diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index d1941f2b..f6db14dc 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -342,9 +342,6 @@ "text": "56% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { - "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0%" - }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "3.8% (2019 est.)" } diff --git a/africa/bc.json b/africa/bc.json index a6444269..93bffbcc 100644 --- a/africa/bc.json +++ b/africa/bc.json @@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ "text": "last held on 23 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - BDP 52.7%, UDC 35.9%, BPF 4.4%, AP 5.1%, other 1.7%; seats by party - BDP 38, UDC 15, BPF 3, AP 1; composition as of February 2022 - men 56, women 7, percent of women 11.1%" + "text": "percent of vote by party - BDP 52.7%, UDC 35.9%, BPF 4.4%, AP 5.1%, other 1.7%; seats by party - BDP 38, UDC 15, BPF 3, AP 1; composition as of October 2023 - men 56, women 7, percent of women 11.1%" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/africa/by.json b/africa/by.json index 203403d3..619d1199 100644 --- a/africa/by.json +++ b/africa/by.json @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "27% (2018/19)" + "text": "27.6% (2022)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "54.1% (2023 est.)" @@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ "text": "
Senate - last held on 20 July 2020 (next to be held in 2025)
National Assembly - last held on 20 May 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "

Senate - percent of vote by party - CNDD-FDD 87.2%, Twa 7.7%, CNL 2.6%, UPRONA 2.6%; seats by party - CNDD-FDD 34, CNL 1, UPRONA 1, Twa 3; composition - men 23, women 16, percent of women 37.2%

National Assembly - percent of vote by party - CNDD-FDD 70.9%, CNL 23.4%, UPRONA 2.5%, other (co-opted Twa) 3.2%; seats by party - CNDD-FDD 86, CNL 32, UPRONA 2, Twa 3; composition - men 76, women 47, percent of women 38.2%; note - total Parliament percent of women 38%

 

" + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - CNDD-FDD 87.2%, Twa 7.7%, CNL 2.6%, UPRONA 2.6%; seats by party - CNDD-FDD 34, Twa 3, CNL 1, UPRONA 1; composition - men 23, women 16, percent of women 37.2%

National Assembly - percent of vote by party - CNDD-FDD 70.9%, CNL 23.4%, UPRONA 2.5%, other (co-opted Twa) 3.2%; seats by party - CNDD-FDD 86, CNL 32, Twa 3, UPRONA 2; composition - men 76, women 47, percent of women 38.2%; note - total Parliament percent of women 38%

 

" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index e326b5ae..0a2ac476 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -364,13 +364,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0%" + "text": "8.4%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "0.1%" + "text": "29.1%" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "0% (2017 est.)" + "text": "5.6% (2018 est.)" } }, "Education expenditures": { diff --git a/africa/cn.json b/africa/cn.json index bcbef256..e1807247 100644 --- a/africa/cn.json +++ b/africa/cn.json @@ -313,9 +313,6 @@ "text": "11.1% (2020 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "16.9% (2012)" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "61.2% (2023 est.)" }, diff --git a/africa/ct.json b/africa/ct.json index 70ea9fe6..b4bc3006 100644 --- a/africa/ct.json +++ b/africa/ct.json @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ }, "Constitution": { "history": { - "text": "several previous; latest constitution passed by a national referrendum on 30 July 2023; note - the new constitution was proposed by President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, extended the presidential term from 5 to 7 years, removed term limits, and will allow President Touadéra to run again in 2025" + "text": "several previous; latest constitution passed by a national referendum on 30 July 2023 and validated by the Constitutional Court on 21 August 2023; note - the new constitution was proposed by President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, extended the presidential term from 5 to 7 years, removed term limits, and will allow President Touadéra to run again in 2025; opposition parties denounced the changes, claiming they were created to facilitate a \"life precedency\" for Touadéra" }, "amendments": { "text": "proposals require support of the government, two thirds of the National Council of Transition, and assent by the \"Mediator of the Central African\" crisis; passage requires at least three-fourths majority vote by the National Council membership; non-amendable constitutional provisions include those on the secular and republican form of government, fundamental rights and freedoms, amendment procedures, or changes to the authorities of various high-level executive, parliamentary, and judicial officials" @@ -572,10 +572,10 @@ "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president directly elected for 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 27 December 2020 (next to be held in December 2025); note - Central African Republic held presidential and partial legislative elections on 27 December 2020; voting was disrupted in some areas, delaying the first round of legislative elections until 14 March 2021; constituencies that did vote on 27 December 2020 held runoff elections for their legislators" + "text": "president directly elected for 5-year term; election last held 27 December 2020 (next to be held in December 2025); constitutional referendum in July 2023 removed term limits and will institute 7-year terms; note - Central African Republic held presidential and partial legislative elections on 27 December 2020; voting was disrupted in some areas, delaying the first round of legislative elections until 14 March 2021; constituencies that did vote on 27 December 2020 held runoff elections for their legislators" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2020/2021: Faustin-Archange TOUADERA reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Faustin-Archange TOUADERA (independent) 53.9%, Anicet Georges DOLOGUELE (URCA) 21%, other 25.1%

2015: Faustin-Archange TOUADERA elected president in the second round; percent of vote in first round - Anicet-Georges DOLOGUELE (URCA) 23.7%, Faustin-Archange TOUADERA (independent) 19.1%, Desire KOLINGBA (RDC) 12%, Martin ZIGUELE (MLPC) 11.4%, other 33.8%; percent of vote in second round - Faustin-Archange TOUADERA 62.7%, Anicet-Georges DOLOGUELE 37.3%" + "text": "
2020: Faustin-Archange TOUADERA reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Faustin-Archange TOUADERA (independent) 53.9%, Anicet Georges DOLOGUELE (URCA) 21%, other 25.1%

2015: Faustin-Archange TOUADERA elected president in the second round; percent of vote in first round - Anicet-Georges DOLOGUELE (URCA) 23.7%, Faustin-Archange TOUADERA (independent) 19.1%, Desire KOLINGBA (RDC) 12%, Martin ZIGUELE (MLPC) 11.4%, other 33.8%; percent of vote in second round - Faustin-Archange TOUADERA 62.7%, Anicet-Georges DOLOGUELE 37.3%" } }, "Legislative branch": { diff --git a/africa/cv.json b/africa/cv.json index 73183372..8b7e39a9 100644 --- a/africa/cv.json +++ b/africa/cv.json @@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ "text": "last held on 18 April 2021 (next to be held in April 2026)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party MPD 50.2%, PAICV 39.6%, UCID 9.0%; seats by party - MPD 38, PAICV 30, UCID 4; composition - men 44, women 28, percent of women 37.5%" + "text": "percent of vote by party MPD 50.2%, PAICV 39.6%, UCID 9.0%, other 1.2%; seats by party - MPD 38, PAICV 30, UCID 4; composition as of October 2023 - men 42, women 30, percent of women 41.7%" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index d307409e..42ceba15 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -326,11 +326,19 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "29.9% (2012)" + "text": "16.2% (2019)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "50.6% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "1.4%" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "6.5% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "3.6% of GDP (2018 est.)" }, diff --git a/africa/ek.json b/africa/ek.json index 7a3c104c..3bf1a780 100644 --- a/africa/ek.json +++ b/africa/ek.json @@ -322,9 +322,6 @@ "text": "0.05 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "5.6% (2011)" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "60.2% (2023 est.)" }, diff --git a/africa/gb.json b/africa/gb.json index 0cd685b0..d9ae7b7a 100644 --- a/africa/gb.json +++ b/africa/gb.json @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "6.4% (2012)" + "text": "6.4% (2019/20)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "49.7% (2023 est.)" @@ -534,10 +534,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Ali BONGO Ondimba (since 16 October 2009); Vice President Rose Christiane Ossouka RAPONDA (since 9 January 2023)" + "text": "President Gen. Brice OLIGUI Nguema (since 5 September 2023); note - on 30 August 2023, Gen. Brice OLIGUI Nguema led a military group called Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions in a coup in which President Ali BONGO was arrested and detained, election results were canceled, and state institutions dissolved; on 5 September 2023, OLIGUI was sworn in as transitional president" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Alain Claude BILIE-BY-NZE (since 9 January 2023)" + "text": "Raymond Ndong Sima (since 8 September 2023); note- interim prime minister" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister in consultation with the president" @@ -551,13 +551,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate or Senat (67 seats; 52 members indirectly elected in single and multi-seat constituencies by municipal councils and departmental assemblies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed, and 15 members appointed by the president; all members serve 6-year terms)
National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (143 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + "text": "

formerly the Parliament or Parlement; note - on 30 August 2023, Gen. Brice OLIGUI Nguema led a military group called Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions in a coup in which President Ali BONGO was arrested and detained, election results were canceled, and the Parliament dissolved; on 11 September 2023, Transitional President Gen. Brice OLIGUI Nguema appointed 168 members to the Transitional Parliament

" }, "elections": { - "text": "

Senate - last held on 30 January and 6 February 2021 (next to be held in December 2026)
National Assembly - held in 2 rounds on 6 and 27 October 2018 (next to be held in 2023)

 

" + "text": "

168 members of the Transitional Parliament were appointed by the Transitional President Gen. Brice OLIGUI Nguema on 11 September 2023; elections for a permanent legislature had not been announced

 

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

Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDG 81, CLR 7, PSD 2, ADERE-UPG 1, UPG 1, PGCI 1, independent 7; composition - men 51, women 16, percent of women 23.9%

National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDG 98, The Democrats or LD 11, RV 8, Social Democrats of Gabon 5, RH&M 4, other 9, independent 8; composition - men 122, women 21, percent of women 14.7%; note - total Parliament percent of women 17.6%

 

" + "text": "

168 members of the Transitional Parliament (98 members National Assembly and 70 members Senate) were appointed by the Transitional President on 11 September 2023; the members represent legally recognized political parties or leading political figures, civil society, and defense and security forces

" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ "text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2023)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Gabonese military is a small and lightly-armed force that is responsible for both external and internal security; it seized control of the government in August 2023; some members of the military attempted a failed coup in 2019; the Army’s core forces are the Republican Guard and an airborne infantry battalion, which are supported by several small regionally-based infantry units; the Gendarmerie has regionally-based “legions,” as well as mobile forces, a national parks security unit, and a special intervention group; the Air Force has a small number of older French-made fighter aircraft and some combat helicopters, also mostly of French origin; the Navy has a small force of patrol boats (2023)" + "text": "the Gabonese military is a small and lightly-armed force that is responsible for both external and internal security; in August 2023, it seized control of the government in a coup; some members of the military attempted a failed coup in 2019; the Army’s core forces are the Republican Guard and an airborne infantry battalion, which are supported by several small regionally-based infantry units; the Gendarmerie has regionally-based “legions,” as well as mobile forces, a national parks security unit, and a special intervention group; the Air Force has a small number of older French-made fighter aircraft and some combat helicopters, also mostly of French origin; the Navy has a small force of patrol boats (2023)" }, "Maritime threats": { "text": "the International Maritime Bureau reported no incidents in 2022 in the waters off Gabon; the territorial and offshore waters in the Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea remain a very high risk for piracy and armed robbery of ships; past incidents have been reported where vessels were attacked and crews kidnapped; these incidents showed that the pirates / robbers in the area are well armed and violent; pirates have robbed vessels and kidnapped crews for ransom; in the past, product tankers were hijacked and cargo stolen; the Maritime Administration of the US Department of Transportation has issued a Maritime Advisory (2023-008 - Gulf of Guinea-Piracy/Armed Robbery/Kidnapping for Ransom) effective 30 June 2023, which states in part, \"Piracy, armed robbery, and kidnapping for ransom continue to serve as significant threats to US-flagged vessels transiting or operating in the Gulf of Guinea\"" diff --git a/africa/li.json b/africa/li.json index bff346aa..9d623806 100644 --- a/africa/li.json +++ b/africa/li.json @@ -352,10 +352,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "NA" + "text": "5.8% NA" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "NA" + "text": "24.9% NA" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "8.4% (2020 est.)" @@ -566,10 +566,10 @@ "text": "bicameral National Assembly consists of:
The Liberian Senate (30 seats; members directly elected in 15 2-seat districts by simple majority vote to serve 9-year staggered terms; each district elects 1 senator and elects the second senator 3 years later, followed by a 6-year hiatus, after which the first Senate seat is up for election)
House of Representatives (73 seats; members directly elected in single-seat districts by simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms; eligible for a second term)" }, "elections": { - "text": "

Senate - general election held on 8 December 2020 with half the seats up for election (next to be held on 10 October 2023)
House of Representatives - last held on 10 October 2017 (next to be held 10 October 2023)

 

" + "text": "

Senate - general election held on 10 October 2023 with half the seats up for election (next to be held on 9 October 2029)
House of Representatives - last held on 10 October 2023 (next to be held 9 October 2029)

 

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

Senate - percent of vote by party - Collaborating Political Parties 40.3%, Congress for Democratic Change 28%, People's Unification Party 6.4%, Movement for Democracy and Reconstructions 4.3%, All Liberia Coalition 1.0%, Rainbow Alliance 1.1%, Liberia Restoration Party 0.82%, Liberia National Union 0.77%, Movement for Progressive Change 0.74%, United People's Party 0.66%, Liberia Transformation Party 0.16%, National Democratic Coalition 0.07%, Movement for One Liberia 0.01; seats by coalition/party- CPP 13, CDC 5, PUP 2, MDR 1, NDC 1; composition - men 28, women 2, percent of women 6.7%

House of Representatives - percent of vote by party/coalition - Coalition for Democratic Change 15.6%, UP 14%, LP 8.7%, ANC 6.1%, PUP 5.9%, ALP 5.1%, MDR 3.4%, other 41.2%; seats by coalition/party - Coalition for Democratic Change 21, UP 20, PUP 5, LP 3, ALP 3, MDR 2, independent 13, other 6; composition - men 65, women 8, percent of women 11%; total Parliament percent of women 9.7%

 

" + "text": "

Senate - percent of vote by party - Collaborating Political Parties 43.3%, Congress for Democratic Change 16.6%, People's Unification Party 6.6%, Movement for Democracy and Reconstructions 3.3%, National Democratic Coalition 3.3%, National Patriotic Party 3.3%, Independent 23.3%; seats by coalition/party- CPP 13, CDC 5, PUP 2, MDR 1, NDC 1, NPP 1, Independent 7; composition - men 28, women 2, percent of women 6.7%

House of Representatives - percent of vote by party/coalition - Coalition for Democratic Change 28.7%, Unity Party 27.3%, People's Unification Party 6.8%, Liberty Party 4.1%, Americo Liberian Party 4.1%, Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction 4.1%, Movement for Economic Empowerment 1.3%, Liberia Transformation Party 1.3%, United People's Party 1.3%, Victory for Change Party 1.3%, Liberian People's Party 1.3%, Liberia National Union 1.3%, Independent 17.8%; seats by coalition/party - CDC 21, UP 20, PUP 5, LP 3, ALP 3, MDR 3, MOVEE 1, LTP 1, UPP 1, VCP 1, LPP 1, LNU 1, Independent 13; composition - men 65, women 8, percent of women 11%; total Parliament percent of women 9.7%

 

" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "All Liberian Party or ALP [Benoi UREY]
Alliance for Peace and Democracy or APD [Marcus S. G. DAHN]
Alternative National Congress or ANC [Orishil GOULD]
Coalition for Democratic Change [George WEAH] (includes CDC, NPP, and LPDP) Congress for Democratic Change or CDC [Mulbah MORLU]
Liberia Destiny Party or LDP [Nathaniel BARNES]
Liberia National Union or LINU [Nathaniel BLAMA]
Liberia Transformation Party or LTP [Julius SUKU]
Liberian People Democratic Party or LPDP [Alex J. TYLER]
Liberian People's Party or LPP [Yanqui ZAZA] 
Liberty Party or LP [Musa Hassan BILITY]
Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction or MDR [Prince Y. JOHNSON]
Movement for Economic Empowerment [Dr. J. Mill JONES]
Movement for Progressive Change or MPC [Simeon FREEMAN]
National Democratic Coalition or NDC [Dew MAYSON]
National Democratic Party of Liberia or NDPL [D. Nyandeh SIEH]
National Patriotic Party or NPP [Jewel HOWARD TAYLOR]
National Reformist Party or NRP [Maximillian T. W. DIABE]
National Union for Democratic Progress or NUDP [Victor BARNEY]
People's Unification Party or PUP [Isobe GBORKORKOLLIE]
Unity Party or UP [Rev. J. Luther TARPEH]
United People's Party [MacDonald WENTO]
Victory for Change Party or VCP [Marcus R. JONES]" + "text": "All Liberian Party or ALP [Benoni UREY]
Alliance for Peace and Democracy or APD [vacant]
Alternative National Congress or ANC [Alexander B. CUMMINGS, JR]
Coalition for Democratic Change [George WEAH] (includes CDC, NPP, and LPDP) Congress for Democratic Change or CDC [George WEAH]
Liberia Destiny Party or LDP [Nathaniel BARNES]
Liberia National Union or LINU [Dr. Clarence K. MONIBA]
Liberia Transformation Party or LTP [Kennedy SANDY]
Liberian People Democratic Party or LPDP [Alex J. TYLER]
Liberian People's Party or LPP [Henry FAHNBULLEH, JR] 
Liberty Party or LP [Charles Brumskine]
Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction or MDR [Prince Y. JOHNSON]
Movement for Economic Empowerment [Joseph JONES]
Movement for Progressive Change or MPC [Simeon FREEMAN]
National Democratic Coalition or NDC [Dew MAYSON]
National Democratic Party of Liberia or NDPL [D. Nyandeh SIEH]
National Patriotic Party or NPP [Jewel HOWARD TAYLOR]
National Reformist Party or NRP [Maximillian T. W. DIABE]
National Union for Democratic Progress or NUDP [Victor BARNEY]
People's Unification Party or PUP [Isobe GBORKORKOLLIE]
Unity Party or UP [Josephe BOKAI]
United People's Party [MacDonald WENTO]
Victory for Change Party or VCP [Marcus R. JONES]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)" diff --git a/africa/mi.json b/africa/mi.json index 7428a9a4..5a50421f 100644 --- a/africa/mi.json +++ b/africa/mi.json @@ -350,11 +350,22 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "9% (2019)" + "text": "11.7% (2020)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "60.7% (2022 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "7.5%" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "37.7%" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "7% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "2.9% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -1226,7 +1237,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "33,681 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) 11,433 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,563 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023)" + "text": "33,681 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) 11,502 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,594 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/mr.json b/africa/mr.json index 30fc9e4e..3f3fdf48 100644 --- a/africa/mr.json +++ b/africa/mr.json @@ -356,11 +356,22 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "19.2% (2018)" + "text": "22.4% (2022)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "66% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "15.5%" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "36.6%" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "1.2% (2021 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "1.9% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index 14d3a242..44178ce2 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -368,14 +368,15 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "15.7%" + "text": "12.3%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "43.4%" + "text": "30.3%" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "3.2% (2018 est.)" - } + "text": "1.6% (2021 est.)" + }, + "note": "note: due to prolonged insecurity concerns, some parts of states, including Borno state, were not sampled" }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "0.5% of GDP (2013)" diff --git a/africa/rw.json b/africa/rw.json index 987c3fa4..30af71fb 100644 --- a/africa/rw.json +++ b/africa/rw.json @@ -349,6 +349,11 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "50.4% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "0.4% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "3.8% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, diff --git a/africa/se.json b/africa/se.json index 93258918..b150ee05 100644 --- a/africa/se.json +++ b/africa/se.json @@ -317,9 +317,6 @@ "text": "6.4% (2020 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "3.6% (2012)" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "45% (2023 est.)" }, diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index 924b54cd..023dd361 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "13.5% (2019)" + "text": "12% (2021)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "58.9% (2023 est.)" @@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "All People's Congress or APC [Ernest Bai KOROMA]
Coalition for Change or C4C [Tamba R. SANDY]
National Grand Coalition or NGC [Dr. Dennis BRIGHT]
Sierra Leone People's Party or SLPP [Dr. Prince HARDING]
numerous other parties" + "text": "All People's Congress or APC [Ernest Bai KOROMA]
Coalition for Change or C4C [vacant]
Progressive Alliance Party (alliance of National Grand Coalition or NGC and Sierra Leone People's Party or SLPP) [Julius Maada BIO]
numerous other parties" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, C, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNOOSA, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index 13a51d55..aaeaeee2 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -333,9 +333,6 @@ "text": "0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "23% (2009)" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "62.9% (2023 est.)" }, diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index 5af7053c..99ab1f2c 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -334,6 +334,11 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "53.9% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "1.5% (2018 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "7.3% of GDP (2016 est.)" }, @@ -561,7 +566,7 @@ "text": "bicameral legislature (enacted by the 2022 constitution) consists of:
newly added National Council of Regions and Districts (Le Conseil National des regions et des districts); (NA seats; members appointed by municipal-level councils; members of each Regional Council elect 3 members among themselves to the National Council; each District Council elects 1 member among themselves to the National Council; members serve 5-year term)
Assembly of Representatives of the People (161 seats; 151 members in single seat constituencies and 10 members from Tunisian diaspora directly elected by majoritarian two-round voting system; all members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "National Council of Regions and Districts - dates of first appointments and indirect elections NA
Assembly of Representatives of the People - last held on 17 December 2022 with a runoff on 29 January 2023 (next scheduled for late 2027)" + "text": "National Council of Regions and Districts - dates of first appointments and indirect elections NA
Assembly of Representatives of the People - last held on 17 December 2022 with a runoff on 29 January 2023 (next to be held in late 2027)" }, "election results": { "text": "note: in 2022 President SAIED issued a new electoral law which required all legislative candidates run as independents
results NA; composition for 154 seats) - men 129, women 25, percent of women 15.2%" diff --git a/africa/ug.json b/africa/ug.json index 1ae2d270..c926f8af 100644 --- a/africa/ug.json +++ b/africa/ug.json @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "10.4% (2016)" + "text": "7.6% (2019/20)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "58.3% (2023 est.)" @@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ "text": "the UPDF's inventory is mostly older Russian/Soviet-era equipment with a limited mix of more modern Russian- and Western-origin arms; in recent years, Belarus and Russia have been the leading supplier of arms to the UPDF; Uganda has a small but growing defense industry that can manufacture light armored vehicles and perform maintenance on some military equipment, including its Russian-made helicopters (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military duty for men and women; 18-30 for those with degrees/diplomas in specialized fields such as medicine, engineering, chemistry, and education, or possess qualifications in some vocational skills; 9-year service obligation (2022)" + "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military duty for men and women; 18-30 for those with degrees/diplomas in specialized fields such as medicine, engineering, chemistry, and education, or possess qualifications in some vocational skills; 9-year service obligation (2023)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "approximately 6,500 Somalia (625 for UNSOM; the remainder under ATMIS; note - foreign troop contingents in Somalia under ATMIS are drawing down towards a final withdrawal in December 2024); 250 Equatorial Guinea (training mission) (2023)", @@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "893,866 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 498,133 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 41,277 (Somalia), 38,533 (Burundi), 36,900 (Eritrea), 23,808 (Rwanda), 9,139 (Ethiopia), 5,776 (Sudan) (2023)" + "text": "898,513 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 498,133 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 41,180 (Somalia), 38,593 (Burundi), 34,368 (Eritrea), 23,388 (Rwanda), 8,936 (Ethiopia), 5,776 (Sudan) (2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "67,000 (2022)" diff --git a/africa/uv.json b/africa/uv.json index d99748d1..4aa7c533 100644 --- a/africa/uv.json +++ b/africa/uv.json @@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ } }, "Mother's mean age at first birth": { - "text": "19.4 years (2010 est.)", - "note": "note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-29" + "text": "20.1 years (2021 est.)", + "note": "note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-49" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "264 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" @@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "16.4% (2019)" + "text": "17.5% (2021)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "73.5% (2023)" @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly (127 seats; 111 members directly elected in 13 multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote and 26 members elected in a nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; all member serve 5-year terms)" + "text": "unicameral National Assembly (127 seats; 111 members directly elected in 13 multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote and 26 members elected in a nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { "text": "last held on 22 November 2020 (next to be held by July 2024)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/as.json b/australia-oceania/as.json index 074e58fa..7e4a7fc3 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/as.json +++ b/australia-oceania/as.json @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ } }, "Natural resources": { - "text": "alumina, coal, iron ore, copper, lithium, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, rare earth elements, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, opals, natural gas, petroleum;", + "text": "alumina, coal, iron ore, copper, lithium, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, rare earth elements, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, opals, natural gas, petroleum", "note": "note 1: Australia is the world's largest net exporter of coal accounting for 26.5% of global coal exports in 2021; coal is the country’s most abundant energy resource, and coal ranks as the second-largest export commodity from Australia in terms of revenue; in 2020, Australia held the third-largest recoverable coal reserves in the world behind the United States and Russia

note 2: Australia is by far the world's largest supplier of opals

note 3: Australia holds the largest uranium reserves in the world, and was the second-largest global uranium producer behind Kazakhstan in 2020.

note 4: Australia was the largest exporter of LNG in the world in 2020." }, "Land use": { @@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ "text": "bicameral Federal Parliament consists of:
Senate (76 seats; 12 members from each of the 6 states and 2 each from the 2 mainland territories; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of state membership renewed every 3 years and territory membership renewed every 3 years)
House of Representatives (151 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by majority preferential vote; members serve terms of up to 3 years)" }, "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 21 May 2022 (next to be held on May 2025)
House of Representatives - last held on 21 May 2022 (next to be held on May 2025)" + "text": "
Senate - last held on 21 May 2022 (next to be held in May 2025)
House of Representatives - last held on 21 May 2022 (next to be held in May 2025)" }, "election results": { "text": "
Senate (initial results) - percent of vote by party - Liberal/National coalition 32.13%, ALP 29.81%, The Greens 13.85%, One Nation 4.38%, Lambie Network .26%; seats by party - Liberal/National coalition 29, ALP 21, The Greens 9, One Nation 1, Lambie Network 1, undecided 14
House of Representatives (initial results) - percent of vote by party - ALP 32.83%, Liberal/National coalition 35.77%, The Greens 11.85%, Katter's Australian Party 0.4%, Centre Alliance 0.24%, independents 5.52%; seats by party - ALP 76, Liberal/National Coalition 57, The Greens 4, Katter's Australian Party 1, Centre Alliance 1, independent 10, undecided 2" diff --git a/australia-oceania/fj.json b/australia-oceania/fj.json index 7a3f4819..3987b885 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fj.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fj.json @@ -317,11 +317,22 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" + "text": "4.6% (2021) NA" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "58.8% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0.2%" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "4%" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "1.7% (2021 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "5.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/nh.json b/australia-oceania/nh.json index 5e9cc4a8..03fc83fd 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nh.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nh.json @@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ "text": "President Nikenike VUROBARAVU (since 23 July 2022)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Sato KILMAN (since 4 September 2023)" + "text": "Prime Minister Charlot SALWAI (since 6 October 2023)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister, responsible to Parliament" @@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ "text": "president indirectly elected by an electoral college consisting of Parliament and presidents of the 6 provinces; Vanuatu president serves a 5-year term; election last held on 23 July 2022 (next to be held in 2027); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually elected prime minister by Parliament from among its members; election for prime minister last held on 20 April 2020 (next to be held following general elections in 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Nikenike VUROBARAVU elected president in eighth round on 23 July 2022 with 48 votes;
Ishmael KALSAKAU (UMP) defeated as prime minister in no-confidence vote on 16 August 2023;  Sato KILMAN elected prime minister on 4 September 2023 with 57 votes against 23 for Ishmael KALSAKAU" + "text": "Nikenike VUROBARAVU elected president in eighth round on 23 July 2022 with 48 votes;
Sato KILMAN defeated as prime minister in no-confidence vote on 6 October 2023; Charlot SALWAI  elected prime minister on 6 October 2023,  29 votes for - 0 against" } }, "Legislative branch": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/tl.json b/australia-oceania/tl.json index 5ee10f02..cb37ef5c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tl.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tl.json @@ -244,6 +244,17 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "52% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0.4%" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "10.1%" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "2.8% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "NA" }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/tv.json b/australia-oceania/tv.json index 8860b726..cb517ab8 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tv.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tv.json @@ -309,11 +309,19 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" + "text": "3.1% (2019/20) NA" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "66.1% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "1.8%" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "1.7% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "NA" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json index e880faba..1f57f7ba 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json @@ -308,9 +308,6 @@ "text": "1.9% (2020 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "3.5% (2012)" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "57.1% (2023 est.)" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index b4e826f6..4faeb6ed 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -348,11 +348,19 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "4% (2013)" + "text": "3% (2019)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "52.1% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "9.4%" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "31.5% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "4.6% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json index 0c9b88bc..597d67a2 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json @@ -346,6 +346,14 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "55% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "4.3%" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "19.7% (2021 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "4.1% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json index 2d87e9fd..9797708a 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json @@ -338,11 +338,22 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "7.1% (2011/12)" + "text": "7.1% (2019)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "53.5% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "9.2%" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "34%" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "10% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "6.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json index 37188260..739db723 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "4.4% (2016)" + "text": "2.5% (2018/19)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "32.7% (2023 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json index 12782fa4..4b2509c3 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json @@ -334,9 +334,6 @@ "text": "0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "4.6% (2011/12)" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "56% (2023 est.)" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json index 21f433f5..76370b95 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json @@ -303,9 +303,6 @@ "text": "0.6 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "2.8% (2012)" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "53.6% (2023 est.)" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json index 82b94335..ab5b0bc5 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json @@ -308,9 +308,6 @@ "text": "0.09 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "4.9% (2011)" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "48.6% (2023 est.)" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json index ada66486..e7bf7a8c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json @@ -260,11 +260,19 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" + "text": "0.4% (2019/20) NA" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "59.1% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "23.3%" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "5.1% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "4.5% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json index 1a75adf7..417fa243 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json @@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral House of Assembly (15 seats; 13 members - 9 in single-seat constituencies and 4 at-large seats directly elected by simple majority vote and 2 ex-officio members - the attorney general and the speaker - chosen from outside the House; members serve 4-year terms)" + "text": "unicameral House of Assembly (15 seats; 13 members - 9 in single-seat constituencies and 4 members in a single, nationwide constituency directly elected by simple majority vote and 2 ex-officio members - the attorney general and the speaker - chosen from outside the House; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { "text": "last held on 24 April 2023 (next to be held in 2027)" diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index 741b488a..532a08b8 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -365,6 +365,14 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "53.1% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0.3%" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "6.2% (2017 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "3.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, diff --git a/central-asia/uz.json b/central-asia/uz.json index 29cf92a0..70641d1c 100644 --- a/central-asia/uz.json +++ b/central-asia/uz.json @@ -327,11 +327,19 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "2.9% (2017)" + "text": "1.8% (2021)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "68.6% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0.2%" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "3.4% (2022 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "4.9% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index 78c6f63c..fd1d12e4 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -607,13 +607,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "dissolved 1 February 2021; previously bicameral Assembly of the Union or Pyidaungsu consists of:
House of Nationalities or Amyotha Hluttaw, (224 seats; 168 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed and 56 appointed by the military; members serve 5-year terms)
House of Representatives or Pyithu Hluttaw, (440 seats, currently 433; 330 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 110 appointed by the military; members serve 5-year terms); note - on 1 February 2021, the military dissolved the Assembly of the Union; the State Administration Council (SAC) governs in place of the Assembly of the Union" + "text": "dissolved 1 February 2021; previously bicameral Assembly of the Union or Pyidaungsu consists of:
House of Nationalities or Amyotha Hluttaw, (224 seats; 168 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed and 56 appointed by the military; members serve 5-year terms)
House of Representatives or Pyithu Hluttaw, (440 seats, currently 433; 330 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 110 appointed by the military; members serve 5-year terms); note - on 1 February 2021, the military dissolved the Assembly of the Union and was replaced by the State Administration Council" }, "elections": { "text": "House of Nationalities - last held on 8 November 2020 
House of Representatives - last held on 8 November 2020; note - the military junta overturned the results of the 8 November legislative elections" }, "election results": { - "text": "House of Nationalities - percent of vote by party - NLD 61.6%, USDP 3.1%, ANP 1.8%, MUP 1.3%, KySDP 1.3%, other 5.9%, military appointees 25%; seats by party - NLD 138, USDP 7, ANP 4, MUP 3, KySPD 3, SNLD 2, TNP 2, other 2, canceled due to insurgency 7, military appointees 56

House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NLD 58.6%, USDP 5.9%, SNLD 3.0%, other 7.5%, military 25%; seats by party - NLD 258, USDP 26, SNLD 13, ANP 4, PNO 3, TNP 3, MUP 2, KySPD 2, other 4, canceled due to insurgency 15, military appointees 110" + "text": "House of Nationalities - percent of vote by party - NLD 61.6%, USDP 3.1%, ANP 1.8%, MUP 1.3%, KySPD 1.3%, other 5.9%, military appointees 25%; seats by party - NLD 138, USDP 7, ANP 4, MUP 3, KySPD 3, SNLD 2, TNP 2, other 2, vacant 7 (canceled due to insurgency), military appointees 56

House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NLD 58.6%, USDP 5.9%, SNLD 3.0%, other 7.5%, military 25%; seats by party - NLD 258, USDP 26, SNLD 13, ANP 4, PNO 3, TNP 3, MUP 2, KySPD 2, other 4, vacant 15 (canceled due to insurgency), military appointees 110" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json index c136ee12..f5c0bfc9 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json @@ -538,13 +538,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Council or Majlis Mesyuarat Negara Brunei (33 seats; 20 members appointed by the sultan from ex-officio cabinet ministers, titled people, and prominent citizens in public service and various professional fields and 13 members from 4 multi-seat constituencies, and 3 ex-officio members - the speaker and first and second secretaries); 5-year term" + "text": "unicameral Legislative Council or Majlis Mesyuarat Negara Brunei (33 seats; 20 members appointed by the sultan from ex-officio cabinet ministers, titled people, and prominent citizens in public service and various professional fields, 13 members from 4 multi-seat constituencies, and 3 ex-officio members - the speaker and first and second secretaries); members serve 5-year terms" }, "elections": { "text": "January 2017 - appointed by the sultan" }, "election results": { - "text": "Legislative Council last appointed January 2023; composition men 30, women 3, percent of women 9.1%" + "text": "Legislative Council last appointed January 2023; composition men 30, women 4, percent of women 11.8%" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json index e0948e0d..96ced72a 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "24.1% (2014)" + "text": "16.3% (2022)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "66.4% (2023 est.)" @@ -580,12 +580,12 @@ "text": "bicameral Parliament of Cambodia consists of:
Senate (62 seats; 58 indirectly elected by parliamentarians and commune councils, 2 indirectly elected by the National Assembly, and 2 appointed by the monarch; members serve 6-year terms)

National Assembly (125 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last held on 25 February 2018 (next to be held in 2024); National Assembly - last held on 23 July 2023 (next to be held in July 2028)" + "text": "
Senate - last held on 25 February 2018 (next to be held in 2024)
National Assembly - last held on 23 July 2023 (next to be held in July 2028)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - CPP 96%, FUNCINPEC 2.4%, KNUP 1.6%; seats by party - CPP 58; FUNCINPEC 4; composition (as of April 2023) - men 52, women 10, percent of women 16.1%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party (July 2023 election)- CPP 82.4%, FUNCINPEC 9.2%, KNUP 1.7%, CYP 1.3%, Other 5.4% (14 other parties received votes); seats by party - CPP 125, FUNCINPEC 5; composition (as of April 2023) - men 99, women 26, percent of women 20.8%; note - total Parliament of Cambodia percent of women 19.3%" + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - CPP 96%, FUNCINPEC 2.4%, KNUP 1.6%; seats by party - CPP 58; FUNCINPEC 4; composition (as of October 2023) - men 52, women 10, percent of women 16.1%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - CPP 82.4%, FUNCINPEC 9.2%, KNUP 1.7%, CYP 1.3%, other 5.4% (14 other parties received votes); seats by party - CPP 125, FUNCINPEC 5; composition (as of October 2023) - men 112, women 13, percent of women 10.4%; note - total Parliament of Cambodia percent of women 12.3%" }, - "note": "note: the CPP had no meaningful opposition in the July 2023 legislative election as the only serious challenger, the Candlelight Party, was disqualified on a technicality in advance of the election; the EU, UN, and US condemned the poll as neither free nor fair" + "note": "note: the CPP had no meaningful opposition in the July 2023 legislative election as the only serious challenger - the Candlelight Party - was disqualified on a technicality in advance of the election; the EU, UN, and US condemned the poll as neither free nor fair" }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json index 345bf58f..b4e84698 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json @@ -366,6 +366,17 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "75.9% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0.1%" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "2.8%" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "0.7% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "3.6% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json index f771b540..b0aeeb67 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json @@ -324,6 +324,11 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "69.7% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "0.1% (2017 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "NA" }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index bc99ea3e..a6d92561 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" + "text": "0.9% (2019/21) NA" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "52.9% (2023 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index 3d73231a..46038530 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -335,9 +335,6 @@ "text": "25.1% (2020 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "27.8% (2009/11)" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "65.5% (2023 est.)" }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index a12a513e..c1696db4 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -327,6 +327,11 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "54.3% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "0.1% (2022 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "2.8% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index 2a6b56b7..f4510f43 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Two unified Thai kingdoms emerged in the mid-13th century. The Sukhothai, located in the south-central plains, gained its independence from the Khmer Empire to the east. By the late 13th century, Sukhothai’s territory extended into present-day Burma and Laos. Sukhothai lasted until the mid-15th century. The Thai Lan Na Kingdom was established in the north with its capital at Chang Mai. Lan Na was conquered by the Burmese in the 16th century. The Ayutthaya Kingdom (14th-18th centuries) succeeded the Sukhothai and would become known as the Siamese Kingdom. During the Ayutthaya period, the Thai/Siamese peoples consolidated their hold on what is present-day central and north-central Thailand. Following a military defeat at the hands of the Burmese in 1767, the Siamese Kingdom rose to new heights under the military ruler TAKSIN, who defeated the Burmese occupiers and expanded the kingdom’s territory into modern-day northern Thailand (formerly the Lan Na Kingdom), Cambodia, Laos, and the Malay Peninsula. The kingdom fought off additional Burmese invasions and raids in the late 1700s and early 1800s. In the mid-1800s, Western pressure led to Siam signing trade treaties that reduced the country’s sovereignty and independence. In the 1890s and 1900s, the British and French forced the kingdom to cede Cambodian, Laotian, and Malay territories that had been under Siamese control.

A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy. After the Japanese invaded Thailand in 1941, the government split into a pro-Japan faction and a pro-Allied faction backed by the king. Thailand became a US treaty ally in 1954 after sending troops to Korea and later fighting alongside the US in Vietnam. Thailand since 2005 has experienced several rounds of political turmoil including a military coup in 2006 that ousted then Prime Minister THAKSIN Chinnawat, followed by large-scale street protests by competing political factions in 2008, 2009, and 2010. THAKSIN's youngest sister, YINGLAK Chinnawat, in 2011 led the Puea Thai Party to an electoral win and assumed control of the government.

In early May 2014, after months of large-scale anti-government protests in Bangkok beginning in November 2013, YINGLAK was removed from office by the Constitutional Court and in late May 2014 the Royal Thai Army, led by Gen. PRAYUT Chan-ocha, staged a coup against the caretaker government. The military-affiliated National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), led by PRAYUT as the appointed minister, ruled the country for more than four years, during which time the NCPO drafted a new constitution guaranteeing military sway over Thai politics in future elections by allowing the military to appoint the entire 250-member Senate and requiring a joint meeting of the House and Senate to select the prime minister, effectively giving the military a veto over the choice for the top executive. King PHUMIPHON Adunyadet passed away in October 2016 after 70 years on the throne; his only son, WACHIRALONGKON (aka King RAMA X), formally ascended the throne in December 2019. He signed the new constitution in April 2017. A long-delayed election in March 2019, disputed and widely viewed as skewed in favor of the party aligned with the military, allowed PRAYUT to continue his premiership. The country experienced large-scale anti-government protests in 2020.

" + "text": "

Two unified Thai kingdoms emerged in the mid-13th century. The Sukhothai, located in the south-central plains, gained its independence from the Khmer Empire to the east. By the late 13th century, Sukhothai’s territory extended into present-day Burma and Laos. Sukhothai lasted until the mid-15th century. The Thai Lan Na Kingdom was established in the north with its capital at Chang Mai. Lan Na was conquered by the Burmese in the 16th century. The Ayutthaya Kingdom (14th-18th centuries) succeeded the Sukhothai and would become known as the Siamese Kingdom. During the Ayutthaya period, the Thai/Siamese peoples consolidated their hold on what is present-day central and north-central Thailand. Following a military defeat at the hands of the Burmese in 1767, the Siamese Kingdom rose to new heights under the military ruler TAKSIN, who defeated the Burmese occupiers and expanded the kingdom’s territory into modern-day northern Thailand (formerly the Lan Na Kingdom), Cambodia, Laos, and the Malay Peninsula. The kingdom fought off additional Burmese invasions and raids in the late 1700s and early 1800s. In the mid-1800s, Western pressure led to Siam signing trade treaties that reduced the country’s sovereignty and independence. In the 1890s and 1900s, the British and French forced the kingdom to cede Cambodian, Laotian, and Malay territories that had been under Siamese control.

A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy. After the Japanese invaded Thailand in 1941, the government split into a pro-Japan faction and a pro-Allied faction backed by the king. Thailand became a US treaty ally in 1954 after sending troops to Korea and later fighting alongside the US in Vietnam. Thailand since 2005 has experienced several rounds of political turmoil including a military coup in 2006 that ousted then Prime Minister THAKSIN Chinnawat, followed by large-scale street protests by competing political factions in 2008, 2009, and 2010. THAKSIN's youngest sister, YINGLAK Chinnawat, in 2011 led the Puea Thai Party to an electoral win and assumed control of the government.

In early May 2014, after months of large-scale anti-government protests in Bangkok beginning in November 2013, YINGLAK was removed from office by the Constitutional Court and in late May 2014 the Royal Thai Army, led by Gen. PRAYUT Chan-ocha, staged a coup against the caretaker government. The military-affiliated National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), led by PRAYUT as the appointed minister, ruled the country for more than four years, during which time the NCPO drafted a new constitution guaranteeing military sway over Thai politics in future elections by allowing the military to appoint the entire 250-member Senate and requiring a joint meeting of the House and Senate to select the prime minister, effectively giving the military a veto over the choice for the top executive. King PHUMIPHON Adunyadet passed away in October 2016 after 70 years on the throne; his only son, WACHIRALONGKON (aka King RAMA X), formally ascended the throne in December 2019. He signed the new constitution in April 2017. A long-delayed election in March 2019, disputed and widely viewed as skewed in favor of the party aligned with the military, allowed PRAYUT to continue his premiership. The country experienced large-scale anti-government protests in 2020. Following the 2023 elections, Srettha THRAVISIN replaced PRAYUT as prime minister when PRAYUT's supporting royalist-military parties were defeated by a coalition of populist and progressive parties. 

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -592,8 +592,7 @@ }, "elections/appointments": { "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; prime minister candidate approved by the House of Representatives and Senate and appointed by the king; starting in 2024, approval of prime minister needed only by the House of Representatives" - }, - "note": "note:  PRAYUT Chan-ocha was appointed interim prime minister in August 2014, three months after he staged the coup that removed the previously elected government of Prime Minister YINGLAK Chinnawat; on 5 June 2019, PRAYUT (independent) approved as prime minister by the National Assembly; the Constitutional Court in September 2022 ruled that PRAYUT's term as prime minister began in April 2017 with the promulgation of Thailand's most recent constitution, meaning he will not reach the statutory 8-year limit until 2025" + } }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { @@ -618,7 +617,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Action Coalition Party or ACP [ANEK Laothammathast]
Bhumjaithai Party (aka Phumchai Thai Party or PJT; aka Thai Pride Party) or BJT [ANUTIN Chanwirakun]
Chat Phatthana Kla arty (National Development Party) [KON Chatikawanit]
Chat Thai Phatthana Party (Thai Nation Development Party) or CTP [VARAWUT Silpa-archa]
New Economics Party or NEP [MANUN Siwaphiromrat]
Move Forward Party or MFP [PHITHA Limcharoenrat] 
Palang Pracharat Party (People's State Power Party) or PPRP [PRAWIT Wongsuwan] 
Prachachat Party or PCC [WAN Muhamad NOOR Matha]
Prachathipat Party (Democrat Party) or DP [JURIN Laksanawisit]
Puea Chat Party (For Nation Party) or PCP [SARUNWUT Sarunket]
Puea Thai Party (For Thais Party) or PTP [CHONLANAN Srikaew]
Puea Tham Party (For Dharma Party) [NALINI Thawisin]
Seri Ruam Thai Party (Thai Liberal Party or TLP) [SERIPHISUT Temiyawet]
Thai Civilized Party or TCL [MONGKOLKIT Suksintharanon]
Thai Local Power Party or TLP [CHATCHAWAI Kong-udom]
Thai People Power Party or TLPT [NIKHOM Bunwiset]
Thai Sang Thai Party [SUDARAT Keyuraphan]
United Thai Nation (Ruam Thai Sang Chat) or UTN [PHIRAPHAN Saliratthawiphak]" + "text": "Action Coalition Party or ACP [ANEK Laothammathast]
Bhumjaithai Party (aka Phumchai Thai Party or PJT; aka Thai Pride Party) or BJT [ANUTIN Chanwirakun]
Chat Phatthana Kla arty (National Development Party) [KON Chatikawanit]
Chat Thai Phatthana Party (Thai Nation Development Party) or CTP [VARAWUT Silpa-archa]
New Economics Party or NEP [MANUN Siwaphiromrat]
Move Forward Party or MFP [PHITHA Limcharoenrat] 
Palang Pracharat Party (People's State Power Party) or PPRP [PRAWIT Wongsuwan] 
Prachachat Party or PCC [WAN Muhamad NOOR Matha]
Prachathipat Party (Democrat Party) or DP [JURIN Laksanawisit]
Puea Chat Party (For Nation Party) or PCP [SARUNWUT Sarunket]
Puea Thai Party (For Thais Party) or PTP [Chusak SIRINIL]
Puea Tham Party (For Dharma Party) [NALINI Thawisin]
Seri Ruam Thai Party (Thai Liberal Party or TLP) [SERIPHISUT Temiyawet]
Thai Civilized Party or TCL [MONGKOLKIT Suksintharanon]
Thai Local Power Party or TLP [CHATCHAWAI Kong-udom]
Thai People Power Party or TLPT [NIKHOM Bunwiset]
Thai Sang Thai Party [SUDARAT Keyuraphan]
United Thai Nation (Ruam Thai Sang Chat) or UTN [PHIRAPHAN Saliratthawiphak]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ADB, APEC, ARF, ASEAN, BIMSTEC, BIS, CD, CICA, CP, EAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE (partner), PCA, PIF (partner), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMOGIP, UNOOSA, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" @@ -1231,7 +1230,7 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.2% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.3% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1.3% of GDP (2021)" @@ -1281,7 +1280,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "90,617 (Burma) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)" + "text": "91,339 (Burma) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "41,000 (2022)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json index f8877dd4..52b5cae1 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "37.5% (2013)" + "text": "31.9% (2020)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "55.9% (2023 est.)" @@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ "note": "note: the UN Justice System Programme, launched in 2003 and being rolled out in 4 phases through 2018, is helping strengthen the country's justice system; the Programme is aligned with the country's long-range Justice Sector Strategic Plan, which includes legal reforms" }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Democratic Party or PD [Mariano Assanami SABINO Lopes]
Frenti-Mudanca (Front for National Reconstruction of Timor-Leste - Change) or FM [Jose Luis GUTERRES]
Green Party of Timor (Os Verdes or the Greens) [António Lela Hunu CRUZ]
National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction or CNRT [Kay Rala Xanana GUSMAO]
National Unity of the Sons of Timor (Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan or KHUNTO) [Armanda BERTA DOS SANTOS]
People's Liberation Party or PLP [Taur Matan RUAK]
Revolutionary Front of Independent Timor-Leste or FRETILIN [Franciso GUTERRES]
Timorese Democratic Union or UDT [Gilman SANTOS]
United Party for Development and Democracy or PUDD [António de Sá BENEVIDES]", - "note": "note: 17 parties ran in the May 2023 parliamentary election" + "text": "Democratic Party or PD [Mariano Assanami SABINO Lopes]
National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction or CNRT [Kay Rala Xanana GUSMAO]
National Unity of the Sons of Timor (Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan or KHUNTO) [Armanda BERTA DOS SANTOS]
People's Liberation Party or PLP [Taur Matan RUAK]
Revolutionary Front of Independent Timor-Leste or FRETILIN [Franciso GUTERRES]", + "note": "note: 12 additional parties received votes during the 2023 parliamentary election but did not gain any seats" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, ARF, ASEAN (observer), CPLP, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PIF (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WMO" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json index 2e772add..5546cb29 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json @@ -349,11 +349,22 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "13.4% (2017)" + "text": "11.6% (2020)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "72.6% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "1.1%" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "14.6%" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "1.9% (2021 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "4.1% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, diff --git a/europe/al.json b/europe/al.json index 35000496..1ab8c48f 100644 --- a/europe/al.json +++ b/europe/al.json @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Alliance for Change (electoral coalition led by PD)
Democratic Party or PD [Enkelejd ALIBEAJ, interim leader]
Party for Justice, Integration and Unity or PDIU [Shpetim IDRIZI] (part of the Alliance for Change)
Social Democratic Party or PSD [Tom DOSHI]
Socialist Movement for Integration or LSI [Monika KRYEMADHI]
Socialist Party or PS [Edi RAMA]" + "text": "Alliance for Change (electoral coalition led by PD)
Democratic Party or PD [Lulzim BASHA]
Party for Justice, Integration and Unity pr PDIU [Shpetim IDRIZI] (part of the Alliance for Change))
Social Democratic Party or PSD [Tom DOSHI]
Freedom Party of Albania or PL [Ilir META] (formerly the Socialist Movement for Integration or LSI)
Socialist Party or PS [Edi RAMA]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "BSEC, CD, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, EITI (compliant country), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO", diff --git a/europe/au.json b/europe/au.json index 8aa50671..9eab4c3b 100644 --- a/europe/au.json +++ b/europe/au.json @@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ "text": "President Alexander VAN DER BELLEN (since 26 January 2017); note - President Alexander VAN DER BELLEN  reelected to a second six-year term on 9 October 2022" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Chancellor Karl NEHAMMER (since 6 December 2021); note - Chancellor Alexander SCHALLENBERG resigned on 2 December 2021" + "text": "Chancellor Karl NEHAMMER (since 6 December 2021)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers proposed by the chancellor and appointed by the president" @@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "68,700 (Syria), 43,725 (Afghanistan), 10,110 (Iraq), 8,684 (Somalia), 7,294 (Iran), 6,124 (Russia) (mid-year 2022); 68,700 (Ukraine) (as of 2 October 2023)" + "text": "68,700 (Syria), 43,725 (Afghanistan), 10,110 (Iraq), 8,684 (Somalia), 7,294 (Iran), 6,124 (Russia) (mid-year 2022); 68,700 (Ukraine) (as of 9 October 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "3,219 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/be.json b/europe/be.json index 7a4d7008..789e0499 100644 --- a/europe/be.json +++ b/europe/be.json @@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate or Senaat (in Dutch), Senat (in French) (60 seats; 50 members indirectly elected by the community and regional parliaments based on their election results, and 10 elected by the 50 other senators; members serve 5-year terms)
Chamber of Representatives or Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers (in Dutch), Chambre des Representants (in French) (150 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last held 26 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024)
Chamber of Representatives - last held on 26 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024); note - elections coincided with the EU elections" + "text": "Senate - last held 26 May 2019 (next to be held 0n 31 July 2024)
Chamber of Representatives - last held on 26 May 2019 (next to be held on 31 May 2024); note - elections coincided with the EU elections" }, "election results": { "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - N-VA 15%, VB 12%, PS 12%, MR 12%, CD&V 8.3%, Open VLD 8.3%, Ecolo 15%, SP.A 6.7%, CDH 3.3%, PVDA-PTB 8.3%; seats by party - N-VA 9, VB 7, PS 7, MR 7, CD&V 5, Open VLD 5, Ecolo 9, SP.A 4, CDH 2, PVDA-PTB 5; composition as of August 2023 - men 33, women 27, percent of women 45%

Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party - N-VA 16.7%, VB 12%, PS 13.3%, CD&V 8%, PVDA-PTB 8%, Open VLD 8%, MR 9.3%, SP.A 6%, Ecolo 8.7%, Green 5.3%, CDH 3.3%, Defi 1.3%; seats by party - N-VA 25, VB 18, PS 20, CD&V 12, PVDA+PTB 12, Open VLD 12, MR 14, SP.A 9, Ecolo 13, Green 8, CDH 5, Defi 2; composition as of August 2023 - men 86, women 64, percent of women 42.7%; note - total Parliament percent of women 43.3%" diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index 8855653f..5fd1a60b 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -321,9 +321,6 @@ "text": "28% (2020 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "1.6% (2012)" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "63.8% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -558,7 +555,7 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliamentary Assembly or Skupstina consists of:
House of Peoples or Dom Naroda (15 seats - 5 Bosniak, 5 Croat, 5 Serb; members designated by the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's House of Peoples and the Republika Srpska's National Assembly to serve 4-year terms)
House of Representatives or Predstavnicki Dom (42 seats to include 28 seats allocated to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 14 to the Republika Srpska; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms); note - the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a bicameral legislature that consists of the House of Peoples (80 seats - 23 Bosniak, 23 Croat, 23 Serb, 11 other) and the House of Representatives (98 seats; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms); Republika Srpska's unicameral legislature is the National Assembly (83 directly elected delegates serve 4-year terms)" + "text": "bicameral Parliamentary Assembly or Skupstina consists of:
House of Peoples or Dom Naroda (15 seats - 5 Bosniak, 5 Croat, 5 Serb; members designated by the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's House of Peoples and the Republika Srpska's National Assembly serve 4-year terms)
House of Representatives or Predstavnicki Dom (42 seats to include 28 seats allocated to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 14 to the Republika Srpska; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms); note - the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a bicameral legislature that consists of the House of Peoples (80 seats - 23 Bosniak, 23 Croat, 23 Serb, 11 other) and the House of Representatives (98 seats; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms); Republika Srpska's unicameral legislature is the National Assembly or Narodna skupština Republike Srpske (83 directly elected delegates serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { "text": "House of Peoples - last held on 2 October 2022 (next to be held in 2026)
House of Representatives - last held on 2 October 2022 (next to be held in 2026)" @@ -579,7 +576,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Alliance of Independent Social Democrats or SNSD [Milorad DODIK]
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative or BHI KF [Fuad KASUMOVIC]
Civic Alliance or GS [Reuf BAJROVIC]
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina or HDZ-BiH [Dragan COVIC]
Democratic Front or DF [Zeljko KOMSIC]
Democratic Union or DEMOS [Nedeljko CUBRILOVIC]
For Justice and Order [Nebojsa VUKANOVIC]
Our Party or NS/HC [Edin FORTO]
Party for Democratic Action or SDA [Bakir IZETBEGOVIC]
Party of Democratic Progress or PDP [Branislav BORENOVIC]
People and Justice Party or NiP [Elmedin KONAKOVIC]
People's European Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina or NES [Nermin OGRESEVIC]
Progressive Srpska or NS [Goran DORDIC]
Serb Democratic Party or SDS [Milan MILICEVIC]
Social Democratic Party or SDP [Nermin NIKSIC]
United Srpska or US [Nenad STEVANDIC]" + "text": "Alliance of Independent Social Democrats or SNSD [Milorad DODIK]
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative or BHI KF [Fuad KASUMOVIC]
Civic Alliance or GS [Reuf BAJROVIC]
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina or HDZ-BiH [Dragan COVIC]
Democratic Front or DF [Zeljko KOMSIC]
Democratic Union or DEMOS [Nedeljko CUBRILOVIC]
For Justice and Order [Nebojsa VUKANOVIC]
Our Party or NS/HC [Edin FORTO]
Party for Democratic Action or SDA [Bakir IZETBEGOVIC]
Party of Democratic Progress or PDP [Branislav BORENOVIC]
People and Justice Party or NiP [Elmedin KONAKOVIC]
People's European Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina or NES [Nermin OGRESEVIC]
Serb Democratic Party or SDS [Milan MILICEVIC]
Social Democratic Party or SDP [Nermin NIKSIC]
United Srpska or US [Nenad STEVANDIC]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "BIS, CD, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM (observer), OAS (observer), OIC (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)", @@ -1203,7 +1200,7 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2005 (2023)", - "note": "note: as of 2021, women made up about 7% of the military's full-time personnel" + "note": "note: as of 2022, women made up about 7% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) are comprised of the former Bosnian-Croat Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Vojska Federacije Bosne i Hercegovin, VF) and the Bosnian-Serb Republic of Serbia Army (Vojska Republike Srpske, VRS); the two forces were unified under the 2006 Law on Defense, and the combined force includes each ethnic group; the 2006 law also established the country’s Ministry of Defense

the AFBiH is responsible for territorial defense, providing assistance to civil authorities during disasters or other emergencies, and participating in collective security and peace support operations; it is a compact and professional force organized into five brigades under an Operational Command: three infantry, one tactical support, and one air and air defense; each of the infantry brigades is headquartered inside of their respective ethnicity territory, while the Operational Command is in Sarajevo; Bosnia and Herzegovina aspires to join NATO; it joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace (PfP) program in 2007 and was invited to join NATO’s Membership Action Plan in 2010; the AFBiH is undergoing a defense modernization and reform program for preparing to join and integrate with NATO; it has contributed small numbers of troops to EU, NATO, and UN missions

NATO maintains a military headquarters in Sarajevo with the mission of assisting Bosnia and Herzegovina with the PfP program and promoting closer integration with NATO, as well as providing logistics and other support to the EU Force Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR), which has operated in the country to oversee implementation of the Dayton/Paris Agreement since taking over from NATO's Stabilization Force (SFOR) in 2004; EUFOR has about 1,100 troops from 22 countries (2023)" @@ -1226,7 +1223,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "48 (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 133,892 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2023)" + "note": "note: 138,716 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-October 2023)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "

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

" diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index ff789c4a..76c3e6fb 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sabranie (240 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by open list, proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sabranie (240 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by open-list, proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { "text": "last held on 2 April 2023 (next election to be held in 2027)" @@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Agrarian People's Union or ZNS [Roumen YONCHEV]
BSP for Bulgaria [Korneliya NINOVA] (alliance of BSP, PKT, Ecoglasnost)
Bulgaria of the Citizens or DBG [Dimitar DELCHEV]
Bulgarian Agrarian People’s Union or BZNS [Nikolay NENCHEV]
Bulgarian Rise or BV [Stefan YANEV]
Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP [Korneliya NINOVA]
Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria or GERB [Boyko BORISOV] (alliance with SDS) 
Democratic Bulgaria or DB (alliance of Yes! Bulgaria, DSB, and The Greens) [Atanas ATANASOV, Hristo IVANOV]
Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria or DSB [Atanas ATANASOV]
Ecoglasnost [Emil GEORGIEV]
Green Movement or The Greens [Borislav SANDOV, Vladislav PENEV]
Middle European Class or SEC [Konstantin BACHIISKI]
Movement for Rights and Freedoms or DPS [Mustafa KARADAYI]
Movement 21 or D21 [Tatyana DONCHEVA]
New Dawn [Mincho MINCHEV]
Political Club Thrace or PKT [Stefan NACHEZ]
Political Movement \"Social Democrats\" or PDS  [Elena NONEVA]
Revival [Kostadin KOSTADINOV]
Stand Up.BG or IS.BG [Maya MONOLOVA]
Stand Up.BG, We Are Coming! or IBG-NI [Maya MONOLOVA, Nikolay HADZHIGENOV] (coalition of IS.BG, D21, DBG, ENP, and ZNS)
There is Such a People or ITN [Slavi TRIFONOV]
United People's Party or ENP [Valentina VASILEVA-FILADELFEVS]
Union of Democratic Forces or SDS [Rumen HRISTOV] (alliance with GERB) 
Yes! Bulgaria [Hristo IVANOV]
Volt Bulgaria or Volt [Nastimir ANANIEV]
We Continue the Change of PP [Kiril PETKOV and Asen VASILEV] (electoral alliance of PP, PDS, SEC, and Volt)" + "text": "BSP for Bulgaria [Korneliya NINOVA] (electoral alliance of BSP, PKT, Ecoglasnost)
Bulgarian Rise or BV [Stefan YANEV]
Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP [Korneliya NINOVA]
Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria or GERB [Boyko BORISOV] (alliance with SDS) 
Democratic Bulgaria or DB (electoral alliance of Yes! Bulgaria, DSB, and The Greens) [Atanas ATANASOV, Hristo IVANOV]
Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria or DSB [Atanas ATANASOV]
Ecoglasnost [Emil GEORGIEV]
Green Movement or The Greens [Dobromira KOSTOVA, Vladislav PENEV]
Movement for Rights and Freedoms or DPS [Mustafa KARADAYI]
Political Club Thrace or PKT [Stefan NACHEZ]
Revival [Kostadin KOSTADINOV]
Stand Up.BG or IS.BG [Maya MANOLOVA]
There is Such a People or ITN [Slavi TRIFONOV]
Union of Democratic Forces or SDS [Rumen HRISTOV] (alliance with GERB) 
Yes! Bulgaria [Hristo IVANOV]
We Continue the Change or PP [Kiril PETKOV and Asen VASILEV]
We Continue the Change and Democratic Bulgaria or PP-DB [Kiril PETKOV, Asen VASILEV, Hristo IVANOV, and Atanas ATANASOV] (electoral alliance of PP, DB, Yes! Bulgaria)" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EU, FAO, G- 9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NSG, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOOSA,  UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC" diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index 7c1b409d..7d246be8 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -339,6 +339,11 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "59.6% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "0.7% (2021 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "6.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index 9985e944..4b804819 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 18": { - "text": "0% (2017 est.)" + "text": "0.1% (2017 est.)" } }, "Education expenditures": { diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index 284e41a2..c3a4f4be 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate or Senat (348 seats - 328 for metropolitan France and overseas departments and regions of Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Reunion, and Mayotte, 2 for New Caledonia, 2 for French Polynesia, 1 for Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, 1 for Saint-Barthelemy, 1 for Saint-Martin, 1 for Wallis and Futuna, and 12 for French nationals abroad; members indirectly elected by departmental electoral colleges using absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed for departments with 1-3 members, and proportional representation vote in departments with 4 or more members; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (577 seats - 556 for metropolitan France, 10 for overseas departments, and 11 for citizens abroad; members directly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 24 September 2023 (next to be held by 30 September 2026)
National Assembly - last held on 12 and 19 June 2022 (next to be held in June 2027)" + "text": "
Senate - last held on 24 September 2023 (next to be held by 30 September 2026)
National Assembly - last held on 12 and 19 June 2022 (next to be held on 30 June 2027)" }, "election results": { "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by political caucus (party or group of parties) LR 139, SER 69, UC 51, RDPI 21, CRCE 17, LIRT 17, EST 16, RDSE 14: composition - men 222, women 126, percent of women 36.2%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party/coalition in the first round - ENS 25.8%, NUPES 25.7%, RN 18.7%, UDC 11.3%, other 18.5%; seats by party/coalition in the first round - NUPES 4, ENS 1; percent of vote in the second round - ENS 38.6%, NUPES 31.6%, RN 17.3%, UDC 7.3%, other 5.2%, seats by party/coalition in the second round - ENS 244, NUPES 127, RN 89, UDC 64, other 48; composition - men 362, women 215, percent of women 37.3%" diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index 6b8a3f25..7273a580 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" + "text": "21.1% (2020/21) NA" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "49.1% (2023 est.)" @@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 6,700 regular military forces; approximately 9,500 National Guard (2023)" + "text": "approximately 7,000 regular military forces; approximately 9,500 National Guard (2023)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the Latvian military's inventory consists of a mixture of Soviet-era and limited amounts of more modern, Western-produced systems acquired since the country joined NATO in 2004; in recent years, the UK and US have been the leading suppliers of military equipment (2023)" diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index 08107d8c..266d41a4 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -333,11 +333,16 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" + "text": "2.5% (2021) NA" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "53.4% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "0.3% (2021 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "4% of GDP (2019 est.)" }, diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index 0b5778d7..4ae27f4d 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "109,115 (Ukraine) (as of 1 October 2023)" + "text": "109,115 (Ukraine) (as of 15 October 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "2,940 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/md.json b/europe/md.json index 4c86328d..64b9e546 100644 --- a/europe/md.json +++ b/europe/md.json @@ -323,9 +323,6 @@ "text": "6.2% (2020 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "2.2% (2012)" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "67% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1204,7 +1201,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "118,635 (Ukraine) (as of 1 October 2023)" + "text": "119,375 (Ukraine) (as of 8 October 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,701 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/pl.json b/europe/pl.json index 922f7b88..ff471816 100644 --- a/europe/pl.json +++ b/europe/pl.json @@ -342,9 +342,6 @@ "text": "20.1% (2020 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "0.7% (2010/12)" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "56.6% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1290,7 +1287,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "959,875 (Ukraine) (as of 25 September 2023)" + "text": "959,875 (Ukraine) (as of 10 October 2023)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,435 (2022)" diff --git a/europe/ri.json b/europe/ri.json index d6e76b4f..d29155a9 100644 --- a/europe/ri.json +++ b/europe/ri.json @@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "2,594 (includes stateless persons in Kosovo) (2022)" }, - "note": "note: 1,016,089 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2023)" + "note": "note: 1,018,126 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-October 2023)" }, "Trafficking in persons": { "tier rating": { diff --git a/europe/sz.json b/europe/sz.json index 5d079ef3..ebb00fa7 100644 --- a/europe/sz.json +++ b/europe/sz.json @@ -573,10 +573,10 @@ "text": "bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung (in German), Assemblée Fédérale (in French), Assemblea Federale (in Italian) consists of:
Council of States or Ständerat (in German), Conseil des États (in French), Consiglio degli Stati (in Italian) (46 seats; members in two-seat constituencies representing cantons and single-seat constituencies representing half cantons directly elected by simple majority vote except Jura and Neuchatel cantons, which use list proportional representation vote; member term governed by cantonal law)
National Council or Nationalrat (in German), Conseil National (in French), Consiglio Nazionale (in Italian) (200 seats; 194 members in cantons directly elected by proportional representation vote and 6 in half cantons directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "
Council of States - last held in most cantons on 20 October 2019 (each canton determines when the next election will be held)
National Council - last held on 20 October 2019 (next to be held on 22 October 2023)" + "text": "
Council of States - last held in most cantons on 22 October 2023 (each canton determines when the next election will be held)
National Council - last held on 22 October 2023 (next to be held on 31 October 2028)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - The Center 14, FDP.The Liberals 12, SP 7, Green Party 5, SVP 7, other 1; composition (as of mid-2023) - men 34, women 12, percent of women 26.1%
National Council - percent of vote by party - SVP 25.6%, SP 16.8%, FDP.The Liberals 15.1%, Green Party 13.2%, The Center 11.4%, GLP 7.8%, other 4.5%; seats by party - SVP 55, SP 39, FDP.The Liberals 29, Green Party 30, The Center 31, GLP 16; composition (as of mid-2023) - men 116, women 84, percent of women 42.5%; note - overall Federal Assembly percent of women 41.5%" + "text": "
Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - The Center 13, FDP.The Liberals 12, SP 9, SVP 6, Green Party 5, other 1; composition (as of 22 Oct 2023) - men 34, women 12, percent of women 26.1%
National Council - percent of vote by party - SVP 28.6%, SP 18%, The Center 14.6%, FDP.The Liberals 14.4%, Green Party 9.4%, GLP 7.2%, EDU 1.2, EDV/PEV 1.9%, MCR/MCG .5%, other 4%; seats by party - SVP 62, SP 41, The Center 29, FDP.The Liberals 28, Green Party 23, GLP 10, EDU 2, EDV/PEV 2, MCR/MCG 2, other 1; composition (as of mid-2023) - men 116, women 84, percent of women 42.5%; note - overall Federal Assembly percent of women 41.5%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Green Liberal Party (Gruenliberale Partei or GLP, Parti vert liberale or PVL, Partito Verde-Liberale or PVL, Partida Verde Liberale or PVL) [Juerg GROSSEN]
Green Party (Gruene Partei der Schweiz or Gruene, Parti Ecologiste Suisse or Les Verts, Partito Ecologista Svizzero or I Verdi, Partida Ecologica Svizra or La Verda) [Balthasar GLATTLI]
Social Democratic Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz or SP, Parti Socialiste Suisse or PSS, Partito Socialista Svizzero or PSS, Partida Socialdemocratica de la Svizra or PSS) [Cedric WERMUTH and Mattea MEYER]
Swiss People's Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei or SVP, Union Democratique du Centre or UDC, Unione Democratica di Centro or UDC, Uniun Democratica dal Center or UDC) [Marco CHIESA]
The Center (Die Mitte, Alleanza del Centro, Le Centre, Allianza dal Center) [Gerhard PFISTER] (merger of the Christian Democratic People's Party and the Conservative Democratic Party)
The Liberals or FDP.The Liberals (FDP.Die Liberalen, PLR.Les Liberaux-Radicaux, PLR.I Liberali, Ils Liberals) [Thierry BURKART]" + "text": "The Center (Die Mitte, Alleanza del Centro, Le Centre, Allianza dal Center) [Gerhard PFISTER] (merger of the Christian Democratic People's Party and the Conservative Democratic Party)
Evangelical Peoples' Party or EVP/PEV [Lilian STUDER]
Federal Democrats or EDU [Daniel FRISCHKNECH]
Geneva Citizens Movement or MCR/MCG [Ana ROCH]
Green Liberal Party (Gruenliberale Partei or GLP, Parti vert liberale or PVL, Partito Verde-Liberale or PVL, Partida Verde Liberale or PVL) [Jurg GROSSEN]
Green Party (Gruene Partei der Schweiz or Gruene, Parti Ecologiste Suisse or Les Verts, Partito Ecologista Svizzero or I Verdi, Partida Ecologica Svizra or La Verda) [Balthasar GLATTLI]
The Liberals or FDP.The Liberals (FDP.Die Liberalen, PLR.Les Liberaux-Radicaux, PLR.I Liberali, Ils Liberals) [Thierry BURKART]
Social Democratic Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz or SP, Parti Socialiste Suisse or PSS, Partito Socialista Svizzero or PSS, Partida Socialdemocratica de la Svizra or PSS) [Cedric WERMUTH and Mattea MEYER]
Swiss People's Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei or SVP, Union Democratique du Centre or UDC, Unione Democratica di Centro or UDC, Uniun Democratica dal Center or UDC) [Marco CHIESA]
" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BIS, CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EFTA, EITI (implementing country), ESA, FAO, FATF, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMISS, UNMOGIP, UNOOSA, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC" @@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Scott MILLER (since 11 January 2022) note - also accredited to Liechtenstein" + "text": "Ambassador Scott C. MILLER (since 11 January 2022) note - also accredited to Liechtenstein" }, "embassy": { "text": "Sulgeneckstrasse 19, CH-3007 Bern" @@ -1216,20 +1216,20 @@ "note": "note: the federal police maintain internal security and report to the Federal Department of Justice and Police, while the Armed Forces report to the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection, and Sport" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2022)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2021)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2020)" + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2020)" }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "0.7% of GDP (2019)" }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "0.7% of GDP (2018)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2017)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index d24b301b..6fb37aff 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "4.1% (2010/11)" + "text": "4.3% (2017)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "70.3% (2023 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index 252604e2..d3c455bd 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "3% (2012)" + "text": "2.7% (2019)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "55.6% (2023 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index 0d120c07..59b3c32c 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "3% (2014)" + "text": "2.5% (2020)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "59.6% (2023 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index 3b712562..be9cbd02 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" + "text": "3.4% (2021) NA" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "51.4% (2023 est.)" @@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "487,000 (Palestinian refugees) (2022); 805,326 (Syria) (2023)" + "text": "487,000 (Palestinian refugees) (2022); 789,842 (Syria) (2023)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "7,000 (2020)" diff --git a/middle-east/mu.json b/middle-east/mu.json index c23d603c..bca7a9ab 100644 --- a/middle-east/mu.json +++ b/middle-east/mu.json @@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ "text": "bicameral Council of Oman or Majlis Oman consists of:
Council of State or Majlis al-Dawla (85 seats including the chairman; members appointed by the sultan from among former government officials and prominent educators, businessmen, and citizens)
Consultative Council or Majlis al-Shura (86 seats; members directly elected in single- and 2-seat constituencies by simple majority popular vote to serve renewable 4-year terms); note - since political reforms in 2011, legislation from the Consultative Council is submitted to the Council of State for review by the Royal Court" }, "elections": { - "text": "Council of State - last appointments on 11 July 2019 (next to be held in November 2023)
Consultative Assembly - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)" + "text": "Council of State - last appointments on 11 July 2019 (next to be held in November 2023)
Consultative Assembly - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held on 27 October 2023)" }, "election results": { "text": "
Council of State - composition - men 70, women 15, percent of women 17.6%
Consultative Council percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA (organized political parties in Oman are legally banned); composition men 84, women 2, percent of women 2.3%; note - total Council of Oman percent of women 9.9%" diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index 49896a52..c199ff8b 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" + "text": "3.5% (2020) NA" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "63.2% (2023 est.)" diff --git a/north-america/bd.json b/north-america/bd.json index 33dc27d1..1c1b9462 100644 --- a/north-america/bd.json +++ b/north-america/bd.json @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ "text": "
Senate - last appointments in 2022 (next appointments in 2027)
House of Assembly - last held on 1 October 2020 (next to be held not later than 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Senate - composition as of September 2023 - men 4, women 7, percent of women 63.6%
House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - PLP 62.1%, OBA 32.3%, other 5.4%, independent 0.2%; seats by party - PLP 30, OBA 6, 1 vacant; composition as of September 2023 - men 25, women 10, percent of women 28.6%; note - total Parliament percent of women as of September 2023 - 37%" + "text": "Senate - composition as of October 2023 - men 4, women 7, percent of women 63.6%
House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - PLP 62.1%, OBA 32.3%, other 5.4%, independent 0.2%; seats by party - PLP 30, OBA 6 1 vacant; composition as of October 2023 - men 26, women 9, percent of women 25%; note - total Parliament percent of women as of September 2023 - 34%" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/north-america/mx.json b/north-america/mx.json index d723651a..b1bc0789 100644 --- a/north-america/mx.json +++ b/north-america/mx.json @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "4.7% (2018/19)" + "text": "4.2% (2021)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "56.6% (2023 est.)" @@ -1299,10 +1299,10 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2021)" + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2021)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.6% of GDP (2020)" diff --git a/south-america/ar.json b/south-america/ar.json index e9e4be44..52056ab2 100644 --- a/south-america/ar.json +++ b/south-america/ar.json @@ -348,6 +348,14 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "48.9% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "2.4%" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "15.5% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "5% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -578,10 +586,10 @@ "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by qualified majority vote (to win, a candidate must receive at least 45% of votes or 40% of votes and a 10-point lead over the second place candidate; if neither occurs, a second round is held ); the president serves a 4-year term (eligible for a second consecutive term); election last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held on 22 October 2023)" + "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by qualified majority vote (to win, a candidate must receive at least 45% of votes or 40% of votes and a 10-point lead over the second place candidate; if neither occurs, a second round is held ); the president serves a 4-year term (eligible for a second consecutive term); election last held on 22 October 2023, with a runoff to be held 19 November 2023 (next to be held in October 2027)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2019: Alberto Ángel FERNÁNDEZ elected president; percent of vote - Alberto Angel FERNÁNDEZ (TODOS) 48.1%, Mauricio MACRI (PRO) 40.4%, Roberto LAVAGNA (independent) 6.2%, other 5.3%

2015: Mauricio MACRI elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Daniel SCIOLI (PJ) 37.1%, Mauricio MACRI (PRO) 34.2%, Sergio MASSA (FR/PJ) 21.4%, other 7.3%; percent of vote in second round - Mauricio MACRI (PRO) 51.4%, Daniel SCIOLI (PJ) 48.6%" + "text": "
2023: percent vote in first round - Sergio Tomás MASSA (FR) 36.7%, Javier Gerardo MILEI (PL) 30%, Patricia BULLRICH 23.8% (JxC/PRO), Juan SCHIARETTI (PJ) 6.8%, Myriam BREGMAN (PTS) 2.7%; MASSA and MILEI advance to a runoff election scheduled for 19 November 2023

2019: Alberto Ángel FERNÁNDEZ elected president; percent of vote - Alberto Angel FERNÁNDEZ (TODOS) 48.1%, Mauricio MACRI (PRO) 40.4%, Roberto LAVAGNA (independent) 6.2%, other 5.3%

2015: Mauricio MACRI elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Daniel SCIOLI (PJ) 37.1%, Mauricio MACRI (PRO) 34.2%, Sergio MASSA (FR/PJ) 21.4%, other 7.3%; percent of vote in second round - Mauricio MACRI  51.4%, Daniel SCIOLI 48.6%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -589,10 +597,10 @@ "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of:
Senate or Senado (72 seats; members directly elected from 24 provincial districts by closed-list proportional representation vote; 2 seats per district awarded to the party with the most votes and 1 seat per district to the party with the second highest votes; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years)
Chamber of Deputies or Cámara de Diputados (257 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 2 years)" }, "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 14 November 2021 (next to be held on 22 October 2023)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 14 November 2021 (next to be held on 22 October 2023)" + "text": "
Senate - last held on 22 October 2023 (next to be held in October 2025)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 22 October 2023 (next to be held in October 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "


Senate - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA; seats by bloc or party - FdT 35, JxC 33, other 4; composition (as of February 2022) men 41, women 31, percent of women 43.1%

Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA; seats by bloc or party - FdT 118, JxC 116, FIT-U 4, other: 19; composition (as of February 2022) - men 142, women 115, percent of women 44.7%; note - total National Congress percent of women 44.4%

" + "text": "


Senate - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA; seats by bloc or party - UP 12, LLA 8, JxC 2, other 2; composition (as of February 2022) men 41, women 31, percent of women 43.1%

Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA; seats by bloc or party - UP 58, LLA 35, JxC 31, NHP  4, other 2; composition (as of February 2022) - men 142, women 115, percent of women 44.7%; note - total National Congress percent of women 44.4%

" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -607,7 +615,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "

Avanza Libertad or AL [José Luis ESPERT]
Civic Coalition ARI or CC-ARI [Elisa CARRIÓ, Maximiliano FERRARO]
Consenso Federal (Federal Consensus) or CF [Roberto LAVAGNA, Juan Manuel URTUBEY]
Frente Cívico por Santiago (Civic Front for Santiago) [Gerardo ZAMORA]
Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores – Unidad (Workers' Left Front) or FIT-U [Nicolás DEL CAÑO, Miriam BREGMAN] (coalition of leftist parties in lower house; includes PTS, PO, and MST)
Frente de la Concordia Misionero (Front for the Renewal of Social Concord) or FRCS [Carlos Eduardo ROVIRA]
Frente de Todos (Everyone's Front) or FdT [Alberto FERNÁNDEZ] (includes FR, La Campora, and PJ); note - ruling coalition since 2019; includes several national and provincial Peronist political parties
Frente Renovador (Renewal Front) or FR [Sergio MASSA, Pablo MIROLO]
Generación por un Encuentro Nacional (Generation for a National Encounter) or GEN [Margarita STOLBIZER]
Hacemos por Córdoba (We do for Cordoba) or HC [Juan SCHIARETTI]
Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change) or JxC [Patricia BULLRICH, Horacio Rodríguez LARRETA, Mauricio MACRI] (includes CC-ARI, PRO, and UCR); note - primary opposition coalition since 2019
Juntos Somos Río Negro (Together We Are Rio Negro) or JSRN [Alberto WERETILNECK]   
Justicialist Party or PJ [Alberto Angel FERNÁNDEZ]
La Cámpora [Maximo KIRCHNER]
La Libertad Avanza (The Liberty Advances) or LLA [Javier MILEI]
Movimiento Popular Neuquino (Neuquén People's Movement) or MPN [Omar GUTIÉRREZ]
Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores (Workers' Socialist Movement) or MST [Vilma RIPOLL, Alejandro BODART]
Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas (Socialist Workers' Party) or PTS [Nicolás DEL CAÑO]
Partido Obrero (Workers' Party) or PO [Gabriel SOLANO]
Partido Socialista or PS [Mónica Haydée FEIN]
Propuesta Republicana (Republican Proposal) or PRO [Mauricio MACRI]
Unidad Federal (coalition of provencial parties in the lower house; includes FRCS and JSRN)
Unión Cívica Radical (Radical Civic Union) or UCR [Gerardo Rubén MORALES]
Vamos con Vos (Let's Go with You) or VcV [Florencio RANDAZZO]

" + "text": "

Avanza Libertad or AL [José Luis ESPERT]
Civic Coalition ARI or CC-ARI [Elisa CARRIÓ, Maximiliano FERRARO]
Consenso Federal (Federal Consensus) or CF [Roberto LAVAGNA, Juan Manuel URTUBEY]
Frente Cívico por Santiago (Civic Front for Santiago) [Gerardo ZAMORA]
Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores – Unidad (Workers' Left Front) or FIT-U [Nicolás DEL CAÑO, Miriam BREGMAN] (coalition of leftist parties in lower house; includes PTS, PO, and MST)
Frente de la Concordia Misionero (Front for the Renewal of Social Concord) or FRCS [Carlos Eduardo ROVIRA]
Frente Renovador (Renewal Front) or FR [Sergio MASSA, Pablo MIROLO]
Generación por un Encuentro Nacional (Generation for a National Encounter) or GEN [Margarita STOLBIZER]
Hacemos por Córdoba (We do for Cordoba) or HC [Juan SCHIARETTI]
Hacemos por Nuestro Pais (We Do For Our Country) or NHP [Juan SCHIARETTI]
Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change) or JxC [Patricia BULLRICH, Horacio Rodríguez LARRETA, Mauricio MACRI] (includes CC-ARI, PRO, and UCR); note - primary opposition coalition since 2019
Juntos Somos Río Negro (Together We Are Rio Negro) or JSRN [Alberto WERETILNECK]   
Partido Justicialista (Justicialist Party) or PJ [Alberto Angel FERNÁNDEZ]
La Cámpora [Maximo KIRCHNER]
La Libertad Avanza (The Liberty Advances) or LLA [Javier MILEI]
Movimiento Popular Neuquino (Neuquén People's Movement) or MPN [Omar GUTIÉRREZ]
Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores (Workers' Socialist Movement) or MST [Vilma RIPOLL, Alejandro BODART]
Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas (Socialist Workers' Party) or PTS [Nicolás DEL CAÑO]
Partido Libertario (Libertarian Party) or PL [Javier MILEI]; note - party is also a founding member of the coalition La Libertad Avanza, which is also led by MILEI
Partido Obrero (Workers' Party) or PO [Gabriel SOLANO]
Partido Socialista or PS [Mónica Haydée FEIN]
Propuesta Republicana (Republican Proposal) or PRO [Mauricio MACRI]
Unidad Federal (coalition of provencial parties in the lower house; includes FRCS and JSRN)
Unión Cívica Radical (Radical Civic Union) or UCR [Gerardo Rubén MORALES]
Unión por la Patria (Union for the Homeland) or UP (formerly Frente de Todos (Everyone's Front) or FdT) [Alberto FERNÁNDEZ, Cristina FERNÁNDEZ DE KIRCHNER] (includes FR, La Cámpora, and PJ); note - ruling coalition since 2019; includes several national and provincial Peronist political parties
Vamos con Vos (Let's Go with You) or VcV [Florencio RANDAZZO]

" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "AfDB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BCIE, BIS, CAN (associate), CD, CELAC, FAO, FATF, G-15, G-20, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA, Mercosur, MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Paris Club (associate), PCA, PROSUR, SICA (observer), UN, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, Union Latina (observer), UNOOSA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC" diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index 224f79c9..baced4f3 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ "text": "
Chamber of Senators - last held on 18 October 2020 (next to be held in 2025)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 18 October 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MAS 21, ACC 11, Creemos 4; composition as of March 2022 - men 16, women 20, percent of women 55.6%
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MAS 75, ACC 39, Creemos 16; composition as of March 2022 - men 70, women 60, percent of women 46.2%; note - total Plurinational Legislative Assembly percent of women as of March 2022 - 48.2%" + "text": "
Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MAS 21, ACC 11, Creemos 4; composition as of October 2023 - men 16, women 20, percent of women 55.6%
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MAS 75, ACC 39, Creemos 16; composition as of October 2023 - men 70, women 60, percent of women 46.2%; note - total Plurinational Legislative Assembly percent of women - 48.2%" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/south-america/br.json b/south-america/br.json index f2f8bd69..ef45637e 100644 --- a/south-america/br.json +++ b/south-america/br.json @@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congresso Nacional consists of:
Federal Senate or Senado Federal (81 seats; 3 members each from 26 states and 3 from the federal district directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 8-year terms, with one-third and two-thirds of the membership elected alternately every 4 years)

Chamber of Deputies or Camara dos Deputados (513 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by open party-list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "
Federal Senate - last held on 2 October 2022 for one-third of the Senate (next to be held on 4 October 2026 for two-thirds of the Senate)

Chamber of Deputies - last held on 2 October 2022 (next to be held on 4 October 2026)" + "text": "
Federal Senate - last held on 2 October 2022 for one-third of the Senate (next to be held on 4 October 2026 for two-thirds of the seats)

Chamber of Deputies - last held on 2 October 2022 (next to be held on 4 October 2026)" }, "election results": { "text": "
Federal Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PL 13, Brazil Union 12, MBD 10, PSD 10, PT 9, Progressistas 7, Podemos 6, PSDB 4, Republicans 3, PDT 2, Cidadania 1, PSB 1, PSC 1, PROS 1, REDE 1; composition - men 66, women 15, percent of women 18.5% 

Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PL 99, PT 67, Brazil Union 59, PP 47, MDB 42, PSD 42, Republicans 41, PDT 17, PSB 14, PSDB 13, Podemos 12, PSOL 12, Avante 7, PCdoB 6, PSC 6, PV 6, Cidadania 5, Patriota 4, PROS 4, SD 4, NOVO 3, REDE 2, PTB 1; composition - men 423, women 90, percent of women 17.5%; note - total National Congress percent of women 17.7%" diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index c7253b3a..f2304481 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -355,17 +355,17 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "2.4% (2019)" + "text": "2.1% (2021)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "51.2% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2.5%" + "text": "2%" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "17.4% (2018 est.)" + "text": "14.1% (2020 est.)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires John T. MCNAMARA (since 8 September 2023)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires John T. McNAMARA (since 8 September 2023)" }, "embassy": { "text": "Avenida La Encalada, Cuadra 17 s/n, Surco, Lima 33" diff --git a/south-asia/bt.json b/south-asia/bt.json index 036dc375..a4db59d3 100644 --- a/south-asia/bt.json +++ b/south-asia/bt.json @@ -515,13 +515,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Chi Tshog consists of:
non-partisan National Council or Gyelyong Tshogde (25 seats; 20 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 5 members appointed by the king; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly or Tshogdu (47 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies in a two-round system; in the primary round, contesting political parties are directly selected by simple majority vote; in the main round, the two top parties in the primary round field candidates who are directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)  " + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Chi Tshog consists of:
non-partisan National Council or Gyelyong Tshogde (25 seats; 20 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 5 members appointed by the king; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly or Tshogdu (46 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies in a two-round system; in the primary round, contesting political parties are directly selected by simple majority vote; in the main round, the two top parties in the primary round field candidates who are directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)  " }, "elections": { "text": "
National Council - last held on 20 April 2023 (next to be held in 2028)
National Assembly - primary round held on 15 September 2018 and main round held on 18 October 2018 (next primary round be held in December 2023 and main round to be held in January 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
National Council - seats by party - independent 20 (all candidates ran as independents) and 5 appointed by the king; composition (elected only) - men 19, women 1, percent of women 5%; note - composition of 5 appointments by the king unavailable as of mid-May 2023
National Assembly - first round - percent of vote by party - DNT 31.9%, DPT 30.9%, PDP 27.4%, BKP 9.8%; second round - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DNT 30, DPT 17; composition - men 40, women 7, percent of women 14.9%; note - total Parliament NA" + "text": "
National Council - seats by party - independent 20 (all candidates ran as independents) and 5 appointed by the king; composition as of October 2023 - men 22, women 3, percent of women 12%
National Assembly - first round - percent of vote by party - DNT 31.9%, DPT 30.9%, PDP 27.4%, BKP 9.8%; second round - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DNT 30, DPT 17; composition as of October 2023 - men 39, women 8, percent of women 17%; note - total Parliament percent of women 15.3%" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/south-asia/mv.json b/south-asia/mv.json index 32eca3a9..01a47712 100644 --- a/south-asia/mv.json +++ b/south-asia/mv.json @@ -326,9 +326,6 @@ "text": "71.9% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { - "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0%" - }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "2.2%" }, diff --git a/world/xx.json b/world/xx.json index 8e15a027..14ef0266 100644 --- a/world/xx.json +++ b/world/xx.json @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ "text": "

The conquests of Alexander the Great (r. 336-323 B.C.) in the fourth century B.C. fostered the spread of Greek culture to the lands bordering the eastern Mediterranean and through much of the Middle East, ushering in what is today referred to as the Hellenistic Period (323-31 B.C.). Guidebooks compiled by Hellenistic sightseers focused on outstanding monuments in those parts of the world now brought into the Hellenistic sphere: Persia, Egypt, and Babylon. Generally, seven were emphasized since that number was considered magical, perfect, and complete. Not all Wonders lists from ancient times agreed completely, but generally six of the seven consistently appeared (the massive Walls of Babylon sometimes substituted for the Lighthouse of Alexandria). The seven described below represent the “classic” Seven Wonders most often cited.

1. The Great Pyramid of Egypt
The oldest of the Seven Wonders, the Great Pyramid is the only one that remains largely intact. Commissioned by the Pharaoh Khufu (r. ca. 2589-2566 B.C.), it is the largest of the three pyramids at Giza. It served as the ruler’s tomb and was built over a period of some 20 years, concluding about 2560 B.C. Estimated to have been 146.5 m tall when completed, it was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years (until the 14th century A.D.). Most of the original limestone casing stones that formed the outer smooth surface of the pyramid are gone. Today, the pyramid’s height is about 139 m.

2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
This is the only one of the ancient Seven Wonders for which a definitive location has never been established. There are no surviving Babylonian texts mentioning the Gardens, nor have any archeological remains ever been discovered in today’s Iraq. According to tradition, the Gardens were a remarkable feat of engineering with an ascending series of mud-brick-tiered gardens containing a variety of trees, shrubs, and vines that when viewed from below resembled a leafy green mountain. The Gardens are frequently attributed to the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605-562 B.C.), who had them built for his Median wife Queen Amytis, who missed the green hills and valleys of her homeland.

3. The Temple of Artemis (Artemision) at Ephesus
This Greek temple at Ephesus (3 km southwest of Selcuk in present-day western Turkey), dedicated to the goddess Artemis, was completely rebuilt twice: once after a 7th century B.C. flood and then following a 356 B.C. act of arson. In its final form it was judged to be one of the Seven Wonders and it survived for 600 years. The magnificent building was composed entirely of marble. Its massive dimensions were reported as 130 m by 69 m, with 127 columns, each some 18 m tall. The Temple was damaged in a Gothic raid in A.D. 268 and finally closed by Christians in the early-to-mid 5th century. The structure was dismantled in succeeding centuries and today almost nothing of the Temple remains.

4. The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Constructed in about 350 B.C., the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus was located on the site of the present-day city of Bodrum in southwestern Turkey. It was the tomb of Mausolus, a Persian ruler, and his wife. (It is from the ruler’s name that the term mausoleum is derived.) The structure stood about 45 m high and took some 20 years to complete. A series of earthquakes between the 12th and 15th centuries A.D. devastated the structure, the last of the original Seven Wonders to be destroyed.

5. The Colossus of Rhodes
This statue of the Greek sun god Helios, constructed to celebrate Rhodes’ successful repulse of a siege, was made of iron tie bars to which brass or bronze plates were attached to form a skin. Contemporary descriptions list its height at about 70 cubits or some 33 m – approximately the same height as the Statue of Liberty from heel to top of head (34 m) – thus making it the tallest statue in the ancient world. Completed in about 280 B.C. at the entrance to Rhodes harbor, the monument only stood for approximately 54 years until it toppled in a 226 B.C. earthquake. The impressive remains lay on the ground for over 800 years before finally being sold for scrap.

6. The Lighthouse (Pharos) of Alexandria
Completed around 275 B.C., the Alexandria Lighthouse stood on Pharos Island at the entrance to the Egyptian port city for some 1,600 years! It was severely damaged by three earthquakes between A.D. 956 and 1323, when it was deactivated. We have a fairly good idea of the shape of the structure since it appears on a number of ancient coins. A solid square base, which made up about half of the height, supported an octagonal middle section, and a cylindrical top. The height of the structure is thought to have been at least 100 m and perhaps as high as 140 m. (The tallest lighthouse in the world today is the Jeddah Light in Saudi Arabia, which stands at 133 m.) At its apex stood a mirror that reflected sunlight during the day; a fire burned at night. Since it could be seen at a very great distance, the Pharos light served as a reassuring beacon for mariners from all parts of the Mediterranean.

7. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia in Greece
The giant seated statue of the king of the Greek gods in the sanctuary of Olympia was completed by the Greek sculptor Phidias in approximately 435 B.C. Roughly 13 m tall, it was constructed of ivory plates and gold panels on a wooden framework; the god’s throne was ornamented with ebony, ivory, gold, and precious stones. With the rise of Christianity, the sanctuary at Olympia fell into disuse; the details of the statue’s final destruction are unknown.

note: The Lighthouse of Alexandria may have been the last of the Wonders to be completed (ca. 275 B.C.) and the Colossus of Rhodes was the first to be destroyed in about 226 B.C., so the Seven Wonders existed at the same time for only some 50 years in the middle of the third century B.C.

" }, "The New Seven Wonders of the World": { - "text": "

A private initiative to come up with a new list for seven of the world’s wonders sprang up early in the new Millennium. Worldwide balloting – via the Internet or by telephone – took place covering a list of 200 existing monuments. Reportedly over 100 million votes were cast over a period of several years and the final list was announced on 7-7-2007. Even though the polling was unscientific, the seven “winners” were a worthy compilation of extraordinary Wonders to be found around the world. All seven of the New Wonders are inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites and are frequently cited in the literature. 

1. Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
This archeological site includes the impressive remains of a large pre-Columbian Maya city that flourished from ca. A.D. 600-1100. Among the outstanding structures at the site are the massive Temple of the Warriors complex, an Observatory (El Caracol), the Great Ball Court, and the Sacred Cenote (sinkhole) where offerings were made. The most famous building, however, is the step-pyramid known as the Temple of Kukulcan that dominates the center of the site and serves as the symbol of Chichen Itza. The pyramidal structure is 24 m high; the crowning temple adds another 6 m. Although located in the dense jungles of Yucatan, it remains one of the most visited tourist sites in Mexico.

2. The Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Construction began with the Roman Emperor Vespasian in A.D. 72 and was completed by his son Titus in A.D. 80. Some further modifications were made by Domitian (A.D. 81-96). The three emperors make up the Flavian Dynasty, thus providing the alternate name for the structure as the Flavian Amphitheater. The massive structure is estimated to have seated, on average, about 65 thousand spectators and was most famously used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles. Substantially ruined by earthquakes and thieves who looted much of the stone, the structure nonetheless remains an iconic symbol of Rome. The Colosseum is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the World.

3. Christ the Redeemer Statue, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Built between 1922 and 1931, the 30-meter-tall sculpture is reputed to be the largest Art Deco statue in the World. Its pedestal provides another 8 m in height and the arms stretch out to 28 m. Constructed of reinforced concrete and soapstone, the statue has become the cultural icon not only of Rio but also of Brazil.

4. Great Wall, China
The name refers to a remarkable series of fortification systems that stretched across the northern historical borders of China and served as protection against various nomadic peoples. The earliest of these walls date to the 7th century B.C.; certain stretches began to be linked in the 3rd century B.C. and successive dynasties added to or maintained various sections of the walls. The best known and best-preserved portions of the wall are those built by the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). An archeological survey revealed that the Wall and all its associated branches measures 21,196 km. Winding through amazingly varied terrain, the Great Wall is acknowledged as one of the most impressive architectural feats in history.

5. Machu Picchu, Cuzco Region, Peru
Perhaps the most spectacular archeological site in the Americas, the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, situated on a 2,430 m Andean mountain ridge, is now thought to have been erected as an estate for the Inca Emperor Pachacuti (r. 1438-1471). Additionally, it may also have served as a religious sanctuary. Built between about 1450 and 1460, it was abandoned approximately a century later, at the time of the Spanish conquest. Construction was carried out in the classic Inca style of polished, dry-stone, fitted walls. Some 750 people lived at this royal estate, most of them support staff to the nobility. The site is roughly divided into an agricultural sector (with myriad terraces for raising crops) and an urban sector. The latter is composed of an upper town (with temples) and a lower town (with warehouses). Some of the religious monuments include: the Intiwatana (a carved, ritual stone that served as a type of sundial and that is referred to as “The Hitching Post of the Sun”); the Torreon or Temple of the Sun, a small tower that likely served as a type of observatory; and the Intimachay, a sacred cave with a masonry entrance.

6. Petra, Ma’an, Jordan
Petra is believed to have been established in the 4th century B.C. as the capital of the Nabataean Kingdom, an entity that grew fabulously wealthy as the nexus of trade routes in the southern Levant. The kingdom retained its independence until annexed by the Roman Empire in A.D. 106. The city is justifiably famous for two things, its stunning rock-cut architecture and its water conduit system, which allowed the Nabataeans to control and store the water supply in this desert region and create an artificial oasis. At its peak in the 1st century A.D., the city may have had a population of 20 thousand.

7. Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
This gorgeous ivory-white mausoleum – described as “one of the universally admired masterpieces of the World’s heritage” – was commissioned in 1632 by Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658) as the final resting place for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The building also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. The Taj Mahal is the centerpiece of an entire 17-hectare complex that also includes a guest house, a mosque, and formal gardens. The entire project was not completed until about 1653. The Taj Mahal remains one of the most visited tourist sites in the World.

note: The Great Pyramid of Egypt, the only surviving Wonder of the ancient Seven, received an honorary status among the New Seven Wonders. Its inclusion enabled a Wonder to be listed for each of the continents but Australia.

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A private initiative to come up with a new list for seven of the world’s wonders sprang up early in the new Millennium. Worldwide balloting – via the Internet or by telephone – took place covering a list of 200 existing monuments. Reportedly over 100 million votes were cast over a period of several years and the final list was announced on 7-7-2007. Even though the polling was unscientific, the seven “winners” were a worthy compilation of extraordinary Wonders to be found around the world. All seven of the New Wonders are inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites and are frequently cited in the literature. 

1. Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
This archeological site includes the impressive remains of a large pre-Columbian Maya city that flourished from ca. A.D. 600-1100. Among the outstanding structures at the site are the massive Temple of the Warriors complex, an Observatory (El Caracol), the Great Ball Court, and the Sacred Cenote (sinkhole) where offerings were made. The most famous building, however, is the step-pyramid known as the Temple of Kukulcan that dominates the center of the site and serves as the symbol of Chichen Itza. The pyramidal structure is 24 m high; the crowning temple adds another 6 m. Although located in the dense jungles of Yucatan, it remains one of the most visited tourist sites in Mexico.

2. The Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Construction began with the Roman Emperor Vespasian in A.D. 72 and was completed by his son Titus in A.D. 80. Some further modifications were made by Domitian (A.D. 81-96). The three emperors make up the Flavian Dynasty, thus providing the alternate name for the structure as the Flavian Amphitheater. The massive structure is estimated to have seated, on average, about 65 thousand spectators and was most famously used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles. Substantially ruined by earthquakes and thieves who looted much of the stone, the structure nonetheless remains an iconic symbol of Rome. The Colosseum is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the World.

3. Christ the Redeemer Statue, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Built between 1922 and 1931, the 30-meter-tall sculpture is reputed to be the largest Art Deco statue in the World. Its pedestal provides another 8 m in height and the arms stretch out to 28 m. Constructed of reinforced concrete and soapstone, the statue has become the cultural icon not only of Rio but also of Brazil.

4. Great Wall, China
The name refers to a remarkable series of fortification systems that stretched across the northern historical borders of China and served as protection against various nomadic peoples. The earliest of these walls date to the 7th century B.C.; certain stretches began to be linked in the 3rd century B.C. and successive dynasties added to or maintained various sections of the walls. The best known and best-preserved portions of the wall are those built by the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). An archeological survey revealed that the Wall and all its associated branches measures 21,196 km. Winding through amazingly varied terrain, the Great Wall is acknowledged as one of the most impressive architectural feats in history.

5. Machu Picchu, Cuzco Region, Peru
Perhaps the most spectacular archeological site in the Americas, the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, situated on a 2,430 m Andean mountain ridge, is now thought to have been erected as an estate for the Inca Emperor Pachacuti (r. 1438-1471). Additionally, it may also have served as a religious sanctuary. Built between about 1450 and 1460, it was abandoned approximately a century later, at the time of the Spanish conquest. Construction was carried out in the classic Inca style of polished, dry-stone, fitted walls. Some 750 people lived at this royal estate, most of them support staff to the nobility. The site is roughly divided into an agricultural sector (with myriad terraces for raising crops) and an urban sector. The latter is composed of an upper town (with temples) and a lower town (with warehouses). Some of the religious monuments include: the Intiwatana (a carved, ritual stone that served as a type of sundial and that is referred to as “The Hitching Post of the Sun”); the Torreon or Temple of the Sun, a small tower that likely served as a type of observatory; and the Intimachay, a sacred cave with a masonry entrance.

6. Petra, Ma’an, Jordan
Petra is believed to have been established in the 4th century B.C. as the capital of the Nabataean Kingdom, an entity that grew fabulously wealthy as the nexus of trade routes in the southern Levant. The kingdom retained its independence until annexed by the Roman Empire in A.D. 106. The city is justifiably famous for two things, its stunning rock-cut architecture and its water conduit system, which allowed the Nabataeans to control and store the water supply in this desert region and create an artificial oasis. At its peak in the 1st century A.D., the city may have had a population of 20 thousand.

7. Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
This gorgeous ivory-white mausoleum – described as “one of the universally admired masterpieces of the World’s heritage” – was commissioned in 1632 by Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658) as the final resting place for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The building also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. The Taj Mahal is the centerpiece of an entire 17-hectare complex that also includes a guest house, a mosque, and formal gardens. The entire project was not completed until about 1653. The Taj Mahal remains one of the most visited tourist sites in the World.

note: The Great Pyramid of Egypt, the only surviving Wonder of the ancient Seven, received an honorary status among the New Seven Wonders. Its inclusion enabled a Wonder to be listed for five of the six habitable continents (all but Australia).

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While all of the above Wonders are indeed outstanding, their presence in any type of list is entirely subjective. There are many other fabulous sites around the world that are equally worthy of being designated as Wonders. (An example is the inclusion of Chichen Itza from Mexico. While it is spectacular, it became a 'Wonder' for its popularity as a tourist site. Equally worthy in the same country is Teotihuacan, a far larger site outside of Mexico City that has two immense pyramids that dwarf the one at Chichen Itza.)

Taking these considerations into account, The World Factbook has come up with a Seven Wonders list that is indisputable, i.e., a list derived in a completely objective manner. A decision was made to focus on natural wonders and not anything man-made. These Wonders are all the biggest in their respective categories (they cannot be topped) and so there can be no dispute with the choice, therefore the 'ultra' designation. This fact distinguishes the Factbook listing from other Seven Natural Wonders lists that have been compiled in the past.

1. Amazonia
A trans-national Wonder that is: a. the World's largest collection of land biodiversity, b. the World's largest rainforest, and c. includes the World's largest swamp in the Amazon River floodplain; mostly in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia, but also in Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.

2. Central Indo-Pacific Region
A Wonder hotspot that is the World's largest collection of marine biodiversity; best represented by the Coral Triangle in the tropical waters around the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste; as well as by the Great Barrier Reef (the World's largest reef) in Australia.

3. The Aurora (Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis; aka the Polar Lights)
The World's largest light display that never ceases to awe; seen in countries of the northern latitudes, as well as those of the southern latitudes and Antarctica.

4. Mount Everest and the Himalayas
The World's tallest mountain and mountain range above sea level that stretches across Nepal, China (Tibet), India, Pakistan, and Bhutan (see alternate below).

5. Victoria Falls
The World's largest unbroken waterfall on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe (see alternates below).

6. Sahara
The World's largest hot desert that spreads across Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, and Tunisia (see alternate below).

7. Animal Migrations
The Earth is full of astounding migrations – occurring daily, seasonally, or annually – that are truly awe-inspiring natural wonders. A few extraordinary examples are: a. the diel vertical migrations (DVM, the World's largest animal migration in terms of biomass and number of animals participating), which occur twice daily in all the oceans when zooplankton (microscopic animals) and fish rise to near the surface at night to feed on phytoplankton (microscopic plants) and then with the return of day dive back into the depths to hide in dark waters; b. the Arctic tern's annual round trip of 71,000 km (from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere and back (the World's longest avian migration); or c. the 22,000 km annual migration of the humpback whale (World's longest mammal migration).

Alternates

Mountain alternate (no. 4). If measured strictly from base to peak, then the World's tallest and largest mountains would be on the Island of Hawaii, which includes both the World's tallest mountain [Mauna Kea] and the World's largest active volcano and most voluminous mountain [Mauna Loa]); United States (Hawaii).

Waterfall alternate (no. 5). What constitutes the 'biggest' waterfall(s) can be approached in a number of ways. Depending on one's viewpoint, Iguazu Falls (World's largest waterfall system (275 drops)) in Argentina and Brazil, or Angel Falls (World's tallest waterfall) in Venezuela could substitute.

Desert alternate (no. 6). If a desert is defined as a barren area where little precipitation occurs, then Antarctica with the World's largest polar desert would certainly qualify; it is about 1.5 times the size of the Sahara. The southern continent does not belong to any one country but is a condominium governed by parties to the Antarctic Treaty.

note: A question might arise, how about the World's largest canyon? The Grand Canyon (United States, Arizona) is sometimes mentioned as a Wonder of the World, but 'largest' canyons can be notoriously difficult to define and measure. Does one go by length, depth, or total area of canyon system? Then too, there are largely inaccessible canyons in the Himalayas that have never been properly surveyed and massive canyons are known to exist in some ice-covered parts of Greenland and Antarctica. Therefore, it is not possible to come up with a superlative canyon.

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