
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition as of mid-2202 (31 members) - men 23, women 8, percent of women 25.8%

Assembly of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDPT 50.4%, PERT 16.6%, APT 16.5%, SPT 5.2%, DPT 5.1%, CPT 3.1%, other 3.1%; seats by party - PDPT 47, APT 7, PERT 5, CPT 2, SPT 1, DPT 1; composition as of mid-2022 - men 46, women 17, percent of women 27%; note - total Supreme Assembly percent of women 26.6%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -845,10 +845,10 @@ "text": "$1.753 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$2.161 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.161 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$1.409 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.409 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$2.238 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/central-asia/tx.json b/central-asia/tx.json index 2b8949e7..98314fe6 100644 --- a/central-asia/tx.json +++ b/central-asia/tx.json @@ -567,10 +567,10 @@ "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 or Milli Genes, which consisted of an upper house, the People's Council or Halk Maslahaty, and the Assembly or Mejlis" }, "elections": { - "text": "Mejlis (Assembly) - last held on 26 March 2023 for the Mejlis and local councils (next to be held in 2028)" + "text": "last held on 26 March 2023 (next to be held in 2028)" }, "election results": { - "text": "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 early as of April 2023 men 93, women 32, percent of women 25.6%" + "text": "
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 February 2024 men 93, women 32, percent of women 25.6%" }, "note": "note: on 22 January 2023, a joint session of the then bicameral National Council or Milli Genes voted unanimously to abolish itself, re-establishing a unicameral legislature and a separate People's Council or Halk Maslahaty" }, @@ -1125,10 +1125,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "58,592 km (2002)" + "text": "58,592 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "47,577 km (2002)" + "text": "47,577 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "11,015 km (2002)" diff --git a/central-asia/uz.json b/central-asia/uz.json index 6cd58de6..9ee49da2 100644 --- a/central-asia/uz.json +++ b/central-asia/uz.json @@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ "text": "Senate - last held 16-17 January 2020 (next to be held in 2025)
Legislative Chamber - last held on 22 December 2019 and 5 January 2020 (next to be held in December 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition as of May 2023 (90 members) - men 68, women 22, percent of women 24.4%
Legislative Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDPU 53, National Revival Democratic Party 36, Adolat 24, PDP 22, Ecological Movement 15; composition as of May 2023 (140 members) - men 93, women, 47, percent of women 33.6%; note - total Supreme Assembly percent of women 30%" + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition as of February 2024 (90 members) - men 68, women 22, percent of women 24.4%

Legislative Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDPU 53, National Revival Democratic Party 36, Adolat 24, PDP 22, Ecological Movement 15; composition as of February 2024 - men 89, women 47, percent of women 34.6%; note - total Supreme Assembly percent of women 30.5%" }, "note": "note: all parties in the Supreme Assembly support President Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV" }, @@ -854,10 +854,10 @@ "text": "$1.55 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$4,893,938,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$4.894 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$3,027,885,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$3.028 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -866,10 +866,10 @@ "text": "$24.094 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$16.443 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$16.443 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$14.536 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$14.536 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -884,10 +884,10 @@ "text": "$35.61 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$27.936 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$27.936 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$22.638 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$22.638 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$34.903 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index 87e739eb..61df633a 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Burma, colonized by Britain in the 19th century and granted independence post-World War II, contains ethnic Burman and scores of other ethnic and religious minority groups that have all resisted external efforts to consolidate control of the country throughout its history, extending to the several minority groups today that possess independent fighting forces and control pockets of territory. In 1962, Gen. NE WIN seized power and ruled Burma until 1988 when a new military regime took control. In 1990, the military regime permitted an election but then rejected the results after the main opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) and its leader AUNG SAN SUU KYI (ASSK) won in a landslide. The military regime placed ASSK under house arrest for much of the next 20 years, until November 2010. In 2007, rising fuel prices in Burma led pro-democracy activists and Buddhist monks to launch a \"Saffron Revolution\" consisting of large protests against the ruling regime, which violently suppressed the movement by killing an unknown number of participants and arresting thousands. The regime prevented new elections until it had drafted a constitution designed to preserve the military's political control; it passed the new constitution in its 2008 referendum, days after Cyclone Nargis killed at least 138,000. The military regime conducted an election in 2010, but the NLD boycotted the vote, and the military’s political proxy, the Union Solidarity and Development Party, easily won; international observers denounced the election as flawed.

With former or current military officers installed in the government's most senior positions, Burma began a halting process of political and economic reforms. Officials freed prisoners, brokered ceasefires with ethnic armed groups (EAGs), amended courts, expanded civil liberties, brought ASSK into government in 2012, and permitted the NLD in 2015 to take power after a sweeping electoral win. However, Burma’s first credibly elected civilian government, with ASSK as the de facto head of state, faced strong headwinds after five decades of military dictatorship. The NLD government drew international criticism for blocking investigations of Burma’s military for operations, which the US Department of State determined constituted genocide, on its ethnic Rohingya population that killed thousands and forced more than 770,000 to flee into neighboring Bangladesh. The military did not support an NLD pledge in 2019 to examine reforming the military’s 2008 constitution. When the 2020 elections resulted in further NLD gains, the military denounced them as fraudulent. Burma military Commander-in-Chief Sr. General MIN AUNG HLAING launched a coup in February 2021 that returned Burma to authoritarian rule with military crackdowns that undid economic and political reforms and resulted in the detention of ASSK and thousands of pro-democracy actors, as well as widespread armed conflict and economic insecurity.

Since the coup and subsequent military crackdown, members of parliament elected in November 2020 and ousted by the military and other political actors have formed pro-democracy organizations, including the National Unity Government (NUG). Members of the NUG include representatives from the NLD, ethnic minority groups, civil society, and other minor parties. In May 2021, the NUG announced the formation of armed militias called the People's Defense Forces (PDF), and in September that same year announced the start of an insurgency against the military junta after the formation of hundreds of PDF armed groups. As of 2024, PDF groups across the country continued to fight the military regime with varying levels of support from and cooperation with the NUG and antiregime EAGs.

" + "text": "

Burma is home to ethnic Burmans and scores of other ethnic and religious minority groups that have resisted external efforts to consolidate control of the country throughout its history. Burma was a province of British India until 1937 and then a self-governing colony until it gained independence from Britain in 1948. In 1962, General NE WIN seized power and ruled Burma until 1988 when a new military regime took control. In 1990, the military regime permitted an election but then rejected the results after the main opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) and its leader AUNG SAN SUU KYI (ASSK) won in a landslide. The military regime placed ASSK under house arrest until 2010. In 2007, rising fuel prices in Burma led pro-democracy activists and Buddhist monks to launch a \"Saffron Revolution\" consisting of large protests against the regime, which violently suppressed the movement. The regime prevented new elections until it had drafted a constitution designed to preserve the military's political control; it passed the new constitution in its 2008 referendum. The regime conducted an election in 2010, but the NLD boycotted the vote, and the military’s political proxy, the Union Solidarity and Development Party, easily won; international observers denounced the election as flawed.

Burma nonetheless began a halting process of political and economic reforms. ASSK's return to government in 2012 eventually led to the NLD's sweeping victory in the 2015 election. With ASSK as the de facto head of state, Burma’s first credibly elected civilian government drew international criticism for blocking investigations into Burma’s military operations -- which the US Department of State determined constituted genocide -- against its ethnic Rohingya population. When the 2020 elections resulted in further NLD gains, the military denounced the vote as fraudulent. In 2021, Commander-in-Chief Sr. General MIN AUNG HLAING launched a coup that returned Burma to authoritarian rule, with military crackdowns that undid reforms and resulted in the detention of ASSK and thousands of pro-democracy actors.

Pro-democracy organizations have formed in the wake of the coup, including the National Unity Government (NUG). Members of the NUG include representatives from the NLD, ethnic minority groups, and civil society. In 2021, the NUG announced the formation of armed militias called the People's Defense Forces (PDF) and an insurgency against the military junta. As of 2024, PDF groups across the country continued to fight the regime with varying levels of support from and cooperation with the NUG and antiregime groups.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -881,22 +881,22 @@ "text": "$67.72 million (2019 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2018": { - "text": "-$2,561,159,000 (2018 est.)" + "text": "-$2.561 billion (2018 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2017": { - "text": "-$4,916,790,000 (2017 est.)" + "text": "-$4.917 billion (2017 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, "Exports": { "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$20.4 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$20.4 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2019": { - "text": "$17.523 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$17.523 billion (2019 est.)" }, "Exports 2018": { - "text": "$15.728 billion (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$15.728 billion (2018 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -909,13 +909,13 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$23.1 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$23.1 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$17.356 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$17.356 billion (2019 est.)" }, "Imports 2018": { - "text": "$18.664 billion (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$18.664 billion (2018 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2018": { "text": "$5.646 billion (2018 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json index 9f53158e..65466ad6 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "The Sultanate of Brunei's influence peaked between the 15th and 17th centuries when its control extended over coastal areas of northwest Borneo and the southern Philippines. Brunei subsequently entered a period of decline brought on by internal strife over royal succession, colonial expansion of European powers, and piracy. In 1888, Brunei became a British protectorate; independence was achieved in 1984. The same family has ruled Brunei for over six centuries. Brunei benefits from extensive petroleum and natural gas fields, the source of one of the highest per capita GDPs in the world. In 2017, Brunei celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Sultan Hassanal BOLKIAH’s accession to the throne." + "text": "The Sultanate of Brunei's influence peaked between the 15th and 17th centuries, when its control extended over coastal areas of northwest Borneo and the southern Philippines. Internal strife over royal succession, colonial expansion of European powers, and piracy subsequently brought on a period of decline. In 1888, Brunei became a British protectorate; independence was achieved in 1984. The same family has ruled Brunei for over six centuries, and in 2017, the country celebrated the 50th anniversary of Sultan Hassanal BOLKIAH’s accession to the throne. Brunei has one of the highest per-capita GDPs in the world, thanks to extensive petroleum and natural gas fields." } }, "Geography": { @@ -817,10 +817,10 @@ "text": "$10.106 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$9.219 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$9.219 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$6.382 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.382 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$3.997 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2014": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json index 1f74060c..c0b26ca9 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json @@ -887,10 +887,10 @@ "text": "$34.759 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$32.816 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$32.816 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$23.091 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$23.091 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json index ab32a1b6..c7ffc010 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json @@ -508,10 +508,10 @@ }, "Geoparks": { "total global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "41" + "text": "47 (2024)" }, "global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "Alxa; Arxan; Dali-Cangshan; Danxiashan; Dunhuang; Fangshan; Funiushan; Guangwushan-Noushuihe; Hexigten; Hong Kong; Huanggang Dabieshan; Huangshan; Jingpohu; Jiuhuashan; Keketuohai; Leiqiong; Leye Fengshan; Longhushan; Lushan; Mount Kunlun; Ningde; Qinling Zhongnanshan; Sanqingshan; Shennongjia; Shilin; Songshan; Taining; Taishan; Tianzhushan; Wangwushan-Daimeishan; Wudalianchi; Xiangxi; Xingwen; Yandangshan; Yanqing; Yimengshan; Yuntaishan; Zhangjlajle; Zhangye; Zhijingdong Cave; Zigong (2023)" + "text": "Alxa; Arxan; Dali-Cangshan; Danxiashan; Dunhuang; Enshi Grand Canyon-Tenglongdong; Fangshan; Funiushan; Guangwushan-Noushuihe; Hexigten; Hong Kong; Huanggang Dabieshan; Huangshan; Jingpohu; Jiuhuashan; Keketuohai; Leiqiong; Leye Fengshan; Linxia; Longhushan; Longyan; Lushan; Mount Changbaishan; Mount Kunlun; Ningde; Qinling Zhongnanshan; Sanqingshan; Shennongjia; Shilin; Songshan; Taining; Taishan; Tianzhushan; Wangwushan-Daimeishan; Wudalianchi; Wugongshan; Xiangxi; Xingwen; Yingyi; Yandangshan; Yanqing; Yimengshan; Yuntaishan; Zhangjlajle; Zhangye; Zhijingdong Cave; Zigong (2024)" } } }, @@ -951,10 +951,10 @@ "text": "$3.139 trillion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$3.094 trillion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.094 trillion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$2.38 trillion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.38 trillion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$3.357 trillion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ "note": "note: the PLA’s conscription system functions as a levy; the PLA establishes the number of enlistees needed, which produces quotas for the provinces; each province provides a set number of soldiers or sailors; if the number of volunteers fails to meet quotas, the local governments may compel individuals to enter military service" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "225 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 420 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 1,050 South Sudan (UNMISS); 150 Sudan/South Sudan (UNISFA); up to 2,000 Djibouti (2023)" + "text": "225 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 400 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 1,030 South Sudan (UNMISS); 150 Sudan/South Sudan (UNISFA); up to 2,000 Djibouti (2024)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "established in 1927, the PLA is the military arm of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which oversees the PLA through its Central Military Commission; the Central Military Commission is China’s top military decision making body

the PLA is the World’s largest military; its primary responsibility is external security but it also has some domestic security duties; China’s stated defense policy includes safeguarding sovereignty, security, and development interests while emphasizing a greater global role for the PLA; the PLA conducts air, counterspace, cyber, electronic warfare, joint, land, maritime, missile, nuclear, and space operations; it trains regularly, including multinational and multiservice exercises, deploys overseas, and participates in international peacekeeping missions 

the majority of the Ground Forces are organized into 13 group armies with approximately 80 subordinate combined arms brigades--some of which are amphibious units--that serve as the primary ground maneuver forces; each group army also controls artillery, air defense, aviation/air assault, special operations, engineer, and logistics brigades; there are also a several independent mechanized and motorized infantry divisions 

the Navy is numerically the largest in the World with an overall battle force of some 380 ships and submarines; it also has a large naval aviation force, as well as a growing Marine Corps comprised of several amphibious brigades supplemented by aviation and special operations forces
 
the combined aviation forces of the Air Force and Navy are the largest in the region and third largest in the World with nearly 3,000 total aircraft, of which more than 2,200 are combat aircraft, including fighter, bomber, ground attack, and multipurpose fighter aircraft; the Air Force also has an airborne/rapid reaction corps with a mix of airborne, air assault, special operations, and aviation brigades; the PLA's ground-based air defense forces operate surface-to-air missiles, air defense artillery, jammers, and a variety of sensors; the PLA Rocket Force manages the PRC’s land-based conventional and nuclear missile units

the PRC's internal security forces consist primarily of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), the Ministry of State Security (MSS), the People’s Armed Police (PAP), and the militia; the PLA support the internal security forces as necessary:

--the MPS controls the civilian national police, which serves as the first-line force for public order; its primary mission is domestic law enforcement and maintaining order, including anti-rioting and anti-terrorism

--the MSS is the PRC’s main civilian intelligence and counterintelligence service

--the PAP is a paramilitary component (or adjunct) of the PLA; its primary missions include internal security, maintaining public order, maritime security, and assisting the PLA in times of war; it is under the command of the Central Military Commission; the China Coast Guard (CCG) administratively falls under the PAP; the CCG has a variety of missions, such as maritime sovereignty enforcement, surveillance, resource protection, anti-smuggling, and general law enforcement; it is the largest maritime law enforcement fleet in the world with approximately 150 large patrol craft

--the militia is an armed reserve of civilians which serves as an auxiliary and reserve force for the PLA upon mobilization, although it is distinct from the PLA’s reserve forces; militia units are organized around towns, villages, urban sub-districts, and enterprises, and vary widely in composition and mission; they have dual civilian-military command structures; a key component of the militia are the local maritime forces, commonly referred to as the People’s Armed Forces Maritime Militia (PAFMM); the PAFMM consists of mariners (and their vessels) who receive training, equipment, and other forms of support from the Navy and CCG (although the PAFMM remains separate from both) to perform tasks such as maritime patrolling, surveillance and reconnaissance, emergency/disaster response, transportation, search and rescue, and auxiliary tasks in support of naval operations in wartime; the PAFMM’s tasks are often conducted in conjunction or coordination with the Navy and the CCG; it has been used to assert Beijing's maritime claims in the Sea of Japan and South China Sea (2023)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json index 1e321f3f..48acce62 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json @@ -744,10 +744,10 @@ "text": "$683.415 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$732.087 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$732.087 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$601.528 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$601.528 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$491.755 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "2,193 km (2021)" + "text": "2,193 km" }, "paved": { "text": "2,193 km (2021)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index 2a0931aa..4b6c4083 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -597,13 +597,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "bicameral People's Consultative Assembly or Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (MPR) consists of:
Regional Representative Council or Dewan Perwakilan Daerah (136 seats; non-partisan members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - 4 each from the country's 34 electoral districts - by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms); note - the Regional Representative Council has no legislative authority
House of Representatives or Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (575 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote to serve 5-year terms)" + "text": "bicameral People's Consultative Assembly or Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (MPR) consists of:
Regional Representative Council or Dewan Perwakilan Daerah (136 seats; non-partisan members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - 4 each from the country's 34 electoral districts - by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms); note - the Regional Representative Council has no legislative authority
House of Representatives or Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (580 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote to serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { "text": "Regional Representative Council - last held on 14 February 2024 (next to be held in 2029)
House of Representatives - last held on 14 February 2024 (next to be held in 2029)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Regional Representative Council - all seats elected on a non-partisan basis; composition as of January 2024 - men 102, women 34, percent of women 25%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party (2019 results)- PDI-P 19.3%, Gerindra 12.6%, Golkar 12.3%, PKB 9.7%, Nasdem 9.1%, PKS 8.2%, PD 7.8%, PAN 6.8%, PPP 4.5%, other 9.6%; seats by party - PDI-P 128, Golkar 85, Gerindra 78, Nasdem 59, PKB 58, PD 54, PKS 50, PAN 44, PPP 19; composition as of January 2024 - men 449, women 126, percent of women 21.9%; total People's Consultative Assembly percent of women 22.5%" + "text": "Regional Representative Council - all seats elected on a non-partisan basis; composition as of January 2024 - men 102, women 34, percent of women 25%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDI-P 16.7%, Golkar 15.3%, Gerindra 13.2%, PKB 10.6%, Nasdem 9.7%, PKS 8.4%, PD 7.4%, PAN 7.2%; other 11.5% (10 additional parties received votes); seats by party - PDI-P 110, Golkar 102, Gerindra 86, PKB 68, Nasdem 69, PKS 53, PD 44, PAN 48; composition as of January 2024 - men 449, women 126, percent of women 21.9%; total People's Consultative Assembly percent of women 22.5%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ "text": "$3.511 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$4,433,270,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$4.433 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -917,10 +917,10 @@ "text": "$315.584 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$246.787 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$246.787 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$178.418 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$178.418 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -935,10 +935,10 @@ "text": "$273.249 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$217.579 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$217.579 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$159.872 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$159.872 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$135.916 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1216,10 +1216,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "496,607 km (2011)" + "text": "496,607 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "283,102 km (2011)" + "text": "283,102 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "213,505 km (2011)" @@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2023, women comprised about 7% of the Indonesian military" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "225 (plus about 140 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,025 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 1,225 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2023)" + "text": "225 (plus about 140 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,025 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 1,225 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2024)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the military is responsible for external defense, combatting separatism, and responding to natural disasters; in certain conditions it may provide operational support to police, such as for counterterrorism operations, maintaining public order, and addressing communal conflicts; the TNI has undergone reforms since the 1990s to improve its professionalism and limit its involvement in internal politics; the infantry-heavy Army is the largest service and deployed throughout the country in 14 area (KODAM) and three joint area (KOGABWILHAN) defense commands; it also has a special forces command (KOPASSUS) and three strategic reserve (KOSTRAD) infantry division headquarters; as of 2024, the Army was conducting counter-insurgency operations in Papua against the West Papua Liberation Army, the military wing of the Free Papua Organization, which has been fighting a low-level insurgency since Indonesia annexed the former Dutch colony in the 1960s; it has also been assisting police in Sulawesi in countering the Mujahideen Indonesia Timur (MIT; aka East Indonesia Mujahideen), a local militant group affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

the Navy is organized and equipped for coastal defense and patrolling Indonesia’s territorial waters where it faces such issues as piracy, transnational crime, illegal fishing, and incursions by Chinese vessels; its surface warships include more than 30 frigates and corvettes and a substantial number of patrol vessels; it also has a few attack-type submarines, as well as a maritime aviation component and an amphibious force with several marine infantry brigades and amphibious assault ships; the Air Force has more than 100 combat aircraft

Indonesia is not a formal claimant in the South China Sea, although some of its waters lie within China's “nine-dash line” maritime claims, resulting in some stand offs in recent years; since 2016, the Indonesian military has bolstered its presence on Great Natuna Island (aka Pulau Natuna Besar), the main island of the Middle Natuna Archipelago, which is part of the Riau Islands Province, and held military exercises in the surrounding waters (2023)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index 74c77a63..6b235d25 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -873,10 +873,10 @@ "text": "$921.212 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$920.639 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$920.639 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$794.291 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$794.291 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -891,10 +891,10 @@ "text": "$1.08 trillion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$942.45 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$942.45 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$801.889 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$801.889 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$1.391 trillion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1190,10 +1190,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "1,218,772 km (2015)" + "text": "1,218,772 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "992,835 km (2015) (includes 8,428 km of expressways)" + "text": "992,835 km (includes 8,428 km of expressways)" }, "unpaved": { "text": "225,937 km (2015)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json index 0820cfbf..48646e0b 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json @@ -997,10 +997,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "25,554 km (2006)" + "text": "25,554 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "724 km (2006)" + "text": "724 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "24,830 km (2006)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index c4f7be3b..b7f59afd 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -869,10 +869,10 @@ "text": "$820.643 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$769.424 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$769.424 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$607.505 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$607.505 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -887,10 +887,10 @@ "text": "$811.129 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$698.98 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$698.98 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$541.57 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$541.57 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$443.463 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1175,10 +1175,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "100,428 km (2016)" + "text": "100,428 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "92,795 km (2016) (includes 4,193 km of expressways)" + "text": "92,795 km (includes 4,193 km of expressways)" }, "unpaved": { "text": "7,633 km (2016)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json index b11bf12d..20b9cbaf 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json @@ -872,10 +872,10 @@ "text": "$8.604 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$7.82 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$7.82 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$6.461 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.461 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -890,10 +890,10 @@ "text": "$7.772 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$6.527 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.527 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$5.816 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.816 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$1.393 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1158,10 +1158,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "59,647 km (2024)" + "text": "59,647 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "13,718 km (2024)" + "text": "13,718 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "45,929 km (2024)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json index afa06558..27f1748f 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json @@ -641,10 +641,10 @@ "text": "$19.082 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$26.483 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$26.483 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$15.665 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$15.665 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -659,10 +659,10 @@ "text": "$21.267 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$22.889 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$22.889 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$15.151 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$15.151 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$25.145 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2013": { @@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "428 km (2017)" + "text": "428 km" }, "paved": { "text": "428 km (2017)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json index caa3c042..50cfa1aa 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json @@ -859,10 +859,10 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$2,303,499,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$2.303 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$2,108,440,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$2.108 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "-$674.612 million (2020 est.)" @@ -874,10 +874,10 @@ "text": "$10.989 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$8.95 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$8.95 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$7.646 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$7.646 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -892,10 +892,10 @@ "text": "$12.112 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$9.256 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$9.256 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$7.34 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$7.34 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$4.545 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1155,10 +1155,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "113,200 km (2017)" + "text": "113,200 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "10,600 km (2017)" + "text": "10,600 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "102,600 km (2017)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json index 1fb30a5f..341bf1bd 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json @@ -876,10 +876,10 @@ "text": "$312.857 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$263.836 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$263.836 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$208.217 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$208.217 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -894,10 +894,10 @@ "text": "$283.601 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$236.855 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$236.855 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$186.613 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$186.613 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$107.644 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1168,10 +1168,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "144,403 km (2010) (excludes local roads)" + "text": "144,403 km (excludes local roads)" }, "paved": { - "text": "116,169 km (2010) (includes 1,821 km of expressways)" + "text": "116,169 km (includes 1,821 km of expressways)" }, "unpaved": { "text": "28,234 km (2010)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index 239b1628..f82ae21a 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$2.686 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1138,10 +1138,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "24,862 km (2015)" + "text": "24,862 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "2,647 km (2015)" + "text": "2,647 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "22,215 km (2015)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json index c0d1d3de..4bc7fbc1 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json @@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "growing East Asian economy; hard post-pandemic recovery; key electronics exporter; significant remittances; growing regional tensions with China; declining unemployment; climate change risk to food security; major equity concerns" + "text": "growing Southeast Asian economy; commercial rebound led by transportation, construction and financial services; electronics exports recovering from sector slowdown; significant remittances; interest rate rises following heightened inflation; uncertainties due to increased regional tensions with China " }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": { @@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ } }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "sugar cane, rice, coconuts, maize, bananas, vegetables, tropical fruit, plantains, pineapples, cassava" + "text": "sugar cane, rice, coconuts, eggs, maize, bananas, vegetables, tropical fruit, plantains, pineapples" }, "Industries": { "text": "semiconductors and electronics assembly, business process outsourcing, food and beverage manufacturing, construction, electric/gas/water supply, chemical products, radio/television/communications equipment and apparatus, petroleum and fuel, textile and garments, non-metallic minerals, basic metal industries, transport equipment" @@ -883,10 +883,10 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$18,115,680,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$18.116 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$5,942,749,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$5.943 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "$11.578 billion (2020 est.)" @@ -898,36 +898,36 @@ "text": "$98.853 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$87.798 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$87.798 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$80.034 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$80.034 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Exports - partners": { - "text": "China 16%, United States 14%, Japan 12%, Hong Kong 12%, Singapore 7% (2021)" + "text": "United States 14%, China 14%, Hong Kong 12%, Japan 10%, Singapore 6% (2022)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "integrated circuits, office machinery/parts, insulated wiring, transformers, semiconductors (2021)" + "text": "integrated circuits, office machinery/parts, gold, semiconductors, insulated wiring (2022)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2022": { "text": "$152.656 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$126.565 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$126.565 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$99.943 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$99.943 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Imports - partners": { - "text": "China 34%, Japan 7%, South Korea 6%, Indonesia 6%, United States 6% (2021)" + "text": "China 33%, Indonesia 8%, South Korea 7%, Japan 7%, Singapore 6% (2022)" }, "Imports - commodities": { - "text": "integrated circuits, refined petroleum, office machinery, broadcasting equipment, cars (2021)" + "text": "integrated circuits, refined petroleum, coal, cars, crude petroleum (2022)" }, "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": { "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": { @@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$109.99 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1199,10 +1199,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "216,387 km (2014)" + "text": "216,387 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "61,093 km (2014)" + "text": "61,093 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "155,294 km (2014)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index cf374ba8..b8feb5cd 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -855,10 +855,10 @@ "text": "$870.806 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$781.068 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$781.068 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$634.034 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$634.034 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -873,10 +873,10 @@ "text": "$701.629 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$631.615 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$631.615 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$525.324 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$525.324 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$369.834 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "3,500 km (2017)" + "text": "3,500 km" }, "paved": { "text": "3,500 km (2017) (includes 164 km of expressways)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index 6b002033..20ecbb02 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ "text": "Senate - last selections held on 14 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024)

House of Representatives - last held on 14 May 2023 (next to be held in May 2027)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 223, women 26, percent of women 10.4%

House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - MFP 36.2%, PTP 27.7%, UTN 11.9%, PJT 2.9%, DP 2.3%, PPRP 1.4%, PCC 1.5%, other 16%; seats by party - MFP 152, PTP 141, PJT 70, PPRP 41, UTN 36, DP 24, PCC 9, CTP 10, Thai Sang Thai 6, other 11; composition - 405 men, 94 women, percent women 18.8%

House of Representatives - percent of vote by party in 2019 election- PPRP 23.7%, PTP 22.2%, FFP* 17.8%, DP 11.1%, PJT 10.5%, TLP 2.3%, CTP 2.2%, NEP 1.4%, PCC 1.4%, ACT 1.2%, PCP 1.2%,  other 5.1%; seats by party - PTP 136, PPRP 116, FFP 81, DP 53, PJT 51, CTP 10, TLP 10, PCC 7, PCP 5, NEP 6, ACT 5, other 20; composition (489 members as of mid-2022) - men 412, women 77, percent of women 15.8%" + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 223, women 26, percent of women 10.4%

House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - MFP 36.2%, PTP 27.7%, UTN 11.9%, PJT 2.9%, DP 2.3%, PPRP 1.4%, PCC 1.5%, other 16%; seats by party - MFP 152, PTP 141, PJT 71, PPRP 41, UTN 36, DP 24, PCC 9, CTP 10, Thai Sang Thai 6, other 11; composition - 405 men, 94 women, percent women 18.8%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -895,10 +895,10 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$15,742,407,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$15.742 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$10,268,493,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$10.268 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "$20.933 billion (2020 est.)" @@ -910,10 +910,10 @@ "text": "$324.063 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$295.972 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$295.972 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$257.981 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$257.981 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -928,10 +928,10 @@ "text": "$334.478 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$296.115 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$296.115 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$232.048 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$232.048 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$258.104 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json index 883f5b2d..271aedcd 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json @@ -547,10 +547,10 @@ "text": "unicameral National Parliament (65 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed, party-list proportional representation vote using the D'Hondt method to serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held May 2023 (next to be held in May 2028)" + "text": "last held on 21 May 2023 (next to be held in May 2028)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party in 2023 elections - CNRT 41.5%, FRETILIN 25.8%, PD 9.3%, KHUNTO 7.5%, PLP 6%, other 9.9%; seats by party - CNRT 31, FRETILIN 19, PD 6, KHUNTO 5, PLP 4; note - 12 other parties received votes, but won no seats; composition - men 41, women 24; percent women 36.9%

percent of vote by party in 2018 elections - AMP 49.6%, FRETILIN 34.2%, PD 8.1%, DDF 5.5%, other 2.6%; seats by party - AMP 34, FRETILIN 23, PD 5, DDF 3; composition - men 39, women 26, percent of women 40%; note - AMP (Alliance for Change and Progress) was a coalition of CNRT, PLP, and KHUNTO which dissolved in May of 2020" + "text": "percent of vote by party - CNRT 41.5%, FRETILIN 25.8%, PD 9.3%, KHUNTO 7.5%, PLP 6%, other 9.9%; seats by party - CNRT 31, FRETILIN 19, PD 6, KHUNTO 5, PLP 4; note - 12 other parties received votes, but won no seats; composition - men 41, women 24; percent women 36.9%
" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -823,10 +823,10 @@ "text": "$1.858 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$2.772 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.772 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$1.598 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.598 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -841,10 +841,10 @@ "text": "$1.396 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$1.298 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.298 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$1.486 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.486 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1078,10 +1078,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "6,040 km (2008)" + "text": "6,040 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "2,600 km (2008)" + "text": "2,600 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "3,440 km (2008)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json index 59adbb8e..45a434c6 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json @@ -985,10 +985,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "43,206 km (2017)" + "text": "43,206 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "42,793 km (2017) (includes 1,348 km of highways and 737 km of expressways)" + "text": "42,793 km (includes 1,348 km of highways and 737 km of expressways)" }, "unpaved": { "text": "413 km (2017)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json index 5956863b..160d83c9 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json @@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ "text": "last held on 23 May 2021 (next to be held in spring 2026)" }, "election results": { - "text": "2021: percent of vote by party - CPV 97.2%, 2.8% non-party; seats by party - CPV 486, non-party 14; composition - 348 men, 151 women; percent women 30.3%

2016: percent of vote in 2016 election by party - CPV 95.8%, non-party members 4.2%; seats by party - CPV 474, non-party CPV-approved 20, self-nominated 2; note - 494 candidates elected, 2 CPV candidates-elect were disqualified; composition - men 364, women 122, percent of women 26.6%" + "text": "
percent of vote by party - CPV 97.2%, 2.8% non-party; seats by party - CPV 486, non-party 14; composition as of February 2024 - 342 men, 151 women; percent women 30.6%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -899,10 +899,10 @@ "text": "$384.204 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$340.126 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$340.126 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$290.229 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$290.229 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -917,10 +917,10 @@ "text": "$371.111 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$338.327 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$338.327 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$269.808 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$269.808 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$94.834 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1191,10 +1191,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "195,468 km (2013)" + "text": "195,468 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "148,338 km (2013)" + "text": "148,338 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "47,130 km (2013)" diff --git a/europe/al.json b/europe/al.json index b8afebdd..91c0aa11 100644 --- a/europe/al.json +++ b/europe/al.json @@ -887,10 +887,10 @@ "text": "$9.016 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$8.004 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$8.004 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$5.671 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.671 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/europe/au.json b/europe/au.json index 4e4ed2fb..9734a5ad 100644 --- a/europe/au.json +++ b/europe/au.json @@ -898,10 +898,10 @@ "text": "$290.277 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$264.231 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$264.231 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$209.817 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$209.817 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/europe/be.json b/europe/be.json index c0244596..0b77fdb8 100644 --- a/europe/be.json +++ b/europe/be.json @@ -453,10 +453,10 @@ }, "Geoparks": { "total global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "1" + "text": "2 (2024)" }, "global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "Famenne-Ardenne (2023)" + "text": "Famenne-Ardenne; Schelde Delta (includes Netherlands) (2024)" } } }, @@ -887,10 +887,10 @@ "text": "$567.164 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$516.8 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$516.8 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$403.359 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$403.359 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index ae22c2d1..b433a7f8 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$1,065,156,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$1.065 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "-$418.984 million (2021 est.)" @@ -873,10 +873,10 @@ "text": "$15.162 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$12.738 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$12.738 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$9.726 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$9.726 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$8.707 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { diff --git a/europe/bo.json b/europe/bo.json index 0ea3457d..175292b9 100644 --- a/europe/bo.json +++ b/europe/bo.json @@ -887,10 +887,10 @@ "text": "$42.28 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$45.465 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$45.465 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$35.236 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$35.236 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index 88fafe6e..62bd60c4 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ "text": "President Rumen RADEV (since 22 January 2017); Vice President Iliana IOTOVA (since 22 January 2017)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Vacant (since 6 March 2024)" + "text": "Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar GLAVCHEV (since 9 April 2024)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers nominated by the prime minister, elected by the National Assembly" @@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ "text": "president and vice president elected on the same ballot by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 14 and 21 November 2021 (next to be held in fall 2026); chairman of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) elected by the National Assembly; deputy prime ministers nominated by the prime minister, elected by the National Assembly" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2021: Rumen RADEV reelected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Rumen RADEV (independent) 49.4%, Anastas GERDZHIKOV (independent) 22.8%, Mustafa KARADAYI (DPS) 11.6%, Kostadin KOSTADINOV (Revival) 3.9%, Lozan PANOV (independent) 3.7%, other 8.6%; percent of vote in the second round - Rumen RADEV 66.7%, Anastas GERDZHIKOV 31.8%, neither 1.5%

2016: Rumen RADEV elected president in second round; percent of vote - Rumen RADEV (independent, supported by Bulgarian Socialist Party) 59.4%, Tsetska TSACHEVA (GERB) 36.2%, neither 4.5%" + "text": "
2021: Rumen RADEV reelected president in second round; percent of vote in the first round - Rumen RADEV (independent) 49.4%, Anastas GERDZHIKOV (independent) 22.8%, Mustafa KARADAYI (DPS) 11.6%, Kostadin KOSTADINOV (Revival) 3.9%, Lozan PANOV (independent) 3.7%, other 8.6%; percent of vote in the second round - Rumen RADEV 66.7%, Anastas GERDZHIKOV 31.8%, neither 1.5%

2016: Rumen RADEV elected president in second round; percent of vote - Rumen RADEV (independent, supported by Bulgarian Socialist Party) 59.4%, Tsetska TSACHEVA (GERB) 36.2%, neither 4.5%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sabranie (240 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by open-list, proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 2 April 2023 (next election to be held in 2027)" + "text": "last held on 2 April 2023 (snap election to be held on 9 June 2024)" }, "election results": { "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - GERB-SDS 25.4%, PP-DB 23.5%, Revival 13.6%, DPS 13.2%, BSP for Bulgaria 8.6%, ITN 3.9%, other 11.8%; seats by party/coalition GERB-SDS 69, PP-DB 64, Revival 37, DPS 36, BSP for Bulgaria 23, ITN 11; composition as of January 2024 - men 179, women 61, percent of women 25.4%" @@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ "text": "-$591.65 million (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$1,515,830,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$1.516 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "-$31.23 million (2020 est.)" @@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$37.86 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/cy.json b/europe/cy.json index 746efc67..fc7f2665 100644 --- a/europe/cy.json +++ b/europe/cy.json @@ -857,13 +857,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$2,357,419,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$2.357 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$1,811,810,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$1.812 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$2,522,911,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$2.523 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -891,10 +891,10 @@ "text": "$27.658 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$25.164 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$25.164 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$20.711 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$20.711 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$1.237 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index 8d4c50fd..34948e3e 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -457,10 +457,10 @@ }, "Geoparks": { "total global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "2" + "text": "3 (2024)" }, "global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "Odsherred; Vestjylland (2023)" + "text": "Odsherred; South Fyn Archipelago; Vestjylland (2024)" } } }, @@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$72.823 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ "note": "note 1: women have been able serve in all military occupations, including combat arms, since 1988; as of 2022, they made up about 9% of the military's full-time personnel; in 2024, Denmark announced that it would extend military conscription to women in 2026

note 2: conscientious objectors can choose to instead serve 6 months in a non-military position, for example in Beredskabsstyrelsen (dealing with non-military disasters like fires, flood, pollution, etc.) or overseas foreign aid work

note 3: foreigners who have lived in Denmark for at least 1 year or in another EU country for 6 years may apply to join the armed forces, provided they are fluent in Danish 

note 4: Denmark has had compulsory military service since 1849" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "approximately 225 Estonia (NATO); approximately 800 Latvia (NATO) (2023)", + "text": "approximately 800 Latvia (NATO); Denmark contributes small numbers of air, ground, and naval forces to a variety of other NATO and international missions (2024)", "note": "note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Denmark, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { diff --git a/europe/ee.json b/europe/ee.json index 14d91ca5..4f7bf534 100644 --- a/europe/ee.json +++ b/europe/ee.json @@ -807,8 +807,7 @@ }, "Transnational Issues": { "Disputes - international": { - "text": "

as a political union, the EU has no border disputes with neighboring countries, but Estonia has no land boundary agreements with Russia, Slovenia disputes its land and maritime boundaries with Croatia, and Spain has territorial and maritime disputes with Morocco and with the UK over Gibraltar; the EU has set up a Schengen area - consisting of 23 EU member states that have signed the convention implementing the Schengen agreements or \"acquis\" (1985 and 1990) on the free movement of persons and the harmonization of border controls in Europe; these agreements became incorporated into EU law with the implementation of the 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam on 1 May 1999; in addition, non-EU states Iceland and Norway (as part of the Nordic Union) have been included in the Schengen area since 1996 (full members in 2001), Switzerland since 2008, and Liechtenstein since 2011 bringing the total current membership to 27; the UK (since 2000) and Ireland (since 2002) take part in only some aspects of the Schengen area, especially with respect to police and criminal matters; nine of the 13 new member states that joined the EU since 2004 joined Schengen on 21 December 2007; EU member state Croatia joined on 1 January 2023; of the three remaining EU states, Romania and Bulgaria are obligated to eventually join, while Cyprus' entry is held up by the ongoing Cyprus dispute

", - "note": "note: three of Europe's microstates - Monaco, San Marino, and the Holy See (Vatican City) - maintain open borders for passenger traffic with their neighbors and are thus de facto members of the Schengen Area, since it is impossible to travel to or from them without transiting another Schengen member country" + "text": "see individual European countries and Schengen Convention in Appendix B" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/ei.json b/europe/ei.json index 1ad7804f..ebf9118f 100644 --- a/europe/ei.json +++ b/europe/ei.json @@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ "text": "President Michael D. HIGGINS (since 11 November 2011)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo VARADKAR (since 16 December 2022); note - VARADKAR resigned on 20 March 2024 but remains in caretaker status until a successor is appointed" + "text": "Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Simon HARRIS (since 9 April 2024); note - Taoiseach Leo VARADKAR resigned from the ruling party on 20 March 2024 but remained as the caretaker taoiseach until a successor was appointed" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet nominated by the prime minister, appointed by the president, approved by the Dali Eireann (lower house of Parliament)" @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by majority popular vote for a 7-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 26 October 2018 (next to be held no later than November 2025); taoiseach (prime minister) nominated by the House of Representatives (Dail Eireann), appointed by the president" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2018: Michael D. HIGGINS reelected president in first round; percent of vote in first round - Michael D. HIGGINS (independent) 55.8%, Peter CASEY (independent) 23.3%, Sean GALLAGHER (independent) 6.4%, Liadh NI RIADA (Sinn Fein) 6.4%, Joan FREEMAN (independent) 6%, Gavin DUFFY (independent) 2.2%

2011: Michael D. HIGGINS elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Michael D. HIGGINS (Labor) 39.6%, Sean GALLAGHER (independent) 28.5%, Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin) 13.7%, Gay Mitchell (Fine Gael) 6.4%, David Norris (independent) 6.2%, Mary DAVIS (independent) 2.7%; percent of vote in second round - Michael D. HIGGINS 56.8%, Sean GALLAGHER 35.5%" + "text": "
2024: Simon HARRIS is elected taoiseach by parliament, 88 votes to 69, and is appointed taoiseach by the president

2018: Michael D. HIGGINS reelected president in first round; percent of vote in first round - Michael D. HIGGINS (independent) 55.8%, Peter CASEY (independent) 23.3%, Sean GALLAGHER (independent) 6.4%, Liadh NI RIADA (Sinn Fein) 6.4%, Joan FREEMAN (independent) 6%, Gavin DUFFY (independent) 2.2%

2011: Michael D. HIGGINS elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Michael D. HIGGINS (Labor) 39.6%, Sean GALLAGHER (independent) 28.5%, Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin) 13.7%, Gay Mitchell (Fine Gael) 6.4%, David Norris (independent) 6.2%, Mary DAVIS (independent) 2.7%; percent of vote in second round - Michael D. HIGGINS 56.8%, Sean GALLAGHER 35.5%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ "text": "
Senate - last held early on 21-30 May 2020 (next to be held in March 2025)
House of Representatives - last held on 8 February 2020 (next to be held no later than March 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": " 
Senate - percent of vote by party - Fianna Fail 35%, Fine Gael 26.7%, Green Party 6.7%, Labor Party 6.7%, Sinn Fein 6.7%, other 1.6%, independent 16.7%; seats by party - Fianna Fail 21, Fine Gael 16, Green Party 4, Labor Party 4, Sinn Fein 4, other 1, independent 10; composition - men 36, women 24, percent of women 40%  
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - Fianna Fail 23.8%, Sinn Fein 23.1%, Fine Gael 21.9%, Green Party 7.5%, other 11.8%, independent 11.9%; seats by party - Fianna Fail 38, Sinn Fein 37, Fine Gael 35, Green Party 12, Labor Party 6, Social Democrats 6, PBPS 5, other 2, independent 19; composition as of March 2022 - men 123, women 37, percent of women 23.1%; note - total Parliament percent of women 27.7%" + "text": " 
Senate - percent of vote by party - Fianna Fail 35%, Fine Gael 26.7%, Green Party 6.7%, Labor Party 6.7%, Sinn Fein 6.7%, other 1.6%, independent 16.7%; seats by party - Fianna Fail 21, Fine Gael 16, Green Party 4, Labor Party 4, Sinn Fein 4, other 1, independent 10; composition as of February 2024 - men 36, women 24, percent of women 40%

House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - Fianna Fail 23.8%, Sinn Fein 23.1%, Fine Gael 21.9%, Green Party 7.5%, other 11.8%, independent 11.9%; seats by party - Fianna Fail 38, Sinn Fein 37, Fine Gael 35, Green Party 12, Labor Party 6, Social Democrats 6, PBPS 5, other 2, independent 19; composition as of February 2024 - men 123, women 37, percent of women 23.1%; note - total Parliament percent of women 27.7%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -853,10 +853,10 @@ "text": "$729.135 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$685.814 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$685.814 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$571.051 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$571.051 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -871,10 +871,10 @@ "text": "$516.084 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$479.284 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$479.284 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$488.823 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$488.823 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ "note": "note: as of 2023, women made up about 7% of the military's full-time personnel

note 2: the Defense Forces are open to refugees under the Refugee Act of 1996 and nationals of the European Economic Area, which include EU member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "130 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 325 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2023)" + "text": "130 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 325 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2024)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "Ireland has a long-standing policy of military neutrality; however, it participates in multinational peacekeeping and humanitarian operations, as well as crisis management; Ireland is a signatory of the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy and has committed a battalion of troops to the EU’s Rapid Reaction Force; Ireland is not a member of NATO but has a relationship with it going back to 1997, when it deployed personnel in support of the NATO-led peacekeeping operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Ireland joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1999; it has been active in UN peacekeeping operations since the 1950s

the Irish Defense Forces (IDF) trace their origins back to the Irish Volunteers, a unit established in 1913 which took part in the 1916 Easter Rising and the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921); today, the IDF is comprised of an Army, an Air Corps, a Naval Service, and the Reserve Defense Forces (RDF); the Army has two combined arms combat brigades, one responsible for military operations in the south of the country, the other in the north; the Army’s primary mission is national defense, but elements have deployed on overseas humanitarian and peacekeeping operations, and at times have assisted civil authorities and the national police by providing security at airports, foreign embassies, government facilities, and ports; the Air Corps operates a range of non-combat fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters for a variety of missions, including air ambulance, civil assistance, maritime patrol, reconnaissance and surveillance, search and rescue, support to the Army, and transport; the Naval Service’s warships are six large or offshore patrol vessels, and its roles include defending territorial seas, deterrence, maritime surveillance, protecting marine assets, and supporting Army operations; the RDF was established in 2005 and has both an Army and a Naval Service Reserve; the RDF takes its lineage from the Volunteer Reserve Force, which was established in 1929 (2023)" diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index f01de508..e85cdb86 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -854,10 +854,10 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$1,230,929,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$1.231 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$1,002,335,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$1.002 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "-$660.167 million (2020 est.)" @@ -869,10 +869,10 @@ "text": "$32.461 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$29.522 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$29.522 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$21.721 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$21.721 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -887,10 +887,10 @@ "text": "$32.671 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$29.937 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$29.937 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$21.966 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$21.966 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$1.997 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index 0d7b3d9e..06a284eb 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -850,10 +850,10 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$17,365,733,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$17.366 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$7,686,437,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$7.686 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "$4.967 billion (2020 est.)" @@ -883,10 +883,10 @@ "text": "$218.002 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$197.515 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$197.515 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$156.129 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$156.129 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$166.126 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ "text": "9.13 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "83% (20201 est.)" + "text": "83% (2021 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index 5dc94bf8..ce9867ea 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -467,10 +467,10 @@ }, "Geoparks": { "total global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "3" + "text": "4 (2024)" }, "global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "Rokua; Lauhanvuori-Haemeenkangas; Saimaa; Salpausselka (2023)" + "text": "Impact Crater Lake - Lappajarvi; Rokua; Lauhanvuori-Haemeenkangas; Saimaa; Salpausselka (2024)" } } }, @@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$7,317,736,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$7.318 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "$1.222 billion (2021 est.)" @@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$13.48 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ "note": "note 1: the military trains approximately 21,000 conscripts each year; women have served on a voluntary basis since 1995, and as of 2022 made up about 19% of the military's full-time personnel

note 2: Finland has had conscription since 1951" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "225 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2023)" + "text": "165 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2024)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF) are focused primarily on territorial defense, which is based on having a large, trained reserve force created by general conscription; active-duty FDF units absorb and train more than 20,000 conscripts annually; the resulting pool of trained reservists gives the FDF a wartime strength of approximately 280,000 and a total reserve of some 900,000 citizens with military service; other FDF responsibilities include support to international peacekeeping operations and some domestic security duties, such as assisting the National Police in maintaining law and order in crises

the FDF is also focused on fulfilling its new commitment to NATO; following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Finland reassessed its security policy situation and applied for NATO membership and gained entry in April 2023; as a member of the Alliance, Finland is part of NATO’s collective defense and is covered by the security guarantees enshrined in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty); Finland had been part of NATO’s Partnership for Peace program since 1994, and the FDF exercised with some NATO members and participated in NATO-led military missions in the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Iraq; Finland also is a signatory of the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy and actively participates in EU crisis management missions and operations; the FDF cooperates closely with the militaries of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation structure (NORDEFCO; established 2009), which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden and involves cooperation in such areas as armaments, education, human resources, training and exercises, and operations; Finland considers Sweden as its closest bi-lateral security partner; the UK and the US are also close defense partners; in 2022, Finland signed a mutual security agreement with the UK, and since 2014 has been part of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, a pool of high-readiness military forces from 10 Baltic and Scandinavian countries designed to respond to a wide range of contingencies in the North Atlantic, Baltic Sea, and High North regions

the bulk of the FDF’s annual intake of conscripts go into the Army; in peacetime, the Army has five combat brigades, which include armored, jaeger/light infantry, and mechanized infantry forces, plus regiments of light infantry, special forces, and helicopter assault forces; the Navy has a mix of missile-armed patrol craft, fast patrol boats, and mine warfare vessels; it is slated to receive four multirole corvettes by 2029; the Navy also has a coastal defense brigade, which includes anti-ship missile and naval special operations forces and a naval infantry brigade maintained at cadre strength that incorporates about 1,500 conscripts annually; the Air Force has about 60 US-made F/A-18 multirole fighters, which are scheduled to be replaced by US-origin F-35 stealth multirole fighters beginning in 2025 (2023)" diff --git a/europe/fo.json b/europe/fo.json index 27bd0902..32e885d0 100644 --- a/europe/fo.json +++ b/europe/fo.json @@ -881,10 +881,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "960 km (2017)" + "text": "960 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "500 km (2017)" + "text": "500 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "460 km (2017)" @@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ }, "Transnational Issues": { "Disputes - international": { - "text": "because anticipated offshore hydrocarbon resources have not been realized, earlier Faroese proposals for full independence have been deferred; Iceland, the UK, and Ireland dispute Denmark's claim to UNCLOS that the Faroe Islands' continental shelf extends beyond 200 nm" + "text": "none identified" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index aa483dfd..e2485452 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ }, "Ethnic groups": { "text": "Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African (Algerian, Moroccan, Tunisian), Indochinese, Basque minorities", - "note": "note: overseas departments: Black, White, Mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian" + "note": "note: overseas departments: Black, White, Mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Indigenous" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { @@ -484,10 +484,10 @@ }, "Geoparks": { "total global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "7" + "text": "9 (2024)" }, "global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "Beaujolais; Causses du Quersey; Chablais; Haute-Provence; Luberon;  Massif des Bauges;  Monts d'Ardèche (2023)" + "text": "Armorique; Beaujolais; Causses du Quersey; Chablais; Haute-Provence; Luberon;  Massif des Bauges;  Monts d'Ardèche; Normandie-Maine (2024)" } } }, @@ -901,13 +901,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$56,671,700,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$56.672 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "$9.868 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$41,381,104,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$41.381 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -916,10 +916,10 @@ "text": "$1.013 trillion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$925.551 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$925.551 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$752.31 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$752.31 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -934,10 +934,10 @@ "text": "$1.103 trillion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$963.999 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$963.999 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$799.147 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$799.147 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$224.236 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ "note": "note 1: in 2023, women comprised more than 16% of the uniformed armed forces 

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

note 3: men between the ages of 17.5 and 39.5 years of age, of any nationality, may join the French Foreign Legion; those volunteers selected for service sign five-year contracts" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "approximately 300 Central African Republic; 300 Comoros; approximately 1,400 Djibouti; 300 Estonia (NATO); approximately 2,000 French Guyana; approximately 900 French Polynesia; approximately 1,000 French West Indies; approximately 500 Middle East (Iraq/Jordan/Syria); 650 Lebanon (UNIFIL); approximately 1,400 New Caledonia; approximately 1,700 Reunion Island; approximately 800 Romania (NATO); approximately 2,500-3,000 West Africa (Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Senegal); approximately 650 United Arab Emirates (2023)", + "text": "approximately 300 Central African Republic; 300 Comoros; approximately 1,400 Djibouti; 300 Estonia (NATO); approximately 2,000 French Guyana; approximately 900 French Polynesia; approximately 1,000 French West Indies; approximately 500 Middle East (Iraq/Jordan/Syria); 720 Lebanon (UNIFIL); approximately 1,400 New Caledonia; approximately 1,700 Reunion Island; approximately 800 Romania (NATO); approximately 2,500-3,000 West Africa (Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Senegal); approximately 650 United Arab Emirates (2023)", "note": "note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including France, have sent additional troops to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { diff --git a/europe/gi.json b/europe/gi.json index b43688d7..790cee1f 100644 --- a/europe/gi.json +++ b/europe/gi.json @@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "29 km (2007)" + "text": "29 km" }, "paved": { "text": "29 km (2007)" diff --git a/europe/gm.json b/europe/gm.json index 041805a7..8744ca80 100644 --- a/europe/gm.json +++ b/europe/gm.json @@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$268.409 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "830,000 km (2022) 830,000 km" + "text": "830,000 km 830,000 km" }, "paved": { "text": "830,000 km (2022) (includes 13,155 km of expressways)" @@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ "note": "note: women have been eligible for voluntary service in all military branches and positions since 2001 and accounted for about 12% of the active-duty German military in 2023" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "up to 500 Iraq (NATO); up to 1,400 Lithuania (NATO); 100 Niger; 280 Slovakia (NATO) (2023)", + "text": "up to 500 Iraq (NATO); Lebanon 170 (UNIFIL); up to 1,400 Lithuania (NATO); 100 Niger; 280 Slovakia (NATO) (2023)", "note": "note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Germany, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index 3d9d4ede..7fb3b2c3 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -446,10 +446,10 @@ }, "Geoparks": { "total global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "8" + "text": "9 (2024)" }, "global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "Chelmos Vouraikos; Grevena - Kozani; Kefalonia-Ithaca; Lavreotiki;  Lesvos Island; Psiloritis; Sitia; Vikos - Aoos (2023)" + "text": "Chelmos Vouraikos; Grevena - Kozani; Kefalonia-Ithaca; Lavreotiki;  Lesvos Island; Meteora Pyli; Psiloritis; Sitia; Vikos - Aoos (2024)" } } }, @@ -857,13 +857,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$22,622,861,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$22.623 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$13,857,822,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$13.858 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$12,413,032,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$12.413 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -872,10 +872,10 @@ "text": "$106.189 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$87.521 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$87.521 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$59.022 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$59.022 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -890,10 +890,10 @@ "text": "$127.82 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$103.532 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$103.532 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$71.758 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$71.758 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$11.931 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ "note": "note 1: compulsory service applies to any individual whom the Greek authorities consider to be Greek, regardless of whether the individual considers himself Greek, has a foreign citizenship and passport, or was born or lives outside of Greece; Greek citizens living permanently outside of Greece have the right to postpone their conscription; they are permanently exempted from their military obligations when they reach the age of 45 years old

note 2: up to 50% of the Greek military is comprised of conscripts

note 3: as of 2020, women comprised approximately 16% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "approximately 1,000 Cyprus; 100 Kosovo (NATO); 140 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2023)" + "text": "approximately 1,000 Cyprus; 100 Kosovo (NATO); 120 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2023)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the Hellenic Armed Forces (HAF) are responsible for protecting Greece’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; the HAF also maintains a presence on Cyprus (the Hellenic Force in Cyprus or ELDYK) to assist and support the Cypriot National Guard; as a member of the EU, NATO, and other international organizations, the HAF participates in multinational peacekeeping and other security missions abroad, taking a particular interest in missions occurring in the near regions, such as the Balkans, the Mediterranean and Aegean seas, the Middle East, and North Africa; areas of focus for the HAF include instability in the Balkans, territorial disputes with Turkey, and support to European security through the EU and NATO

Greece’s NATO membership is a key component of its security; it became a NATO member in 1952 and occupies a strategic location in the Eastern Mediterranean on NATO’s southern flank; Greece is host to several NATO facilities, including the Deployable Corps Greece (NDC-GR) headquarters in Thessaloniki, the Combined Air Operations Center in Larissa, the Multinational Peace Support Operations Training Center in Kilkis, the Multinational Sealift Coordination Center in Athens, and the Naval Base, Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre, and NATO Missile Firing Installation at Souda, Crete 

the Hellenic Army (established 1828) consists of the Active Army, the National Guard, the High Readiness Army Reserves, and the Reserves; the active Army has an army and several corps-level command formations, including a command for the Aegean Islands, a corps in Thrace to guard the Greco-Turkish land border, and the NDC-GR; there are several divisional headquarters and about 20 combat brigades, which include air mobile, airborne, amphibious, armored, helicopter aviation, infantry, and mechanized forces; National Guard units are organized into divisional and brigade-sized commands and typically based in border regions, both on the mainland and on some of Greece’s islands

also established in 1828, the Navy’s missions include naval presence operations, the protection of Greek sovereign rights, such as the continental shelf, EEZ, and Greek-owned shipping, the security of Greece’s sea lines of communication, and power projection; it has separate commands for frigates, patrol ships, mine warfare, submarines, the Aegean Sea, surveillance, amphibious, aviation, and special operations; its principal warships include 13 frigates and 10 attack submarines, which are supplemented by fast-attack and patrol vessels of varying size and capabilities

the Air Force, established in 1911, is organized into wings, squadrons, and groups and has nearly 200 combat aircraft of French and US origin, plus early warning, maritime patrol, reconnaissance, tanker, and transport aircraft, as well as helicopters; it also has air and missile defense units (2023)" diff --git a/europe/hr.json b/europe/hr.json index 4c888101..7861b004 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -465,10 +465,10 @@ }, "Geoparks": { "total global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "2" + "text": "3 (2024)" }, "global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "Papuk; Vis Archipelago (2023)" + "text": "Biokovo-Imotski Lakes; Papuk; Vis Archipelago (2024)" } } }, @@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$1,464,477,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$1.464 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "$2.082 billion (2021 est.)" @@ -906,10 +906,10 @@ "text": "$46.307 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$36.331 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$36.331 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$27.954 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$27.954 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$23.254 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/hu.json b/europe/hu.json index 35768daa..05742509 100644 --- a/europe/hu.json +++ b/europe/hu.json @@ -116,16 +116,17 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Hungarian 85.6%, Romani 3.2%, German 1.9%, other 2.6%, unspecified 14.1% (2011 est.)", + "text": "Hungarian 84.3%, Romani 2.1%, German 1%, other 1.2%, unspecified 13.7% (2022 est.)", "note": "note: percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one ethnic group; Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 5–10% of Hungary's population" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { - "text": "Hungarian (official) 99.6%, English 16%, German 11.2%, Russian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, French 1.2%, other 4.2%; note - shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; Hungarian is the mother tongue of 98.9% of Hungarian speakers (2011 est.)" + "text": "Hungarian (official) 98.8%, English 25.3%, German 12.6%, Russian 2.1%, French 1.5%, Romanian 1.4%, other 5.1% (2022 est.)" }, "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
A World Factbook nélkülözhetetlen forrása az alapvető információnak.  (Hungarian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." - } + }, + "note": "note: percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one spoken language" }, "Religions": { "text": "Catholic 30.1% (Roman Catholic 27.5%, Greek Catholic 1.7%, other Catholic 0.9%), Calvinist 9.8%, Lutheran 1.8%, other Christian (includes Orthodox) 1.6%, other 0.4%, none 16.1%, no answer 40.1% (2022 est.)" @@ -467,10 +468,10 @@ }, "Geoparks": { "total global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "2" + "text": "4 (2024)" }, "global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "Bakony-Balaton; Novohrad-Nógrád (includes Slovakia) (2023)" + "text": "Bakony-Balaton; Bukk Region; Hungary; Novohrad-Nógrád (includes Slovakia) (2024)" } } }, @@ -580,7 +581,7 @@ "text": "last held on 3 April 2022 (next to be held in April 2026)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party list - Fidesz-KDNP 54.1%, United for Hungary 34.5%, Mi Hazank 5.9%, other 5.5%; seats by party list - Fidesz-KDNP 135, United for Hungary 57, Mi Hazank 6, independent 1; composition as of June 2023 - men 171, women 28, percent of women 14.1%" + "text": "
percent of vote by party list - Fidesz-KDNP 54.1%, United for Hungary 34.5%, Mi Hazank 5.9%, other 5.5%; seats by party list - Fidesz-KDNP 135, United for Hungary 57, Mi Hazank 6, independent 1; composition as of February 2024 - men 170, women 29, percent of women 14.6%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -886,10 +887,10 @@ "text": "$161.761 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$145.539 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$145.539 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$124.111 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$124.111 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -904,10 +905,10 @@ "text": "$169.199 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$145.058 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$145.058 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$121.016 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$121.016 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/europe/ic.json b/europe/ic.json index b8fba51f..fd39deca 100644 --- a/europe/ic.json +++ b/europe/ic.json @@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ "text": "President Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON (since 1 August 2016)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Katrin JAKOBSDOTTIR (since 30 November 2017)" + "text": "Prime Minister Bjarni BENEDIKTSSON (since 9 April 2024); note - Katrin JAKOBSDOTTIR resigned on 5 April 2024 in order to be a candidate in the 1 June 2024 presidential election." }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president upon the recommendation of the prime minister" @@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ "text": "last held on 25 September 2021 (next to be held in 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "

percent of vote by party - IP 25.4%, PP 20.6%, LGM 12.7%, People's Party 9.5%, Pirate Party 9.5%, SDA 9.5%, Reform Party 7.9%, CP 4.8%; seats by party - IP 16, PP 13, LGM 8, People's Party 6, Pirate Party 6, SDA 6, Reform Party 5, CP 3; composition - men 33, women 30; percent of women 47.6%

" + "text": "
percent of vote by party - IP 25.4%, PP 20.6%, LGM 12.7%, People's Party 9.5%, Pirate Party 9.5%, SDA 9.5%, Reform Party 7.9%, CP 4.8%; seats by party - IP 16, PP 13, LGM 8, People's Party 6, Pirate Party 6, SDA 6, Reform Party 5, CP 3; composition as of February 2024 - men 33, women 30; percent of women 47.6%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -845,10 +845,10 @@ "text": "$13.044 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$9.555 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$9.555 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$7.197 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$7.197 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -863,10 +863,10 @@ "text": "$13.146 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$10.065 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$10.065 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$7.518 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$7.518 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$6.419 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index 9b936e42..d060d9db 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$30,222,046,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$30.222 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "$52.543 billion (2021 est.)" @@ -873,10 +873,10 @@ "text": "$751.092 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$690.534 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$690.534 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$559.952 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$559.952 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -891,10 +891,10 @@ "text": "$781.083 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$642.948 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$642.948 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$490.684 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$490.684 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$210.687 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 170,000 active personnel (100,000 Army; 30,000 Navy; 40,000 Air Force); approximately 108,000 Carabinieri (2023)" + "text": "approximately 170,000 active personnel (100,000 Army; 30,000 Navy; 40,000 Air Force); approximately 108,000 Carabinieri (2024)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the military's inventory includes a mix of domestically manufactured, imported, and jointly produced weapons systems, mostly from Europe and the US; in recent years, the US has been the lead supplier of military hardware to Italy; the Italian defense industry is capable of producing equipment across all the military domains with particular strengths in aircraft, armored vehicles, and naval vessels; it also participates in joint development and production of advanced weapons systems with other European countries and the US (2023)" @@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ "note": "note: women may serve in any military branch; as of 2020, women made up about 6% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "120 Djibouti; approximately 750 Bulgaria (NATO); approximately 1,000 Middle East (NATO, European Assistance Mission Iraq); 850 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); 250 Latvia (NATO); 1,000 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 400 Libya; 350 Niger; 250 Romania (NATO); 150 Somalia (EUTM) (2023)", + "text": "120 Djibouti; approximately 750 Bulgaria (NATO); approximately 1,000 Middle East (NATO, European Assistance Mission Iraq); 850 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); 250 Latvia (NATO); 950 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 400 Libya; 350 Niger; 250 Romania (NATO); 150 Somalia (EUTM) (2023)", "note": "note: in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Italy, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { diff --git a/europe/kv.json b/europe/kv.json index 6afa5736..e646790e 100644 --- a/europe/kv.json +++ b/europe/kv.json @@ -712,10 +712,10 @@ "text": "$3.579 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$3.138 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.138 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$1.687 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.687 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -730,10 +730,10 @@ "text": "$6.661 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$6.128 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.128 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$4.187 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.187 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$1.095 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index 66ff3b8a..d875f8c4 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -847,10 +847,10 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$1,936,677,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$1.937 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$1,578,892,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$1.579 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "$1.017 billion (2020 est.)" @@ -862,10 +862,10 @@ "text": "$29.374 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$25.43 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$25.43 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$20.932 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$20.932 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -880,10 +880,10 @@ "text": "$31.213 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$26.681 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$26.681 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$20.479 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$20.479 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$5.29 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1194,20 +1194,20 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 7,000 regular military forces; approximately 9,500 National Guard (2023)" + "text": "approximately 7,200 regular military forces; approximately 10,000 National Guard (2024)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the Latvian military's inventory consists of a mixture of Soviet-era and limited amounts of more modern, Western-produced systems acquired since the country joined NATO in 2004; in recent years, the UK and US have been the leading suppliers of military equipment (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (abolished 2007) (2023)", - "note": "note 1: in 2023, the Latvian Parliament approved a plan to reinstate mandatory military service for men aged 18-27 (women voluntarily) beginning in 2024; service would be for 12 months in the Land Forces or alternatively in internal affairs, health, or welfare structures

note 2: as of 2022, women comprised about 16% of the military's full-time personnel" + "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 12 months mandatory military service for men 18-27 years of age (2024)", + "note": "note 1: conscription reintroduced in 2024

note 2: as of 2022, women comprised about 16% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "130 Kosovo (KFOR/NATO) (2023)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the National Armed Forces are responsible for the defense of the country’s sovereignty and territory; they also have some domestic security responsibilities, including coast guard functions, search and rescue, humanitarian assistance, and providing support to other internal security services, including the State Border Service, the State Police, and the State Security Service; the Military Police provides protection to the president and other government officials, foreign dignitaries, and key facilities; for external defense, Latvia’s primary security focus is Russia, which has only increased since the Russian seizure of Crimea in 2014 and full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022; in 2004, Latvia joined NATO and the EU, which it depends on to play a decisive role in Latvia’s security policy; Latvia is actively engaged in both NATO and the EU, as well as bilaterally with its allies in order to bolster its own security and that of the surrounding region; the Latvian military has participated in NATO and EU missions abroad and regularly conducts training and exercises with NATO and EU partner forces; Latvia also hosts NATO partner forces and is a member of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, a pool of high-readiness military forces from 10 Baltic and Scandinavian countries designed to respond to a wide range of contingencies in the North Atlantic, Baltic Sea, and High North regions

the Land Forces have a single mechanized brigade; since 2017, Latvia has hosted a Canadian-led multinational NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative; in addition, Latvia hosts a NATO-led divisional headquarters (Multinational Division North; activated 2020), which coordinates training and preparation activities of its respective subordinate NATO battlegroups in Estonia and Latvia; the Land Forces are supplemented by the National Guard, which has four regionally based infantry brigades that are manned by part-time personnel supplemented by some full-time professional soldiers; in peacetime, the brigades participate in emergency, fire and rescue operations, and in the “elimination of consequences caused by emergency situations”

the Air Force has no combat aircraft; NATO has provided air protection for Latvia since 2004 through its Baltics Air Policing mission; NATO member countries that possess air combat capabilities voluntarily contribute to the mission on four-month rotations; the Naval Forces feature a few patrol vessels and minesweepers; the military also has logistics, military police, special operations forces, and training commands (2024)" + "text": "the National Armed Forces are responsible for the defense of the country’s sovereignty and territory; they also have some domestic security responsibilities, including coast guard functions, search and rescue, humanitarian assistance, and providing support to other internal security services, including the State Border Service, the State Police, and the State Security Service; the Military Police provides protection to the president and other government officials, foreign dignitaries, and key facilities; for external defense, Latvia’s primary security focus is Russia, which has only increased since the Russian seizure of Crimea in 2014 and full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022; in 2004, Latvia joined NATO and the EU, which it depends on to play a decisive role in Latvia’s security policy; Latvia is actively engaged in both NATO and the EU, as well as bilaterally with its allies in order to bolster its own security and that of the surrounding region; the Latvian military has participated in NATO and EU missions abroad and regularly conducts training and exercises with NATO and EU partner forces; Latvia also hosts NATO partner forces and is a member of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, a pool of high-readiness military forces from 10 Baltic and Scandinavian countries designed to respond to a wide range of contingencies in the North Atlantic, Baltic Sea, and High North regions

the Land Forces have a single mechanized brigade; since 2017, Latvia has hosted a Canadian-led multinational NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative; in addition, Latvia hosts a NATO-led divisional headquarters (Multinational Division North; activated 2020), which coordinates training and preparation activities of its respective subordinate NATO battlegroups in Estonia and Latvia; the Land Forces are supplemented by the National Guard, which has four regionally based infantry brigades that are manned by part-time personnel supplemented by some full-time professional soldiers; in peacetime, the brigades participate in emergency, fire and rescue operations, and other emergencies

the Air Force has no combat aircraft; NATO has provided air protection for Latvia since 2004 through its Baltics Air Policing mission; NATO member countries that possess air combat capabilities voluntarily contribute to the mission on four-month rotations; the Naval Forces feature a few patrol vessels and minesweepers; the military also has logistics, military police, special operations forces, and training commands (2024)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index 04ff72b3..16576faa 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$3,873,984,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$3.874 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "$766.788 million (2021 est.)" @@ -875,10 +875,10 @@ "text": "$61.444 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$53.397 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$53.397 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$41.721 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$41.721 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -893,10 +893,10 @@ "text": "$62.853 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$50.377 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$50.377 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$36.414 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$36.414 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$4.847 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index 35a0079f..e1d45ab3 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -545,10 +545,10 @@ "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election first round 23 March 2024 (runoff to be held on 6 April 2024); following National Council elections (every 4 years), the president designates a prime minister candidate, usually the leader of the party or coalition that wins the most votes, who must win a vote of confidence in the National Council" + "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 first round 23 March 2024 with a runoff on 6 April 2024 (next to be held in 2029); following National Council elections (every 4 years), the president designates a prime minister candidate, usually the leader of the party or coalition that wins the most votes, who must win a vote of confidence in the National Council" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2024: percent of vote in first round - Ivan KORCOK (independent) 42.5%; Peter PELLEGRINI (Voice-Social Democracy) 37%; Stefan HARABIN (independent) 11.7%, other 8.8%; runoff to be held on 6 April 2024

2019: Zuzana CAPUTOVA elected president in second round; percent of vote - Zuzana CAPUTOVA (PS) 58.4%, Maros SEFCOVIC (independent) 41.6%

2014: Andrej KISKA elected president in second round; percent of vote - Andrej KISKA (independent) 59.4%, Robert FICO (Smer-SD) 40.6%" + "text": "
2024: Peter PELLEGRINI elected president in the second round; percent of vote in first round - Ivan KORCOK (independent) 42.5%; Peter PELLEGRINI (Hlas-SD) 37%; Stefan HARABIN (independent) 11.7%, other 8.8%; percent of vote in second round Peter PELLEGRINI (Hlas-SD) 53.1%; Ivan KORCOK (independent) 46.9%; PELLEGRINI will takeoffice on 15 June 2024

2019: Zuzana CAPUTOVA elected president in second round; percent of vote - Zuzana CAPUTOVA (PS) 58.4%, Maros SEFCOVIC (independent) 41.6%

2014: Andrej KISKA elected president in second round; percent of vote - Andrej KISKA (independent) 59.4%, Robert FICO (Smer-SD) 40.6%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -556,10 +556,10 @@ "text": "unicameral National Council or Narodna Rada (150 seats; members directly elected in a single- and multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 30 September 2023 (next to be held in February 2024)" + "text": "last held on 30 September 2023 (next to be held by 2027)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - SMER-SSD 23%, PS 18%, Hlas-SD 14.7%, OL'aNO 8.9%, KDH 6.8%, SaS 6.3%, SNS 5.6%; seats by party SMER-SSD 42, PS 32, Hlas-SD 27, OL'aNO 16, KDH 12, SaS 11, 10

composition (as of April 2023) - men 117, women 33, percent of women 22%" + "text": "
percent of vote by party - SMER-SSD 23%, PS 18%, Hlas-SD 14.7%, OL'aNO 8.9%, KDH 6.8%, SaS 6.3%, SNS 5.6%; seats by party SMER-SSD 42, PS 32, Hlas-SD 27, OL'aNO 16, KDH 12, SaS 11, SNS 10; composition as of February 2024 - men 116, women 34, percent of women 22.7%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -851,10 +851,10 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$8,452,388,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$8.452 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$4,654,508,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$4.655 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "$671.914 million (2020 est.)" @@ -866,10 +866,10 @@ "text": "$114.678 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$109.565 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$109.565 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$90.546 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$90.546 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -884,10 +884,10 @@ "text": "$120.622 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$109.265 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$109.265 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$88.214 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$88.214 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$9.344 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/lu.json b/europe/lu.json index 5aeffb7c..d0b1b899 100644 --- a/europe/lu.json +++ b/europe/lu.json @@ -840,10 +840,10 @@ "text": "$172.145 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$184.932 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$184.932 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$150.519 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$150.519 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -858,10 +858,10 @@ "text": "$141.761 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$152.01 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$152.01 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$121.517 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$121.517 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$1.119 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/mj.json b/europe/mj.json index dc227e5e..7a3090bb 100644 --- a/europe/mj.json +++ b/europe/mj.json @@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ "text": "-$541.201 million (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$1,237,027,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$1.237 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -884,10 +884,10 @@ "text": "$3.178 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$2.502 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.502 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$1.247 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.247 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -902,10 +902,10 @@ "text": "$4.614 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$3.637 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.637 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$2.917 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.917 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$2.135 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index 685023c8..a67109e9 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -849,10 +849,10 @@ "text": "$10.126 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$9.208 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$9.208 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$7.19 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$7.19 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -867,10 +867,10 @@ "text": "$13.008 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$11.362 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$11.362 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$8.773 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$8.773 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$4.126 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/mt.json b/europe/mt.json index ce9cc9a8..84d5b443 100644 --- a/europe/mt.json +++ b/europe/mt.json @@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President George VELLA (since 4 April 2019)" + "text": "President Myriam Spiteri DEBONO (since 4 April 2024)" }, "head of government": { "text": "Prime Minister Robert ABELA (13 January 2020)" @@ -528,10 +528,10 @@ "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president indirectly elected by the House of Representatives for a single 5-year term; election last held on 2 April 2019 (next to be held by April 2024); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the president for a 5-year term; deputy prime minister appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister" + "text": "president indirectly elected by the House of Representatives for a single 5-year term; election last held on 27 March 2024 (next to be held by March 2029); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the president for a 5-year term; deputy prime minister appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister" }, "election results": { - "text": "2024:  Myriam SPITERI DEBONO elected president; House of representatives vote - unanimous; SPITERI DEBONO takes office on 4 April 2024

2020: Robert ABELA (PL) appointed prime minister

2019: George VELLA (PL) elected president; House of Representatives vote - unanimous" + "text": "2024:  Myriam SPITERI DEBONO elected president; House of representatives vote - unanimous

2020: Robert ABELA (PL) appointed prime minister

2019: George VELLA (PL) elected president; House of Representatives vote - unanimous" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -831,10 +831,10 @@ "text": "$25.417 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$25.533 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$25.533 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$22.735 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$22.735 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -849,10 +849,10 @@ "text": "$23.883 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$22.958 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$22.958 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$20.164 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$20.164 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/europe/nl.json b/europe/nl.json index 55ae1a2d..211feed7 100644 --- a/europe/nl.json +++ b/europe/nl.json @@ -458,10 +458,10 @@ }, "Geoparks": { "total global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "1" + "text": "2 (2024)" }, "global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "De Hondsrug (2023)" + "text": "De Hondsrug; Schelde Delta (includes Belgium) (2024)" } } }, @@ -878,10 +878,10 @@ "text": "$944.421 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$865.094 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$865.094 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$712.412 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$712.412 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -896,10 +896,10 @@ "text": "$835.47 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$749.324 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$749.324 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$620.63 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$620.63 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$53.971 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/no.json b/europe/no.json index e70938c1..92068f09 100644 --- a/europe/no.json +++ b/europe/no.json @@ -867,10 +867,10 @@ "text": "$321.093 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$203.228 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$203.228 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$118.314 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$118.314 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -885,10 +885,10 @@ "text": "$156.892 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$140.331 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$140.331 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$121.662 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$121.662 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$75.259 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/pl.json b/europe/pl.json index a4fbd6c2..e0eae36e 100644 --- a/europe/pl.json +++ b/europe/pl.json @@ -472,10 +472,10 @@ }, "Geoparks": { "total global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "2" + "text": "3 (2024)" }, "global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "Muskauer Faltenbogen / Łuk Mużakowa (includes Germany); Holy Cross Mountains (2023)" + "text": "Land of Extinct Volcanoes; Muskauer Faltenbogen / Łuk Mużakowa (includes Germany); Holy Cross Mountains (2024)" } } }, @@ -893,10 +893,10 @@ "text": "$434.008 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$392.694 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$392.694 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$318.967 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$318.967 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -911,10 +911,10 @@ "text": "$421.226 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$369.82 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$369.82 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$284.648 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$284.648 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$154.219 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/po.json b/europe/po.json index dae64ae6..a250b067 100644 --- a/europe/po.json +++ b/europe/po.json @@ -447,10 +447,10 @@ }, "Geoparks": { "total global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "5" + "text": "6 (2024)" }, "global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "Açores; Arouca; Estrela; Naturtejo da Meseta Meridional; Terras de Cavaleiros (2023)" + "text": "Açores; Arouca; Estrela; Naturtejo da Meseta Meridional; Oeste; Terras de Cavaleiros (2024)" } } }, @@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ "text": "last held on 10 March 2024 (next to be held on 30 September 2028); note - early elections were called after Prime Minister Antonio Luis Santos da COSTA resigned on 7 November 2023" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PSD 79, PS 77, Enough 48, other 26; composition - men NA, women NA, percent of women NA%" + "text": "percent of vote by party - AD (PSD, CDS-PP & PPM) 28.8%, PS, 28%, Enough 18.1%, IL 4.9%, BE 4.4%, L 3.2%, CDU 3.2%, other 9.4%; seats by party - AD (PSD, CDS-PP & PPM) 80, PS 78, Enough 50, IL 8, BE 5, L 4, CDU 4, other 1; composition as of March 2024 - men 155, women 75, percent of women 32.6%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Democratic Alliance (2022 electoral alliance in the Azores, includes PSD, CDS-PP, PPM)
Democratic and Social Center/People's Party (Partido do Centro Democratico Social-Partido Popular) or CDS-PP [Nuno MELO]
Ecologist Party \"The Greens\" or \"Os Verdes\" (Partido Ecologista-Os Verdes) or PEV [Heloisa APOLONIA]
Enough (Chega) [Andre VENTURA]
Liberal Initiative (Iniciativa Liberal) or IL [Rui ROCHA]
Madeira First (2022 electoral alliance in Madeira, includes PSD, CDS-PP)
People-Animals-Nature Party (Pessoas-Animais-Natureza) or PAN [Ines SOUSA REAL]
People's Monarchist Party or PPM [Gonçalo DA CAMARA PEREIRA]
Portuguese Communist Party (Partido Comunista Portugues) or PCP [Paulo RAIMUNDO]
Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata) or PSD [Luis MONTENEGRO] (formerly the Partido Popular Democratico or PPD)
Socialist Party (Partido Socialista) or PS [Pedro Nunes SANTOS]
The Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda) or BE or O Bloco [Mariana MORTAGUA]
Unitary Democratic Coalition (Coligacao Democratica Unitaria) or CDU [Paulo RAIMUNDO] (includes PCP and PEV) (2024)" + "text": "Democratic Alliance or AD (2024 electoral alliance in the Azores, includes PSD, CDS-PP, PPM)
Democratic and Social Center/People's Party (Partido do Centro Democratico Social-Partido Popular) or CDS-PP [Nuno MELO]
Ecologist Party \"The Greens\" or \"Os Verdes\" (Partido Ecologista-Os Verdes) or PEV [Heloisa APOLONIA]
Enough (Chega) [Andre VENTURA]
Liberal Initiative (Iniciativa Liberal) or IL [Rui ROCHA]
LIVRE or L [Ru TAVARES & Teresea MOTA]
People-Animals-Nature Party (Pessoas-Animais-Natureza) or PAN [Ines SOUSA REAL]
People's Monarchist Party or PPM [Gonçalo DA CAMARA PEREIRA]
Portuguese Communist Party (Partido Comunista Portugues) or PCP [Paulo RAIMUNDO]
Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata) or PSD [Luis MONTENEGRO] (formerly the Partido Popular Democratico or PPD)
Socialist Party (Partido Socialista) or PS [Pedro Nunes SANTOS]
The Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda) or BE or O Bloco [Mariana MORTAGUA]
Unitary Democratic Coalition (Coligacao Democratica Unitaria) or CDU [Paulo RAIMUNDO] (includes PCP and PEV) (2024)" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BIS, CD, CE, CERN, CPLP, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club (associate), PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC" @@ -855,13 +855,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$3,107,813,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$3.108 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$2,986,908,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$2.987 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$2,291,965,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$2.292 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -870,10 +870,10 @@ "text": "$126.541 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$105.648 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$105.648 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$85.128 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$85.128 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -888,10 +888,10 @@ "text": "$131.627 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$112.413 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$112.413 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$89.515 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$89.515 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$29.46 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/ri.json b/europe/ri.json index d4ac7eea..e19c2598 100644 --- a/europe/ri.json +++ b/europe/ri.json @@ -876,13 +876,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$4,457,001,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$4.457 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$2,654,390,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$2.654 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$2,176,774,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$2.177 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -891,10 +891,10 @@ "text": "$39.905 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$34.035 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$34.035 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$25.5 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$25.5 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -909,10 +909,10 @@ "text": "$47.395 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$39.476 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$39.476 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$30.177 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$30.177 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$16.587 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/si.json b/europe/si.json index 97e2130d..2e5f9ca8 100644 --- a/europe/si.json +++ b/europe/si.json @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ "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 (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%" + "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": { @@ -860,10 +860,10 @@ "text": "$56.51 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$51.662 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$51.662 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$41.855 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$41.855 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -878,10 +878,10 @@ "text": "$55.158 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$47.997 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$47.997 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$37 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$37 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$1.311 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/sm.json b/europe/sm.json index 363004c1..990a10d8 100644 --- a/europe/sm.json +++ b/europe/sm.json @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ "text": "co-chiefs of state (captains regent) indirectly elected by the Grand and General Council for a single 6-month term; election last held in March 2024 (next to be held in September 2024; Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs indirectly elected by the Grand and General Council for a single 5-year term; election last held on 28 December 2019 (next to be held by November 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "March 2024:  Alessandro ROSSI (Demos) and Milena GASPERONI (We for the Republic) elected captains regent; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA

September 2023: Filippo TAMAGNINI and Gaetano TROINA elected captains regent; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA

2019: Luca BECCARI (PDCS) elected Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA" + "text": "March 2024:  Alessandro ROSSI (Free San Marino) and Milena GASPERONI (We for the Republic) elected captains regent; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA

September 2023: Filippo TAMAGNINI and Gaetano TROINA elected captains regent; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA

2019: Luca BECCARI (PDCS) elected Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA" }, "note": "note: the captains regent preside over meetings of the Grand and General Council and its cabinet (Congress of State), which has 7 other members who are selected by the Grand and General Council; assisting the captains regent are 7 secretaries of state; the secretary of state for Foreign Affairs has some prime ministerial roles" }, @@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ "text": "last held on 8 December 2019 (next to be held by 31 December 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - PDCS 35%, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 25% (RETE Movement 18.3%, DML 6.7%), Liberia 16.7%, We for the Republic 13.3%, RF 10%; seats by coalition/party - PDCS 21, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 15 (RETE Movement 11, DML 4), Liberia 10, We for the Republic 8, RF 6; composition (as of September 2022) - men 40, women 20, percent of women 33.3%" + "text": "
percent of vote by party/coalition - PDCS 35%, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 25% (RETE Movement 18.3%, DML 6.7%), Liberia 16.7%, We for the Republic 13.3%, RF 10%; seats by party/coalition - PDCS 21, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 15 (RETE Movement 11, DML 4), Liberia 10, We for the Republic 8, RF 6; composition as of February 2024 - men 41, women 19, percent of women 31.7%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$781.674 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "text": "

NA

" @@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "292 km (2006)" + "text": "292 km" }, "paved": { "text": "292 km (2006)" diff --git a/europe/sp.json b/europe/sp.json index 0ea1d06f..15a4ba91 100644 --- a/europe/sp.json +++ b/europe/sp.json @@ -459,10 +459,10 @@ }, "Geoparks": { "total global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "16" + "text": "17 (2024)" }, "global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "Basque Coast UNESCO; Cabo de Gata-Níjar; Cabo Ortegal; Central Catalonia; Courel Mountains; El Hierro; Granada; Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands; Las Loras; Maestrazgo; Molina-Alto; Origens; Sierra Norte de Sevilla; Sierras Subbéticas; Sobrarbe-Pirineos: Villuercas Ibores Jara (2023)" + "text": "Basque Coast UNESCO; Cabo de Gata-Níjar; Cabo Ortegal; Calatrava Volcanoes. Ciudad Real; Central Catalonia; Courel Mountains; El Hierro; Granada; Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands; Las Loras; Maestrazgo; Molina-Alto; Origens; Sierra Norte de Sevilla; Sierras Subbéticas; Sobrarbe-Pirineos: Villuercas Ibores Jara (2024)" } } }, @@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ "text": "
Senate - last held on 23 July 2023 (next to be held no later than July 2027)
Congress of Deputies - last held on 23 July 2023 (next to be held no later than July 2027)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PP 120, PSOE 72, ERC 7, PNV 4, other 5; composition as of January 2024 - men 153, women 112; percent of women 42.3%
Congress of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PP 33.1%, PSOE 31.7%, Vox 12.4%, Sumar 12.3%, ERC 1.7%, Junts 1.6%, EH-Bildu 1.4%, PNV 1.1% other 4.7%; seats by party - PP 137, PSOE 121, Vox 33, Sumar 31, ERC 7, Junts 7, EH-Bildu 6, PNV 5, other 3; composition as of January 2024 - men 195, women 155, percent of women 44.3%; note - overall General Courts percent of women 42%" + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PP 120, PSOE 72, ERC 7, PNV 4, other 5; composition as of January 2024 - men 153, women 112; percent of women 42.3%

Congress of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PP 33.1%, PSOE 31.7%, Vox 12.4%, Sumar 12.3%, ERC 1.7%, Junts 1.6%, EH-Bildu 1.4%, PNV 1.1% other 4.7%; seats by party - PP 137, PSOE 121, Vox 33, Sumar 31, ERC 7, Junts 7, EH-Bildu 6, PNV 5, other 3; composition as of January 2024 - men 195, women 155, percent of women 44.3%; note - overall General Courts percent of women 42%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -884,10 +884,10 @@ "text": "$578.039 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$493.359 billion (2021 est.) ; note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$493.359 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$393.87 billion (2020 est.) ; note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$393.87 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -902,10 +902,10 @@ "text": "$561.49 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$479.392 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$479.392 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$375.378 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$375.378 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$81.288 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/sv.json b/europe/sv.json index 03d30f52..1ad9cee0 100644 --- a/europe/sv.json +++ b/europe/sv.json @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ "text": "last held on 9 October 2023 (next to be held in October 2027)" }, "election results": { - "text": "seats by party - Liberals 7, Labor 3, Social Liberals 3, Conservatives 2" + "text": "seats by party - Liberal 7, Labor 3, Social Liberal 3, Conservative 2" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/europe/sz.json b/europe/sz.json index 41476f68..f04cf643 100644 --- a/europe/sz.json +++ b/europe/sz.json @@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ "text": "
Council of States - last held in most cantons on 22 October 2023 (each canton determines when the next election will be held)
National Council - last held on 22 October 2023 (next to be held on 31 October 2027)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - The Center 13, FDP.The Liberals 12, SP 9, SVP 6, Green Party 5, other 1; composition (as of 22 Oct 2023) - men 30, women 16, percent of women 34.8%
National Council - percent of vote by party - SVP 28.6%, SP 18%, The Center 14.6%, FDP.The Liberals 14.4%, Green Party 9.4%, GLP 7.2%, EDU 1.2, EDV/PEV 1.9%, MCR/MCG .5%, other 4%; seats by party - SVP 62, SP 41, The Center 29, FDP.The Liberals 28, Green Party 23, GLP 10, EDU 2, EDV/PEV 2, MCR/MCG 2, other 1; composition (as of October 2023) - men 123, women 77, percent of women 38.5%; note - overall Federal Assembly percent of women 37.8%" + "text": "
Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - The Center 13, FDP.The Liberals 12, SP 9, SVP 6, Green Party 5, other 1; composition (as of 22 Oct 2023) - men 30, women 16, percent of women 34.8%

National Council - percent of vote by party - SVP 28.6%, SP 18%, The Center 14.6%, FDP.The Liberals 14.4%, Green Party 9.4%, GLP 7.2%, EDU 1.2, EDV/PEV 1.9%, MCR/MCG .5%, other 4%; seats by party - SVP 62, SP 41, The Center 29, FDP.The Liberals 28, Green Party 23, GLP 10, EDU 2, EDV/PEV 2, MCR/MCG 2, other 1; composition as of October 2023 - men 123, women 77, percent of women 38.5%; note - overall Federal Assembly percent of women 37.8%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -876,10 +876,10 @@ "text": "$627.54 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$579.017 billion (2021 est.) ; note - data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$579.017 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$474.042 billion (2020 est.) ; note - data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$474.042 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -894,10 +894,10 @@ "text": "$518.451 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$481.093 billion (2021 est.) ; note - data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$481.093 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$429.875 billion (2020 est.) ; note - data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$429.875 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$1.083 trillion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/europe/uk.json b/europe/uk.json index a0783435..bc7e3ad9 100644 --- a/europe/uk.json +++ b/europe/uk.json @@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ "text": "
House of Lords - no elections; note - in 1999, as provided by the House of Lords Act, elections were held in the House of Lords to determine the 92 hereditary peers who would remain; elections held only as vacancies in the hereditary peerage arise)
House of Commons - last held on 12 December 2019 (next to be held no later than 28 January 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
House of Lords - composition - men 552, women 226, percent of women 29%
House of Commons - percent of vote by party - Conservative 54.9%, Labor 30.8%, SNP 6.8%, Lib Dems 2.2%, DUP 1.2%, Sinn Fein 1.1%, Plaid Cymru .6%, other 2.5%; seats by party - Conservative 365, Labor 202, SNP 48, Lib Dems 11, DUP 8, Sinn Fein 7, Plaid Cymru 4, other 5; composition - men 425, women 225, percent of women 34.6%; total Parliament percent of women 31.3%" + "text": "
House of Lords - composition - men 557, women 228, percent of women 29%

House of Commons - percent of vote by party - Conservative 54.9%, Labor 30.8%, SNP 6.8%, Lib Dems 2.2%, DUP 1.2%, Sinn Fein 1.1%, Plaid Cymru .6%, other 2.5%; seats by party - Conservative 365, Labor 202, SNP 48, Lib Dems 11, DUP 8, Sinn Fein 7, Plaid Cymru 4, other 5; composition as of February 2024 - men 424, women 226, percent of women 34.8%; total Parliament percent of women 31.6%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -875,10 +875,10 @@ "text": "$1.024 trillion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$929.185 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$929.185 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$802.02 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$802.02 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -893,10 +893,10 @@ "text": "$1.112 trillion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$933.904 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$933.904 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$786.95 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$786.95 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/europe/up.json b/europe/up.json index cdbfc027..b97de609 100644 --- a/europe/up.json +++ b/europe/up.json @@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ "text": "last held on 21 July 2019 (next to be held on 29 October 2023)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - Servant of the People 43.2%, Opposition Platform-For Life 13.1%, Batkivshchyna 8.2%, European Solidarity 8.1%, Voice 5.8%, other 21.6%; Servant of the People 254, Opposition Platform for Life 43, Batkivshchyna 26, European Solidarity 25, Voice 20, Opposition Bloc 6, Svoboda 1, Self Reliance 1, United Centre 1, Bila Tserkva Together 1, Independents 46; note - voting not held in Crimea and parts of two Russian-occupied eastern oblasts leaving 26 seats vacant; although this brings the total to 424 elected members (of 450 potential), article 83 of the constitution mandates that a parliamentary majority consists of 226 seats" + "text": "
percent of vote by party - Servant of the People 43.2%, Opposition Platform-For Life 13.1%, Batkivshchyna 8.2%, European Solidarity 8.1%, Voice 5.8%, other 21.6%; Servant of the People 254, Opposition Platform for Life 43, Batkivshchyna 26, European Solidarity 25, Voice 20, Opposition Bloc 6, Svoboda 1, Self Reliance 1, United Centre 1, Bila Tserkva Together 1, independent 46; note - voting not held in Crimea and parts of two Russian-occupied eastern oblasts leaving 26 seats vacant; although this brings the total to 424 elected members (of 450 potential), article 83 of the constitution mandates that a parliamentary majority consists of 226 seats" }, "note": "note: Legislative and presidential elections cannot be held under martial law.;the Verkhovna Rada declared martial law in February 2022 following Russia's full-scale invasion" }, @@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$29.138 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1198,10 +1198,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "169,694 km (2012)" + "text": "169,694 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "166,095 km (2012) (includes 17 km of expressways)" + "text": "166,095 km (includes 17 km of expressways)" }, "unpaved": { "text": "3,599 km (2012)" @@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ "text": "the Ukrainian military is equipped largely with Russian-origin and Soviet-era weapons systems, although it has a growing inventory of Western-origin equipment; since the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022, it has received considerable quantities of weapons, including Soviet-era and more modern Western systems, from European countries and the US; Ukraine has a broad defense industry capable of building, maintaining, and upgrading a variety of its Russian/Soviet-era weapons systems, including armored vehicles, combat aircraft, missiles, and air defense systems (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "conscription abolished in 2012, but reintroduced in 2014; 20-27 years of age for compulsory military service; prior to the Russian invasion of February 2022, conscript service obligation was 12-18 months, depending on the service (2023)", + "text": "18 years of age for voluntary service; conscription abolished in 2012, but reintroduced for men in 2014; 25 years of age for conscription; prior to the Russian invasion of February 2022, conscript service obligation was 12-18 months, depending on the service (2024)", "note": "note 1: following the Russian invasion in 2022, all nonexempt men ages 18 to 60 were required to register with their local recruitment offices and undergo medical screening for possible service; the Territorial Defense Forces (TDF) accepts volunteers, 18-60 years of age; since the invasion, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have volunteered for the regular armed forces, the TDF, or to work in civilian defense activities 

note 2: women have been able to volunteer for military service since 1993; as of 2023, approximately 60,000 women were serving in the armed forces 

note 3: since 2015, the Ukrainian military has allowed foreigners and stateless persons, 18-45 (in special cases up to 60), to join on 3-5-year contracts, based on qualifications; following the Russian invasion in 2022, the military began accepting medically fit foreign volunteers on a larger scale, with an emphasis on persons with combat experience; wartime volunteers typically serve for 6 months" }, "Military deployments": { diff --git a/middle-east/ae.json b/middle-east/ae.json index 5f063f1f..bd0909d5 100644 --- a/middle-east/ae.json +++ b/middle-east/ae.json @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ "text": "last held for indirectly elected members on 7 October 2023 (next to be held in October 2027); last held for appointed members in October 2019 (next appointments expected in late 2023)" }, "election results": { - "text": "all candidates ran as independents; seats by emirate - Abu Dhabi 4, Dubai 4, Sharjah 3, Ras al-Khaimah 3, Ajman 2, Fujairah 2, Umm al-Quwain 2; composition (preliminary) - 13 men, 7 women, percent of elected women 35%; note - to attain overall FNC gender parity, 13 women and 7 men will be appointed; overall FNC percent of women 50%" + "text": "
all candidates ran as independents; seats by emirate - Abu Dhabi 4, Dubai 4, Sharjah 3, Ras al-Khaimah 3, Ajman 2, Fujairah 2, Umm al-Quwain 2; composition as of February 2024 - 13 men, 7 women, percent of elected women 35%; note - to attain overall FNC gender parity, 13 women and 7 men will be appointed; overall FNC percent of women 50%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ }, "Exports": { "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$335.238 billion (2020 est.)" + "text": "$335.238 billion (2020 est.) note: GDP expenditure basis - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Exports 2017": { "text": "$308.5 billion (2017 est.)" @@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$246.886 billion (2020 est.)" + "text": "$246.886 billion (2020 est.) note: GDP expenditure basis - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Imports 2017": { "text": "$229.2 billion (2017 est.)" @@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$106.702 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "4,080 km (2008)" + "text": "4,080 km" }, "paved": { "text": "4,080 km (2008) (includes 253 km of expressways)" diff --git a/middle-east/aj.json b/middle-east/aj.json index 3d593090..3a777530 100644 --- a/middle-east/aj.json +++ b/middle-east/aj.json @@ -880,10 +880,10 @@ "text": "$21.274 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$16.432 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$16.432 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$15.632 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$15.632 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/middle-east/am.json b/middle-east/am.json index a97156f0..6fc542f2 100644 --- a/middle-east/am.json +++ b/middle-east/am.json @@ -873,10 +873,10 @@ "text": "$10.186 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$6.12 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.12 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$5.082 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$5.082 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$2.616 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index 66d2785d..c6dad181 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -1147,10 +1147,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "223,485 km (2016)" + "text": "223,485 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "195,618 km (2016)" + "text": "195,618 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "27,867 km (2016)" diff --git a/middle-east/is.json b/middle-east/is.json index 7be2296f..8cf709df 100644 --- a/middle-east/is.json +++ b/middle-east/is.json @@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$173.292 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2020": { @@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "20,391 km (2021)" + "text": "20,391 km" }, "paved": { "text": "20,391 km (2021) (includes 449 km of expressways)" diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index 47d882b1..76708036 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ "text": "$24.565 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$6,306,200,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$6.306 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -879,10 +879,10 @@ "text": "$127.079 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$78.261 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$78.261 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$50.666 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$50.666 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -897,10 +897,10 @@ "text": "$69.162 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$50.707 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$50.707 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$54.865 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$54.865 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$54.424 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Ministry of Defense: Iraqi Army, Army Aviation Command, Iraqi Navy, Iraqi Air Force, Iraqi Air Defense Command, Special Forces Command, Special Security Division

National-Level Security Forces: Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (CTS; reports to the Prime Minister), Prime Minister's Special Forces Division, Presidential Brigades

Ministry of Interior: Federal Police Forces Command, Border Guard Forces Command, Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency, Emergency Response Division, Facilities Protection Directorate, and Provincial Police

Ministry of Oil: Energy Police Directorate

Popular Mobilization Committee (PMC): Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Tribal Mobilization Forces (TMF); the PMF and TMF are a collection of more than 50 militias of widely varied sizes and political interests

the federal constitution provides the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) the right to maintain its own military/militia (peshmerga) and security forces, but the two main Kurdish political parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), each maintain their own forces: 

KRG Ministry of Peshmerga: Regional Guard Brigades; Unit (or Division) 70 Forces and Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) of the PUK; Unit (or Division) 80 Forces and Counterterrorism Directorate (CTD) of the KDP

KRG Ministry of Interior: both the KDP and PUK maintain separate police, emergency response, and internal security/intelligence (Asayish) services under nominal Ministry of Interior control (2023)" + "text": "Ministry of Defense: Iraqi Army, Army Aviation Command, Iraqi Navy, Iraqi Air Force, Iraqi Air Defense Command, Special Forces Command, Special Security Division

National-Level Security Forces: Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (CTS; reports to the Prime Minister), Prime Minister's Special Forces Division, Presidential Brigades

Ministry of Interior: Federal Police Forces Command, Border Guard Forces Command, Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency, Emergency Response Division, Facilities Protection Directorate, and Provincial Police

Ministry of Oil: Energy Police Directorate

Popular Mobilization Committee (PMC): Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Tribal Mobilization Forces (TMF); the PMF and TMF are a collection of more than 50 militias of widely varied sizes and political interests

the federal constitution provides the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) the right to maintain its own military/militia (peshmerga) and security forces, but the two main Kurdish political parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), each maintain their own forces and participate in the staffing of the joint KDP-PUK Regional Guard Brigades: 

KRG Ministry of Peshmerga: Unit (or Division) 70 Forces and Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) of the PUK; Unit (or Division) 80 Forces and Counterterrorism Directorate (CTD) of the KDP; Regional Guard Brigades

KRG Ministry of Interior: both the KDP and PUK maintain separate police, emergency response, and internal security/intelligence (Asayish) services under nominal Ministry of Interior control (2023)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { @@ -1217,10 +1217,10 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-40 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2022)", - "note": "note: service in the armed forces was mandatory in Iraq from 1935 up until 2003; in 2021, the Iraqi cabinet approved a draft law to reinstate compulsory military service and referred the proposed law, called the “Service Under the Flag Law,” to the Iraqi parliament " + "note": "note: service in the armed forces was mandatory in Iraq from 1935 up until 2003; in 2021, the Iraqi cabinet approved a draft law to reinstate compulsory military service and referred the proposed law, called the “Service Under the Flag Law,” to the Iraqi parliament" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Iraqi security forces (ISF), including conventional air and ground forces, are primarily focused on internal security duties; they are actively conducting counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) terrorist group, particularly in northern and western Iraq; the Counter Terrorism Service (CTS), a highly regarded force comprised of three special forces brigades, is the ISF's principal operational unit against ISIS

Kurdish Security Forces (KSF, aka Peshmerga) also conducted operations against ISIS; the KSF were formally recognized as a legitimate Iraqi military force under the country’s constitution and have operated jointly with the Iraqi military against ISIS militants, but they also operate outside of Iraqi military command structure; since 2021, the ISF and the KSF have conducted joint counter-ISIS operations in an area known as the Kurdish Coordination Line (KCL), a swath of disputed territory in northern Iraq claimed by both the Kurdistan Regional Government and the central Iraqi Government; the KSF/Peshmerga report to the Kurdistan Regional Government or Kurdistan Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan parties instead of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense

Popular Mobilization Commission and Affiliated Forces (PMF or PMC), also known as Popular Mobilization Units (PMU, or al-Hashd al-Sha’abi in Arabic), tribal militia units have fought alongside the Iraqi military against ISIS since 2014, but the majority of these forces continue to largely ignore the 2016 Law of the Popular Mobilization Authority, which mandated that armed militias must be regulated in a fashion similar to Iraq’s other security forces and act under the Iraqi Government’s direct control; the Iraqi Government funds the PMF, and the prime minister legally commands it, but many of the militia units take orders from associated political parties and/or other government officials, including some with ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and some that have been designated as terrorist organizations by the US; the PMF/PMU is an umbrella organization comprised of many different militias, the majority of which are Shia:

--Shia militias backed by Iran; they are considered the most active and capable, and include such groups as the Badr Organization (Saraya al-Sala), Asaib Ahl al-Haq, and Kataib Hizballah

--Shia militias affiliated with Shia political parties, but not aligned with Iran, such as the Peace Brigades (Saray al-Salam)

--Shia militias not connected with political parties, but affiliated with the Najaf-based Grand Ayatollah Ali al-SISTANI (Iraq’s supreme Shia cleric), such as the Hawza militias

--other PMF/PMU militias include Sunni Tribal Mobilization militias, or Hashd al-Asha’iri; some of these militias take orders from the ISF and local authorities while others respond to orders from the larger Shia PMU militias; still other militias include Yazidi and Christian militias and the Turkmen brigades; the links of these forces to the PMU are not always clear-cut and may be loosely based on financial, legal, or political incentives

two international military task forces operate in Iraq to assist the country's security forces at the request of the Iraqi Government; in October 2018, NATO established an advisory, training and capacity-building mission for the Iraqi military known as the NATO Mission Iraq (NMI); in December 2021, a US-led task force that leads the defeat ISIS mission in Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), transitioned from a combat role to an advise, assist, and enable role (2023)" + "text": "the Iraqi security forces (ISF), including conventional air and ground forces, are primarily focused on internal security duties; they are actively conducting counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) terrorist group, particularly in northern and western Iraq; the Counter Terrorism Service (CTS), a highly regarded force comprised of three special forces brigades, is the ISF's principal operational unit against ISIS

Kurdish Security Forces (KSF, aka Peshmerga) also conducted operations against ISIS; the KSF were formally recognized as a legitimate Iraqi military force under the country’s constitution and have operated jointly with the Iraqi military against ISIS militants, but they also operate outside of Iraqi military command structure; since 2021, the ISF and the KSF have conducted joint counter-ISIS operations in an area known as the Kurdish Coordination Line (KCL), a swath of disputed territory in northern Iraq claimed by both the Kurdistan Regional Government and the central Iraqi Government; the KSF/Peshmerga report to the Kurdistan Regional Government or Kurdistan Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan parties instead of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense

Popular Mobilization Commission and Affiliated Forces (PMF or PMC), also known as Popular Mobilization Units (PMU, or al-Hashd al-Sha’abi in Arabic), tribal militia units have fought alongside the Iraqi military against ISIS since 2014, but the majority of these forces continue to largely ignore the 2016 Law of the Popular Mobilization Authority, which mandated that armed militias must be regulated in a fashion similar to Iraq’s other security forces and act under the Iraqi Government’s direct control; the Iraqi Government funds the PMF, and the prime minister legally commands it, but many of the militia units take orders from associated political parties and/or other government officials, including some with ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and some that have been designated as terrorist organizations by the US; the PMF/PMU is an umbrella organization comprised of many different militias, the majority of which are Shia:

--Shia militias backed by Iran; they are considered the most active and capable, and include such groups as the Badr Organization (Saraya al-Sala), Asaib Ahl al-Haq, and Kataib Hizballah

--Shia militias affiliated with Shia political parties, but not aligned with Iran, such as the Peace Brigades (Saray al-Salam)

--Shia militias not connected with political parties, but affiliated with the Najaf-based Grand Ayatollah Ali al-SISTANI (Iraq’s supreme Shia cleric), such as the Hawza militias

--other PMF/PMU militias include Sunni Tribal Mobilization militias, or Hashd al-Asha’iri; some of these militias take orders from the ISF and local authorities while others respond to orders from the larger Shia PMU militias; still other militias include Yazidi and Christian militias and the Turkmen brigades; the links of these forces to the PMU are not always clear-cut and may be loosely based on financial, legal, or political incentives

two international military task forces operate in Iraq to assist the country's security forces at the request of the Iraqi Government; in October 2018, NATO established an advisory, training and capacity-building mission for the Iraqi military known as the NATO Mission Iraq (NMI); in December 2021, a US-led task force that leads the defeat ISIS mission in Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), transitioned from a combat role to an advise, assist, and enable role (2023)" } }, "Space": { diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index 50401e64..c2dd14d2 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -863,13 +863,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$4,159,132,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$4.159 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$3,717,606,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$3.718 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$2,505,006,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$2.505 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -878,10 +878,10 @@ "text": "$20.335 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$13.87 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$13.87 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$10.444 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$10.444 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -896,10 +896,10 @@ "text": "$29.955 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$23.321 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$23.321 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$18.424 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$18.424 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2015": { "text": "$16.572 billion (2015 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "7,203 km (2011)" + "text": "7,203 km" }, "paved": { "text": "7,203 km (2011)" @@ -1228,6 +1228,9 @@ "text": "17 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women); initial service term is 24 months, with option to reenlist for up to 18 years; conscription was abolished in 1991, but in 2020 Jordan announced the reinstatement of compulsory military service for jobless men aged between 25 and 29 with 12 months of service, made up of 3 months of military training and 9 months of professional and technical training; in 2019, Jordan announced a voluntary 4-month National Military Service program for men and women aged between 18-25 years who have been unemployed for at least 6 months; service would include 1 month for military training with the remaining 3 months dedicated to vocational training in the sectors of construction and tourism (2023)", "note": "note: women comprised about 3% of the military as of 2023" }, + "Military deployments": { + "text": "Jordan has about 200 police deployed to the MONUSCO mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2024)" + }, "Military - note": { "text": "the JAF traces its origins back to the Arab Legion, which was formed under the British protectorate of Transjordan in the 1920s; it is responsible for territorial defense and border security, but also has a supporting role for internal security; the JAF’s primary concerns are terrorist and criminal threats emanating from its 230-mile border with Syria and 112-mile border with Iraq, as well as the potential impact of Israeli-Palestinian tensions; the terrorist group Hizballah and Iranian-backed militia forces operate in southwestern Syria near Jordan’s border while fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) terrorist group continue to operate in both Iraq and Syria; ISIS fighters have included Jordanian nationals, some of whom have returned to Jordan; meanwhile, individuals and groups sympathetic to Palestine have planned and conducted terrorist attacks in Jordan

the JAF participates in both bilateral and multinational exercises and has taken part in regional military operations alongside allied forces in Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen; in recent years, it has contributed to regional military operations alongside allied forces in Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen; it also participates in UN peacekeeping missions; the Army is organized and equipped for a mobile territorial defense against conventional threats and rapid responses to unconventional threats such as terrorism; border security forces are backed up by approximately 10 mechanized or armored brigades, plus a rapid reaction/high readiness airborne/ranger brigade; the Army also has a well-regarded special operations/counterterrorism group, and Jordan hosts an international special operations training center; the Air Force maintains about 50 US-made multirole fighter aircraft and dozens of attack helicopters; the Navy is a coastal defense force with some fast, gun- or missile-armed patrol craft for monitoring Jordan’s coastline on the Gulf of Aqaba

the US is a key security partner, and Jordan is one of the largest recipients of US military aid in the region; it cooperates with the US on a number of issues, including border and maritime security, arms transfers, cybersecurity, and counterterrorism; Jordan has Major Non-NATO Ally status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2023)" } diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index b099c202..905c27b6 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -539,10 +539,10 @@ "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Umma (65 seats; 50 members directly elected from 5 multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 15 ex-officio members (cabinet ministers) appointed by the amir; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "snap election last held on 6 June 2023 (next to be held on 4 April 2024)" + "text": "last held on 4 April 2024 (next to be held in 2028)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
50 non-partisan candidates, including 29 oppositionists; composition of elected members - 49 men, 1 woman, percent of women 2%" + "text": "
50 nonpartisan candidates, including 29 opposition candidates; composition of all members as of February 2024 - men 63, women 2, percent of women 3.1%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -827,10 +827,10 @@ "text": "$110.923 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$77.121 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$77.121 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$47.416 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$47.416 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -845,10 +845,10 @@ "text": "$55.909 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$48.954 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$48.954 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$44.015 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$44.015 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$52.919 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1108,10 +1108,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "5,749 km (2018)" + "text": "5,749 km (201)" }, "paved": { - "text": "4,887 km (2018)" + "text": "4,887 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "862 km (2018)" diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index 5358ac2c..61997582 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -844,13 +844,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$6,481,303,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$6.481 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$3,404,941,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$3.405 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$2,778,567,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$2.779 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -859,10 +859,10 @@ "text": "$12.606 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$10.147 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$10.147 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$8.773 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$8.773 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -877,10 +877,10 @@ "text": "$24.163 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$17.383 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$17.383 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$15.206 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$15.206 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$42.44 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/middle-east/mu.json b/middle-east/mu.json index 8a007f06..e369a30d 100644 --- a/middle-east/mu.json +++ b/middle-east/mu.json @@ -821,10 +821,10 @@ "text": "$5.752 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$4,783,482,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$4.783 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$12,263,027,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$12.263 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -833,10 +833,10 @@ "text": "$69.701 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$46.572 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$46.572 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$35.691 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$35.691 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -851,10 +851,10 @@ "text": "$46.326 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$37.216 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$37.216 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$33.827 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$33.827 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$15.007 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1114,10 +1114,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "60,230 km (2012)" + "text": "60,230 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "29,685 km (2012) (includes 1,943 km of expressways)" + "text": "29,685 km (includes 1,943 km of expressways)" }, "unpaved": { "text": "30,545 km (2012)" diff --git a/middle-east/qa.json b/middle-east/qa.json index 61f6c0fa..f2d73d01 100644 --- a/middle-east/qa.json +++ b/middle-east/qa.json @@ -837,19 +837,19 @@ "text": "$26.319 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$2,985,714,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$2.986 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, "Exports": { "Exports 2022": { - "text": "$161.693 billion (2022 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$161.693 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$105.549 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$105.549 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$70.933 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$70.933 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -861,13 +861,13 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2022": { - "text": "$74.52 billion (2022 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$74.52 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$61.204 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$61.204 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$59.065 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$59.065 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$40.973 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index 87d7771d..04632a7e 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ "text": "$44.324 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$22,814,248,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$22.814 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -853,10 +853,10 @@ "text": "$445.882 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$286.502 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$286.502 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$182.848 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$182.848 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -871,10 +871,10 @@ "text": "$258.213 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$213.016 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$213.016 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$182.184 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$182.184 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$472.851 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1145,10 +1145,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "221,372 km (2006)" + "text": "221,372 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "47,529 km (2006) (includes 3,891 km of expressways)" + "text": "47,529 km (includes 3,891 km of expressways)" }, "unpaved": { "text": "173,843 km (2006)" diff --git a/middle-east/sy.json b/middle-east/sy.json index 367127b2..16f3b53f 100644 --- a/middle-east/sy.json +++ b/middle-east/sy.json @@ -1083,10 +1083,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "69,873 km (2010)" + "text": "69,873 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "63,060 km (2010)" + "text": "63,060 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "6,813 km (2010)" diff --git a/middle-east/tu.json b/middle-east/tu.json index 66c774b2..03a8bbc7 100644 --- a/middle-east/tu.json +++ b/middle-east/tu.json @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ "text": "last held on 14 May 2023 (next to be held in 2028)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - People's Alliance 49.9% (AKP 35.6%, MHP 10.1%, YRP 2.8%, BBP 1%), Nation Alliance 35.4% (CHP 25.3%, IYI 9.7%), Labor and Freedom Alliance 10.7% (YSGP 8.9%, TIP 1.8%); seats by party/coalition - People's Alliance 323 (AKP 268, MHP 50, YRP 5), Nation Alliance 212 (CHP 169, IYI 43), Labor and Freedom Alliance 65 (YSGP 61, TIP 4); composition - men 479, women 121, percent of women 20.2%" + "text": "
percent of vote by party/coalition - People's Alliance 49.9% (AKP 35.6%, MHP 10.1%, YRP 2.8%, BBP 1%), Nation Alliance 35.4% (CHP 25.3%, IYI 9.7%), Labor and Freedom Alliance 10.7% (YSGP 8.9%, TIP 1.8%); seats by party/coalition - People's Alliance 323 (AKP 268, MHP 50, YRP 5), Nation Alliance 212 (CHP 169, IYI 43), Labor and Freedom Alliance 65 (YSGP 61, TIP 4); composition as of February 2024 - men 480, women 119, percent of women 19.9%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ }, "Exports": { "Exports 2022": { - "text": "$343.688 billion (2022 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$343.688 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { "text": "$286.094 billion (2021 est.)" @@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2022": { - "text": "$383.5 billion (2022 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$383.5 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { "text": "$283.595 billion (2021 est.)" @@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$93.512 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/middle-east/we.json b/middle-east/we.json index 3c40857a..bf8277cd 100644 --- a/middle-east/we.json +++ b/middle-east/we.json @@ -662,10 +662,10 @@ "text": "$12.874 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$10.094 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars and includes Gaza Strip" + "text": "$10.094 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$8.065 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars and includes Gaza Strip" + "text": "$8.065 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars; entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip" }, diff --git a/middle-east/ym.json b/middle-east/ym.json index adc404f0..b0e99256 100644 --- a/middle-east/ym.json +++ b/middle-east/ym.json @@ -561,10 +561,10 @@ "text": "bicameral Parliament or Majlis consists of:
Shura Council or Majlis Alshoora (111 seats; members appointed by the president; member tenure NA)
House of Representatives or Majlis al Nuwaab (301 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "Shura Council - last appointments NA (next appointments NA)
House of Representatives - last held in April 2019 (next to be held NA)" + "text": "Shura Council - last appointments NA (next appointments NA)
House of Representatives - last held in April 2019 (next to be held in NA)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
percent of vote by party - GPC 58.0%, Islah 22.6%, YSP 3.8%, Unionist Party 1.9%, other 13.7%; seats by party - GPC 238, Islah 46, YSP 8, Nasserist Unionist Party 3, National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 2, independent 4" + "text": "
percent of vote by party - GPC 58.0%, Islah 22.6%, YSP 3.8%, Unionist Party 1.9%, other 13.7%; seats by party - GPC 238, Islah 46, YSP 8, Nasserist Unionist Party 3, National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 2, independent 4; composition:  men 245, women 0, percent of women 0%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -828,10 +828,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2016": { - "text": "-$1.868 billion (2016 est.)" + "text": "-$2.419 billion (2016 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2015": { - "text": "-$3,026,025,000 (2015 est.)" + "text": "-$3.026 billion (2015 est.)" + }, + "Current account balance 2014": { + "text": "-$1.488 billion (2014 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -881,7 +884,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$969.613 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2018": { @@ -1130,10 +1133,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "71,300 km (2005)" + "text": "71,300 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "6,200 km (2005)" + "text": "6,200 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "65,100 km (2005)" diff --git a/north-america/bd.json b/north-america/bd.json index e417656e..fdfef3d1 100644 --- a/north-america/bd.json +++ b/north-america/bd.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists heading for Virginia. Self-governing since 1620, Bermuda is the oldest and most populous of the British Overseas Territories. Vacationing to the island to escape North American winters first developed in Victorian times. Tourism continues to be important to the island's economy, although international business has overtaken it in recent years. Bermuda has also developed into a highly successful offshore financial center. A referendum on independence from the UK was soundly defeated in 1995." + "text": "Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists heading for Virginia. Self-governing since 1620, Bermuda is the oldest and most populous of the British Overseas Territories. Vacationing on the island to escape North American winters first developed in Victorian times. Tourism continues to be important for the island's economy, although international business has overtaken it in recent years as Bermuda has developed into a highly successful offshore financial center. A referendum on independence from the UK was soundly defeated in 1995." } }, "Geography": { @@ -733,10 +733,10 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$1.925 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.925 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$1.723 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.723 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { "text": "$2.224 billion (2019 est.)" diff --git a/north-america/ca.json b/north-america/ca.json index 746f5f95..8387f64e 100644 --- a/north-america/ca.json +++ b/north-america/ca.json @@ -916,10 +916,10 @@ "text": "$719.339 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$619.639 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$619.639 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$526.936 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$526.936 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1286,8 +1286,8 @@ "note": "note 1: Canada opened up all military occupations to women in 2001; women in 2023 comprised about 16% of the CAF

note 2: the CAF offers waivers to foreign nationals applying for military service only in exceptional cases — to individuals on international military exchanges, for example, or to candidates who have specialized skills in high demand" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "the CAF has approximately 1,000 military personnel forward deployed for NATO air, land, and sea missions in the European theater, including a ground task force in Latvia (2023)", - "note": "note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Canada, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe " + "text": "the CAF has approximately 1,000 military personnel forward deployed for NATO air, land, and sea missions in the European theater, including a ground task force in Latvia; it also contributes smaller numbers of air, ground, and naval forces to a variety of other NATO and international missions (2024)", + "note": "note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Canada, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe; in 2024, Canada announced plans to have a full 2,000-person brigade deployed to Latvia by 2026" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) are responsible for external security; the CAF’s core missions include detecting, deterring, and defending against threats to or attacks on Canada; the military also provides assistance to civil authorities and law enforcement as needed for such missions as counterterrorism, search and rescue, and responding to natural disasters or other major emergencies; it regularly participates in bilateral and multinational training exercises with a variety of partners, including NATO (Canada is one of the original members) and the US; the CAF also contributes to international peacekeeping, stability, humanitarian, combat, and capacity building operations with the UN, NATO, and other security partners

the Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC) plans, directs, and leads most CAF operations in Canada, North America, and around the world; it has six standing regional Joint Task Force (JTF) headquarters across Canada, as well as other JTFs deployed overseas; the CJOC is assisted by air, ground, and naval components; the Canadian Army is the land component of the CAF and its largest element; it has four divisional headquarters (plus one under the CJOC), three Regular Force combined arms mechanized brigade groups, and 10 brigade groups in the Reserve Force; the Navy’s principal warships are 12 frigates and four attack submarines, which are supported by six Arctic/offshore patrol ships and 12 coastal defense vessels; the Air Force has over 400 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters, including about 100 US-made F/A-18 multirole fighters; Canada has ordered more than 80 US-made F-35 stealth multirole fighter aircraft which the Air Force expects to start receiving in 2026; the CAF also has a separate Special Operations Forces Command with a special operations regiment and a joint task force, plus air, incident response, and training units

Canada is part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD; established 1958); NORAD is a Canada-US bi-national military command responsible for monitoring and defending North American airspace; traditionally, a Canadian Armed Forces officer has served as the deputy commander of NORAD; Canada’s defense relationship with the US extends back to the Ogdensburg Declaration of 1940, when the two countries formally agreed on military cooperation, including the establishment of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD), which continues to be the highest-level bilateral defense forum between Canada and the US

British troops withdrew from Canada in 1871 as part of the UK-US Treaty of Washington; following the withdrawal, the first Canadian militia, known as the Royal Canadian Regiment, was organized in 1883 to protect Canadian territory and defend British interests abroad, which it did in the South African War (1899-1902), Canada’s first overseas conflict; militia units formed the backbone of the more than 425,000 Canadian soldiers that went to Europe during World War I in what was called the Canadian Expeditionary Force; the Royal Canadian Navy was created in 1910, while the Canadian Air Force was established in 1920 and became the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1924; the Canadian Army was officially founded in 1942; a unified Canadian Armed Forces was created in 1968 (2023)" diff --git a/north-america/mx.json b/north-america/mx.json index 61c680b4..ece1f4c3 100644 --- a/north-america/mx.json +++ b/north-america/mx.json @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 62%, predominantly Amerindian 21%, Amerindian 7%, other 10% (mostly European) (2012 est.)", + "text": "Mestizo (Indigenous-Spanish) 62%, predominantly Indigenous 21%, Indigenous 7%, other 10% (mostly European) (2012 est.)", "note": "note: Mexico does not collect census data on ethnicity" }, "Languages": { @@ -922,10 +922,10 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$18,045,572,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$18.046 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$8,342,887,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$8.343 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "$22.522 billion (2020 est.)" @@ -937,10 +937,10 @@ "text": "$626.298 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$533.22 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$533.22 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$443.575 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$443.575 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -955,10 +955,10 @@ "text": "$668.59 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$558.969 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$558.969 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$424.896 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$424.896 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$199.069 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1246,10 +1246,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "704,884 km (2017)" + "text": "704,884 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "175,526 km (2017) (includes 10,845 km of expressways)" + "text": "175,526 km (includes 10,845 km of expressways)" }, "unpaved": { "text": "529,358 km (2017)" diff --git a/north-america/sb.json b/north-america/sb.json index 299ea5d7..d37cb0c8 100644 --- a/north-america/sb.json +++ b/north-america/sb.json @@ -743,10 +743,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "117 km (2009)" + "text": "117 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "80 km (2009)" + "text": "80 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "37 km (2009)" diff --git a/north-america/us.json b/north-america/us.json index e7af565a..df68e179 100644 --- a/north-america/us.json +++ b/north-america/us.json @@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ "text": "
Senate - last held on 8 November 2022 (next to be held on 5 November 2024)
House of Representatives - last held on 8 November 2022 (next to be held on 5 November 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 51, Republican Party 49; composition - men 75, women 25, percent of women 25%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Republican Party 222, Democratic Party 213; composition - men 307, women 128, percent of women 29.4%; note - total US Congress percent of women 28.6%" + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 51, Republican Party 49; composition as of February 2024 - men 75, women 25, percent of women 25%

House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Republican Party 222, Democratic Party 213; composition as of February 2024 - men 305, women 126, percent of women 29.2%; note - total US Congress percent of women 28.4%" }, "note": "note: in addition to the regular members of the House of Representatives there are 6 non-voting delegates elected from the District of Columbia and the US territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands; these are single seat constituencies directly elected by simple majority vote to serve a 2-year term (except for the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico who serves a 4-year term); the delegate 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; election of delegates last held on 8 November 2022 (next to be held on 3 November 2024)" }, @@ -877,10 +877,10 @@ "text": "$3.97 trillion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$3.409 trillion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.409 trillion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$2.813 trillion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.813 trillion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1156,10 +1156,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "6,586,610 km (2012)" + "text": "6,586,610 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "4,304,715 km (2012) (includes 76,334 km of expressways)" + "text": "4,304,715 km (includes 76,334 km of expressways)" }, "unpaved": { "text": "2,281,895 km (2012)" diff --git a/south-america/ar.json b/south-america/ar.json index 1d1f1ee5..1654a299 100644 --- a/south-america/ar.json +++ b/south-america/ar.json @@ -906,10 +906,10 @@ "text": "$97.558 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$72.392 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$72.392 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$52.343 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$52.343 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index 2e75aa75..e6dc65f8 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simón BOLÍVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825. Much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of coups and countercoups, with the last coup occurring in 1980. Democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production.

In December 2005, Bolivians elected Movement Toward Socialism leader Evo MORALES president - by the widest margin of any leader since the restoration of civilian rule in 1982 - after he ran on a promise to change the country's traditional political class and empower the nation's poor and indigenous majority. In December 2009 and October 2014, President MORALES easily won reelection. His party maintained control of the legislative branch of the government, which has allowed him to continue his \"process of change.\" In February 2016, MORALES narrowly lost a referendum to approve a constitutional amendment that would have allowed him to compete in the 2019 presidential election. However, a 2017 Supreme Court ruling stating that term limits violate human rights provided the justification for MORALES to be chosen by his party to run again in 2019. MORALES attempted to claim victory in the October 2019 election, but widespread allegations of electoral fraud, rising violence, and pressure from the military ultimately forced him to flee the country. An interim government, led by President Jeanine AÑEZ Chávez, prepared new elections that took place in October 2020; President Luis Alberto ARCE Catacora took office the following month.

" + "text": "

Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simón BOLÍVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825. Much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of coups and countercoups, with the last coup occurring in 1980. Democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production.

In 2005, Bolivians elected Movement Toward Socialism leader Evo MORALES as president -- by the widest margin of any leader since 1982 -- after he ran on a promise to change the country's traditional political class and empower the poor and indigenous majority. In 2009 and 2014, MORALES easily won reelection, and his party maintained control of the legislative branch. In 2016, MORALES narrowly lost a referendum to approve a constitutional amendment that would have allowed him to compete in the 2019 presidential election. A subsequent Supreme Court ruling stating that term limits violate human rights provided the justification for MORALES to run despite the referendum, but rising violence, pressure from the military, and widespread allegations of electoral fraud ultimately forced him to flee the country. An interim government, led by President Jeanine AÑEZ Chávez, held new elections in 2020, and Luis Alberto ARCE Catacora was elected president.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Mestizo (mixed White and Amerindian ancestry) 68%, Indigenous 20%, White 5%, Cholo/Chola 2%, African descent 1%, other 1%, unspecified 3%; 44% of respondents indicated feeling part of some Indigenous group, predominantly Quechua or Aymara (2009 est.)", + "text": "Mestizo (mixed White and Indigenous ancestry) 68%, Indigenous 20%, White 5%, Cholo/Chola 2%, African descent 1%, other 1%, unspecified 3%; 44% of respondents indicated feeling part of some Indigenous group, predominantly Quechua or Aymara (2009 est.)", "note": "note: results among surveys vary based on the wording of the ethnicity question and the available response choices; the 2001 national census did not provide \"Mestizo\" as a response choice, resulting in a much higher proportion of respondents identifying themselves as belonging to one of the available indigenous ethnicity choices; the use of \"Mestizo\" and \"Cholo\" varies among response choices in surveys, with surveys using the terms interchangeably, providing one or the other as a response choice, or providing the two as separate response choices" }, "Languages": { @@ -907,10 +907,10 @@ "text": "$14.577 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$10.726 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$10.726 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$8.078 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$8.078 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$5.247 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { diff --git a/south-america/br.json b/south-america/br.json index 53f5ba4b..ac86970c 100644 --- a/south-america/br.json +++ b/south-america/br.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Following more than three centuries under Portuguese rule, Brazil gained its independence in 1822, maintaining a monarchical system of government until the abolition of slavery in 1888 and the subsequent proclamation of a republic by the military in 1889. Brazilian coffee exporters politically dominated the country until populist leader Getúlio VARGAS rose to power in 1930. VARGAS governed over various versions of democratic and authoritarian regimes from 1930 to 1945. Democratic rule returned (including a democratically elected VARGAS administration from 1951 to 1954) and lasted until 1964, when the military overthrew President João GOULART. The military regime censored journalists and repressed and tortured dissidents in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The dictatorship lasted until 1985, when the military regime peacefully ceded power to civilian rulers, and the Brazilian Congress passed its current constitution in 1988. 

By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil continues to pursue industrial and agricultural growth and development of its interior. Having successfully weathered a period of global financial difficulty in the late 20th century, under President Luiz Inácio LULA da Silva (2003-2010) Brazil was seen as one of the world's strongest emerging markets and a contributor to global growth. The awarding of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the first ever to be held in South America, was symbolic of the country's rise. However, from about 2013 to 2016, Brazil was plagued by a sagging economy, high unemployment, and high inflation, only emerging from recession in 2017. Former President Dilma ROUSSEFF (2011-2016) was removed from office in 2016 by Congress for having committed impeachable acts against Brazil's budgetary laws, and her vice president, Michel TEMER, served the remainder of her second term. A money-laundering investigation, Operation Lava Jato, uncovered a vast corruption scheme and prosecutors charged several high-profile Brazilian politicians with crimes. Former-President LULA was convicted of accepting bribes and served jail time (2018-19), although his conviction was overturned in early 2021. LULA's revival became complete in October 2022 when he narrowly defeated incumbent Jair BOLSONARO (2019-2022) in the presidential election. Positioning Brazil as an independent global leader on climate change and promoting sustainable development, President LULA took on the 2024 G20 presidency, balancing the fight against deforestation with sustainable energy and other projects designed to alleviate poverty and promote economic growth, such as expanding fossil fuel exploration. 

" + "text": "

After more than three centuries under Portuguese rule, Brazil gained its independence in 1822, maintaining a monarchical system of government until the abolition of slavery in 1888 and the subsequent proclamation of a republic by the military in 1889. Brazilian coffee exporters politically dominated the country until populist leader Getúlio VARGAS rose to power in 1930. VARGAS governed through various versions of democratic and authoritarian regimes from 1930 to 1945. Democratic rule returned in 1945 -- including a democratically elected VARGAS administration from 1951 to 1954 -- and lasted until 1964, when the military overthrew President João GOULART. The military regime censored journalists and repressed and tortured dissidents in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The dictatorship lasted until 1985, when the military regime peacefully ceded power to civilian rulers, and the Brazilian Congress passed its current constitution in 1988. 

By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil continues to pursue industrial and agricultural growth and development of its interior. Having successfully weathered a period of global financial difficulty in the late 20th century, Brazil was soon seen as one of the world's strongest emerging markets and a contributor to global growth under President Luiz Inácio LULA da Silva (2003-2010). The awarding of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympic Games -- the first ever to be held in South America -- to Brazil was symbolic of the country's rise. However, from about 2013 to 2016, Brazil was plagued by a sagging economy, high unemployment, and high inflation, only emerging from recession in 2017. Congress removed then-President Dilma ROUSSEFF (2011-2016) from office in 2016 for having committed impeachable acts against Brazil's budgetary laws, and her vice president, Michel TEMER, served the remainder of her second term. A money-laundering investigation, Operation Lava Jato, uncovered a vast corruption scheme and prosecutors charged several high-profile Brazilian politicians with crimes. Former President LULA was convicted of accepting bribes and served jail time (2018-19), although his conviction was overturned in 2021. LULA's revival became complete in 2022 when he narrowly defeated incumbent Jair BOLSONARO (2019-2022) in the presidential election. Positioning Brazil as an independent global leader on climate change and promoting sustainable development, LULA took on the 2024 G20 presidency, balancing the fight against deforestation with sustainable energy and other projects designed to alleviate poverty and promote economic growth, such as expanding fossil fuel exploration. 

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -499,10 +499,10 @@ }, "Geoparks": { "total global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "5" + "text": "6" }, "global geoparks and regional networks": { - "text": "Araripe; Cacapava; Quarta Colonia; Serido; Southern Canyons Pathways (2023)" + "text": "Araripe; Cacapava; Quarta Colonia; Serido; Southern Canyons Pathways; Uberaba (2024)" } } }, @@ -940,10 +940,10 @@ "text": "$376.084 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$306.087 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$306.087 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$230.508 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$230.508 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/south-america/ci.json b/south-america/ci.json index bdb3f3fc..cc6888fb 100644 --- a/south-america/ci.json +++ b/south-america/ci.json @@ -863,13 +863,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$27,101,824,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$27.102 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$23,193,388,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$23.193 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$4,952,326,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$4.952 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -896,10 +896,10 @@ "text": "$118.094 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$102.595 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$102.595 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$68.134 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$68.134 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$39.166 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/south-america/co.json b/south-america/co.json index 1cb220d3..3cac0b47 100644 --- a/south-america/co.json +++ b/south-america/co.json @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Mestizo and White 87.6%, Afro-Colombian (includes Mulatto, Raizal, and Palenquero) 6.8%, Amerindian 4.3%, unspecified 1.4% (2018 est.)" + "text": "Mestizo and White 87.6%, Afro-Colombian (includes Mulatto, Raizal, and Palenquero) 6.8%, Indigenous 4.3%, unspecified 1.4% (2018 est.)" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { @@ -876,13 +876,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$21,525,871,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$21.526 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$17,950,893,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$17.951 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$9,266,810,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$9.267 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -909,10 +909,10 @@ "text": "$89.54 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$70.909 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$70.909 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$51.328 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$51.328 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$58.499 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/south-america/ec.json b/south-america/ec.json index b4393184..e6ee1cd3 100644 --- a/south-america/ec.json +++ b/south-america/ec.json @@ -126,11 +126,12 @@ }, "Languages": { "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (Castilian) 93% (official), Quechua 4.1%, other indigenous 0.7%, foreign 2.2%; note - (Quechua and Shuar are official languages of intercultural relations; other indigenous languages are in official use by indigenous peoples in the areas they inhabit) (2010 est.)" + "text": "Spanish (Castilian; official) 98.6%, indigenous 3.9% (Quechua 3.2%, other indigenous 0.7%), foreign 2.8%, other 0.6% (includes Ecuadorian sign language); note - (Quechua and Shuar are official languages of intercultural relations; other indigenous languages are in official use by indigenous peoples in the areas they inhabit) (2010 est.)" }, "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." - } + }, + "note": "note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census" }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 68.2%, Protestant 19% (Evangelical 18.3%, Adventist 0.6%, other Protestant 0.2%), Jehovah's Witness 1.4%, other 2.3%, none 8.2% don't know/no response 1% (2023 est.)" @@ -889,10 +890,10 @@ "text": "$35.92 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$29.037 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$29.037 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$22.373 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$22.373 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -907,10 +908,10 @@ "text": "$36.051 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$28.128 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$28.128 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$19.874 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$19.874 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1228,7 +1229,7 @@ "note": "note: in 2022, women made up an estimated 3-4% of the military" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the military is responsible for preserving Ecuador’s national sovereignty and defending the integrity of the state; it also has some domestic security responsibilities and may complement police operations in maintaining public order if required; the military shares responsibility for border enforcement with the National Police; it participates in bilateral and multinational training exercises and has sent troops on UN peacekeeping missions; the military has defense ties to regional countries, such as Chile, Colombia, and Peru, and security ties with the US have been revived in recent years

border conflicts with Peru dominated the military’s focus until the late 1990s and border security remains a priority, but in more recent years, security challenges have included counterinsurgency and counternarcotics operations, particularly in the northern border area where violence and other criminal activity related to terrorism, insurgency, and narco-trafficking in Colombia, as well as refugees from Venezuela, have spilled over the border; the military has established a joint service task force for counterinsurgency and counternarcotics operations and boosted troop deployments along those borders; other missions include countering illegal mining, smuggling, and maritime piracy; since 2012, the Ecuadorian Government has expanded the military’s role in general public security and domestic crime operations, in part due to rising violence, police corruption, and police ineffectiveness 

the Joint Command of the Armed Forces (El Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas or CCFFAA) is the military’s highest body for planning, preparation, and strategic conduct of military operations; the chief of the CCFFAA is appointed by the president; the military is deployed throughout the country in five joint service operational commands or task forces; it also has a cyber defense command; the Army is organized into four regionally based divisions and approximately 12 combat brigades, including armored cavalry, artillery, aviation, infantry (including specialized jungle infantry), and special forces; the Navy is a compact force comprised of two frigates, six corvettes, three missile attack boats, and two attack submarines; it also has a small aviation force and a Marine Corps with about 2,000 amphibious infantry and commandos; the Air Force has small numbers of operational jet fighters and light ground attack aircraft, as well as some multirole helicopters  

the military has had a large role in Ecuador’s political history; it ruled the country from 1963-1966 and 1972-1979, and supported a dictatorship in 1970-1972; during the 1980s, the military remained loyal to the civilian government, but civilian-military relations were at times tenuous, and the military had considerable autonomy from civilian oversight; it was involved in coup attempts in 2000 and 2010 (2023)" + "text": "the military is responsible for preserving Ecuador’s national sovereignty and defending the integrity of the state; it also has some domestic security responsibilities and may complement police operations in maintaining public order if required; the military shares responsibility for border enforcement with the National Police; it participates in bilateral and multinational training exercises and has sent troops on UN peacekeeping missions; the military has defense ties to regional countries, such as Chile, Colombia, and Peru, and security ties with the US have been revived in recent years

border conflicts with Peru dominated the military’s focus until the late 1990s and border security remains a priority, but in more recent years, security challenges have included counterinsurgency and counternarcotics operations, particularly in the northern border area where violence and other criminal activity related to terrorism, insurgency, and narco-trafficking in Colombia, as well as refugees from Venezuela, have spilled over the border; the military has established a joint service task force for counterinsurgency and counternarcotics operations and boosted troop deployments along those borders; other missions include countering illegal mining, smuggling, and maritime piracy; since 2012, the Ecuadorian Government has expanded the military’s role in general public security and domestic crime operations, in part due to rising violence, police corruption, and police ineffectiveness 

the Joint Command of the Armed Forces (El Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas or CCFFAA) is the military’s highest body for planning, preparation, and strategic conduct of military operations; the chief of the CCFFAA is appointed by the president; the military is deployed throughout the country in five joint service operational commands or task forces; it also has a cyber defense command; the Army is organized into four regionally based divisions and approximately 12 combat brigades, including armored cavalry, artillery, aviation, infantry (including specialized jungle infantry), and special forces; the Navy is a compact force comprised of two frigates, six corvettes, three missile attack boats, and two attack submarines; it also has a small aviation force and a Marine Corps with about 2,000 amphibious infantry and commandos; the Air Force has small numbers of operational jet fighters and light ground attack aircraft, as well as some multirole helicopters  

the military has had a large role in Ecuador’s political history; it ruled the country from 1963-1966 and 1972-1979, and supported a dictatorship in 1970-1972; during the 1980s, the military remained loyal to the civilian government, but civilian-military relations were at times tenuous, and the military had considerable autonomy from civilian oversight; it was involved in coup attempts in 2000 and 2010 (2024)" } }, "Space": { diff --git a/south-america/fk.json b/south-america/fk.json index f0bc76a4..19bc84df 100644 --- a/south-america/fk.json +++ b/south-america/fk.json @@ -770,10 +770,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "440 km (2008)" + "text": "440 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "50 km (2008)" + "text": "50 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "390 km (2008)" diff --git a/south-america/gy.json b/south-america/gy.json index 67b3fb38..b677b3d4 100644 --- a/south-america/gy.json +++ b/south-america/gy.json @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "East Indian 39.8%, African descent 29.3%, mixed 19.9%, Amerindian 10.5%, other 0.5% (includes Portuguese, Chinese, White) (2012 est.)" + "text": "East Indian 39.8%, African descent 29.3%, mixed 19.9%, Indigenous 10.5%, other 0.5% (includes Portuguese, Chinese, White) (2012 est.)" }, "Languages": { "text": "English (official), Guyanese Creole, Amerindian languages (including Caribbean and Arawak languages), Indian languages (including Caribbean Hindustani, a dialect of Hindi), Chinese (2014 est.)" @@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ "text": "-$254.121 million (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$2,503,316,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$2.503 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "-$396.533 million (2020 est.)" @@ -829,10 +829,10 @@ "text": "$11.536 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$4.64 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$4.64 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$2.799 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.799 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -847,10 +847,10 @@ "text": "$7.067 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$6.611 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.611 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$3.756 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.756 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$680.634 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1096,10 +1096,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "3,995 km (2019)" + "text": "3,995 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "799 km (2019)" + "text": "799 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "3,196 km (2019)" diff --git a/south-america/ns.json b/south-america/ns.json index aab426da..f59e4df1 100644 --- a/south-america/ns.json +++ b/south-america/ns.json @@ -831,10 +831,10 @@ "text": "$2.6 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$2.299 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.299 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$2.446 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.446 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -849,10 +849,10 @@ "text": "$2.342 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$1.876 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.876 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$1.845 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.845 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$584.929 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1118,10 +1118,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "4,304 km (2003)" + "text": "4,304 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "1,119 km (2003)" + "text": "1,119 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "3,185 km (2003)" diff --git a/south-america/pa.json b/south-america/pa.json index 688e8aa8..da9bc314 100644 --- a/south-america/pa.json +++ b/south-america/pa.json @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian ancestry) 95%, other 5%" + "text": "Mestizo (mixed Spanish and Indigenous ancestry) 95%, other 5%" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { @@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$2,792,719,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$2.793 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "-$308.061 million (2021 est.)" @@ -868,10 +868,10 @@ "text": "$14.971 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$14.821 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$14.821 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$12.339 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$12.339 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -886,10 +886,10 @@ "text": "$17.142 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$14.316 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$14.316 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$10.982 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$10.982 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$9.202 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1154,10 +1154,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "78,811 km (2020)" + "text": "78,811 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "8,573 km (2020)" + "text": "8,573 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "70,238 km (2020)" diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index 52f3f444..5041be19 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and White) 60.2%, Amerindian 25.8%, White 5.9%, African descent 3.6%, other (includes Chinese and Japanese descent) 1.2%, unspecified 3.3% (2017 est.)" + "text": "Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and White) 60.2%, Indigenous 25.8%, White 5.9%, African descent 3.6%, other (includes Chinese and Japanese descent) 1.2%, unspecified 3.3% (2017 est.)" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { @@ -898,10 +898,10 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$9,908,198,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$9.908 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$5,063,836,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$5.064 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "$2.235 billion (2020 est.)" @@ -913,10 +913,10 @@ "text": "$71.197 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$65.914 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$65.914 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$45.544 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$45.544 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -931,10 +931,10 @@ "text": "$69.506 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$58.708 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$58.708 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$42.303 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$42.303 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2018": { "text": "$60.333 billion (2018 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { diff --git a/south-america/uy.json b/south-america/uy.json index ad4016a0..2fb5079a 100644 --- a/south-america/uy.json +++ b/south-america/uy.json @@ -581,10 +581,10 @@ "text": "bicameral General Assembly or Asamblea General consists of:
Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (30 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; the vice-president serves as the presiding ex-officio member; elected members serve 5-year terms)
Chamber of Representatives or Camara de Representantes (99 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote using the D'Hondt method; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "
Chamber of Senators - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2024)
Chamber of Representatives - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2024)" + "text": "
Chamber of Senators - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held on 27 October 2024)
Chamber of Representatives - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held on 27 October 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - Frente Amplio 13, National Party 10, Colorado Party 4, Open Cabildo 3; composition - men 21, women 10, percent of women 25.3%%

Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - Frente Amplio 42, National Party 30, Colorado Party 13, Open Cabildo 11, Independent Party 1, other 2; composition - men 74, women 25, percent of women 25.3%; note - total General Assembly percent of women 26.9%" + "text": "
Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - Frente Amplio 13, National Party 10, Colorado Party 4, Open Cabildo 3; composition as of February 2024 - men 21, women 10, percent of women 32.3%

Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - Frente Amplio 42, National Party 30, Colorado Party 13, Open Cabildo 11, Independent Party 1, other 2; composition as of February 2024 - men 74, women 25, percent of women 25.3%; note - total General Assembly percent of women 26.9%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -891,10 +891,10 @@ "text": "$22.565 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$19.527 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$19.527 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$13.851 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$13.851 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -909,10 +909,10 @@ "text": "$18.894 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$15.125 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$15.125 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$11.43 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$11.43 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1174,10 +1174,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "77,732 km (2010)" + "text": "77,732 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "7,743 km (2010)" + "text": "7,743 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "69,989 km (2010)" diff --git a/south-america/ve.json b/south-america/ve.json index bc4e3379..6469e4ac 100644 --- a/south-america/ve.json +++ b/south-america/ve.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Venezuela was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and New Granada, which became Colombia). For most of the first half of the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by military strongmen who promoted the oil industry and allowed for some social reforms. Although democratically elected governments largely held sway since 1959, the executive branch under Hugo CHAVEZ, president from 1999 to 2013, exercised increasingly authoritarian control over other branches of government.  This undemocratic trend continued in 2018 when Nicolas MADURO claimed the presidency for his second term in an election boycotted by most opposition parties and widely viewed as fraudulent.

The last democratically-elected institution is the 2015 National Assembly. In 2020, legislative elections were held for a new National Assembly, which the opposition boycotted, and which were widely condemned as fraudulent. The resulting assembly is viewed by most opposition parties and many international actors as illegitimate. In November 2021, most opposition parties broke a three-year election boycott to participate in mayoral and gubernatorial elections, despite flawed conditions. As a result, the opposition more than doubled its representation at the mayoral level and retained four of 23 governorships. The 2021 regional elections marked the first time since 2006 that the EU was allowed to send an electoral observation mission to Venezuela.

MADURO places strong restrictions on freedoms of expression and the press. Since CHAVEZ, the ruling party's economic policies expanded the state's role in the economy through expropriations of major enterprises, strict currency exchange and price controls that discourage private sector investment and production, and overdependence on the petroleum industry for revenues, among others. Years of economic mismanagement left Venezuela ill-prepared to weather the global drop in oil prices in 2014, sparking an economic decline that has resulted in reduced government social spending, shortages of basic goods, and high inflation. Worsened living conditions have prompted nearly 8 million Venezuelans to migrate, mainly settling in nearby countries. Since 2017, the US has imposed financial sanctions on MADURO and his representatives and, since 2018, on sectors of the Venezuelan economy. This began to change in response to MADURO and his representatives making democratic and electoral concessions, particularly in October 2023 when the opposition-led Unitary Platform signed an electoral roadmap agreement with MADURO representatives in Barbados. As a result, MADURO and his representatives received limited sanctions relief. MADURO and his representatives' mismanagement and lack of investment in infrastructure has debilitated the country's energy sector. Caracas has more recently relaxed some economic controls to mitigate the impact of its sustained economic crisis, such as allowing increased import flexibility for private citizens and companies and the informal use of US dollars and other international currencies. Still, ongoing concerns include human rights abuses, rampant violent crime, political manipulation of the judicial and electoral systems, and corruption.

" + "text": "

Venezuela was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and New Granada, which became Colombia). For most of the first half of the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by military strongmen who promoted the oil industry and allowed for some social reforms. Although democratically elected governments largely held sway since 1959, the executive branch under Hugo CHAVEZ, president from 1999 to 2013, exercised increasingly authoritarian control over other branches of government.  This undemocratic trend continued in 2018 when Nicolas MADURO claimed the presidency for his second term in an election boycotted by most opposition parties and widely viewed as fraudulent.

The last democratically-elected institution is the 2015 National Assembly. In 2020, legislative elections were held for a new National Assembly, which the opposition boycotted, and which were widely condemned as fraudulent. The resulting assembly is viewed by most opposition parties and many international actors as illegitimate. In November 2021, most opposition parties broke a three-year election boycott to participate in mayoral and gubernatorial elections, despite flawed conditions. As a result, the opposition more than doubled its representation at the mayoral level and retained four of 23 governorships. The 2021 regional elections marked the first time since 2006 that the EU was allowed to send an electoral observation mission to Venezuela.

MADURO places strong restrictions on freedoms of expression and the press. Since CHAVEZ, the ruling party's economic policies expanded the state's role in the economy through expropriations of major enterprises, strict currency exchange and price controls that discourage private sector investment and production, and over-dependence on the petroleum industry for revenues, among others. Years of economic mismanagement left Venezuela ill-prepared to weather the global drop in oil prices in 2014, sparking an economic decline that has resulted in reduced government social spending, shortages of basic goods, and high inflation. Worsened living conditions have prompted nearly 8 million Venezuelans to migrate, mainly settling in nearby countries. Since 2017, the US has imposed financial sanctions on MADURO and his representatives and, since 2018, on sectors of the Venezuelan economy. This began to change in response to MADURO and his representatives making democratic and electoral concessions, particularly in October 2023 when the opposition-led Unitary Platform signed an electoral roadmap agreement with MADURO representatives in Barbados. As a result, MADURO and his representatives received limited sanctions relief. MADURO and his representatives' mismanagement and lack of investment in infrastructure has debilitated the country's energy sector. Caracas has more recently relaxed some economic controls to mitigate the impact of its sustained economic crisis, such as allowing increased import flexibility for private citizens and companies and the informal use of US dollars and other international currencies. Still, ongoing concerns include human rights abuses, rampant violent crime, political manipulation of the judicial and electoral systems, and corruption.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (277 seats; 3 seats reserved for indigenous peoples of Venezuela; members serve 5-year terms); note - in 2020, the National Electoral Council increased the number of seats in the National Assembly from 167 to 277 for the 6 December 2020 election" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 6 December 2020 (next to be held in December 2025)" + "text": "last held on 6 December 2020 (next expected to be held in December 2025)" }, "election results": { "text": "percent of vote by party - GPP (pro-government) 69.3%, Democratic Alliance (opposition coalition) 17.7%, other 13%; seats by party - GPP 253, Democratic Alliance 18, indigenous peoples 3, other 3; composition - NA" @@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ "text": "Supreme Tribunal of Justice (consists of 32 judges organized into constitutional, political-administrative, electoral, civil appeals, criminal appeals, and social divisions)" }, "judge selection and term of office": { - "text": "judges proposed by the Committee of Judicial Postulation (an independent body of organizations dealing with legal issues and of the organs of citizen power) and appointed by the National Assembly; judges serve nonrenewable 12-year terms; note - in July 2017, the National Assembly named 33 judges to the court to replace a series of judges, it argued, had been illegally appointed in late 2015 by the outgoing, socialist-party-led Assembly; the Government of President MADURO and the Socialist Party-appointed judges refused to recognize these appointments, however, and many of the new judges have since been imprisoned or forced into exile" + "text": "judges proposed by the Committee of Judicial Postulation (an independent body of organizations dealing with legal issues and of the organs of citizen power) and appointed by the National Assembly; judges serve nonrenewable 12-year terms; note - in July 2017, the National Assembly named 33 judges to the court to replace a series of judges, it argued, had been illegally appointed in late 2015 by the outgoing, socialist-party-led Assembly; MADURO and the Socialist Party-appointed judges refused to recognize these appointments, however, and many of the new judges have since been imprisoned or forced into exile" }, "subordinate courts": { "text": "Superior or Appeals Courts (Tribunales Superiores); District Tribunals (Tribunales de Distrito); Courts of First Instance (Tribunales de Primera Instancia); Parish Courts (Tribunales de Parroquia); Justices of the Peace (Justicia de Paz) Network" @@ -596,10 +596,10 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); as of 19 May 2023, Francisco L. PALMIERI serves as the chief of mission of the Venezuelan Affairs Unit, located at the United States Embassy, Bogota, Colombia" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); as of 19 May 2023, Francisco L. PALMIERI serves as the chief of mission of the Venezuela Affairs Unit" }, "embassy": { - "text": "Venezuela Affairs Unit, Carrera 45 N. 24B-27, Bogota

previously - F St. and Suapure St.; Urb. Colinas de Valle Arriba; Caracas 1080" + "text": "Venezuela Affairs Unit, US Embassy, Carrera 45 N. 24B-27, Bogota, Colombia

previously - F St. and Suapure St.; Urb. Colinas de Valle Arriba; Caracas 1080" }, "mailing address": { "text": "3140 Caracas Place, Washington DC  20521-3140" @@ -839,9 +839,8 @@ "text": "$93.485 billion (2017 est.)" }, "Exports 2016": { - "text": "$28.684 billion (2016 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" + "text": "$28.684 billion (2016 est.) note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" + } }, "Exports - partners": { "text": "India 34%, China 28%, United States 12%, Spain 6% (2019)" @@ -857,9 +856,8 @@ "text": "$18.376 billion (2017 est.)" }, "Imports 2016": { - "text": "$25.81 billion (2016 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" + "text": "$25.81 billion (2016 est.) note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" + } }, "Imports - partners": { "text": "China 28%, United States 22%, Brazil 8%, Spain 6%, Mexico 6%  (2019)" @@ -877,7 +875,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2015": { "text": "$15.625 billion (2015 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { diff --git a/south-asia/af.json b/south-asia/af.json index 61ae27e3..4741b72b 100644 --- a/south-asia/af.json +++ b/south-asia/af.json @@ -840,13 +840,13 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$6.983 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$6.983 billion (2020 est.)" }, "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$7.371 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$7.371 billion (2019 est.)" }, "Imports 2018": { - "text": "$7.988 billion (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$7.988 billion (2018 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, diff --git a/south-asia/bg.json b/south-asia/bg.json index da509ab5..a0d550ef 100644 --- a/south-asia/bg.json +++ b/south-asia/bg.json @@ -910,10 +910,10 @@ "text": "$93.815 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$85.299 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$85.299 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$56.776 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$56.776 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -1280,7 +1280,8 @@ "text": "16-21 years of age for voluntary military service; Bangladeshi nationality and 10th grade education required; officers: 17-21 years of age, Bangladeshi nationality, and 12th grade education required (2023)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "approximately 1,400 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,650 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO; plus about 200 police); 120 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 1,600 South Sudan (UNMISS); 150 Sudan (UNISFA) (2023)" + "text": "approximately 1,400 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,650 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO; plus about 200 police); 120 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 100 Mali (MINUSMA; plus about 150 police); 1,600 South Sudan (UNMISS); 500 Sudan (UNISFA) (2024)", + "note": "note: as of early 2024, Bangladesh had nearly 6,000 total military and police personnel deployed on UN missions" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the military’s primary responsibility is external defense but it also has a domestic security role and has traditionally been a significant player in the country’s politics, as well as its economy; the military has a long history of participating in UN peacekeeping missions, which has provided operational experience and a source of funding; it runs an international institute for the training of peacekeepers; the military also conducts multinational and bilateral exercises with foreign partners, particularly India; it has commercial business interests in such areas as banking, food, hotels, manufacturing, real estate, and shipbuilding, and manages government infrastructure and construction projects

the Army is the dominant service and its primary combat forces are approximately 10 infantry divisions, complemented by several independent brigades and regiments of armor, artillery, and commandos; it maintains a large presence in the Chittagong Hills area where it conducted counterinsurgency operations against tribal guerrillas from the 1970s until the late 1990s; the Navy conducts both coastal and blue water operations and participates in UN and humanitarian missions and multinational exercises; its principal surface warships are a mix of frigates, corvettes, and large patrol ships; it also has a few attack submarines; the Air Force has several squadrons equipped Chinese- and Russian-made combat aircraft; the Air Force has about 50 mostly Chinese- and Russian-made combat aircraft organized into several squadrons (2023)" diff --git a/south-asia/bt.json b/south-asia/bt.json index 873da709..d3def069 100644 --- a/south-asia/bt.json +++ b/south-asia/bt.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Following Britain’s victory in the 1865 Duar War, Britain and Bhutan signed the Treaty of Sinchulu, under which Bhutan would receive an annual subsidy in exchange for ceding land to British India. Ugyen WANGCHUCK - who had served as the de facto ruler of an increasingly unified Bhutan and had improved relations with the British toward the end of the 19th century - was named king in 1907. Three years later, a treaty was signed whereby the British agreed not to interfere in Bhutanese internal affairs, and Bhutan allowed Britain to direct its foreign affairs. Bhutan negotiated a similar arrangement with independent India in 1949. The Indo-Bhutanese Treaty of Friendship returned to Bhutan a small piece of the territory annexed by the British, formalized the annual subsidies the country received, and defined India's responsibilities in defense and foreign relations. Under a succession of modernizing monarchs beginning in the 1950s, Bhutan joined the UN in 1971 and slowly continued its engagement beyond its borders.

In 2005, King Jigme Singye WANGCHUCK unveiled the draft of Bhutan's first constitution - which introduced major democratic reforms - and held a national referendum for its approval. The King abdicated the throne in 2006 in favor of his son, Jigme Khesar Namgyel WANGCHUCK. In 2007, India and Bhutan renegotiated their treaty, eliminating the clause that stated that Bhutan would be \"guided by\" India in conducting its foreign policy, although Thimphu continues to coordinate closely with New Delhi. In 2008, Bhutan held its first parliamentary election in accordance with the constitution. Bhutan experienced a peaceful turnover of power following a parliamentary election in 2013, which resulted in the defeat of the incumbent party. In 2018, the incumbent party again lost the parliamentary election. in 2024, of the more than 100,000 ethnic Nepali - predominantly Lhotshampa - refugees who fled or were forced out of Bhutan in the 1990s, about 6,500 remain displaced in Nepal.

" + "text": "

After Britain’s victory in the 1865 Duar War, Britain and Bhutan signed the Treaty of Sinchulu, under which Bhutan would receive an annual subsidy in exchange for ceding land to British India. Ugyen WANGCHUCK -- who had served as the de facto ruler of an increasingly unified Bhutan and had improved relations with the British toward the end of the 19th century -- was named king in 1907. Three years later, a treaty was signed whereby the British agreed not to interfere in Bhutanese internal affairs, and Bhutan allowed Britain to direct its foreign affairs. Bhutan negotiated a similar arrangement with independent India in 1949. The Indo-Bhutanese Treaty of Friendship returned to Bhutan a small piece of the territory annexed by the British, formalized the annual subsidies the country received, and defined India's responsibilities in defense and foreign relations. Under a succession of modernizing monarchs beginning in the 1950s, Bhutan joined the UN in 1971 and slowly continued its engagement beyond its borders.

In 2005, King Jigme Singye WANGCHUCK unveiled the draft of Bhutan's first constitution -- which introduced major democratic reforms -- and held a national referendum for its approval. The King abdicated the throne in 2006 in favor of his son, Jigme Khesar Namgyel WANGCHUCK. In 2007, India and Bhutan renegotiated their treaty, eliminating the clause that stated that Bhutan would be \"guided by\" India in conducting its foreign policy, although Thimphu continues to coordinate closely with New Delhi. In 2008, Bhutan held its first parliamentary election in accordance with the constitution. Bhutan experienced a peaceful turnover of power following a parliamentary election in 2013, which resulted in the defeat of the incumbent party. In 2018, the incumbent party again lost the parliamentary election. In 2024, of the more than 100,000 ethnic Nepali -- predominantly Lhotshampa -- refugees who fled or were forced out of Bhutan in the 1990s, about 6,500 remain displaced in Nepal.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -793,10 +793,10 @@ "text": "$1.588 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$1.027 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.027 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$1.188 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.188 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2019": { "text": "$1.238 billion (2019 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { @@ -1074,6 +1074,9 @@ "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription; militia training is compulsory for males aged 20-25, over a 3-year period  (2023)", "note": "note: in 2021, the Royal Bhutan Army graduated from a year-long training course the first batch of 150 women to be allowed to serve in combat roles; previously, women were allowed to serve in medical and other non-combat roles" }, + "Military deployments": { + "text": "190 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)" + }, "Military - note": { "text": "the Army is responsible for external threats but also has some internal security functions such as conducting counterinsurgency operations, guarding forests, and providing security for prominent persons; the force is deployed throughout the country in more than a dozen “wings,” each comprised of a few infantry companies; the Army also has units of royal bodyguards and special forces; Bhutan relies on India for military training, arms supplies, and the country’s air defense (2023)" } diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index 04609112..9c1e28c0 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -865,25 +865,25 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$1,452,735,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$1.453 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$3,284,272,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$3.284 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$1,187,120,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$1.187 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, "Exports": { "Exports 2022": { - "text": "$16.169 billion (2022 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$16.169 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$14.974 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$14.974 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$13.083 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$13.083 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -895,13 +895,13 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2022": { - "text": "$19.244 billion (2022 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$19.244 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$21.526 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$21.526 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$18.271 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$18.271 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2019": { "text": "$7.648 billion (2019 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1169,10 +1169,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "114,093 km (2010)" + "text": "114,093 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "16,977 km (2010)" + "text": "16,977 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "97,116 km (2010)" diff --git a/south-asia/in.json b/south-asia/in.json index 989ee6fb..3e799769 100644 --- a/south-asia/in.json +++ b/south-asia/in.json @@ -903,10 +903,10 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$79,050,942,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$79.051 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$33,422,359,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$33.422 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "$32.73 billion (2020 est.)" @@ -918,10 +918,10 @@ "text": "$767.643 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$643.08 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$643.08 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$484.691 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$484.691 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -936,10 +936,10 @@ "text": "$902.304 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$717.119 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$717.119 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$493.033 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$493.033 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$590.227 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1299,7 +1299,8 @@ "note": "note 1: in 2022, the Indian Government announced that it would begin recruiting 46,000 men aged 17.5-21 annually to serve on 4-year contracts under a process called the Agnipath scheme; at the end of their tenure, 25% would be retained for longer terms of service, while the remainder would be forced to leave the military, although some of those leaving would be eligible to serve in the Coast Guard, the Merchant Navy, civilian positions in the Ministry of Defense, and in the paramilitary forces of the Ministry of Home Affairs, such as the Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles

note 2: as of 2023, women made up less than 1% of the Army, about 1% of the Air Force, and about 6% of the Navy 

note 3: the Indian military accepts citizens of Nepal and Bhutan; descendants of refugees from Tibet who arrived before 1962 and have resided permanently in India; peoples of Indian origin from nations such as Burma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India; eligible candidates from “friendly foreign nations” may apply to the Armed Forces Medical Services 

note 4: the British began to recruit Nepalese citizens (Gurkhas) into the East India Company Army during the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-1816), and the Gurkhas subsequently were brought into the British Indian Army; following the partition of India in 1947, an agreement between Nepal, India, and Great Britain allowed for the transfer of the 10 regiments from the British Indian Army to the separate British and Indian armies; six regiments of Gurkhas (aka Gorkhas in India) regiments went to the new Indian Army; a seventh regiment was later added" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "1,800 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 200 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 675 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 2,300 South Sudan (UNMISS); 580 Sudan (UNISFA) (2023)" + "text": "1,800 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 200 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 890 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 2,350 South Sudan (UNMISS); 590 Sudan (UNISFA) (2024)", + "note": "note: India has over 6,000 total military and police personnel deployed on UN missions" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the Indian military performs a variety of missions; it is primarily focused on China and Pakistan and territorial defense, while secondary missions include regional power projection, UN peacekeeping deployments, humanitarian operations, and support to internal security forces; it has fought in several significant conflicts and counterinsurgency operations since 1947 and regularly conducts large-scale exercises; the military may act internally under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) of 1958, an act of the Indian Parliament that granted special powers to put down separatist movements in \"disturbed areas\"; the AFSPA of 1958 and a virtually identical law, the Armed Forces (Jammu & Kashmir) Special Powers Act of 1990, have been in force since 1958 in parts of northeast India, and since 1990 in Jammu & Kashmir

the Army is organized into 14 operational corps; the basic field formations under the corps are approximately 40 armored, artillery, infantry, mechanized, or mountain infantry divisions; there are also a number of independent airborne, armored, and artillery brigades, as well as special operations forces; in 2023, the Army announced that it was reorganizing its operational corps and divisions into division-sized “integrated battle groups,” which the Army assessed would be more agile and flexible

the Navy is a blue water force that operates in seas stretching from the western Mediterranean to the Strait of Malacca and the western Pacific; it routinely conducts months-long deployments, exercises with other navies, and conducts a variety of missions such as counter-piracy, humanitarian, and naval diplomacy; its principal ships include two aircraft carriers, more than 50 destroyers, frigates, corvettes, and large patrol vessels, 16 attack submarines, and two nuclear-powered ballistic missile capable submarines; the Navy also has several combat aircraft and anti-submarine warfare helicopter squadrons, as well as a marine amphibious brigade and a marine commando force

the Air Force is one of the World’s largest with more than 600 British-, French-, Russian/Soviet-, and domestically produced combat aircraft, plus nearly 500 combat helicopters; the tri-service Strategic Forces Command manages all of India’s strategic missile forces 

the short 1962 Sino-India War left in place one of the World’s longest disputed international borders, resulting in occasional standoffs between Indian and Chinese security forces, including lethal clashes in 1975 and 2020; meanwhile, India and Pakistan have fought several conflicts since 1947, including the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 and the Indo-Pakistan and Bangladesh War of Independence of 1971, as well clashes over the disputed region of Kashmir (the First Kashmir War of 1947 and the 1999 Kargil Conflict); a fragile cease-fire in Kashmir was reached in 2003, revised in 2018, and reaffirmed in 2021, although the Line of Control remains contested, and India has accused Pakistan of backing armed separatists and terrorist organizations in Jammu and Kashmir where Indian forces have conducted counterinsurgency operations since the 1980s; in addition, India and Pakistan have battled over the Siachen Glacier of Kashmir, which was seized by India in 1984 with Pakistan attempting to retake the area at least three times between 1985 and 1995; despite a cease-fire, both sides continue to maintain a permanent military presence there with outposts at altitudes above 20,000 feet (over 6,000 meters) where most casualties are due to extreme weather and the hazards of operating in the high mountain terrain of the world’s highest conflict, including avalanches, exposure, and altitude sickness (2023)" diff --git a/south-asia/io.json b/south-asia/io.json index 5f9b2dda..903f2b44 100644 --- a/south-asia/io.json +++ b/south-asia/io.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Formerly administered as part of the British Crown Colony of Mauritius, the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) was established as an overseas territory of the UK in 1965. A number of the islands of the territory were later transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976. Subsequently, BIOT has consisted only of the six main island groups comprising the Chagos Archipelago. Only Diego Garcia, the largest and most southerly of the islands, is inhabited. It contains a joint UK-US naval support facility and hosts one of four dedicated ground antennas that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation system (the others are on Kwajalein (Marshall Islands), at Cape Canaveral, Florida (US), and on Ascension Island (Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha)). The US Air Force also operates a telescope array on Diego Garcia as part of the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System (GEODSS) for tracking orbital debris, which can be a hazard to spacecraft and astronauts.

Between 1967 and 1973, former agricultural workers, earlier residents in the islands, were relocated primarily to Mauritius, but also to the Seychelles. Negotiations between 1971 and 1982 resulted in the establishment of a trust fund by the British Government as compensation for the displaced islanders, known as Chagossians. Beginning in 1998, the islanders pursued a series of lawsuits against the British Government seeking further compensation and the right to return to the territory. In 2006 and 2007, British court rulings invalidated the immigration policies contained in the 2004 BIOT Constitution Order that had excluded the islanders from the archipelago, but upheld the special military status of Diego Garcia. In 2008, the House of Lords, as the final court of appeal in the UK, ruled in favor of the British Government by overturning the lower court rulings and finding no right of return for the Chagossians. In March 2015, the Permanent Court of Arbitration unanimously held that the marine protected area that the UK declared around the Chagos Archipelago in April 2010 was in violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

In February 2019, the International Court of Justice ruled in an advisory opinion that Britain’s decolonization of Mauritius was not completed lawfully because of continued Chagossian claims. A non-binding May 2019 UN General Assembly vote demanded that Britain end its “colonial administration” of the Chagos Archipelago and that it be returned to Mauritius. UK officials defend Britain's sovereignty over the islands and argue that the issue is a bilateral dispute between Mauritius and the UK that does not warrant international intervention. 


" + "text": "

Formerly administered as part of the British Crown Colony of Mauritius, the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) was established as an overseas territory of the UK in 1965. A number of the islands in the territory were later transferred to the Seychelles when it gained independence in 1976. Subsequently, BIOT has consisted of the six main island groups that make up the Chagos Archipelago. Only Diego Garcia, the largest and most southerly of the islands, is inhabited. It contains a joint UK-US naval support facility and hosts one of four dedicated ground antennas that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation system -- the others are on Kwajalein (Marshall Islands); at Cape Canaveral, Florida (US); and on Ascension Island (Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha). The US Air Force also operates a telescope array on Diego Garcia as part of the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System (GEODSS) for tracking orbital debris, which can be a hazard to spacecraft and astronauts.

Between 1967 and 1973, the former agricultural workers who lived on the islands were relocated, primarily to Mauritius but also to the Seychelles. Negotiations with the UK between 1971 and 1982 resulted in the establishment of a trust fund to compensate the displaced islanders, known as Chagossians. Beginning in 1998, the islanders pursued a series of lawsuits against the British Government, seeking further compensation and the right to return to the territory. British court rulings in 2006 and 2007 invalidated immigration policies that had excluded the islanders from the archipelago, but in 2008, the House of Lords -- the final court of appeal in the UK -- ruled in favor of the British Government by overturning the lower court rulings and finding no right of return for the Chagossians. In 2015, the Permanent Court of Arbitration unanimously held that the marine protected area that the UK declared around the Chagos Archipelago in 2010 violated the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

In 2019, the International Court of Justice ruled in an advisory opinion that Britain’s decolonization of Mauritius was not lawful because of continued Chagossian claims. A non-binding 2019 UN General Assembly vote demanded that Britain end its “colonial administration” of the Chagos Archipelago and that it be returned to Mauritius. UK officials continue to defend Britain's sovereignty over the islands and argue that the issue is a bilateral dispute between Mauritius and the UK that does not warrant international intervention. 


" } }, "Geography": { diff --git a/south-asia/mv.json b/south-asia/mv.json index 42d451eb..9a9412f8 100644 --- a/south-asia/mv.json +++ b/south-asia/mv.json @@ -800,13 +800,13 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$1,033,061,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$1.033 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "-$455.003 million (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { - "text": "-$1,327,424,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "-$1.327 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, @@ -815,10 +815,10 @@ "text": "$5.096 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$3.985 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.985 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$1.787 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.787 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -833,10 +833,10 @@ "text": "$4.904 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$3.484 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$3.484 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$2.449 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.449 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$984.931 million (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2016": { @@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "93 km (2018)" + "text": "93 km" }, "paved": { "text": "93 km (2018) - 60 km in Malée; 16 km on Addu Atolis; 17 km on Laamu" diff --git a/south-asia/np.json b/south-asia/np.json index 065d5d34..51170c46 100644 --- a/south-asia/np.json +++ b/south-asia/np.json @@ -837,10 +837,10 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$2,517,839,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$2.518 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$5,362,970,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$5.363 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "-$84.137 million (2020 est.)" @@ -852,10 +852,10 @@ "text": "$2.733 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$2.52 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$2.52 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$1.771 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.771 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -870,10 +870,10 @@ "text": "$15.462 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$16.993 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$16.993 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$10.694 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$10.694 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$11.468 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 31 December 2017": { diff --git a/south-asia/pk.json b/south-asia/pk.json index 17fd514b..d7d9f84b 100644 --- a/south-asia/pk.json +++ b/south-asia/pk.json @@ -598,14 +598,15 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Majlis-e-Shoora consists of:
Senate (100 seats; members indirectly elected by the 4 provincial assemblies and the federal capital territory indirectly elected by the National Assembly using proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
National Assembly (342 seats; 272 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 70 members - 60 women and 10 non-Muslims - directly elected by proportional representation vote; all members serve 5-year terms)" + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Majlis-e-Shoora consists of:
Senate (104 seats current, reduced by 4 seats at the 2024 election and 4 at the 2027 election; members indirectly elected by the 4 provincial assemblies and the federal capital territory indirectly elected by the National Assembly using proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
National Assembly (342 seats; 272 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 70 members - 60 women and 10 non-Muslims - directly elected by proportional representation vote; all members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 3 March 2021 (next to be held on 2 April 2024)
National Assembly - last held on 8 February 2024 (next to be held in 2029)" + "text": "
Senate - last held on 2 April 2024 for 37 of 48 seats, remaining 11 seats to be held on 9 April 2024 (next to be held for 48 seats in 2027)
National Assembly - last held on 8 February 2024 (next to be held in 2029)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PTI 25, PPP 21, PML-N 18, BAP 13, JUI-F 5, other 13, independent 5; composition - men 81, women 19, percent of women 19%

National Assembly - percent of votes by party - NA; seats by party - PML-N 75, PPP 54, MQM-P 17, JUI-F 4, Pakistan Muslim League 3, Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party 2, BNP-A 2, BAP 1, PMAP 1, PML-Z 1, NP 1, independent (PTI-backed) 101, other 8, vacant 2 (excludes 70 seats reserved for women and non-Muslims); composition - NA

 

 

" - } + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA

National Assembly - percent of votes by party - NA; seats by party - PML-N 75, PPP 54, MQM-P 17, JUI-F 4, Pakistan Muslim League 3, Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party 2, BNP-A 2, BAP 1, PMAP 1, PML-Z 1, NP 1, independent (PTI-backed) 101, other 8, vacant 2 (excludes 70 seats reserved for women and non-Muslims); composition - NA

 

 

" + }, + "note": "note: in May 2018, the Parliament of Pakistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly passed a constitutional amendment to merge the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; the amendment will reduce the Senate from 104 to 96 members - 4 in the 2024 election and 4 in the 2027 election

" }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { @@ -895,10 +896,10 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2022": { - "text": "-$11,997,897,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "-$11.998 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { - "text": "-$12,283,106,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "-$12.283 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2020": { "text": "-$650.874 million (2020 est.)" @@ -910,10 +911,10 @@ "text": "$38.968 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { - "text": "$35.612 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$35.612 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$27.333 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$27.333 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -928,10 +929,10 @@ "text": "$76.426 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { - "text": "$76.514 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$76.514 billion (2021 est.)" }, "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$52.098 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$52.098 billion (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, @@ -951,7 +952,7 @@ "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": { "text": "$18.522 billion (2020 est.)" }, - "note": "note: holdings of gold (year end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" + "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { @@ -1231,10 +1232,10 @@ }, "Roadways": { "total": { - "text": "264,175 km (2021)" + "text": "264,175 km" }, "paved": { - "text": "185,463 km (2021) (includes 708 km of expressways)" + "text": "185,463 km (includes 708 km of expressways)" }, "unpaved": { "text": "78,712 km (2021)" diff --git a/world/xx.json b/world/xx.json index 2b17f7c0..09ae700c 100644 --- a/world/xx.json +++ b/world/xx.json @@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ "note": "note: data in 2017 dollars" }, "GDP (official exchange rate)": { - "text": "$101.326 trillion (2022 est.) SGWP (gross world product)", + "text": "$101.326 trillion (2022 est.)", "note": "note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate" }, "Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {