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"text": "total: 0.6% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "5.5% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "5.5% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "5.4% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "1.66 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"text": "3.8% (2019)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "7% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "5.6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "14.4% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "81.4%"
},
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"text": "87.4%"
},
"female": {
"text": "75.3% (2018)"
"text": "74.2% (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "58 provinces (wilayas, singular - wilaya); Adrar, Ain Defla, Ain Temouchent, Alger (Algiers), Annaba, Batna, Bechar, Bejaia, Beni Abbes, Biskra, Blida, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djanet, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Meghaier, El Meniaa, El Oued, El Tarf, Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, In Guezzam, In Salah, Jijel, Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara, Medea, Mila, Mostaganem, M'Sila, Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Ouled Djellal, Oum el Bouaghi, Relizane, Saida, Setif, Sidi Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk Ahras, Tamanrasset, Tebessa, Tiaret, Timimoun, Tindouf, Tipaza, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen, Touggourt"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "5 July 1962 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 5 July (1962); Revolution Day, 1 November (1954)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of French civil law and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials including several Supreme Court justices"
},
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"text": "Algerian National Front or FNA<br>Algerian Popular Movement or MPA<br>Algeria's Hope Rally or TAJ<br>Dignity or El Karama<br>El-Infitah<br>El Mostakbal (Future Front)<br>Ennour El Djazairi Party (Algerian Radiance Party) or PED<br>Equity and Proclamation Party or PEP<br>Islamic Renaissance Movement or Ennahda Movement<br>Justice and Development Front or FJD<br>Movement for National Reform or El Islah<br>Movement of Society for Peace or MSP<br>National Construction Movement or El-Bina (Harakat El-Binaa El-Watani)<br>National Democratic Rally (Rassemblement National Democratique) or RND<br>National Front for Social Justice or FNJS<br>National Liberation Front or FLN<br>National Militancy Front or FMN<br>National Party for Solidarity and Development or PNSD<br>National Republican Alliance or ANR<br>New Dawn Party (El-Fajr El-Jadid)<br>New Generation (Jil Jadid)<br>Oath of 1954 or Ahd 54<br>Party of Justice and Liberty or PLJ<br>Rally for Culture and Democracy or RCD<br>Socialist Forces Front or FFS<br>Union for Change and Progress or UCP<br>Union of Democratic and Social Forces or UFDS<br>Vanguard of Liberties (Talaie El Hurriyet)<br>Workers Party or PT<br>Youth Party or PJ",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> a law banning political parties based on religion was enacted in 1997"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AMU, AU, BIS, CAEU, CD, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OPEC, OSCE (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Sabri BOUKADOUM (since 27 February 2024)"
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"text": "<br>algierspd@state.gov<br><br>https://dz.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AMU, AU, BIS, CAEU, CD, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OPEC, OSCE (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "5 July 1962 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 5 July (1962); Revolution Day, 1 November (1954)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white; a red, five-pointed star within a red crescent centered over the two-color boundary; the colors represent Islam (green), purity and peace (white), and liberty (red); the crescent and star are also Islamic symbols, but the crescent is more closed than those of other Muslim countries because Algerians believe the long crescent horns bring happiness"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "five-pointed star between the extended horns of a crescent moon, fennec fox; national colors: green, white, red"
"text": "five-pointed star between the extended horns of a crescent moon; fennec fox"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "green, white, red"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 33.5% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "3% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "3% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "6.7% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.24 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"text": "6% (2016)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "2.4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "2.5% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "6.5% national budget (2025 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "71.1%"
"text": "66.2% (2015 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "82.6%"
"text": "83.8% (2015 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "62.4% (2015)"
"text": "51.9% (2015 est.)"
}
}
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza-Norte, Cuanza-Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda-Norte, Lunda-Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "11 November 1975 (from Portugal)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 11 November (1975)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil legal system based on Portuguese civil law; no judicial review of legislation"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Broad Convergence for the Salvation of Angola Electoral Coalition or CASA-CE <br>Humanist Party of Angola or PHI <br>National Front for the Liberation of Angola or FNLA; note - party has two factions<br>National Union for the Total Independence of Angola or UNITA (largest opposition party)<br>Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola or MPLA; note- ruling party in power since 1975<br>Social Renewal Party or PRS "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CEMAC, CPLP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMISS, Union Latina, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Agostinho de Carvalho dos Santos VAN-D&Uacute;NEM (since 30 June 2023)"
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"text": "<br>Consularluanda@state.gov<br><br>https://ao.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CEMAC, CPLP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMISS, Union Latina, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "11 November 1975 (from Portugal)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 11 November (1975)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle); red represents liberty and black the African continent; the symbols characterize workers and peasants"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Palanca Negra Gigante (giant black sable antelope); national colors: red, black, yellow"
"text": "giant black sable antelope (<em>Palanca negra gigante</em>)"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, black, yellow"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 0.6% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "6.3% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "6.3% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "14.6% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "45% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "8.7% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "8.1% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "21.5% national budget (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "88.5%"
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "10 districts and 6 town councils*; Central, Chobe, Francistown*, Gaborone*, Ghanzi, Jwaneng*, Kgalagadi, Kgatleng, Kweneng, Lobatse*, North East, North West, Selebi-Phikwe*, South East, Southern, Sowa Town*"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "30 September 1966 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day (Botswana Day), 30 September (1966)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil law influenced by the Roman-Dutch model, including customary and common law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Alliance of Progressives or AP <br>Botswana Congress Party or BCP <br>Botswana Democratic Party or BDP <br>Botswana National Front or BNF [Duma BOKO]Botswana Patriotic Front or BPF <br>Botswana Peoples Party or BPP <br>Botswana Republic Party or BRP <br>Umbrella for Democratic Change or UDC (various times the coalition has included the BPP, BCP, BNF and other parties)"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Mpho Churchill MOPHUTING (since 18 September 2024)"
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"text": "<br>ConsularGaborone@state.gov<br><br>https://bw.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "30 September 1966 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day (Botswana Day), 30 September (1966)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "light blue with a horizontal white-edged black stripe in the center; the blue symbolizes water in the form of rain, and the black and white bands represent racial harmony"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "zebra; national colors: light blue, white, black"
"text": "zebra"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "light blue, white, black"
},
"National coat of arms": {
"text": "The two zebras on Botswana's coat of arms are the country’s national symbol. They support an elephant tusk that represents the country's fauna and a head of sorghum that signifies agriculture. The three wavy blue bands symbolize the country’s reliance on water, the cog wheels stand for industry, and the bull’s head represents the cattle industry. The coat of arms also features the national colors of light blue, white, and black. The motto reflects the scarcity of rain in the country: <em>pula </em>means “let there be rain” in Setswana, the national language."
"text": "the two zebras, the country’s national symbol, support an elephant tusk that represents the country's fauna and a head of sorghum that signifies agriculture; the three wavy blue bands stand for the country’s reliance on water, the cog wheels for industry, and the bull’s head for the cattle industry; the coat of arms also features the national colors of light blue, white, and black; the motto reflects the scarcity of rain in the country: <em>pula </em>means “let there be rain” in Setswana, the national language"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 25.3% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "2.6% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "2.6% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "2.6% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.22 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
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"text": "4.6% (2022)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "3% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "3.7% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "18% national budget (2025 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "45.8%"
"text": "51.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "56.9%"
"text": "62.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "35% (2021)"
"text": "41.5% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "12 departments; Alibori, Atacora, Atlantique, Borgou, Collines, Couffo, Donga, Littoral, Mono, Oueme, Plateau, Zou"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 August 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 1 August (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system modeled largely on the French system and some customary law"
},
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"text": "African Movement for Development and Progress or MADEP <br>Benin Renaissance or RB <br>Cowrie Force for an Emerging Benin or FCBE <br>Democratic Renewal Party or PRD <br>Progressive Union for Renewal <br>Republican Bloc <br>Sun Alliance or AS <br>The Democrats <br>Union Makes the Nation or UN (includes PRD, MADEP)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> approximately 20 additional minor parties"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Jean-Claude Felix DO REGO (since 17 July 2020)"
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"text": "<br>ACSCotonou@state.gov<br><br>https://bj.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 August 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 1 August (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and red (bottom) with a vertical green band on the hoist side; green stands for hope and revival, yellow for wealth, and red for courage",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "leopard; national colors: green, yellow, red"
"text": "leopard"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "green, yellow, red"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 18.4% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "9.1% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "9.1% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "4.7% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"text": "1.4% (2017)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "4.4% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "20.6% national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "74.7%"
"text": "68% (2017 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "81.3%"
"text": "76% (2017 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "68.4% (2021)"
"text": "61% (2017 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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"text": "5.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"widespread lack of access": {
"text": "<em>due to the effects of weather - </em>according to the latest estimates, about 1.2 million people are estimated to be facing Crisis levels of acute food insecurity between June and September 2023, unchanged year on year; the main drivers are the lingering impact of floods in northern areas in late 2022 and high food prices due, in part, to the depreciation of the local currency (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "28 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "18 provinces; Bubanza, Bujumbura Mairie, Bujumbura Rural, Bururi, Cankuzo, Cibitoke, Gitega, Karuzi, Kayanza, Kirundo, Makamba, Muramvya, Muyinga, Mwaro, Ngozi, Rumonge, Rutana, Ruyigi; note- a law was passed in March 2023 reducing the number of provinces to five: Buhumuza, Bujumbura, Burunga, Butanyerera, Gitega, with full implementation by 2025."
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 1 July (1962)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of Belgian civil law and customary law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Council for Democracy and the Sustainable Development of Burundi or CODEBU <br>Front for Democracy in Burundi-Sahwanya or FRODEBU-Sahwanya <br>National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Front for the Defense of Democracy or CNDD-FDD <br>National Congress for Liberty or CNL <br>National Liberation Forces or FNL <br>Union for National Progress (Union pour le Progress Nationale) or UPRONA "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, CEMAC, CEPGL, CICA, COMESA, EAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICGLR, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Jean Bosco BAREGE (since 27 February 2024)"
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"text": "<br>BujumburaC@state.gov<br><br>https://bi.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, CEMAC, CEPGL, CICA, COMESA, EAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICGLR, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 1 July (1962)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "divided by a white diagonal cross into red panels (top and bottom) and green panels (hoist side and fly side) with a white disk at the center bearing three red six-pointed stars outlined in green and arranged in a triangular design; green stands for hope and optimism, white for purity and peace, and red for the blood shed in the struggle for independence; the three stars in the disk represent the major ethnic groups (Hutu, Twa, Tutsi), as well as unity, work, and progress"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion; national colors: red, white, green"
"text": "lion"
},
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"text": "red, white, green"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 39.1% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "5.2% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "5.2% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "7.3% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
@ -354,21 +359,23 @@
"text": "8.1% (2019)"
}
},
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"text": "2.9% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "3.2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "16.5% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic"
},
"total population": {
"text": "26.8%"
"text": "30.6% (2019 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "35.4%"
"text": "44.5% (2019 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "18.2% (2021)"
"text": "18.6% (2019 est.)"
}
},
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@ -426,11 +433,6 @@
"text": "4.1% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"widespread lack of access": {
"text": "<em>due to civil insecurity and high food prices - </em>according to the latest analysis, about 1.86 million people are projected to experience acute food insecurity during the June to August 2023 lean season period; this would be an improvement compared to the previous year, mostly due to the higher year-on-year cereal output in 2022 after the below average 2021 production; acute food insecurity is underpinned by persisting insecurity in the Lac and Tibesti regions, which had displaced over 380 000 people by April 2023; furthermore, elevated food prices due to high fuel costs and localized crop losses during the 2022 floods are aggravating food insecurity (2023)"
}
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"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "41.15 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -512,12 +514,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "23 provinces (provinces, singular - province); Barh-El-Gazel, Batha, Borkou, Chari-Baguirmi, Ennedi-Est, Ennedi-Ouest, Guera, Hadjer-Lamis, Kanem, Lac, Logone Occidental, Logone Oriental, Mandoul, Mayo-Kebbi-Est, Mayo-Kebbi-Ouest, Moyen-Chari, N'Djamena, Ouaddai, Salamat, Sila, Tandjile, Tibesti, Wadi-Fira"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "11 August 1960 (from France)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 11 August (1960)"
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"text": "mixed system of civil and customary law"
},
@ -641,9 +637,6 @@
"text": "Chadian Convention for Peace and Development or CTPD<br>Federation Action for the Republic or FAR<br>National Rally for Development and Progress or Viva-RNDP<br>National Union for Democracy and Renewal or UNDR<br>Party for Unity and Reconstruction or PUR<br>Patriotic Salvation Movement or MPS <br>Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP<br>Rally of Chadian Nationalists/Awakening or RNDT/Le Reveil<br>Social Democratic Party for a Change-over of Power or PDSA<br>Union for Democracy and the Republic or UDR<br>Union for Renewal and Democracy or URD<br>Transformers<strong><br></strong>",
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong> 19 additional parties each contributed one member<br><strong><br>note 2: </strong> on 5 October 2021, Interim President Mahamat Idriss DEBY appointed 93 members to the interim National Transitional Council (NTC); 30% of the NTC members were retained from parties previously represented in the National Assembly"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, MNJTF, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador KITOKO GATA Ngoulou (since 30 June 2023)"
@ -681,12 +674,24 @@
"text": "<br>NdjamenaACS@state.gov<br><br>https://td.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, MNJTF, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "11 August 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 11 August (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), gold, and red; the flag combines the blue and red French (former colonial) colors with the red and yellow of the Pan-African colors; blue symbolizes the sky, hope, and the south of the country; gold represents the sun and the desert in the north; red stands for progress, unity, and sacrifice",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> almost identical to the flag of Romania but with a darker shade of blue; also similar to the flags of Andorra and Moldova, both of which have a national coat of arms centered in the yellow band; design based on France's flag"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "goat (north), lion (south); national colors: blue, yellow, red"
"text": "goat (north), lion (south)"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, yellow, red"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 15.8% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "3.9% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "3.9% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "3.5% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -354,13 +359,15 @@
"text": "5.6% (2018 est.)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "4.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "3.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "14.7% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "80.6%"
},
@ -426,11 +433,6 @@
"text": "3.19% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
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"severe localized food insecurity": {
"text": "<em>due to floods -</em> above average rainfall amounts since November 2022 triggered flooding in December 2022 and January 2023 in central and northern parts of the country, displacing people; according to damage assessment reports, about 165,000 people have been affected in 23 districts in the departments of Cuvette, Likouala, Plateaux and Sangha (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "29.48 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -518,12 +520,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "12 departments (departments, singular - department); Bouenza, Brazzaville, Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, Kouilou, Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pointe-Noire, Pool, Sangha"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "15 August 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 15 August (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of French civil law and customary law"
},
@ -647,9 +643,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Alliance of the Presidential Majority or AMP<br>Action Movement for Renewal or MAR <br>Citizen's Rally or RC <br>Congolese Labour Party or PCT <br>Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development or MCDDI <br>Congo on the Move or LCEM <br>Movement for Unity, Solidarity, and Work or MUST <br>Pan-African Union for Social Development or UPADS <br>Club 2002-Party for the Unity and the Republic or Club 2002 <br>Patriotic Union for Democracy and Progress or UPDP <br>Perspectives and Realities Club or CPR <br>Rally for Democracy and Social Progress or RDPS <br>Republican and Liberal Party or PRL <br>Union of Democratic Forces or UDF <br>Union for Democracy and Republic or UDR<br>Union of Humanist Democrats or UDH-YUKI <br>Union for the Republic or UR "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC (observer), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Serge MOMBOULI (since 31 July 2001)"
@ -684,12 +677,24 @@
"text": "<br>BrazzavilleACS@state.gov<br><br>https://cg.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC (observer), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "15 August 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 15 August (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a yellow band; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is red; green symbolizes agriculture and forests, and yellow the friendship and nobility of the people; the meaning of the red color is not noted but has been associated with the struggle for independence",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion, elephant; national colors: green, yellow, red"
"text": "lion, elephant"
},
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"text": "green, yellow, red"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 40.6% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "3.8% of GDP (2021)"
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"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "3.8% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "4% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -360,21 +365,23 @@
"text": "5.6% (2018)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "2.7% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "2.8% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "18.4% national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba"
},
"total population": {
"text": "80%"
"text": "73.6% (2018 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "89.5%"
"text": "87.5% (2018 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "70.8% (2021)"
"text": "61.6% (2018 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -432,11 +439,6 @@
"text": "4.33% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"widespread lack of access": {
"text": "<em>due to internal conflict in eastern regions and high food prices - </em>according to an October 2022 analysis, 24.5 million people were projected to experience acute food insecurity between January and June 2023; this is due to the intensification of the conflict in the northeastern provinces, which, among other factors, has prevented completion of the harvests and likely will reduce food availability in the months to come (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "31.58 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -535,12 +537,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "26 provinces (provinces, singular - province); Bas-Uele (Lower Uele), Equateur, Haut-Katanga (Upper Katanga), Haut-Lomami (Upper Lomami), Haut-Uele (Upper Uele), Ituri, Kasai, Kasai-Central, Kasai-Oriental (East Kasai), Kinshasa, Kongo Central, Kwango, Kwilu, Lomami, Lualaba, Mai-Ndombe, Maniema, Mongala, Nord-Kivu (North Kivu), Nord-Ubangi (North Ubangi), Sankuru, Sud-Kivu (South Kivu), Sud-Ubangi (South Ubangi), Tanganyika, Tshopo, Tshuapa"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "30 June 1960 (from Belgium)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 30 June (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system primarily based on Belgian law, but also customary and tribal law"
},
@ -663,9 +659,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Christian Democrat Party or PDC <br>Congolese Rally for Democracy or RCD <br>Convention of Christian Democrats or CDC <br>Engagement for Citizenship and Development or ECIDE <br>Forces of Renewal or FR <br>Movement for the Liberation of the Congo or MLC <br>Nouvel Elan <br>Our Congo or CNB (\"Congo Na Biso\") <br>People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy or PPRD <br>Social Movement for Renewal or MSR <br>Together for Change (\"Ensemble\") <br>Unified Lumumbist Party or PALU<br>Union for the Congolese Nation or UNC <br>Union for Democracy and Social Progress or UDPS"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CEMAC, CEPGL, COMESA, EAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC (observer), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Michael SHAKU YUMI (since 1 August 2024)"
@ -706,11 +699,23 @@
"text": "<br>ACSKinshasa@state.gov<br><br>https://cd.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CEMAC, CEPGL, COMESA, EAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC (observer), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "30 June 1960 (from Belgium)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 30 June (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "sky-blue field divided diagonally from the lower hoist corner to upper fly corner by a red stripe bordered by two narrow yellow stripes; a yellow five-pointed star appears in the upper hoist corner; blue stands for peace and hope, red for the blood of the country's martyrs, and yellow for the country's wealth and prosperity; the star symbolizes unity and the brilliant future for the country"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "leopard; national colors: sky blue, red, yellow"
"text": "leopard"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "sky blue, red, yellow"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 21.4% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "3.8% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "3.8% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "3.9% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -359,21 +364,23 @@
"text": "2.9% (2018)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "3.2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "2.8% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "13.1% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "77.1%"
"text": "72.5% (2018 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "82.6%"
"text": "79.7% (2018 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "71.6% (2018)"
"text": "66.2% (2018 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -431,11 +438,6 @@
"text": "3.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"severe localized food insecurity": {
"text": "<em>due to civil insecurity and high food prices - </em>according to a March 2023 analysis, about 3 million people were estimated to be acutely food insecure between March and August 2023, as a result of conflict, sociopolitical unrest and high food prices, as well as floods that caused population displacements and damaged standing crops (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "56.37 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -525,12 +527,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "10 regions (regions, singular - region); Adamaoua, Centre, East (Est), Far North (Extr&ecirc;me-Nord), Littoral, North (Nord), North-West (Nord-Ouest), West (Ouest), South (Sud), South-West (Sud-Ouest)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "State Unification Day (National Day), 20 May (1972)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of English common law, French civil law, and customary law"
},
@ -653,9 +649,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Alliance for Democracy and Development <br>Cameroon People's Democratic Movement or CPDM <br>Cameroon People's Party or CPP <br>Cameroon Renaissance Movement or MRC <br>Cameroonian Democratic Union or UDC <br>Cameroonian Party for National Reconciliation or PCRN <br>Front for the National Salvation of Cameroon or FSNC <br>Movement for the Defense of the Republic or MDR <br>Movement for the Liberation and Development of Cameroon or MLDC <br>National Union for Democracy and Progress or UNDP <br>Progressive Movement or MP <br>Social Democratic Front or SDF <br>Union of Peoples of Cameroon or UPC <br>Union of Socialist Movements "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, C, CEMAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Henri ETOUNDI ESSOMBA (since 27 June 2016)"
@ -696,12 +689,24 @@
"text": "Douala"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, C, CEMAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "State Unification Day (National Day), 20 May (1972)"
},
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"text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), red, and yellow, with a yellow five-pointed star centered in the red band; the vertical tricolor recalls France's flag; red stands for unity, yellow for the sun, happiness, and the northern savannahs, and green for hope and the southern forests; the star is referred to as the \"star of unity\"",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
},
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"text": "lion; national colors: green, red, yellow"
"text": "lion"
},
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"text": "green, red, yellow"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {
@ -1117,7 +1122,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "government maintains tight control over broadcast media; state-owned Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV), with both TV and radio broadcasts, was the only officially recognized and fully licensed broadcaster until 2007, when the government issued licenses to 2 private TV broadcasters and 1 private radio broadcaster; about 70 privately owned, unlicensed radio stations operate under &ldquo;administrative tolerance,&rdquo; meaning the stations could be subject to closure at any time (2019)"
"text": "government maintains tight control over broadcast media; state-owned Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV), with both TV and radio broadcasts, was the only officially recognized and fully licensed broadcaster until 2007, when the government issued licenses to 2 private TV broadcasters and 1 private radio broadcaster; about 70 privately owned, unlicensed radio stations operate under &ldquo;administrative tolerance,&rdquo; meaning the stations could be subject to closure at any time (2023)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".cm"

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"text": "total: 8.9% of population (2017 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "6.3% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "6.3% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "4.7% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.42 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -332,13 +337,15 @@
"text": "6.9% (2022)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "2.6% of GDP (2015 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "2.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "11.5% national budget (2025 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "62%"
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "3 islands; Anjouan (Ndzuwani), Grande Comore (N'gazidja), Moheli (Mwali)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "6 July 1975 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 6 July (1975)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of Islamic religious law, the French civil code of 1975, and customary law"
},
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},
"amendment process": {
"text": "proposed by the president of the union or supported by at least one third of the Assembly of the Union membership; adoption requires approval by at least three-quarters majority of the total Assembly membership or approval in a referendum"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>a referendum held on 30 July 2018 - boycotted by the opposition - overwhelmingly approved a new constitution that allows for 2 consecutive 5-year presidential terms while retaining the rotating presidency within the islands"
}
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros or CRC<br>Juwa Party (Parti Juwa) or PJ<br>Orange Party (2020)"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AMF, AOSIS, AU, CAEU (candidates), COMESA, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Issimail CHANFI (since 23 December 2020); note - also Permanent Representative to the UN"
@ -605,12 +602,24 @@
"text": "the US does not have an embassy in Comoros; the US Ambassador to Madagascar is accredited to Comoros"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AMF, AOSIS, AU, CAEU (candidates), COMESA, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "6 July 1975 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 6 July (1975)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "four equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), white, red, and blue, with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist; a vertical white crescent moon is centered in the triangle, with the convex side facing the hoist and four white five-pointed stars placed vertically in a line between the points of the crescent; the horizontal bands and the four stars represent the four main islands of the archipelago -- Mwali, N'gazidja, Ndzuwani, and Mahore (Mayotte is a department of France, but claimed by Comoros)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the crescent, stars, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "four five-pointed stars and crescent moon; national colors: green, white"
"text": "four five-pointed stars and crescent moon"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "green, white"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 37.1% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "9.1% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "9.1% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "9% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
@ -330,21 +335,23 @@
"text": "17.1% (2019)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "2.2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "1.8% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "10% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "37.5%"
"text": "42.4% (2019 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "49.2%"
"text": "59.8% (2019 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "26.2% (2020)"
"text": "27.1% (2019 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -402,11 +409,6 @@
"text": "3.32% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies": {
"text": "<em>due to internal conflict and high food prices -</em> according to the latest analysis, issued in July 2023, the number of people in Crisis and above is projected to reach 2.4 million between April and August 2023; this reflects the impact of the ongoing conflict and civil insecurity, as well as the effects of flooding and drought conditions that curbed crop yields and agricultural production (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "27.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -491,12 +493,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "14 prefectures (pr&eacute;fectures, singular - pr&eacute;fecture), 2 economic pr&eacute;fectures* (pr&eacute;fectures &eacute;conomiques, singular - pr&eacute;fecture &eacute;conomique), and 1 commune**; Bamingui-Bangoran, Bangui**, Basse-Kotto, Haute-Kotto, Haut-Mbomou, Kemo, Lobaye, Mambere-Kadei, Mbomou, Nana-Grebizi*, Nana-Mambere, Ombella-Mpoko, Ouaka, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Sangha-Mbaere*, Vakaga"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "13 August 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Republic Day, 1 December (1958)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French model"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Action Party for Development or PAD<br>African Party for Radical Transformation and Integration of States or PATRIE<br>Alliance for Democracy and Progress or ADP<br>Be Africa ti e Kwe (also known as Central Africa for Us All or BTK)<br>Central African Democratic Rally or RDC<br>Central African Party for Integrated Development or PCDI<br>Democratic Movement for the Renewal and Evolution of Central Africa or MDREC<br>Kodro Ti Mo Kozo Si Movement or MKMKS<br>Movement for Democracy and Development or MDD<br>Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People or MLPC<br>National Convergence (also known as Kwa Na Kwa or KNK)<br>National Movement of Independents or MOUNI<br>National Union for Democracy and Progress or UNDP<br>National Union of Republican Democrats or UNADER<br>New Impetus for Central Africa or CANE<br>Party for Democracy and Solidarity - Kélémba or KPDS<br>Party for Democratic Governance or PGD<br>Path of Hope or CDE<br>Renaissance for Sustainable Development or RDD<br>Socialist Party or PS<br>Transformation Through Action Initiative or ITA<br>Union for Central African Renewal or URCA<br>Union for Renaissance and Development or URD<br>United Hearts Movement or MCU<strong><br></strong>"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, EITI (compliant country) (suspended), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, NAM, OIC (observer), OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Martial NDOUBOU (since 17 September 2018)"
@ -632,11 +625,23 @@
"text": "<br>https://cf.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, EITI (compliant country) (suspended), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, NAM, OIC (observer), OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "13 August 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Republic Day, 1 December (1958)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "four equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, green, and yellow with a vertical red band in the center; a yellow five-pointed star to the hoist side of the blue band; banner combines the pan-African and French flag colors; red stands for the blood spilled in the struggle for independence, blue for the sky and freedom, white for peace and dignity, green for hope and faith, and yellow for tolerance; the star represents aspiration towards a vibrant future"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "elephant; national colors: blue, white, green, yellow, red"
"text": "elephant"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, white, green, yellow, red"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 3.3% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "6.9% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "6.9% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "16.1% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.73 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
@ -334,21 +339,23 @@
"text": "1.5% (2018)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "7.6% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "4.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "13.4% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "90.8%"
"text": "87% (2015 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "94.2%"
"text": "92% (2015 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "87.4% (2021)"
"text": "82% (2015 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "22 municipalities (concelhos, singular - concelho); Boa Vista, Brava, Maio, Mosteiros, Paul, Porto Novo, Praia, Ribeira Brava, Ribeira Grande, Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina do Fogo, Santa Cruz, S&atilde;o Domingos, S&atilde;o Filipe, S&atilde;o Lourenco dos Orgaos, S&atilde;o Miguel, S&atilde;o Salvador do Mundo, S&atilde;o Vicente, Tarrafal, Tarrafal de S&atilde;o Nicolau"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "5 July 1975 (from Portugal)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 5 July (1975)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system of Portugal"
},
@ -575,9 +576,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "African Party for Independence of Cabo Verde or PAICV <br>Democratic and Independent Cabo Verdean Union or UCID <br>Democratic Christian Party or PDC <br>Democratic Renewal Party or PRD <br>Movement for Democracy or MPD <br>Party for Democratic Convergence or PCD <br>Party of Work and Solidarity or PTS <br>Social Democratic Party or PSD "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, CD, CPLP, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Jose Luis do Livramento MONTEIRO ALVES DE BRITO (since 23 December 2020)"
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"text": "<br>PraiaConsular@state.gov<br><br>https://cv.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, CD, CPLP, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "5 July 1975 (from Portugal)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 5 July (1975)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "five unequal horizontal bands; the top-most band of blue -- equal to half the width of the flag -- is followed by three narrow bands of white, red, and white, and a bottom&nbsp; stripe of blue; a circle of 10 yellow five-pointed stars is centered on the red stripe and sits toward the left side of the flag; blue stands for the sea and sky; the stripes symbolize the country's formation through peace (white) and effort (red); the circle of stars represents the 10 major islands"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "ten five-pointed yellow stars; national colors: blue, white, red, yellow"
"text": "ten five-pointed yellow stars"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, white, red, yellow"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 9.2% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "2.9% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "2.9% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "5.2% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -333,8 +338,13 @@
"text": "6.5% (2019)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "3.6% of GDP (2018 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "3.8% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "14.5% national budget (2018 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"total population": {
@ -402,11 +412,6 @@
"text": "1.56% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"widespread lack of access": {
"text": "<em>due to unfavorable weather and high food prices - </em>about 250,000 people were estimated to have faced acute food insecurity between March and June 2023, mainly due to the lingering impact of a prolonged and severe drought between late 2020 and early 2023, and high food prices (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "19.98 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -484,12 +489,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "6 districts (cercles, singular - cercle); Ali Sabieh, Arta, Dikhil, Djibouti, Obock, Tadjourah"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "27 June 1977 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 27 June (1977)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system based primarily on the French civil code (as it existed in 1997), Islamic religious law (in matters of family law and successions), and customary law"
},
@ -585,9 +584,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Front for Restoration of Unity and Democracy (Front pour la Restauration de l'Unite Democratique) or FRUD<br>National Democratic Party or PND<br>People's Rally for Progress or RPP<br>Peoples Social Democratic Party or PPSD<br>Union for Democracy and Justice or UDJ<br>Union for the Presidential Majority coalition or UMP<br>Union of Reform Partisans or UPR"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, ATMIS, AU, CAEU (candidates), COMESA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Mohamed Siad DOUALEH (28 January 2016)"
@ -625,11 +621,23 @@
"text": "<br>DjiboutiACS@state.gov<br><br>https://dj.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, ATMIS, AU, CAEU (candidates), COMESA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "27 June 1977 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 27 June (1977)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top) and light green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and with a red five-pointed star in the center; blue stands for sea and sky and the Issa Somali people, green for earth and the Afar people, and white for peace; the red star stands for the struggle for independence and for unity"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "red star; national colors: light blue, green, white, red"
"text": "red star"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "light blue, green, white, red"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 0.3% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "4.6% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "4.6% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "7.2% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.67 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
@ -363,21 +368,23 @@
"text": "15.8% (2021)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "2.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "3.9% of GDP (2015 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "12% national budget (2015 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "73.1%"
"text": "71% (2017 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "78.8%"
"text": "76% (2017 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "67.4% (2021)"
"text": "66% (2017 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -530,12 +537,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "27 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazat); Ad Daqahliyah, Al Bahr al Ahmar (Red Sea), Al Buhayrah, Al Fayyum, Al Gharbiyah, Al Iskandariyah (Alexandria), Al Isma'iliyah (Ismailia), Al Jizah (Giza), Al Minufiyah, Al Minya, Al Qahirah (Cairo), Al Qalyubiyah, Al Uqsur (Luxor), Al Wadi al Jadid (New Valley), As Suways (Suez), Ash Sharqiyah, Aswan, Asyut, Bani Suwayf, Bur Sa'id (Port Said), Dumyat (Damietta), Janub Sina' (South Sinai), Kafr ash Shaykh, Matruh, Qina, Shamal Sina' (North Sinai), Suhaj"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "28 February 1922 (from UK protectorate status; the military-led revolution that began on 23 July 1952 led to a republic being declared on 18 June 1953 and all British troops withdrawn on 18 June 1956); note - it was ca. 3200 B.C. that the Two Lands of Upper (southern) and Lower (northern) Egypt were first united politically"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Revolution Day, 23 July (1952)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system based on Napoleonic civil and penal law, Islamic religious law, and vestiges of colonial-era laws; Supreme Constitutional Court reviews laws"
},
@ -661,9 +662,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Al-Nour<br>Arab Democratic Nasserist Party<br>Congress Party<br>Conservative Party<br>Democratic Peace Party<br>Egyptian National Movement Party<br>Egyptian Social Democratic Party<br>El Ghad Party<br>El Serh El Masry el Hor<br>Eradet Geel Party<br>Free Egyptians Party<br>Freedom Party<br>Justice Party<br>Homeland’s Protector Party<br>Modern Egypt Party<br>My Homeland Egypt Party<br>Nation's Future Party (Mostaqbal Watan)<br>National Progressive Unionist (Tagammu) Party<br>Reform and Development Party<br>Republican People’s Party<br>Revolutionary Guards Party<br>Wafd Party"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, BRICS, BSEC (observer), CAEU, CD, CICA, COMESA, D-8, EBRD, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, LCBC (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OSCE (partner), PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Motaz Mounir ZAHRAN (since 17 September 2020)"
@ -707,12 +705,25 @@
"text": "Alexandria"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, BRICS, BSEC (observer), CAEU, CD, CICA, COMESA, D-8, EBRD, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, LCBC (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OSCE (partner), PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "28 February 1922 (from UK protectorate status; the military-led revolution that began on 23 July 1952 led to a republic being declared on 18 June 1953 and all British troops withdrawn on 18 June 1956)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong>  the Two Lands of Upper (southern) and Lower (northern) Egypt were first united politically around 3200 B.C."
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Revolution Day, 23 July (1952)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; centered in the white band is the national emblem, a gold Eagle of Saladin facing the hoist side with a shield on its chest above a scroll with the country's name in Arabic; the band colors derive from the Arab Liberation flag and represent oppression (black) overcome through bloody struggle (red), to be replaced by a bright future (white)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flags of Syria (two green stars in the white band), Iraq (an Arabic inscription centered in the white band), and Yemen (plain white band)"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "golden eagle, white lotus; national colors: red, white, black"
"text": "golden eagle, white lotus"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, white, black"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 32.4% of population (2017 est.)"
}
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"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "3.4% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "3.4% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "4.4% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.15 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "60.2% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "NA"
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"text": "95.3%"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "8 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Annobon, Bioko Norte, Bioko Sur, Centro Sur, Djibloho, Kie-Ntem, Litoral, Wele-Nzas"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "12 October 1968 (from Spain)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 12 October (1968)"
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"text": "mixed system of civil and customary law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Center Right Union or UCD<br>Convergence Party for Social Democracy or CPDS <br>Democratic Party for Equatorial Guinea or PDGE <br>Liberal Democratic Convention or CLD <br>Liberal Party or PL <br>National Congress of Equatorial Guinea (CNGE) <br>National Democratic Party (PNDGE) <br>National Democratic Union or UDENA <br>National Union for Democracy PUNDGE <br>Popular Action of Equatorial Guinea or APGE <br>Popular Union or UP <br>Progressive Democratic Alliance or ADP <br>Social and Popular Convergence Party or CSDP <br>Social Democratic Coalition Party (PCSD) <br>Social Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea or PSDGE <br>Social Democratic Union or UDS <br>Socialist Party of Equatorial Guinea "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, CPLP, FAO, Francophonie, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO (observer)"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Dr. Crisantos OBAMA ONDO (since 27 February 2024)"
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"text": "<br>Malaboconsular@state.gov<br><br>https://gq.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, CPLP, FAO, Francophonie, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO (observer)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "12 October 1968 (from Spain)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 12 October (1968)"
},
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"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red, with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has six yellow six-pointed stars (representing the mainland and five offshore islands) above a gray shield bearing a silk-cotton tree; below is a scroll with the motto UNIDAD, PAZ, JUSTICIA (Unity, Peace, Justice); green stands for the jungle and natural resources, blue for the sea, white for peace, and red for the fight for independence"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "silk cotton tree; national colors: green, white, red, blue"
"text": "silk cotton tree"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "green, white, red, blue"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 42.2% of population (2015 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "4.2% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "4.2% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "2.4% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "52.3% (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "NA"
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "76.6%"
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "6 regions (zobatat, singular - zoba); 'Anseba, Debub (South), Debubawi K'eyyih Bahri (Southern Red Sea), Gash-Barka, Ma'ikel (Central), Semienawi K'eyyih Bahri (Northern Red Sea)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "24 May 1993 (from Ethiopia)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 24 May (1991)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil, customary, and Islamic religious law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "People's Front for Democracy and Justice or PFDJ (the only party recognized by the government)"
},
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS (observer), IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS (observer), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Berhane Gebrehiwet SOLOMON (since 15 March 2011)"
@ -601,12 +591,24 @@
"text": "<br>consularasmara@state.gov<br><br>https://er.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS (observer), IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS (observer), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "24 May 1993 (from Ethiopia)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 24 May (1991)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "a red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) divides the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the lower is blue; a gold wreath encircling a gold olive branch is centered on the hoist side of the red triangle; green stands for the country's agriculture economy, red for the blood shed in the fight for freedom, and blue for the sea's bounty; the shape of the red triangle mimics the shape of the country",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> one of four national flags that reflect the shape of the country in the flag design; the others are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Vanuatu"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "camel; national colors: green, red, blue"
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},
"National colors": {
"text": "green, red, blue"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 23.6% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "3.2% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "3.2% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "5.7% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
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"text": "5% (2016)"
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"Education expenditures": {
"text": "4.5% of GDP (2019 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "2.3% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "16.7% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "51.8%"
"text": "47.5% (2016 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "57.2%"
"text": "62.6% (2016 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "44.4% (2017)"
"text": "40.4% (2019 est.)"
}
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"text": "4.4% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"widespread lack of access": {
"text": "<em>due to conflict in Tigray Region, drought conditions in southeastern areas, high food prices - </em>according to the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan, about 20.1 million people are estimated to be in need of emergency food assistance; the difficult food security situation is mainly the result of the lingering impact of the conflict in northern areas, episodes of intercommunal violence across the country, and the drought in southern areas that are affecting food availability and access; food insecurity is exacerbated by severe macroeconomic challenges including insufficient foreign currency reserves and the continuous depreciation of the national currency, which constrains imports of key commodities including fertilizers, as well as a very high inflation, with the year‑on‑year inflation rate estimated at 30.8 percent in May 2023 (2023)"
}
},
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"text": "21.8 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "12 ethnically based regional states (kililoch, singular - kilil) and 2 chartered cities* (astedader akabibiwach, singular - astedader akabibi); Adis Abeba* (Addis Ababa), Afar, Amara (Amhara), Binshangul Gumuz, Dire Dawa*, Gambela Hizboch (Gambela), Hareri Hizb (Harari), Oromia, Sidama, Sumale, Tigray, YeDebub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch (Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples), YeDebub M'irab Ityop'iya Hizboch (Southwest Ethiopia Peoples), Southern Ethiopia Peoples"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years (may be traced to the Aksumite Kingdom, which coalesced in the first century B.C.)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Derg Downfall Day (defeat of MENGISTU regime), 28 May (1991)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice and Democracy or EZEMA   <br>Gedeo People's Democratic Party<br>Independent<br>Kucha People Democratic Party <br>National Movement of Amhara or NAMA<br>Prosperity Party or PP"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, BRICS, COMESA, EITI, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (accession candidate)"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador BINALF Andualem Ashenef (since 25 February 2025)"
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"text": "<br>AddisACS@state.gov<br><br>https://et.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, BRICS, COMESA, EITI, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (accession candidate)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world, at least 2,000 years; may be traced to the Aksumite Kingdom, which appeared in the first century B.C."
},
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"text": "Derg Downfall Day (defeat of MENGISTU regime), 28 May (1991)"
},
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"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red, with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands; green stands for hope and the land's fertility, yellow for justice and harmony, and red for sacrifice and heroism; the blue of the disk symbolizes peace, and the pentagram represents the unity and equality of the Ethiopian people",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and newly independent African countries often adopted the Ethiopian flag's colors, leading them to become known as the pan-African colors; the emblem in the center of the current flag was added in 1996"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Abyssinian lion (traditional), yellow pentagram with five rays of light on a blue field (promoted by current government); national colors: green, yellow, red"
"text": "Abyssinian lion (traditional), yellow pentagram with five rays of light on a blue field (promoted by government)"
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"text": "green, yellow, red"
},
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"name": {

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"text": "total: 10.5% of population (2020 est.)"
}
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"text": "3.2% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "3.2% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "7.5% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
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"text": "0.2% (2020)"
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"text": "2.8% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"text": "2.7% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "17.5% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"text": "58.1%"
"text": "51.6% (2021 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "65.2%"
"text": "65.3% (2021 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "51.2% (2021)"
"text": "40.5% (2021 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "5 regions, 1 city*, and 1 municipality**; Banjul*, Central River, Kanifing**, Lower River, North Bank, Upper River, West Coast"
},
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"text": "18 February 1965 (from the UK)"
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"text": "Independence Day, 18 February (1965)"
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"text": "mixed system of English common law, Islamic law, and customary law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction or APRC <br>Gambia Democratic Congress or GDC <br>Gambia Moral Congress or GMC <br>National People's Party or NPP <br>People's Progressive Party or PPP <br>United Democratic Party or UDP "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Momodou Lamin BAH (12 December 2022)"
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"text": "<br>ConsularBanjul@state.gov<br><br>https://gm.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "18 February 1965 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 18 February (1965)"
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"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue with white edges, and green; red stands for the sun and the savannah, blue for the Gambia River, and green for forests and agriculture; the white stripes denote unity and peace"
},
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"text": "lion; national colors: red, blue, green, white"
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"text": "red, blue, green, white"
},
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"name": {

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"text": "total: 6.9% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "2.7% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "2.7% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "9.6% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "0.52 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"text": "4.8% (2021)"
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},
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"text": "3.2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"text": "2.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "13.6% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"text": "85.5%"
"text": "88.9% (2021 est.)"
},
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"text": "86.2%"
"text": "90.8% (2021 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "84.7% (2021)"
"text": "87.1% (2021 est.)"
}
}
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "9 provinces; Estuaire, Haut-Ogooue, Moyen-Ogooue, Ngounie, Nyanga, Ogooue-Ivindo, Ogooue-Lolo, Ogooue-Maritime, Woleu-Ntem"
},
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"text": "17 August 1960 (from France)"
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"text": "Independence Day, 17 August (1960)"
},
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"text": "mixed system of French civil law and customary law"
},
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"text": "Gabonese Democratic Party or PDG <br>Restoration of Republican Values or RV<br>The Democrats or LD",
"note": "Paul Mba Abessole"
},
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU (suspended), BDEAC, CEMAC, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSCA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador No&euml;l Nelson MESSONE (12 December 2022)"
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"text": "<br>ACSLibreville@state.gov<br><br>https://ga.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU (suspended), BDEAC, CEMAC, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSCA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "17 August 1960 (from France)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 17 August (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and blue; green stands for the country's forests and natural resources, gold for the equator and the sun, and blue for the sea"
},
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"text": "black panther; national colors: green, yellow, blue"
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},
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"text": "green, yellow, blue"
},
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"text": "On Gabon’s coat of arms, the panthers represent vigilance and courage, and they support a shield with a ship and an okoume tree, which is a symbol of the timber trade. The ribbon below the shield has the national motto in French, <em>Union, Travail, Justice</em> (\"Union, Work, Justice\"), and the ribbon above the shield has the Latin phrase <em>Uniti Progrediemur</em> (\"We shall go forward united\")."
"text": "the panthers represent vigilance and courage, and they support a shield with a ship and an okoume tree, which is a symbol of the timber trade; the ribbon below the shield has the national motto in French, <em>Union, Travail, Justice</em> (\"Union, Work, Justice\"), and the ribbon above the shield has the Latin phrase <em>Uniti Progrediemur</em> (\"We shall go forward united\")"
},
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"name": {

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"text": "total: 7.6% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "4.2% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "4.2% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "7.4% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "0.27 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
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"text": "2.4% (2022)"
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},
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"text": "3.9% of GDP (2018 est.)"
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"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "2.9% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "13.2% national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "79%"
"text": "76.5% (2021 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "83.5%"
"text": "81.3% (2021 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "74.5% (2018)"
"text": "72.1% (2021 est.)"
}
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "16 regions; Ahafo, Ashanti, Bono, Bono East, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, North East, Northern, Oti, Savannah, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western, Western North"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "6 March 1957 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 6 March (1957)"
},
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"text": "mixed system of English common law and customary law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "All Peoples Congress or APC <br>Convention People's Party or CPP <br>Ghana Freedom Party or GFP <br>Ghana Union Movement or GUM <br>Great Consolidated Popular Party or GCPP <br>Liberal Party of Ghana or LPG <br>National Democratic Congress or NDC <br>National Democratic Party or NDP <br>New Patriotic Party or NPP <br>People's National Convention or PNC <br>Progressive People's Party or PPP <br>United Front Party or UFP <br>United Progressive Party or UPP "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, C, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires (vacant); note - The Embassy website notes Francis GBORGLAH is the Acting Head of Mission (since 5 February 2025)"
@ -640,12 +638,24 @@
"text": "<br>ACSAccra@state.gov<br><br>https://gh.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, C, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "6 March 1957 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 6 March (1957)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green, with a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; red stands for the blood shed for independence, yellow for the country's mineral wealth, and green for its forests and natural wealth; the black star is said to be the lodestar of African freedom",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Bolivia, which has a coat of arms centered in the yellow band"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "black star, golden eagle; national colors: red, yellow, green, black"
"text": "black star, golden eagle"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, yellow, green, black"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 14.8% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "3.8% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "3.8% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "5% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -336,21 +341,23 @@
"text": "1.9% (2018)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "2.2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "1.7% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "9.3% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "45.3%"
"text": "40% (2018 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "61.2%"
"text": "54% (2018 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "31.3% (2021)"
"text": "28% (2018 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -408,11 +415,6 @@
"text": "3.64% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"severe localized food insecurity": {
"text": "<em>due to reduced incomes - </em>levels of acute food insecurity are expected to increase in 2023; food prices are likely to remain at high levels, supported by the unfolding effects of the war in Ukraine on international trade; nearly 710,000 people are projected to be acutely food insecure during the June to August 2023 lean season, an improvement compared to 2022 when about 1.22 million people were estimated to face acute food insecurity; acute food insecurity is mainly driven by high food prices (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "37.57 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -497,12 +499,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "7 regions administrative (administrative regions) and 1 gouvenorat (governorate)*; Boke, Conakry*, Faranah, Kankan, Kindia, Labe, Mamou, N'Zerekore"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "2 October 1958 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 2 October (1958)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French model"
},
@ -590,9 +586,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "African Congress for Democracy and Renewal or CADRE <br>Alliance for National Renewal or ARN <br>Alliance for National Renewal or ARENA <br>Bloc Liberal or BL <br>Citizen Generation or GECI <br>Citizen Party for the Defense of Collective Interests or PCDIC <br>Democratic Alliance for Renewal or ADR <br>Democratic National Movement or MND<br>Democratic Union for Renewal and Progress or UDRP <br>Democratic Union of Guinea or UDG <br>Democratic People's Movement of Guinea or MPDG <br>Democratic Workers' Party of Guinea or PDTG <br>Front for the National Alliance or FAN <br>Generation for Reconciliation Union and Prosperity or GRUP <br>Guinea for Democracy and Balance or GDE <br>Guinean Party for Peaceful Coexistence and Development or PGCD <br>Guinean Party for Solidarity and Democracy or PGSD <br>Guinean Union for Democracy and Development or UGDD <br>Guinean Rally for Development or RGD <br>Guinean Rally for Unity and Development or RGUD <br>Guinean Renaissance Party or PGR <br>Modern Guinea <br>Movement for Solidarity and Development or MSD <br>National Committee for Reconciliation and Development <br>National Front for Development or FND <br>National Union for Prosperity or UNP <br>National Party for Hope and Development or PEDN <br>New Democratic Forces or NFD <br>New Generation for the Republic or NGR <br>New Guinea or NG <br>New Political Generation or NGP <br>Party for Progress and Change or PPC <br>Party of Citizen Action through Labor or PACT <br>Party of Democrats for Hope or PADES <br>Party of Freedom and Progress or PLP <br>Party of Hope for National Development or PEDN <br>Rally for Renaissance and Development or RRD <br>Rally for the Guinean People or RPG <br>Rally for the Integrated Development of Guinea or RDIG <br>Rally for the Republic or RPR <br>Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea or UFDG<br>Union for Progress and Renewal or UPR <br>Union for the Defense of Republican Interests or UDIR <br>Union for the Progress of Guinea or UPG <br>Union of Democratic Forces or UFD a or UFDG <br>Union of Democrats for the Renaissance of Guinea or UDRG <br>Union of Republican Forces or UFR <br>Unity and Progress Party or PUP"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Fatoumata KABA (since 19 April 2023)"
@ -633,12 +626,24 @@
"text": "<br>ConakryACS@state.gov<br><br>https://gn.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "2 October 1958 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 2 October (1958)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green; red stands for the people's sacrifice for liberation and work; yellow for the sun, the riches of the earth, and justice; green for the country's vegetation and unity",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the reverse of those on the flags of neighboring Mali and Senegal"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "elephant; national colors: red, yellow, green"
"text": "elephant"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, yellow, green"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 20.2% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "3.1% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "3.1% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "6.2% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
@ -357,21 +362,23 @@
"text": "1.9% (2021)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "3.4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "3.4% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "15.9% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "89.9%"
"text": "50% (2021 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "93.1%"
"text": "60.2% (2021 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "86.7% (2019)"
"text": "40.3% (2021 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -516,12 +523,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "12 districts and 2 autonomous districts*; Abidjan*, Bas-Sassandra, Comoe, Denguele, Goh-Djiboua, Lacs, Lagunes, Montagnes, Sassandra-Marahoue, Savanes, Vallee du Bandama, Woroba, Yamoussoukro*, Zanzan"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "7 August 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 7 August (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French civil code; Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court reviews legislation"
},
@ -646,9 +647,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "African Peoples' Party-Cote d'Ivoire or PPA-CI <br>Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire or PDCI <br>Ivorian Popular Front or FPI <br>Liberty and Democracy for the Republic or LIDER <br>Movement of the Future Forces or MFA <br>Pan-African Congress for People's Justice and Equality or COJEP <br>Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace or RHDP <br>Rally of the Republicans or RDR<br>Together for Democracy and Sovereignty or EDS <br>Together to Build (UDPCI, FPI,and allies) <br>Union for Cote d'Ivoire or UPCI <br>Union for Democracy and Peace in Cote d'Ivoire or UDPCI"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSCA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNMISS, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Ibrahima TOURE (since 13 January 2022)"
@ -686,12 +684,24 @@
"text": "<br>AbjAmCit@state.gov<br><br>https://ci.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSCA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNMISS, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "7 August 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 7 August (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal vertical bands of orange (hoist side), white, and green; orange stands for the savannah and fertility, white for peace and unity, green for the forests of the south and the hope for a bright future; design based on France's flag",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of Ireland, which is longer and has the colors reversed -- green (hoist side), white, and orange; also similar to the flag of Italy, which is green (hoist side), white, and red"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "elephant; national colors: orange, white, green"
"text": "elephant"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "orange, white, green"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 28.8% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "4.5% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "4.5% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "8.7% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.29 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
@ -365,13 +370,15 @@
"text": "1.8% (2022)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "4.8% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "4% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "18.4% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "82.6%"
},
@ -426,11 +433,6 @@
"text": "4.09% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies": {
"text": "<em>due to weather extremes - </em>according to the latest estimates, about 5.4 million people were acutely food insecure between March and June 2023, reflecting the lingering impact of a prolonged and severe drought between late 2020 and early 2023 that affected crop and livestock production, mainly in northern and eastern pastoral and marginal agricultural areas (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "12.52 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -523,12 +525,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "47 counties; Baringo, Bomet, Bungoma, Busia, Elgeyo/Marakwet, Embu, Garissa, Homa Bay, Isiolo, Kajiado, Kakamega, Kericho, Kiambu, Kilifi, Kirinyaga, Kisii, Kisumu, Kitui, Kwale, Laikipia, Lamu, Machakos, Makueni, Mandera, Marsabit, Meru, Migori, Mombasa, Murang'a, Nairobi City, Nakuru, Nandi, Narok, Nyamira, Nyandarua, Nyeri, Samburu, Siaya, Taita/Taveta, Tana River, Tharaka-Nithi, Trans Nzoia, Turkana, Uasin Gishu, Vihiga, Wajir, West Pokot"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "12 December 1963 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Jamhuri Day (Independence Day), 12 December (1963); note - Madaraka Day, 1 June (1963) marks the day Kenya attained internal self-rule"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of English common law, Islamic law, and customary law; Supreme Court reviews laws"
},
@ -658,9 +654,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "<p>Azimio La Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party<br>Amani National Congress or ANC<br>Chama Cha Kazi or CCK<br>Democratic Action Party or DAP-K<br>Democratic Party or DP<br>Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya or FORD-Kenya<br>Grand Dream Development Party or GDDP         <br>Jubilee Party or JP<br>Kenya African National Union or KANU<br>Kenya Kwanza coalition<br>Kenya Union Party or KUP<br>Maendeleo Chap Chap Party or MCC<br>Movement for Democracy and Growth or MDG<br>National Agenda Party or NAP-K                       <br>National Ordinary People Empowerment Union or NOPEU<br>Orange Democratic Movement or ODM<br>Pamoja African Alliance or PAA]<br>The Service Party or TSP<br>United Democratic Alliance or UDA<br>United Democratic Movement or UDM<br>United Democratic Party or UDP<br>United Party of Independent Alliance or UPIA                                      <br>United Progressive Alliance or UPA                                        <br>Wiper Democratic Movement-Kenya or WDM-K</p>"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, C, CD, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCT, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOOSA, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador David Kipkorir Kiplagat KERICH (since 18 September 2024)"
@ -701,11 +694,23 @@
"text": "<br>kenya_acs@state.gov<br><br>https://ke.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, C, CD, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCT, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOOSA, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "12 December 1963 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Jamhuri Day (Independence Day), 12 December (1963); note - Madaraka Day, 1 June (1963) marks the day Kenya attained internal self-rule"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a large Maasai warrior's shield covering crossed spears is at the center; black stands for the majority population, red for the blood shed in the struggle for freedom, green for natural wealth, and white for peace; the shield and crossed spears symbolize the defense of freedom"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion; national colors: black, red, green, white"
"text": "lion"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "black, red, green, white"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 16% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "16.6% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "16.6% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "4.8% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.18 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -349,13 +354,15 @@
"text": "8.4% (2020)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "2.7% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "2.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "7.4% national budget (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "48.3%"
},
@ -410,11 +417,6 @@
"text": "3.41% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"severe localized food insecurity": {
"text": "<em><em>due to </em></em><em>high food prices and macroeconomic challenges </em><em>- </em>levels of acute food insecurity are expected to increase in 2023 associated with high food prices due to high international commodity prices and elevated transportation costs, exacerbated by the unfolding effects of the war in Ukraine on international trade and commodity prices; food availability and access are likely to remain limited by high food prices and below‑average imports; an expected further slowdown in economic domestic growth in 2023 is likely to compound food insecurity conditions for the most vulnerable households; in the June to August 2023 lean season period, over 531,000 people are projected to face acute food insecurity (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "35.8 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -478,12 +480,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "15 counties; Bomi, Bong, Gbarpolu, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru, Lofa, Margibi, Maryland, Montserrado, Nimba, River Cess, River Gee, Sinoe"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "26 July 1847"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 26 July (1847)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of common law, based on Anglo-American law and customary law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "All Liberian Party or ALP <br>Alliance for Peace and Democracy or APD <br>Alternative National Congress or ANC <br>Coalition for Democratic Change (includes CDC, NPP, and LPDP)<br>Collaborating Political Parties or CPP (coalition includes ANC, LP; CPP dissolved in April 2024)<br>Congress for Democratic Change or CDC <br>Liberia Destiny Party or LDP <br>Liberia National Union or LINU <br>Liberia Transformation Party or LTP <br>Liberian People Democratic Party or LPDP <br>Liberian People's Party or LPP <br>Liberian Restoration Party or LRP <br>Liberty Party or LP <br>Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction or MDR <br>Movement for Economic Empowerment <br>Movement for Progressive Change or MPC <br>National Democratic Coalition or NDC <br>National Democratic Party of Liberia or NDPL <br>National Patriotic Party or NPP <br>National Reformist Party or NRP <br>National Union for Democratic Progress or NUDP <br>People's Unification Party or PUP <br>Unity Party or UP <br>United People's Party <br>Victory for Change Party or VCP "
},
"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, NAM, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires&nbsp;Isaac Chennoweth YEAH, Sr. (since 15 January 2025)"
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"text": "<br>ACSMonrovia@state.gov<br><br>https://lr.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
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"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, NAM, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "26 July 1847"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 26 July (1847)"
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"text": "11 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; a five-pointed white star sits on a blue square in the upper hoist-side corner; the stripes symbolize the signatories of the Liberian Declaration of Independence, the blue square represents the African mainland, and the star represents the freedom granted to the ex-slaves; the blue stands for liberty, justice, and fidelity, the white for purity, cleanliness, and guilelessness, and the red for steadfastness, valor, and fervor; the design is based on the US flag"
},
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"text": "white star; national colors: red, white, blue"
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"text": "red, white, blue"
},
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"name": {

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"text": "total: 17.4% of population (2020 est.)"
}
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"text": "10.2% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "10.2% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "13.1% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "0.24 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"text": "1.9% (2018)"
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"text": "8.7% of GDP (2021 est.)"
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"text": "6.6% of GDP (2024 est.)"
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"text": "10.4% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
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"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"text": "81%"
"text": "86.2% (2018 est.)"
},
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"text": "72.9%"
"text": "80.2% (2018 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "88.8% (2021)"
"text": "91.8% (2018 est.)"
}
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"text": "2.77% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
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"text": "<em><em>due to h</em>igh food prices and economic downturn - </em>food insecurity conditions are primarily underpinned by the high food prices and a slow economic recovery that is impinging on households’ economic capacity to access food; Lesotho  is a net importer of key staple food commodities and energy, domestic prices have been largely influenced by the high level of international prices (2023)"
}
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"text": "17.6 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "10 districts; Berea, Butha-Buthe, Leribe, Mafeteng, Maseru, Mohale's Hoek, Mokhotlong, Qacha's Nek, Quthing, Thaba-Tseka"
},
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"text": "4 October 1966 (from the UK)"
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"text": "Independence Day, 4 October (1966)"
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"text": "mixed system of English common law and Roman-Dutch law; High Court and Court of Appeal review legislative acts"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "All Basotho Convention or ABC <br>Alliance of Democrats or AD <br>Basotho Action Party or BAP <br>Basotho National Party or BNP <br>Democratic Congress or DC <br>Democratic Party of Lesotho or DPL <br>Lesotho People's Congress or LPC <br>Movement of Economic Change or MEC <br>National Independent Party or NIP <br>Popular Front for Democracy of PFD<br>Reformed Congress of Lesotho or RCL "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Tumisang MOSOTHO (since 16 September 2022)"
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"text": "<br>USConsularMaseru@state.gov<br><br>https://ls.usembassy.gov/"
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
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"text": "4 October 1966 (from the UK)"
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"text": "Independence Day, 4 October (1966)"
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"text": "three horizontal stripes of blue (top), white, and green, representing respectively rain, peace, and prosperity; centered in the white stripe is a black <em>mokorotlo</em>, a traditional Basotho straw hat and national symbol; the redesigned flag was introduced in 2006 to celebrate 40 years of independence"
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"text": "mokorotio (Basotho hat); national colors: blue, white, green, black"
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"text": "blue, white, green, black"
},
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"name": {

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"text": "total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)"
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"text": "5.1% of national budget (2022 est.)"
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"text": "59.2% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "NA"
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"text": "91%"
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"text": "1.45% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
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"text": "<em>due to civil insecurity, economic and political instability, and high food prices -</em> a 2023 analysis states that about 300,000 people are estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance in 2023; the country relies heavily on imports (up to 90%) to cover its cereal consumption requirements (mostly wheat for human consumption and barley for feed); between 2016 and 2020, the country sourced over 30% of its wheat imports from Ukraine, and 20% from the Russian Federation; almost 65% of total maize imports of 650,000 mt, and 50% of total barley imports of 1 million mt originated from Ukraine, making the Libya vulnerable to disruptions in shipments from the Black Sea region (2023)"
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"text": "29.84 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "22 governorates (muhafazah, singular - muhafazat); Al Butnan, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Al Jafarah, Al Jufrah, Al Kufrah, Al Marj, Al Marqab, Al Wahat, An Nuqat al Khams, Az Zawiyah, Banghazi (Benghazi), Darnah, Ghat, Misratah, Murzuq, Nalut, Sabha, Surt, Tarabulus (Tripoli), Wadi al Hayat, Wadi ash Shati"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship)"
},
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"text": "Liberation Day, 23 October (2011)"
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"text": "Libya's post-revolution system is in flux and driven by state and non-state entities"
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"Political parties": {
"text": "NA<br>"
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"text": "ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AMU, AU, BDEAC, CAEU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, LCBC, MIGA, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNOOSA, UNSMIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
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"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Fadil S M OMAR (since 17 July 2023)"
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},
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"text": "ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AMU, AU, BDEAC, CAEU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, LCBC, MIGA, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNOOSA, UNSMIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
},
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"text": "24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship)"
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"text": "Liberation Day, 23 October (2011)"
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"text": "three horizontal bands of red (top), black (double-width), and green, with a white crescent and star centered on the black stripe; the National Transitional Council reintroduced this flag design from the former Kingdom of Libya (1951-1969) in 2011 to replace the all-green banner of the QADHAFI regime; the colors represent the three major regions of the country: red stands for Fezzan, black for Cyrenaica, and green for Tripolitania; the crescent and star represent Islam"
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"text": "star and crescent, hawk; national colors: red, black, green"
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"text": "red, black, green"
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"name": {

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"text": "total: 43.9% of population (2020 est.)"
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"text": "3.5% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "3.5% of GDP (2021)"
},
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"text": "5.7% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"text": "11.2% (2021)"
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"text": "3.1% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"text": "3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
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"text": "18% national budget (2019 est.)"
}
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"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"text": "77.3%"
"text": "74.7% (2021 est.)"
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"male": {
"text": "78.8%"
"text": "77.9% (2021 est.)"
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"female": {
"text": "75.8% (2021)"
"text": "71.8% (2021 est.)"
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"text": "4.26% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
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"text": "<em>due to the effects of extreme weather events and slow economic recovery - </em>in 2023, an estimated 2.2 million people are projected to face crisis levels of acute food insecurity in southern and southeastern areas, due to successive years of droughts; cyclone Freddy in February 2023 caused disruptions to livelihoods and resulted in crop damage, which further aggravated food insecurity (2023)"
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"text": "16.02 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "6 provinces (faritany); Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara"
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"text": "26 June 1960 (from France)"
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"text": "Independence Day, 26 June (1960)"
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"text": "civil law system based on the old French civil code and customary law in matters of marriage, family, and obligation"
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"Political parties": {
"text": "<p>Group of Young Malagasy Patriots (Groupe des Jeunes Malgaches Patriotes) or GJMP<br>I Love Madagascar (Tiako I Madagasikara) or TIM<br>Isika Rehetra Miaraka amin'i Andry Rajoelina coalition or IRD<br>Malagasy Aware (Malagasy Tonga Saina) or MTS<br>Malagasy Tia Tanindrazana or MATITA or ANGADY<br>Movement for Democracy in Madagascar (Mouvement pour la Démocratie à Madagascar) or MDM<br>Rally for Democratic Socialism (Rassemblement pour Socialisme Démocratique - Nouveau) or RPSD Vaovao<br>Young Malagasies Determined (Tanora Malagasy Vonona) or TGV</p>"
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, COMESA, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
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"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Lantosoa RAKOTOMALALA (since 13 January 2025)"
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"text": "<br>antanACS@state.gov<br><br>https://mg.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, COMESA, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "26 June 1960 (from France)"
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"text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green, with a vertical white band of the same width on hoist side; red stands for sovereignty, green for hope, and white for purity"
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"text": "traveller's palm (ravenala), zebu; national colors: red, green, white"
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"text": "total: 8% of population (2020 est.)"
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"text": "3.3% of national budget (2022 est.)"
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"text": "7% (2020)"
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"text": "2.9% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"text": "3.3% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.2% national budget (2024 est.)"
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"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"text": "67.3%"
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},
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"text": "71.2%"
"text": "78.6% (2020 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "63.7% (2021)"
"text": "62.7% (2020 est.)"
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"text": "4.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
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"widespread lack of access": {
"text": "<em><em>due to </em>weather extremes and high food prices - </em>the latest analysis indicates that about 3.8 million people (20 percent of the population) are estimated to have faced high levels of acute food insecurity between January and March 2023; this figure is more than double the number in the corresponding months of 2022; high food prices are the key reason for the deterioration in food insecurity, which, in the absence of a substantial increase in incomes, are severely constraining households’ economic access to food; production shortfalls in southern districts in 2022, areas that have the highest prevalence of food insecurity, are a further contributing factor; the impact of Cyclone Freddy (February-March 2023) on southern districts, including crop losses and destruction of infrastructure as well as high food prices, are expected to aggravate food insecurity conditions in 2023 (2023)"
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"text": "18.57 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "28 districts; Balaka, Blantyre, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu, Chitipa, Dedza, Dowa, Karonga, Kasungu, Likoma, Lilongwe, Machinga, Mangochi, Mchinji, Mulanje, Mwanza, Mzimba, Neno, Ntcheu, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Nsanje, Ntchisi, Phalombe, Rumphi, Salima, Thyolo, Zomba"
},
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"text": "6 July 1964 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "mixed system of English common law and customary law; Supreme Court of Appeal reviews legislative acts"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Democratic Progressive Party or DPP <br>Malawi Congress Party or MCP <br>People's Party or PP <br>United Democratic Front or UDF<br>United Transformation Movement or UTM "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Esme Jynet CHOMBO (since 19 April 2022)"
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"text": "<br>LilongweConsular@state.gov<br><br>https://mw.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "6 July 1964 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 6 July (1964); note - also called Republic Day since 6 July 1966"
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"text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green, with a rising red sun centered on the black band; black represents ethnic groups, red the blood shed in their struggle for freedom, and green the color of nature; the sun represents the hope of freedom for the continent of Africa"
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"text": "lion; national colors: black, red, green"
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"text": "black, red, green"
},
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"name": {

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"text": "total: 13.6% of population (2020 est.)"
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"text": "4.5% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "5.7% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
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"text": "2.1% (2018)"
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"text": "4.4% of GDP (2021 est.)"
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"text": "4.2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "17.8% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
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"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"text": "35.5%"
"text": "35% (2018 est.)"
},
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"text": "46.2%"
"text": "46% (2018 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "25.7% (2018)"
"text": "26% (2018 est.)"
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"text": "4.57% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
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"severe localized food insecurity": {
"text": "<p><em>due to civil insecurity and </em><em>high food prices </em><em>- </em>according to the latest analysis, about 1.26 million people are projected to face acute food insecurity during the June to August 2023 lean season period; in total however, the number of food insecure is lower in 2023 compared to 2022; food insecurity conditions are primarily underpinned by the impact of the conflict in central and northern areas, which has caused the displacement of over 375,000 people, as of April 2023; persistent high food prices affect vulnerable households across the country, but limit in particular the food access of people in conflict-affected areas due to market disruptions and limited access to sources of income and humanitarian assistance</p> (2023)"
}
},
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"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "38.55 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "19 regions (regions, singular - region), 1 district*; Bamako*, Bandiagara, Bougouni, Dioila, Douentza, Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Kita, Koulikoro, Koutiala, Menaka, Mopti, Nara, Nioro, San, Segou, Sikasso, Taoudenni, Tombouctou (Timbuktu)"
},
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"text": "22 September 1960 (from France)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 22 September (1960)"
},
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"text": "civil law system based on the French civil law model and influenced by customary law; Constitutional Court reviews legislative acts"
},
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"text": "<p>African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence or SADI<br>Alliance for Democracy and Progress or ADP-Maliba<br>Alliance for Democracy in Mali-Pan-African Party for Liberty, Solidarity, and Justice or ADEMA-PASJ<br>Alliance for the Solidarity of Mali-Convergence of Patriotic Forces or ASMA-CFP<br>Convergence for the Development of Mali or CODEM <br>Democratic Alliance for Peace or ADP-Maliba<br>Movement for Mali or MPM<br>Party for National Renewal (also Rebirth or Renaissance or PARENA)<br>Rally for Mali or RPM <br>Social Democratic Convention or CDS<br>Union for Democracy and Development or UDD<br>Union for Republic and Democracy or URD<br>Yéléma</p>",
"note": "<strong>note 1:  </strong>only parties with 2 or more seats in the last National Assembly parliamentary elections (30 March and 19 April 2020) included<br><strong><br>note 2:</strong>  the National Assembly was dissolved on 18 August 2020 following a military coup and replaced with a National Transition Council; currently 121 members, party affiliations unknown"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU (suspended), CD, EITI (compliant country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSCA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNOPS, UN Women, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, World Bank Group, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador S&eacute;kou BERTHE (since 16 September 2022)"
@ -654,12 +647,24 @@
"text": "<br>ACSBamako@state.gov<br><br>https://ml.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU (suspended), CD, EITI (compliant country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSCA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNOPS, UN Women, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, World Bank Group, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "22 September 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 22 September (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the same as those of neighboring Senegal (which has an additional green central star) and the reverse of those on the flag of neighboring Guinea"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Great Mosque of Djenne; national colors: green, yellow, red"
"text": "Great Mosque of Djenne"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "green, yellow, red"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 9% of population (2017 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "5.7% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "5.7% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "6.8% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.74 physicians/1,000 population (2021)"
@ -361,14 +366,15 @@
"text": "13.7% (2018)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "6.8% of GDP (2020)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> does not include data from the former Western Sahara"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "23.3% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "75.9%"
},
@ -534,12 +540,6 @@
"text": "12 regions; Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Casablanca-Settat, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab, Draa-Tafilalet, Fes-Meknes, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakech-Safi, Oriental, Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Souss-Massa, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> effective 10 December 2020, the US Government recognizes the sovereignty of Morocco over all of the territory of former Western Sahara"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "2 March 1956 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Throne Day (accession of King MOHAMMED VI to the throne), 30 July (1999)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil law based on French civil law and Islamic (sharia) law; Constitutional Court reviews legislative acts"
},
@ -659,9 +659,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Action Party or PA<br>Amal (hope) Party<br>An-Nahj Ad-Dimocrati or An-Nahj or Democratic Way<br>Authenticity and Modernity Party or PAM<br>Constitutional Union Party or UC<br>Democratic and Social Movement or MDS<br>Democratic Forces Front or FFD<br>Environment and Sustainable Development Party or PEDD<br>Federation of the Democratic Left or FGD<br>Green Left Party or PGV<br>Istiqlal (Independence) Party or PI<br>Moroccan Liberal Party or PML<br>Moroccan Union for Democracy or UMD<br>National Democratic Party<br>National Rally of Independents or RNI<br>Neo-Democrats Party<br>Party of Development Reform or PRD<br>Party of Justice and Development or PJD<br>Party of Liberty and Social Justice or PLJS<br>Party of Progress and Socialism or PPS<br>Popular Movement or MP<br>Renaissance and Virtue Party or PRV<br>Renaissance Party<br>Renewal and Equity Party or PRE<br>Shoura (consultation) and Istiqlal Party<br>Socialist Union of Popular Forces or USFP<br>Unified Socialist Party or GSU<br>Unity and Democracy Party"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AIIB, AMF, AMU, AU, CAEU, CD, EBRD, FAO, G-11, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club (associate), PCA, SICA (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNSC (temporary), UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Youssef AMRANI (since 27 February 2024)"
@ -705,11 +702,23 @@
"text": "Casablanca"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AIIB, AMF, AMU, AU, CAEU, CD, EBRD, FAO, G-11, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club (associate), PCA, SICA (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNSC (temporary), UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "2 March 1956 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Throne Day (accession of King MOHAMMED VI to the throne), 30 July (1999)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "red with a green pentacle (five-pointed linear star) known as Sulayman's (Solomon's) seal in the center of the flag; red and green are traditional colors in Arab flags, although the use of red is more commonly associated with the Arab states of the Persian Gulf; the pentacle represents the five pillars of Islam and signifies the association between God and the nation; the design dates to 1912"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "pentacle symbol, lion; national colors: red, green"
"text": "pentacle symbol, lion"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, green"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "6.4% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "6.4% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "9.4% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "1.44 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -325,21 +330,23 @@
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "62% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "4.9% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "3.3% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "12.8% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "92.2%"
"text": "93% (2016 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "93.5%"
"text": "95% (2016 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "90.5% (2021)"
"text": "91% (2016 est.)"
}
},
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@ -467,12 +474,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "9 districts and 3 dependencies*; Agalega Islands*, Black River, Cargados Carajos Shoals*, Flacq, Grand Port, Moka, Pamplemousses, Plaines Wilhems, Port Louis, Riviere du Rempart, Rodrigues*, Savanne"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "12 March 1968 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence and Republic Day, 12 March (1968 & 1992); note - became independent and a republic on the same date in 1968 and 1992 respectively"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil system based on French civil law with some elements of English common law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Alliance Morisien (Mauritian Alliance)<br>Jean-Claude Barbier Movement (Mouvement Jean-Claude Barbier) or MJCB<br>Mauritian Militant Movement (Mouvement Militant Mauricien) or MMM<br>Mauritian Social Democratic Party (Parti Mauricien Social Democrate) or PMSD<br>Mauritius Labor Party (Parti Travailliste) or PTR or MLP<br>Militant Platform (Plateforme Militante) or PM<br>Militant Socialist Movement (Mouvement Socialist Mauricien) or MSM<br>Muvman Liberater or ML<br>National Alliance<br>Patriotic Movement (Mouvement Patriotique) or MAG<br>Rodrigues Peoples Organization (Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais) or OPR"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, CD, COMESA, CPLP (associate), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SAARC (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Dhanandjay GOBOODUN (since 9 January 2025)"
@ -611,12 +609,24 @@
"text": "<br>PTLConsular@state.gov<br><br>https://mu.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, CD, COMESA, CPLP (associate), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SAARC (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "12 March 1968 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "Independence and Republic Day, 12 March (1968 & 1992); note - became independent and a republic on the same date in 1968 and 1992 respectively"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "four equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, yellow, and green; red stands for self-determination and independence, blue for the Indian Ocean, yellow for the new light of independence, golden sunshine, or the bright future, and green for agriculture or the island's lush vegetation",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the flag of Mauritius is the only national flag with four horizontal color bands"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "dodo bird, Trochetia Boutoniana flower; national colors: red, blue, yellow, green"
"text": "dodo bird, earring tree flower (<em>Trochetia boutoniana</em>)"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, blue, yellow, green"
},
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"name": {

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"text": "total: 14.8% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "4.1% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "4.1% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "6.3% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.26 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -361,21 +366,23 @@
"text": "1.2% (2021)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "1.9% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "4.8% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "10.2% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "67%"
"text": "59.5% (2020 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "71.8%"
"text": "70.1% (2020 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "62.2% (2021)"
"text": "51.8% (2020 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -433,11 +440,6 @@
"text": "3.84% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"widespread lack of access": {
"text": "<em>due to high food prices - </em>according to the latest analysis, over 472,000 people are projected to be in need of humanitarian assistance during the June to August 2023 lean season; this would be an improvement compared to the previous year, mostly due to a substantial increase in cereal production in 2022; high food prices, in particular of imported wheat, continue to worsen acute food security (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "41.98 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -522,12 +524,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "15 regions (wilayas, singular - wilaya); Adrar, Assaba, Brakna, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Gorgol, Guidimaka, Hodh ech Chargui, Hodh El Gharbi, Inchiri, Nouakchott Nord, Nouakchott Ouest, Nouakchott Sud, Tagant, Tiris Zemmour, Trarza"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "28 November 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 28 November (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of Islamic and French civil law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal or AJD/MR<br>El Insaf or Equity Party<br>El Islah or Reform Party<br>El Karama or Dignity Party<br>El Vadila or Virtue Party<br>Mauritanian Party of Union and Change or HATEM<br>National Democratic Alliance or AND<br>National Rally for Reform and Development or RNRD or TAWASSOUL<br>Nida El-Watan<br>Party for Conciliation and Prosperity or HIWAR<br>Party of the Mauritanian Masses or Hakam<br>Republican Front for Unity and Democracy or FRUD<br>Sawab Party<br>Union for Democracy and Progress or UDP<br>Union of Planning and Construction or UPC"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ABEDA, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AIIB, AMF, AMU, AU, CAEU, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Ciss&eacute; Mint Cheikh Ould BOIDE (since 15 September 2021)"
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"text": "<br>consularnkc@state.gov<br><br>https://mr.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ABEDA, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AIIB, AMF, AMU, AU, CAEU, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "28 November 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 28 November (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "green with a five-pointed yellow star between the ends of a yellow, upward-pointing crescent moon and red stripes along the top and bottom edges; the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam; green also represents hope for a bright future; the yellow color stands for the sands of the Sahara, and red for blood shed in the fight for independence"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "five-pointed star between the horns of a horizontal crescent moon; national colors: green, yellow"
"text": "five-pointed star between the horns of a horizontal crescent moon"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "green, yellow"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 26.7% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "9.1% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "9.1% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "8% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.18 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"text": "9.7% (2015)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "6.3% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "6% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "18.8% national budget (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "63.4%"
"text": "60% (2020 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "74.1%"
"text": "72% (2020 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "53.8% (2021)"
"text": "49% (2020 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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"text": "4.24% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"severe localized food insecurity": {
"text": "<p><em>due to shortfall in insecurity in northern areas and extreme weather events - </em>food insecurity estimates for 2023 are not yet available, but the landing of cyclone Freddy in February 2023 is expected to have caused disruptions to livelihoods and resulted in crop damage, aggravating food insecurity of the affected population</p> (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "16.45 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), 1 city (cidade)*; Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Cidade de Maputo*, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "25 June 1975 (from Portugal)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 25 June (1975)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of Portuguese civil law and customary law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Democratic Movement of Mozambique (Movimento Democratico de Mocambique) or MDM<br>Liberation Front of Mozambique (Frente de Liberatacao de Mocambique) or FRELIMO<br>Mozambican National Resistance (Resistencia Nacional Mocambicana) or RENAMO"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, CPLP, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF (observer), OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNEP,&nbsp; UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, Union Latina, UPU, WCO, WFP, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Alfredo Fabi&atilde;o NUVUNGA (since 19 April 2023)"
@ -657,12 +650,24 @@
"text": "<br>MaputaConsular@state.gov<br><br>https://mz.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, CPLP, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF (observer), OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNEP,&nbsp; UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, Union Latina, UPU, WCO, WFP, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "25 June 1975 (from Portugal)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 25 June (1975)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), black, and yellow, with a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; the black band is edged in white; centered in the triangle is a yellow five-pointed star with a crossed rifle and hoe in black superimposed on an open white book; green stands for the riches of the land, white for peace, black for the African continent, yellow for the country's minerals, and red for the fight for independence; the rifle symbolizes defense and vigilance, the hoe refers to the country's agriculture, the open book stresses the importance of education, and the star represents Marxism and internationalism",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> one of two national flags featuring a firearm; the other is Guatemala"
},
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"text": "national symbols: rifle, hoe, and book; national colors: green, black, yellow, white, red"
"text": "rifle, hoe, and book"
},
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"text": "green, black, yellow, white, red"
},
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"name": {
@ -1152,6 +1157,9 @@
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the FADM and other security forces are referred to collectively as the Mozambican Defense and Security Forces (FDS)<br><strong><br>note 2:</strong> the PRM, SERNIC, and the UIR are responsible for law enforcement and internal security; the Border Security Force is responsible for protecting the country’s international borders and for carrying out police duties within 24 miles of borders<br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> in 2023, the Mozambique Government legalized local militias that have been assisting security forces operating in Cabo Delgado against Islamic militants since 2020; this Local Force is comprised of ex-combatants and other civilians and receives training, uniforms, weapons, and logistical support from the FADM"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
"text": "2% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
@ -1163,9 +1171,6 @@
},
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
"text": "1.1% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2019 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "total: 31.4% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "5.8% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "5.8% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "7.1% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.04 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
@ -342,21 +347,23 @@
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "80.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "3.8% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "4.1% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "12.8% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "37.3%"
"text": "35.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "45.8%"
"text": "47.9% (2022 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "29% (2018)"
"text": "25.7% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -414,11 +421,6 @@
"text": "4.72% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"widespread lack of access": {
"text": "<em>due to internal conflict, high food prices, and floods - </em>about 3.28 million people are projected to be acutely food insecure during the June to August 2023 lean season period; this would be an improvement on the situation in 2022, mostly reflecting the sharp upturn in crop yields following the below average cereal output in 2021; persistent insecurity continues to disrupt livelihoods and has displaced over 370,000 people, mostly in the Diffa, Tahoua and Tillabery regions, as of May 2023; high food prices, as well as the floods in 2022 that affected about 327,000 people, are additional factors that have aggravated food insecurity (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "50.15 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -510,12 +512,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "7 regions (r&eacute;gions, singular - r&eacute;gion) and 1 capital district* (communaut&eacute; urbaine); Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey*, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "3 August 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Republic Day, 18 December (1958); note - commemorates the founding of the Republic of Niger which predated independence from France in 1960"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "<strong>note:</strong> following the 26 July 2023 military coup, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland assumed control of all government institutions and rules by decree; formerly, mixed system of civil law, based on French civil law, Islamic law, and customary law"
},
@ -602,9 +598,6 @@
"text": "<p>Alliance for Democracy and the Republic<br>Alliance for Democratic Renewal or ARD-Adaltchi-Mutuntchi <br>Alliance of Movements for the Emergence of Niger or AMEN AMIN<br>Congress for the Republic or CPR-Inganci<br>Democratic Alternation for Equity in Niger<br>Democratic and Republican Renewal-RDR-Tchanji<br>Democratic Movement for the Emergence of Niger Falala<br>Democratic Patriots' Rally or RPD Bazara<br>National Movement for the Development of Society-Nassara or MNSD-Nassara<br>Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress-Zaman Lahiya or ANDP-Zaman Lahiya<br>Nigerien Democratic Movement for an African Federation or MODEN/FA Lumana<br>Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism or PNDS-Tarrayya<br>Nigerien Patriotic Movement or MPN-Kishin Kassa<br>Nigerien Rally for Democracy and Peace<br>Patriotic Movement for the Republic or MPR-Jamhuriya<br>Peace, Justice, Progress–Generation Doubara<br>Rally for Democracy and Progress-Jama'a or RDP-Jama'a<br>Rally for Peace and Progress or RPP Farilla<br>Social Democratic Rally or RSD-Gaskiyya<br>Social Democratic Party or PSD-Bassira</p>",
"note": "<strong>Note:</strong> after the 26 July 2023 military coup, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland dissolved the National Assembly and prohibited all political party activity "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU (suspended), CD, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, MINUSCA, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Hassane IDI (since 3 August 2023)"
@ -642,12 +635,24 @@
"text": "<br>consulateniamey@state.gov<br><br>https://ne.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU (suspended), CD, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, MINUSCA, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "3 August 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Republic Day, 18 December (1958); note - commemorates the founding of the Republic of Niger which predated independence from France in 1960"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and green, with a small orange disk centered in the white band; the orange stands for the northern Sahara regions, white for purity and innocence, and green for hope and the fertile and productive southern and western areas, as well as the Niger River; the orange disc represents the sun and the people's sacrifices ",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of India, which has a blue spoked wheel centered in the white band"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "zebu; national colors: orange, white, green"
"text": "zebu"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "orange, white, green"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {
@ -1073,6 +1078,9 @@
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Gendarmerie (GN) and the National Guard (GNN) are paramilitary forces; the GN has primary responsibility for rural security while the GNN is responsible for domestic security and the protection of high-level officials and government buildings<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>the National Police includes the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance, which is charged with border management"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
"text": "2.2% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
"text": "2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
@ -1084,9 +1092,6 @@
},
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
"text": "2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
"text": "1.7% of GDP (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {

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"text": "total: 17.4% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "4.1% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "4.1% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "4.3% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
@ -359,21 +364,23 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> due to prolonged insecurity concerns, some parts of states, including Borno state, were not sampled"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "0.5% of GDP (2013)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "0.3% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "4.3% national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "62%"
"text": "63.2% (2021 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "71.3%"
"text": "73.7% (2021 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "52.7% (2018)"
"text": "53.3% (2021 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -420,11 +427,6 @@
"text": "3.92% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"widespread lack of access": {
"text": "<em><em>due to persistent civil conflict in the northern areas, </em></em><em>floods, high food prices, and an economic slowdown </em><em>- </em>about 24.86 million people are projected to face acute food insecurity during the June to August 2023 lean season, which is more than the 19.45 million people estimated to be acutely food insecure in 2022; acute food insecurity is mostly the result of worsening insecurity and conflicts in northern states, which, as well as impeding farmers’ physical access to their lands and disrupting agricultural activities, led to the displacement of about 3.57 million people as of April 2023; macroeconomic challenges, marked by persistent high inflation, depreciation of the naira on the informal market, high fuel prices and the lingering impacts of cash shortages following the introduction of new banknotes at the start of 2023, have aggravated the food security conditions of vulnerable households (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "55.64 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -502,12 +504,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "36 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Federal Capital Territory*, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 October 1960 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day (National Day), 1 October (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of English common law, Islamic law (in 12 northern states), and traditional law"
},
@ -637,9 +633,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Accord Party or ACC <br>Africa Democratic Congress or ADC  <br>All Progressives Congress or APC <br>All Progressives Grand Alliance or APGA <br>Labor Party or LP <br>New Nigeria People’s Party or NNPP <br>Peoples Democratic Party or PDP <br>Young Progressive Party or YPP "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, C, CD, D-8, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, MINURSO, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Samson Sunday ITEGBOJE (since 22 October 2024)"
@ -683,11 +676,23 @@
"text": "Lagos"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, C, CD, D-8, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, MINURSO, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 October 1960 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day (National Day), 1 October (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green; the color green stands for the country's forests and natural resources, and white for peace and unity"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "eagle; national colors: green, white"
"text": "eagle"
},
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"text": "green, white"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {
@ -1191,6 +1196,9 @@
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the NSCDC is a paramilitary agency commissioned to assist the military in the management of threats to internal security, including attacks and natural disasters<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>some states have created local security forces akin to neighborhood watches in response to increased violence, insecurity, and criminality that have exceeded the response capacity of federal government security forces, but official security forces remained the constitutional prerogative of the federal government; in 2023, the federal government began deploying thousands of \"agro rangers\" across 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory to help safeguard farmland and mediate conflicts, especially in areas hit by farmer-herder clashes"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2024)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
@ -1202,9 +1210,6 @@
},
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
"text": "0.5% of GDP (2019 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "total: 21.6% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "5.9% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "5.9% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "2.1% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.04 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -296,13 +301,15 @@
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "72% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2016 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "8.1% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "34.5%"
},
@ -357,11 +364,6 @@
"text": "4.12% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"widespread lack of access": {
"text": "<em>due to economic downturn, the lingering effects of floods, and prolonged internal conflict -</em> despite sustained humanitarian assistance, food insecurity still affects large segments of the population, owing to rampant inflation and insufficient food supplies due to stagnant agricultural production, the effects of consecutive years with widespread floods, and the escalation of organized violence at the sub-national level since 2020; about 7.76 million people, almost two thirds of the total population, are expected to face severe acute food insecurity in the lean season between April and July 2023; the high levels of cereal prices are mainly due to insufficient supplies, low foreign currency reserves, a weak national currency and high fuel prices; further upward pressure was exerted by reduced imports from neighboring Uganda, where exportable surpluses shrunk in 2022 following a reduced cereal production (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "20.18 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -431,12 +433,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "10 states; Central Equatoria, Eastern Equatoria, Jonglei, Lakes, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Unity, Upper Nile, Warrap, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Western Equatoria; note - in 2015, the creation of 28 new states was announced and in 2017 four additional states; following the February 2020 peace agreement, the country was again reorganized into the 10 original states, plus 2 administrative areas, Pibor and Ruweng, and 1 special administrative status area, Abyei (which is disputed between South Sudan and Sudan); this latest administrative revision has not yet been vetted by the US Board on Geographic Names"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "9 July 2011 (from Sudan)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 9 July (2011)"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "previous 2005 (pre-independence); latest signed 7 July 2011, effective 9 July 2011 (Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan, 2011)"
@ -543,9 +539,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "<p>Democratic Change or DC<br>Democratic Forum or DF<br>Labour Party or LPSS<br>South Sudan Opposition Alliance or SSOA<br>Sudan African National Union or SANU<br>Sudan People's Liberation Movement or SPLM<br>Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition or SPLM-IO<br>United Democratic Salvation Front or UDSF    <br>United South Sudan African Party or USSAP<br>United South Sudan Party or USSP</p>"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "AU, EAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOM, IPU, ITU, MIGA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WMO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Santino Fardol Watod DICKEN (since 18 September 2024)"
@ -580,12 +573,24 @@
"text": "<br>ACSJuba@state.gov<br><br>https://ss.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "AU, EAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOM, IPU, ITU, MIGA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WMO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "9 July 2011 (from Sudan)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 9 July (2011)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side has a gold, five-pointed star; black stands for the people, red for the blood shed in the struggle for freedom, green for the land, and blue for the Nile; the gold star represents the unity of the country's states",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> resembles the flag of Kenya; South Sudan has one of two national flags that display six colors as part of the primary design -- the other is South Africa's"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "African fish eagle; national colors: red, green, blue, yellow, black, white"
"text": "African fish eagle"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, green, blue, yellow, black, white"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {
@ -965,6 +970,9 @@
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the NUF are being formed by retraining rebel and pro-government militia fighters into military, police, and other government security forces; the first operational NUF deployed in November 2023<strong><br><br>note 2:</strong> numerous irregular forces operate in the country with official knowledge, including militias operated by the National Security Service (an internal security force under the Ministry of National Security) and proxy forces"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
"text": "2% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
"text": "2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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},
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
"text": "2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
"text": "3.1% of GDP (2019 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "total: 26.9% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "8.2% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "8.2% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "5.2% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.25 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -339,21 +344,18 @@
"text": "2.2% (2019)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"Education expenditure": {
"text": "2.7% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "52.9%"
"text": "63.9% (2022 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "67%"
"text": "77.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "39.9% (2021)"
"text": "52.2% (2022 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -475,12 +477,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "9 regions (regioes, singular - regiao); Bafata, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama/Bijagos, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "24 September 1973 (declared); 10 September 1974 (from Portugal)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 24 September (1973)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil law, which incorporated Portuguese law at independence; influenced by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), African Francophone Public Law, and customary law"
},
@ -577,9 +573,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cabo Verde or PAIGC <br>Democratic Convergence Party or PCD <br>Movement for Democratic Alternation Group of 15 or MADEM-G15 <br>National People’s Assembly – Democratic Party of Guinea Bissau or APU-PDGB <br>New Democracy Party or PND <br>Party for Social Renewal or PRS <br>Republican Party for Independence and Development or PRID <br>Union for Change or UM "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, CPLP, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Maria Da Concei&ccedil;&atilde;o NOBRE CABRAL (since 18 September 2024)"
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"text": "<br>dakarACS@state.gov<br><br>https://gw.usmission.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, CPLP, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "24 September 1973 (declared); 10 September 1974 (from Portugal)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 24 September (1973)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green with a vertical red band on the hoist side; a black five-pointed star is centered in the red band; yellow stands for the sun, green for hope, red for blood shed during the struggle for independence; the black star stands for African unity",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the Ghanaian flag heavily influenced the design"
},
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"text": "black star; national colors: red, yellow, green, black"
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"text": "red, yellow, green, black"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 17.3% of population (2020 est.)"
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"text": "7.3% of GDP (2021)"
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"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "7.3% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "9.5% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"text": "0.4% (2020)"
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"text": "3.8% of GDP (2021 est.)"
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"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "4.7% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "13.9% national budget (2025 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"text": "75.9%"
"text": "79% (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "78.7%"
"text": "81% (2022 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "73.3% (2021)"
"text": "77% (2022 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "4 provinces (in French - provinces, singular - province; in Kinyarwanda - intara for singular and plural) and 1 city* (in French - ville; in Kinyarwanda - umujyi); Est (Eastern), Kigali*, Nord (Northern), Ouest (Western), Sud (Southern)"
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"text": "1 July 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship)"
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"text": "Independence Day, 1 July (1962)"
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"text": "mixed system of civil law, based on German and Belgian models, and customary law; Supreme Court reviews legislative acts"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Democratic Green Party of Rwanda or DGPR <br>Liberal Party or PL <br>Party for Progress and Concord or PPC <br>Rwandan Patriotic Front or RPF <br>Rwandan Patriotic Front Coalition (includes RPF, PPC, PSP, UDPR, PDI, PSR, PDC) <br>Social Democratic Party or PSD <br>Social Party Imberakuri or PS-Imberakuri "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CEPGL, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
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"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Mathilde MUKANTABANA (since 18 July 2013)"
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"text": "<br>consularkigali@state.gov<br><br>https://rw.usembassy.gov/"
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CEPGL, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
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"text": "1 July 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship)"
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"text": "Independence Day, 1 July (1962)"
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"text": "three horizontal bands of sky blue (top, double-width), yellow, and green, with a golden sun with 24 rays near the fly end of the blue band; blue stands for happiness and peace, yellow for economic development and mineral wealth, and green for hope for prosperity and natural resources; the sun symbolizes unity and enlightenment"
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"text": "traditional woven basket with peaked lid; national colors: blue, yellow, green"
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"text": "blue, yellow, green"
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"name": {
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"text": "Rwanda Defense Force (RDF; Ingabo z’u Rwanda): Rwanda Army (Rwanda Land Force), Rwanda Air Force (Force Aerienne Rwandaise, FAR), Rwanda Reserve Force, Special Units<br><br>Ministry of Internal Security: Rwanda National Police (2025)"
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"Military Expenditures 2024": {
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.4% of GDP (2023 est.)"
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
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"text": "1.4% of GDP (2022 est.)"
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},
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"text": "1.3% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.2% of GDP (2019 est.)"
}
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"text": "total: 3.8% of population (2017 est.)"
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"text": "5.3% of GDP (2021)"
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"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "5.3% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "10.2% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "2.25 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "45% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "5.2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "4.5% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "13.1% national budget (2024 est.)"
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"text": "95.9%"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "27 administrative districts; Anse aux Pins, Anse Boileau, Anse Etoile, Anse Royale, Au Cap, Baie Lazare, Baie Sainte Anne, Beau Vallon, Bel Air, Bel Ombre, Cascade, Glacis, Grand Anse Mahe, Grand Anse Praslin, Ile Pers&eacute;v&eacute;rance I, Ile Pers&eacute;v&eacute;rance II, La Digue, La Rivi&egrave;re Anglaise, Les Mamelles, Mont Buxton, Mont Fleuri, Plaisance, Pointe Larue, Port Glaud, Roche Caiman, Saint Louis, Takamaka"
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"text": "29 June 1976 (from the UK)"
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"text": "Constitution Day, 18 June (1993); Independence Day (National Day), 29 June (1976)"
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"text": "mixed system of English common law, French civil law, and customary law"
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy or SPSJD<br>Seychellois Democratic Alliance or LDS (Linyon Demokratik Seselwa/Union Démocratique Seychelloise)<br>Seychelles National Party or SNP<br>United Seychelles or US"
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, C, CD, COMESA, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Ian Dereck Joseph MADELEINE (since 1 December 2021); note - also Permanent Representative to the UN"
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"text": "[248] 422 5256"
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"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, C, CD, COMESA, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "29 June 1976 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Constitution Day, 18 June (1993); Independence Day (National Day), 29 June (1976)"
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"text": "five oblique bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, red, white, and green (bottom), radiating from the bottom of the hoist side; the bands symbolize a dynamic new country moving into the future; blue stands for the sky and sea, yellow for the sun giving light and life, red for the people's determination to work for the future in unity and love, white for social justice and harmony, and green for the land and natural environment"
},
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"text": "coco de mer (sea coconut); national colors: blue, yellow, red, white, green"
"text": "coco de mer (sea coconut)"
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"text": "blue, yellow, red, white, green"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {
@ -1025,6 +1035,9 @@
"note": "<br>  "
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"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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},
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.3% of GDP (2019 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "total: 3.3% of population (2020 est.)"
}
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"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "8.3% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "8.3% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "16.9% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "0.79 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"text": "0.6% (2016)"
}
},
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"text": "6.6% of GDP (2021 est.)"
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"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "6.7% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
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"text": "18.6% national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"text": "95%"
"text": "90% (2021 est.)"
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"text": "95.5%"
"text": "91% (2021 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "94.5% (2019)"
"text": "89% (2021 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "9 provinces; Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "31 May 1910 (Union of South Africa formed from four British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange Free State); 22 August 1934 (Status of the Union Act); 31 May 1961 (republic declared); 27 April 1994 (majority rule)"
},
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"text": "Freedom Day, 27 April (1994)"
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"text": "mixed system of Roman-Dutch civil law, English common law, and customary law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "African Christian Democratic Party or ACDP <br>African Independent Congress or AIC <br>African National Congress or ANC <br>African People's Convention or APC <br>Agang SA <br>Congress of the People or COPE <br>Democratic Alliance or DA <br>Economic Freedom Fighters or EFF <br>Freedom Front Plus or FF+ <br>GOOD <br>Inkatha Freedom Party or IFP <br>National Freedom Party or NFP <br>Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania or PAC <br>United Christian Democratic Party or UCDP <br>United Democratic Movement or UDM "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AIIB, AU, BIS, BRICS, C, CD, FAO, FATF, G-20, G-24, G-5, G-77, 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), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, NSG, OECD (enhanced engagement), OPCW, Paris Club (associate), PCA, SACU, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNITAR, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
},
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"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Ismail ESAU (since 18 March 2025)"
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"text": "Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg"
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},
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AIIB, AU, BIS, BRICS, C, CD, FAO, FATF, G-20, G-24, G-5, G-77, 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), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, NSG, OECD (enhanced engagement), OPCW, Paris Club (associate), PCA, SACU, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNITAR, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
},
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"text": "31 May 1910 (Union of South Africa formed from four British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange Free State); 22 August 1934 (Status of the Union Act); 31 May 1961 (republic declared); 27 April 1994 (majority rule)"
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"text": "Freedom Day, 27 April (1994)"
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"text": "two equal-width horizontal bands of red (top) and blue separated by a central green band that splits into a horizontal Y; a black isosceles triangle is in the Y, with narrow yellow bands around it; the red and blue bands are bordered by narrow white stripes; the colors have no official meaning, but the Y stands for \"the convergence of diverse elements within South African society, taking the road ahead in unity\"",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> South Africa has one of two national flags that display six colors as part of the primary design -- the other is South Sudan's"
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"text": "springbok (antelope), king protea flower; national colors: red, green, blue, yellow, black, white"
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"text": "red, green, blue, yellow, black, white"
},
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"name": {
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"text": "South African National Defense Force (SANDF): South African Army (includes Reserve Force), South African Navy (SAN), South African Air Force (SAAF), South African Military Health Services<br><br>Ministry of Police: South African Police Service (2025)"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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},
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
"text": "1.1% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
"text": "1% of GDP (2019 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "total: 12.7% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "4.4% of GDP (2021)"
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"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "4.4% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "3.4% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.11 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
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"text": "0.7% (2019)"
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"Education expenditures": {
"text": "5.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "6.2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "20.9% national budget (2025 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
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"text": "56.3%"
"text": "50.4% (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "68.4%"
"text": "61.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "45.4% (2021)"
"text": "41.5% (2023 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "3.59% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"severe localized food insecurity": {
"text": "<em>due to localized shortfalls in cereal production and reduced incomes - </em>the latest analysis indicates that about 1.26 million people are projected to be acutely food insecure during the June to August 2023 lean season; this would be a significant deterioration compared to the previous year; the main drivers of acute food insecurity are macroeconomic challenges and high prices of basic food items (2023)"
}
},
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"text": "38.21 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "14 regions (r&eacute;gions, singular - r&eacute;gion); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaffrine, Kaolack, K&eacute;edougou, Kolda, Louga, Matam, Saint-Louis, Sedhiou, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "4 April 1960 (from France); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 4 April (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on French law; Constitutional Council reviews legislative acts"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Alliance for Citizenship and Work or ACT <br>Alliance for the Republic-Yakaar or APR <br>Alliance of Forces of Progress or AFP <br>AND (National Alliance for Democracy) <br>And-Jef/African Party for Democracy and Socialism or AJ/PADS <br>ARC (Alternative for the next generation of citizens) <br>Awalé <br>Benno Bokk Yakaar or BBY (United in Hope); coalition includes AFP, APR, BGC, LD-MPT, PIT, PS, and UNP<br>Bokk Gis Gis coalition <br>Citizen Movement for National Reform or MCRN-Bes Du Nakk <br>Coalition Mimi 2024 <br>Dare the Future movement <br>Democratic League-Labor Party Movement or LD-MPT <br>Democratic Renaissance Congress <br>Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubel or FSD/BJ <br>Gainde Centrist Bloc or BCG <br>General Alliance for the Interests of the Republic or AGIR <br>Grand Party or GP <br>Gueum sa Bopp (Believe in yourself) <br>Independence and Labor Party or PIT <br>Jotna Coalition <br>Liberate the People (Yewwi Askan Wi) or YAW <br>Madicke 2019 coalition <br>National Union for the People or UNP <br>Only Senegal Movement <br>Party for Truth and Development or PVD <br>Party of Unity and Rally or PUR <br>Patriotic Convergence Kaddu Askan Wi or CP-Kaddu Askan Wi <br>PRP (Republican party for Progress) <br>Rewmi Party <br>Save Senegal (Wallu Senegal Grand Coalition) or WS; coalition includes PDS, Jotna Coalition, Democratic Renaissance Congress<br>Senegalese Democratic Party or PDS <br>Socialist Party or PS <br>Tekki Movement <br>Réewum Ngor (Republic of Values) <br>Servants (Les Serviteurs)"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, CPLP (associate), ECOWAS, EITI (candidate country), FAO, FZ, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Isidor Marcel SENE (since 31 August 2024)"
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"text": "<br>DakarACS@state.gov<br><br>https://sn.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, CPLP (associate), ECOWAS, EITI (candidate country), FAO, FZ, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "4 April 1960 (from France); 20 August 1960 (full independence after federation with Mali is dissolved)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 4 April (1960)"
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"text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red, with a small green five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; green stands for Islam, progress, and hope, yellow for natural wealth and progress, and red for sacrifice and determination; the star represents unity and hope",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the same as Mali's flag and the reverse of Guinea's flag"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion; national colors: green, yellow, red"
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"text": "green, yellow, red"
},
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"name": {
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Police operates in major cities, while the Gendarmerie under the FAS primarily operates outside urban areas; both services have specialized anti-terrorism units, and the Gendarmerie has both Territorial and Mobile components"
},
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"text": "1.6% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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},
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"text": "1.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"text": "1.5% of GDP (2019 est.)"
}
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "3 administrative areas; Ascension, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha"
},
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"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
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"text": "Official birthday of King Charles III, April or June as designated by the governor"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "English common law and local statutes"
},
@ -413,9 +407,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "none"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "UPU"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
@ -424,6 +415,15 @@
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "UPU"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Official birthday of King Charles III, April or June as designated by the governor"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Saint Helenian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the upper third of the shield depicts a white plover on a yellow field; the rest of the shield depicts a rocky coastline and a three-masted sailing ship with sails furled and flying an English flag"
},
@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
"text": "Saint Helena plover (wire bird)"
},
"National coat of arms": {
"text": "The coat of arms of Saint Helena was officially granted on January 30, 1984. The national bird, the Saint Helena plover (<em>Charadrius sanctaehelenae</em>), is at the top of the shield. The lower part of the shield shows a three-masted sailing ship with the mountainous island to the left. Below the shield is a scroll with the motto “Loyal and unshakable.” The crest shows an image of Saint Helena, holding a cross and a flower."
"text": "the coat of arms of Saint Helena was officially granted on January 30, 1984; the national bird, the Saint Helena plover (<em>Charadrius sanctaehelenae</em>), is at the top of the shield; the lower part of the shield shows a three-masted sailing ship with the mountainous island to the left; below the shield is a scroll with the motto “Loyal and unshakable;” the crest shows an image of Saint Helena, holding a cross and a flower"
},
"National anthem": {
"text": "<p><strong>note:</strong> as an overseas territory of the UK, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)</p>"
@ -560,9 +560,6 @@
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "17 (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Communications - note": {
"text": "Ascension Island hosts one of four dedicated ground antennas that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation system (the others are on Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory), Kwajalein (Marshall Islands), and at Cape Canaveral, Florida (US))"
}
},
"Transportation": {

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"text": "total: 27.2% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "8.6% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "8.6% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "5.2% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.13 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -349,21 +354,23 @@
"text": "4.1% (2019)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "9.1% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "8.5% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "29.4% national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic"
},
"total population": {
"text": "48.6%"
"text": "43.6% (2019 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "56.3%"
"text": "54.6% (2019 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "41.3% (2022)"
"text": "33.9% (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -410,11 +417,6 @@
"text": "3.02% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"severe localized food insecurity": {
"text": "<em>due to high food prices and reduced incomes - </em>according to the latest analysis, about 1.18 million people are projected to be in need of humanitarian assistance between the June to August 2023 lean season; acute food insecurity is underpinned by elevated food prices, in part driven by a weak currency, and low purchasing power of vulnerable households (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "39.42 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -487,12 +489,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "4 provinces and 1 area*; Eastern, Northern, North Western, Southern, Western*"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "27 April 1961 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 27 April (1961)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of English common law and customary law"
},
@ -589,9 +585,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "All People's Congress or APC <br>Sierra Leone People's Party or SLPP"
},
"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, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNOOSA, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Sheku MESALI (since 14 January 2025)"
@ -626,11 +619,23 @@
"text": "<br>consularfreetown@state.gov<br><br>https://sl.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"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, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNOOSA, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "27 April 1961 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 27 April (1961)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of light green (top), white, and light blue; green stands for agriculture, mountains, and natural resources, white for unity and justice, and blue for the sea and the natural harbor in Freetown"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion; national colors: green, white, blue"
"text": "lion"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "green, white, blue"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {
@ -1048,6 +1053,9 @@
"text": "Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF): organized as a Joint Force Command with land, air, and maritime components<br><br>Ministry of Internal Affairs: Sierra Leone Police (2025)"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
"text": "0.5% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
@ -1059,9 +1067,6 @@
},
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
"text": "0.3% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
"text": "0.3% of GDP (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {

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"text": "total: 15.8% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Health expenditure": {
"text": "2.5% of national budget (2022 est.)"
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2014)"
},
@ -319,18 +322,23 @@
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "62.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "0.3% of GDP (2019)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "0.3% of GDP (2019 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "4.2% national budget (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"total population": {
"text": "NA"
"text": "54% (2022 est.) NA"
},
"male": {
"text": "NA"
"text": "65% (2022 est.) NA"
},
"female": {
"text": "NA"
"text": "44% (2022 est.) NA"
}
}
},
@ -377,11 +385,6 @@
"text": "4.2% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies": {
"text": "<em>due to drought conditions and internal conflict - </em>the food security situation remains dire and, at national level, about 6.5 million people (almost 40 percent of the total population) are projected to have faced severe acute food insecurity between April and June 2023; the high prevalence and severity of food insecurity are due to prolonged drought, which began in late 2020 and caused severe crop and livestock losses; the impact of the drought on households’ food security has been compounded by prolonged conflicts and hikes in international prices of wheat and fuel caused by the war in Ukraine (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "14.28 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -457,12 +460,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "18 regions (plural - gobollo, singular - gobol); Awdal, Bakool, Banaadir, Bari, Bay, Galguduud, Gedo, Hiiraan, Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Jubba), Jubbada Hoose (Lower Jubba), Mudug, Nugaal, Sanaag, Shabeellaha Dhexe (Middle Shabeelle), Shabeellaha Hoose (Lower Shabeelle), Sool, Togdheer, Woqooyi Galbeed"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 July 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland, which became independent from the UK on 26 June 1960, and Italian Somaliland, which became independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on 1 July 1960 to form the Somali Republic)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Foundation of the Somali Republic, 1 July (1960); note - 26 June (1960) in Somaliland"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil law, Islamic (sharia) law, and customary law (referred to as Xeer)"
},
@ -582,9 +579,6 @@
"text": "<p>Cosmopolitan Democratic Party<br>Green Party<br>Himilo Qaran Party<br>Ilays Party<br>Justice and Reconciliation Party<br>National Progressive Party<br>Peace and Unity Party<br>Qaransoor Party<br>Qiimo Qaran Party<br>Security and Justice Party<br>Social Justice Party<br>Somali Labour Party<br>Somali Republic Party<br>Somali Social Unity Party or SSUP<br>Union for Peace and Development Party or PDP<br>Wadajir Party</p>",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in 2017 an independent electoral commission (the NIEC) was inaugurated with a mandate to oversee the process of registration of political parties in the country; as of 2021, the NIEC had registered a total of 110 parties"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, CAEU (candidate), EAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, LAS, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OPCW (signatory), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador DAHIR Hassan Abdi (since 18 September 2024)"
@ -616,11 +610,23 @@
"text": "<br>SomaliaPublicAffairs@state.gov<br><br>https://so.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, CAEU (candidate), EAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, LAS, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OPCW (signatory), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 July 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland, which became independent from the UK on 26 June 1960, and Italian Somaliland, which became independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on 1 July 1960 to form the Somali Republic)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Foundation of the Somali Republic, 1 July (1960); note - 26 June (1960) in Somaliland"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "light blue with a large white five-pointed star in the center; the blue field was originally influenced by the UN flag but today is said to represent the sky and the Indian Ocean; the five points of the star represent the regions in the horn of Africa where Somali people live: the former British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland (which together make up Somalia), Djibouti, Ogaden (Ethiopia), and the Northeast Province (Kenya)"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "leopard; national colors: blue, white"
"text": "leopard"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, white"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {
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"note": "<strong>note: </strong>tens of thousands of militia forces are also active in Somalia"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the SNA's inventory includes a variety of mostly older, secondhand equipment largely from Italy, Russia, South Africa, and the UK; in recent years, it has received limited quantities of more modern equipment as aid/donations from a variety of countries, including the US (2024)"
"text": "the SNA's inventory is a mix of older, secondhand, and donated equipment from a variety of suppliers, including Italy, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, and the US (2024)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription of men aged 18-40 and women aged 18-30 is authorized, but not currently utilized (2023)"

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"text": "total: 12.9% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "2.8% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "2.8% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "6.7% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.25 physicians/1,000 population (2017)"
@ -336,9 +341,6 @@
"text": "61.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "60.7%"
},
@ -404,11 +406,6 @@
"text": "3.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"severe localized food insecurity": {
"text": "<em>due to conflict, civil insecurity, and soaring food prices - </em>about 19.9 million people are currently expected to require emergency food and livelihood assistance, due to the conflict that broke out in mid-April 2023 which severely damaged livelihoods, paralyzed economic activities, triggered a surge in the already high food prices and caused large-scale displacements, with about 1.67 million people displaced inside of the country and about 528,000 people having fled to neighboring countries (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "21.43 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -491,12 +488,6 @@
"text": "18 states (wilayat, singular - wilayah); Blue Nile, Central Darfur, East Darfur, Gedaref, Gezira, Kassala, Khartoum, North Darfur, North Kordofan, Northern, Red Sea, River Nile, Sennar, South Darfur, South Kordofan, West Darfur, West Kordofan, White Nile",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the peace Agreement signed in October 2020 included a provision to establish a system of governance to restructure the country's current 18 provinces/states into regions"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 January 1956 (from Egypt and the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 1 January (1956)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of Islamic law and English common law"
},
@ -562,9 +553,6 @@
"text": "<p>Democratic Unionist Party<br>Democratic Unionist Party or DUP<br>Federal Umma Party<br>Muslim Brotherhood or MB<br>National Congress Party or NCP<br>National Umma Party or NUP<br>Popular Congress Party or PCP<br>Reform Movement Now<br>Sudan National Front<br>Sudanese Communist Party or SCP<br>Sudanese Congress Party or SCoP<br>Umma Party for Reform and Development<br>Unionist Movement Party or UMP</p>",
"note": "<strong>note:  </strong>in November 2019, the transitional government banned the National Congress Party"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ABEDA, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU (suspended), CAEU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Mohamed Abdalla IDRIS&nbsp;(since 16 September 2022)"
@ -600,11 +588,23 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong>  the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum suspended operations (to include visa, passport, and other routine consular services) on 22 April 2023"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ABEDA, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU (suspended), CAEU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 January 1956 (from Egypt and the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 1 January (1956)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black, with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; colors and design based on the Arab Revolt flag of World War I; red stands for the struggle for freedom, white for peace, light, and love, black for the people, and green for Islam, agriculture, and prosperity"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "secretary bird; national colors: red, white, black, green"
"text": "secretary bird"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, white, black, green"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 25.4% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "5.6% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "5.6% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "2.6% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -347,21 +352,23 @@
"text": "2.6% (2017)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "4.1% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "11.6% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "66.5%"
"text": "72.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "80%"
"text": "82.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "55.1% (2019)"
"text": "63.7% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -500,12 +507,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "5 regions (regions, singular - region); Centrale, Kara, Maritime, Plateaux, Savanes"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 27 April (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "customary law system"
},
@ -633,9 +634,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Action Committee for Renewal or CAR <br>Alliance of Democrats for Integral Development or ADDI <br>Democratic Convention of African Peoples or CDPA <br>Democratic Forces for the Republic or FDR <br>National Alliance for Change or ANC <br>New Togolese Commitment <br>Pan-African National Party or PNP <br>Pan-African Patriotic Convergence or CPP <br>Patriotic Movement for Democracy and Development or MPDD <br>Socialist Pact for Renewal or PSR <br>The Togolese Party <br>Union of Forces for Change or UFC <br>Union for the Republic or UNIR "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AIIB, AU, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Edem HEGBE (since 24 April 2017)"
@ -673,12 +671,24 @@
"text": "<br>consularLome@state.gov<br><br>https://tg.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AIIB, AU, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 27 April (1960)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; a white five-pointed star on a red square is in the upper hoist-side corner; the five horizontal stripes stand for the country's regions; red stands for the people's loyalty and patriotism, green for hope, fertility, and agriculture, and yellow for mineral wealth and faith that hard work and strength will bring prosperity; the star symbolizes life, purity, peace, dignity, and national independence",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion; national colors: green, yellow, red, white"
"text": "lion"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "green, yellow, red, white"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {
@ -1145,6 +1155,9 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Police and GNT are responsible for law enforcement and maintenance of order within the country; the GNT is also responsible for migration and border enforcement; the GNT falls under the Ministry of the Armed Forces but also reports to the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection on many matters involving law enforcement and internal security; in 2022, the Ministry of the Armed Forces was made part of the Office of the Presidency"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
"text": "2.2% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
"text": "3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
@ -1156,9 +1169,6 @@
},
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
"text": "2.8% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
"text": "2.6% of GDP (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {

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"text": "total: 1.5% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "7.8% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "7.8% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "14.9% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.46 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"text": "3.1% (2019)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "5% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "18.1% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "94.8%"
"text": "87.4% (2019 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "96.5%"
"text": "92.5% (2019 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "91.1% (2021)"
"text": "82.8% (2019 est.)"
}
},
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@ -480,12 +487,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "6 districts (distritos, singular - distrito), 1 autonomous region* (regiao autonoma); Agua Grande, Cantagalo, Caue, Lemba, Lobata, Me-Zochi, Principe*"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "12 July 1975 (from Portugal)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 12 July (1975)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil law based on the Portuguese model and customary law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "BASTA Movement <br>Independent Democratic Action or ADI <br>Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tome and Principe-Social Democratic Party or MLSTP-PSD <br>Movement of Independent Citizens of São Tomé and Príncipe - Socialist Party or MCI-PS <br>National Unity Party or PUN"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, CD, CEMAC, CPLP, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
},
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"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant)"
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"text": "2290 Sao Tome Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-2290"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, CD, CEMAC, CPLP, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "12 July 1975 (from Portugal)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 12 July (1975)"
},
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"text": "three horizontal bands of green (top), yellow (double-width), and green with two black five-pointed stars in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; green stands for the country's rich vegetation, red for the struggle for independence, and yellow for cocoa, one of the country's main agricultural products; the two stars symbolize the main islands",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
},
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"text": "palm tree; national colors: green, yellow, red, black"
"text": "palm tree"
},
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"text": "green, yellow, red, black"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 0.8% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "7% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "7% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "11.2% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "1.32 physicians/1,000 population (2021)"
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"text": "0% (2018)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "7.3% of GDP (2016 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "6.7% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "17.8% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "82.7%"
"text": "86.2% (2023 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "89.1%"
"text": "92.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "82.7% (2021)"
"text": "80.1% (2023 est.)"
}
},
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@ -501,12 +508,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "24 governorates (wilayat, singular - wilayah); Beja (Bajah), Ben Arous (Bin 'Arus), Bizerte (Banzart), Gabes (Qabis), Gafsa (Qafsah), Jendouba (Jundubah), Kairouan (Al Qayrawan), Kasserine (Al Qasrayn), Kebili (Qibili), Kef (Al Kaf), L'Ariana (Aryanah), Mahdia (Al Mahdiyah), Manouba (Manubah), Medenine (Madanin), Monastir (Al Munastir), Nabeul (Nabul), Sfax (Safaqis), Sidi Bouzid (Sidi Bu Zayd), Siliana (Silyanah), Sousse (Susah), Tataouine (Tatawin), Tozeur (Tawzar), Tunis, Zaghouan (Zaghwan)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "20 March 1956 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 20 March (1956); Revolution and Youth Day, 14 January (2011)"
},
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"text": "mixed system of civil law, based on the French civil code and Islamic (sharia) law; Supreme Court reviews some legislative acts in joint session"
},
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"text": "Afek Tounes<br>Al Badil Al-Tounisi (The Tunisian Alternative)<br>Al-Amal Party<br>Call for Tunisia Party (Nidaa Tounes)<br>Current of Love (formerly the Popular Petition party)<br>Democratic Current<br>Democratic Patriots' Unified Party<br>Dignity Coalition or Al Karama Coalition<br>Ennahda Movement (The Renaissance)<br>Ettakatol Party<br>Free Destourian Party or PDL<br>Green Tunisia Party<br>Harakat Hak<br>Heart of Tunisia (Qalb Tounes)<br>July 25 Movement<br>Labor and Achievement Party<br>Long Live Tunisia (Tahya Tounes)<br>Movement of Socialist Democrats or MDS<br>National Coalition Party<br>National Salvation Front<br>New Carthage Party<br>Party of the Democratic Arab Vanguard<br>People's Movement<br>Republican Party (Al Joumhouri)<br>The Movement Party (Hizb Harak)<br>Third Republic Party<br>Tunisian Ba'ath Movement<br>Voice of the Republic<br>Workers' Party",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> President SAIED in 2022 issued a decree that forbids political parties' participation in legislative elections; although parties remain a facet of Tunisian political life, they have lost significant influence"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AIIB, AMF, AMU, AU, BSEC (observer), CAEU, CD, EBRD, FAO, G-11, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OPCW, OSCE (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Hanene&nbsp;TAJOURI&nbsp;BESSASSI (since 1 December 2021)"
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"text": "<br>tuniswebsitecontact@state.gov<br><br>https://tn.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AIIB, AMF, AMU, AU, BSEC (observer), CAEU, CD, EBRD, FAO, G-11, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OPCW, OSCE (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "20 March 1956 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 20 March (1956); Revolution and Youth Day, 14 January (2011)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "red with a white disk in the center with a red crescent around a five-pointed red star; resembles the Ottoman flag (red banner with white crescent and star), a reference to Tunisia's history as part of the Ottoman Empire; red stands for martyrs' blood shed the fight against oppression, and white for peace; the crescent and star are traditional symbols of Islam"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "encircled red crescent moon and five-pointed star; national colors: red, white"
"text": "red crescent moon and five-pointed star in a white circle"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, white"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 28% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "3.4% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "3.4% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "5.1% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.13 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -364,21 +369,23 @@
"text": "3.5% (2022)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "3.3% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "3.2% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "13.4% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili (Swahili), English, or Arabic"
},
"total population": {
"text": "81.8%"
"text": "78% (2015 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "85.5%"
"text": "83% (2015 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "78.2% (2021)"
"text": "73% (2015 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -436,11 +443,6 @@
"text": "4.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"severe localized food insecurity": {
"text": "<em>due to localized shortfalls in staple food production - </em>according to the latest analysis, an estimated 990,000 million people were facing severe acute food insecurity between March and May 2023, 839,000 people in 28 mainland districts and 151,000 on Zanzibar Island; the food insecurity situation was mainly driven by a reduced crop production in 2022 due to dry weather conditions and by high food prices (2023)"
}
},
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"text": "15.36 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "31 regions; Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Geita, Iringa, Kagera, Kaskazini Pemba (Pemba North), Kaskazini Unguja (Zanzibar North), Katavi, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Kusini Pemba (Pemba South), Kusini Unguja (Zanzibar Central/South), Lindi, Manyara, Mara, Mbeya, Mjini Magharibi (Zanzibar Urban/West), Morogoro, Mtwara, Mwanza, Njombe, Pwani (Coast), Rukwa, Ruvuma, Shinyanga, Simiyu, Singida, Songwe, Tabora, Tanga"
},
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"text": "26 April 1964 (Tanganyika united with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar); 29 October 1964 (renamed United Republic of Tanzania); notable earlier dates: 9 December 1961 (Tanganyika became independent from UK-administered UN trusteeship); 10 December 1963 (Zanzibar became independent from UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Union Day (Tanganyika and Zanzibar), 26 April (1964)"
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"text": "English common law; judicial review of legislative acts limited to matters of interpretation"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Alliance for Change and Transparency (Wazalendo) or ACT-Wazalendo<br>Civic United Front (Chama Cha Wananchi) or CUF<br>Party of Democracy and Development (Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo) or CHADEMA<br>Revolutionary Party of Tanzania (Chama Cha Mapinduzi) or CCM"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, EAC, EADB, EITI, 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, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Elsie Sia KANZA (since 1 December 2021)"
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"text": "<br>DRSACS@state.gov<br><br>https://tz.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, EAC, EADB, EITI, 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, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "26 April 1964 (Tanganyika united with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar); 29 October 1964 (renamed United Republic of Tanzania); notable earlier dates: 9 December 1961 (Tanganyika became independent from UK-administered UN trusteeship); 10 December 1963 (Zanzibar became independent from UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Union Day (Tanganyika and Zanzibar), 26 April (1964)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green, and the lower is blue; combines colors from the flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; green stands for natural vegetation, gold for rich mineral deposits, black for the Swahili people, and blue for lakes and rivers, as well as the Indian Ocean"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Uhuru (Freedom) torch, giraffe; national colors: green, yellow, blue, black"
"text": "Uhuru (freedom) torch, giraffe"
},
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"text": "green, yellow, blue, black"
},
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"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Nation Building Army (aka National Services) is a paramilitary organization under the Defense Forces that provides six months of military and vocational training to individuals as part of their two years of public service; after completion of training, some graduates join the regular Defense Forces while the remainder become part of the Reserves<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Tanzania Police Force includes the Police Field Force (aka Field Force Unit), a special police division with the responsibility for controlling unlawful demonstrations and riots"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
"text": "1.4% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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},
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.1% of GDP (2019 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "total: 16.9% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "4.7% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "4.7% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "4.9% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"text": "5.5% (2016)"
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"Education expenditures": {
"text": "2.7% of GDP (2021 est.)"
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"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "2.6% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "8.5% national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"total population": {
"text": "79%"
"text": "69.1% (2016 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "84%"
"text": "78.5% (2016 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "74.3% (2021)"
"text": "61% (2016 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -404,11 +411,6 @@
"text": "5.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "<em><em>due to weather extremes, </em></em><em>civil insecurity, and high food prices </em><em>- </em>the latest analysis, conducted in the northeastern agro-pastoral Karamoja region, estimates that about 582,000 million people are facing acute food insecurity between April and August 2023; these conditions reflect the adverse impact of weather shocks, crop and livestock diseases, civil insecurity and high food prices; the significant deterioration of the food security situation during the last 12 months in Karamoja Region is mainly due to protracted insecurity that has caused livelihood losses and consecutive poor local harvests; in 2023, the national average price of maize increased by 20% between January and May 2023, with seasonal patterns compounded by a fast depletion of stocks due to a drought‑reduced production in 2022 (2023)"
}
},
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"text": "31.31 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "134 districts and 1 capital city*; Abim, Adjumani, Agago, Alebtong, Amolatar, Amudat, Amuria, Amuru, Apac, Arua, Budaka, Bududa, Bugiri, Bugweri, Buhweju, Buikwe, Bukedea, Bukomansimbi, Bukwo, Bulambuli, Buliisa, Bundibugyo, Bunyangabu, Bushenyi, Busia, Butaleja, Butambala, Butebo, Buvuma, Buyende, Dokolo, Gomba, Gulu, Hoima, Ibanda, Iganga, Isingiro, Jinja, Kaabong, Kabale, Kabarole, Kaberamaido, Kagadi, Kakumiro, Kalaki, Kalangala, Kaliro, Kalungu, Kampala*, Kamuli, Kamwenge, Kanungu, Kapchorwa, Kapelebyong, Karenga, Kasese, Kasanda, Katakwi, Kayunga, Kazo, Kibaale, Kiboga, Kibuku, Kikuube, Kiruhura, Kiryandongo, Kisoro, Kitagwenda, Kitgum, Koboko, Kole, Kotido, Kumi, Kwania, Kween, Kyankwanzi, Kyegegwa, Kyenjojo, Kyotera, Lamwo, Lira, Luuka, Luwero, Lwengo, Lyantonde, Madi-Okollo, Manafwa, Maracha, Masaka, Masindi, Mayuge, Mbale, Mbarara, Mitooma, Mityana, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nabilatuk, Nakapiripirit, Nakaseke, Nakasongola, Namayingo, Namisindwa, Namutumba, Napak, Nebbi, Ngora, Ntoroko, Ntungamo, Nwoya, Obongi, Omoro, Otuke, Oyam, Pader, Pakwach, Pallisa, Rakai, Rubanda, Rubirizi, Rukiga, Rukungiri, Rwampara, Sembabule, Serere, Sheema, Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Wakiso, Yumbe, Zombo"
},
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"text": "9 October 1962 (from the UK)"
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"text": "Independence Day, 9 October (1962)"
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"text": "mixed system of English common law and customary law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Democratic Party or DP<br>Forum for Democratic Change or FDC<br>Justice Forum or JEEMA<br>National Resistance Movement or NRM<br>National Unity Platform<br>People's Progressive Party or PPP<br>Uganda People's Congress or UPC"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, C, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITC, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCDF, UNCTAD, UNECA, UNDP, UNFPA, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNOCI, UNOPS, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFP, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Robie KAKONGE (since 12 December 2022)"
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"text": "<br>KampalaWebContact@state.gov<br><br>https://ug.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, C, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITC, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCDF, UNCTAD, UNECA, UNDP, UNFPA, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNOCI, UNOPS, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFP, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "9 October 1962 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 9 October (1962)"
},
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"text": "six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is at the center and shows a grey crowned crane (the national symbol); black stands for the African people, yellow for sunshine and vitality, and red for African brotherhood"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "grey crowned crane; national colors: black, yellow, red"
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"text": "black, yellow, red"
},
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"name": {
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}
},
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"text": "approximately 45-50,000 active Defense Forces&nbsp; (2025)"
"text": "approximately 45,000 active Defense Forces (2025)"
},
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"text": "the UPDF's inventory is mix of older and some more modern weapons and equipment; it is comprised mostly of Russian/Soviet-era arms with smaller quantities of Chinese, Israeli, North Korean, South African, UK, US, and domestically-produced items; Uganda has a small defense industry that assembles or manufactures light armored vehicles and performs maintenance on some military equipment, including its Russian-made helicopters (2024)"

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"text": "total: 21.5% of population (2020 est.)"
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},
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"text": "6.4% of GDP (2021)"
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"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "6.4% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "8.4% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.15 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"text": "1.6% (2015)"
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"text": "5.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "5.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "20.3% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "46%"
"text": "40.9% (2022 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "54.5%"
"text": "49.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "37.8% (2021)"
"text": "33.7% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -416,11 +423,6 @@
"text": "4.75% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"severe localized food insecurity": {
"text": "<em>due to civil insecurity in the north and high food prices - </em>according to the latest analysis, about 3.53 million people are projected to face acute food insecurity during the June to August 2023 lean season period; this would be a slight increase compared to the preceding year; acute food insecurity is primarily underpinned by poor insecurity in northern and eastern areas, and in particular by the use of siege tactics by non-state armed groups in the country’s Sahel region; as of March 2023, civil insecurity resulted in the displacement of about 2.06 million people; persistent high food prices are affecting vulnerable households across the country, particularly those in conflict-affected areas due to market disruptions as well as constrained access to sources of income and humanitarian assistance (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "40.74 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -505,12 +507,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "13 regions; Boucle du Mouhoun, Cascades, Centre, Centre-Est, Centre-Nord, Centre-Ouest, Centre-Sud, Est, Hauts-Bassins, Nord, Plateau-Central, Sahel, Sud-Ouest"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "5 August 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Republic Day, 11 December (1958); note - commemorates the day that Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law based on the French model and customary law"
},
@ -601,9 +597,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Act Together<br>African Democratic Rally/Alliance for Democracy and Federation or ADF/RDA<br>Congress for Democracy and Progress or CDP<br>Convergence for Progress and Solidarity-Generation 3 or CPS-G3<br>Movement for the Future Burkina Faso or MBF<br>National Convention for Progress or CNP<br>New Era for Democracy or NTD<br>Pan-African Alliance for Refoundation or APR<br>Party for Democracy and Socialism/Metba or PDS/Metba<br>Party for Development and Change or PDC<br>Patriotic Rally for Integrity or RPI<br>Peoples Movement for Progress or MPP<br>Progressives United for Renewal or PUR<br>Union for Progress and Reform or UPC<br>Union for Rebirth - Sankarist Party or UNIR-PS"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU (suspended), CD, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSCA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNITAR, UNMISS, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Edouard BOUDA (since 1 February 2024)"
@ -641,12 +634,24 @@
"text": "<br>AmembOuaga@state.gov<br><br>https://bf.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU (suspended), CD, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSCA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNITAR, UNMISS, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "5 August 1960 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Republic Day, 11 December (1958); note - commemorates the day that Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community"
},
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"text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center; red stands for the country's struggle for independence, green for hope and abundance, and yellow for the country's mineral wealth",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "white stallion; national colors: red, yellow, green"
"text": "white stallion"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, yellow, green"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 8.6% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "9.4% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "9.4% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "11.7% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.55 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -340,13 +345,15 @@
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "33.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "9.6% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "9.4% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "24.7% national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "92.3%"
},
@ -401,11 +408,6 @@
"text": "3.64% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"severe localized food insecurity": {
"text": "<em><em>due to localized shortfalls in cereal production and </em></em><em>rising food prices </em><em>- </em>an estimated 390,000 people faced acute food insecurity in the January to March 2023 period, lower than the figure in the corresponding period of 2022; high food prices and localized weather induced shortfalls in cereal production in 2022 were the key drivers (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "11.81 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -493,12 +495,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "14 regions; Erongo, Hardap, //Karas, Kavango East, Kavango West, Khomas, Kunene, Ohangwena, Omaheke, Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa, Zambezi; note - the Karas Region was renamed //Karas in September 2013 to include the alveolar lateral click of the Khoekhoegowab language"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "21 March 1990 (from South African mandate)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 21 March (1990)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of uncodified civil law based on Roman-Dutch law and customary law"
},
@ -623,9 +619,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "All People's Party or APP <br>Christian Democratic Voice or CDV <br>Landless People's Movement or LPM <br>National Unity Democratic Organization or NUDO <br>Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters or NEFF <br>Popular Democratic Movement or PDM (formerly Democratic Turnhalle Alliance or DTA) <br>Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP <br>Republican Party or RP<br>South West Africa National Union or SWANU <br>South West Africa People's Organization or SWAPO <br>United Democratic Front or UDF <br>United People's Movement or UPM"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, CPLP (associate observer), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, SACU, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Margareth Natalie MENSAH-WILLIAMS (since 18 January 2021)"
@ -663,11 +656,23 @@
"text": "<br>ConsularWindhoek@state.gov<br><br>https://na.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, CPLP (associate observer), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, SACU, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "21 March 1990 (from South African mandate)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 21 March (1990)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "a wide red stripe edged with narrow white stripes divides the flag diagonally from lower hoist corner to upper fly corner; the upper triangle is blue and has a golden-yellow, 12-rayed sunburst, and the lower triangle is green; red stands for the heroism of the people and their determination to build a future of equal opportunity; white stands for peace, unity, tranquility, and harmony; blue stands for the sky and the Atlantic Ocean, the sun for power and existence, and green for vegetation and agricultural resources"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "oryx (antelope); national colors: blue, red, green, white, yellow"
"text": "oryx (antelope)"
},
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"text": "blue, red, green, white, yellow"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Namibian Police Force is under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security; it has a paramilitary Special Field Force responsible for protecting borders and government installations"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
"text": "2.8% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
"text": "2.8% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
@ -1147,9 +1155,6 @@
},
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
"text": "3.4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
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"text": "3.3% of GDP (2019 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "total: 19.7% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "7% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "7% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "11.3% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.56 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
@ -328,21 +333,23 @@
"text": "0% (2022)"
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},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "5% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "6% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "19.2% national budget (2025 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "88.4%"
"text": "90.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "88.3%"
"text": "91.1% (2022 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "88.5% (2018)"
"text": "90.4% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -400,11 +407,6 @@
"text": "2.42% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"severe localized food insecurity": {
"text": "<em>due to higher staple food prices - </em>the latest analysis indicates that nearly 259,000 people faced acute food insecurity between January and March 2023, an improvement compared to the previous year; food insecurity in 2022-23 is driven by high food prices and a slowdown in economic growth, curbing households’ income earning opportunities (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "15.07 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -478,12 +480,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "4 regions; Hhohho, Lubombo, Manzini, Shiselweni"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "6 September 1968 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day (Somhlolo Day), 6 September (1968)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil, common, and customary law"
},
@ -602,9 +598,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "political parties exist but conditions for their operations, particularly in elections, are undefined, legally unclear, or culturally restricted; the following are considered political associations:<br>African United Democratic Party or AUDP <br>Ngwane National Liberatory Congress or NNLC <br>People's United Democratic Movement or PUDEMO <br>Swazi Democratic Party or SWADEPA "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Kennedy Fitzgerald GROENING (7 June 2022)"
@ -642,14 +635,26 @@
"text": "<br>ConsularMbabane@state.gov<br><br>Homepage - U.S. Embassy in Eswatini (usembassy.gov)"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "6 September 1968 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day (Somhlolo Day), 6 September (1968)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple-width), and blue; the red band is edged in yellow, with a large black-and-white shield in the center and covering two horizontal spears and a staff with feather tassels; blue stands for peace and stability, red for past struggles, and yellow for the mineral resources of the country; the shield, spears, and staff symbolize protection from enemies, and the shield colors stand for ethnic groups living in peaceful coexistence"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "lion, elephant; national colors: blue, yellow, red"
"text": "lion, elephant"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, yellow, red"
},
"National coat of arms": {
"text": "Eswatini&rsquo;s national coat of arms was adopted in 1968 after it gained independence from the United Kingdom. Two national symbols, the lion (representing the king of Eswatini) and the elephant (representing the queen mother), support a traditional Nguni shield. Above the shield is the king's lidlabe, or crown of feathers, and at the bottom is Eswatini's motto, &ldquo;Siyinqaba,&rdquo; or \"We are the fortress.&rdquo;"
"text": "the national coat of arms was adopted in 1968 after independence from the United Kingdom; two national symbols, the lion (representing the king of Eswatini) and the elephant (representing the queen mother), support a traditional Nguni shield; above the shield is the king's <em>lidlabe</em>, or crown of feathers, and at the bottom is Eswatini's motto, <em>Siyinqaba</em>, or \"We are the fortress”"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 28.4% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "6.6% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "6.6% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "8.9% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.32 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"text": "2.8% (2018)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "3.7% of GDP (2020)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "4.1% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "14.5% national budget (2025 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write English"
},
"total population": {
"text": "86.7%"
"text": "71.1% (2018 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "90.6%"
"text": "81.7% (2018 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "83.1% (2018)"
"text": "62.2% (2018 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -411,11 +418,6 @@
"text": "4.15% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"severe localized food insecurity": {
"text": "<em>due to reduced incomes and localized shortfalls in cereal production -</em>an estimated 1.95 million people were projected to face acute food insecurity between October 2022 and March 2023, an increase compared to the 1.6 million people estimated in 2021/22; the high level of acute food insecurity is associated with the effects of a below-average cereal harvest and high food prices that adversely impacted households’ food availability and access (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "16.9 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -496,12 +498,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "10 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western, Southern, Western"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "24 October 1964 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 24 October (1964)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of English common law and customary law"
},
@ -596,9 +592,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Alliance for Democracy and Development or ADD <br>Forum for Democracy and Development or FDD <br>Movement for Multiparty Democracy or MMD <br>Party of National Unity and Progress or PNUP <br>Patriotic Front or PF <br>United Party for National Development or UPND "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Chibamba KANYAMA (since 30 June 2023)"
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"text": "<br>ACSLusaka@state.gov<br><br>https://zm.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "24 October 1964 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 24 October (1964)"
},
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"text": "green field with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side), black, and orange, below a soaring orange eagle on the outer edge of the flag; green stands for the country's natural resources and vegetation, red for the struggle for freedom, black for the people, and orange for the country's mineral wealth; the eagle represents the people's ability to rise above the nation's problems"
},
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"text": "African fish eagle; national colors: green, red, black, orange"
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},
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"text": "green, red, black, orange"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {
@ -1094,20 +1099,20 @@
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Zambia National Service is a support organization that also does public work projects; its main objectives revolve around land development, agriculture, industries, youth skills training as well as arts, sports and culture; the ZDF also includes a Defense Force Medical Service<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Zambia Army comprises the Regular Force, the Home Guard, and the Territorial Reserve"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
"text": "1.4% of GDP (2023 est.)"
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"text": "1.1% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"text": "1.1% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2019 est.)"
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "total: 23.1% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "2.8% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "2.8% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "5.2% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
@ -345,21 +350,23 @@
"text": "1.9% (2019)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "3.9% of GDP (2018 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "0.4% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "17.9% national budget (2025 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "any person age 15 and above who completed at least grade 3 of primary education"
},
"total population": {
"text": "89.7%"
"text": "93.2% (2019 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "88.3%"
"text": "93.1% (2019 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "90.9% (2021)"
"text": "93.4% (2019 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -417,11 +424,6 @@
"text": "2.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"widespread lack of access": {
"text": "<em><em>due to high food prices</em></em><em> </em><em>-</em> based on a government assessment, an estimated 3.8 million people are expected to be in need of humanitarian assistance between January and March 2023; this number is higher than the level estimated in the first quarter of 2022; the downturn in food security conditions is largely on account of poor food access resulting from prevailing high food prices and reduced incomes owing to the effects of an economic downturn; a decline in cereal production in 2022 has also aggravated conditions (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "13.08 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -503,12 +505,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status; Bulawayo*, Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, Midlands"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "18 April 1980 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 18 April (1980)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of English common law, Roman-Dutch civil law, and customary law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Citizens Coalition for Change <br>Movement for Democratic Change or MDC-T <br>National People's Congress or NPC <br>Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF <br>Zimbabwe African Peoples Union or ZAPU"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
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"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Sarah BHOROMA (since 12 November 2024)"
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"text": "<br>consularharare@state.gov<br><br>https://zw.usembassy.gov/"
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},
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"text": "18 April 1980 (from the UK)"
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"text": "Independence Day, 18 April (1980)"
},
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"text": "seven equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, red, black, red, yellow, and green, with a white isosceles triangle edged in black with its base on the hoist side; a yellow bird representing the long history of the country is on top of a five-pointed red star in the center of the triangle, which symbolizes peace; green stands for agriculture, yellow for mineral wealth, red for the blood shed to achieve independence, and black for the people"
},
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"text": "Zimbabwe bird symbol, African fish eagle, flame lily; national colors: green, yellow, red, black, white"
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"text": "green, yellow, red, black, white"
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"name": {
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"text": "Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ)<br><br>Ministry of Home Affairs: Zimbabwe Republic Police (2025)"
},
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"text": "0.4% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
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"text": "0.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "0.5% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"text": "0.9% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "0.8% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"text": "1.4% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
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"text": "0.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"text": "2.6% of GDP (2019 est.)"
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"text": "NA"
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"text": "NA"
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"text": "NA"
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"female": {
"text": "NA"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "none (territory of the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 3 districts and 2 islands* at the second order; Eastern, Manu'a, Rose Island*, Swains Island*, Western"
},
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"text": "none (territory of the US)"
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"text": "Flag Day, 17 April (1900)"
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"text": "mixed legal system of US common law and customary law"
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Democratic Party<br>Republican Party"
},
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"text": "AOSIS (observer), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, PIF (observer), SPC"
},
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"text": "none (territory of the US)"
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"text": "none (territory of the US)"
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},
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"text": "AOSIS (observer), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, PIF (observer), SPC"
},
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"text": "none (territory of the US)"
},
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"text": "Flag Day, 17 April (1900)"
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"text": "a large white triangle edged in red that is based on the fly side and extends to the hoist side and is charged with an eagle, all on a blue field; the red, white, and blue colors are traditionally used by both the United States and Samoa; the brown and white American bald eagle carries two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a war club known as a <em>fa'alaufa'i</em> (upper), and a coconut-fiber fly whisk known as a <em>fue </em>(lower); the combination of symbols reflects the US Great Seal and the relationship between the US and American Samoa"
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"text": "a fue (coconut fiber fly whisk; representing wisdom) crossed with a to'oto'o (staff; representing authority); national colors: red, white, blue"
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"text": "total: 0% of population (2020 est.)"
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"text": "10.5% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "10.5% of GDP (2021)"
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"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "20.2% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
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"text": "4.09 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"text": "6.1% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"text": "5.2% of GDP (2022 est.)"
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"text": "13.9% national budget (2022 est.)"
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"Dependent areas": {
"text": "Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Jervis Bay, Norfolk Island (7)"
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"text": "1 January 1901 (from the federation of UK colonies)"
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"text": "Australia Day (commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet of Australian settlers), 26 January (1788); ANZAC Day (commemorates the anniversary of the landing of troops of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I at Gallipoli, Turkey), 25 April (1915)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "common law system based on the English model"
},
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"text": "Australian Greens Party or The Greens <br>Australian Labor Party or ALP <br>Centre Alliance (formerly known as the Nick Xenophon Team or NXT)<br>Jacqui Lambie Network or JLN <br>Katter's Australian Party <br>Liberal Party of Australia <br>The Nationals <br>One Nation or ONP <br>United Australia Party ",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Labor Party is Australia’s oldest political party, established federally in 1901; the present Liberal Party was formed in 1944; the Country Party was formed in 1920, renamed the National Country Party in 1975, the National Party of Australia in 1982, and since 2003 has been known as the Nationals; since the general election of 1949, the Liberal Party and the Nationals (under various names) when forming government have done so as a coalition"
},
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"text": "ADB, ANZUS, APEC, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CD, CP, EAS, EBRD, EITI (implementing country), FAO, FATF, G-20, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NEA, NSG, OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF, SAARC (observer), Quad, SICA (observer), Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNMISS, UNMIT, UNOOSA, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
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"text": "Ambassador Kevin Michael RUDD (since 19 April 2023)"
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"text": "Melbourne, Perth, Sydney"
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"text": "ADB, ANZUS, APEC, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CD, CP, EAS, EBRD, EITI (implementing country), FAO, FATF, G-20, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NEA, NSG, OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF, SAARC (observer), Quad, SICA (observer), Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNMISS, UNMIT, UNOOSA, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
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"text": "1 January 1901 (from the federation of UK colonies)"
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"text": "Australia Day (commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet of Australian settlers), 26 January (1788); ANZAC Day (commemorates the anniversary of the landing of troops of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I at Gallipoli, Turkey), 25 April (1915)"
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"Flag description": {
"text": "blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and a large seven-pointed star in the lower hoist-side quadrant; the star is known as the Commonwealth or Federation Star and represents the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901; the star has one point for each of the six original states and one representing all of Australia's internal and external territories; on the fly half is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation in white, with one small five-pointed star and four larger seven-pointed stars"
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"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Commonwealth Star (seven-pointed Star of Federation), golden wattle tree (Acacia pycnantha), kangaroo, emu; national colors: green, gold"
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"text": "green, gold"
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"text": "King George V granted the current Commonwealth Coat of Arms to Australia on 19 September 1912. The center of the shield has the symbols of Australia&rsquo;s six states. The kangaroo and the emu symbolize a nation moving forward, since neither animal can move backward easily. The gold Commonwealth Star sits above the shield, with six of the star&rsquo;s points representing the Australian states and the seventh point representing the territories. The gold and blue in the wreath under the star are the livery, or identifying, colors for the coat of arms. Australia&rsquo;s floral emblem, the golden wattle, frames the shield."
"text": "King George V of the United Kingdom granted the current Commonwealth Coat of Arms to Australia on 19 September 1912; the center of the shield has the symbols of Australia&rsquo;s six states; the kangaroo and the emu symbolize a nation moving forward, since neither animal can move backward easily; the gold Commonwealth star sits above the shield, with six points representing the Australian states and the seventh representing the territories; the gold and blue in the wreath under the star are the livery, or identifying, colors for the coat of arms; Australia&rsquo;s floral emblem, the golden wattle, frames the shield"
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"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 26.9% of population (2020 est.)"
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"text": "4.8% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "4.8% of GDP (2021)"
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"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "9.7% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
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"text": "0.24 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
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"text": "4.4% (2015)"
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"text": "12.8% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"text": "8.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
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"text": "25.9% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "9 provinces and 1 city*; Central, Choiseul, Guadalcanal, Honiara*, Isabel, Makira and Ulawa, Malaita, Rennell and Bellona, Temotu, Western"
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"Independence": {
"text": "7 July 1978 (from the UK)"
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"text": "Independence Day, 7 July (1978)"
},
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"text": "mixed system of English common law and customary law"
},
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"text": "Democratic Alliance Party or DAP <br>Kadere Party of Solomon Islands or KAD <br>Ownership, Unity, and Responsibility Party (OUR Party) <br>People First Party or PFP <br>Solomon Islands Democratic Party or SIDP <br>Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement or SIPRA <br>Solomon Islands United Party or SIUP <br>United for Change Party or U4C<br> <br>Coalition for Accountability Reform and Empowerment (CARE) is comprised of DAP, SIDP, and U4C",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in general, Solomon Islands politics is characterized by fluid coalitions"
},
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"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, EITI (candidate country), ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, MIGA, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "<br>EmbassyHoniara@state.gov<br><br>https://pg.usembassy.gov/"
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},
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"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, EITI (candidate country), ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, MIGA, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO"
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"text": "divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is blue with five white five-pointed stars in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green; blue stands for the ocean, green for the land, and yellow for sunshine; the five stars stand for the main island groups"
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"Administrative divisions": {
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"text": "none (commonwealth in political union with the US)"
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"text": "Commonwealth Day, 8 January (1978)"
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"text": "the laws of the US apply, except for customs and some aspects of taxation"
},
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"text": "PIF (observer), SPC, UPU"
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"embassy": {
"text": "none (commonwealth in political union with the US) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;"
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},
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"text": "PIF (observer), SPC, UPU"
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"text": "none (commonwealth in political union with the US)"
},
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"text": "Commonwealth Day, 8 January (1978)"
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"text": "blue with a five-pointed white star on a gray latte stone (a traditional foundation stone) in the center, surrounded by a <em>mwáár </em>or head lei (wreath); blue stands for the Pacific Ocean, the star for the Commonwealth, and the latte stone and mwáár for Marianas culture; the mwáár is made from four kinds of flowers: flores mayo (<em>Plumeria</em>), ylang-ylang or langilang (<em>Cananga odorata</em>), angagha or peacock flower (<em>Caesalpinia pulcherrima</em>), and teibwo or Pacific basil (<em>Ocimum tenuiflorum</em>)"
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"text": "blue, white"
},
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"name": {

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"text": "total: 0% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
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},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "11.9% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "1.67 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
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"text": "4.6% of GDP (2021 est.)"
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"text": "4.6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
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"text": "8.7% national budget (2024 est.)"
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"text": "none"
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"text": "4 August 1965 (Cook Islands became self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)"
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"text": "Constitution Day, the first Monday in August (1965)"
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"text": "common law similar to New Zealand common law"
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Cook Islands Party or CIP<br>Cook Islands United Party <br>Democratic Party or Demo<br>One Cook Islands Movement or OCI"
},
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"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, FAO, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IMO, IMSO, IOC, ITUC (NGOs), OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO"
},
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"text": "none (self-governing in free association with New Zealand)"
},
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},
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},
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"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, FAO, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IMO, IMSO, IOC, ITUC (NGOs), OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO"
},
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"text": "4 August 1965 (Cook Islands became self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)"
},
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"text": "Constitution Day, the first Monday in August (1965)"
},
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"text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and a large circle of 15 white five-pointed stars (one for every island) centered in the outer half of the flag"
},
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"text": "a circle of 15, five-pointed, white stars on a blue field, Tiare maori (Gardenia taitensis) flower; national colors: green, white"
"text": "a circle of 15 five-pointed white stars on a blue field, tiare maori flower (<em>Gardenia taitensis</em>)"
},
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"text": "green, white"
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"text": "total: 5.7% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "5.4% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "5.4% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "10.3% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "0.81 physicians/1,000 population (2015)"
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"text": "1.7% (2021)"
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},
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"text": "5.7% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"text": "4.2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "11.6% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "99.1%"
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"text": "99.1% (2018)"
"text": "92.4% (2021 est.)"
}
}
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"text": "14 provinces and 1 dependency*; Ba, Bua, Cakaudrove, Kadavu, Lau, Lomaiviti, Macuata, Nadroga and Navosa, Naitasiri, Namosi, Ra, Rewa, Rotuma*, Serua, Tailevu"
},
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"text": "10 October 1970 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "Fiji (Independence) Day, 10 October (1970)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "common law system based on the English model"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Fiji First <br>Fiji Labor Party or FLP <br>Freedom Alliance (formerly Fiji United Freedom Party or FUFP)<br>National Federation Party or NFP <br>People's Alliance <br>Peoples Democratic Party or PDP <br>Social Democratic Liberal Party or SODELPA <br>Unity Fiji"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, CP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, OPCW, PCA, PIF, Sparteca (suspended), SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Ilisoni VUIDREKETI (since 17 June 2024)"
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"text": "<br>SuvaACS@state.gov<br><br>https://fj.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, CP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, OPCW, PCA, PIF, Sparteca (suspended), SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "10 October 1970 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "Fiji (Independence) Day, 10 October (1970)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "light blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; blue symbolizes the Pacific Ocean; the shield is taken from Fiji's coat of arms and shows a yellow lion holding a coconut above a white field quartered by the cross of Saint George; the four quarters depict sugarcane, a palm tree, a banana bunch, and a white dove"
},
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"text": "Fijian canoe; national color: light blue"
"text": "Fijian canoe"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "light blue"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 21.4% of population (2017 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "11% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "11% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "1.9% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.97 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "51.7% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "9.7% of GDP (2018 est.)"
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"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "11.6% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
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"text": "18.6% national budget (2020 est.)"
}
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "4 states; Chuuk (Truk), Kosrae (Kosaie), Pohnpei (Ponape), Yap"
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"text": "3 November 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)"
},
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"text": "Constitution Day, 10 May (1979)"
},
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"text": "mixed system of common and customary law"
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"Political parties": {
"text": "no formal parties"
},
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"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IMF, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, WHO, WMO"
},
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"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Jackson T. SORAM (since 27 February 2024)"
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"text": "<br>koloniaacs@state.gov<br><br>https://fm.usembassy.gov/"
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"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IMF, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, WHO, WMO"
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"text": "3 November 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)"
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"text": "Constitution Day, 10 May (1979)"
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"text": "light blue with four white five-pointed stars centered and arranged in a diamond pattern; blue stands for the Pacific Ocean, and the stars for the four island groups of Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap"
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"text": "four, five-pointed, white stars on a light blue field, hibiscus flower; national colors: light blue, white"
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"text": "light blue, white"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "27.2% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "NA"
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"text": "NA"
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"Administrative divisions": {
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},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas land of France)"
},
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"text": "F&ecirc;te de la F&eacute;d&eacute;ration, 14 July (1790); note - the local holiday is Internal Autonomy Day, 29 June (1880)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of France apply"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "I Love Polynesia (A here la Porinetia) <br>List of the People (Tapura Huiraatira) <br>People's Servant Party (Tavini Huiraatira) <br>Rally of the Maohi People (Amuitahiraʻa o te Nunaʻa Maohi) (formerly known as Popular Rally (Tahoeraa Huiraatira))"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ITUC (NGOs), PIF, SPC, UPU, WMO"
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"text": "none (overseas lands of France)"
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"text": "none (overseas lands of France)"
}
},
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"text": "ITUC (NGOs), PIF, SPC, UPU, WMO"
},
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"text": "none (overseas land of France)"
},
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"text": "F&ecirc;te de la F&eacute;d&eacute;ration, 14 July (1790); note - the local holiday is Internal Autonomy Day, 29 June (1880)"
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"text": "two red horizontal bands flank a wide white band in a 1:2:1 ratio; centered on the white band is a disk with a blue-and-white wave pattern depicting the sea on the lower half and a gold-and-white ray pattern depicting the sun on the upper half; a Polynesian canoe on the disk has a crew of five, represented by five stars that also symbolize the five island groups; red and white are traditional Polynesian colors",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> identical to the red-white-red flag of Tahiti, the largest and most populous of the islands in French Polynesia, but which has no emblem in the white band; the flag of France is used for official occasions"
},
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"text": "outrigger canoe, Tahitian gardenia (Gardenia taitensis) flower; national colors: red, white"
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"text": "red, white"
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"name": {

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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "37% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "NA"
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"total population": {
"text": "NA"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "none (territory of the US)"
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"text": "none (territory of the US)"
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"text": "Discovery Day (or Magellan Day), first Monday in March (1521)"
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"text": "common law modeled on US system; US federal laws apply"
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Democratic Party<br>Republican Party"
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"text": "AOSIS (observer), IOC, PIF (observer), SPC, UPU"
},
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"text": "none (territory of the US)"
},
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"text": "none (territory of the US)"
}
},
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"text": "AOSIS (observer), IOC, PIF (observer), SPC, UPU"
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"text": "none (territory of the US)"
},
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"text": "Discovery Day (or Magellan Day), first Monday in March (1521)"
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"text": "territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, a <em>proa (</em>outrigger canoe with sail), and a palm tree; the word GUAM in red is centered in the ellipse; the proa is sailing in Agana Bay with the promontory of Puntan Dos Amantes in the background; the central emblem is shaped like a Chamorro sling stone, a weapon for defense or hunting; blue stands for the sea and red for the blood shed in the fight against oppression",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the US flag is the national flag"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "coconut tree; national colors: deep blue, red"
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},
"National colors": {
"text": "deep blue, red"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 18% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "14.8% of GDP (2021)"
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"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "14.8% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "9.7% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2013)"
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"text": "8.6% (2019)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "12.4% of GDP (2019 est.)"
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"text": "16.4% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "13.5% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
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"total population": {
"text": "NA"
"text": "98% (2018 est.) NA"
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"male": {
"text": "NA"
"text": "97.3% (2018 est.) NA"
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"female": {
"text": "NA"
"text": "98.6% (2018 est.) NA"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "3 geographical units: Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands; note - there are no first-order administrative divisions, but there are 6 districts (Banaba, Central Gilberts, Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) and 21 island councils - one for each of the inhabited islands (Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton, Kiritimati, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina)"
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"Independence": {
"text": "12 July 1979 (from the UK)"
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"text": "Independence Day, 12 July (1979)"
},
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"text": "English common law supplemented by customary law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party (Supporting Kiribati First) or BKM <br>Tobwaan Kiribati Party (Embracing Kiribati) or TKP "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ABEDA, ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Teburoro TITO (since 24 January 2018); note - also Permanent Representative to the UN"
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},
"note": "<strong>Note</strong>:  the US does not have an embassy in Kiribati but has announced its intention to open an embassy"
},
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"text": "ABEDA, ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "12 July 1979 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 12 July (1979)"
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"text": "the upper half is red with a yellow frigatebird flying over a yellow rising sun, and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the Pacific ocean; the white stripes represent the Gilbert, Line, and Phoenix island groups; the 17 rays of the sun represent the 16 Gilbert Islands and Banaba (formerly Ocean Island); the frigatebird symbolizes authority and freedom"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "frigatebird; national colors: red, white, blue, yellow"
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"text": "red, white, blue, yellow"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "22.5% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "NA"
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"text": "96.9%"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "3 provinces; Province Iles (Islands Province), Province Nord (North Province), and Province Sud (South Province)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas collectivity of France); note - in three independence referenda, on 4 November 2018, 4 October 2020, and 12 December 2021, the majority voted to reject independence in favor of maintaining the status quo; an 18-month transition period is now in place (ending 30 June 2023), during which a referendum on the new status of New Caledonia within France will take place"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "F&ecirc;te de la F&eacute;d&eacute;ration, 14 July (1790); note - the local holiday is New Caledonia Day, 24 September (1853)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on French civil law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Caledonia Together or CE <br>Caledonian Union or UC <br>Future With Confidence or AEC <br>Kanak Socialist Front for National Liberation or FLNKS (alliance includes PALIKA, UNI, UC, and UPM) <br>Labor Party or PT <br>National Union for Independence or UNI <br>Oceanian Awakening <br>Party of Kanak Liberation or PALIKA <br>Socialist Kanak Liberation or LKS <br>The Republicans (formerly The Rally or UMP) "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ITUC (NGOs), PIF, SPC, UPU, WFTU (NGOs), WMO"
},
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"text": "none (overseas territory of France)"
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"text": "none (overseas territory of France)"
}
},
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"text": "ITUC (NGOs), PIF, SPC, UPU, WFTU (NGOs), WMO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas collectivity of France)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in three independence referenda, on 4 November 2018, 4 October 2020, and 12 December 2021, the majority voted to reject independence in favor of maintaining the status quo; an 18-month transition period is now in place (ending 30 June 2023), during which a referendum on the new status of New Caledonia within France will take place"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "F&ecirc;te de la F&eacute;d&eacute;ration, 14 July (1790); note - the local holiday is New Caledonia Day, 24 September (1853)"
},
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"text": "two official flags: the flag of France and the Kanak (ethnic Melanesian) flag have equal status; the latter consists of three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a large yellow disk shifted slightly to the hoist side is edged in black and displays a black <em>fleche faîtière</em> symbol, a native rooftop adornment"
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"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "fleche faitiere (native rooftop adornment), kagu bird; national colors: grey, red"
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"name": {

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"text": "total: 3% of population (2020 est.)"
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"text": "7.8% of GDP (2020)"
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"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "6.9% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
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"text": "5.6% national budget (2025 est.)"
}
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"text": "none; there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 14 villages at the second order"
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"text": "19 October 1974 (Niue became a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)"
},
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"text": "Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)"
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"text": "English common law"
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"text": "none"
},
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"text": "ACP, AOSIS, FAO, IFAD, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO"
},
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"text": "none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand)"
},
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},
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"text": "ACP, AOSIS, FAO, IFAD, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO"
},
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"text": "19 October 1974 (Niue became a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)"
},
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"text": "Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)"
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"text": "yellow with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the UK flag has five yellow five-pointed stars, with a large star (representing Niue) on a blue disk in the center and smaller stars on each arm of the red cross that symbolize links with New Zealand; yellow stands for sunshine and the warmth and friendship between Niue and New Zealand"
},
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"text": "yellow, five-pointed star; national color: yellow"
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"text": "yellow"
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"name": {

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"text": "total: 7.7% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "4.4% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "4.4% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "3.9% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "0.16 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
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"text": "69.2% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "2.2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"text": "10.6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "20.9% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"total population": {
"text": "89.1%"
"text": "88% (2023 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "89.8%"
"text": "87.7% (2023 est.)"
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"female": {
"text": "88.4% (2021)"
"text": "88.2% (2023 est.)"
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}
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"text": "6 provinces; Malampa, Penama, Sanma, Shefa, Tafea, Torba"
},
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"text": "30 July 1980 (from France and the UK)"
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"text": "Independence Day, 30 July (1980)"
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"text": "mixed system of English common law, French law, and customary law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Iauko Group (Eagle Party) or IG <br>Land and Justice Party (Graon mo Jastis Pati or GJP) <br>Leaders Party of Vanuatu or LPV <br>Rural Development Party or RDP <br>Reunification of Movement for Change or RMC <br>Union of Moderate Parties or UMP<br>Vanua'aku Pati (Our Land Party) or VP"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, IOC, IOM, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "Ambassador Odo TEVI (since 8 September 2017)<br>note - also Permanent Representative to the UN"
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"text": "Port Vila"
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"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, IOC, IOM, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "30 July 1980 (from France and the UK)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 30 July (1980)"
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"text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a black isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side), all separated by a black-edged yellow stripe in the shape of a horizontal Y (the two points of the Y face the hoist side and enclose the triangle); a boar's tusk in the triangle encircles two crossed namele fern fronds, all in yellow; red stands for unity and the blood of men and boars, green for the richness of the islands, and black for the ni-Vanuatu people; the yellow Y-shape reflects the islands' layout in the Pacific Ocean and symbolizes the light of the Gospel; the boar's tusk is a symbol of prosperity; the ferns represent peace",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> one of four national flags that reflect the shape of the country in the flag design; the others are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Eritrea"
},
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"text": "boar's tusk with crossed fern fronds; national colors: red, black, green, yellow"
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"text": "red, black, green, yellow"
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"name": {

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"text": "total: 0% of population (2020 est.)"
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},
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"text": "13.1% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "11.8% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "1.27 physicians/1,000 population (2015)"
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"text": "5.6% of GDP (2023 est.) NA"
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"text": "9.6% national budget (2018 est.)"
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"text": "NA"
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"text": "NA"
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"text": "NA"
"text": "99.7% (2023 est.) NA"
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"text": "14 districts; Aiwo, Anabar, Anetan, Anibare, Baitsi, Boe, Buada, Denigomodu, Ewa, Ijuw, Meneng, Nibok, Uaboe, Yaren"
},
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"text": "31 January 1968 (from the Australia-, NZ-, and UK-administered UN trusteeship)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 31 January (1968)"
},
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"text": "mixed system of common law based on the English model and customary law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Nauru does not have formal political parties; alliances within the government are often formed based on extended family ties"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, G-77, ICAO, ICCt, IFAD, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Lara Erab DANIEL (since 13 January 2025); note - also Permanent Representative to the UN"
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"text": "the US does not have an embassy in Nauru; the US Ambassador to Fiji is accredited to Nauru"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, G-77, ICAO, ICCt, IFAD, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO"
},
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"text": "31 January 1968 (from the Australia-, NZ-, and UK-administered UN trusteeship)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 31 January (1968)"
},
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"text": "blue with a narrow horizontal gold stripe across the center and a large white 12-pointed star below the stripe on the hoist side; blue stands for the Pacific Ocean; the star indicates the country's location in relation to the equator (the gold stripe) and the 12 points stand for the original tribes of Nauru; the star's white color represents phosphate, the basis of the island's wealth"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "frigatebird, calophyllum flower; national colors: blue, yellow, white"
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},
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"text": "blue, yellow, white"
},
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"name": {

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"text": "total: 0% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "10% of GDP (2021)"
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"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "10% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "19.8% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "3.61 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "57.6% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "6% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"text": "5.2% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "13.1% national budget (2022 est.)"
}
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"Dependent areas": {
"text": "Tokelau (1)"
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"text": "26 September 1907 (from the UK)"
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"text": "Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840); Anzac Day (commemorated as the anniversary of the landing of troops of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I at Gallipoli, Turkey), 25 April (1915)"
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"text": "common law system, based on English model, with special legislation and land courts for the Maori"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "ACT New Zealand <br>Green Party <br>New Zealand First Party or NZ First <br>New Zealand Labor Party <br>New Zealand National Party <br>Te Pāti Māori "
},
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"text": "ADB, ANZUS, APEC, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CD, CP, EAS, EBRD, FAO, FATF, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NSG, OECD, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club (associate), PCA, PIF, SICA (observer), Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNOOSA, UNTSO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "Ambassador Rosemary&nbsp;BANKS (since 17 June 2024)"
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"text": "Auckland"
}
},
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"text": "ADB, ANZUS, APEC, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CD, CP, EAS, EBRD, FAO, FATF, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NSG, OECD, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club (associate), PCA, PIF, SICA (observer), Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNOOSA, UNTSO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "26 September 1907 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840); Anzac Day (commemorated as the anniversary of the landing of troops of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I at Gallipoli, Turkey), 25 April (1915)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant, with four red five-pointed stars edged in white centered in the outer half of the flag; the stars represent the Southern Cross constellation"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Southern Cross constellation (four, five-pointed stars), kiwi (bird), silver fern; national colors: black, white, red (ochre)"
"text": "Southern Cross constellation (four five-pointed stars), kiwi (bird), silver fern"
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"text": "black, white, red (ochre)"
},
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"text": "The first quarter of the shield shows four stars that represent the Southern Cross constellation and three ships that symbolize New Zealand's sea trade. In the second quarter, a fleece represents the sheep farming industry. The wheat sheaf in the third quarter represents the agricultural industry, and the crossed hammers in the fourth quarter represent mining. On either side of the shield are a Māori chieftain holding a <em>taiaha </em>(a Māori war weapon) and a European woman holding the New Zealand flag. St Edward's Crown, shown above the shield, symbolizes the British monarch."
"text": "the first quarter of the shield shows four stars that represent the Southern Cross constellation and three ships that symbolize New Zealand's sea trade; in the second quarter, a fleece represents the sheep farming industry; the wheat sheaf in the third quarter represents the agricultural industry; the crossed hammers in the fourth quarter represent mining; the Māori chieftain holds a <em>taiaha </em>(a Māori war weapon) and a European woman holds the New Zealand flag; St. Edward's crown, shown above the shield, symbolizes the British monarch"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {
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},
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"text": "high-income, globally integrated Pacific island economy; strong agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism sectors; reliant on Chinese market for exports; slow recovery from post-COVID recession and inflation; challenges of fiscal deficits, below-average productivity, and curbing greenhouse gas emissions"
"text": "<p>high-income, globally integrated Pacific island economy; strong agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism sectors; reliant on Chinese market for exports; recovery trajectory following deep post-pandemic recession; challenges of fiscal deficits, below-average productivity, cost of living, and drop in net migration</p>"
},
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@ -1116,20 +1129,20 @@
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the New Zealand Police, under the Minister of Police, are responsible for internal security"
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"text": "1.2% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2023)"
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.3% of GDP (2022)"
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2021)"
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.5% of GDP (2020)"
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"text": "1.4% of GDP (2019)"
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}
},
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"text": "total: 0.3% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "16.4% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "16.4% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "9.5% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "1.81 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "45.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "6.8% of GDP (2019)"
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"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "3.5% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "9.8% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "96.6%"
"text": "97% (2015 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "96.8%"
"text": "97% (2015 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "96.3% (2015)"
"text": "96% (2015 est.)"
}
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "16 states; Aimeliik, Airai, Angaur, Hatohobei, Kayangel, Koror, Melekeok, Ngaraard, Ngarchelong, Ngardmau, Ngatpang, Ngchesar, Ngeremlengui, Ngiwal, Peleliu, Sonsorol"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 October 1994 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Constitution Day, 9 July (1981), day of a national referendum to pass the new constitution; Independence Day, 1 October (1994)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil, common, and customary law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "none"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, IOC, IPU, MIGA, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, WHO"
},
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"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Hersey KYOTA (since 12 November 1997)"
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"text": "<br>ConsularKoror@state.gov<br><br>https://pw.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, IOC, IPU, MIGA, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, WHO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 October 1994 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Constitution Day, 9 July (1981), day of a national referendum to pass the new constitution; Independence Day, 1 October (1994)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "light blue with a large yellow disk shifted slightly to the hoist side; blue stands for the ocean, and the disk for the moon, which is considered a symbol of peace, love, and tranquility"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "bai (native meeting house); national colors: blue, yellow"
"text": "bai (native meeting house)"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, yellow"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 0% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "12.5% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "12.5% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "6.7% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.47 physicians/1,000 population (2012)"
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "68.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "13.6% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "7.5% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "11.3% national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"text": "98.3%"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "24 municipalities; Ailinglaplap, Ailuk, Arno, Aur, Bikini &amp; Kili, Ebon, Enewetak &amp; Ujelang, Jabat, Jaluit, Kwajalein, Lae, Lib, Likiep, Majuro, Maloelap, Mejit, Mili, Namorik, Namu, Rongelap, Ujae, Utrik, Wotho, Wotje"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "21 October 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)"
},
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"text": "Constitution Day, 1 May (1979)"
},
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"text": "mixed system of US and English common law, customary law, and local statutes"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "traditionally there have been no formally organized political parties; what has existed more closely resembles factions or interest groups because they do not have party headquarters, formal platforms, or party structures"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, WHO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Charles Rudolph PAUL (since 27 February 2024)"
@ -597,11 +595,23 @@
"text": "<br>MAJConsular@state.gov<br><br>https://mh.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, WHO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "21 October 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Constitution Day, 1 May (1979)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "blue with an orange stripe and a white stripe radiating from the lower hoist-side corner; a white star with four large rays and 20 small rays appears on the hoist side above the two stripes; the blue stands for the Pacific Ocean, the orange stripe for the Ralik Chain (or sunset and courage), and the white stripe for the Ratak Chain (or sunrise and peace); the star symbolizes the Christian cross, with a small ray for each electoral district and a larger ray for the principal cultural centers of Majuro, Jaluit, Wotje, and Ebeye; the diagonal stripes can also be interpreted as representing the equator, with the star showing the archipelago's position"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "a 24-rayed star; national colors: blue, white, orange"
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},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, white, orange"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "2 (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "Kwajalein hosts one of four dedicated ground antennas that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation system (the others are at Cape Canaveral, Florida (US), on Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha), and at Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory))"
}
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "none (territory of New Zealand)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (territory of New Zealand)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "common law system of New Zealand"
},
@ -272,7 +266,7 @@
"amendment process": {
"text": "proposed as a resolution by the General Fono; passage requires support by each village and approval by the General Fono"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Tokelau is a non-self-governing territory and has been administered by New Zealand since 1926; Tokelau is considered \"part of New Zealand” under the Tokelau Act 1948, and Tokelauans are New Zealand citizens; in the mid-2000s Tokelau held two referenda on becoming self-governing in free association with New Zealand; the first vote was held in February 2006 but narrowly missed the two-thirds majority required for a change of status, as did a second vote held in 2007; since the self-government referenda, Tokelau has put questions about its constitutional status on hold; it remains a territory of New Zealand, though one which exercises a substantial degree of self-government"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Tokelau is a non-self-governing territory and has been administered by New Zealand since 1926; Tokelau is considered \"part of New Zealand” under the Tokelau Act 1948, and Tokelauans are New Zealand citizens; in the mid-2000s Tokelau held two referenda on becoming self-governing in free association with New Zealand; the first vote was held in February 2006 but narrowly missed the two-thirds majority required for a change of status, as did a second vote held in 2007; since the self-government referenda, Tokelau has put questions about its constitutional status on hold; it remains a territory of New Zealand but exercises a substantial degree of self-government"
},
"Citizenship": {
"text": "see New Zealand"
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"Political parties": {
"text": "none"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "PIF (associate member), SPC, UNESCO (associate), UPU"
},
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"text": "none (territory of New Zealand)"
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"text": "none (territory of New Zealand)"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "PIF (associate member), SPC, UNESCO (associate), UPU"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (territory of New Zealand)"
},
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"text": "Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "a yellow stylized Tokelauan canoe on a dark blue field sails toward the Southern Cross constellation with four white five-pointed stars at the hoist side; the stars represent the role of Christianity in Tokelauan culture; the stars and canoe together symbolize the country navigating into the future; yellow stands for happiness and peace, and blue for the ocean"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "tuluma (fishing tackle box); national colors: blue, yellow, white"
"text": "tuluma (fishing tackle box)"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, yellow, white"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 0.4% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "6.3% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "6.3% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "8.7% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "1.01 physicians/1,000 population (2021)"
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"text": "2.8% (2019)"
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},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "6.6% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "5.3% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "9.3% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "can read and write Tongan and/or English"
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"total population": {
"text": "99.4%"
"text": "91.1% (2019 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "99.4%"
"text": "83.8% (2019 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "99.5% (2021)"
"text": "97.6% (2019 est.)"
}
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "5 island divisions; 'Eua, Ha'apai, Ongo Niua, Tongatapu, Vava'u"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "4 June 1970 (from UK protectorate status)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Official Birthday of King TUPOU VI, 4 July (1959); note - actual birthday of the monarch is 12 July 1959, 4 July (2015) is the day the king was crowned; Constitution Day (National Day), 4 November (1875)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "English common law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands or DPFI or PTOA <br>Tonga People's Party (Paati ʻa e Kakai ʻo Tonga) or PAK or TPPI"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Viliana Va&rsquo;inga TONE (since 20 April 2021)"
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"text": "although the US opened an embassy in Tonga on 9 May 2023, the US Ambassador to Fiji is accredited to Tonga while the Embassy is being staffed"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "4 June 1970 (from UK protectorate status)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Official Birthday of King TUPOU VI, 4 July (1959); note - actual birthday of the monarch is 12 July 1959, 4 July (2015) is the day the king was crowned; Constitution Day (National Day), 4 November (1875)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "red with a red cross on a white rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner; the cross stands for Christianity in Tonga, red for Christ's blood and sacrifice, and white for purity"
},
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"text": "red cross on white field, arms equal length; national colors: red, white"
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"text": "red, white"
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"text": "His Majesty's Armed Forces Tonga (HMAF; aka Tonga Defense Services): Tonga Royal Guard, Tonga Land Force (Royal Tongan Marines), Tonga Navy, Air Wing <br><br>Ministry of Police and Fire Services: Tonga Police Force (2025)"
},
"Military expenditures": {
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"text": "1.8% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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},
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
"text": "2.1% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
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"text": "2.4% of GDP (2019 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "total: 0% of population (2020 est.)"
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},
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"text": "20% of GDP (2021)"
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"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "20% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "11.2% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "1.35 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
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"text": "1.7% (2020)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "NA"
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"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "15.8% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "17% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "7 island councils and 1 town council*; Funafuti*, Nanumaga, Nanumea, Niutao, Nui, Nukufetau, Nukulaelae, Vaitupu"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 October 1978 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 1 October (1978)"
},
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"text": "mixed system of English common law and local customary law"
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"Political parties": {
"text": "there are no political parties, but members of parliament usually align themselves in informal groupings"
},
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"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, IBRD, IDA, IFAD, IFRCS (observer), ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Tapugao FALEFOU (since 19 April 2023); note - also Permanent Representative to UN"
@ -585,11 +586,23 @@
"text": "the US does not have an embassy in Tuvalu; the US Ambassador to Fiji is accredited to Tuvalu"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, IBRD, IDA, IFAD, IFRCS (observer), ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 October 1978 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 1 October (1978)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "light blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the outer half of the flag represents a map of the country, with the nine yellow five-pointed stars on a blue field symbolizing the atolls in the ocean"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "maneapa (native meeting house); national colors: light blue, yellow"
"text": "maneapa (native meeting house)"
},
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"text": "light blue, yellow"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "3 administrative precincts (circonscriptions, singular - circonscription) Alo, Sigave, Uvea"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas collectivity of France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "French civil law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Left Radical Party or PRG (formerly Radical Socialist Party or PRS and the Left Radical Movement or MRG)<br>Lua Kae Tahi (Giscardians)<br>Rally for Wallis and Futuna-The Republicans (Rassemblement pour Wallis and Futuna) or RPWF-LR <br>Socialist Party or PS<br>Taumu'a Lelei <br>Union Pour la Democratie Francaise or UDF"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "PIF (observer), SPC, UPU"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of France)"
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"text": "none (overseas collectivity of France)"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "PIF (observer), SPC, UPU"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas collectivity of France)"
},
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"text": "Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)"
},
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"text": "unofficial local flag has a red field with four white isosceles triangles in the middle, representing the three native kings of the islands and the French administrator; the apexes of the triangles are oriented inward and at right angles to each other; the flag of France, outlined in white on two sides, is in the upper hoist quadrant",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the design is derived from a red flag with a white cross that French missionaries introduced in the 19th century; the flag of France is used for official occasions"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "red saltire (Saint Andrew's Cross) on a white square on a red field; national colors: red, white"
"text": "red saltire (Saint Andrew's Cross) on a white square on a red field"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, white"
},
"National anthem": {
"text": "<p><strong>note:</strong> as a territory of France, \"La Marseillaise\" is official (see France)</p>"

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"text": "total: 1.6% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "6.8% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "6.8% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "15.2% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.56 physicians/1,000 population (2021)"
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"text": "2% (2020)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "4.8% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "5.5% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "12.9% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "99.1%"
"text": "98% (2019 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "99%"
"text": "98.3% (2019 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "99.3% (2021)"
"text": "97.7% (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "11 districts; A'ana, Aiga-i-le-Tai, Atua, Fa'asaleleaga, Gaga'emauga, Gagaifomauga, Palauli, Satupa'itea, Tuamasaga, Va'a-o-Fonoti, Vaisigano"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 January 1962 (from New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day Celebration, 1 June (1962); note - 1 January 1962 is the date of independence from the New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship, but it is observed in June"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts involving fundamental citizen rights"
},
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"text": "several previous (pre-independence); latest 1 January 1962"
},
"amendment process": {
"text": "proposed as an act by the Legislative Assembly; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote by the Assembly membership in the third reading - provided at least 90 days have elapsed since the second reading, and assent of the chief of state; passage of amendments affecting constitutional articles on customary land or constitutional amendment procedures also requires at least two-thirds majority approval in a referendum"
"text": "proposed as an act by the Legislative Assembly; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote by the Assembly membership in the third reading, provided at least 90 days have elapsed since the second reading, and assent of the chief of state; passage of amendments affecting constitutional articles on customary land or constitutional amendment procedures also requires at least two-thirds majority approval in a referendum"
}
},
"International law organization participation": {
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi or FAST <br>Human Rights Protection Party or HRPP <br>Tautua Samoa Party or TSP "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Pa’olelei LUTERU (since 7 July 2021); note - also Permanent Representative to the UN"
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"text": "<br>ApiaConsular@state.gov<br><br>https://ws.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
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"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 January 1962 (from New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship)"
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"text": "Independence Day Celebration, 1 June (1962); note - 1 January 1962 is the date of independence from the New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship, but it is observed in June"
},
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"text": "red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing five white, five-pointed stars that represent the Southern Cross constellation; red stands for courage, blue for freedom, and white for purity",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of Taiwan"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Southern Cross constellation (five, five-pointed stars); national colors: red, white, blue"
"text": "Southern Cross constellation (five five-pointed stars)"
},
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"text": "red, white, blue"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "42.1% (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "5.5% of GDP (2016 est.)"
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"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "3.6% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "19.4% national budget (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "97.8%"
},
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"text": "none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)",
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},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)"
},
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"text": "National Anthem and Flag Day, 18 March (1976)"
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"text": "civil law system based on the Dutch civil code"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Accion21<br>Aruban People's Party or AVP<br>Democratic Network or RED<br>Movimiento Aruba Soberano (Aruban Sovereignty Movement) or MAS<br>People's Electoral Movement Party or MEP<br>Pueblo Orguyoso y Respeta or POR<br>RAIZ (ROOTS)"
},
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"text": "ACS (associate), Caricom (observer), FATF, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ITUC (NGOs), UNESCO (associate), UNWTO (associate), UPU"
},
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"text": "none (represented by the Kingdom of the Netherlands)"
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"text": "the US does not have an embassy in Aruba; the Consul General to Curacao is accredited to Aruba"
}
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"text": "ACS (associate), Caricom (observer), FATF, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ITUC (NGOs), UNESCO (associate), UNWTO (associate), UPU"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)"
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"National holiday": {
"text": "National Anthem and Flag Day, 18 March (1976)"
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"text": "blue, with two narrow, horizontal yellow stripes across the lower portion and a red four-pointed star outlined in white in the upper hoist-side corner; the star represents Aruba's red soil and white beaches, and its four points stand for the major languages (Papiamento, Dutch, Spanish, English) and the points of a compass, to indicate that its inhabitants come from all over the world; the blue symbolizes Caribbean waters and skies; the stripes represent the island's two main industries, tourism and mining"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Hooiberg (Haystack) Hill; national colors: blue, yellow, red, white"
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},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, yellow, red, white"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 3.2% of population (2017 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "5.9% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "5.9% of GDP (2021)"
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"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "14% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "2.92 physicians/1,000 population (2017)"
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "31.5% (2023 est.)"
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"Education expenditures": {
"text": "3.8% of GDP (2021 est.)"
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"text": "3.1% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "11% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling"
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"text": "99%"
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"text": "98.4%"
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"female": {
"text": "99.4% (2015)"
"text": "99.4% (2015 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "6 parishes and 2 dependencies*; Barbuda*, Redonda*, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mary, Saint Paul, Saint Peter, Saint Philip"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 November 1981 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 1 November (1981)"
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"text": "common law based on the English model"
},
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"Political parties": {
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},
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"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (subscriber), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM (observer), OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Sir Ronald SANDERS (since 17 September 2015)"
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"text": "the US does not have an embassy in Antigua and Barbuda; the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Antigua and Barbuda"
}
},
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"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (subscriber), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM (observer), OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 November 1981 (from the UK)"
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"text": "Independence Day, 1 November (1981)"
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"text": "red, with an inverted isosceles triangle on the top edge of the flag; the triangle contains three horizontal bands of black (top), light blue, and white, with a yellow rising sun in the black band; the sun symbolizes the dawn of a new era, black represents the African heritage of most of the population, blue is for hope, and red is for the dynamism of the people; the \"V\" stands for victory; the successive yellow, blue, and white coloring is also meant to evoke the country's tourist attractions of sun, sea, and sand"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "fallow deer; national colors: red, white, blue, black, yellow"
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},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, white, blue, black, yellow"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "46.1% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"total population": {
"text": "NA"
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"text": "2.5% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "NA"
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"female": {
"text": "NA"
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"text": "10.3% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
}
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
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"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
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"text": "Anguilla Day, 30 May (1967)"
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"text": "common law based on the English model"
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Anguilla Progressive Movement or APM; (formerly Anguilla United Movement or AUM)<br>Anguilla United Front or AUF"
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"text": "Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), OECS, UNESCO (associate), UPU"
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"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
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@ -445,12 +430,24 @@
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK); alternate contact is the US Embassy in Barbados [1] (246) 227-4000"
}
},
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"text": "Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), OECS, UNESCO (associate), UPU"
},
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"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
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"text": "Anguilla Day, 30 May (1967)"
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"text": "blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Anguillan coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts three orange dolphins in an interlocking circular design on a white background with a turquoise-blue field below; the white in the background represents peace, the blue base symbolizes the sea, faith, youth, and hope, and the three dolphins stand for endurance, unity, and strength"
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"text": "dolphin"
},
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"text": "the Anguillan coat of arms features three interlocking dolphins jumping out of seawater; they represent endurance, unity, and strength, and their circular motion stands for continuity; the white background symbolizes peace and tranquility, and the turquoise-blue base represents the sea, as well as faith, youth, and hope"
},
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"name": {
"text": "\"God Bless Anguilla\""
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"text": "Alex RICHARDSON"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> local anthem adopted 1981; as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)"
},
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"text": "The Anguillan coat of arms features three interlocking dolphins jumping out of seawater. The dolphins represent endurance, unity, and strength, and their circular motion stands for continuity. The white background symbolizes peace and tranquility, and the turquoise-blue base represents the sea, as well as faith, youth, and hope."
}
},
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"text": "total: 2% of population (2020 est.)"
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},
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"text": "8.1% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "8.1% of GDP (2021)"
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"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "8.7% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "2.96 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "57.1% (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "6.5% of GDP (2021 est.)"
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"text": "4% of GDP (2023 est.)"
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"text": "12.5% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"text": "99.6%"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "11 parishes and 1 city*; Bridgetown*, Christ Church, Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint James, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Lucy, Saint Michael, Saint Peter, Saint Philip, Saint Thomas"
},
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"text": "30 November 1966 (from the UK)"
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"text": "Independence Day, 30 November (1966)"
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"text": "English common law; no judicial review of legislative acts"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Alliance Party for Progress or APP<br>Barbados Labor Party or BLP<br>Democratic Labor Party or DLP"
},
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"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Victor Anthony FERNANDES (since 18 September 2024)"
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"text": "<br>bridgetownpublicaffairs@state.gov<br><br>https://bb.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
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"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
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"text": "30 November 1966 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 30 November (1966)"
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"text": "three equal vertical bands of ultramarine blue (hoist side), gold, and ultramarine blue with the head of a black trident centered on the gold band; the band colors represent the blue of the sea and sky and the gold of the beaches; the trident head represents independence and a break with the past&nbsp;"
},
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"text": "Neptune's trident, pelican, Red Bird of Paradise flower (also known as Pride of Barbados); national colors: blue, yellow, black"
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},
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"text": "blue, yellow, black"
},
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"name": {

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"text": "total: 1.1% of population (2017 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "7.1% of GDP (2021)"
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"text": "7.1% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "15.8% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "1.9 physicians/1,000 population (2017)"
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"text": "38.9% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "2.8% of GDP (2021 est.)"
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"text": "2.8% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "10.6% national budget (2025 est.)"
}
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "31 districts; Acklins Islands, Berry Islands, Bimini, Black Point, Cat Island, Central Abaco, Central Andros, Central Eleuthera, City of Freeport, Crooked Island and Long Cay, East Grand Bahama, Exuma, Grand Cay, Harbour Island, Hope Town, Inagua, Long Island, Mangrove Cay, Mayaguana, Moore's Island, North Abaco, North Andros, North Eleuthera, Ragged Island, Rum Cay, San Salvador, South Abaco, South Andros, South Eleuthera, Spanish Wells, West Grand Bahama"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "10 July 1973 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 10 July (1973)"
},
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"text": "common-law system based on the English model"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "<p>Coalition of Independents Party or COI<br>Democratic National Alliance or DNA<br>Free National Movement or FNM<br>Progressive Liberal Party or PLP</p>"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Wendall Kermith JONES (since 19 April 2022)"
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"text": "<br>acsnassau@state.gov<br><br>https://bs.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "10 July 1973 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 10 July (1973)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine (top), gold, and aquamarine, with a black equilateral triangle based on the hoist side; the band colors represent the golden beaches of the islands surrounded by the aquamarine sea; black represents the vigor and force of a united people, and the triangle stands for the enterprise and determination of the Bahamian people"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "blue marlin, flamingo, Yellow Elder flower; national colors: aquamarine, yellow, black"
"text": "blue marlin, flamingo, yellow elderflower"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "aquamarine, yellow, black"
},
"National coat of arms": {
"text": "The motto on the Bahamas coat of arms is &ldquo;Forward, Upward, Onward Together.&rdquo; The flamingo and marlin supporting the shield are national animals that represent respectively the land and sea; the pink conch shell symbolizes the marine life of the islands; and the green palm fronds represent the natural vegetation. The Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus&rsquo;s flagship, also appears on the shield, and the sun signifies the world-famous climate and the bright future of the islands."
"text": "the motto on the Bahamas coat of arms is “Forward, Upward, Onward Together;” the flamingo and marlin supporting the shield are national animals that represent respectively the land and sea; the pink conch shell symbolizes the marine life of the islands, and the green palm fronds represent the natural vegetation; the <em>Santa Maria</em>, Christopher Columbus’s flagship, also appears; the sun signifies the world-famous climate and the bright future of the islands"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 0.3% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "5% of GDP (2021)"
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"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "5% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "11.5% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "1.09 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
@ -346,18 +351,23 @@
"text": "22.2% (2016)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "8.7% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "4.6% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "18.9% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
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"total population": {
"text": "NA"
"text": "90.9% (2015 est.) NA"
},
"male": {
"text": "NA"
"text": "90.2% (2015 est.) NA"
},
"female": {
"text": "NA"
"text": "91.6% (2015 est.) NA"
}
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "6 districts; Belize, Cayo, Corozal, Orange Walk, Stann Creek, Toledo"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "21 September 1981 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Battle of St. George's Caye Day (National Day), 10 September (1798); Independence Day, 21 September (1981)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "English common law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Belize People’s Front or BPF<br>Belize Progressive Party or BPP (formed in 2015 from a merger of the People's National Party, elements of the Vision Inspired by the People, and other smaller political groups)<br>People's United Party or PUP<br>United Democratic Party or UDP<br>Vision Inspired by the People or VIP"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CD, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Lynn Raymond YOUNG (since 7 July 2021)"
@ -650,12 +651,24 @@
"text": "<br>ACSBelize@state.gov<br><br>https://bz.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CD, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "21 September 1981 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Battle of St. George's Caye Day (National Day), 10 September (1798); Independence Day, 21 September (1981)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "royal blue with a narrow red stripe along the top and the bottom edges; a large white disk bears the coat of arms at the center, which features a shield flanked by two workers in front of a mahogany tree with the motto SUB UMBRA FLOREO (I Flourish in the Shade) on a scroll at the bottom, all encircled by a green garland of 50 mahogany leaves; the figures, the tools, the mahogany tree, and the garland refer to the logging industry that led to British settlement of Belize; blue and red are the colors of the two main political parties",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Belize has the only national flag that depicts humans; the flags of two British overseas territories, Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands, also depict humans"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Baird's tapir (a large, browsing, forest-dwelling mammal), keel-billed toucan, Black Orchid; national colors: red, blue"
"text": "Baird's tapir (a large forest-dwelling mammal), keel-billed toucan, black orchid"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, blue"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "51.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "2.1% of GDP (2019)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "15% national budget (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"total population": {
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "6 districts; Bodden Town, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, East End, George Town, North Side, West Bay"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Constitution Day, the first Monday in July (1959)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "English common law and local statutes"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Cayman Islands Peoples Party or CIPP<br>People's Progressive Movement or PPM"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), IOC, UNESCO (associate), UPU"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
@ -460,12 +456,24 @@
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK); consular services provided through the US Embassy in Jamaica"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), IOC, UNESCO (associate), UPU"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Constitution Day, the first Monday in July (1959)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "a blue field with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Caymanian coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms includes a crest with a pineapple (representing ties to Jamaica) and a turtle (representing Cayman's seafaring tradition) above a shield bearing a golden lion (symbolizing Great Britain); below are three green stars (representing the three islands) over white and blue wavy lines representing the sea; a scroll below the shield bears the motto HE HATH FOUNDED IT UPON THE SEAS"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "green sea turtle"
},
"National coat of arms": {
"text": "the Queen of England approved the Cayman Islands' coat of arms -- which was designed with input from the public -- in 1958; the shield features the<em> </em>lion of England and three green stars that symbolize the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman; the green turtle stands for the islands’ seafaring history, the rope under it for the thatch-rope industry, and the pineapple for historical ties with Jamaica; the motto comes from Psalms 24, acknowledging the Caymans’ Christian heritage"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {
"text": "\"Beloved Isle Cayman\""
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"text": "Leila E. ROSS"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1993; served as an unofficial anthem since 1930; as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in addition to the local anthem, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)"
},
"National coat of arms": {
"text": "<p>The Cayman Islands is a British dependency, and the Queen of England approved its coat of arms – which was designed with input from the public -- in 1958. The shield features the<em> </em>lion of England and three green stars that symbolize the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman. The green turtle recalls the islands’ seafaring history, and the rope under it refers to the thatch rope industry. The pineapple references historical ties with Jamaica. The motto comes from Psalms 24, acknowledging the Caymans’ Christian heritage.</p> <p> </p>"
}
},
"Economy": {

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"text": "total: 0% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "7.6% of GDP (2021)"
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"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "7.6% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "25.8% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "2.69 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -345,13 +350,15 @@
"text": "17.1% (2018)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "6.7% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "6.2% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "31.2% national budget (2021 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "98%"
},
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"text": "98%"
},
"female": {
"text": "98.1% (2021)"
"text": "94.1% (2018 est.)"
}
},
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@ -492,12 +499,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limon, Puntarenas, San Jose"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "15 September 1821 (from Spain)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 15 September (1821)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on Spanish civil code; Supreme Court reviews legislative acts"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "<p>Accessibility Without Exclusion or PASE<br>Broad Front (Frente Amplio) or PFA<br>Citizen Action Party or PAC<br>Costa Rican Renewal Party or PRC<br>Here Costa Rica Commands Party or ACRM<br>Liberal Progressive Party or PLP <br>Libertarian Movement Party or ML<br>National Integration Party or PIN<br>National Liberation Party or PLN<br>National Restoration Party or PRN<br>New Generation or PNG<br>New Republic Party or PNR<br>Social Christian Republican Party or PRSC<br>Social Christian Unity Party or PUSC of UNIDAD<br>Social Democratic Progress Party or PPSD</p>"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACS, BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, NAM (observer), OAS, OIF (observer), OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Catalina CRESPO SANCHO (since 19 April 2023)"
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"text": "<br>acssanjose@state.gov<br><br>https://cr.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACS, BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, NAM (observer), OAS, OIF (observer), OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "15 September 1821 (from Spain)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 15 September (1821)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "five horizontal bands of blue (top), white, red (double width), white, and blue, with the coat of arms in a white elliptical disk placed toward the hoist side of the red band; Costa Rica retained the earlier blue-white-blue flag of Central America until 1848 when, in response to revolutions in Europe, it was decided to incorporate the French colors by adding a central red stripe; today the blue is said to stand for the sky, opportunity, and perseverance, the white for peace, happiness, and wisdom, and the red for the blood shed for freedom, as well as Costa Ricans' generosity and vibrancy",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> somewhat resembles the flag of North Korea; similar to the flag of Thailand, but with the blue and red colors reversed"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "yiguirro (clay-colored thrush); national colors: blue, white, red"
"text": "yiguirro (clay-colored thrush)"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, white, red"
},
"National coat of arms": {
"text": "<p>The Costa Rican coat of arms highlights the country’s natural beauty and history. Three volcanoes, each topped with a white cloud, are surrounded with water, symbolizing the seaports of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The rising sun in the background commemorates the birth of a new nation, and the seven white stars stand for the country's seven provinces. The two merchant ships carrying Costa Rica’s flag are a reminder of the maritime trade that shaped the country's history.</p> <p> </p>"
"text": "the Costa Rican coat of arms highlights the country&rsquo;s natural beauty and history; three volcanoes, each topped with a white cloud, are surrounded with water, symbolizing the seaports of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans; the rising sun in the background stands for the birth of a new nation, and the seven white stars for the country's provinces; the two merchant ships carrying Costa Rica&rsquo;s flag are a reminder of the maritime trade that shaped the country's history"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 1.5% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "13.8% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "13.8% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "21% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "9.54 physicians/1,000 population (2021)"
@ -350,21 +355,23 @@
"text": "5.9% (2019)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "NA"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "8.4% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "17% national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "99.7%"
"text": "97.7% (2019 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "99.6%"
"text": "99% (2019 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "99.7% (2021)"
"text": "96.4% (2019 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -503,12 +510,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "15 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality* (municipio especial); Artemisa, Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana (Havana), Las Tunas, Matanzas, Mayabeque, Pinar del R&iacute;o, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902); not acknowledged by the Cuban Government as a day of independence"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Triumph of the Revolution (Liberation Day), 1 January (1959)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on Spanish civil code"
},
@ -601,9 +602,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Cuban Communist Party or PCC"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, ALBA, AOSIS, CABEI, CELAC, EAEU (observer), FAO, G-77, IAEA, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS (excluded from formal participation since 1962), OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, PIF (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Lianys TORRES RIVERA (since 14 January 2021)"
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"text": "<br>acshavana@state.gov<br><br>https://cu.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, ALBA, AOSIS, CABEI, CELAC, EAEU (observer), FAO, G-77, IAEA, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS (excluded from formal participation since 1962), OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, PIF (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "20 May 1902 (from US administration); 10 December 1898 (from Spain); not acknowledged by the Cuban Government as days of independence"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Triumph of the Revolution (Liberation Day), 1 January (1959)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "five equal horizontal bands of blue (top, center, and bottom) alternating with white; a red equilateral triangle based on the hoist side has a white, five-pointed star in the center; the blue bands refer to the three former divisions of the island: central, occidental, and oriental; the white bands stand for the purity of the independence ideal; the triangle symbolizes liberty, equality, and fraternity; the red color stands for the blood shed in the independence struggle; the white star, called La Estrella Solitaria (the Lone Star) lights the way to freedom and was inspired by the flag of Texas",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> design similar to the Puerto Rican flag, with the colors of the bands and triangle reversed"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "royal palm; national colors: red, white, blue"
"text": "royal palm"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, white, blue"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "urban: 4.3% of population"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "6.5% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "6.5% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "6.2% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "1.16 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "40.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "5.5% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "5.4% of GDP (2024 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "5.8% national budget (2025 est.)"
}
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "10 parishes; Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Luke, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick, Saint Paul, Saint Peter"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "3 November 1978 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 3 November (1978)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "common law based on the English model"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Dominica Freedom Party or DFP<br>Dominica Labor Party or DLP<br>Dominica United Workers Party or UWP"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CD, CDB, CELAC, Commonwealth of Nations, ECCU, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OIF, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Steve FERROL (since 15 September 2023)"
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"text": "the US does not have an embassy in Dominica; the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Dominica"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CD, CDB, CELAC, Commonwealth of Nations, ECCU, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OIF, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "3 November 1978 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 3 November (1978)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "green with a centered cross of three equal bands; the vertical part is yellow (hoist side), black, and white, and the horizontal part is yellow (top), black, and white; in the center of the cross is a red disk with a Sisserou parrot encircled by 10 green five-pointed stars edged in yellow; the stars represent the 10 administrative divisions (parishes); green symbolizes the island's lush vegetation; the tri-color cross represents the Christian Trinity; yellow stands for sunshine, the main agricultural products (citrus and bananas), and the native Carib Indians; black is for the rich soil and the African heritage of most citizens; white stands for the rivers, waterfalls, and the purity of aspirations; the red disc stands for social justice"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Sisserou parrot, Carib Wood flower; national colors: green, yellow, black, white, red"
"text": "sisserou parrot, Carib wood flower"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "green, yellow, black, white, red"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 2.8% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "4.9% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "4.9% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "14.4% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "2.43 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
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"text": "31.5% (2019)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "4.6% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "4.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "21.9% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "95.5%"
"text": "94% (2016 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "95.4%"
"text": "94% (2016 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "95.6% (2022)"
"text": "87.4% (2019 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -513,12 +520,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "31 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), 1 district* (distrito); Azua, Baoruco, Barahona, Dajab&oacute;n, Distrito Nacional*, Duarte, El&iacute;as Pi&ntilde;a, El Seibo, Espaillat, Hato Mayor, Hermanas Mirabal, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Romana, La Vega, Mar&iacute;a Trinidad S&aacute;nchez, Monse&ntilde;or Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Saman&aacute;, S&aacute;nchez Ram&iacute;rez, San Crist&oacute;bal, San Jos&eacute; de Ocoa, San Juan, San Pedro de Macor&iacute;s, Santiago, Santiago Rodr&iacute;guez, Santo Domingo, Valverde"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "27 February 1844 (from Haiti)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 27 February (1844)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French civil code; Criminal Procedures Code modified in 2004 to include important elements of an accusatory system"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Alliance for Democracy or APD<br>Broad Front (Frente Amplio)<br>Country Alliance or AP<br>Dominican Liberation Party or PLD<br>Dominican Revolutionary Party or PRD<br>Dominicans For Change or DXC<br>Independent Revolutionary Party or PRI<br>Institutional Social Democratic Bloc or BIS<br>Liberal Reformist Party or PRL (formerly the Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic or PLRD)<br>Modern Revolutionary Party or PRM<br>National Progressive Front or FNP<br>People's First Party or PPG<br>People's Force or FP<br>Social Christian Reformist Party or PRSC"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, BCIE, Caricom (observer), CD, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA, MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OAS, OIF (observer), OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA (associated member), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Maria Isabel CASTILLO B&aacute;ez (since January 2025)"
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"text": "<br>SDOAmericans@state.gov<br><br>https://do.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, BCIE, Caricom (observer), CD, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA, MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OAS, OIF (observer), OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA (associated member), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "27 February 1844 (from Haiti)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 27 February (1844)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "a centered white cross extends to the edges and divides the flag into four rectangles; the top ones are ultramarine blue (hoist side) and vermilion red, and the bottom ones are vermilion red (hoist side) and ultramarine blue; a small coat of arms featuring a shield supported by a laurel branch (left) and a palm branch (right) is at the center of the cross; above the shield a blue ribbon displays the motto DIOS, PATRIA, LIBERTAD (God, Fatherland, Liberty), and below the shield, REPUBLICA DOMINICANA appears on a red ribbon; in the shield, a Bible is opened to a verse that reads \"Y la verdad nos hara libre\" (And the truth shall set you free); blue stands for liberty, white for salvation, and red for the blood of heroes"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "palmchat (bird); national colors: red, white, blue"
"text": "palmchat (bird)"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, white, blue"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 1.8% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "9.7% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "9.7% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "21.2% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "1.62 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
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"text": "19.7% (2021)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "4.1% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "3.2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "12.5% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
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"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "89.1%"
"text": "90% (2023 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "91.3%"
"text": "92% (2023 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "87.3% (2019)"
"text": "88% (2023 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "14 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, San Vicente, Santa Ana, Sonsonate, Usulutan"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "15 September 1821 (from Spain)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 15 September (1821)"
},
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"text": "civil law system with minor common law influence; Supreme Court reviews legislative acts"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Christian Democratic Party or PDC<br>Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front or FMLN<br>Great Alliance for National Unity or GANA<br>National Coalition Party or PCN<br>Nationalist Republican Alliance or ARENA<br>New Ideas (Nuevas Ideas) or NI<br>Our Time (Nuestro Tiempo) or NT<br>Vamos or V"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACS, BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, FAO, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Carmen Milena MAYORGA VALERA (since 23 December 2020)"
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"text": "<br>ACSSanSal@state.gov<br><br>https://sv.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
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"text": "ACS, BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, FAO, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "15 September 1821 (from Spain)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 15 September (1821)"
},
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"text": "three equal horizontal bands of cobalt blue (top), white, and cobalt blue with the national coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL; the banner is based on the former blue-white-blue flag of the Federal Republic of Central America; the blue bands stand for the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and the white for the land, as well as peace and prosperity",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which has a different coat of arms centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars arranged in an X pattern and centered in the white band"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "turquoise-browed motmot (bird); national colors: blue, white"
"text": "turquoise-browed motmot (bird)"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, white"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 3.2% of population (2017 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "5.7% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "5.7% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "6.3% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "1.38 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "41.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "3.6% of GDP (2018 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "5.1% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "14.5% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "98.6%"
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petite Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "7 February 1974 (from the UK)"
},
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"text": "Independence Day, 7 February (1974)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "common law based on English model"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "National Democratic Congress or NDC<br>New National Party or NNP"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, CARIFORUM, CARIBCAN, Caricom, CBI, CDB, CELAC, CSME, ECCU, EPA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Tarlie FRANCIS (since 15 September 2023)"
@ -597,11 +595,26 @@
"text": "<br>StgeorgesACS@state.gov<br><br>https://bb.usembassy.gov/embassy/grenada/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, CARIFORUM, CARIBCAN, Caricom, CBI, CDB, CELAC, CSME, ECCU, EPA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "7 February 1974 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 7 February (1974)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side), with a red border around the flag; three yellow five-pointed stars are centered on the top red border, three on the bottom red border, and one on a red disk at the center of the flag; a nutmeg pod is on the hoist-side triangle; the seven stars stand for the administrative divisions, with the central star denoting the capital, St. George's; yellow stands for the sun and the warmth of the people, green for vegetation and agriculture, and red for harmony, unity, and courage"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Grenada dove, bougainvillea flower; national colors: red, yellow, green"
"text": "Grenada dove, bougainvillea flower"
},
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"text": "red, yellow, green"
},
"National coat of arms": {
"text": "<p>Grenada’s coat of arms shows Grand Etang Lake, a crater lake on the volcano that formed Grenada. In the center of the shield is Christopher Columbus’s ship, the <em>Santa Maria</em>, which landed on the island in 1498. The gold cross dividing the shield, the two Madonna lilies, and the national motto signal the importance of religion. Two lions symbolize past UK rule (1762-1974), as well as Grenada’s current status as a Commonwealth country. The corn stalk and banana plant represent agriculture. The armadillo and Grenada dove next to the shield are native to the island, and the roses in the bougainvillea flower garland represent Grenada’s seven communities. </p>"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 5% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "6.9% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "6.9% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "16.9% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "1.28 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
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"text": "9.6% (2015)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "3.1% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "3.2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "18.9% national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "83.3%"
"text": "83% (2022 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "87.7%"
"text": "88.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "79.3% (2021)"
"text": "78.6% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "22 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten, Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Retalhuleu, Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Solola, Suchitepequez, Totonicapan, Zacapa"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "15 September 1821 (from Spain)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 15 September (1821)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Bienestar Nacional or BIEN<br>Blue Party (Partido Azul) or Blue<br>CABAL<br>Cambio<br>Citizen Prosperity or PC<br>Commitment, Renewal, and Order or CREO<br>Elephant Community (Comunidad Elefante) or Elephant<br>Everyone Together for Guatemala or TODOS<br>Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity or URNG-MAIZ or URNG<br>Humanist Party of Guatemala or PHG<br>Movement for the Liberation of Peoples or MLP<br>Movimiento Semilla or SEMILLA<br>National Advancement Party or PAN<br>National Convergence Front or FCN-NACION<br>National Unity for Hope or UNE<br>Nationalist Change Union or UCN (dissolved 16 December 2021)<br>Nosotros or PPN<br>PODEMOS<br>Political Movement Winaq or Winaq<br>TODOS<br>Value or VALOR<br>Vamos por una Guatemala Diferente or VAMOS<br>Victory or VICTORIA<br>Vision with Values or VIVA<br>Will, Opportunity and Solidarity (Voluntad, Oportunidad y Solidaridad) or VOS"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACS, BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNISFA, UNITAR, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Hugo Eduardo&nbsp;BETETA (since 17 June 2024)"
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"text": "<br>AmCitsGuatemala@state.gov<br><br>https://gt.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACS, BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNISFA, UNITAR, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "15 September 1821 (from Spain)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 15 September (1821)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal vertical bands of light blue (hoist side), white, and light blue, with the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms includes a green-and-red quetzal (the national bird) and a scroll with the inscription LIBERTAD 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1821 (the original date of independence from Spain); a pair of crossed rifles on the coat of arms signify Guatemala's willingness to defend itself and a pair of crossed swords represent honor; framed by a laurel wreath symbolizing victory; the blue bands stand for the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, and the white for peace and purity",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> one of two national flags featuring a firearm; the other is Mozambique"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "quetzal (bird); national colors: blue, white"
"text": "quetzal (bird)"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, white"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 23.5% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "3.5% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "3.5% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "4.1% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.29 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"text": "1.6% (2017)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "1.1% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "13.2% national budget (2025 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "61.7%"
"text": "68% (2017 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "65.3%"
"text": "72.9% (2017 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "58.3% (2016)"
"text": "63.9% (2017 est.)"
}
}
},
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"text": "2.47% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Food insecurity": {
"severe localized food insecurity": {
"text": "<em>due to high food prices, natural disasters, and worsening civil insecurity - </em>about 4.9 million people are estimated to face severe acute food insecurity and were in need of urgent food assistance between March and June 2023; the high levels of food insecurity are the result of sustained economic downturn, reducing domestic food production, elevated food prices, fuel shortage and frequent natural disasters; the situation is exacerbated by worsening insecurity, which has limited access to essential services, including markets, caused population displacements and hampered delivery of humanitarian assistance (2023)"
}
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "9.69 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "10 departments (d&eacute;partements, singular - d&eacute;partement); Artibonite, Centre, Grand'Anse, Nippes, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 January 1804 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 1 January (1804)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system strongly influenced by Napoleonic Code"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation (Ligue Alternative pour le Progres et l’Emancipation Haitienne) or LAPEH<br>Christian Movement for a New Haiti or MCNH or Mochrenha<br>Christian National Movement for the Reconstruction of Haiti or UNCRH<br>Combat of Peasant Workers to Liberate Haiti (Konbit Travaye Peyizan Pou Libere Ayiti) or Kontra Pep La <br>Convention for Democratic Unity or KID<br>Cooperative Action to Rebuild Haiti or KONBA<br>December 16 Platform or Platfom 16 Desanm<br>Democratic Alliance Party or ALYANS (coalition includes KID and PPRH)<br>Democratic Centers' National Council or CONACED<br>Democratic and Popular Sector (Secteur Democratique et Populaire) or SDP<br>Democratic Unity Convention (Konvansyon Inite Demokratik) or KID<br>Dessalinian Patriotic and Popular Movement or MOPOD<br>Effort and Solidarity to Create an Alternative for the People or ESKAMP<br>Fanmi Lavalas or FL<br>Forward (En Avant)<br>Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats (Fusion Des Sociaux-Démocrates Haïtiens) or FHSD<br>G18 Policy Platform (Plateforme Politique G18)<br>Haiti in Action (Ayiti An Aksyon Haiti's Action) or AAA<br>Haitian Tet Kale Party (Parti Haitien Tet Kale) or PHTK<br>Independent Movement for National Reconciliation or MIRN<br>Lavni Organization or LAVNI<br>Lod Demokratik<br>Love Haiti (Renmen Ayiti) or RA<br>MTV Ayiti<br>National Consortium of Haitian Political Parties (Consortium National des Partis Politiques Haitiens) or CNPPH <br>National Shield Network (Reseau Bouclier National)<br>Organization of the People's Struggle (Oganizasyon Pep Kap Lite) or OPL<br>Patriotic Unity (Inite Patriyotik) or Inite<br>Platform Pitit Desalin (Politik Pitit Dessalines) or PPD<br>Political Party for Us All or Bridge (Pont) or Pou Nou Tout<br>Popular Patriotic Dessalinien Movement (Mouvement Patriotique Populaire Dessalinien) or MOPOD<br>Rally of Progressive National Democrats (Rassemblement des Democrates Nationaux Progressistes) or RDNP<br>Respe (Respect)<br>Women and Families Political Parties (Defile Pati Politik Fanm Ak Fanmi)"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, Caricom, CD, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OIF, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Louis Harold JOSEPH (since 15 May 2023)"
@ -674,11 +667,23 @@
"text": "<br>acspap@state.gov<br><br>https://ht.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, Caricom, CD, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OIF, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "1 January 1804 (from France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 1 January (1804)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a centered white rectangle bearing the coat of arms, which has a palm tree flanked by flags and two cannons above a scroll with the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength); the colors are taken from the French flag and represent the union of ethnic groups"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Hispaniolan trogon (bird), hibiscus flower; national colors: blue, red"
"text": "Hispaniolan trogon (bird), hibiscus flower"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, red"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 3.9% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "9.2% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "9.2% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "14.2% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.49 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
@ -359,21 +364,23 @@
"text": "10% (2019)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "6.4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "4% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "13.3% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "88.5%"
"text": "89% (2019 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "88.2%"
"text": "88% (2019 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "88.7% (2019)"
"text": "89% (2019 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -506,12 +513,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "18 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Atl&aacute;ntida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Moraz&aacute;n, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "15 September 1821 (from Spain)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 15 September (1821)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system"
},
@ -608,9 +609,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Anti-Corruption Party or PAC<br>Christian Democratic Party or DC<br>Democratic Liberation of Honduras or Liderh<br>Democratic Unification Party or UD<br>The Front or El Frente<br>Honduran Patriotic Alliance or AP<br>Innovation and Unity Party or PINU<br>Liberal Party or PL<br>Liberty and Refoundation Party or LIBRE<br>National Party of Honduras or PNH<br>New Route or NR<br>Opposition Alliance against the Dictatorship or Alianza de Oposicion contra la Dictadura (electoral coalition)<br>Savior Party of Honduras or PSH<br>Vamos or Let’s Go<br>We Are All Honduras (Todos Somos Honduras) or TSH"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACS, BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC (suspended), IOM, IPU, ISO (subscriber), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNHRC, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO (suspended), WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Javier Efrain BU SOTO (since 12 December 2022)"
@ -651,12 +649,24 @@
"text": "<br>usahonduras@state.gov<br><br>https://hn.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACS, BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC (suspended), IOM, IPU, ISO (subscriber), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNHRC, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO (suspended), WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "15 September 1821 (from Spain)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 15 September (1821)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of cerulean blue (top), white, and cerulean blue, with five cerulean five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern and centered in the white band; the stars represent the members of the former Federal Republic of Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; the blue bands stand for the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and the white band for the land and the peace and prosperity of its people",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL; also similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which features a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "scarlet macaw, white-tailed deer; national colors: blue, white"
"text": "scarlet macaw, white-tailed deer"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, white"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 3.6% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "7.2% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "7.2% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "19% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.46 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "32.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "6% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "5.7% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "14.5% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over has ever attended school"
},
"total population": {
"text": "88.7%"
},
@ -350,7 +357,7 @@
"text": "84%"
},
"female": {
"text": "93.1% (2015)"
"text": "90.8% (2022 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -472,12 +479,6 @@
"text": "14 parishes; Clarendon, Hanover, Kingston, Manchester, Portland, Saint Andrew, Saint Ann, Saint Catherine, Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Saint Mary, Saint Thomas, Trelawny, Westmoreland",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> for local government purposes, Kingston and Saint Andrew were amalgamated in 1923 into the present single corporate body known as the Kingston and Saint Andrew Corporation"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "6 August 1962 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 6 August (1962)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "common law system based on the English model"
},
@ -598,9 +599,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "<p>Jamaica Labor Party or JLP<br>Jamaica Progressive Party or JPP<br>People's National Party or PNP<br>United Independents' Congress or UIC</p>"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-15, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Audrey Patrice MARKS (since 18 January 2017)"
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"text": "<br>KingstonACS@state.gov<br><br>https://jm.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACP, ACS, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-15, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "6 August 1962 (from the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 6 August (1962)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "diagonal yellow cross divides the flag into four triangles, two green (top and bottom) and two black (hoist side and fly side); green stands for hope, vegetation, and agriculture, black for hardships overcome and to be faced, and yellow for sunshine and natural resources"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "green-and-black streamertail (bird), Guiacum officinale (Lignum Vitae); national colors: green, yellow, black"
"text": "green-and-black streamertail (bird), guaiacwood (<em>Guiacum officinale</em>)"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "green, yellow, black"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "35.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "5.4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "7.2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "7.7% national budget (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"total population": {
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "3 parishes; Saint Anthony, Saint Georges, Saint Peter"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Birthday of Queen ELIZABETH II, usually celebrated the Monday after the second Saturday in June (1926)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "English common law"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Movement for Change and Prosperity or MCAP <br>People's Democratic Movement or PDM"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "Caricom, CDB, Interpol (subbureau), OECS, UPU"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
@ -463,6 +459,15 @@
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK); alternate contact is the US Embassy in Barbados [1] (246) 227-4000; US Embassy Bridgetown, Wildey Business Park, St. Michael BB 14006, Barbados, WI"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "Caricom, CDB, Interpol (subbureau), OECS, UPU"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Birthday of Queen ELIZABETH II, usually celebrated the Monday after the second Saturday in June (1926)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Montserratian coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the arms show a woman in a green dress (Erin, the female personification of Ireland) standing beside a yellow harp (a symbol of Ireland) and embracing a large dark cross with her right arm; blue represents awareness, trustworthiness, determination, and righteousness"
},

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"text": "none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Sint Maarten is one of four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; the other three are the Netherlands, Aruba, and Curacao"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "<p>none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)</p>"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "<p>King's Day (birthday of King WILLEM-ALEXANDER), 27 April (1967); note - King's or Queen's Day are observed on the ruling monarch's birthday; celebrated on 26 April if 27 April is a Sunday; local holiday Sint Maarten's Day, 11 November (1985), commemorates the discovery of the island by COLUMBUS on Saint Martin's Day, 11 November 1493; celebrated on both halves of the island</p>"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "<p>based on Dutch civil law system with some English common law influence</p>"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Democratic Party or DP<br>National Alliance or NA<br>National Opportunity Wealth or NOW<br>Party for Progress or PFP<br>Sint Maarten Christian Party or SMCP<br>Unified Resilient St Maarten Movement or URSM<br>United People's Party or UPP<br>United Sint Maarten Party or US Party"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "<p>Caricom (observer), ILO, Interpol, UNESCO (associate), UPU, WMO</p>"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"text": "none (represented by the Kingdom of the Netherlands)"
},
@ -435,12 +426,24 @@
"text": "the US does not have an embassy in Sint Maarten; the Consul General to Curacao is accredited to Sint Maarten"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "<p>Caricom (observer), ILO, Interpol, UNESCO (associate), UPU, WMO</p>"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "<p>none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)</p>"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "<p>King's Day (birthday of King WILLEM-ALEXANDER), 27 April (1967); note - King's or Queen's Day are observed on the ruling monarch's birthday; celebrated on 26 April if 27 April is a Sunday; local holiday Sint Maarten's Day, 11 November (1985), commemorates the discovery of the island by COLUMBUS on Saint Martin's Day, 11 November 1493; celebrated on both halves of the island</p>"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and blue, with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; the center of the triangle displays the national coat of arms with an orange-bordered blue shield that prominently displays the white courthouse in Philipsburg, as well as yellow sage (the national flower) in the upper left and the silhouette of a Dutch-French friendship monument in the upper right; over the shield is a yellow rising sun and a brown pelican in flight; a yellow scroll below the shield has the motto SEMPER PROGREDIENS (Always Progressing)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the flag resembles Philippines' flag, but with the red and blue bands reversed; the three main colors are the same as the Dutch flag"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "<p>brown pelican, yellow sage (flower); national colors: red, white, blue</p>"
"text": "<p>brown pelican, yellow sage (flower)</p>"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, white, blue"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 16.8% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "9.7% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "9.7% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "17.8% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "0.68 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "56% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "4.6% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "2.9% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "17.7% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "82.6%"
},
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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "15 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 2 autonomous regions* (regiones autonomistas, singular - region autonoma); Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Costa Caribe Norte*, Costa Caribe Sur*, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "15 September 1821 (from Spain)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 15 September (1821)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; Supreme Court may review administrative acts"
},
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"Political parties": {
"text": "Alliance for the Republic or APRE<br>Alternative for Change or AC (operates in a political alliance with the FSLN)<br>Autonomous Liberal Party or PAL<strong><br></strong>Caribbean Unity Movement or PAMUC<br>Christian Unity Party or PUC (operates in a political alliance with the FSLN)<br>Independent Liberal Party or PLI<br>Liberal Constitutionalist Party or PLC<br>Moskitia Indigenous Progressive Movement or MOSKITIA PAWANKA (operates in a political alliance with the FSLN) <br>Multiethnic Indigenous Party or PIM (operates in a political alliance with the FSLN)<br>Nationalist Liberal Party or PLN (operates in a political alliance with the FSLN)<br>Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance or ALN<br>Nicaraguan Party of the Christian Path or CCN<br>Nicaraguan Resistance Party or PRN (operates in a political alliance with the FSLN)<strong><br></strong>Sandinista National Liberation Front or FSLN<br>Sons of Mother Earth or YATAMA<br>The New Sons of Mother Earth Movement or MYATAMARAN (operates in a political alliance with the FSLN)"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACS, BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d'Affaires M. Lautaro SANDINO Montes (since 23 February 2024)"
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"text": "<br>ACS.Managua@state.gov<br><br>https://ni.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACS, BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "15 September 1821 (from Spain)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day, 15 September (1821)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue, with the national coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on the top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom; the banner is based on the former blue-white-blue flag of the Federal Republic of Central America; the blue bands stand for the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and the white band for the land between the two bodies of water",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of El Salvador, which has a round emblem with the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL; also similar to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars in an X pattern centered in the white band"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "turquoise-browed motmot (bird); national colors: blue, white"
"text": "turquoise-browed motmot (bird)"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, white"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "total: 3.8% of population (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Current health expenditure": {
"text": "9.7% of GDP (2021)"
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
"text": "9.7% of GDP (2021)"
},
"Health expenditure (as % of national budget)": {
"text": "22.2% of national budget (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Physician density": {
"text": "1.63 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
@ -341,21 +346,23 @@
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "58.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "3.9% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "3.9% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "11.9% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "95.7%"
"text": "96% (2019 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "98.8%"
"text": "96% (2019 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "95.4% (2019)"
"text": "95% (2019 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -487,12 +494,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 4 indigenous regions* (comarcas); Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Embera-Wounaan*, Guna Yala*, Herrera, Los Santos, Naso Tjer Di*, Ngabe-Bugle*, Panama, Panama Oeste, Veraguas"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "3 November 1903 (from Colombia; became independent from Spain on 28 November 1821)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day (Separation Day), 3 November (1903)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; Supreme Court of Justice reviews legislative acts"
},
@ -588,9 +589,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Alliance Party or PA<br>Alternative Independent Socialist Party or PAIS<br>Another Way Movement or MOCA<br>Democratic Change or CD<br>Democratic Revolutionary Party or PRD<br>Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement or MOLIRENA<br>Panameñista Party (formerly the Arnulfista Party)<br>Popular Party or PP (formerly Christian Democratic Party or PDC)<br>Realizing Goals Party or RM"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACS, BCIE, CAN (observer), CD, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, SICA, UN, UNASUR (observer), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Jos&eacute; Miguel ALEM&Aacute;N HEALY (since 18 September 2024)"
@ -631,11 +629,23 @@
"text": "<br>Panama-ACS@state.gov<br><br>https://pa.usembassy.gov/"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACS, BCIE, CAN (observer), CD, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, SICA, UN, UNASUR (observer), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "3 November 1903 (from Colombia); 28 November 1821 (from Spain)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Independence Day (Separation Day), 3 November (1903)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "divided into four equal rectangles; one of the top quadrants is white (hoist side) with a five-pointed blue star in the center, and the other is plain red; one of the bottom quadrants is plain blue (hoist side), and the other is white with a five-pointed red star in the center; the blue and red stand for the main political parties, and the white for peace between them; the blue star stands for the civic virtues of purity and honesty, and the red star signifies authority and law"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "harpy eagle; national colors: blue, white, red"
"text": "harpy eagle"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "blue, white, red"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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@ -239,8 +239,13 @@
"text": "total: 0% of population (2020)"
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "NA"
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "3.9% of GDP (2023 est.) NA"
},
"Education expenditure (% national budget)": {
"text": "23% national budget (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Literacy": {
"total population": {
@ -317,12 +322,6 @@
"text": "the name is taken from the French word <em>marigot</em>, meaning \"backwater\" or \"swampy area;\" it probably comes from the original fishing village's location next to a water-logged area on a lagoon"
}
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas collectivity of France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "F&ecirc;te de la F&eacute;d&eacute;ration, 14 July (1790); note - local holiday is Schoelcher Day (Slavery Abolition Day) 12 July (1848), as well as St. Martin's Day, 11 November (1985), which commemorates the discovery of the island by COLUMBUS on Saint Martin's Day, 11 November 1493; the latter holiday celebrated on both halves of the island"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "French civil law"
},
@ -393,9 +392,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Alternative<br>Future Saint Martin (Avenir Saint Martin)<br>Generation Hope or HOPE<br>Rassemblement Saint-Martinois or RSM (formerly Movement for Justice and Prosperity or MJP)<br>Saint Martin with You<br>Union for Democracy or UD"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACS (associate), UPU"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"text": "none (overseas collectivity of France)"
},
@ -404,6 +400,15 @@
"text": "none (overseas collectivity of France)"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACS (associate), UPU"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas collectivity of France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "F&ecirc;te de la F&eacute;d&eacute;ration, 14 July (1790); note - local holiday is Schoelcher Day (Slavery Abolition Day) 12 July (1848), as well as St. Martin's Day, 11 November (1985), which commemorates the discovery of the island by COLUMBUS on Saint Martin's Day, 11 November 1493; the latter holiday celebrated on both halves of the island"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "the flag of France is used"
},

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@ -291,21 +291,18 @@
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "37.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"Education expenditure": {
"text": "3.6% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
},
"total population": {
"text": "92.4%"
"text": "92% (2017 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "92.4%"
"text": "92% (2017 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "92.4% (2021)"
"text": "92% (2017 est.)"
}
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
@ -419,12 +416,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "none (territory of the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 78 municipalities (municipios, singular - municipio) at the second order; Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Aguas Buenas, Aibonito, Anasco, Arecibo, Arroyo, Barceloneta, Barranquitas, Bayamon, Cabo Rojo, Caguas, Camuy, Canovanas, Carolina, Catano, Cayey, Ceiba, Ciales, Cidra, Coamo, Comerio, Corozal, Culebra, Dorado, Fajardo, Florida, Guanica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Gurabo, Hatillo, Hormigueros, Humacao, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana Diaz, Juncos, Lajas, Lares, Las Marias, Las Piedras, Loiza, Luquillo, Manati, Maricao, Maunabo, Mayaguez, Moca, Morovis, Naguabo, Naranjito, Orocovis, Patillas, Penuelas, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rincon, Rio Grande, Sabana Grande, Salinas, San German, San Juan, San Lorenzo, San Sebastian, Santa Isabel, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Trujillo Alto, Utuado, Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Vieques, Villalba, Yabucoa, Yauco"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (territory of the US with commonwealth status)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "US Independence Day, 4 July (1776); Puerto Rico Constitution Day, 25 July (1952)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the Spanish civil code, within the framework of the US federal system"
},
@ -543,9 +534,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Citizens' Victory Movement (Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana) or MVC<br>Democratic Party of Puerto Rico<br>New Progressive Party or PNP (pro-US statehood)<br>Popular Democratic Party or PPD (pro-commonwealth)<br>Project Dignity (Projecto Dignidad) or PD<br>Puerto Rican Independence Party or PIP (pro-independence)<br>Republican Party of Puerto Rico"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "AOSIS (observer), Caricom (observer), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, UNWTO (associate), UPU, WFTU (NGOs)"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"text": "none (territory of the US)"
},
@ -554,12 +542,24 @@
"text": "none (territory of the US with commonwealth status)"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "AOSIS (observer), Caricom (observer), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, UNWTO (associate), UPU, WFTU (NGOs)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (territory of the US with commonwealth status)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "US Independence Day, 4 July (1776); Puerto Rico Constitution Day, 25 July (1952)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "five equal horizontal bands of red (top, center, and bottom) alternating with white; a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side has a large five-pointed white star in the center, symbolizing the country; the three sides of the triangle stand for the executive, legislative, and judicial parts of the government; blue stands for the sky and the coastal waters, red for the blood shed by warriors, and white for liberty, victory, and peace",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> design initially influenced by the US flag, but similar to the Cuban flag, with the colors of the bands and triangle reversed"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "Puerto Rican spindalis (bird), coqui (frog); national colors: red, white, blue"
"text": "Puerto Rican spindalis (bird), coqui (frog)"
},
"National colors": {
"text": "red, white, blue"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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