diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index 705ccec9..22b5dc55 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -753,6 +753,17 @@ "text": "10.5% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "39.3%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "33.1%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "82% (2017 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "5.5% (2011 est.)" }, @@ -1106,7 +1117,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Algerian People's National Army (ANP): Land Forces, Naval Forces (includes coast guard), Air Forces, Territorial Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard (under ANP, but responsible to the President), National Gendarmerie; Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of National Security (2021)" + "text": "Algerian People's National Army (ANP): Land Forces, Naval Forces (includes coast guard), Air Forces, Territorial Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard (under ANP, but responsible to the President), National Gendarmerie; Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of National Security (national police) (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { @@ -1126,7 +1137,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "the Algerian People's National Army (ANP) has approximately 130,000 total active personnel (110,000 Army; 6,000 Navy; 14,000 Air Force); estimated 140,000 National Gendarmerie (information varies widely) (2021)" + "text": "approximately 130,000 ANP personnel (110,000 Army; 6,000 Navy; 14,000 Air Force); approximately 130-140,000 National Gendarmerie; approximately 200,000 General Directorate of National Security  (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the ANP's inventory includes mostly Russian-sourced equipment; since 2010, Russia is the leading supplier of armaments to Algeria, followed by China and Germany (2020)" diff --git a/africa/ao.json b/africa/ao.json index 1efd2e7c..18a3d3cb 100644 --- a/africa/ao.json +++ b/africa/ao.json @@ -791,6 +791,17 @@ "text": "6.6% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "17.3%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "17.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "16.7% (2014 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "32.3% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -1188,7 +1199,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "37,427 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 9,272 (Guinea), 6,357 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,725 (Mauritania) (2021)" + "text": "37,426 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 9,272 (Guinea), 6,357 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,725 (Mauritania) (2021)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/bc.json b/africa/bc.json index a82ab478..35bcffd5 100644 --- a/africa/bc.json +++ b/africa/bc.json @@ -778,6 +778,17 @@ "text": "17.8% (2009 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "46.2%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "44.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "47.8% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "19.3% (2009 est.)" }, @@ -1102,7 +1113,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Botswana Defence Force (BDF): Ground Forces Command, Air Arm Command, Defense Logistics Command (2021)" + "text": "Botswana Defense Force (BDF): Ground Forces Command, Air Arm Command, Defense Logistics Command (2021)", + "note": "note - both the armed forces and the Botswana Police Service report to the Ministry of Defense, Justice, and Security" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/africa/by.json b/africa/by.json index 57accf69..276a6683 100644 --- a/africa/by.json +++ b/africa/by.json @@ -781,6 +781,17 @@ "Unemployment rate": { "text": "

NA

" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "2.9%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "4.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "2% (2014 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "64.6% (2014 est.)" }, @@ -1079,7 +1090,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "National Defense Forces (Forces de Defense Nationale, FDN): Army (includes maritime wing, air wing), National Police (Police Nationale du Burundi) (2021)" + "text": "National Defense Forces (Forces de Defense Nationale, FDN): Army (includes maritime wing, air wing); Ministry of Public Security: National Police (Police Nationale du Burundi) (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/africa/cm.json b/africa/cm.json index 3a629a53..62352aef 100644 --- a/africa/cm.json +++ b/africa/cm.json @@ -823,6 +823,17 @@ "text": "30% (2001 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "6.3%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "5.8%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "6.8% (2014 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "37.5% (2014 est.)" }, @@ -1169,7 +1180,7 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "Cameroon Armed Forces (Forces Armees Camerounaises, FAC): Army (L'Armee de Terre), Navy (Marine Nationale Republique, MNR, includes naval infantry), Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC), Rapid Intervention Battalion (Bataillons d’Intervention Rapide, BIR), Gendarmerie, Presidential Guard (2021)", - "note": "note - the Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) is a large brigade-sized force comprised of approximately 9 battalions, detachments, or groups (5 infantry, 1 airborne, 1 amphibious, 1 armored reconnaissance, and 1 counter-terrorism); the RIB maintains its own command and control structure and reports directly to the president, rather than the defense minister" + "note": "note(s) - the National Police (under the General Delegation of National Security) and the Gendarmerie are responsible for internal security; the Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) is a large brigade-sized force comprised of approximately 9 battalions, detachments, or groups (5 infantry, 1 airborne, 1 amphibious, 1 armored reconnaissance, and 1 counter-terrorism); the RIB maintains its own command and control structure and reports directly to the president, rather than the defense minister" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/africa/cn.json b/africa/cn.json index 6c148dcd..1b8d26d2 100644 --- a/africa/cn.json +++ b/africa/cn.json @@ -701,6 +701,17 @@ "text": "6.5% (2014 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "19.5%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "20%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "18.8% (2014)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "42.4% (2013 est.)" }, @@ -1001,7 +1012,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "National Army for Development (l'Armee Nationale de Developpement, AND): Comoran Security Force (also called Comoran Defense Force (Force Comorienne de Defense, FCD), includes Gendarmerie); Ministry of Interior: Comoran Coast Guard, Comoran Federal Police (2021)", + "text": "National Army for Development (l'Armee Nationale de Developpement, AND): Comoran Security Force (also called Comoran Defense Force (Force Comorienne de Defense, FCD), includes Gendarmerie); Ministry of Interior: Coast Guard, Federal Police, National Directorate of Territorial Safety (2021)", "note": "note - when the Gendarmerie serves as the judicial police, it reports to the Minister of Justice" }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index b2da3e00..ed3edc5a 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -748,6 +748,17 @@ "text": "60% (2014 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "73%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "72%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "74.6% (2017)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "21.1% (2017 est.)" }, @@ -1067,7 +1078,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD): Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie; Djibouti Coast Guard (2021)" + "text": "Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD): Army, Navy, Air Force; Djibouti Coast Guard; Ministry of Interior: National Gendarmerie, National Police (2021)", + "note": "note - the National Police is responsible for security within Djibouti City and has primary control over immigration and customs procedures for all land border-crossing points, while the National Gendarmerie is responsible for all security outside of Djibouti City, as well as for protecting critical infrastructure within the city, such as the international airport" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2017": { diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index 47d3fece..f6027c9e 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -810,6 +810,17 @@ "text": "12.7% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "19.2%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "12.2%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "49.3% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "32.5% (2017 est.)" }, @@ -1173,8 +1184,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF): Army (includes surface-to-surface missile forces, special forces, Republican Guard), Navy (includes Coast Guard), Air Force, Air Defense Command; Ministry of Interior: Central Security Forces, National Police (2021)", - "note": "note: some tribal militias in the Sinai Peninsula cooperate with the Egyptian military against insurgent/terrorist groups such as the Islamic State" + "text": "Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF): Army (includes surface-to-surface missile forces, special forces, Republican Guard), Navy (includes Coast Guard), Air Force, Air Defense Command, Border Guard Forces; Interior Ministry: Public Security Sector Police, the Central Security Force, National Security Sector (2021)", + "note": "note(s) - the Public Security Sector Police are responsible for law enforcement nationwide; the Central Security Force protects infrastructure and is responsible for crowd control; the National Security Sector is responsible for internal security threats and counterterrorism along with other security services; in addition to its external defense duties, the EAF also has a mandate to assist police in protecting vital infrastructure during a state of emergency; military personnel were granted full arrest authority in 2011 but normally only use this authority during states of emergency and “periods of significant turmoil”   
" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { @@ -1206,7 +1217,7 @@ "text": "18-30 years of age for male conscript military service; service obligation - 18-36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation; voluntary enlistment possible from age 15 (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

since 2011, the Egyptian Armed Forces, police, and other security forces have been actively engaged in counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism operations in the North Sinai governorate against several militant groups, particularly the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Sinai Province; as of 2020, Egypt reportedly had over 40,000 military troops, police, and other security personnel deployed to the Sinai for internal security duties; in addition, tribal militias were assisting Egyptian security forces (2021)

the military has a large stake in the civilian economy, including running banks, businesses, and shipping lines, producing consumer and industrial goods, importing commodities, and building and managing infrastructure projects, such as bridges, roads, hospitals, and housing

Egypt has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments

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; as of 2021, it was composed of about 1,150 troops from 13 countries" + "text": "

since 2011, the Egyptian Armed Forces, police, and other security forces have been actively engaged in counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism operations in the North Sinai governorate against several militant groups, particularly the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Sinai Province; as of 2021, Egypt reportedly had approximately 40,000 military troops, police, and other security personnel deployed to the Sinai for internal security duties; in addition, tribal militias were assisting Egyptian security forces

the military has a large stake in the civilian economy, including running banks, businesses, and shipping lines, producing consumer and industrial goods, importing commodities, and building and managing infrastructure projects, such as bridges, roads, hospitals, and housing

Egypt has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments

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; as of 2021, it was composed of about 1,150 troops from 13 countries" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/ek.json b/africa/ek.json index 042b4735..cd2f8f85 100644 --- a/africa/ek.json +++ b/africa/ek.json @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, Muslim, Baha'i, animist, indigenous" + "text": "Roman Catholic 88%, Protestant 5%, Muslim 2%, other 5% (animist, Baha'i, Jewish) (2015 est.)" }, "Demographic profile": { "text": "

Equatorial Guinea is one of the smallest and least populated countries in continental Africa and is the only independent African country where Spanish is an official language. Despite a boom in oil production in the 1990s, authoritarianism, corruption, and resource mismanagement have concentrated the benefits among a small elite. These practices have perpetuated income inequality and unbalanced development, such as low public spending on education and health care. Unemployment remains problematic because the oil-dominated economy employs a small labor force dependent on skilled foreign workers. The agricultural sector, Equatorial Guinea’s main employer, continues to deteriorate because of a lack of investment and the migration of rural workers to urban areas. About three-quarters of the population lives below the poverty line.

Equatorial Guinea’s large and growing youth population – about 60% are under the age of 25 – is particularly affected because job creation in the non-oil sectors is limited, and young people often do not have the skills needed in the labor market. Equatorial Guinean children frequently enter school late, have poor attendance, and have high dropout rates. Thousands of Equatorial Guineans fled across the border to Gabon in the 1970s to escape the dictatorship of MACIAS NGUEMA; smaller numbers have followed in the decades since. Continued inequitable economic growth and high youth unemployment increases the likelihood of ethnic and regional violence.

" @@ -1043,7 +1043,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Equatorial Guinea Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas de Guinea Ecuatorial, FAGE): Equatorial Guinea National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, GNGE (Army), Navy, Air Force; Guardia Civil (paramilitary force for internal security) (2021)" + "text": "Equatorial Guinea Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas de Guinea Ecuatorial, FAGE): Equatorial Guinea National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, GNGE (Army), Navy, Air Force; Gendarmerie  (2021)", + "note": "note - the Gendarmerie reports to the Ministry of National Defense and is responsible for security outside cities and for special events; military personnel also fulfill some police functions in border areas, sensitive sites, and high-traffic areas" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2019": { @@ -1063,7 +1064,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 1,400 active duty troops; approximately 400 Guardia Civil (2021)" + "text": "approximately 1,400 active duty troops; approximately 3-400 Gendarmerie (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the FAGE is armed with mostly older (typically Soviet-era) and second-hand weapons systems; in recent years,it has sought to modernize its naval inventory; Ukraine is the leading provider of equipment since 2010, followed by Israel (2020)" diff --git a/africa/ga.json b/africa/ga.json index 9f3d8b63..42b839d8 100644 --- a/africa/ga.json +++ b/africa/ga.json @@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Mandinka/Jahanka 34%, Fulani/Tukulur/Lorobo 22.4%, Wolof 12.6%, Jola/Karoninka 10.7%, Serahuleh 6.6%, Serer 3.2%, Manjago 2.1%, Bambara 1%, Creole/Aku Marabout 0.7%, other 0.9%, non-Gambian 5.2%, no answer 0.6% (2013 est.)" + "text": "Mandinka/Jahanka 33.3%, Fulani/Tukulur/Lorobo 18.2%, Wolof 12.9%, Jola/Karoninka 11%, Serahuleh 7.2%, Serer 3.5%, other 4%, non-Gambian 9.9% (2019-20 est.)" }, "Languages": { "text": "English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Muslim 95.7%, Christian 4.2%, none 0.1%, no response 0.1% (2013 est.)" + "text": "Muslim 96.4%, Christian 3.5%, other or none 0.1% (2019-20 est.)" }, "Demographic profile": { "text": "

The Gambia’s youthful age structure – almost 60% of the population is under the age of 25 – is likely to persist because the country’s total fertility rate remains strong at nearly 4 children per woman. The overall literacy rate is around 55%, and is significantly lower for women than for men. At least 70% of the populace are farmers who are reliant on rain-fed agriculture and cannot afford improved seeds and fertilizers. Crop failures caused by droughts between 2011 and 2013 have increased poverty, food shortages, and malnutrition.

The Gambia is a source country for migrants and a transit and destination country for migrants and refugees. Since the 1980s, economic deterioration, drought, and high unemployment, especially among youths, have driven both domestic migration (largely urban) and migration abroad (legal and illegal). Emigrants are largely skilled workers, including doctors and nurses, and provide a significant amount of remittances. The top receiving countries for Gambian emigrants are Spain, the US, Nigeria, Senegal, and the UK. While the Gambia and Spain do not share historic, cultural, or trade ties, rural Gambians have migrated to Spain in large numbers because of its proximity and the availability of jobs in its underground economy (this flow slowed following the onset of Spain’s late 2007 economic crisis).

The Gambia’s role as a host country to refugees is a result of wars in several of its neighboring West African countries. Since 2006, refugees from the Casamance conflict in Senegal have replaced their pattern of flight and return with permanent settlement in The Gambia, often moving in with relatives along the Senegal-Gambia border. The strain of providing for about 7,400 Casamance refugees has increased poverty among Gambian villagers.

" @@ -567,10 +567,10 @@ "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 1 December 2016 (next to be held in 2021); vice president appointed by the president" + "text": "president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 4 December 2021 (next to be held in 2026); vice president appointed by the president" }, "election results": { - "text": "Adama BARROW elected president; percent of vote - Adama BARROW (Coalition 2016) 43.3%, Yahya JAMMEH (APRC) 39.6%, Mamma KANDEH (GDC) 17.1%" + "text": "Adama BARROW re-elected president; percent of vote - Adama BARROW (National People's Party) 53.2%, Ousainou DARBOE (United Democratic Party) 27.7%, Mamma KANDEH (GDC)12.3%, Halifa SALLAH (PDOIS) 3.77%, Essa M. FAAL (Independent) 2.00%, Abdoulie Ebrima JAMMEH (NUP) 0.96

Adama BARROW elected president; percent of vote - Adama BARROW (Coalition 2016) 43.3%, Yahya JAMMEH (APRC) 39.6%, Mamma KANDEH (GDC) 17.1%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -764,6 +764,17 @@ "Unemployment rate": { "text": "

NA

" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "25.8%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "21%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "32.3% (2018 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "48.6% (2015 est.)" }, diff --git a/africa/gh.json b/africa/gh.json index 951e4eec..5953782c 100644 --- a/africa/gh.json +++ b/africa/gh.json @@ -126,14 +126,14 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Akan 47.5%, Mole-Dagbon 16.6%, Ewe 13.9%, Ga-Dangme 7.4%, Gurma 5.7%, Guan 3.7%, Grusi 2.5%, Mande 1.1%, other 1.4% (2010 est.)" + "text": "Akan 45.7%, Mole-Dagbon 18.5%, Ewe 12.8%, Ga-Dangme 7.1%, Gurma 6.4%, Guan 3.2%, Grusi 2.7%, Mande 2%, other 1.6% (2021 est.)" }, "Languages": { "text": "Asante 16%, Ewe 14%, Fante 11.6%, Boron (Brong) 4.9%, Dagomba 4.4%, Dangme 4.2%, Dagarte (Dagaba) 3.9%, Kokomba 3.5%, Akyem 3.2%, Ga 3.1%, other 31.2% (2010 est.)", "note": "note: English is the official language" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Christian 71.2% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 28.3%, Protestant 18.4%, Catholic 13.1%, other 11.4%), Muslim 17.6%, traditional 5.2%, other 0.8%, none 5.2% (2010 est.)" + "text": "Christian 71.3% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 31.6%, Protestant 17.4%, Catholic 10%, other 12.3%), Muslim 19.9%, traditionalist 3.2%, other 4.5%, none 1.1% (2021 est.)" }, "Demographic profile": { "text": "

Ghana has a young age structure, with approximately 57% of the population under the age of 25. Its total fertility rate fell significantly during the 1980s and 1990s but has stalled at around four children per woman for the last few years. Fertility remains higher in the northern region than the Greater Accra region. On average, desired fertility has remained stable for several years; urban dwellers want fewer children than rural residents. Increased life expectancy, due to better health care, nutrition, and hygiene, and reduced fertility have increased Ghana’s share of elderly persons; Ghana’s proportion of persons aged 60+ is among the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa. Poverty has declined in Ghana, but it remains pervasive in the northern region, which is susceptible to droughts and floods and has less access to transportation infrastructure, markets, fertile farming land, and industrial centers. The northern region also has lower school enrollment, higher illiteracy, and fewer opportunities for women.

Ghana was a country of immigration in the early years after its 1957 independence, attracting labor migrants largely from Nigeria and other neighboring countries to mine minerals and harvest cocoa – immigrants composed about 12% of Ghana’s population in 1960. In the late 1960s, worsening economic and social conditions discouraged immigration, and hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mostly Nigerians, were expelled.

During the 1970s, severe drought and an economic downturn transformed Ghana into a country of emigration; neighboring Cote d’Ivoire was the initial destination. Later, hundreds of thousands of Ghanaians migrated to Nigeria to work in its booming oil industry, but most were deported in 1983 and 1985 as oil prices plummeted. Many Ghanaians then turned to more distant destinations, including other parts of Africa, Europe, and North America, but the majority continued to migrate within West Africa. Since the 1990s, increased emigration of skilled Ghanaians, especially to the US and the UK, drained the country of its health care and education professionals. Internally, poverty and other developmental disparities continue to drive Ghanaians from the north to the south, particularly to its urban centers.

" @@ -796,6 +796,17 @@ "text": "5.2% (2013 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "9.1%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "9.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "8.7% (2017 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "23.4% (2016 est.)" }, diff --git a/africa/iv.json b/africa/iv.json index 4d757876..7a2a9e69 100644 --- a/africa/iv.json +++ b/africa/iv.json @@ -800,6 +800,17 @@ "text": "9.4% (2013 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "5.5%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "4.7%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "6.5% (2017 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "39.5% (2018 est.)" }, diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index b9d4943a..82a542c7 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -814,6 +814,17 @@ "text": "40% (2001 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "12.9%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "12%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "13.8% (2019)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "36.1% (2015 est.)" }, @@ -1173,7 +1184,7 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "Kenya Defence Forces: Kenya Army, Kenya Navy, Kenya Air Force (2021)", - "note": "note - the National Police Service includes a paramilitary General Service Unit; the Kenya Coast Guard Service (established 2018) is under the Ministry of Interior, but led by a military officer and comprised of personnel from the military, as well as the National Police Service, intelligence services, and other government agencies" + "note": "note - the National Police Service maintains internal security and reports to the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government; it includes a paramilitary General Service Unit; the Kenya Coast Guard Service (established 2018) is under the Ministry of Interior, but led by a military officer and comprised of personnel from the military, as well as the National Police Service, intelligence services, and other government agencies" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/africa/li.json b/africa/li.json index 1c1338fd..20a94e79 100644 --- a/africa/li.json +++ b/africa/li.json @@ -750,6 +750,17 @@ "text": "2.8% (2014 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "2.3%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "2.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "2.2% (2016 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "50.9% (2016 est.)" }, @@ -1081,8 +1092,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Liberian Coast Guard (2021)", - "note": "note(s) - an AFL Air Wing is under development; it was previously disbanded in 2005, but two Liberian pilots completed training by the Nigerian Air Force in 2018
\r\nthe Liberian National Police and the Liberian Drug Enforcement Agency are under the Ministry of Justice" + "text": "Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Liberian Coast Guard, Air Wing (2021)", + "note": "note(s) - the AFL Air Wing was previously disbanded in 2005 and has been under development since 2019; the Liberian National Police and the Liberian Drug Enforcement Agency are under the Ministry of Justice" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/bp.json b/australia-oceania/bp.json index bc227705..52a7606c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/bp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/bp.json @@ -693,6 +693,17 @@ "Unemployment rate": { "text": "

NA

" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "1.3%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "1%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "1.6% (2013)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "12.7% (2012 est.)" }, @@ -895,18 +906,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,104" + "text": "7,104 (2019)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.07 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.06 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "478,116" + "text": "478,116 (2019)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "71.75 (2019 est.)" + "text": "71.38 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -937,10 +948,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,045" + "text": "1,045 (2019)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1024,6 +1035,9 @@ }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the maritime branch of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force operates patrol boats provided by Australia (2021)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "

Australia and New Zealand provide material and training assistance to the police

" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/cq.json b/australia-oceania/cq.json index 106209fe..96c6b28c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cq.json @@ -655,10 +655,10 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "20,398" + "text": "22,000 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "39.44 (2019 est.)" + "text": "39.44 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fj.json b/australia-oceania/fj.json index ee9b4215..ebf7f6a4 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fj.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fj.json @@ -740,6 +740,17 @@ "text": "5.5% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "15.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "11.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "22.4% (2016 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "29.9% (2019 est.)" }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/fm.json b/australia-oceania/fm.json index 5fd6de43..933e22f1 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fm.json @@ -673,6 +673,17 @@ "text": "16.2% (2010 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "18.9%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "10.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "29.9% (2014)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "41.2% (2013 est.)" }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/fp.json b/australia-oceania/fp.json index a6dd1a97..7ba52419 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fp.json @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ }, "Languages": { "Languages": { - "text": "French (official) 70%, Polynesian (official) 28.2%, other 1.8% (2012 est.)" + "text": "French (official) 73.5%, Tahitian 20.1%, Marquesan 2.6%, Austral languages 1.2%, Paumotu 1%, other 1.6% (2017 est.)" }, "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." @@ -609,6 +609,17 @@ "text": "11.7% (2010)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "56.7%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "54.5%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "59.7% (2012 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "19.7% (2009 est.)" }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/kr.json b/australia-oceania/kr.json index 3b8b0dbc..e13e4811 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kr.json @@ -654,6 +654,17 @@ "text": "6.1% (2005)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "22.5%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "21.2%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "24.6% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -952,7 +963,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "no regular military forces; Kiribati Police Service" + "text": "no regular military forces; Kiribati Police and Prison Service (Ministry of Justice)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json index eb74afd1..a35426e6 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json @@ -699,6 +699,17 @@ "text": "9.9% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "26%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "30.3%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "21.2% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -998,10 +1009,10 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "the Royal Barbados Defense Force (RBDF) has approximately 600 active personnel (2021)" + "text": "the Barbados Defense Force (BDF) has approximately 600 active personnel (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the RBDF's major equipment inventory - maritime patrol boats - is supplied by the Netherlands (2020)" + "text": "the BDF's major equipment inventory - maritime patrol boats - is supplied by the Netherlands (2020)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "Voluntary service only; 17 years, 9 months to 17 years, 11 months with letter of consent from a parent or guardian, or be in the age range of 18-25 years at the start of recruit training; citizens of Barbados by descent or naturalization (2021)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json index 9ffe4e9d..5905e7de 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json @@ -664,6 +664,17 @@ "text": "12.2% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "25.8%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "20.8%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "31.6% (2016 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "9.3% (2010 est.)" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index 1169e410..1181edd0 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -778,6 +778,17 @@ "text": "9.5% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "40.7%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "34%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "50.9% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "21% (2019 est.)" }, @@ -1109,7 +1120,7 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security: the Public Force (Fuerza Pública (National Police)), Air Surveillance Service (Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea), and National Coast Guard Service (Servicio Nacional de Guardacostas) (2021)", - "note": "note: Costa Rica's armed forces were constitutionally abolished in 1949" + "note": "note - Costa Rica's armed forces were constitutionally abolished in 1949" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json index a520d0ed..5743b56d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json @@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (includes Coast Guard)" + "text": "no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (includes Coast Guard) under the Ministry of Justice, Immigration, and National Security " }, "Military - note": { "text": "Dominica has been a member of the Caribbean Regional Security System (RSS) since its creation in 1982; RSS signatories (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines) agreed to prepare contingency plans and assist one another, on request, in national emergencies, prevention of smuggling, search and rescue, immigration control, fishery protection, customs and excise control, maritime policing duties, protection of off-shore installations, pollution control, national and other disasters, and threats to national security (2021)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index d0def7ef..d707cfd3 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -788,6 +788,17 @@ "text": "5.5% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "14.9%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "11.6%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "20.7% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "21% (2019 est.)" }, @@ -1137,8 +1148,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic: Army (Ejercito Nacional, EN), Navy (Marina de Guerra, MdG, includes naval infantry), Dominican Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Dominicana, FAD); National Police (Policia Nacional) (2021)", - "note": "note: in addition to the military, the Ministry of Armed Forces directs the Airport Security Authority and Civil Aviation, Port Security Authority, and Border Security Corps" + "text": "Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic: Army (Ejercito Nacional, EN), Navy (Marina de Guerra, MdG, includes naval infantry), Dominican Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Dominicana, FAD) (2021)", + "note": "note(s) - in addition to the military, the Ministry of Armed Forces directs the Airport Security Authority and Civil Aviation, Port Security Authority, the Tourist Security Corps, and Border Security Corps; the National Police (Policia Nacional) are under the Ministry of Interior" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json index 218dc697..9714918d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json @@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 4-year term; election last held on 28 November 2021 (next to be held in 30 November 2025); note - in 2015, the Constitutional Chamber of the Honduran Supreme Court struck down the constitutional provisions on presidential term limits" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2021: Official results pending; percent of vote - Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya (LIBRE) NA%, Nasry Juan ASFURA Zablah (PNH) NA%, Yani Benjamin ROSENTHAL Hidalgo (PL) NA%

2017: Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado reelected president; percent of vote - Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado (PNH) 43%, Salvador NASRALLA (Alianza de Oposicion contra la Dictadura) 41.4%, Luis Orlando ZELAYA Medrano (PL) 14.7%, other 0.9%

2013: Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado elected president; percent of vote - Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado (PNH) 36.9%, Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya (LIBRE) 28.8%, Mauricio VILLEDA (PL) 20.3%, Salvador NASRALLA (PAC) 13.4%, other 0.6%" + "text": "
2021: Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya elected president; percent of vote - Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya (LIBRE) 50.4%, Nasry Juan ASFURA Zablah (PNH) 36.1%, Yani Benjamin ROSENTHAL Hidalgo (PL) 9.8%, other 3.7%; note - percentages reflect 85% of the vote counted; official results pending; CASTRO is scheduled to take office 27 January 2022

2017: Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado reelected president; percent of vote - Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado (PNH) 43%, Salvador NASRALLA (Alianza de Oposicion contra la Dictadura) 41.4%, Luis Orlando ZELAYA Medrano (PL) 14.7%, other 0.9%

2013: Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado elected president; percent of vote - Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado (PNH) 36.9%, Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya (LIBRE) 28.8%, Mauricio VILLEDA (PL) 20.3%, Salvador NASRALLA (PAC) 13.4%, other 0.6%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -579,10 +579,10 @@ "text": "unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (128 seats; members directly elected in 18 multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 27 November 2017 (next to be held on 27 November 2021)" + "text": "last held on 28 November 2021 (next to be held on 30 November 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - PNH 47.7%, LIBRE 23.4%, PL 20.3%, AP 3.1%, PINU 3.1%, DC 0.8%, PAC 0.8%, UD 0.8%; seats by party - PNH 61, LIBRE 30, PL 26, AP 4, PINU 4, DC 1, PAC 1, UD 1; composition - men 101, women 27, percent of women 21.1%" + "text": "percent of vote by party - LIBRE 39.8%, PNH 31.3%, PL 16.4%, PSH 10.9%, DC 0.8%, PAC 0.8%; seats by bloc or party - LIBRE 51, PNH 40, PL 21, PSH 14, DC 1, PAC 1" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Anti-Corruption Party or PAC [Marlene ALVARENGA]
Christian Democratic Party or DC [Lucas AGUILERA]
Democratic Unification Party or UD [Alfonso DIAZ]
Honduran Patriotic Alliance or AP [Romeo VASQUEZ Velasquez]
Innovation and Unity Party or PINU [Guillermo VALLE]
Liberal Party or PL [Yani Benjamin ROSENTHAL Hidalgo]
Liberty and Refoundation Party or LIBRE [Jose Manuel ZELAYA Rosales]
National Party of Honduras or PNH [Reinaldo SANCHEZ Rivera]
Opposition Alliance against the Dictatorship or Alianza de Oposicion contra la Dictadura [Salvador NASRALLA] (electoral coalition)" + "text": "Anti-Corruption Party or PAC [Marlene ALVARENGA]
Christian Democratic Party or DC [Lucas AGUILERA]
Democratic Unification Party or UD [Alfonso DIAZ]
Honduran Patriotic Alliance or AP [Romeo VASQUEZ Velasquez]
Innovation and Unity Party or PINU [Guillermo VALLE]
Liberal Party or PL [Yani Benjamin ROSENTHAL Hidalgo]
Liberty and Refoundation Party or LIBRE [Jose Manuel ZELAYA Rosales]
National Party of Honduras or PNH [Reinaldo SANCHEZ Rivera]
Opposition Alliance against the Dictatorship or Alianza de Oposicion contra la Dictadura [Salvador NASRALLA] (electoral coalition)
Savior Party of Honduras or PSH [Salvador Alejandro Cesar NASRALLA Salum]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC (suspended), IOM, IPU, ISO (subscriber), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO (suspended), WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" @@ -786,6 +786,17 @@ }, "note": "note: about one-third of the people are underemployed" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "17.8%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "11.1%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "27.7% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "48.3% (2018 est.)" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json index 90c0bb44..eecbd3a5 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json @@ -736,6 +736,17 @@ "text": "9.13% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "20.6%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "16.8%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "25.4% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "17.1% (2016 est.)" }, diff --git a/central-asia/kz.json b/central-asia/kz.json index 1faad8a0..d02642e8 100644 --- a/central-asia/kz.json +++ b/central-asia/kz.json @@ -781,6 +781,17 @@ "text": "4.85% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "3.8%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "3.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "4.2% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "4.3% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -1139,7 +1150,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Land Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces; Ministry of Internal Affairs: National Guard, Border Service (includes Coast Guard), State Security Service (2021)" + "text": "Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Land Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces; Ministry of Internal Affairs: National Police, National Guard, Border Service (includes Coast Guard), State Security Service (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index 2bb9cadb..28a7ff7c 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -797,6 +797,17 @@ "text": "4% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "1.5%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "1.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "1.6% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "24.8% (2017 est.)" }, @@ -1148,8 +1159,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Burmese Defense Service (Tatmadaw): Army (Tatmadaw Kyi), Navy (Tatmadaw Yay), Air Force (Tatmadaw Lay); People’s Militia; Border Guard Forces; Ministry of Home Affairs: People's Police Force (2021)", - "note": "note(s) - the Burmese military controls the People's Militia, Border Guard Forces, and the Ministry of Home Affairs

the National Unity Government anti-junta military forces are known as the People's Defense Force (formed May 2021)" + "text": "Burmese Defense Service (Tatmadaw): Army (Tatmadaw Kyi), Navy (Tatmadaw Yay), Air Force (Tatmadaw Lay); People’s Militia; Ministry of Home Affairs: People's Police Force; Border Guard Forces/Police (2021)", + "note": "note(s) - the Burmese military controls the Ministry of Home Affairs and the People's Militia

the National Unity Government anti-junta military forces are known as the People's Defense Force (formed May 2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json index ed38cd13..b9c17603 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json @@ -686,6 +686,17 @@ "text": "6.9% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "21.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "19%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "25.8% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json index 2d0d7edc..b4edd260 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json @@ -788,6 +788,17 @@ }, "note": "note: high underemployment, according to official statistics" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "2.5%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "2.7%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "2.3% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "16.5% (2016 est.)" }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index 39349b4e..4600e65d 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -806,6 +806,17 @@ "text": "5.4% (2017 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "14.8%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "15.1%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "14.3% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "9.4% (2019 est.)" }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index 038a6d53..f008e2ea 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -744,6 +744,17 @@ "text": "2.44% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "4.6%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "5%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "4.2% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "16.1% (2013 est.)" }, @@ -1136,7 +1147,7 @@ "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service (maximum enlistment age 32); no conscription (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

in addition to having one of the region’s largest and best equipped militaries, Japan’s alliance with the US (signed in 1951) is one of the cornerstones of the country’s security, as well as a large part of the US security role in Asia; as of 2021, nearly 55,000 US troops and other military assets, including significant numbers of aircraft and naval ships, were stationed in Japan and have exclusive use of more than 80 bases and facilities; in exchange for their use, the US guarantees Japan’s security; the Japanese Government provides about $2 billion per year to offset the cost of stationing US forces in Japan

Japan has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments

" + "text": "

Japan was disarmed after its defeat in World War II; shortly after the Korean War began in 1950, US occupation forces in Japan created a 75,000-member lightly armed force called the National Police Reserve; the current Self Defense Force was founded in 1954

in addition to having one of the region’s largest and best equipped militaries, Japan’s alliance with the US (signed in 1951) is one of the cornerstones of the country’s security, as well as a large part of the US security role in Asia; as of 2021, nearly 55,000 US troops and other military assets, including significant numbers of aircraft and naval ships, were stationed in Japan and have exclusive use of more than 80 bases and facilities; in exchange for their use, the US guarantees Japan’s security; the Japanese Government provides about $2 billion per year to offset the cost of stationing US forces in Japan

Japan has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments

" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index 4e8bb051..ae2f34cb 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -740,6 +740,17 @@ "text": "3.85% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "10.3%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "11%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "9.7% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "14.4% (2016 est.)" }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json index 3eb1965f..d8c6d604 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json @@ -767,6 +767,17 @@ "text": "0.7% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "18.2%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "20.8%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "15.5% (2017 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "18.3% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -1094,7 +1105,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF): Lao People's Army (LPA, includes Riverine Force), Air Force, Self-Defense Militia Forces

Ministry of Public Security (internal security and law enforcement):  local, traffic, immigration, and security police, as well as village police auxiliaries and other armed police units

(2021)" + "text": "Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF): Lao People's Army (LPA, includes Riverine Force), Air Force, Self-Defense Militia Forces

Ministry of Public Security (internal security and law enforcement):  local, traffic, immigration, and security police, as well as village police auxiliaries and other armed police units (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2017": { diff --git a/europe/al.json b/europe/al.json index d38f6dab..3ea9baf2 100644 --- a/europe/al.json +++ b/europe/al.json @@ -765,6 +765,17 @@ }, "note": "note: these official rates may not include those working at near-subsistence farming" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "27%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "27.8%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "25.9% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "14.3% (2012 est.)" }, @@ -998,10 +1009,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "2,196,613" + "text": "2,000,000 (2021)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "71.85% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "72.24% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/au.json b/europe/au.json index c4cd5684..4509f3eb 100644 --- a/europe/au.json +++ b/europe/au.json @@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ "text": "President Alexander VAN DER BELLEN (since 26 January 2017)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Chancellor Alexander SCHALLENBERG (since 9 October 2021); note - Chancellor Sebastian KURZ (since 2 January 2020) resigned on 9 October 2021" + "text": "Chancellor Karl NEHAMMER (since 6 December 2021); note - Chancellor Alexander SCHALLENBERG (since 9 October 2021) resigned on 12/2/21" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers chosen by the president on the advice of the chancellor" @@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Austrian People's Party or OeVP [Sebastian KURZ]
Communist Party of Austria or KPOe [Mirko MESSNER]
Freedom Party of Austria or FPOe [Herbert KICKI]
The Greens [Werner KOGLER]
NEOS - The New Austria [Beate MEINL-REISINGER]
NOW-Pilz List (JETZT-Liste Pilz) or PILZ [Maria STERN]
Social Democratic Party of Austria or SPOe [Pamela RENDI-WAGNER]" + "text": "Austrian People's Party or OeVP [Karl NEHAMMER]
Communist Party of Austria or KPOe [Mirko MESSNER]
Freedom Party of Austria or FPOe [Herbert KICKI]
The Greens [Werner KOGLER]
NEOS - The New Austria [Beate MEINL-REISINGER]
NOW-Pilz List (JETZT-Liste Pilz) or PILZ [Maria STERN]
Social Democratic Party of Austria or SPOe [Pamela RENDI-WAGNER]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC" @@ -759,6 +759,17 @@ "text": "7.7% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "10.5%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "11.3%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "9.5% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "13.3% (2018 est.)" }, diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index 34a85204..c7981f0f 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -756,6 +756,17 @@ }, "note": "note: official rate; actual rate is lower as many technically unemployed persons work in the gray economy" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "36.6%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "32.5%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "42.8% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "16.9% (2015 est.)" }, @@ -1144,7 +1155,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "66 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 84,987 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-November 2021)" + "note": "note: 85,264 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-November 2021)" }, "Trafficking in persons": { "current situation": { diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index 61a98b45..472aff58 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -771,6 +771,17 @@ "text": "6.18% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "14.2%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "14.6%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "13.7% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "23.8% (2019 est.)" }, @@ -1168,7 +1179,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "1,141 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 67,626 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-November 2021); Bulgaria is predominantly a transit country" + "note": "note: 67,634 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-November 2021); Bulgaria is predominantly a transit country" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "source country for amphetamine tablets" diff --git a/europe/cy.json b/europe/cy.json index 6f324dc7..7963b0b9 100644 --- a/europe/cy.json +++ b/europe/cy.json @@ -768,6 +768,17 @@ "text": "8.37% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "18.2%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "24.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "12.3% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "14.7% (2018 est.)" }, diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index 2b8ebc22..24fabe78 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -746,6 +746,17 @@ "text": "3.07% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "11.6%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "12.6%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "10.6% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "12.5% (2018 est.)" }, diff --git a/europe/ee.json b/europe/ee.json index 62b62da2..698352bf 100644 --- a/europe/ee.json +++ b/europe/ee.json @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ "note": "note: only the 24 official languages are listed; German, the major language of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely spoken mother tongue - about 16% of the EU population; English is the most widely spoken foreign language - about 29% of the EU population is conversant with it (2020)" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Roman Catholic 48%, Protestant 12%, Orthodox 8%, other Christian 4%, Muslim 2%, other 1% (includes Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu), atheist 7%, non-believer/agnostic 16%, unspecified 2% (2012 est.)" + "text": "Roman Catholic 41%, Orthodox 10%, Protestant 9%, other Christian 4%, Muslim 2%, other 4% (includes Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu), atheist 10%, non-believer/agnostic  17%, unspecified 3% (2019 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -529,6 +529,17 @@ "text": "9.4% (2015 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "18.7%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "18.5%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "19.2% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "9.8% (2013 est.)", "note": "note: see individual country entries of member states" diff --git a/europe/ei.json b/europe/ei.json index 039462cb..fc2fe137 100644 --- a/europe/ei.json +++ b/europe/ei.json @@ -734,6 +734,17 @@ "text": "5.78% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "15.3%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "15.3%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "15.3% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "13.1% (2018 est.)" }, diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index 449b1c75..f34ea107 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -767,6 +767,17 @@ "text": "4.73% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "17.9%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "17.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "18.4% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "21.7% (2018 est.)" }, diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index 2ea2dd1f..4de8bed5 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -758,6 +758,17 @@ "text": "3.18% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "8%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "7.2%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "9.2% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "10.1% (2018 est.)" }, diff --git a/europe/gm.json b/europe/gm.json index 1f24499a..f20d1c20 100644 --- a/europe/gm.json +++ b/europe/gm.json @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Roman Catholic 27.1%, Protestant 24.9%, Muslim 5.2%, Orthodox 2%, other Christian 1%, other 1%, none 38.8% (2019 est.)" + "text": "Roman Catholic 26.7%, Protestant 24.3%, Muslim 3.5%, other 4.8%, none 40.7% (2020 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -778,6 +778,17 @@ "text": "5.19% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "7.2%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "7.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "6.4% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "14.8% (2018 est.)" }, diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index 1f319942..20fab72b 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -764,6 +764,17 @@ "text": "19.34% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "35%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "31.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "39.3% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "17.9% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -1170,7 +1181,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "5,557 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 1,213,204 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-November 2021); as of the end of December 2020, an estimated 119,700 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece since 2015-16" + "note": "note: 1,213,286 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-November 2021); as of the end of December 2020, an estimated 119,700 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece since 2015-16" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis products and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime" diff --git a/europe/hr.json b/europe/hr.json index 11ff2362..d9a8f1a8 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -790,6 +790,17 @@ "text": "9.86% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "21.1%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "18.7%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "25% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "18.3% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -1162,7 +1173,7 @@ "text": "the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia have approximately 15,000 active duty personnel (10,000 Army; 1,500 Navy; 1,500 Air force; 2,000 joint/other) (2020)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the inventory of the Croatian Armed Forces consists mostly of Soviet-era equipment, although in recent years, it has acquired a limited number of more modern weapon systems from some Western suppliers, including Finland, Germany, and the US (2020)" + "text": "the inventory of the Croatian Armed Forces consists mostly of Soviet-era equipment, although in recent years, it has acquired a limited number of more modern weapon systems from some Western suppliers, including Finland, France, Germany, and the US (2021)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2008 (2019)" diff --git a/europe/hu.json b/europe/hu.json index ed5e68cd..ae7120a2 100644 --- a/europe/hu.json +++ b/europe/hu.json @@ -784,6 +784,17 @@ "text": "3.71% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "12.8%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "11.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "14% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "12.3% (2018 est.)" }, diff --git a/europe/ic.json b/europe/ic.json index d4d16b80..00416370 100644 --- a/europe/ic.json +++ b/europe/ic.json @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ "text": "Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (official) 62.3%, Roman Catholic 4%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.7%, Hafnarfjordur Free Church 2%, pagan worship 1.4%, Icelandic Ethical Humanist 1.1%, other religions 4% (includes Zuist and Pentecostal), none 7.6%, other or unspecified 15% (2020 est.)" + "text": "Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (official) 62.3%, Roman Catholic 4%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.7%, Hafnarfjordur Free Church 2%, pagan worship 1.4%, Icelandic Ethical Humanist 1.1%, other religions 4% (includes Zuist and Pentecostal), none 7.6%, other or unspecified 15% (2021 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -731,6 +731,17 @@ "text": "2.73% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "10%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "11.1%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "9% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "8.8% (2017 est.)" }, diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index 5ed0bb27..b2015a75 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -779,6 +779,17 @@ "text": "10.63% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "29.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "27.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "31.8% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "20.1% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -1191,7 +1202,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "3,000 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 584,893 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-November 2021)" + "note": "note: 586,598 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-November 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "important gateway for drug trafficking; organized crime groups allied with Colombian and Spanish groups trafficking cocaine to Europe" diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index 70d5d58c..2da6108e 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -776,6 +776,17 @@ "text": "8.5% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "19.6%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "21.5%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "17.3% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "20.6% (2018 est.)" }, diff --git a/middle-east/ae.json b/middle-east/ae.json index 7ae53637..6916e607 100644 --- a/middle-east/ae.json +++ b/middle-east/ae.json @@ -745,6 +745,17 @@ "text": "3.6% (2014 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "7.2%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "4.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "15% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "19.5% (2003 est.)" }, @@ -936,23 +947,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,362,602" + "text": "2,380,866 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "24.31 (2019 est.)" + "text": "24.07 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "19,602,815" + "text": "18,374,332 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "201.67 (2019 est.)" + "text": "185.8 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "one of the world’s most connected countries with modern infrastructure and record Internet, broadband, and mobile use; low-cost smartphones drive mobile-broadband penetration; LTE networks cover most of the population with launch of 5G in partnership with Chinese company ZTE; submarine cables connect to South Africa, Middle East, Pakistan, and Europe; ISPs are fully or partially owned by state, allowing control over flow of information; during pandemic, there was a surge of Internet use from home, with temporary government relaxation of restrictions on streaming such as Zoom, Skype, and Microsoft Teams; government censorship and surveillance of online platforms; service prices are highest in the region, yet affordable for population’s affluent users; government launched free digital platforms for students; Dubai and Abu Dhabi are smart cities with government plan to digitize services across country; major importer of broadcasting equipment from China and exporter of broadcasting equipment to Iraq and Saudi Arabia (2021) (2020)" + "text": "one of the world’s most connected countries with modern infrastructure and record Internet, broadband, and mobile use; low-cost smartphones drive mobile-broadband penetration; LTE networks cover most of the population with launch of 5G in partnership with Chinese company ZTE; submarine cables connect to South Africa, Middle East, Pakistan, and Europe; ISPs are fully or partially owned by state, allowing control over flow of information; during pandemic, there was a surge of Internet use from home, with temporary government relaxation of restrictions on streaming such as Zoom, Skype, and Microsoft Teams; government censorship and surveillance of online platforms; service prices are highest in the region, yet affordable for population’s affluent users; government launched free digital platforms for students; Dubai and Abu Dhabi are smart cities with government plan to digitize services across country; major importer of broadcasting equipment from China and exporter of broadcasting equipment to Iraq and Saudi Arabia (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "microwave radio relay, fiber-optic and coaxial cable; fixed-line 24 per 100 and mobile-cellular 201 per 100 (2019)" @@ -978,10 +989,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "3,045,957" + "text": "3,245,123 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "31.34 (2019 est.)" + "text": "32.81 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1107,7 +1118,7 @@ "text": "the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces have approximately 65,000 total active personnel (45,000 Land Forces; 3,000 Navy; 5,000 Air Force; 12,000 Presidential Guard) (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the UAE Armed Forces inventory is comprised of wide variety of mostly modern imported equipment; since 2010, the UAE has acquired military equipment from more than 20 countries with the US as the leading supplier, followed by France and Russia; in recent years, the UAE has tried to boost its domestic defense industry  (2020)" + "text": "the UAE Armed Forces inventory is comprised of wide variety of mostly modern imported equipment; since 2010, the UAE has acquired military equipment from more than 20 countries with France, Russia, and the US as the leading suppliers; in recent years, the UAE has tried to boost its domestic defense industry (2021)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "estimates vary; reportedly a few hundred remain in Yemen (2021)" @@ -1116,7 +1127,7 @@ "text": "18-30 years of age for compulsory military service for men; 17 years of age for male volunteers with parental approval; 24-month general service obligation, 16 months for secondary school graduates; women can volunteer to serve for 9 months regardless of education (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

in 2015, UAE intervened militarily in Yemen as part of the Saudi-led coalition in support of the Republic of Yemen Government with about 3,500 troops, as well as supporting air and naval forces; UAE withdrew its main military force from Yemen in 2019, but has retained a small military presence while working with proxies in southern Yemen, most notably the Southern Transitional Council (STC); as of 2021, UAE had recruited, trained, and equipped an estimated 150-200,000 Yemeni fighters and formed them into dozens of militia and paramilitary units

" + "text": "

as of 2021, the UAE was closely aligned with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain on regional security issues; it hosted a multipurpose air, ground, and naval French military base, which included the French naval command for the Indian Ocean (ALINDIEN); the UAE has a defense cooperation agreement with the US and, as of 2021, hosted about 3,500 US troops, mostly air and naval personnel

in 2015, UAE intervened militarily in Yemen as part of the Saudi-led coalition in support of the Republic of Yemen Government with about 3,500 troops, as well as supporting air and naval forces; UAE withdrew its main military force from Yemen in 2019, but has retained a small military presence while working with proxies in southern Yemen, most notably the Southern Transitional Council (STC); as of 2021, UAE had recruited, trained, and equipped an estimated 150-200,000 Yemeni fighters and formed them into dozens of militia and paramilitary units

" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/middle-east/ba.json b/middle-east/ba.json index 1d8730a7..589b4327 100644 --- a/middle-east/ba.json +++ b/middle-east/ba.json @@ -726,6 +726,17 @@ }, "note": "note: official estimate; actual rate is higher" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "5.3%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "2.6%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "12.2% (2012 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -1028,7 +1039,7 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "Bahrain Defense Force (BDF): Royal Bahraini Army (includes the Royal Guard), Royal Bahraini Navy, Royal Bahraini Air Force; Ministry of Interior: National Guard, Special Security Forces Command (SSFC), Coast Guard
(2021)", - "note": "note: the Royal Guard is officially under the command of the Army, but exercises considerable autonomy" + "note": "note - the Royal Guard is officially under the command of the Army, but exercises considerable autonomy" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/middle-east/gg.json b/middle-east/gg.json index b8cef2f1..fc21ac73 100644 --- a/middle-east/gg.json +++ b/middle-east/gg.json @@ -746,6 +746,17 @@ "text": "11.8% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "39.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "40.1%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "38.3% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "19.5% (2019 est.)" }, @@ -1090,7 +1101,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Georgian Defense Forces: Land Forces (includes Aviation and Air Defense Forces), Special Operations Forces, National Guard; Ministry of the Interior: Border Police, Coast Guard (includes Georgian naval forces, which were merged with the Coast Guard in 2009) (2021)" + "text": "Georgian Defense Forces: Land Forces (includes Aviation and Air Defense Forces), Special Operations Forces, National Guard; Ministry of Internal Affairs: Border Police, Coast Guard (includes Georgian naval forces, which were merged with the Coast Guard in 2009) (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index 5b6ac5d3..05566e5e 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Muslim (official) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2011 est.)" + "text": "Muslim (official) 99.6% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%, unspecified 0.2% (2016 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -762,6 +762,17 @@ }, "note": "note: data are Iranian Government numbers" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "23.7%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "21.2%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "36% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "18.7% (2007 est.)" }, @@ -1115,8 +1126,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh): Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines), Air Force, Air Defense Forces; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah, IRGC): Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines), Aerospace Force (controls strategic missile force), Qods Force (special operations), Cyber Command, Basij Paramilitary Forces (Popular Mobilization Army); Law Enforcement Forces (border and security troops, assigned to the armed forces in wartime) (2021)

note: the Iranian Navy operates Iran’s larger warships and operates in the Gulf of Oman, the Caspian Sea, and deep waters in the region and beyond; the IRGC Navy has responsibility for the closer-in Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz", - "note": "note: the Iranian Navy operates Iran’s larger warships and operates in the Gulf of Oman, the Caspian Sea, and deep waters in the region and beyond; the IRGC Navy has responsibility for the closer-in Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz" + "text": "Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh): Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines), Air Force, Air Defense Forces; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah, IRGC): Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines), Aerospace Force (controls strategic missile force), Qods Force (special operations), Cyber Command, Basij Paramilitary Forces (Popular Mobilization Army); Law Enforcement Forces (border and security troops, assigned to the armed forces in wartime) (2021)

note(s) - the Iranian Navy operates Iran’s larger warships and operates in the Gulf of Oman, the Caspian Sea, and deep waters in the region and beyond; the IRGC Navy has responsibility for the closer-in Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz; the Basij is a volunteer paramilitary group with local organizations across the country, which sometimes acts as an auxiliary law enforcement unit subordinate to Revolutionary Guard ground forces ", + "note": "note(s) - the Iranian Navy operates Iran’s larger warships and operates in the Gulf of Oman, the Caspian Sea, and deep waters in the region and beyond; the IRGC Navy has responsibility for the closer-in Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz; the Basij is a volunteer paramilitary group with local organizations across the country, which sometimes acts as an auxiliary law enforcement unit subordinate to Revolutionary Guard ground forces " }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/middle-east/is.json b/middle-east/is.json index 8c5ad175..9d07e7b2 100644 --- a/middle-east/is.json +++ b/middle-east/is.json @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Jewish 74.1%, Muslim 17.9%, Christian 1.9%, Druze 1.6%, other 4.5% (2019 est.)" + "text": "Jewish 74%, Muslim 18%, Christian 1.9%, Druze 1.6%, other 4.5% (2020 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -771,6 +771,17 @@ "text": "4% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "7.9%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "7.6%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "8.2% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "22% (2014 est.)", "note": "note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day" diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index 18eb242a..4fe96565 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -781,6 +781,17 @@ "text": "15% (2010 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "25.6%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "22%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "63.3% (2017)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "23% (2014 est.)" }, @@ -1130,7 +1141,7 @@ }, "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 (Green Zone protection)

National-Level Security Forces: Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (CTS; a Special Forces Division aka the \"Golden Division\"), 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 Energy Police Directorate

Ministry of Pershmerga (Kurdistan Regional Government): Regional Guard Brigades, Unit (or Division) 70 Forces, Unit (or Division) 80 Forces, special operations/counter-terrorism forces (Counter Terrorism Group, CTG and Counter Terrorism Directorate, CTD); note - Unit 70 and the CTG are associated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party, while Unit 80 and the CTD are associated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP); Ministry of Interior: Zeravani and Emergency Response Forces (paramilitary internal security forces)

Popular Mobilization Committee (PMC): Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Tribal Mobilization Forces (TMF); the PMF and TMF are a collection of approximately 60 militias of widely varied sizes and political interests (2021)" + "text": "Ministry of Defense: Iraqi Army, Army Aviation Command, Iraqi Navy, Iraqi Air Force, Iraqi Air Defense Command, Special Forces Command, Special Security Division (Green Zone protection)

National-Level Security Forces: Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (CTS; a Special Forces Division aka the \"Golden Division\"), 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

Ministry of Pershmerga (Kurdistan Regional Government): Regional Guard Brigades, Unit (or Division) 70 Forces, Unit (or Division) 80 Forces, special operations/counter-terrorism forces (Counter Terrorism Group, CTG and Counter Terrorism Directorate, CTD); note - Unit 70 and the CTG are associated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party, while Unit 80 and the CTD are associated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP); Ministry of Interior: Zeravani and Emergency Response Forces (paramilitary internal security forces)

Popular Mobilization Committee (PMC): Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Tribal Mobilization Forces (TMF); the PMF and TMF are a collection of approximately 60 militias of widely varied sizes and political interests (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index 30fcf6bf..f1eff101 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -776,6 +776,17 @@ }, "note": "note: official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30%" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "37.3%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "34.8%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "49.4% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "15.7% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -1105,7 +1116,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF): Royal Jordanian Army (includes Special Operations Forces, Border Guards, Royal Guard), Royal Jordanian Air Force, Royal Jordanian Coast Guard; Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of Gendarmerie Forces, Public Security Directorate (2021)" + "text": "Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF): Royal Jordanian Army (includes Special Operations Forces, Border Guards, Royal Guard), Royal Jordanian Air Force, Royal Jordanian Coast Guard; Ministry of Interior: Public Security Directorate (includes national police, the Gendarmerie, and the Civil Defense Directorate) (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { @@ -1151,7 +1162,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "2,307,011 (Palestinian refugees) (2020); 672,023 (Syria), 66,760 (Iraq), 13,902 (Yemen), 6,024 Sudan (2021)" + "text": "2,307,011 (Palestinian refugees) (2020); 672,804 (Syria), 66,665 (Iraq), 12,866 (Yemen), 6,013 Sudan (2021)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "17 (2020)" diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index 695f2bf5..3ab93053 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim (official) 74.6%, Christian 18.2%, other and unspecified 7.2% (2013 est.)", - "note": "note: data represent the total population; about 69% of the population consists of immigrants" + "note": "note: data represent the total population; about 72% of the population consists of immigrants" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -721,6 +721,17 @@ "text": "1.1% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "15.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "9.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "30% (2016 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -1037,7 +1048,7 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "Kuwaiti Armed Forces: Kuwaiti Land Forces (KLF), Kuwaiti Navy, Kuwaiti Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya; includes Kuwaiti Air Defense Force, KADF), 25th Commando Brigade, and the Kuwait Emiri Guard Brigade; Kuwaiti National Guard (KNG); Coast Guard (Ministry of Interior) (2021)", - "note": "note: the Kuwait Emiri Guard Authority and the 25th Commando Brigade exercise independent command authority within the Kuwaiti Armed Forces, although activities such as training and equipment procurement are often coordinated with the other services; the KNG possesses an independent command structure, equipment inventory, and logistics corps separate from the Ministry of Defense, the regular armed services, and the Ministry of Interior" + "note": "note(s) - the Kuwait Emiri Guard Authority and the 25th Commando Brigade exercise independent command authority within the Kuwaiti Armed Forces, although activities such as training and equipment procurement are often coordinated with the other services; the Kuwaiti National Guard reports directly to the prime minister and amir and possesses an independent command structure, equipment inventory, and logistics corps separate from the Ministry of Defense, the regular armed services, and the Ministry of Interior" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index 545bb378..0647a3bf 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Muslim 61.1% (30.6% Sunni, 30.5% Shia, smaller percentages of Alawites and Ismailis), Christian 33.7% (Maronite Catholics are the largest Christian group), Druze 5.2%, very small numbers of Jews, Baha'is, Buddhists, and Hindus (2018 est.)", + "text": "Muslim 67.8% (31.9% Sunni, 31.2% Shia, smaller percentages of Alawites and Ismailis), Christian 32.4% (Maronite Catholics are the largest Christian group), Druze 4.5%, very small numbers of Jews, Baha'is, Buddhists, and Hindus (2020 est.)", "note": "note: data represent the religious affiliation of the citizen population (data do not include Lebanon's sizable Syrian and Palestinian refugee populations); 18 religious sects recognized" }, "Age structure": { @@ -735,6 +735,17 @@ "text": "9.7% (2007)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "23.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "24.5%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "21.4% (2019)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "27.4% (2011 est.)" }, @@ -1068,8 +1079,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army Command (includes Presidential Guard Brigade, Land Border Regiments), Naval Forces, Air Forces; Lebanese Internal Security Forces Directorate (includes Mobile Gendarmerie); Directorate for General Security (DGS); Directorate General for State Security (2021)", - "note": "note(s) - the commander of the LAF is also the commander of the Army; the LAF patrols external borders, while official checkpoints are under the authority of Customs and Internal Security Forces" + "text": "Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army Command (includes Presidential Guard Brigade, Land Border Regiments), Naval Forces, Air Forces; Ministry of Interior: Internal Security Forces Directorate (law enforcement; includes Mobile Gendarmerie), Directorate for General Security (DGS; border control, some domestic security duties) (2021)", + "note": "note(s) - the commander of the LAF is also the commander of the Army; the LAF patrols external borders, while official checkpoints are under the authority of Directorate for General Security" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index 5f821654..4f5446d3 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -792,6 +792,17 @@ }, "note": "note: data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "16.1%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "15.7%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "16.6% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "37.2% (2019 est.)" }, @@ -1149,7 +1160,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Bolivian Armed Forces: Bolivian Army (Ejercito de Boliviano, EB), Bolivian Naval Force (Fuerza Naval Boliviana, FNB), Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB); Ministry of Government: National Police (Policía Nacional de Bolivia, PNB; includes paramilitary Anti-Narcotics Special Forces (Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra el Narcotráfico, FELCN)) and an Anti-Terrorist Group (GAT)  (2021)", + "text": "Bolivian Armed Forces: Bolivian Army (Ejercito de Boliviano, EB), Bolivian Naval Force (Fuerza Naval Boliviana, FNB), Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB); Ministry of Government: National Police (Policía Nacional de Bolivia, PNB; includes paramilitary Anti-Narcotics Special Forces (Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra el Narcotráfico, FELCN)) and an Anti-Terrorist Group (GAT) (2021)", "note": "note - the National Police is part of the reserves for the Armed Forces" }, "Military expenditures": { diff --git a/south-america/br.json b/south-america/br.json index 4b77ba02..e8717b5d 100644 --- a/south-america/br.json +++ b/south-america/br.json @@ -829,6 +829,17 @@ "text": "12.26% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "31.3%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "27.5%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "36.3% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "4.2% (2016 est.)", "note": "note: approximately 4% of the population are below the \"extreme\" poverty line" @@ -1232,7 +1243,7 @@ "text": "18-45 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 10-12 months; 17-45 years of age for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are \"long-service\" volunteer professionals; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s, when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "as of 2021, the military's primary role was enforcing border security, particularly in the Amazon states; it was also assisting with internal security operations with a focus on organized crime

Brazilian police forces are divided into Federal Police (around 15,000 personnel), Military Police (approximately 400,000 personnel), and Civil Police (approximately 125,000 personnel); the Federal Police serve under the Ministry of Justice, while the Military and Civil police are subordinate to the state governments; the National Public Security Force (Forca Nacional de Seguranca Publica or SENASP) is a national police force made up of Military Police from various states; all state Military Police are classified as reserve troops and ancillary forces of the Brazilian Army

Brazil has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments" + "text": "as of 2021, the military's primary role was enforcing border security, particularly in the Amazon states; it was also assisting with internal security operations with a focus on organized crime

Brazilian police forces are divided into Federal Police (around 15,000 personnel), Military Police (approximately 400,000 personnel), and Civil Police (approximately 125,000 personnel); the Federal Police serve under the Ministry of Justice, while the Military and Civil police are subordinate to the state governments; the National Public Security Force (Forca Nacional de Seguranca Publica or SENASP) is a national police force made up of Military Police from various states; all state Military Police are classified as reserve troops and ancillary forces of the Brazilian Army

Brazil has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments (2021)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/south-america/ci.json b/south-america/ci.json index 473be12e..88070c78 100644 --- a/south-america/ci.json +++ b/south-america/ci.json @@ -772,6 +772,17 @@ "text": "7.33% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "24.9%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "23.7%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "26.6% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "8.6% (2017 est.)" }, @@ -1124,8 +1135,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Armed Forces of Chile (Fuerzas Armadas de Chile):  Chilean Army (Ejército de Chile), Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile, includes marine units and coast guard or Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine Directorate (Directemar)), Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Chile, FACh); Ministry of Interior: Carabineros de Chile (National Police Force) (2021)", - "note": "note: Carabineros de Chile are responsible to both the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Interior" + "text": "Armed Forces of Chile (Fuerzas Armadas de Chile):  Chilean Army (Ejército de Chile), Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile, includes marine units and coast guard or Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine Directorate (Directemar)), Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Chile, FACh); Ministry of the Interior and Public Security: Carabineros de Chile (National Police Force) (2021)", + "note": "note - Carabineros de Chile are responsible to both the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of the Interior" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/south-america/co.json b/south-america/co.json index 9f6f3cce..148bd727 100644 --- a/south-america/co.json +++ b/south-america/co.json @@ -802,6 +802,17 @@ "text": "9.68% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "25.8%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "20.7%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "33% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "35.7% (2019 est.)" }, diff --git a/south-america/ec.json b/south-america/ec.json index 67555e61..1ef477fb 100644 --- a/south-america/ec.json +++ b/south-america/ec.json @@ -787,6 +787,17 @@ "text": "5.26% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "11.1%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "8.7%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "15.4% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "25% (2019 est.)" }, @@ -1140,7 +1151,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Ecuadorian Armed Forces: the Ecuadorian Army (El Ejército Ecuatoriano), Ecuadorian Navy (Fuerza Naval del Ecuador, FNE, includes naval infantry, naval aviation, coast guard), Ecuadorian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, FAE); Ministry of Interior: National Police (Policía Nacional del Ecuador) (2021)" + "text": "Ecuadorian Armed Forces: the Ecuadorian Army (El Ejército Ecuatoriano), Ecuadorian Navy (Fuerza Naval del Ecuador, FNE, includes naval infantry, naval aviation, coast guard), Ecuadorian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, FAE) (2021)

note - the National Police of Ecuador (Policía Nacional del Ecuador) is under the Ministry of Government", + "note": "note - the National Police of Ecuador (Policía Nacional del Ecuador) is under the Ministry of Government" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/south-asia/af.json b/south-asia/af.json index 96855b5a..9ef46d58 100644 --- a/south-asia/af.json +++ b/south-asia/af.json @@ -785,6 +785,17 @@ "text": "22.6% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "16.2%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "14.5%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "21.1% (2020)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "54.5% (2016 est.)" }, @@ -1122,7 +1133,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "prior to August 2021, the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) were comprised of military, police, and other security elements:

Ministry of Defense: Afghan National Army ((ANA), Afghan Air Force, Afghan Army Special Security Forces (ASSF; includes ANA Special Operations Command, General Command Police Special Units (GCPSU), and the Special Mission Wing (SMW)), Afghanistan National Army Territorial Forces (ANA-TF, lightly-armed local security forces); Afghan Border Force (ABF); Afghan National Civil Order Force (ANCOF)

Ministry of Interior: Afghan Uniform (National) Police (AUP); Public Security Police (PSP); Afghan Border Police (ABP); Afghan Anti-Crime Police; Afghan Local Police; Afghan Public Protection Force; Special Security Forces

National Directorate of Security ((NDS), intelligence service) (2021)" + "text": "as of late 2021, the Taliban had not established an official military structure; prior to August 2021, the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) were comprised of military, police, and other security elements:

Ministry of Defense: Afghan National Army ((ANA), Afghan Air Force, Afghan Army Special Security Forces (ASSF; includes ANA Special Operations Command, General Command Police Special Units (GCPSU), and the Special Mission Wing (SMW)), Afghanistan National Army Territorial Forces (ANA-TF, lightly-armed local security forces); Afghan Border Force (ABF); Afghan National Civil Order Force (ANCOF)

Ministry of Interior: Afghan Uniform (National) Police (AUP); Public Security Police (PSP); Afghan Border Police (ABP); Afghan Anti-Crime Police; Afghan Local Police; Afghan Public Protection Force; Special Security Forces

National Directorate of Security ((NDS), intelligence service) (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2019": { diff --git a/south-asia/bg.json b/south-asia/bg.json index 2f74c80d..795d16f5 100644 --- a/south-asia/bg.json +++ b/south-asia/bg.json @@ -807,6 +807,17 @@ }, "note": "note: about 40% of the population is underemployed; many persons counted as employed work only a few hours a week and at low wages" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "12.8%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "10.8%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "16.8% (2017 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "24.3% (2016 est.)" }, @@ -1169,7 +1180,7 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "Bangladesh Defense Force: Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force; Ministry of Home Affairs: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Bangladesh Coast Guard, Rapid Action Battalion, Ansars, Village Defense Party (VDP) (2021)", - "note": "note: the Rapid Action Battalion, Ansars, and VDP are paramilitary organizations for internal security" + "note": "note - the Rapid Action Battalion, Ansars, and VDP are paramilitary organizations for internal security" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/south-asia/bt.json b/south-asia/bt.json index a53a9f93..08ebf0a1 100644 --- a/south-asia/bt.json +++ b/south-asia/bt.json @@ -685,6 +685,17 @@ "text": "3.2% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "10.7%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "8.2%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "12.7% (2015 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "8.2% (2017 est.)" }, diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index cb659338..5ade8eb0 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -778,6 +778,17 @@ "text": "4.44% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "21.1%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "16.6%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "29.4% (2018 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "4.1% (2016 est.)" }, @@ -978,18 +989,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,291,464" + "text": "2,428,957 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "10.08 (2019 est.)" + "text": "11.34 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "30,778,582" + "text": "29,730,465 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "135.34 (2019 est.)" + "text": "138.8 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1020,10 +1031,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,666,317" + "text": "1,992,429 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "7.33 (2019 est.)" + "text": "9.3 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1155,6 +1166,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-22 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "

Sri Lanka traditionally has had close security ties to India; India participated in the counter-insurgency war against the LTTE from 1987-1991, losing over 1,000 soldiers in the conflict; as of 2021, the Sri Lankan and Indian militaries continued to conduct exercises together, and India trains over 1,000 Sri Lankan soldiers per year; however, since the end of the war with LTTE, Sri Lanka has also increased military ties with China, including acquiring military equipment, hosting naval port calls, and sending personnel to China for training

" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/south-asia/in.json b/south-asia/in.json index b38ba6a4..63c78c71 100644 --- a/south-asia/in.json +++ b/south-asia/in.json @@ -825,6 +825,17 @@ "text": "8.5% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "19.8%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "19.5%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "21% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "21.9% (2011 est.)" }, @@ -1216,7 +1227,7 @@ "text": "information on the size of the Indian Armed Forces varies; approximately 1.45 million active personnel (est. 1.25 million Army; 65,000 Navy; 140,000 Air Force; 12,000 Coast Guard) (2020)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the inventory of the Indian Armed Forces consists mostly of Russian-origin equipment, along with a smaller mix of Western and domestically-produced arms; since 2010, Russia is the leading supplier of arms to India; other major suppliers include France, Israel, the UK, and the US; India's defense industry is capable of producing a range of air, land, missile, and naval weapons systems for both indigenous use and export (2020)" + "text": "the inventory of the Indian Armed Forces consists mostly of Russian-origin equipment, along with a smaller mix of Western and domestically-produced arms; since 2010, Russia is the leading supplier of arms to India; other major suppliers include France, Israel, the UK, and the US; India's defense industry is capable of producing a range of air, land, missile, and naval weapons systems for both indigenous use and export (2021)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "1,850 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 200 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 850 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 2,350 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Sep 2021)"