From ca73f605a03ebfe8a58fd6a62e78d1d36e989885 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yo Robot Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 22:19:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] auto-update week 23 --- africa/ag.json | 25 ++++++++++-------- africa/ao.json | 17 +++++++----- africa/bc.json | 20 +++++++-------- africa/bn.json | 20 +++++++-------- africa/by.json | 25 ++++++++---------- africa/cd.json | 21 ++++++++------- africa/cf.json | 20 +++++++-------- africa/cg.json | 18 ++++++------- africa/cm.json | 20 +++++++-------- africa/cn.json | 21 +++++++++++---- africa/ct.json | 15 +++++------ africa/cv.json | 27 +++++++++++++------ africa/dj.json | 10 ++++---- africa/eg.json | 26 ++++++++++++------- africa/ek.json | 14 +++++----- africa/er.json | 4 +-- africa/et.json | 24 ++++++++--------- africa/ga.json | 22 ++++++++-------- africa/gb.json | 28 ++++++++++++-------- africa/gh.json | 24 ++++++++--------- africa/gv.json | 23 ++++++++--------- africa/iv.json | 18 ++++++------- africa/ke.json | 30 ++++++++++++++++------ africa/li.json | 36 ++++++++++++++------------ africa/lt.json | 24 ++++++++--------- africa/ly.json | 6 ++--- africa/ma.json | 25 ++++++++---------- africa/mi.json | 27 +++++++++---------- africa/ml.json | 28 ++++++++++---------- africa/mo.json | 26 +++++++++---------- africa/mp.json | 12 ++++----- africa/mr.json | 22 ++++++++-------- africa/mz.json | 23 ++++++++++++----- africa/ng.json | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++----- africa/ni.json | 16 ++++++------ africa/od.json | 15 +++++------ africa/pu.json | 32 +++++++++++------------ africa/rw.json | 19 ++++++++++---- africa/se.json | 10 ++++---- africa/sf.json | 20 +++++++-------- africa/sg.json | 21 ++++++++------- africa/sh.json | 11 +++----- africa/sl.json | 16 ++++++------ africa/so.json | 17 +++--------- africa/su.json | 10 ++++---- africa/to.json | 26 +++++++++---------- africa/tp.json | 18 ++++++------- africa/ts.json | 25 ++++++++++-------- africa/tz.json | 16 ++++++------ africa/ug.json | 19 ++++++-------- africa/uv.json | 28 +++++++++++++++----- africa/wa.json | 11 +++----- africa/wz.json | 36 ++++++++++++++++---------- africa/za.json | 17 +++++------- africa/zi.json | 17 +++++------- australia-oceania/as.json | 40 ++++++++++++----------------- australia-oceania/at.json | 2 -- australia-oceania/bp.json | 24 +++++++++++------ australia-oceania/cq.json | 2 +- australia-oceania/cr.json | 2 -- australia-oceania/cw.json | 9 ++++--- australia-oceania/fj.json | 22 ++++++++-------- australia-oceania/fm.json | 11 +++----- australia-oceania/fp.json | 2 +- australia-oceania/gq.json | 2 +- australia-oceania/kr.json | 16 ++++++------ australia-oceania/nc.json | 4 +-- australia-oceania/ne.json | 2 +- australia-oceania/nf.json | 10 ++++---- australia-oceania/nh.json | 5 +--- australia-oceania/nr.json | 8 +++--- australia-oceania/nz.json | 18 ++++++------- australia-oceania/pc.json | 2 +- australia-oceania/ps.json | 11 +++----- australia-oceania/rm.json | 13 ++++------ australia-oceania/tl.json | 13 +--------- australia-oceania/tn.json | 14 +++++----- australia-oceania/tv.json | 17 +++++++----- australia-oceania/um.json | 4 +-- australia-oceania/wf.json | 7 ++--- australia-oceania/wq.json | 2 +- australia-oceania/ws.json | 18 ++++++------- central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json | 2 +- central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json | 14 +++++----- central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json | 20 +++++++-------- central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json | 28 ++++++++++---------- central-america-n-caribbean/bq.json | 2 -- central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json | 24 ++++++++--------- central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json | 14 +++++----- central-america-n-caribbean/do.json | 4 +-- central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json | 24 ++++++++--------- central-america-n-caribbean/es.json | 26 +++++++++---------- central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json | 4 +-- central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json | 31 ++++++++++++++-------- central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json | 18 ++++++------- central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json | 33 ++++++++++++++++-------- central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json | 18 ++++++------- central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json | 2 +- central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json | 7 ++--- central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json | 14 +++++----- central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json | 22 ++++++++-------- central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json | 3 --- central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json | 5 +--- central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json | 13 ++++------ central-america-n-caribbean/st.json | 15 +++++++++-- central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json | 3 --- central-america-n-caribbean/td.json | 30 ++++++++++++++-------- central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json | 11 +++++--- central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json | 9 +++---- central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json | 5 +--- central-asia/kg.json | 34 ++++++++++++------------ central-asia/kz.json | 28 ++++++++++++-------- central-asia/rs.json | 32 ++++++++++------------- central-asia/ti.json | 22 ++++++++-------- central-asia/tx.json | 15 +++++------ central-asia/uz.json | 14 +++++----- east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json | 16 ++++++------ east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json | 8 +++--- east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json | 31 ++++++++++++++-------- east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json | 26 +++++++++---------- east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json | 4 +-- east-n-southeast-asia/id.json | 24 ++++++++--------- east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json | 26 +++++++++---------- east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json | 18 ++++++++----- east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json | 32 +++++++++++------------ east-n-southeast-asia/la.json | 18 ++++++------- east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json | 2 +- east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json | 24 ++++++++--------- east-n-southeast-asia/my.json | 14 +++++----- east-n-southeast-asia/pf.json | 2 -- east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json | 2 -- east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json | 19 ++++++++------ east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json | 37 ++++++++++++-------------- east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json | 25 ++++++++---------- east-n-southeast-asia/th.json | 29 +++++++++++---------- east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json | 22 ++++++++-------- east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json | 17 +++++------- east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json | 16 ++++++------ europe/al.json | 21 +++++++-------- europe/an.json | 9 +++---- europe/au.json | 14 +++++----- europe/be.json | 16 +++++++++--- europe/bk.json | 22 ++++++++-------- europe/bo.json | 26 +++++++++---------- europe/bu.json | 10 ++++---- europe/cy.json | 20 +++++++-------- europe/da.json | 16 ++++++------ europe/ee.json | 2 +- europe/ei.json | 18 ++++++------- europe/en.json | 12 ++++----- europe/ez.json | 10 ++++---- europe/fi.json | 14 +++++----- europe/fo.json | 7 ++--- europe/fr.json | 12 ++++----- europe/gi.json | 2 +- europe/gk.json | 2 +- europe/gm.json | 12 ++++----- europe/gr.json | 12 ++++----- europe/hr.json | 8 +++--- europe/hu.json | 12 ++++----- europe/ic.json | 12 ++++----- europe/im.json | 2 +- europe/it.json | 14 +++++----- europe/je.json | 2 +- europe/kv.json | 10 ++++---- europe/lg.json | 12 ++++----- europe/lh.json | 17 +++++++----- europe/lo.json | 17 +++++------- europe/ls.json | 10 ++++---- europe/lu.json | 12 ++++----- europe/md.json | 18 ++++++------- europe/mj.json | 20 +++++++-------- europe/mk.json | 6 ++--- europe/mn.json | 7 ++--- europe/mt.json | 24 ++++++++--------- europe/nl.json | 15 ++++++----- europe/no.json | 18 +++++++++---- europe/pl.json | 14 +++++----- europe/po.json | 17 +++++------- europe/ri.json | 22 ++++++++-------- europe/ro.json | 30 ++++++++++++---------- europe/si.json | 13 ++++------ europe/sm.json | 8 +----- europe/sp.json | 14 ++++------ europe/sw.json | 21 +++++++-------- europe/sz.json | 33 +++++++++++------------- europe/uk.json | 19 ++++++-------- europe/up.json | 19 ++++++-------- europe/vt.json | 4 +-- middle-east/ae.json | 28 ++++++++++++-------- middle-east/aj.json | 14 +++++----- middle-east/am.json | 18 ++++++------- middle-east/ba.json | 16 ++++++------ middle-east/gg.json | 30 +++++++++++----------- middle-east/gz.json | 6 ++--- middle-east/ir.json | 20 +++++++-------- middle-east/is.json | 22 ++++++++-------- middle-east/iz.json | 32 +++++++++++------------ middle-east/jo.json | 24 ++++++++--------- middle-east/ku.json | 20 +++++++-------- middle-east/le.json | 20 +++++++-------- middle-east/mu.json | 16 ++++++------ middle-east/qa.json | 19 ++++++-------- middle-east/sa.json | 24 ++++++++--------- middle-east/sy.json | 11 +++----- middle-east/tu.json | 18 ++++++------- middle-east/we.json | 6 ++--- middle-east/ym.json | 24 +++++++++-------- north-america/ca.json | 12 ++++----- north-america/gl.json | 5 +--- north-america/ip.json | 2 -- north-america/mx.json | 26 +++++++++---------- north-america/sb.json | 5 +--- north-america/us.json | 10 ++++---- oceans/oo.json | 2 -- oceans/xo.json | 2 -- oceans/xq.json | 2 -- oceans/zh.json | 4 --- oceans/zn.json | 2 -- south-america/ar.json | 14 +++++----- south-america/bl.json | 20 +++++++-------- south-america/br.json | 14 +++++----- south-america/co.json | 31 ++++++++++++++-------- south-america/ec.json | 32 +++++++++++------------ south-america/fk.json | 8 +++--- south-america/gy.json | 31 ++++++++++++++-------- south-america/ns.json | 17 +++++------- south-america/pa.json | 22 ++++++++-------- south-america/pe.json | 24 ++++++++--------- south-america/sx.json | 2 +- south-america/uy.json | 22 ++++++++-------- south-america/ve.json | 34 ++++++++++-------------- south-asia/af.json | 15 ++++++----- south-asia/bg.json | 24 ++++++++--------- south-asia/bt.json | 13 +++++++++- south-asia/ce.json | 16 ++++++------ south-asia/in.json | 24 ++++++++--------- south-asia/mv.json | 19 ++++++++------ south-asia/np.json | 20 +++++++-------- south-asia/pk.json | 20 +++++++-------- world/xx.json | 15 ++++++----- 241 files changed, 2027 insertions(+), 1931 deletions(-) diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index 735f93db..5c4f0437 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ "text": "1.66 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.9 beds/1,000 population (2015)" + "text": "1.6 beds/1,000 population (2017 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -328,13 +328,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "21% (2020 est.)" + "text": "21.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "41.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "41.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "0.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.6% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -344,8 +344,11 @@ "text": "56% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0% (2019)" + }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "3.8% (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.8% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -601,7 +604,7 @@ "text": "3/9/2025" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { - "text": "4.1%" + "text": "2.5%" }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "January 2028" @@ -1067,7 +1070,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "71% (2022 est.)" + "text": "77% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1132,8 +1135,11 @@ "note": "note: the Republican Guard is subordinate to the ANP, but responsible to the President; the National Gendarmerie performs police functions outside urban areas under the auspices of the Ministry of National Defense and shares responsibility with the General Directorate of National Security for maintaining law and order; it is comprised of territorial, intervention/mobile, border guard, railway, riot control, and air support units" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "8% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "9% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "8% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "4.8% of GDP (2022 est.)" @@ -1143,9 +1149,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "6.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "6% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/ao.json b/africa/ao.json index 6bf9d738..f8f9053c 100644 --- a/africa/ao.json +++ b/africa/ao.json @@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.24 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, + "Hospital bed density": { + "text": "0.8 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" + }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 93.7% of population" @@ -333,13 +336,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "7.9%" + "text": "7.9% (2016)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "30.3%" + "text": "30.3% (2016)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "6% (2016 est.)" + "text": "6% (2016)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -1054,7 +1057,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "39% (2022 est.)" + "text": "45% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1122,6 +1125,9 @@ "text": "Angolan Armed Forces (Forcas Armadas Angolanas, FAA): Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra Angola, MGA), Angolan National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional Angolana, FANA)

Ministry of Interior: National Police, Border Guard Police (2025)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1133,9 +1139,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.8% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/bc.json b/africa/bc.json index b121ce2b..d94cee03 100644 --- a/africa/bc.json +++ b/africa/bc.json @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ "text": "0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.8 beds/1,000 population" + "text": "2.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -317,13 +317,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "19.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "30.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "29.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "8.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "5.5% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -641,6 +641,9 @@ "National symbol(s)": { "text": "zebra; national colors: 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: pula means “let there be rain” in Setswana, the national language." + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"Fatshe leno la rona\" (Our Land)" @@ -657,9 +660,6 @@ "selected World Heritage Site locales": { "text": "Tsodilo Hills (c); Okavango Delta (n)" } - }, - "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: pula means “let there be rain” in Setswana, the national language." } }, "Economy": { @@ -1075,6 +1075,9 @@ "note": "note 1: both the BDF and the Botswana Police Service (BPS) report to the Ministry of Defense, Justice and Security; the BPS has primary responsibility for internal security

note 2: the Ground Force Command includes a marine unit with boats and river craft for patrolling Botswana's internal waterways and supporting anti-poaching operations" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "2.9% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "2.6% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1086,9 +1089,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "3% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "2.8% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/bn.json b/africa/bn.json index 4f855cf7..3be0a7df 100644 --- a/africa/bn.json +++ b/africa/bn.json @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ "text": "0.22 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.5 beds/1,000 population" + "text": "0.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -323,13 +323,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "6.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "11.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.3% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.5% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -340,13 +340,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "9.4%" + "text": "5.9% (2022)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "30.6%" + "text": "27.5% (2022)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "4.8% (2018 est.)" + "text": "4.6% (2022)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -1119,6 +1119,9 @@ "note": "note: FAB is under the Ministry of Defense and is responsible for external security and supporting the DGPR in maintaining internal security, which has primary responsibility for enforcing law and maintaining order; the DGPR was formed in 2018 through a merger of police and gendarmes" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1130,9 +1133,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.5% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.5% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/by.json b/africa/by.json index f828dba1..197d064d 100644 --- a/africa/by.json +++ b/africa/by.json @@ -281,9 +281,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.8 beds/1,000 population (2014)" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 87.4% of population" @@ -326,13 +323,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "11.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "17.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "14% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "6.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -343,13 +340,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2.8%" + "text": "2.8% (2017)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "19%" + "text": "19% (2017)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "1.4% (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.4% (2017)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -1084,20 +1081,20 @@ "note": "note: the Naval Force is responsible for monitoring Burundi’s 175-km shoreline on Lake Tanganyika; the Specialized Units include a special security brigade for the protection of institutions (aka BSPI), commandos, special forces, and military police" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "3.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "3.7% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "3% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "2.8% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.6% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "2% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "2.1% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "3% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/cd.json b/africa/cd.json index ec5b79a9..e6eab41d 100644 --- a/africa/cd.json +++ b/africa/cd.json @@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, + "Hospital bed density": { + "text": "0.4 beds/1,000 population (2017 est.)" + }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 57.5% of population" @@ -325,13 +328,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "8.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "6.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "13.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -342,13 +345,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "24.2%" + "text": "24.2% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "60.6%" + "text": "60.6% (2019)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "8.1% (2019 est.)" + "text": "8.1% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -1085,6 +1088,9 @@ "note": "note 1: the GDSSIE is the presidential guard force and is considered to be Chad's elite military unit; it is reportedly a division-sized force with infantry, armor, and special forces/anti-terrorism regiments (known as the Special Anti-Terrorist Group or SATG, aka Division of Special Anti-Terrorist Groups or DGSAT); it reports directly to the president

note 2: the Chadian National Police are under the Ministry of Public Security and Immigration; border security duties are shared by the ANT, Customs (Ministry of Public Security and Immigration), the National Gendarmerie, and the GNNT" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "3% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "2.9% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1096,9 +1102,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "2.9% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "2% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/cf.json b/africa/cf.json index 16e96142..9e89be8b 100644 --- a/africa/cf.json +++ b/africa/cf.json @@ -331,13 +331,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "14.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "15.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "26.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "30% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.7% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -345,10 +345,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "8.4%" + "text": "6.9% (2015)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "29.1%" + "text": "27.3% (2015)" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "5.6% (2018 est.)" @@ -1147,6 +1147,9 @@ "note": "note: the National Gendarmerie (GN) is a paramilitary force with domestic law enforcement and security responsibilities; it is under the Ministry of Defense, but also reports to the Ministry of Interior; the GN nominally includes the Republican Guard (GR), which is responsible for presidential security and has a separate command structure" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.2% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "2% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1154,13 +1157,10 @@ "text": "1.8% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "2.5% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.4% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "3.2% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "2.3% of GDP (2019 est.)" + "text": "2.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index 78d658e8..baa681e4 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -334,13 +334,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "12.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "10.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "22.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "18.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -351,13 +351,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "8.4%" + "text": "8.4% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "29.1%" + "text": "29.1% (2018)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "5.6% (2018 est.)" + "text": "5.6% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -1188,6 +1188,9 @@ "note": "note: the Republican Guard is a military unit under the direct control of the president" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.2% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.2% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1199,9 +1202,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.9% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/cm.json b/africa/cm.json index be54bcc9..106ec155 100644 --- a/africa/cm.json +++ b/africa/cm.json @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ "text": "0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population" + "text": "2.6 beds/1,000 population (2016 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -333,13 +333,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "7.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "13.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -350,13 +350,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "10.7%" + "text": "10.7% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "29.8%" + "text": "29.8% (2018)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "2.9% (2018 est.)" + "text": "2.9% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -1196,6 +1196,9 @@ "note": "note 1: the Army includes the Rapid Intervention Brigade (Brigade d’Intervention Rapide or BIR), which maintains its own command and control structure and reports directly to the Chief of Defense staff and the Presidency; the BIR includes airborne/airmobile, amphibious, armored reconnaissance, artillery, and counterterrorism forces, as well as support elements, such as intelligence 

note 2: the Cameroon Police and the National Gendarmerie are responsible for internal security; the Gendarmerie conducts administrative, criminal, and military investigative functions; other missions include customs, air and maritime surveillance, and road traffic control; in times of conflict, it participates in internal defense" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1207,9 +1210,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.4% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/cn.json b/africa/cn.json index d6eb7c35..2c45d7ba 100644 --- a/africa/cn.json +++ b/africa/cn.json @@ -309,18 +309,29 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "20.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "14.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "29.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "24.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "11.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.7% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "61.2% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "4.9% (2022)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "20.7% (2022)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "6.9% (2022)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "2.6% of GDP (2015 est.)" }, @@ -595,7 +606,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "four equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), white, red, and blue, with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist; centered within the triangle is a vertical white crescent moon 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 - department of France, but claimed by Comoros)", + "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": "note: the crescent, stars, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam" }, "National symbol(s)": { @@ -947,7 +958,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "27% (2021 est.)" + "text": "36% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/ct.json b/africa/ct.json index 29e18120..c10d66b6 100644 --- a/africa/ct.json +++ b/africa/ct.json @@ -273,9 +273,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2011)" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 53.8% of population" @@ -324,13 +321,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "25.8%" + "text": "25.8% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "61%" + "text": "61% (2019)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "17.1% (2019 est.)" + "text": "17.1% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -1031,6 +1028,9 @@ "note": "note: the Special Republican Protection Group (Groupement Spécial Chargé de la Protection Républicaine or GSPR) provides protection to the head of state; it is part of the Army but reports to the president" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "2.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.8% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1042,9 +1042,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.7% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/cv.json b/africa/cv.json index b4b453b2..b1b1ab03 100644 --- a/africa/cv.json +++ b/africa/cv.json @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ "text": "0.73 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.1 beds/1,000 population" + "text": "2 beds/1,000 population (2018 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -311,18 +311,29 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "11.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "17.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "15.3% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "5.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.5% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "46.9% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "1.8% (2018)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "8.4% (2018)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "1.5% (2018)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "7.6% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -611,7 +622,7 @@ "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  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: blue, white, red, yellow" }, "National anthem": { "name": { @@ -1043,6 +1054,9 @@ "note": "note:  the National Police are under the Ministry of Internal Affairs" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.6% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1054,9 +1068,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.5% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.5% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index 744b6ab6..de4f8a0d 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ "text": "0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2018 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -327,10 +327,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1.4%" + "text": "1.4% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "6.5% (2019 est.)" + "text": "6.5% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top) and light green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearing a red five-pointed star in the center; blue stands for sea and sky and the Issa Somali people; green symbolizes earth and the Afar people; white represents peace; the red star recalls the struggle for independence and stands for unity" + "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" @@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "65% (2022 est.)" + "text": "65% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index 21908308..0d8ac61b 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ "text": "0.67 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.1 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -343,18 +343,26 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "24.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "25.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "48.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "51% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "0.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "71.1% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "1.8% (2021)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "15.8% (2021)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "2.5% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -700,8 +708,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; the national emblem (a gold Eagle of Saladin facing the hoist side with a shield superimposed on its chest above a scroll bearing the name of the country in Arabic) centered in the white band; 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": "note: similar to the flag of Syria, which has two green stars in the white band; Iraq, which has an Arabic inscription centered in the white band; and Yemen, which has a plain white band" + "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": "note: 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" @@ -1219,6 +1227,9 @@ "note": "note: the Public Security Sector Police are responsible for law enforcement nationwide; the Central Security Force protects infrastructure and is responsible for crowd control; the National Security Agency is responsible for internal security threats and counterterrorism along with other security services
" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1230,9 +1241,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.3% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.3% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/ek.json b/africa/ek.json index 8d8196df..81c81681 100644 --- a/africa/ek.json +++ b/africa/ek.json @@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "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 and below which is a scroll with the motto UNIDAD, PAZ, JUSTICIA (Unity, Peace, Justice); green symbolizes the jungle and natural resources, blue represents the sea that connects the mainland to the islands, white stands for peace, and red recalls the fight for independence" + "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" @@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "67% (2022 est.)" + "text": "60% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1040,20 +1040,20 @@ "note": "note: the National Police report to the Ministry of National Security, while the Gendarmerie reports to the Ministry of National Defense; police generally are responsible for maintaining law and order in the cities, while gendarmes are responsible for security outside cities and for special events" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1% of GDP (2024)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.6% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.1% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.3% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1.3% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "1.5% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.5% of GDP (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.6% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/er.json b/africa/er.json index e477c230..e95eb28b 100644 --- a/africa/er.json +++ b/africa/er.json @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ "text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2011)" + "text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) dividing the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the lower one 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 signifies the blood shed in the fight for freedom, and blue symbolizes the bounty of the sea; the wreath-olive branch symbol is similar to that on the first flag of Eritrea from 1952; the shape of the red triangle broadly mimics the shape of the country", + "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": "note: 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)": { diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index f8635cf0..009c397d 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ "text": "0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.3 beds/1,000 population (2016)" + "text": "0.3 beds/1,000 population (2016 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -335,13 +335,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "5.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "8.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.7% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.4% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -352,13 +352,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "14.1%" + "text": "14.1% (2016)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "40.3%" + "text": "40.3% (2016)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "5% (2016 est.)" + "text": "5% (2016)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -702,8 +702,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "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 represents hope and the fertility of the land, yellow symbolizes justice and harmony, while red stands for sacrifice and heroism in the defense of the land; the blue of the disk symbolizes peace and the pentagram represents the unity and equality of the nationalities and peoples of Ethiopia", - "note": "note: Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main colors of her flag (adopted ca. 1895) were so often appropriated by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the Pan-African colors; the emblem in the center of the current flag was added in 1996" + "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": "note: 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" @@ -1170,6 +1170,9 @@ "note": "note 1: national and regional police forces are responsible for law enforcement and maintenance of order, with the ENDF sometimes providing internal security support; the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP) report to the Prime Minister’s Office

note 2: the regional governments control regional security forces, including \"special\" paramilitary forces, which generally operate independently from the federal government and in some cases operate as regional defense forces maintaining national borders; in April 2023, the federal government ordered the integration of these regional special forces into the EFP or ENDF; in some cases, the regional governments have maintained former members of the special forces for “crowd control/Adma Bitena” as a separate unit within their security structures; local militias also operate across the country in loose and varying coordination with regional security and police forces, the ENDF, and the EFP

note 3: in 2018, Ethiopia established a Republican Guard military unit as a separate command operationally under the Office of the Prime Minister and administratively accountable to the Ministry of Defense; it is responsible for protecting senior officials and government institutions and conducting some military operations 


" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1181,9 +1184,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.5% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.6% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/ga.json b/africa/ga.json index 9fb55077..5443496c 100644 --- a/africa/ga.json +++ b/africa/ga.json @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ "text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.1 beds/1,000 population (2011)" + "text": "1.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -330,13 +330,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "11.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.6% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "21.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "0.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.5% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -347,13 +347,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "5.6%" + "text": "5.6% (2020)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "23.1%" + "text": "23.1% (2020)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "0.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.2% (2020)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue with white edges, and green; red stands for the sun and the savannah, blue represents the Gambia River, and green symbolizes forests and agriculture; the white stripes denote unity and peace" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "lion; national colors: red, blue, green, white" @@ -1053,6 +1053,9 @@ "note": "note: the RNG is responsible for VIP protection, riot control, and presidential security, while the GPF maintains internal security" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.6% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1064,9 +1067,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/gb.json b/africa/gb.json index d2d323bf..35115743 100644 --- a/africa/gb.json +++ b/africa/gb.json @@ -281,9 +281,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.52 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "6.3 beds/1,000 population" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 81.3% of population" @@ -330,6 +327,17 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "49.7% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "2.9% (2021)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "13.3% (2021)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "4.8% (2021)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "3.2% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -627,11 +635,14 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and blue; green represents the country's forests and natural resources, gold represents the equator (which transects Gabon) as well as the sun, blue represents the sea" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "black panther; national colors: green, yellow, blue" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "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, Union, Travail, Justice (\"Union, Work, Justice\"), and the ribbon above the shield has the Latin phrase Uniti Progrediemur (\"We shall go forward united\")." + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"La Concorde\" (The Concorde)" @@ -648,9 +659,6 @@ "selected World Heritage Site locales": { "text": "Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (m); Ivindo National Park (n)" } - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "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, Union, Travail, Justice (\"Union, Work, Justice\"), and the ribbon above the shield has the Latin phrase Uniti Progrediemur (\"We shall go forward united\")." } }, "Economy": { @@ -1107,6 +1115,9 @@ "note": "note 1: the National Police Forces, under the Ministry of Interior, and the National Gendarmerie (GENA), under the Ministry of Defense, are responsible for law enforcement and public security; elements of the armed forces and the Republican Guard, an elite unit that protects the president under his direct authority, sometimes perform internal security functions

note 2: the GENA is organized into regionally-based “legions,” mobile forces, a national parks security unit, and a special intervention group" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1118,9 +1129,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.6% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/gh.json b/africa/gh.json index bd96cd56..0d038714 100644 --- a/africa/gh.json +++ b/africa/gh.json @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ "text": "0.27 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.9 beds/1,000 population (2011)" + "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2015 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -330,13 +330,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "3.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "6.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "5.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "0.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -347,13 +347,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "5%" + "text": "3.3% (2022)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "19.3%" + "text": "16.1% (2022)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "3.9% (2018 est.)" + "text": "2.4% (2022)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -641,8 +641,8 @@ } }, "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 symbolizes the blood shed for independence, yellow represents the country's mineral wealth, while green stands for its forests and natural wealth; the black star is said to be the lodestar of African freedom", - "note": "note: 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" + "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": "note: 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" @@ -1145,6 +1145,9 @@ "note": "note: the GAF also has a Medical Service/Corps" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.4% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.4% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1156,9 +1159,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.4% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/gv.json b/africa/gv.json index 7fd7b870..559a4665 100644 --- a/africa/gv.json +++ b/africa/gv.json @@ -279,9 +279,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.3 beds/1,000 population (2011)" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 90.9% of population" @@ -330,13 +327,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "17%" + "text": "17% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "46.5%" + "text": "46.5% (2018)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "1.9% (2018 est.)" + "text": "1.9% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -637,8 +634,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green; red represents the people's sacrifice for liberation and work; yellow stands for the sun, for the riches of the earth, and for justice; green symbolizes the country's vegetation and unity", - "note": "note: 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" + "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": "note: 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" @@ -1013,7 +1010,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "34% (2022 est.)" + "text": "27% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1084,8 +1081,11 @@ "note": "note: the National Gendarmerie is overseen by the Ministry of Defense, while the National Police is under the Ministry of Security; the Gendarmerie and National Police share responsibility for internal security, but only the Gendarmerie can arrest police or military officials; Guinea's military and security forces are sometimes collectively referred to as the Defense and Security Forces" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "2.1% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "2.2% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "2.1% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "1.8% of GDP (2022 est.)" @@ -1095,9 +1095,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.6% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/iv.json b/africa/iv.json index 5cdf8426..dc44541f 100644 --- a/africa/iv.json +++ b/africa/iv.json @@ -331,13 +331,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "9.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "17.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "14.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "0.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.6% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -348,13 +348,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "7%" + "text": "7.4% (2021)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "27%" + "text": "25.8% (2021)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "3.5% (2016 est.)" + "text": "1.9% (2021)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -1168,6 +1168,9 @@ "note": "note: the National Gendarmerie is a paramilitary force under the Ministry of Defense that is responsible for ensuring public safety, maintaining order, enforcing laws, and protecting institutions, people, and property; it is organized into mobile and territorial components; the Mobile Gendarmerie is responsible for maintaining and restoring order and is considered the backbone of the country’s domestic security; the Territorial Gendarmerie is responsible for the administrative, judicial, and military police; the Gendarmerie also has separate specialized units for security, intervention (counterterrorism, hostage rescue, etc), VIP protection, and surveillance" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.9% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1179,9 +1182,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.1% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.1% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index 8a0c8724..6b1a6e17 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.29 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, + "Hospital bed density": { + "text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" + }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 84% of population" @@ -336,13 +339,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "11.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.6% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "19.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "15.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -351,6 +354,17 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "56.8% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "2.2% (2022)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "12.5% (2022)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "1.8% (2022)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "4.8% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, @@ -688,7 +702,7 @@ } }, "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 superimposed at the center; black symbolizes the majority population, red the blood shed in the struggle for freedom, green stands for natural wealth, and white for peace; the shield and crossed spears symbolize the defense of freedom" + "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" @@ -1174,8 +1188,11 @@ "note": "note: the National Police Service maintains internal security and includes a paramilitary General Service Unit and Rapid Deployment Unit, as well as a Border Police Unit" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.1% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "1% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.1% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "1.1% of GDP (2022 est.)" @@ -1185,9 +1202,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.2% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.2% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/li.json b/africa/li.json index 4251c4fe..12be82de 100644 --- a/africa/li.json +++ b/africa/li.json @@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.18 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, + "Hospital bed density": { + "text": "1.6 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" + }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 68% of population" @@ -320,13 +323,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "8.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "6.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "14.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.5% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -337,13 +340,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "5.8% NA" + "text": "5.8% (2020)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "24.9% NA" + "text": "24.9% (2020)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "8.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.4% (2020)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -655,8 +658,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "11 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; a white, five-pointed star appears 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; according to the constitution, the blue color signifies liberty, justice, and fidelity, the white color purity, cleanliness, and guilelessness, and the red color steadfastness, valor, and fervor", - "note": "note: the design is based on the US flag" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "white star; national colors: red, white, blue" @@ -1022,7 +1024,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "30% (2022 est.)" + "text": "24% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1090,20 +1092,20 @@ "text": "Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Liberian Coast Guard

Ministry of Justice: Liberia National Police, Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (2025)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, + "Military Expenditures 2023": { + "text": "1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.3% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.5% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.6% of GDP (2019 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2018": { - "text": "0.5% of GDP (2018 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/lt.json b/africa/lt.json index e07167a4..22bdd00c 100644 --- a/africa/lt.json +++ b/africa/lt.json @@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "24.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "22.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "43.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "42.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "5.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1%" + "text": "1% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "16.4%" + "text": "16.4% (2018)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "1.9% (2018 est.)" + "text": "1.9% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three horizontal stripes of blue (top), white, and green in the proportions of 3:4:3; the colors represent rain, peace, and prosperity respectively; centered in the white stripe is a black mokorotlo, a traditional Basotho straw hat and national symbol; the redesigned flag was unfurled in October 2006 to celebrate 40 years of independence" + "text": "three horizontal stripes of blue (top), white, and green, representing respectively rain, peace, and prosperity; centered in the white stripe is a black mokorotlo, a traditional Basotho straw hat and national symbol; the redesigned flag was introduced in 2006 to celebrate 40 years of independence" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "mokorotio (Basotho hat); national colors: blue, white, green, black" @@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "47% (2022 est.)" + "text": "48% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1086,8 +1086,11 @@ "note": "note: the Lesotho Mounted Police Service is responsible for internal security and reports to the Minister of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "1.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.6% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "1.6% of GDP (2022 est.)" @@ -1097,9 +1100,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.6% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.8% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/ly.json b/africa/ly.json index 91e0cdf9..63ded2a4 100644 --- a/africa/ly.json +++ b/africa/ly.json @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ "text": "2.04 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ "note": "note: the US Embassy in Tripoli closed in July 2014 due to Libyan civil unrest; embassy staff and operations currently are located at US Embassy Tunis, Tunisia" }, "Flag description": { - "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 of the former Kingdom of Libya (1951-1969) on 27 February 2011; it replaced the former all-green banner promulgated by the QADHAFI regime in 1977; the colors represent the three major regions of the country: red stands for Fezzan, black symbolizes Cyrenaica, and green denotes Tripolitania; the crescent and star represent Islam, the main religion of the country" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "star and crescent, hawk; national colors: red, black, green" @@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "88% (2022 est.)" + "text": "89% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index 97d6a8e0..ab7c403b 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -276,9 +276,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.2 beds/1,000 population" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 49.2% of population" @@ -321,13 +318,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "27.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "24.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "42.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "40.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "12.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -338,13 +335,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "12.7%" + "text": "12.7% (2021)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "38.8%" + "text": "38.8% (2021)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "11.2% (2021 est.)" + "text": "11.2% (2021)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -662,7 +659,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a vertical white band of the same width on hoist side; by tradition, red stands for sovereignty, green for hope, white for purity" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "traveller's palm (ravenala), zebu; national colors: red, green, white" @@ -1029,7 +1026,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "21% (2022 est.)" + "text": "20% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1094,6 +1091,9 @@ "note": "note: the National Gendarmerie is under the Ministry of Defense but separate from the PAF and is responsible for maintaining law and order in rural areas at the village level, protecting government facilities, and operating a maritime police contingent; the National Police under the Ministry of Security is responsible for maintaining law and order in urban areas" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.7% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1105,9 +1105,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.5% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/mi.json b/africa/mi.json index e639d27d..1a40b64c 100644 --- a/africa/mi.json +++ b/africa/mi.json @@ -282,9 +282,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2011)" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 59.9% of population" @@ -327,13 +324,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "10.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "6.3% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "17.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.7% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "4.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.4% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -344,13 +341,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "7.5%" + "text": "7.5% (2020)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "37.7%" + "text": "37.7% (2020)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7% (2020)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -655,7 +652,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered on the black band; black represents the native peoples, red the blood shed in their struggle for freedom, and green the color of nature; the rising sun represents the hope of freedom for the continent of Africa" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "lion; national colors: black, red, green" @@ -1078,20 +1075,20 @@ "note": "note: the MDF reports directly to the president as commander in chief" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "1% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "0.9% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.9% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.1% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/ml.json b/africa/ml.json index d3e5c16e..9f04540d 100644 --- a/africa/ml.json +++ b/africa/ml.json @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ "text": "0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.1 beds/1,000 population" + "text": "0.2 beds/1,000 population (2018 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -328,13 +328,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "8.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "6.9% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "15.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "13.1% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.6% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -345,13 +345,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "15.9%" + "text": "15.9% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "53.7%" + "text": "53.7% (2018)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "2.1% (2018 est.)" + "text": "2.1% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ }, "Flag description": { "text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red", - "note": "note: 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" + "note": "note: 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" @@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "33% (2022 est.)" + "text": "35% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1081,6 +1081,9 @@ "note": "note 1: the Gendarmerie and the National Guard are under the authority of the Ministry of Defense and Veterans Affairs (Ministere De La Defense Et Des Anciens Combattants, MDAC), but operational control is shared with the Ministry of Internal Security and Civil Protection which also controls the National Police; the National Police has responsibility for law enforcement and maintenance of order in urban areas and supports the FAMa in internal military operations

note 2: the Gendarmerie's primary mission is internal security and public order; its duties also include territorial defense, humanitarian operations, intelligence gathering, and protecting private property, mainly in rural areas; it also has a specialized border security unit

note 3: the National Guard is a military force responsible for providing security to government facilities and institutions, prison service, public order, humanitarian operations, some border security, and intelligence gathering; its forces include a camel corps for patrolling the deserts and borders of northern Mali

note 4: there are also pro-government militias operating in Mali, such as the Imghad Tuareg Self-Defense Group and Allies (GATIA); the leader of GATIA is also a general in the national army" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "4.3% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "4% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1088,13 +1091,10 @@ "text": "3.5% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "3.5% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "3.4% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "3.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "3.1% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { @@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ "text": "18 years of age for men and women for selective compulsory and voluntary military service; 24-month compulsory service obligation (2023)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "note: until announcing its withdrawal in May of 2022, Mali was part of a five-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G5 Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, and Niger; Mali had committed 1,100 troops and 200 gendarmes to the force" + "text": "note 1: in 2024, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced they were forming joint force of 5,000 troops to combat extremist groups in the Sahel

note 2: until announcing its withdrawal in May of 2022, Mali was part of a five-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G5 Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, and Niger; Mali had committed 1,100 troops and 200 gendarmes to the force" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the FAMa is responsible for defense of the country’s sovereignty and territory, but also has some domestic security duties, including the maintenance of public order and support to law enforcement if required, as well as counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations; it also participates in socio-economic development projects; the military has traditionally played a large role in Mali’s politics; prior to the coup in August 2020 and military takeover in May 2021, it had intervened in the political arena at least five times since the country gained independence in 1960 (1968, 1976, 1978, 1991, 2012)

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

the FAMa and the remainder of the security forces collapsed in 2012 during the fighting against Tuareg rebels and Islamic militants and have since been rebuilt with considerable external assistance, including the EU, France, and the UN; for example, the EU Training Mission in Mali (EUTM) from 2013-2022 trained as many as 15,000 Malian soldiers and eight combined arms battalions/battlegroups (Groupement Tactique InterArmes, GTIA), each of which was structured to be self-sufficient with its own motorized/mechanized infantry, light armor, commandos, artillery, engineers, and other support forces; the EUTM and the French military ended their missions in 2022 citing issues with the ruling military government, including human rights abuses and the presence of Russian private military contractors; the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) operated in the country from 2013-2023 with the mission of providing security, rebuilding Malian security forces, protecting civilians, supporting national political dialogue, and assisting in the reestablishment of Malian government authority; MINUSMA had more than 15,000 personnel at its peak strength and lost over 300 peacekeepers during the course of the mission, which was concluded at the end of 2023 after the ruling junta demanded the withdrawal of foreign forces

the military government has increased security ties with Russia; Russia has provided military equipment, and in December 2021, Mali contracted with a Russian private military company to provide training and other support for local armed forces, as well as security for senior Malian officials (2024)" diff --git a/africa/mo.json b/africa/mo.json index cc0ee9bc..b2ced46e 100644 --- a/africa/mo.json +++ b/africa/mo.json @@ -262,8 +262,7 @@ "text": "1.1 (2024 est.)" }, "Contraceptive prevalence rate": { - "text": "70.8% (2018)", - "note": "note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara" + "text": "70.8% (2018)" }, "Drinking water source": { "improved: urban": { @@ -283,8 +282,7 @@ }, "unimproved: total": { "text": "total: 9% of population (2017 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara" + } }, "Current health expenditure": { "text": "5.7% of GDP (2021)" @@ -293,7 +291,7 @@ "text": "0.74 physicians/1,000 population (2021)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2017)", + "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)", "note": "note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara" }, "Sanitation facility access": { @@ -340,13 +338,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "14.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "12.3% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "28.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "23.7% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "0.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -357,10 +355,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.5%" + "text": "0.5% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "13.7% (2018 est.)" + "text": "13.7% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -708,7 +706,7 @@ } }, "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; design dates to 1912" + "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" @@ -1192,6 +1190,9 @@ "note": "note 1: the Royal Guard is officially part of the Army, but is under the direct operational control of the Royal Military Household of His Majesty the King; it provides for the security and safety of the King and royal family; it was established in the 11th century and is considered one of the world's oldest active units still in military service

note 2:  the DGSN manages internal law enforcement in cities; the Gendarmerie is responsible for law enforcement in rural regions and on national highways and has a counterterrorism role; the Auxiliary Forces provide support to the Gendarmerie and DGSN " }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "4% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "4% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1203,9 +1204,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "4.5% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "3.4% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/mp.json b/africa/mp.json index 185c764c..f2481a63 100644 --- a/africa/mp.json +++ b/africa/mp.json @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ "text": "1.44 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.7 beds/1,000 population (2020)" + "text": "3.7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -313,13 +313,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "20.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "19.6% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "37.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "37.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.6% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -612,8 +612,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "four equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, yellow, and green; red represents self-determination and independence, blue the Indian Ocean surrounding the island, yellow has been interpreted as the new light of independence, golden sunshine, or the bright future, and green can symbolize either agriculture or the lush vegetation of the island", - "note": "note: while many national flags consist of three - and in some cases five - horizontal bands of color, the flag of Mauritius is the world's only national flag to consist of four horizontal color bands" + "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": "note: 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" diff --git a/africa/mr.json b/africa/mr.json index 52072a05..da01892c 100644 --- a/africa/mr.json +++ b/africa/mr.json @@ -335,13 +335,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "10.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.3% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "19.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "15.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.7% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -352,13 +352,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "15.5%" + "text": "15.5% (2021)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "36.6%" + "text": "36.6% (2021)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "1.2% (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.2% (2021)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "green with a yellow, five-pointed star between the horns of a yellow, upward-pointing crescent moon; 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; red symbolizes the blood shed in the struggle for independence" + "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" @@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "44% (2022 est.)" + "text": "37% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1116,6 +1116,9 @@ "note": "note 1: the National Police are responsible for enforcing the law and maintaining order in urban areas, while the paramilitary Gendarmerie is responsible for maintaining civil order around metropolitan areas and providing law enforcement services in rural areas; like the Mauritanian Armed Forces, the Gendarmerie is under the Ministry of Defense, but also supports the ministries of Interior and Justice

note 2: the National Guard performs a limited police function in keeping with its peacetime role of providing security at government facilities, to include prisons; regional authorities may call upon the National Guard to restore civil order during riots and other large-scale disturbances; the National Guard includes the nomadic Camel Corps or Nomad Group, also known as the Méhariste" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "2.4% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "2.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1127,9 +1130,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "2.5% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "2.1% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index 1a8ec8a2..9b634de8 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ "text": "0.18 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2011)" + "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -338,11 +338,22 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "14.6% (2019/20)" + "text": "14.8% (2019/20)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "63.7% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "16.8% (2015)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "52.9% (2015)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "9.7% (2015)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "6.3% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -647,11 +658,11 @@ } }, "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 bearing a crossed rifle and hoe in black superimposed on an open white book; green represents the riches of the land, white peace, black the African continent, yellow the country's minerals, and red the struggle 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": "note: one of only two national flags featuring a firearm, the other is Guatemala" + "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": "note: one of two national flags featuring a firearm; the other is Guatemala" }, "National symbol(s)": { - "text": "national colors: green, black, yellow, white, red; national symbols: rifle, hoe, and book  " + "text": "national symbols: rifle, hoe, and book; national colors: green, black, yellow, white, red" }, "National anthem": { "name": { @@ -1076,7 +1087,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "21% (2022 est.)" + "text": "20% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/ng.json b/africa/ng.json index 8d11f3b6..003fa7d8 100644 --- a/africa/ng.json +++ b/africa/ng.json @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ "text": "0.04 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "0.3 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -327,13 +327,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "7.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "13.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "13.7% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -567,7 +567,25 @@ "note": "note: deposed president BAZOUM has been under house arrest since a military coup on 26 July 2023" }, "Legislative branch": { - "text": "Note: on 26 July 2023, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, a military junta which took control of Niger's government, dissolved the National Assembly; a commission recommended to the junta in February 2025 a minimum of a five-year transition to democratic rule" + "legislature name": { + "text": "Advisory Council for the Refoundation (Conseil consultatif de la refondation)" + }, + "legislative structure": { + "text": "unicameral" + }, + "number of seats": { + "text": "194 (all appointed)" + }, + "electoral system": { + "text": "mixed system" + }, + "scope of elections": { + "text": "full renewal" + }, + "most recent election date": { + "text": "5/1/2025" + }, + "note": "Note: on 26 July 2023, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, a military junta which took control of Niger's government, dissolved the National Assembly; a commission recommended to the junta in February 2025 a minimum of a five-year transition to democratic rule" }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { @@ -625,7 +643,7 @@ } }, "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 band denotes the drier northern regions of the Sahara; white stands for purity and innocence; green symbolizes hope and the fertile and productive southern and western areas, as well as the Niger River; the orange disc represents the sun and the sacrifices made by the people", + "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": "note: similar to the flag of India, which has a blue spoked wheel centered in the white band" }, "National symbol(s)": { @@ -1029,7 +1047,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "17% (2022 est.)" + "text": "23% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1081,6 +1099,9 @@ "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for selective compulsory or voluntary military service for unmarried men and women; 24-month service term (2023)" }, + "Military deployments": { + "text": "note: in 2024, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced they were forming joint force of 5,000 troops to combat extremist groups in the Sahel" + }, "Military - note": { "text": "the military seized control of the government in 2023; since its establishment in 1960-61, it has played a significant role in the country’s politics, attempting coups in 1974, 1996, 1999, 2010, and 2021, and ruling Niger for much of the period before 1999

while the FAN is responsible for ensuring external security, most of its focus is on internal counterinsurgency/counterterrorism operations against terrorist groups operating in the areas bordering Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, and Nigeria, as well as much of northern Niger and the Diffa and Lake Chad regions; these groups include the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS), Boko Haram, ISIS-West Africa, and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM)

since the 2010s, Niger has placed considerable emphasis on improving the effectiveness and mobility of its security forces for countering terrorism and protecting the country’s borders; with training support and material assistance from the US and the EU, each security service has created new units or reconfigured existing units with an emphasis on mobility, hybridization, and specialized training; the Army has established a special operations command, several special intervention battalions, and an anti-terrorism unit known as the 1st Expeditionary Force of Niger (EFoN); the National Gendarmerie has created mobile units modeled on European gendarmerie forces known as the Rapid Action Group—Surveillance and Response in the Sahel (Groupe d'action Rapides—Surveillance et Intervention au Sahel or GAR-SI Sahel); the National Guard (GNN) has established mobile Multipurpose Squadrons (Escadrons Polyvalentes de la Garde Nationale de Niger or EP-GNN), while the National Police have created Mobile Border Control Companies (Compagnie Mobile de Contrôle des Frontières or CMCF); Niger has also established training centers for special forces in Tillia and peacekeeping in Ouallam; meanwhile, the Air Force has received armed UAVs from Turkey (2024)" } diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index 1d135212..acda27a1 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "3.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.6% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "6.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "0.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -349,13 +349,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "12.3%" + "text": "12.3% (2021)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "30.3%" + "text": "30.3% (2021)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "1.6% (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.6% (2021)" }, "note": "note: due to prolonged insecurity concerns, some parts of states, including Borno state, were not sampled" }, @@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green; the color green represents the forests and abundant natural wealth of the country, white stands for peace and unity" + "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" @@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ "text": "information varies; estimated 150,000 active Armed Forces  (2025)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the military's inventory consists of a wide variety of imported weapons systems of Chinese, European, Middle Eastern, Russian (including Soviet-era), and US origin; the military is undergoing a modernization program, and in recent years has received equipment from a range of suppliers, including Brazil, China, France, Italy, Russia, Turkey, and the US; Nigeria is also developing a defense-industry capacity, including small arms, armored personnel vehicles, and small-scale naval production (2024)" + "text": "the military's inventory consists of a wide variety of imported weapons systems of Chinese, European, Middle Eastern, Russian (including Soviet-era), and US origin; the military is undergoing a modernization program, and in recent years has received equipment from a range of suppliers, including Brazil, China, France, Italy, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, and the US; Nigeria is also developing a defense-industry capacity, including small arms, armored personnel vehicles, and small-scale naval production (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2023)" diff --git a/africa/od.json b/africa/od.json index 5e51e0f3..b5fbe95b 100644 --- a/africa/od.json +++ b/africa/od.json @@ -293,9 +293,6 @@ "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "6.6% (2014)" }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "72% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -584,8 +581,8 @@ } }, "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 contains a gold, five-pointed star; black represents the people of South Sudan, red the blood shed in the struggle for freedom, green the verdant land, and blue the waters of the Nile; the gold star represents the unity of the states making up South Sudan", - "note": "note: resembles the flag of Kenya; one of only two national flags to display six colors as part of its primary design, the other is South Africa's" + "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": "note: 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" @@ -968,8 +965,11 @@ "note": "note 1: 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

note 2: 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 2023": { + "text": "2% of GDP (2023 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "2.5% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "2% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "2% of GDP (2021 est.)" @@ -979,9 +979,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "3.1% of GDP (2019 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2018": { - "text": "3.2% of GDP (2018 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/pu.json b/africa/pu.json index b9bb0e61..5d8d380f 100644 --- a/africa/pu.json +++ b/africa/pu.json @@ -313,13 +313,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "6.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "17% (2020 est.)" + "text": "13.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "0.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.5% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -330,13 +330,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "8.1%" + "text": "8.1% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "25.7%" + "text": "25.7% (2019)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "2.2% (2019 est.)" + "text": "2.2% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -606,8 +606,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green with a vertical red band on the hoist side; there is a black five-pointed star centered in the red band; yellow symbolizes the sun; green denotes hope; red represents blood shed during the struggle for independence; the black star stands for African unity", - "note": "note: uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the flag design was heavily influenced by the Ghanaian flag" + "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": "note: uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the Ghanaian flag heavily influenced the design" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "black star; national colors: red, yellow, green, black" @@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "32% (2022 est.)" + "text": "33% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1026,20 +1026,20 @@ "note": "note: the Public Order Police is responsible for maintaining law and order, while the Judicial Police, under the Ministry of Justice, has primary responsibility for investigating drug trafficking, terrorism, and other transnational crimes" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.2% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "1.4% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.2% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.6% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.4% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "1.8% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.5% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "1.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.9% of GDP (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.5% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/rw.json b/africa/rw.json index 9a434700..1f14a2cf 100644 --- a/africa/rw.json +++ b/africa/rw.json @@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, + "Hospital bed density": { + "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" + }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 89.1% of population" @@ -325,13 +328,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "13.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "20.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "7.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "6.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -341,8 +344,14 @@ "text": "50.4% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0.3% (2020)" + }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "0.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "5.5% (2020)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "0.4% (2020)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -672,7 +681,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "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 represents happiness and peace, yellow economic development and mineral wealth, green hope of prosperity and natural resources; the sun symbolizes unity, as well as enlightenment and transparency from ignorance" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "traditional woven basket with peaked lid; national colors: blue, yellow, green" diff --git a/africa/se.json b/africa/se.json index dc223d63..dc52de15 100644 --- a/africa/se.json +++ b/africa/se.json @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ "text": "2.25 physicians/1,000 population (2019)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.6 beds/1,000 population (2011)" + "text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -313,13 +313,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "20.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "34% (2020 est.)" + "text": "34.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "6.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "5.2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "five oblique bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, red, white, and green (bottom) radiating from the bottom of the hoist side; the oblique bands are meant to symbolize a dynamic new country moving into the future; blue represents sky and sea, yellow the sun giving light and life, red the peoples' determination to work for the future in unity and love, white social justice and harmony, and green the land and natural environment" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "coco de mer (sea coconut); national colors: blue, yellow, red, white, green" diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index 8298ef80..139a4990 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -334,30 +334,30 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "20.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "34% (2020 est.)" + "text": "35.3% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "6.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "6% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "5.5% (2017)" + "text": "4.9% (2017)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "36.9% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.9%" + "text": "0.9% (2016)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "3.6%" + "text": "3.6% (2016)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "0.6% (2016 est.)" + "text": "0.6% (2016)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ "text": "5/29/2024" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { - "text": "44.8%" + "text": "44.7%" }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "May 2029" @@ -690,8 +690,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal width horizontal bands of red (top) and blue separated by a central green band that splits into a horizontal Y, the arms of which end at the corners of the hoist side; the Y embraces a black isosceles triangle from which the arms are separated by narrow yellow bands; the red and blue bands are separated from the green band and its arms by narrow white stripes; the flag colors do not have any official symbolism, but the Y stands for the \"convergence of diverse elements within South African society, taking the road ahead in unity\"; black, yellow, and green are found on the flag of the African National Congress, while red, white, and blue are the colors in the flags of the Netherlands and the UK, whose settlers ruled South Africa during the colonial era", - "note": "note: the South African flag is one of only two national flags to display six colors as part of its primary design, the other is South Sudan's" + "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": "note: South Africa has one of two national flags that display six colors as part of the primary design -- the other is South Sudan's" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "springbok (antelope), king protea flower; national colors: red, green, blue, yellow, black, white" diff --git a/africa/sg.json b/africa/sg.json index 46b91403..2ef03efb 100644 --- a/africa/sg.json +++ b/africa/sg.json @@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.11 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, + "Hospital bed density": { + "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" + }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 94.1% of population" @@ -329,13 +332,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "6.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "5.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "13.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "10.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "0.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.5% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -346,13 +349,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "8.8%" + "text": "8.8% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "30.5%" + "text": "30.5% (2019)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "0.7% (2019 est.)" + "text": "0.7% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -654,8 +657,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "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 represents Islam, progress, and hope; yellow signifies natural wealth and progress; red symbolizes sacrifice and determination; the star denotes unity and hope", - "note": "note: uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the same as those of neighboring Mali and the reverse of those on the flag of neighboring Guinea" + "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": "note: 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" @@ -1062,7 +1065,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "60% (2022 est.)" + "text": "61% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/sh.json b/africa/sh.json index e3fbeda6..77f4dd79 100644 --- a/africa/sh.json +++ b/africa/sh.json @@ -277,9 +277,6 @@ "text": "total: 0% of population (2020)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Literacy": { "total population": { "text": "NA" @@ -428,16 +425,16 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "blue with the flag of the UK 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 (wire bird) on a yellow field; the remainder of the shield depicts a rocky coastline on the left, offshore is a three-masted sailing ship with sails furled but flying an English flag" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Saint Helena plover (wire bird)" }, - "National anthem": { - "text": "

note: as an overseas territory of the UK, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)

" - }, "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 (Charadrius sanctaehelenae), 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": "

note: as an overseas territory of the UK, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)

" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index c6ef59ce..c997a123 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -323,13 +323,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "13.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "20.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "14.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "6.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -340,13 +340,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "8.6%" + "text": "8.6% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "29.6%" + "text": "29.6% (2019)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "4.1% (2019 est.)" + "text": "4.1% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of light green (top), white, and light blue; green symbolizes agriculture, mountains, and natural resources, white represents unity and justice, and blue the sea and the natural harbor in Freetown" + "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" @@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "30% (2022 est.)" + "text": "21% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index a42db525..3bf51a7e 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ "text": "0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "0.9 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -319,17 +319,6 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "62.9% (2023 est.)" }, - "Child marriage": { - "women married by age 15": { - "text": "16.8%" - }, - "women married by age 18": { - "text": "35.5%" - }, - "men married by age 18": { - "text": "5.6% (2020 est.)" - } - }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "0.3% of GDP (2019)" }, @@ -628,7 +617,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "light blue with a large white five-pointed star in the center; the blue field was originally influenced by the flag of the UN but today is said to denote the sky and the neighboring Indian Ocean; the five points of the star represent the five regions in the horn of Africa that are inhabited by Somali people: the former British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland (which together make up Somalia), Djibouti, Ogaden (Ethiopia), and the North East Province (Kenya)" + "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" @@ -1013,7 +1002,7 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "Somali Armed Forces (SAF; aka Somali Defense Force): Somali National Army (SNA; aka Land Forces), Somali Navy, Somali Air Force

Ministry of Internal Security: Somali National Police (SNP, includes Coast Guard, commando unit) (2024)", - "note": "note 1: Somalia has numerous militia (\"macawisley\") and regional/state forces operating throughout the country; these forces include ones that are clan- and warlord-based, semi-official paramilitary and special police forces (\"darwish\"), and externally sponsored militias

note 2: Somaliland and Puntland have separate military, security, and paramilitary forces" + "note": "note 1: Somalia has numerous militia (\"ma’awisley\") and regional/state forces operating throughout the country; these forces include ones that are clan- and warlord-based, semi-official paramilitary and special police forces (\"darwish\"), and externally sponsored militias

note 2: Somaliland and Puntland have separate military, security, and paramilitary forces" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2021": { diff --git a/africa/su.json b/africa/su.json index 3344b2d5..ff807888 100644 --- a/africa/su.json +++ b/africa/su.json @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ "text": "0.25 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ "note": "note:  the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum suspended operations (to include visa, passport, and other routine consular services) on 22 April 2023" }, "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, but the meanings of the colors are expressed as follows: red signifies the struggle for freedom, white is the color of peace, light, and love, black represents the people of Sudan (in Arabic 'Sudan' means black), green is the color of Islam, agriculture, and prosperity" + "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" @@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "29% (2022 est.)" + "text": "26% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1059,8 +1059,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF): Ground Force (Sudanese Army), Sudanese Navy, Sudanese Air Force; Rapid Support Forces (RSF); Border Guards

Ministry of Interior: Sudan Police Forces (SPF), Central Reserve Police (CRP) (2024)", - "note": "note 1: the RSF is a semi-autonomous paramilitary force formed in 2013 to fight armed rebel groups in Sudan, with Mohammed Hamdan DAGALO (aka Hemeti) as its commander; it was initially placed under the National Intelligence and Security Service, then came under the direct command of former president Omar al-BASHIR, who boosted the RSF as his own personal security force; as a result, the RSF was better funded and equipped than the regular armed forces; the RSF has since recruited from all parts of Sudan beyond its original Darfuri Arab groups but remains under the personal patronage and control of DAGALO; the RSF has participated in military operations in Yemen, Darfur, South Kordofan, and the Blue Nile State; it has also been used to respond to anti-regime demonstrations; the RSF has been accused of committing human rights abuses against civilians and is reportedly involved in business enterprises, such as gold mining

note 2: the Central Reserve Police (aka Abu Tira) is a combat-trained paramilitary force that has been used against demonstrators and sanctioned by the US for human rights abuses" + "text": "Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF): Ground Force (Sudanese Army), Sudanese Navy, Sudanese Air Force; Rapid Support Forces (RSF); Border Guards

Ministry of Interior: Sudan Police Forces (SPF), Central Reserve Police (CRP) (2025)", + "note": "note 1: the RSF is a semi-autonomous paramilitary force formed in 2013 to fight armed rebel groups in Sudan, with Mohammed Hamdan DAGALO (aka Hemeti) as its commander; it was initially placed under the National Intelligence and Security Service, then came under the direct command of former president Omar al-BASHIR, who boosted the RSF as his own personal security force; as a result, the RSF was better funded and equipped than the regular armed forces; the RSF has since recruited from all parts of Sudan beyond its original Darfuri Arab groups but remains under the personal patronage and control of DAGALO; the RSF has participated in military operations in Yemen, Darfur, South Kordofan, and the Blue Nile State; it has also been used to respond to anti-regime demonstrations; the RSF has been accused of committing human rights abuses against civilians and is reportedly involved in business enterprises, such as gold mining

note 2: the Central Reserve Police (aka Abu Tira) is a combat-trained paramilitary force that has been used against demonstrators and sanctioned by the US for human rights abuses

note 3: there are also numerous armed militias operating in Sudan" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2021": { diff --git a/africa/to.json b/africa/to.json index 33e93f6e..65e68781 100644 --- a/africa/to.json +++ b/africa/to.json @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ "text": "0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2011)" + "text": "0.6 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -321,13 +321,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "6.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "12.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9.3% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.7% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -338,13 +338,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "6.4%" + "text": "6.4% (2017)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "24.8%" + "text": "24.8% (2017)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "2.6% (2017 est.)" + "text": "2.6% (2017)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -674,8 +674,8 @@ } }, "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 five different regions of the country; the red square is meant to express the loyalty and patriotism of the people, green symbolizes hope, fertility, and agriculture, while yellow represents mineral wealth and faith that hard work and strength will bring prosperity; the star symbolizes life, purity, peace, dignity, and Togo's independence", - "note": "note: uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia" + "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": "note: uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "lion; national colors: green, yellow, red, white" @@ -1146,16 +1146,16 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "2.2% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "3% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "2.1% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "4% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "1.9% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.8% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "2% of GDP (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "2.6% of GDP (2019 est.)" diff --git a/africa/tp.json b/africa/tp.json index ef1f7079..def3367b 100644 --- a/africa/tp.json +++ b/africa/tp.json @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ "text": "0.46 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2011)" + "text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -313,13 +313,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "5.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.3% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "10.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "13.1% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.7% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -330,13 +330,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "5.4%" + "text": "5.4% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "28%" + "text": "28% (2019)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "3.1% (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.1% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -609,8 +609,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three horizontal bands of green (top), yellow (double width), and green with two black five-pointed stars placed side by side 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 recalls the struggle for independence, and yellow represents cocoa, one of the country's main agricultural products; the two stars symbolize the two main islands", - "note": "note: uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia" + "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": "note: uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "palm tree; national colors: green, yellow, red, black" diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index 2581484b..c1df9bea 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ "text": "1.32 physicians/1,000 population (2021)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.2 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "2.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -325,13 +325,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "24.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "19% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "47.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "37.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.4% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -342,7 +342,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1.5% (2018 est.)" + "text": "0% (2018)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "1.5% (2018)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "0% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -662,8 +668,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red with a white disk in the center bearing a red crescent nearly encircling a red five-pointed star; resembles the Ottoman flag (red banner with white crescent and star) and recalls Tunisia's history as part of the Ottoman Empire; red represents the blood shed by martyrs in the struggle against oppression, white stands for peace; the crescent and star are traditional symbols of Islam", - "note": "note: the flag is based on that of Turkey, itself a successor state to the Ottoman Empire" + "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" @@ -1167,6 +1172,9 @@ "note": "note: the National Police has primary responsibility for law enforcement in the major cities, while the National Guard (gendarmerie) oversees border security and patrols smaller towns and rural areas" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "2.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "2.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1178,9 +1186,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "3% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "3.8% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/tz.json b/africa/tz.json index 3665fb9e..9c8b0439 100644 --- a/africa/tz.json +++ b/africa/tz.json @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ "text": "0.13 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population" + "text": "0.6 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -338,13 +338,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "8.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "6.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "14% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.3% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "3.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -355,13 +355,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "5.2%" + "text": "5.2% (2022)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "30.5%" + "text": "29.1% (2022)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "3.9% (2016 est.)" + "text": "3.5% (2022)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ } }, "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 triangle is blue; the banner combines colors found on the flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; green represents the natural vegetation of the country, gold its rich mineral deposits, black the native Swahili people, and blue the country's many lakes and rivers, as well as the Indian Ocean" + "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" diff --git a/africa/ug.json b/africa/ug.json index 40733ea3..55e884bf 100644 --- a/africa/ug.json +++ b/africa/ug.json @@ -275,9 +275,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.5 beds/1,000 population" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 67.3% of population" @@ -320,13 +317,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "8.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "13% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "3.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.5% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -337,13 +334,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "7.3%" + "text": "7.3% (2016)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "34%" + "text": "34% (2016)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "5.5% (2016 est.)" + "text": "5.5% (2016)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -633,7 +630,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a grey crowned crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side; black symbolizes the African people, yellow sunshine and vitality, red African brotherhood; the crane was the military badge of Ugandan soldiers under the UK" + "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" @@ -1057,7 +1054,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "10% (2021 est.)" + "text": "15% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/uv.json b/africa/uv.json index f7d1a9eb..1adf6c89 100644 --- a/africa/uv.json +++ b/africa/uv.json @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ "text": "0.15 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.4 beds/1,000 population" + "text": "0.2 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -318,13 +318,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "14.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "12.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "22.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "6.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.6% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -333,6 +333,17 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "73.5% (2023)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "8.9% (2015)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "51.3% (2015)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "1.6% (2015)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "5.5% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -1056,6 +1067,9 @@ "note": "note 1: the National Gendarmerie is under the Ministry of Defense, but usually operates in support of the Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralization, and Security; the Gendarmerie's primary mission is counterterrorism

note 2: the VDP is a lightly armed civilian defense/militia force established in 2019 to act as auxiliaries to the Army; the volunteers receive two weeks of training and typically assist with carrying out surveillance, information-gathering, and escort duties, as well as local defense; they are based in each of the country's more than 300 municipalities" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "4.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "4% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1067,9 +1081,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "2.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "2.2% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { @@ -1083,6 +1094,9 @@ "text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; citizens 18-77 years of age are eligible to volunteer for the VDP (2023)", "note": "note: the military government implemented an emergency law in 2023 that allows the president extensive powers to combat terrorist groups operating in the country, including conscripting citizens into the security services" }, + "Military deployments": { + "text": "note: in 2024, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger announced they were forming joint force of 5,000 troops to combat extremist groups in the Sahel" + }, "Military - note": { "text": "the FABF has a history of interference in the country’s politics, having conducted eight coups since its formation in 1960-61, including the most recent in September 2022; several combat units were disbanded in 2011 following mutinies; while the FABF is responsible for external defense, it has an internal security role and can be called out to assist internal security forces in restoring public order, combating crime, securing the border, and counterterrorism; indeed, for more than a decade, its focus has largely been internal counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations, and it is actively engaged in combat operations against terrorist groups affiliated with al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), particularly in the northern and eastern regions

in the north, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida linked militant groups that act as al-Qa'ida in the Land of the Islamic Magreb's (AQIM) arm in the Sahel, has exploited ethnic tensions and perceptions of state neglect, as well as grievances over corruption, patronage politics, social stratification, and land disputes; in 2024, JNIM was active in nearly all of the country's 13 provinces; the ISIS-Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS) terrorist group operates in the eastern part of the country (2024)" } diff --git a/africa/wa.json b/africa/wa.json index cda4ae92..c4596147 100644 --- a/africa/wa.json +++ b/africa/wa.json @@ -286,9 +286,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.55 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.7 beds/1,000 population" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 70.6% of population" @@ -331,13 +328,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "15.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "24.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "3.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -667,7 +664,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "a wide red stripe edged by narrow white stripes divides the flag diagonally from lower hoist corner to upper fly corner; the upper hoist-side triangle is blue and charged with a golden-yellow, 12-rayed sunburst; the lower fly-side triangle is green; red signifies the heroism of the people and their determination to build a future of equal opportunity for all; white stands for peace, unity, tranquility, and harmony; blue represents the Namibian sky and the Atlantic Ocean, the country's precious water resources and rain; the golden-yellow sun denotes power and existence; green symbolizes vegetation and agricultural resources" + "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" diff --git a/africa/wz.json b/africa/wz.json index 406a5658..c74d2011 100644 --- a/africa/wz.json +++ b/africa/wz.json @@ -263,9 +263,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.56 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.1 beds/1,000 population (2011)" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 92.3% of population" @@ -308,18 +305,29 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "9.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "16.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "16.1% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "37.1% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0.1% (2022)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "1.9% (2022)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "0% (2022)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "5% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, @@ -635,11 +643,14 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple width), and blue; the red band is edged in yellow; centered in the red band is a large black and white shield covering two spears and a staff decorated with feather tassels, all placed horizontally; blue stands for peace and stability, red represents past struggles, and yellow the mineral resources of the country; the shield, spears, and staff symbolize protection from the country's enemies, while the black and white of the shield are meant to portray black and white people living in peaceful coexistence" + "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" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "text": "Eswatini’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, “Siyinqaba,” or \"We are the fortress.”" + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati\" (Oh God, Bestower of the Blessings of the Swazi)" @@ -648,9 +659,6 @@ "text": "Andrease Enoke Fanyana SIMELANE/David Kenneth RYCROFT" }, "note": "note: adopted 1968; uses elements of both ethnic Swazi and Western music styles" - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "text": "Eswatini’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, “Siyinqaba,” or \"We are the fortress.”" } }, "Economy": { @@ -1064,8 +1072,11 @@ "text": "Umbutfo Eswatini Defense Force (UEDF): Army (includes a small air wing); the Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) (2025)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.4% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "1.6% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.4% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "1.6% of GDP (2022 est.)" @@ -1075,9 +1086,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.9% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/za.json b/africa/za.json index 65f1944d..82cc063f 100644 --- a/africa/za.json +++ b/africa/za.json @@ -282,9 +282,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.32 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2 beds/1,000 population" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 76.3% of population" @@ -327,13 +324,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "14.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "25.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "21.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "3.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.4% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -344,13 +341,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "5.2%" + "text": "5.2% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "29%" + "text": "29% (2018)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "2.8% (2018 est.)" + "text": "2.8% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -640,7 +637,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "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 symbolizes the struggle for freedom, black the people of Zambia, and orange the country's mineral wealth; the eagle represents the people's ability to rise above the nation's problems" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "African fish eagle; national colors: green, red, black, orange" diff --git a/africa/zi.json b/africa/zi.json index f02cf547..07aebd8f 100644 --- a/africa/zi.json +++ b/africa/zi.json @@ -277,9 +277,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.7 beds/1,000 population (2011)" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 96.1% of population" @@ -322,13 +319,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "11.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "21.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.7% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -339,13 +336,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "5.4%" + "text": "5.4% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "33.7%" + "text": "33.7% (2019)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "1.9% (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.9% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -683,7 +680,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "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 Zimbabwe bird representing the long history of the country is superimposed on a red five-pointed star in the center of the triangle, which symbolizes peace; green represents agriculture, yellow mineral wealth, red the blood shed to achieve independence, and black stands for the native people" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Zimbabwe bird symbol, African fish eagle, flame lily; national colors: green, yellow, red, black, white" diff --git a/australia-oceania/as.json b/australia-oceania/as.json index ba56e8b9..3729779d 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/as.json +++ b/australia-oceania/as.json @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ "text": "4.09 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.8 beds/1,000 population (2016)" + "text": "3.8 beds/1,000 population (2016 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -342,13 +342,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "13.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "15.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "13.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "11.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9.2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -595,16 +595,13 @@ "text": "3 years" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "5/21/2022" - }, - "parties elected and seats per party": { - "text": "Australian Labor Party (ALP) (77); Liberal National coalition (58); Independents (10); Other (6)" + "text": "5/3/2025" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "39.1%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "May 2025" + "text": "May 2028" } }, "Legislative branch - upper chamber": { @@ -624,16 +621,13 @@ "text": "6 years" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "5/21/2022" - }, - "parties elected and seats per party": { - "text": "Australian Labor Party (ALP) (15); Liberal (7); The Greens (6); Liberal/Nationals (5); Liberal National Party of Queensland (2); Other (5)" + "text": "5/3/2025" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "56.6%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "May 2025" + "text": "May 2028" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -703,6 +697,9 @@ "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Commonwealth Star (seven-pointed Star of Federation), golden wattle tree (Acacia pycnantha), kangaroo, emu; national colors: green, gold" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "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’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’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’s floral emblem, the golden wattle, frames the shield." + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "Advance Australia Fair" @@ -719,9 +716,6 @@ "selected World Heritage Site locales": { "text": "Great Barrier Reef (n); Greater Blue Mountains Area (n); Fraser Island (n); Gondwana Rainforests (n); Lord Howe Island Group (n); Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (c); Shark Bay (n); Sydney Opera House (c); Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park (m); Kakadu National Park (m)" } - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "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’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’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’s floral emblem, the golden wattle, frames the shield." } }, "Economy": { @@ -1204,20 +1198,20 @@ "note": "note: the Australian Federal Police (AFP) is an independent agency of the Attorney-General’s Department; the AFP, state, and territorial police forces are responsible for internal security; the Australian Border Force (ABF) is under the Department of Home Affairs" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "2% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "2% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "2% of GDP (2022)" + "text": "2% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "2% of GDP (2021)" + "text": "2% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "2% of GDP (2020)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "2% of GDP (2019)" + "text": "2% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/at.json b/australia-oceania/at.json index 3a896730..a2d24af1 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/at.json +++ b/australia-oceania/at.json @@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ }, "Economy": { }, - "Communications": { - }, "Transportation": { }, "Military and Security": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/bp.json b/australia-oceania/bp.json index 881c0375..15aecbc8 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/bp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/bp.json @@ -270,9 +270,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.24 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2012)" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 95.6% of population" @@ -315,13 +312,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "36.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "36.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "53.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "54.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "19.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "18.8% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -330,6 +327,17 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "64.1% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "5.6% (2015)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "21.3% (2015)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "4.4% (2015)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "12.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -585,7 +593,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "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 arranged in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green; blue represents the ocean, green the land, and yellow sunshine; the five stars stand for the five main island groups of the Solomon Islands" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "national colors: blue, yellow, green, white" @@ -945,7 +953,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "45% (2022 est.)" + "text": "43% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/cq.json b/australia-oceania/cq.json index 3517a7ac..ab79b340 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cq.json @@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "blue with a white, five-pointed star superimposed on a gray latte stone (the traditional foundation stone used in building) in the center, surrounded by a mwáár or head lei (wreath); blue symbolizes the Pacific Ocean, the star represents the Commonwealth; the Chamorro latte stone and the Carolinian mwáár (head lei) represent elements of Marianas culture; the mwáár is composed of the flowers from four flowering plants: flores mayo (Plumeria), ylang-ylang or langilang (Cananga odorata), angagha or peacock flower (Caesalpinia pulcherrima), and teibwo or Pacific basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum)" + "text": "blue with a five-pointed white star on a gray latte stone (a traditional foundation stone) in the center, surrounded by a mwáár 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 (Plumeria), ylang-ylang or langilang (Cananga odorata), angagha or peacock flower (Caesalpinia pulcherrima), and teibwo or Pacific basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum)" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "latte stone; national colors: blue, white" diff --git a/australia-oceania/cr.json b/australia-oceania/cr.json index e588e696..ce6bb68c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cr.json @@ -136,8 +136,6 @@ }, "Economy": { }, - "Communications": { - }, "Transportation": { }, "Military and Security": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/cw.json b/australia-oceania/cw.json index 9f444938..a1ac034d 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cw.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cw.json @@ -260,6 +260,9 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "1.67 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, + "Hospital bed density": { + "text": "8.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" + }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: NA" @@ -302,13 +305,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "24% (2020 est.)" + "text": "24% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "27.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "28.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "20.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fj.json b/australia-oceania/fj.json index 7e410fde..539431d8 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fj.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fj.json @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ "text": "0.81 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2 beds/1,000 population (2016)" + "text": "1.9 beds/1,000 population (2017 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "23.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "26.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "35.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "40.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "10.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "12.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.2%" + "text": "0.2% (2021)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "4%" + "text": "4% (2021)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "1.7% (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.7% (2021)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the blue symbolizes the Pacific Ocean and the Union Jack reflects the links with Great Britain; the shield - taken from Fiji's coat of arms - depicts a yellow lion, holding a coconut pod between its paws, above a white field quartered by the cross of Saint George; the four quarters depict stalks of sugarcane, a palm tree, a banana bunch, and a white dove of peace" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Fijian canoe; national color: light blue" @@ -1078,6 +1078,9 @@ "text": "Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF): Land Force, Republic of Fiji Navy (2025)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.4% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.1% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1089,9 +1092,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.6% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fm.json b/australia-oceania/fm.json index 48b1d4e5..8d114031 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fm.json @@ -251,9 +251,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.97 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: NA" @@ -487,19 +484,19 @@ "text": "plurality/majority" }, "scope of elections": { - "text": "full renewal" + "text": "partial renewal" }, "term in office": { "text": "2 years" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "3/7/2023" + "text": "3/4/2025" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "21.4%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "March 2025" + "text": "March 2027" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -560,7 +557,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "light blue with four white five-pointed stars centered; the stars are arranged in a diamond pattern; blue symbolizes the Pacific Ocean, the stars represent the four island groups of Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "four, five-pointed, white stars on a light blue field, hibiscus flower; national colors: light blue, white" diff --git a/australia-oceania/fp.json b/australia-oceania/fp.json index 99ec8aba..52da001d 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fp.json @@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two red horizontal bands encase 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 rides on the wave pattern; the canoe has a crew of five represented by five stars that symbolize the five island groups; red and white are traditional Polynesian colors", + "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": "note: 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" }, "National symbol(s)": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/gq.json b/australia-oceania/gq.json index 318416c5..96668426 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/gq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/gq.json @@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "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 proa or outrigger canoe with sail, and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters; the proa is sailing in Agana Bay with the promontory of Puntan Dos Amantes, near the capital, in the background; the shape of the central emblem is that of a Chamorro sling stone, used as a weapon for defense or hunting; blue represents the sea and red the blood shed in the struggle against oppression", + "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 proa (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": "note: the US flag is the national flag" }, "National symbol(s)": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/kr.json b/australia-oceania/kr.json index f65e7c60..4bea1697 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kr.json @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ "text": "0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2013)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.9 beds/1,000 population (2016)" + "text": "1.9 beds/1,000 population (2016 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "40.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "35.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "53.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "48.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "27.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "23.6% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2.4%" + "text": "2.4% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "18.4%" + "text": "18.4% (2019)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "8.6% (2019 est.)" + "text": "8.6% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ "note": "Note:  the US does not have an embassy in Kiribati but has announced its intention to open an embassy" }, "Flag description": { - "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 three island groups - the Gilbert, Line, and Phoenix Islands; the 17 rays of the sun represent the 16 Gilbert Islands and Banaba (formerly Ocean Island); the frigatebird symbolizes authority and freedom" + "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" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nc.json b/australia-oceania/nc.json index bfa50ebc..5d4eaa17 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nc.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nc.json @@ -487,10 +487,10 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "New Caledonia has two official flags; alongside the flag of France, the Kanak (indigenous Melanesian) flag has equal status; the latter consists of three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a large yellow disk - diameter two-thirds the height of the flag - shifted slightly to the hoist side is edged in black and displays a black fleche faitiere symbol, a native rooftop adornment" + "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 fleche faîtière symbol, a native rooftop adornment" }, "National symbol(s)": { - "text": "fleche faitiere (native rooftop adornment), kagu bird; national colors: gray, red" + "text": "fleche faitiere (native rooftop adornment), kagu bird; national colors: grey, red" }, "National anthem": { "name": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ne.json b/australia-oceania/ne.json index 59fa8f50..77873e4f 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ne.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ne.json @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ "note": "note: on 25 September 2023, the US officially established diplomatic relations with Niue" }, "Flag description": { - "text": "yellow with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the flag of the UK bears five yellow five-pointed stars - a large star on a blue disk in the center and a smaller star on each arm of the bold red cross; the larger star stands for Niue, the smaller stars recall the Southern Cross constellation on the New Zealand flag and symbolize links with that country; yellow represents the bright sunshine of Niue and the warmth and friendship between Niue and New Zealand" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "yellow, five-pointed star; national color: yellow" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nf.json b/australia-oceania/nf.json index 5e8f4bd4..a2ef0f23 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nf.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nf.json @@ -294,12 +294,15 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the slightly wider white band; green stands for the rich vegetation on the island, and the pine tree - endemic to the island - is a symbol of Norfolk Island", - "note": "note: somewhat reminiscent of the flag of Canada with its use of only two colors and depiction of a prominent local floral symbol in the central white band; also resembles the green and white triband of Nigeria" + "text": "three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green, with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the white band; green stands for the island's rich vegetation, and the native pine tree is an island symbol", + "note": "note: resembles Canada's flag in its use of only two colors and depiction of a local floral symbol in the central white band; also resembles Nigeria's green-and-white triband" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Norfolk Island pine" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "text": "Norfolk Island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, and in 1980, Queen Elizabeth II granted it a separate coat of arms (pictured). In the center is the island’s symbol, the Norfolk Island Pine, with Britain’s lion and Australia’s kangaroo supporting the shield. The island’s motto, “Inasmuch,” comes from a verse in the Bible’s Gospel of Matthew" + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"Come Ye Blessed\"" @@ -308,9 +311,6 @@ "text": "New Testament/John Prindle SCOTT" }, "note": "note: the local anthem, whose lyrics consist of the words from Matthew 25:34-36, 40, is also known as \"The Pitcairn Anthem;\" the island does not recognize \"Advance Australia Fair\" (which other Australian territories use); instead \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)" - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "text": "Norfolk Island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, and in 1980, Queen Elizabeth II granted it a separate coat of arms (pictured). In the center is the island’s symbol, the Norfolk Island Pine, with Britain’s lion and Australia’s kangaroo supporting the shield. The island’s motto, “Inasmuch,” comes from a verse in the Bible’s Gospel of Matthew" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nh.json b/australia-oceania/nh.json index 31a9f0c2..33f8479a 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nh.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nh.json @@ -322,9 +322,6 @@ "text": "2.6% (2020 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "11.7% (2013)" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "69.2% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -587,7 +584,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "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); centered in the triangle is a boar's tusk encircling two crossed namele fern fronds, all in yellow; red represents the blood of boars and men, as well as unity, green the richness of the islands, and black the ni-Vanuatu people; the yellow Y-shape - which reflects the pattern of the islands in the Pacific Ocean - symbolizes the light of the Gospel spreading through the islands; the boar's tusk is a symbol of prosperity frequently worn as a pendant on the islands; the fern fronds represent peace", + "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": "note: 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" }, "National symbol(s)": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nr.json b/australia-oceania/nr.json index 47256e09..e007bccd 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nr.json @@ -302,13 +302,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "48.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "47.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "47.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "49.3% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "49.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "46.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "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 symbolize the 12 original tribes of Nauru; the star's white color represents phosphate, the basis of the island's wealth" + "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" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nz.json b/australia-oceania/nz.json index 4e621c23..be7efd46 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nz.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nz.json @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ "text": "3.61 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.6 beds/1,000 population (2019)" + "text": "2.7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -329,13 +329,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "13.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "10% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "15% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "12.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ "text": "National Party (49); Labour Party (34); Green Party (15); ACT New Zealand (11); New Zealand First (8); Other (6)" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { - "text": "45.5%" + "text": "46.3%" }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "September 2026" @@ -637,11 +637,14 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "blue with the flag of the UK 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" + "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)" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "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 taiaha (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." + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"God Defend New Zealand\"" @@ -658,9 +661,6 @@ "selected World Heritage Site locales": { "text": "Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand (n); Tongariro National Park (m); New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands (n)" } - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "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 taiaha (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." } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/pc.json b/australia-oceania/pc.json index 6858d0a3..2b2fdd3d 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/pc.json +++ b/australia-oceania/pc.json @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Pitcairn Islander coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the green, yellow, and blue of the shield represents the island rising from the ocean; the green field features a yellow anchor surmounted by a bible (both the anchor and the bible were items found on the HMS Bounty); sitting on the crest is a Pitcairn Island wheelbarrow from which springs a flowering twig of miro (a local plant)" + "text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Pitcairn Islander coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the green, yellow, and blue of the shield represents the island rising from the ocean; the green field features a yellow anchor with a Bible over it (both were found on the HMS Bounty); a Pitcairn Island wheelbarrow is on the crest, with a flowering twig of miro (a local plant)" }, "National anthem": { "name": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ps.json b/australia-oceania/ps.json index 126467b8..8df40b27 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ps.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ps.json @@ -291,18 +291,15 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "17.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "16.3% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "27.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "25.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "7.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "6.8% (2025 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "45.6% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -612,7 +609,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "light blue with a large yellow disk shifted slightly to the hoist side; the blue color represents the ocean, the disk represents the moon; Palauans consider the full moon to be the optimum time for human activity; it is also considered a symbol of peace, love, and tranquility" + "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" diff --git a/australia-oceania/rm.json b/australia-oceania/rm.json index f5dacf3b..1b64720d 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/rm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/rm.json @@ -272,9 +272,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.47 physicians/1,000 population (2012)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.7 beds/1,000 population" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 96.6% of population" @@ -300,13 +297,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "28.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "30.9% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "48.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "52.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "8.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.5% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -601,7 +598,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "blue with two stripes radiating from the lower hoist-side corner - orange (top) and white; a white star with four large rays and 20 small rays appears on the hoist side above the two stripes; blue represents the Pacific Ocean, the orange stripe signifies the Ralik Chain or sunset and courage, while the white stripe signifies the Ratak Chain or sunrise and peace; the star symbolizes the cross of Christianity, each of the 24 rays designates one of the electoral districts in the country and the four larger rays highlight the principal cultural centers of Majuro, Jaluit, Wotje, and Ebeye; the rising diagonal band can also be interpreted as representing the equator, with the star showing the archipelago's position just to the north" + "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" @@ -878,7 +875,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "73% (2022 est.)" + "text": "66% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/tl.json b/australia-oceania/tl.json index 5aa59178..0e83175c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tl.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tl.json @@ -185,17 +185,6 @@ }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "52% (2023 est.)" - }, - "Child marriage": { - "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.4%" - }, - "women married by age 18": { - "text": "10.1%" - }, - "men married by age 18": { - "text": "2.8% (2019 est.)" - } } }, "Environment": { @@ -362,7 +351,7 @@ "text": "none (territory of New Zealand)" }, "Flag description": { - "text": "a yellow stylized Tokelauan canoe on a dark blue field sails toward the manu - the Southern Cross constellation of four, white, five-pointed stars at the hoist side; the Southern Cross represents the role of Christianity in Tokelauan culture and, in conjunction with the canoe, symbolizes the country navigating into the future; the color yellow indicates happiness and peace, and the blue field represents the ocean on which the community relies" + "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" diff --git a/australia-oceania/tn.json b/australia-oceania/tn.json index dfa20706..bd5f84ac 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tn.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tn.json @@ -312,13 +312,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "31% (2020 est.)" + "text": "30.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "46.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "46.1% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "15.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "15.8% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -329,13 +329,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.4%" + "text": "0.4% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "10.1%" + "text": "10.1% (2019)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "2.8% (2019 est.)" + "text": "2.8% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red with a bold red cross on a white rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner; the cross reflects the deep-rooted Christianity in Tonga, red represents the blood of Christ and his sacrifice, and white signifies purity" + "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" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "red cross on white field, arms equal length; national colors: red, white" diff --git a/australia-oceania/tv.json b/australia-oceania/tv.json index 97b201fc..78e4b638 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tv.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tv.json @@ -307,27 +307,30 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "35.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "32.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "49.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "46.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "21.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "18.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "3.1% (2019/20) NA" + "text": "2.9% (2019/20)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "66.1% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0% (2020)" + }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "1.8%" + "text": "1.8% (2020)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "1.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.7% (2020)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -583,7 +586,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the outer half of the flag represents a map of the country with nine yellow, five-pointed stars on a blue field symbolizing the nine atolls in the ocean" + "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" diff --git a/australia-oceania/um.json b/australia-oceania/um.json index 1156203c..18d0d850 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/um.json +++ b/australia-oceania/um.json @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ "text": "none (territories of the US)" }, "Flag description": { - "text": "the flag of the US is used" + "text": "the US flag is used" } }, "Economy": { @@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ } } }, - "Communications": { - }, "Transportation": { "Airports": { "text": "2 (2025)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/wf.json b/australia-oceania/wf.json index 1f267b9c..56215962 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/wf.json +++ b/australia-oceania/wf.json @@ -268,9 +268,6 @@ "text": "total: 7.1% of population (2020 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "56% (2023)" }, @@ -453,8 +450,8 @@ "text": "none (overseas collectivity of France)" }, "Flag description": { - "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": "note: the design is derived from an original red banner with a white cross pattee that was introduced in the 19th century by French missionaries; the flag of France is used for official occasions" + "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": "note: 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" diff --git a/australia-oceania/wq.json b/australia-oceania/wq.json index 0f1f554b..d386d4b7 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/wq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/wq.json @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ "text": "see United States" }, "Flag description": { - "text": "the flag of the US is used" + "text": "the US flag is used" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ws.json b/australia-oceania/ws.json index daf699a1..5543d0cd 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ws.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ws.json @@ -308,30 +308,30 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "25.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "36.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "28.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "14.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "12.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "3.4% (2019/20)" + "text": "3.4% (2019)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "61.7% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.9%" + "text": "0.9% (2020)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "7.4%" + "text": "7.4% (2020)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "2% (2020)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing five white, five-pointed stars representing the Southern Cross constellation; red stands for courage, blue represents freedom, and white signifies purity", + "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": "note: similar to the flag of Taiwan" }, "National symbol(s)": { @@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "75% (2022 est.)" + "text": "58% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json index c592b230..4833344e 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ "text": "2.92 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "3.3 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: total": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json index 9dce1c1a..b24335a3 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ "text": "2.96 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "6 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "5.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -307,13 +307,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "8.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "6.2% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "15% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.5% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -1065,6 +1065,9 @@ "note": "note 1: the Barbados Police Service (TBPS) is the national police force; it is modeled after London's Metropolitan Police Service and divided into three territorial divisions

note 2: the Barbados Cadet Corps is a national youth organization affiliated with the BDF; membership is open to all school children in Barbados between the ages of 11 and 18" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.7% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1076,9 +1079,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.9% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json index 0623899e..77e9b660 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ "text": "1.9 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "2.7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: total": { @@ -281,13 +281,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "10.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "10.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "18.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -587,6 +587,9 @@ "National symbol(s)": { "text": "blue marlin, flamingo, Yellow Elder flower; national colors: aquamarine, yellow, black" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "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 Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus’s flagship, also appears on the shield, and the sun signifies the world-famous climate and the bright future of the islands." + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"March On, Bahamaland!\"" @@ -595,9 +598,6 @@ "text": "Timothy GIBSON" }, "note": "note: adopted 1973; as a Commonwealth country, in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem (see United Kingdom)" - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "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 Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus’s flagship, also appears on the shield, and the sun signifies the world-famous climate and the bright future of the islands." } }, "Economy": { @@ -1000,6 +1000,9 @@ "note": "note: the RBPF maintains internal security; both the RBDF and the RBPF, as well as the Department of Corrections, report to the Minister of National Security" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.8% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1011,9 +1014,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.9% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json index 9b8e4532..8e8d03e8 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ "text": "1.09 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2018 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -320,13 +320,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "8.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.3% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "15.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "14.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.8% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -337,13 +337,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "6.3%" + "text": "6.3% (2016)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "33.5%" + "text": "33.5% (2016)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "22.2% (2016 est.)" + "text": "22.2% (2016)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ "text": "People's United Party (PUP) (26); United Democratic Party (UDP) (5)" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { - "text": "9.7%" + "text": "12.5%" }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "March 2030" @@ -584,13 +584,13 @@ "text": "5 years" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "12/11/2020" + "text": "5/9/2025" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { - "text": "28.6%" + "text": "35.7%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "May 2025" + "text": "May 2030" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -1095,6 +1095,9 @@ "note": "note: the Ministry of National Defense and Border Security is responsible for oversight of the BDF and the Coast Guard, while the Ministry of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries has responsibility for the Belize Police Department (BPD) and prisons" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.9% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1106,9 +1109,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.5% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.4% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bq.json index 857e8074..43d6b244 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bq.json @@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ }, "Economy": { }, - "Communications": { - }, "Transportation": { }, "Military and Security": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index 808e2b1f..9a28b530 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ "text": "2.69 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.1 beds/1,000 population (2019)" + "text": "1.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -322,13 +322,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "8.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "12.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "12.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "4.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -339,10 +339,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2%" + "text": "2% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "17.1% (2018 est.)" + "text": "17.1% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -643,6 +643,9 @@ "National symbol(s)": { "text": "yiguirro (clay-colored thrush); national colors: blue, white, red" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "text": "

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.

 

" + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"Himno Nacional de Costa Rica\" (National Anthem of Costa Rica)" @@ -659,9 +662,6 @@ "selected World Heritage Site locales": { "text": "Guanacaste Conservation Area (n); Cocos Island National Park (n); Precolumbian Stone Spheres (c); La Amistad International Park (n)" } - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "text": "

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.

 

" } }, "Economy": { @@ -1122,6 +1122,9 @@ "note": "note: Costa Rica's armed forces were constitutionally abolished in 1949" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.6% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1133,9 +1136,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json index 2a45c662..93777f35 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ "text": "9.54 physicians/1,000 population (2021)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "5.3 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "4.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -324,13 +324,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "17.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "16.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "25.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "24.7% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "10.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -341,13 +341,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "4.8%" + "text": "4.8% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "29.4%" + "text": "29.4% (2019)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "5.9% (2019 est.)" + "text": "5.9% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json index 457813e7..c2fff3c6 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ "text": "1.16 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.8 beds/1,000 population" + "text": "3 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "27.9% (2016)" @@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ } }, "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; superimposed in the center of the cross is a red disk bearing a Sisserou parrot, unique to Dominica, encircled by 10 green, five-pointed stars edged in yellow; the 10 stars represent the 10 administrative divisions (parishes); green symbolizes the island's lush vegetation; the triple-colored cross represents the Christian Trinity; the yellow color denotes 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 signifies rivers, waterfalls, and the purity of aspirations; the red disc stands for social justice" + "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" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index d9527854..50bf8c97 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ "text": "2.43 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.6 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -335,13 +335,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "10.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "14.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "13.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "6.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "5.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -352,10 +352,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "9.4%" + "text": "9.4% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "31.5% (2019 est.)" + "text": "31.5% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "a centered white cross that extends to the edges 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" + "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" @@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "84% (2022 est.)" + "text": "85% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1183,8 +1183,11 @@ "note": "note 1: in addition to the three main branches of the military, the Ministry of Defense directs the Specialized Border Security Corps (CESFRONT), the Specialized Corps in Port Security (CESEP), and the Specialized Corps in Airport and Civil Aviation Safety (CESAC); these specialized corps are joint forces, made up of personnel from all military branches in addition to civilian personnel; they may also assist in overall citizen security working together with the National Police, which is under the Ministry of Interior" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)" @@ -1194,9 +1197,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json index 8c68a09e..0e712dd1 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ "text": "1.62 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.2 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -325,13 +325,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "7.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "14.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "14.7% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.7% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -339,10 +339,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "4.3%" + "text": "4.3% (2021)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "19.7% (2021 est.)" + "text": "19.7% (2021)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -631,8 +631,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "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 symbolize the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, while the white band represents the land between the two bodies of water, as well as peace and prosperity", - "note": "note: 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 centered in the white band" + "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": "note: 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" @@ -1103,20 +1103,20 @@ "text": "The Armed Forces of El Salvador (La Fuerza Armada de El Salvador, FAES): Army of El Salvador (Ejercito de El Salvador, ES), Naval Force of El Salvador (Fuerza Naval de El Salvador, FNES), Salvadoran Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña, FAS)

Ministry of Justice and Public Safety: National Civil Police (Policia Nacional Civil, PNC) (2025)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.2% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.2% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.2% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.3% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1.2% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "1.2% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.2% of GDP (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json index 19749627..818087f2 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ "text": "1.38 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.6 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population (2018 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ } }, "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; there are seven yellow, five-pointed stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in the bottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag; there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is a leading nutmeg producer); the seven stars stand for the seven administrative divisions, with the central star denoting the capital, St. George's; yellow represents the sun and the warmth of the people, green stands for vegetation and agriculture, and red symbolizes harmony, unity, and courage" + "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" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json index ea0dbde0..e8561320 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ "text": "1.28 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "0.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -331,13 +331,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "10.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "20.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "22.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.5% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -346,6 +346,17 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "57.2% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "6.2% (2015)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "29.5% (2015)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "9.6% (2015)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "3.1% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, @@ -641,8 +652,8 @@ } }, "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) representing liberty and a scroll bearing the inscription LIBERTAD 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1821 (the original date of independence from Spain) - all superimposed on a pair of crossed rifles signifying Guatemala's willingness to defend itself and a pair of crossed swords representing honor - and framed by a laurel wreath symbolizing victory; the blue bands represent the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea; the white band denotes peace and purity", - "note": "note: one of only two national flags featuring a firearm, the other is Mozambique" + "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": "note: one of two national flags featuring a firearm; the other is Mozambique" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "quetzal (bird); national colors: blue, white" @@ -1078,7 +1089,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "54% (2022 est.)" + "text": "56% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1147,6 +1158,9 @@ "note": "note: the National Civil Police (Policia Nacional Civil or PNC) are under the Ministry of Government (Interior)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.4% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.4% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1158,9 +1172,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.4% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json index 0260e25d..066c9564 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ "text": "0.29 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2013)" + "text": "4.8 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -329,13 +329,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "7.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "12.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "12.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "3.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -346,13 +346,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2.1%" + "text": "2.1% (2017)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "14.9%" + "text": "14.9% (2017)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "1.6% (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.6% (2017)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a centered white rectangle bearing the coat of arms, which contains a palm tree flanked by flags and two cannons above a scroll bearing the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength); the colors are taken from the French Tricolor and represent the union of blacks and mulattoes" + "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" @@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "39% (2021 est.)" + "text": "39% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json index 9f91fabb..d2595e3c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ "text": "0.49 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.6 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -331,6 +331,17 @@ "text": "0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" } }, + "Tobacco use": { + "total": { + "text": "11.9% (2025 est.)" + }, + "male": { + "text": "22.2% (2025 est.)" + }, + "female": { + "text": "1.6% (2025 est.)" + } + }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { "text": "7.1% (2019)" }, @@ -339,13 +350,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "9.2%" + "text": "9.2% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "34%" + "text": "34% (2019)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "10% (2019 est.)" + "text": "10% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -622,7 +633,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Laura F. DOGU (since 12 April 2022)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Roy PERRIN (since April 2025)" }, "embassy": { "text": "Avenida La Paz, Tegucigalpa M.D.C." @@ -641,8 +652,8 @@ } }, "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 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 symbolize the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; the white band represents the land between the two bodies of water and the peace and prosperity of its people", - "note": "note: similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white band; 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, centered in the white band" + "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": "note: 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" @@ -1057,7 +1068,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "60% (2022 est.)" + "text": "58% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1126,6 +1137,9 @@ "note": "note 1: the National Police of Honduras (Policía Nacional de Honduras, PNH) are under the Secretariat of Security and responsible for internal security; some larger cities have police forces that operate independently of the national police and report to municipal authorities 

note 2: the PMOP supports the PNH against narcotics trafficking and organized crime; it is subordinate to the Secretariat of Defense/FFAA, but conducts operations sanctioned by civilian security officials as well as by military leaders 

note 3: the National Interinstitutional Security Force is an interagency command that coordinates the overlapping responsibilities of the HNP, PMOP, and other security organizations such as the National Intelligence Directorate and the Public Ministry (public prosecutor), but exercises coordination, command, and control responsibilities only during interagency operations involving those forces" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1137,9 +1151,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.6% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.6% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json index 697c4fe9..f1b31349 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ "text": "0.46 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.7 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -321,13 +321,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "9.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "15% (2020 est.)" + "text": "15.1% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "3.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "3.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "diagonal yellow cross divides the flag into four triangles - green (top and bottom) and black (hoist side and fly side); green represents hope, vegetation, and agriculture, black reflects hardships overcome and to be faced, and yellow recalls golden sunshine and the island's natural resources" + "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" @@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "85% (2022 est.)" + "text": "83% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1109,6 +1109,9 @@ "note": "note: the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is the country’s police force; it has primary responsibility for internal security and has units for community policing, special response, intelligence gathering, and internal affairs; both it and the JDF are under the Ministry of National Security" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.4% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.2% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1120,9 +1123,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.6% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json index 62670cc4..72515ae9 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Montserratian coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the arms feature a woman in green dress, Erin, the female personification of Ireland, standing beside a yellow harp and embracing a large dark cross with her right arm; Erin and the harp are symbols of Ireland reflecting the territory's Irish ancestry; blue represents awareness, trustworthiness, determination, and righteousness" + "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" }, "National anthem": { "text": "

note: as a territory of the UK, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)

" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json index bf2a9fbe..2332e1c6 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json @@ -246,9 +246,6 @@ "text": "total: 1.2% of population (2017)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Literacy": { "total population": { "text": "NA" @@ -439,8 +436,8 @@ } }, "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 Sint Maarten coat of arms; the arms consist of an orange-bordered  blue shield prominently displaying the white court house in Philipsburg, as well as a bouquet of yellow sage (the national flower) in the upper left, and the silhouette of a Dutch-French friendship monument in the upper right; the shield is surmounted by a yellow rising sun in front of which is a brown pelican in flight; a yellow scroll below the shield bears the motto: SEMPER PROGREDIENS (Always Progressing); the three main colors are identical to those on the Dutch flag", - "note": "note: the flag somewhat resembles that of the Philippines but with the main red and blue bands reversed; the banner more closely evokes the wartime Philippine flag" + "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": "note: 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": "

brown pelican, yellow sage (flower); national colors: red, white, blue

" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json index f4d35a3c..1295c438 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ "text": "0.68 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "0.9 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ } }, "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 features 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 symbolize the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, while the white band represents the land between the two bodies of water", - "note": "note: similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band" + "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": "note: 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" @@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "61% (2022 est.)" + "text": "58% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1083,6 +1083,9 @@ "note": "note: both the military and the Nicaraguan National Police (Policía Nacional de Nicaragua or PNN) report directly to the president; Parapolice, which are non-uniformed, armed, and masked units with marginal tactical training and loose hierarchical organization, act in coordination with government security forces and report to the National Police; they have been used to suppress anti-government protesters" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1094,9 +1097,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.6% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.6% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index af4bf446..82ce976d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ "text": "1.63 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.3 beds/1,000 population (2016)" + "text": "1.9 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -326,17 +326,17 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "7.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.7% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "3% (2019)" + "text": "2.9% (2019)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "58.6% (2023 est.)" @@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires John M. BARRETT (since January 2025)" + "text": "Ambassador Kevin Marino CABRERA (since 5 May 2025)" }, "embassy": { "text": "Building 783, Demetrio Basilio Lakas Avenue, Clayton" @@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "divided into four, equal rectangles; the top quadrants are white (hoist side) with a blue five-pointed star in the center and plain red; the bottom quadrants are plain blue (hoist side) and white with a red five-pointed star in the center; the blue and red colors are those of the main political parties (Conservatives and Liberals respectively) and the white denotes peace between them; the blue star stands for the civic virtues of purity and honesty, the red star signifies authority and law" + "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" @@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "74% (2022 est.)" + "text": "78% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1120,6 +1120,9 @@ "note": "note 1: collectively, the security forces are known as the Panamanian Public Forces

note 2: the PNP includes a special forces directorate with counterterrorism and counternarcotics units; SENAFRONT has three regionally based border security brigades, plus a specialized brigade comprised of special forces, counternarcotics, maritime, and rapid reaction units" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.1% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.1% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1131,9 +1134,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.2% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json index 1949d9c6..81ccabe1 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json @@ -239,9 +239,6 @@ "text": "total: 0% of population (2020)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "NA" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json index 91e10617..22ba6b58 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json @@ -288,9 +288,6 @@ "text": "total: 0% of population (2020 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "37.4% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -558,7 +555,7 @@ } }, "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 bears a large, white, five-pointed star in the center; the white star symbolizes Puerto Rico; the three sides of the triangle signify the executive, legislative and judicial parts of the government; blue stands for the sky and the coastal waters; red symbolizes the blood shed by warriors, while white represents liberty, victory, and peace", + "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": "note: 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)": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json index 2904e5a8..bf6bacda 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ "text": "3.09 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.8 beds/1,000 population (2012)" + "text": "4.3 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -308,9 +308,6 @@ "text": "0.21 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "57.2% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -576,11 +573,14 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a broad black band bearing two white, five-pointed stars; the black band is edged in yellow; the upper triangle is green, the lower triangle is red; green signifies the island's fertility, red symbolizes the struggles of the people from slavery, yellow denotes year-round sunshine, and black represents the African heritage of the people; the white stars stand for the islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, but can also express hope and liberty, or independence and optimism" + "text": "divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a broad black band with two five-pointed white stars; the black band is edged in yellow; the upper triangle is green, and the lower is red; green stands for the island's fertility, red for the struggles of the people from slavery, yellow for year-round sunshine, and black for the people's African heritage; the white stars stand for the islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis but can also express hope and liberty, or independence and optimism" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "brown pelican, royal poinciana (flamboyant) tree; national colors: green, yellow, red, black, white" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "text": "

The coat of arms of Saint Kitts and Nevis features a Carib who represents the original inhabitants of the islands, and a fleur-de-lis and rose that represent the French and English who arrived in the 1620s. The shield also features the poinciana (the national flower) and a traditional boat. Three hands hold the torch, which represents the quest for freedom: the hand of an African, a European, and a person of mixed ethnicity. Pelicans (the national bird) support the shield, with a sugarcane plant and a coconut tree that symbolize the land.

" + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"Oh Land of Beauty!\"" @@ -597,9 +597,6 @@ "selected World Heritage Site locales": { "text": "Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park" } - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "text": "

The coat of arms of Saint Kitts and Nevis features a Carib who represents the original inhabitants of the islands, and a fleur-de-lis and rose that represent the French and English who arrived in the 1620s. The shield also features the poinciana (the national flower) and a traditional boat. Three hands hold the torch, which represents the quest for freedom: the hand of an African, a European, and a person of mixed ethnicity. Pelicans (the national bird) support the shield, with a sugarcane plant and a coconut tree that symbolize the land.

" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json index e00a572e..f4ee1bae 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ "text": "4.23 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -311,6 +311,17 @@ "text": "0.6 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" } }, + "Tobacco use": { + "total": { + "text": "13.1% (2025 est.)" + }, + "male": { + "text": "24.1% (2025 est.)" + }, + "female": { + "text": "2.6% (2025 est.)" + } + }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "53.6% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -601,7 +612,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "cerulean blue with a gold isosceles triangle below a black arrowhead; the upper edges of the arrowhead have a white border; the blue color represents the sky and sea, gold stands for sunshine and prosperity, and white and black the racial composition of the island (with the latter being dominant); the two major triangles invoke the twin Pitons (Gros Piton and Petit Piton), cone-shaped volcanic plugs that are a symbol of the island" + "text": "cerulean blue with a gold isosceles triangle below a black arrowhead; the upper edges of the arrowhead have a white border; blue stands for the sky and sea, gold for sunshine and prosperity, and white and black for the ethnic composition of the island; the triangles represent Gros Piton and Petit Piton, the cone-shaped volcanic plugs that are a symbol of the island" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "twin pitons (volcanic peaks), Saint Lucia parrot; national colors: cerulean blue, gold, black, white" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json index 69b7c75d..49531b9d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json @@ -233,9 +233,6 @@ "text": "total: 0% of population (2020)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Literacy": { "total population": { "text": "NA" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json index 6efe08f4..5e2483bd 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ "text": "4.16 physicians/1,000 population (2021)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.6 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -319,6 +319,14 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "48.6% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0.7% (2022)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "4.2% (2022)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "4.1% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -549,13 +557,13 @@ "text": "5 years" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "8/28/2020" + "text": "5/23/2025" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "32.3%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "August 2025" + "text": "May 2030" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -617,11 +625,14 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red with a white-edged black diagonal band from the upper hoist side to the lower fly side; the colors represent the elements of earth, water, and fire; black stands for the wealth of the land and the dedication of the people; white symbolizes the sea surrounding the islands, the purity of the country's aspirations, and equality; red symbolizes the warmth and energy of the sun, the vitality of the land, and the courage and friendliness of its people" + "text": "red with a white-edged black diagonal band from the upper hoist side to the lower fly side; the colors represent the elements of earth, water, and fire; black also stands for the wealth of the land and the dedication of the people; white for the sea, the purity of the country's aspirations, and equality; red for the sun, the vitality of the land, and the people's courage and friendliness" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "scarlet ibis (bird of Trinidad), cocrico (bird of Tobago), Chaconia flower; national colors: red, white, black" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "text": "Designed in 1962, Trinidad and Tobago’s coat of arms shows the scarlet ibis (national bird of Trinidad) and the cocrico (national bird of Tobago). They support a shield displaying two hummingbirds, because Trinidad is home to 18 species of the bird and is called the “Land of Hummingbirds.” Three gold ships on a backdrop of national colors represent Christopher Columbus, who visited the islands. The three peaks in the lower left refer to Trinidad being named after the Holy Trinity and also represent a famous mountain. The image of a gold ship's wheel in front of a coconut palm was also used on the Great Seals of British Colonial Tobago. The gold helmet represents Queen Elizabeth II of England (ruler of the country at the time), and the national motto promotes harmony in diversity" + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"Forged From the Love of Liberty\"" @@ -630,9 +641,6 @@ "text": "Patrick Stanislaus CASTAGNE" }, "note": "note: adopted 1962; song originally created to serve as an anthem for the West Indies Federation; adopted by Trinidad and Tobago following the Federation's dissolution in 1962" - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "text": "Designed in 1962, Trinidad and Tobago’s coat of arms shows the scarlet ibis (national bird of Trinidad) and the cocrico (national bird of Tobago). They support a shield displaying two hummingbirds, because Trinidad is home to 18 species of the bird and is called the “Land of Hummingbirds.” Three gold ships on a backdrop of national colors represent Christopher Columbus, who visited the islands. The three peaks in the lower left refer to Trinidad being named after the Holy Trinity and also represent a famous mountain. The image of a gold ship's wheel in front of a coconut palm was also used on the Great Seals of British Colonial Tobago. The gold helmet represents Queen Elizabeth II of England (ruler of the country at the time), and the national motto promotes harmony in diversity" } }, "Economy": { @@ -1044,20 +1052,20 @@ "note": "note: the Ministry of National Security oversees both the TTDF and the TTPS" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.9% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.1% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "1% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json index a4915f2e..4280a8e2 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json @@ -262,17 +262,20 @@ } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "0.4% (2019/20) NA" + "text": "0.4% (2019/20)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "59.1% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0% (2020)" + }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "23.3%" + "text": "23.3% (2020)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "5.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "5.1% (2020)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -479,7 +482,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the colonial shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield is yellow and displays a conch shell, a spiny lobster, and Turk's cap cactus - three common elements of the islands' biota" + "text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the colonial shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield is yellow and displays a conch shell, a spiny lobster, and Turk's cap cactus" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "conch shell, Turk's cap cactus" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json index 073b40dd..9f95eecf 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ "text": "0.66 physicians/1,000 population (2012)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.3 beds/1,000 population (2016)" + "text": "4.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -299,9 +299,6 @@ "text": "0.23 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "53.3% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -560,7 +557,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three vertical bands of blue (hoist side), gold (double width), and green; the gold band bears three green diamonds arranged in a V pattern, which stands for Vincent; the diamonds recall the islands as \"the Gems of the Antilles\" and are set slightly lowered in the gold band to reflect the nation's position in the Antilles; blue conveys the colors of a tropical sky and crystal waters, yellow signifies the golden Grenadine sands, and green represents lush vegetation" + "text": "three vertical bands of blue (hoist side), gold (double-width), and green; the gold band has three green diamonds arranged in a V pattern that stands for \"Vincent;\" the diamonds represent the islands as \"the Gems of the Antilles\" and are set slightly lowered in the gold band to reflect the nation's position in the Antilles; blue stands for the tropical sky and sea, yellow for the sand, and green for vegetation" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Saint Vincent parrot; national colors: blue, gold, green" @@ -912,7 +909,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "78% (2022 est.)" + "text": "76% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json index 462c807a..c7efe3c1 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json @@ -274,9 +274,6 @@ "text": "total: 0.6% of population (2020 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "27.4% (2023)" }, @@ -438,7 +435,7 @@ "text": "none (territory of the US)" }, "Flag description": { - "text": "white field with a modified US coat of arms in the center between the large blue initials V and I; the coat of arms shows a yellow eagle holding an olive branch in its right talon and three arrows in the left with a superimposed shield of seven red and six white vertical stripes below a blue panel; white is a symbol of purity, the letters stand for the Virgin Islands" + "text": "white field with a modified US coat of arms in the center between the large blue initials V and I; the coat of arms shows a yellow eagle holding an olive branch in its right talon and three arrows in the left, with a shield of seven red and six white vertical stripes below a blue panel; white is a symbol of purity, and the letters stand for the Virgin Islands" }, "National anthem": { "name": { diff --git a/central-asia/kg.json b/central-asia/kg.json index 42f795f1..09a56c58 100644 --- a/central-asia/kg.json +++ b/central-asia/kg.json @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ "text": "1.85 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.4 beds/1,000 population (2014)" + "text": "4.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -327,13 +327,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "25.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "26% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "48% (2020 est.)" + "text": "50.7% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "3.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -344,10 +344,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.3%" + "text": "0.3% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "12.9% (2018 est.)" + "text": "12.9% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red field with a yellow sun in the center having 40 rays representing the 40 Kyrgyz tribes; on the obverse side the rays run counterclockwise, on the reverse, clockwise; in the center of the sun is a red ring crossed by two sets of three lines, a stylized representation of a \"tunduk\" - the crown of a traditional Kyrgyz yurt; red symbolizes bravery and valor, the sun evinces peace and wealth" + "text": "red field with a yellow sun in the center that has 40 rays to represent the Kyrgyz tribes; the rays run counterclockwise on the front of the flag and clockwise on the reverse; in the center of the sun is a red ring crossed by two sets of three lines in a stylized representation of a tunduk, the crown of a traditional Kyrgyz yurt; red stands for bravery and valor, and the sun for peace and wealth" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "white falcon; national colors: red, yellow" @@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "80% (2022 est.)" + "text": "89% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1106,20 +1106,20 @@ "text": "Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic: Land Forces (Kygyz Army), Air Defense Forces (Kyrgyz Air Force), National Guard of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic

Ministry of Internal Affairs: Internal Security Service

State Committee for National Security: Border Guard Service (2025)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "3% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, + "Military Expenditures 2023": { + "text": "3.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.5% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "3% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "1.7% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.8% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "1.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "2.3% of GDP (2019 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2018": { - "text": "2.3% of GDP (2018 est.)" + "text": "3% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-asia/kz.json b/central-asia/kz.json index 49c32724..64e4572a 100644 --- a/central-asia/kz.json +++ b/central-asia/kz.json @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ "text": "3.75 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "6.1 beds/1,000 population (2014)" + "text": "6.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "23.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "39.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "35.7% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "6.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "6.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -347,6 +347,14 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "61.8% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0.2% (2015)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "7% (2015)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "4.5% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -691,7 +699,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "a gold sun with 32 rays above a soaring golden steppe eagle, both centered on a sky blue background; the hoist side displays a national ornamental pattern \"koshkar-muiz\" (the horns of the ram) in gold; the blue color is of religious significance to the Turkic peoples of the country, and so symbolizes cultural and ethnic unity; it also represents the endless sky as well as water; the sun, a source of life and energy, exemplifies wealth and plenitude; the sun's rays are shaped like grain, which is the basis of abundance and prosperity; the eagle has appeared on the flags of Kazakh tribes for centuries and represents freedom, power, and the flight to the future" + "text": "a gold sun with 32 rays above a soaring golden steppe eagle, both centered on a sky-blue background; the hoist side displays a national pattern called koshkar-muiz (the horns of the ram) in gold; the blue color has religious significance for the Turkic peoples and symbolizes cultural and ethnic unity, as well as sky and water; the sun stands for wealth and plenitude, with rays shaped like grain; the eagle has appeared on Kazakh tribal flags for centuries and represents freedom, power, and the flight to the future" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "golden eagle; national colors: blue, yellow" @@ -1180,20 +1188,20 @@ "note": "note: the National Guard is a gendarmerie type force administered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but also serves the Ministry of Defense; it is responsible for fighting crime, maintaining public order, and ensuring public safety; other duties include anti-terrorism operations, guarding prisons, riot control, and territorial defense in time of war" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.9% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "1% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "0.9% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.1% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.1% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index 8a3086e8..ec9c3d69 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ "text": "5.11 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "7.1 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -349,27 +349,24 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "26.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "26.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "40.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "40.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "12.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "15.1% (2025 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "53.1% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.3%" + "text": "0.3% (2017)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "6.2% (2017 est.)" + "text": "6.2% (2017)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -719,12 +716,14 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red", - "note": "note: the Russian flag was created when Russia built its first naval vessels, and was used mostly as a naval ensign until the nineteenth century; the colors may have been based on those of the Dutch flag; despite many popular interpretations, there is no official meaning assigned to the colors of the Russian flag; the flag inspired several other Slavic countries to adopt horizontal tricolors of the same colors but in different arrangements, and so red, blue, and white became the Pan-Slav colors" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red; created when Russia built its first naval vessels, and was used mostly as a naval ensign until the 19th century; colors may have been based on the Dutch flag, but no official meaning is assigned; inspired several other Slavic countries to adopt horizontal tricolors of the same colors in different arrangements" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "bear, double-headed eagle; national colors: white, blue, red" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "text": "The current coat of arms of Russia was adopted by presidential decree on 30 November 1993. The double-headed eagle was adopted as a Russian symbol in 1472 when Ivan III married Sophia Palaiologina, niece of the last Byzantine emperor in Constantinople. The eagle had served as her family's emblem." + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii\" (National Anthem of the Russian Federation)" @@ -741,9 +740,6 @@ "selected World Heritage Site locales": { "text": "

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments (c); Kizhi Pogost (c); Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (c); Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands (c); Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings (c); White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal (c); Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad (c); Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye (c); Virgin Komi Forests (n); Lake Baikal (n); Volcanoes of Kamchatka (n); Golden Mountains of Altai (n); Western Caucasus (n); Curonian Spit (c); Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery (c); Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin (c); Central Sikhote-Alin (n); Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent (c); Uvs Nuur Basin (n); Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent(c); Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (n); Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl (c); Struve Geodetic Arc (c); Putorana Plateau (n); Lena Pillars Nature Park (n); Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex (c); Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk (c); Landscapes of Dauria (n); Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture (c); Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea (c); Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University (c); Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake (c)

" } - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "text": "The current coat of arms of Russia was adopted by presidential decree on 30 November 1993. The double-headed eagle was adopted as a Russian symbol in 1472 when Ivan III married Sophia Palaiologina, niece of the last Byzantine emperor in Constantinople. The eagle had served as her family's emblem." } }, "Economy": { @@ -1262,20 +1258,20 @@ "note": "note 1: the Air Force and Aerospace Defense Forces were merged into the VKS in 2015; VKS responsibilities also include launching military and dual‐use satellites, maintaining military satellites, and monitoring and defending against space threats; in 2024, the Russian Government announced plans to create an Unmanned Systems Force branch in 2025

note 2: the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Federal Security Service, Investigative Committee, Office of the Prosecutor General, and National Guard are responsible for law enforcement; the Federal Security Service is responsible for state security, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism, as well as for fighting organized crime and corruption; the national police force, under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is responsible for combating all crime

note 3: the National Guard was created in 2016 as an independent agency for internal/regime security, combating terrorism and narcotics trafficking, protecting important state facilities and government personnel, and supporting border security; it also participates in armed defense of the country’s territory in coordination with the Armed Forces; forces under the National Guard include the Special Purpose Mobile Units (OMON), Special Rapid Response Detachment (SOBR), and Interior Troops (VV); these troops were originally under the command of the Interior Ministry (MVD)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "7% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "4% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "4.5% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "4% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "4% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "3.8% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-asia/ti.json b/central-asia/ti.json index 2a7c8887..978ef2b9 100644 --- a/central-asia/ti.json +++ b/central-asia/ti.json @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ "text": "1.87 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.7 beds/1,000 population (2014)" + "text": "4.3 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -329,10 +329,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.1%" + "text": "0.1% (2017)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "8.7% (2017 est.)" + "text": "8.7% (2017)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three horizontal stripes of red (top), a wider stripe of white, and green; a gold crown surmounted by seven gold, five-pointed stars is located in the center of the white stripe; red represents the sun, victory, and the unity of the nation, white stands for purity, cotton, and mountain snows, while green is the color of Islam and the bounty of nature; the crown symbolizes the Tajik people; the seven stars signify the Tajik magic number \"seven\" - a symbol of perfection and the embodiment of happiness" + "text": "three horizontal stripes of red (top), a wider stripe of white, and green; a gold crown under seven gold five-pointed stars is in the center of the white stripe; red stands for the sun, victory, and the unity of the nation, white for purity, cotton, and mountain snows, and green for Islam and nature's bounty; the crown symbolizes the Tajik people; the stars represent the number seven, which is considered a symbol of perfection and the embodiment of happiness" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "crown surmounted by an arc of seven, five-pointed stars; Marco Polo sheep; national colors: red, white, green" @@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "36% (2022 est.)" + "text": "57% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1116,20 +1116,20 @@ "note": "note 1: the Mobile Forces are the airborne, air assault, mountain, and rapid reaction troops of the Armed Forces

note 2: the Tajik National Guard, formerly the Presidential Guard, is a paramilitary force under direct authority of the President; it is tasked with ensuring public safety and security, similar to the tasks of the Internal Troops; it also has ceremonial duties" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.8% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "1.2% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "2% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.1% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.9% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1.2% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "1% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "2.1% of GDP (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.1% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/central-asia/tx.json b/central-asia/tx.json index 1cdb6fd2..e5306d76 100644 --- a/central-asia/tx.json +++ b/central-asia/tx.json @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ "text": "1.93 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4 beds/1,000 population (2014)" + "text": "4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -327,13 +327,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "5.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "10.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "0.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.5% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -344,10 +344,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.2%" + "text": "0.2% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "6.1% (2019 est.)" + "text": "6.1% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -649,8 +649,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "green field with a vertical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five tribal guls (designs used in producing carpets) stacked above two crossed olive branches; five white, five-pointed stars and a white crescent moon appear in the upper corner of the field just to the fly side of the red stripe; the green color and crescent moon represent Islam; the five stars symbolize the regions or welayats of Turkmenistan; the guls reflect the national identity of Turkmenistan where carpet-making has long been a part of traditional nomadic life", - "note": "note: the flag of Turkmenistan is the most intricate of all national flags" + "text": "green field with a vertical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five tribal guls (designs used in producing carpets) stacked above two crossed olive branches; five white five-pointed stars and a white crescent moon appear in the upper corner of the field; the green color and crescent moon stand for Islam, the five stars for the country's regions, and the guls for national identity" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Akhal-Teke horse; national colors: green, white" diff --git a/central-asia/uz.json b/central-asia/uz.json index e48a4cfd..4e37e0fe 100644 --- a/central-asia/uz.json +++ b/central-asia/uz.json @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ "text": "2.81 physicians/1,000 population (2021)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4 beds/1,000 population (2014)" + "text": "4.9 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -325,13 +325,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "17.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "15.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "34% (2020 est.)" + "text": "30.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -342,10 +342,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.2%" + "text": "0.2% (2022)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "3.4% (2022 est.)" + "text": "3.4% (2022)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and green separated by red fimbriations with a vertical, white crescent moon (closed side to the hoist) and 12 white, five-pointed stars shifted to the hoist on the top band; blue is the color of the Turkic peoples and of the sky, white signifies peace and the striving for purity in thoughts and deeds, while green represents nature and is the color of Islam; the red stripes are the vital force of all living organisms that links good and pure ideas with the eternal sky and with deeds on earth; the crescent represents Islam and the 12 stars the months and constellations of the Uzbek calendar" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and green separated by narrow red stripes with a vertical white crescent moon and 12 five-pointed white stars shifted to the hoist on the top band; blue stands for the Turkic peoples and the sky, white for peace and the striving for purity in thoughts and deeds, and green for nature and Islam; the red stripes represent the vital force of all living organisms; the crescent represents Islam and the 12 stars the months and constellations of the Uzbek calendar" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "khumo (mythical bird); national colors: blue, white, red, green" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index d411de89..b4ca81f2 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ "text": "0.76 physicians/1,000 population (2019)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.1 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -337,30 +337,30 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "44.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "42.2% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "68.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "68.1% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "19.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "19.1% (2017/18)" + "text": "19.1% (2018)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "57.5% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1.9%" + "text": "1.9% (2016)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "16%" + "text": "16% (2016)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "5% (2016 est.)" + "text": "5% (2016)" } }, "Education expenditures": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json index a18289ab..49beb6d8 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ "text": "1.89 physicians/1,000 population (2021)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "3.9 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -319,13 +319,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "16.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "30% (2020 est.)" + "text": "31.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json index fc6d9624..d35fc7c1 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ "text": "0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2019)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.9 beds/1,000 population (2016)" + "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2018 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -339,13 +339,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "21.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "14.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "36.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "24.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.7% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -354,6 +354,17 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "66.4% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "1.9% (2022)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "17.9% (2022)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "3.3% (2022)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "3.1% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -1128,6 +1139,12 @@ "note": "note 1: the National Committee for Maritime Security performs coast guard functions and has representation from military and civilian agencies

note 2: the Cambodian National Police are under the Ministry of Interior" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, + "Military Expenditures 2023": { + "text": "1.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "2.1% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, @@ -1136,12 +1153,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "2.3% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "2.2% of GDP (2019 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2018": { - "text": "2.2% of GDP (2018 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json index 3171af55..6fab3917 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ "text": "3.11 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.3 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "5 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -345,13 +345,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "25.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "24.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "49.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "46.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -362,13 +362,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.1%" + "text": "0.1% (2020)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "2.8%" + "text": "2.8% (2020)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "0.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.7% (2020)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires Anny VU (since March 2025)" + "text": "Ambassador-designate David PERDUE (since 16 May 2025)" }, "embassy": { "text": "55 Anjialou Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100600" @@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red with a large yellow five-pointed star and four smaller yellow five-pointed stars (arranged in a vertical arc toward the middle of the flag) in the upper hoist-side corner; the color red represents revolution, while the stars symbolize the four social classes - the working class, the peasantry, the urban petty bourgeoisie, and the national bourgeoisie (capitalists) - united under the Communist Party of China" + "text": "red with a large yellow five-pointed star and four smaller yellow five-pointed stars, arranged in a vertical arc toward the middle of the flag, in the upper hoist-side corner; the color red represents revolution, and the stars symbolize the four social classes -- the working class, the peasantry, the urban petty bourgeoisie, and the national bourgeoisie (capitalists) -- united under the Communist Party of China" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "dragon, giant panda; national colors: red, yellow" @@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "77% (2023 est.)" + "text": "78% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1216,6 +1216,9 @@ "note": "note: the PAP is a paramilitary police component of China’s armed forces that is under the dual authority of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the Central Military Commission; the China Coast Guard (CCG) is subordinate to the PAP" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1227,9 +1230,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.7% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json index d24519f5..082299be 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ "text": "2.04 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.9 beds/1,000 population (2020)" + "text": "4.9 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red with a stylized, white, five-petal Bauhinia flower in the center; each petal contains a small, red, five-pointed star in its middle; the red color is the same as that on the Chinese flag and represents the motherland; the fragrant Bauhinia - developed in Hong Kong the late 19th century - has come to symbolize the region; the five stars echo those on the flag of China" + "text": "red with a stylized, five-petal, white Bauhinia flower in the center; each petal has a small, five-pointed red star; the red color is the same as the Chinese flag and represents the motherland, and the five stars also echo the Chinese flag; the Bauhinia flower was developed in Hong Kong the late 19th century and has come to symbolize the region" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "bauhinia flower; national colors: red, white" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index 65d65310..e378f248 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ "text": "0.52 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "37.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "39% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "71.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "74.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "3.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "3.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -349,10 +349,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2%" + "text": "2% (2017)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "16.3% (2017 est.)" + "text": "16.3% (2017)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Kamala Shirin LAKHDHIR (since 8 August 2024)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Heather MERRITT (since May 2025)" }, "embassy": { "text": "Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan No. 3-5, Jakarta 10110" @@ -680,8 +680,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; the colors derive from the banner of the Majapahit Empire of the 13th-15th centuries; red symbolizes courage, white represents purity", - "note": "note: similar to the flag of Monaco, which is shorter; also similar to the flag of Poland, which is white (top) and red" + "text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; the colors derive from the banner of the Majapahit Empire of the 13th-15th centuries; red symbolizes courage, and white represents purity", + "note": "note: similar to the flags of Monaco, which is shorter, and Poland, which is white (top) and red" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "garuda (mythical bird); national colors: red, white" @@ -1197,6 +1197,9 @@ "note": "note 1: the National Police are an independent organization reporting directly to the president of Indonesia

note 2: the KPLP ensures the safety of shipping inside the Indonesian Maritime Zone; the Bakamla conducts security and safety patrols in the territorial waters of Indonesia" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.8% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1208,9 +1211,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index fe60864b..5172a08e 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ "text": "2.65 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "13 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "12.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -331,13 +331,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "20.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "15.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "30.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "24.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "10% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Joseph M. YOUNG (since 9 February 2025)" + "text": "Ambassador-designate George GLASS (since 18 April 2025)" }, "embassy": { "text": "1-10-5 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8420" @@ -689,11 +689,14 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "white with a large red disk (representing the sun without rays) in the center" + "text": "white with a large red disk, representing the sun without rays, in the center" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "red sun disc, chrysanthemum; national colors: red, white" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "text": "The Kikumon is the Japanese emperor's family coat of arms and dates from 1183. The Imperial chrysanthemum emblem (菊の御紋, kikunogomon) is a yellow or orange chrysanthemum with black or red outlines and background. A central disc is surrounded by a front set of 16 petals. A rear set of 16 petals are half-staggered in relation to the front set and are visible at the edges of the flower." + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"Kimigayo\" (The Emperor's Reign)" @@ -710,9 +713,6 @@ "selected World Heritage Site locales": { "text": "

Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (c); Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (c); Himeji-jo (c); Shiretoko (n); Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan (c); Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (c); Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan (c); Yakushima (n); Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)(c); Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (c); Shirakami-Sanchi (n); Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama (c); Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (c); Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (c); Shrines and Temples of Nikko (c); Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (c); Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (c); Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (c); Ogasawara Islands (n); Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration (c); Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites (c); Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (c); The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (c); Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region (c); Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region (c); Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (n); Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan (c); Sado Island Gold Mines (c)

" } - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "text": "The Kikumon is the Japanese emperor's family coat of arms and dates from 1183. The Imperial chrysanthemum emblem (菊の御紋, kikunogomon) is a yellow or orange chrysanthemum with black or red outlines and background. A central disc is surrounded by a front set of 16 petals. A rear set of 16 petals are half-staggered in relation to the front set and are visible at the edges of the flower." } }, "Economy": { @@ -1207,16 +1207,16 @@ "text": "1.4% of GDP (2024 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "1.2% of GDP (2023)" + "text": "1.2% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.1% of GDP (2022)" + "text": "1.1% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "1% of GDP (2021)" + "text": "1% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "1% of GDP (2020)" + "text": "1% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, "note": "note: the Japanese Government in 2022 pledged to increase defense expenditures to 2% of GDP in line with NATO standards by March 2028; if the planned increase occurs, Japan would have the world's third largest defense budget" }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json index 218d1c71..ea24dbf6 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json @@ -314,13 +314,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "17.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "16% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "34.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "32.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "0% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -330,8 +330,14 @@ "text": "69.7% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0% (2017)" + }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "0.1% (2017 est.)" + "text": "0.1% (2017)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "0% (2017)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -593,7 +599,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple width), and blue; the red band is edged in white; on the hoist side of the red band is a white disk with a red five-pointed star; the broad red band symbolizes revolutionary traditions; the narrow white bands stand for purity, strength, and dignity; the blue bands signify sovereignty, peace, and friendship; the red star represents socialism" + "text": "three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple-width), and blue; the red band is edged in white; on the hoist side of the red band is a white disk with a red five-pointed star; the red band stands for revolutionary traditions, the white for purity, strength, and dignity; blue for sovereignty, peace, and friendship; the red star represents socialism" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "red star, chollima (winged horse); national colors: red, white, blue" @@ -896,7 +902,7 @@ "note": "note 1: North Korea employs a systematic and intentional overlap of powers and responsibilities among its multiple internal security organizations to prevent any potential subordinate consolidation of power and assure that each unit provided a check and balance on the other

note 2: Kim Jong Un is the KPA supreme commander, while operational control of the armed forces resides in the General Staff Department (GSD), which reports directly to Kim; the GSD maintains overall control of all military forces and is charged with turning Kim’s directives into operational military orders; the Ministry of National Defense (MND) is responsible for administrative control of the military and external relations with foreign militaries

note 3: the Security Guard Command protects the Kim family, other senior leadership figures, and government facilities

note 4: the North also has a large paramilitary/militia force organized into the Worker Peasant Red Guard and Red Youth Guard; these organizations are present at all levels of government (province, county, ward) and are under the control of the Korean Workers' Party in peacetime, but revert to KPA control in crisis or war; they are often mobilized for domestic projects, such as road building and agricultural support" }, "Military expenditures": { - "text": "defense spending is a regime priority; between 2010 and 2020, military expenditures accounted for an estimated 20-30% of North Korea's GDP annually; spending estimates ranged from $7 billion to $11 billion annually; in 2023, North Korea announced that it would spend nearly 16% of state expenditures on defense; North Korea in the 2010s and 2020s has increasingly relied on illicit activities — including cybercrime — to generate revenue for its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs to evade US and UN sanctions" + "text": "defense spending is a regime priority; between 2010 and 2020, military expenditures accounted for an estimated 20-30% of North Korea's GDP annually; spending estimates ranged from $7 billion to $11 billion annually; in 2024, North Korea announced that it would spend nearly 16% of state expenditures on defense; North Korea in the 2010s and 2020s has increasingly relied on illicit activities — including cybercrime — to generate revenue for its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs to evade US and UN sanctions" }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { "text": "estimates vary; approximately 1-1.3 million active-duty Korean People's Army (2024)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index 33661bee..75f81dd6 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ "text": "2.61 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "12.4 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "12.8 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -329,17 +329,17 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "20.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "35.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "29.7% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "5.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "5.2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "0.9% (2019/21) NA" + "text": "0.3% (2020)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "52.9% (2023 est.)" @@ -539,21 +539,21 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "LEE Ju Ho (Acting President and Prime Minister since 2 May 2025 after Prime Minister and Acting President Han Duck Soo resigned to run for president); on 14 December 2024 the National Assembly impeached and suspended President YOON Suk Yeol (inaugurated 10 May 2022) from office; on 4 April 2025, the Constitutional Court confirmed YOON's impeachment and removal from office; under Article 68 of the Constitution, a new presidential election must be held within 60 days of the court's ruling" + "text": "President LEE Jae-myung (since 4 June 2025)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "LEE Ju Ho (Acting President and Prime Minister since 2 May 2025 after Prime Minister and Acting President Han Duck Soo resigned to run for president); on 14 December 2024 the National Assembly impeached and suspended President YOON Suk Yeol (inaugurated 10 May 2022) from office; on 4 April 2025, the Constitutional Court confirmed YOON's impeachment and removal from office" + "text": "Acting Prime Minister LEE Ju Ho (since 2 May 2025)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "State Council appointed by the president on the prime minister's recommendation" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a single 5-year term; election last held on 9 March 2022 (next to be held on 3 June 2025); prime minister appointed by president with consent of the National Assembly" + "text": "president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a single 5-year term; election held on 3 June 2025 (next to be held in 2030) was a special snap election in the wake of the impeachment of former President YOON Suk-yeol; prime minister appointed by president with consent of the National Assembly" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2022: YOON Suk-yeol elected president; YOON Suk-yeol (PPP) 48.6%, LEE Jae-myung (DP) 47.8%; other 3.6%

2017: MOON Jae-in elected president; MOON Jae-in (DP) 41.1%, HONG Joon-pyo (Liberty Korea Party) 24%, AHN Cheol-soo (PP) 21.4%, YOO Seung-min (Bareun Party) 6.8%, SIM Sang-jung (Justice Party) 6.2%" + "text": "2025: LEE Jae-myung elected president; LEE Jae-myung (DPK) 49.4%, KIM Moon-soo (PPP) 41.2%, LEE Jun-seok (New Reform Party) 8.3%

2022: YOON Suk-yeol elected president; YOON Suk-yeol (PPP) 48.6%, LEE Jae-myung (DPK) 47.8%; other 3.6%" }, - "note": "note: the president is both chief of state and head of government; the prime minister serves as the principal executive assistant to the president, similar to the role of a vice president" + "note": "note 1: the president is both chief of state and head of government; the prime minister serves as the principal executive assistant to the president, similar to the role of a vice president

note 2: President LEE Jae-myung has nominated KIM Min Seok to replace Acting Prime Minister LEE" }, "Legislative branch": { "legislature name": { @@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "white with a red (top) and blue yin-yang symbol in the center; there is a different black trigram from the ancient I Ching (Book of Changes) in each corner of the white field; the South Korean national flag is called Taegukki; white is a traditional Korean color and represents peace and purity; the blue section represents the negative cosmic forces of the yin, while the red symbolizes the opposite positive forces of the yang; each trigram (kwae) denotes one of the four universal elements, which together express the principle of movement and harmony" + "text": "white with a red-and-blue yin-yang symbol in the center;a black trigram (kwae) from the ancient I Ching (Book of Changes) is in each corner of the white field; the flag is called Taegukki; white is a traditional Korean color and represents peace and purity; the blue represents the negative cosmic forces of the yin, and the red symbolizes the opposite positive forces of the yang; each trigram stands for one of the universal elements, which together express the principle of movement and harmony" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "taegeuk (yin yang symbol), Hibiscus syriacus (Rose of Sharon), Siberian tiger; national colors: red, white, blue, black" @@ -1165,19 +1165,19 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2025": { - "text": "2.32% of GDP (2025 est.)" + "text": "2.3% of GDP (2025 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2024": { - "text": "2.34% of GDP (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.3% of GDP (2024 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "2.37% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "2.4% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "2.35% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.4% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "2.38% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.4% of GDP (2021 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json index 3bd8849f..24ea7d98 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ "text": "0.33 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.5 beds/1,000 population (2012)" + "text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -320,13 +320,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "31.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "24.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "53.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "41% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "10.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -337,13 +337,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "7.1%" + "text": "7.1% (2017)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "32.7%" + "text": "32.7% (2017)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "10.8% (2017 est.)" + "text": "10.8% (2017)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band; the red bands recall the blood shed for liberation; the blue band represents the Mekong River and prosperity; the white disk symbolizes the full moon against the Mekong River, but also signifies the unity of the people under the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, as well as the country's bright future" + "text": "three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double-width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band; the red bands stand for the blood shed for liberation, and the blue for the Mekong River and prosperity; the white disk represents the full moon over the Mekong River and the unity of the people under the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, as well as the country's bright future" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "elephant; national colors: red, white, blue" @@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "66% (2022 est.)" + "text": "64% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json index 2cd0d4ff..718a1d62 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "green with a lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars: one large in the center of the arc and two smaller on either side; the lotus is the floral emblem of Macau, the three petals represent the peninsula and two islands that make up Macau; the five stars echo those on the flag of China" + "text": "green with a lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, under an arc of five five-pointed gold stars; the lotus is the national floral emblem, and the three petals represent the country's peninsula and two islands; the five stars echo those on the Chinese flag" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "lotus blossom; national colors: green, white, yellow" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json index ed220be5..9c8db5a0 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ "text": "4.13 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "8 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "10.6 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -328,13 +328,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "29.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "28.9% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "51.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "51.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "7.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -345,13 +345,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.9%" + "text": "0.9% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "12%" + "text": "12% (2018)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "2.1% (2018 est.)" + "text": "2.1% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three, equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), blue, and red; centered on the hoist-side red band in yellow is the national emblem (\"soyombo\" - a columnar arrangement of abstract and geometric representation for fire, sun, moon, earth, water, and the yin-yang symbol); blue represents the sky, red symbolizes progress and prosperity" + "text": "three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), blue, and red; centered on the hoist-side red band in yellow is the national emblem, the soyombo, which is an abstract geometric representation of fire, sun, moon, earth, water, and the yin-yang symbol; blue stands for the sky, and red for progress and prosperity" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "soyombo emblem; national colors: red, blue, yellow" @@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "84% (2022 est.)" + "text": "83% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1110,6 +1110,9 @@ "note": "note: the National Police Agency and the General Authority for Border Protection, which operate under the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs, are primarily responsible for internal security; they are assisted by the General Intelligence Agency under the prime minister" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1121,9 +1124,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json index 1fe07f36..cf2870ff 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ "text": "2.34 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -322,13 +322,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "22.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "21.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "43.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "41.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.6% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -656,8 +656,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "14 equal horizontal stripes of red (top) alternating with white (bottom); there is a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a yellow crescent and a yellow 14-pointed star; the flag is often referred to as Jalur Gemilang (Stripes of Glory); the 14 stripes stand for the equal status in the federation of the 13 member states and the federal government; the 14 points on the star represent the unity between these entities; the crescent is a traditional symbol of Islam; blue symbolizes the unity of the Malay people and yellow is the royal color of Malay rulers", - "note": "note: the design is based on the flag of the US" + "text": "14 equal horizontal stripes of red (top) alternating with white (bottom); a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner has a yellow crescent and a yellow 14-pointed star; the flag is often called Jalur Gemilang (Stripes of Glory); the 14 stripes stand for the equal status of the 13 member states and the federal government; the points on the star represent the unity among these entities; the crescent is a traditional symbol of Islam; blue symbolizes the unity of the Malay people, and yellow is the royal color", + "note": "note: the design is based on the US flag" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "tiger, hibiscus; national colors: gold, black" @@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2024": { - "text": "1.1% of GDP (2024 est.)" + "text": "1% of GDP (2024 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.9% of GDP (2023 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pf.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pf.json index 566e7e8e..65f22e39 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pf.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pf.json @@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ }, "Economy": { }, - "Communications": { - }, "Transportation": { "Airports": { "text": "2 (2025)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json index 4b7f9107..5e771387 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json @@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ }, "Economy": { }, - "Communications": { - }, "Transportation": { }, "Military and Security": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index 9d7f0d8a..a065c022 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.06 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, + "Hospital bed density": { + "text": "0.2 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" + }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 57.8% of population" @@ -323,13 +326,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "39.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "38.9% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "53.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "53.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "25.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "23.8% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -337,13 +340,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "8%" + "text": "8% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "27.3%" + "text": "27.3% (2018)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "3.7% (2018 est.)" + "text": "3.7% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -632,7 +635,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "divided diagonally from upper hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is red with a soaring yellow bird of paradise centered; the lower triangle is black with five, white, five-pointed stars of the Southern Cross constellation centered; red, black, and yellow are traditional colors of Papua New Guinea; the bird of paradise - endemic to the island of New Guinea - is an emblem of regional tribal culture and represents the emergence of Papua New Guinea as a nation; the Southern Cross, visible in the night sky, symbolizes Papua New Guinea's connection with Australia and several other countries in the South Pacific" + "text": "divided diagonally from upper hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is red with a soaring yellow bird of paradise centered; the lower triangle is black with five white five-pointed stars of the Southern Cross constellation centered; red, black, and yellow are the country's traditional colors; the bird of paradise is an emblem of regional tribal culture and represents the emergence of Papua New Guinea as a nation; the Southern Cross symbolizes the country's connection with Australia and several other countries in the South Pacific" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "bird of paradise; national colors: red, black" @@ -1028,7 +1031,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "27% (2022 est.)" + "text": "24% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json index 1d0885f8..63dfaa8f 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ "text": "0.79 physicians/1,000 population (2021)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2014)" + "text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -328,27 +328,27 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "22.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "19.2% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "39.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "34.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "6.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "3.7% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "19.1% (2018)" + "text": "19.1% (2015)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "59.3% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2.2%" + "text": "1.5% (2022)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "16.5% (2017 est.)" + "text": "9.4% (2022)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -594,13 +594,13 @@ "text": "3 years" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "5/9/2022" + "text": "5/12/2025" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "28%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "May 2025" + "text": "May 2028" } }, "Legislative branch - upper chamber": { @@ -620,16 +620,13 @@ "text": "6 years" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "5/9/2022" - }, - "parties elected and seats per party": { - "text": "Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) (5); Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) (5); Nacionalista Party (NP) (4); Independents (5); Other (5)" + "text": "5/12/2025" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "30.4%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "May 2025" + "text": "May 2028" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -690,12 +687,15 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red; a white equilateral triangle is based on the hoist side; the center of the triangle displays a yellow sun with eight primary rays; each corner of the triangle contains a small, yellow, five-pointed star; blue stands for peace and justice, red symbolizes courage, the white equal-sided triangle represents equality; the rays recall the first eight provinces that sought independence from Spain, while the stars represent the three major geographical divisions of the country: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao; the design of the flag dates to 1897", - "note": "note: in wartime the flag is flown upside down with the red band at the top" + "text": "two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red; a white equilateral triangle is based on the hoist side; the center of the triangle has a yellow sun with eight primary rays; each corner of the triangle contains a small five-pointed yellow star; blue stands for peace and justice, red for courage, and the triangle for equality; the rays represent the first eight provinces that sought independence from Spain, and the stars represent the country's three parts: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao; the design dates to 1897", + "note": "note: in wartime, the flag is flown upside-down with the red band at the top" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "three stars and sun, Philippine eagle; national colors: red, white, blue, yellow" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "text": "The coat of arms of the Philippines was adopted on 3 July 1946. The three gold stars represent the major island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The rays of the sun represent the provinces of the Philippines. The American eagle and lion of Spain represent the nation's colonial past." + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"Lupang Hinirang\" (Chosen Land)" @@ -712,9 +712,6 @@ "selected World Heritage Site locales": { "text": "Baroque Churches of the Philippines (c); Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (n); Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (c); Historic Vigan (c); Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park (n); Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary (n)" } - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "text": "The coat of arms of the Philippines was adopted on 3 July 1946. The three gold stars represent the major island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The rays of the sun represent the provinces of the Philippines. The American eagle and lion of Spain represent the nation's colonial past." } }, "Economy": { @@ -1136,7 +1133,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "75% (2022 est.)" + "text": "84% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index 3f9a0d2a..8ff542de 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ "text": "2.83 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.5 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "2.6 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -318,24 +318,24 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "16.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "16.2% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "28% (2020 est.)" + "text": "27.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "3.8% (2025 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "54.3% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0% (2023)" + }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "0.1% (2022 est.)" + "text": "0.1% (2023)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -559,16 +559,13 @@ "text": "5 years" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "7/10/2020" - }, - "parties elected and seats per party": { - "text": "People's Action Party (PAP) (83); Workers' Party (WPS) (10); Other (2)" + "text": "5/3/2025" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "29.6%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "May 2025" + "text": "May 2030" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -633,7 +630,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; near the hoist side of the red band, there is a vertical, white crescent (closed portion is toward the hoist side) partially enclosing five white five-pointed stars arranged in a circle; red denotes brotherhood and equality; white signifies purity and virtue; the waxing crescent moon symbolizes a young nation on the ascendancy; the five stars represent the nation's ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice, and equality" + "text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; near the hoist side of the red band is a vertical white crescent partially enclosing a circle of five white five-pointed stars; red stands for brotherhood and equality, and white for purity and virtue; the waxing crescent moon symbolizes a young nation on the ascendancy; the stars represent the national ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice, and equality" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "lion, merlion (mythical half lion-half fish creature), orchid; national colors: red, white" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index fdd6ed94..7d5913c4 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.54 physicians/1,000 population (2021)" }, + "Hospital bed density": { + "text": "2.3 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" + }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 99.9% of population" @@ -334,13 +337,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "22.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "18.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "41.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "36.1% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.6% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -351,13 +354,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "3%" + "text": "5.5% (2022)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "20.2%" + "text": "17% (2022)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "9.8% (2019 est.)" + "text": "5.8% (2022)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -702,12 +705,15 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "five horizontal bands of red (top), white, blue (double width), white, and red; the red color symbolizes the nation and the blood of life, white represents religion and the purity of Buddhism, and blue stands for the monarchy", + "text": "five horizontal bands of red (top), white, blue (double-width), white, and red; the red color stands for the nation and the blood of life, white for religion and the purity of Buddhism, and blue for the monarchy", "note": "note: similar to the flag of Costa Rica but with the blue and red colors reversed" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "garuda (mythical half-man, half-bird figure), elephant; national colors: red, white, blue" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "text": "

In 1911, King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) of Thailand officially adopted the Garuda as the national coat of arms and emblem. This mythological half-man, half-bird figure from the Hindu and Buddhist traditions is considered the vahana (vehicle) of the god Vishnu (Narayana) and was a symbol of royalty in Thailand for centuries.

" + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"Phleng Chat Thai\" (National Anthem of Thailand)" @@ -724,9 +730,6 @@ "selected World Heritage Site locales": { "text": "

Historic City of Ayutthaya (c); Historic Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns (c); Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries (n); Ban Chiang Archaeological Site (c); Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (n); Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (n); The Ancient Town of Si Thep and its Associated Dvaravati Monuments (n); Phu Phrabat, a testimony to the Sīma stone tradition of the Dvaravati period (c)

" } - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "text": "

In 1911, King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) of Thailand officially adopted the Garuda as the national coat of arms and emblem. This mythological half-man, half-bird figure from the Hindu and Buddhist traditions is considered the vahana (vehicle) of the god Vishnu (Narayana) and was a symbol of royalty in Thailand for centuries.

" } }, "Economy": { @@ -1222,6 +1225,9 @@ "note": "note: official paramilitary forces in Thailand include the Thai Rangers (Thahan Phran or \"Hunter Soldiers\") under the Army; the Paramilitary Marines under the Navy; the Border Patrol Police (BPP) under the Royal Thai Police; the Volunteer Defense Corps (VDC or O So) and National Defense Volunteers (NDV), both under the Ministry of Interior; there are also several government-backed volunteer militias created to provide village security against insurgents in the Deep South or to assist government security forces" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.1% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1233,9 +1239,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.3% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json index ddbe03c5..b1f88a12 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json @@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "39.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "36.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "67.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "62.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "10.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2.6%" + "text": "2.6% (2016)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "14.9%" + "text": "14.9% (2016)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "1.2% (2016 est.)" + "text": "1.2% (2016)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Donna Ann WELTON (since 16 July 2024)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Marc WEINSTOCK (since 22 February 2025)" }, "embassy": { "text": "Avenida de Portugal, Praia dos Coqueiros, Dili" @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red with a black isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) superimposed on a slightly longer yellow arrowhead that extends to the center of the flag; a white star - pointing to the upper hoist-side corner of the flag - is in the center of the black triangle; yellow denotes the colonialism in Timor-Leste's past, black represents the obscurantism that needs to be overcome, red stands for the national liberation struggle; the white star symbolizes peace and serves as a guiding light" + "text": "red with a black isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) on a slightly longer yellow arrowhead that extends to the center of the flag; a white star is in the center of the black triangle; yellow stands for past colonialism, black for obscurantism that needs to be overcome, and red for the struggle for freedom; the white star represents peace and a guiding light" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Mount Ramelau; national colors: red, yellow, black, white" @@ -1035,13 +1035,13 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "2.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.8% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.4% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "1.8% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.2% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json index fab13207..39559b87 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json @@ -285,9 +285,6 @@ "text": "total: NA" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "51% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -527,7 +524,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red field with a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays; the blue and white design of the canton (symbolizing the sun of progress) dates to 1895; it was later adopted as the flag of the Kuomintang Party; blue signifies liberty, justice, and democracy, red stands for fraternity, sacrifice, and nationalism, and white represents equality, frankness, and the people's livelihood; the 12 rays of the sun are those of the months and the twelve traditional Chinese hours (each ray equals two hours)", + "text": "red field with a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner, bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays; the blue-and-white design of the canton (symbolizing the sun of progress) dates to 1895; blue stands for liberty, justice, and democracy, red for fraternity, sacrifice, and nationalism, and white for equality, frankness, and the people's livelihood; the 12 rays represent the months of the year and the traditional Chinese hours (each ray equals two hours)", "note": "note: similar to the flag of Samoa" }, "National symbol(s)": { @@ -967,20 +964,20 @@ "note": "note: the CGA is a law enforcement organization with homeland security functions during peacetime and national defense missions during wartime" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "2.4% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "2.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "2.1% of GDP (2022)" + "text": "2.1% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "2.1% of GDP (2021)" + "text": "2.1% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "2.1% of GDP (2020)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.8% of GDP (2019)" + "text": "2.1% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json index 372dc65c..036c48a8 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ "text": "1.11 physicians/1,000 population (2021)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population (2013)" + "text": "2.6 beds/1,000 population (2017 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "24.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "22% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "47.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "43.1% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -349,13 +349,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1.1%" + "text": "1.1% (2021)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "14.6%" + "text": "14.6% (2021)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "1.9% (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.9% (2021)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red field with a large yellow five-pointed star in the center; red symbolizes revolution and blood, the five-pointed star represents the five elements of the populace - peasants, workers, intellectuals, traders, and soldiers - that unite to build socialism" + "text": "red field with a five-pointed yellow star in the center; red stands for revolution and blood, and the five-pointed star for the five elements of the populace -- peasants, workers, intellectuals, traders, and soldiers -- that unite to build socialism" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "yellow, five-pointed star on red field; lotus blossom; national colors: red, yellow" diff --git a/europe/al.json b/europe/al.json index f3a5f182..20b091c7 100644 --- a/europe/al.json +++ b/europe/al.json @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ "text": "1.88 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2013)" + "text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -331,13 +331,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "22.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "21.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "38.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "37% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "6.2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -348,13 +348,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1.4%" + "text": "1.4% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "11.8%" + "text": "11.8% (2018)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "1.2% (2018 est.)" + "text": "1.2% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -589,16 +589,13 @@ "text": "4 years" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "4/25/2021" - }, - "parties elected and seats per party": { - "text": "Socialist Party of Albania (PS) (74); Democratic Party (PD) (59); Other (7)" + "text": "5/11/2025" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "35.7%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "May 2025" + "text": "May 2029" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/europe/an.json b/europe/an.json index aed66a40..a8f76399 100644 --- a/europe/an.json +++ b/europe/an.json @@ -265,9 +265,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "5.07 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.5 beds/1,000 population" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 100% of population" @@ -310,13 +307,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "31.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "33% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "35.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "31.7% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "28.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "34.4% (2025 est.)" } }, "Education expenditures": { diff --git a/europe/au.json b/europe/au.json index 06cf5628..32d04d12 100644 --- a/europe/au.json +++ b/europe/au.json @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ "text": "5.52 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "7.3 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "7.1 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -330,13 +330,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "26.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "19.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "27.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "21.1% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "25% (2020 est.)" + "text": "18.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -1150,13 +1150,13 @@ "text": "0.9% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2022)" + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2021)" + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2020)" + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/be.json b/europe/be.json index e2fe1eb4..ec2cceda 100644 --- a/europe/be.json +++ b/europe/be.json @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ "text": "6.53 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "5.6 beds/1,000 population (2019)" + "text": "5.5 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -330,13 +330,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "23.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "24.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "25.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "26.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "21% (2020 est.)" + "text": "22% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -345,6 +345,14 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "43.2% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0% (2020)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "0.1% (2020)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "6.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index 8f98ab7c..a0745795 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ "text": "2.58 physicians/1,000 population (2019)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.5 beds/1,000 population (2014)" + "text": "2.3 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -320,13 +320,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "35% (2020 est.)" + "text": "34% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "42% (2020 est.)" + "text": "39.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "28% (2020 est.)" + "text": "29% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Michael J. MURPHY (since 23 February 2022)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Daniel KOSKI (since February 2025)" }, "embassy": { "text": "1 Robert C. Frasure Street, 71000 Sarajevo" @@ -1135,20 +1135,20 @@ "text": "Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH or Oruzanih Snaga Bosne i Hercegovine, OSBiH): Army, Air, Air Defense forces organized into an Operations Command and a Support Command

Ministry of Security: Border Police (2025)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.8% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2022)" + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "0.9% of GDP (2021)" + "text": "0.9% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "0.9% of GDP (2020)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2019)" + "text": "0.9% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/bo.json b/europe/bo.json index 2096f5ad..70633dd3 100644 --- a/europe/bo.json +++ b/europe/bo.json @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ "text": "4.72 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "10.8 beds/1,000 population (2014)" + "text": "9.7 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -322,13 +322,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "30.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "26.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "47.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "44.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "13.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.6% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -336,13 +336,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.1%" + "text": "0.1% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "4.7%" + "text": "4.7% (2019)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "1.6% (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.6% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -1168,20 +1168,20 @@ "note": "note: in early 2023, President LUKASHENKA ordered the formation of a new volunteer paramilitary territorial defense force to supplement the Army" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "2% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "1.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.8% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.1% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.7% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "1.2% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.4% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.5% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.5% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index 9c905a30..a7588102 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ "text": "4.33 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "7.5 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "7.8 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -331,17 +331,17 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "39% (2020 est.)" + "text": "33.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "40.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "36.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "37.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "30.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "1.9% (2014)" + "text": "1.6% (2014)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "57.3% (2023 est.)" diff --git a/europe/cy.json b/europe/cy.json index 6a04129b..6556ceaf 100644 --- a/europe/cy.json +++ b/europe/cy.json @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ "text": "3.56 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "2.2 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -329,13 +329,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "35.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "33.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "47% (2020 est.)" + "text": "44.1% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "23.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "22.2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -1104,20 +1104,20 @@ "text": "Cypriot National Guard (Ethniki Froura, EF): Army, Navy, Air Force (2025)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.7% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.8% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.8% of GDP (2022)" + "text": "1.8% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "1.8% of GDP (2021)" + "text": "1.8% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "1.8% of GDP (2020)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.6% of GDP (2019)" + "text": "1.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index 218e4684..8483d023 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ "text": "7.24 physicians/1,000 population (2021)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.6 beds/1,000 population (2019)" + "text": "2.5 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -329,13 +329,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "17.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "14.3% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "17.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "14.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "17.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "14.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 18": { - "text": "0.7% (2021 est.)" + "text": "0.7% (2021)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -646,8 +646,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red with a white cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side; the banner is referred to as the Dannebrog (Danish flag) and is one of the oldest national flags in the world; traditions as to the origin of the flag design vary, but the best known is a legend that the banner fell from the sky during an early-13th century battle; caught up by the Danish king before it ever touched the earth, this heavenly talisman inspired the royal army to victory; in actuality, the flag may derive from a crusade banner or ensign", - "note": "note: the shifted cross design element was subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries of Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, as well as by the Faroe Islands" + "text": "red with a white cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side; the banner is referred to as the Dannebrog (Danish flag) and is one of the oldest national flags in the world; traditions as to the origin of the flag design vary, but the best known is a legend that the banner fell from the sky during an early-13th-century battle and inspired the royal army to victory; in actuality, the flag may derive from a crusade banner or ensign", + "note": "note: the shifted cross design element was subsequently adopted by Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, as well as by the Faroe Islands" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "lion, mute swan; national colors: red, white" @@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "

high-income, EU member, trade-oriented Nordic economy; growth driven by pharmaceuticals, energy and services; large share of employment in public sector; fixed exchange rate pegged to euro; strong fiscal position; tight labor market addressed by migrant workers and higher average retirement age

" + "text": "

high-income, EU-member, trade-oriented Nordic economy; growth driven by pharmaceuticals, energy, and services; large share of employment in public sector; fixed exchange rate pegged to euro; strong fiscal position and declining public debt; tight labor market mitigated by migrant workers and higher retirement age

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { diff --git a/europe/ee.json b/europe/ee.json index 9df3d523..0eb86866 100644 --- a/europe/ee.json +++ b/europe/ee.json @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "a blue field with 12 five-pointed gold stars arranged in a circle in the center; blue represents the sky of the Western world, the stars are the peoples of Europe in a circle, a symbol of unity; the number of stars is fixed" + "text": "a blue field with 12 five-pointed gold stars arranged in a circle in the center; blue represents the sky of the Western world, the stars stand for unity, solidarity, and harmony; the number of stars is fixed and does not correspond to the number of member states" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "a circle of 12, five-pointed, golden yellow stars on a blue field; union colors: blue, yellow" diff --git a/europe/ei.json b/europe/ei.json index 410ebe0d..09a81aca 100644 --- a/europe/ei.json +++ b/europe/ei.json @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ "text": "3.88 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -316,13 +316,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "20.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "16.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "22.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "19.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "19% (2020 est.)" + "text": "14.4% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -655,8 +655,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and orange; officially the flag colors have no meaning, but a common interpretation is that the green represents the Irish nationalist (Gaelic) tradition of Ireland; orange represents the Orange tradition (minority supporters of William of Orange); white symbolizes peace (or a lasting truce) between the green and the orange", - "note": "note: similar to the flag of Cote d'Ivoire, which is shorter and has the colors reversed - orange (hoist side), white, and green; also similar to the flag of Italy, which is shorter and has colors of green (hoist side), white, and red" + "text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and orange; the flag colors have no official meaning, but a common interpretation is that the green stands for the Irish nationalist tradition, orange for the Orange tradition (minority supporters of William of Orange), and white for peace or a lasting truce between the green and the orange", + "note": "note: similar to the flag of Cote d'Ivoire, which is shorter and has the colors reversed; also similar to the flag of Italy, which is shorter and has red instead of orange" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "harp, shamrock (trefoil); national colors: blue, green" @@ -1148,6 +1148,9 @@ "note": "note: An Garda Siochana (or Garda) is the national police force and maintains internal security under the auspices of the Department of Justice" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.2% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.2% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1159,9 +1162,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.3% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.3% of GDP (2019)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index fe8188e0..c67ace57 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ "text": "3.47 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.6 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "4.5 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -322,13 +322,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "29.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "23.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "36.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "29.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "23% (2020 est.)" + "text": "18.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black, and white; various interpretations are linked to the flag colors; blue represents faith, loyalty, and devotion, while also reminiscent of the sky, sea, and lakes of the country; black symbolizes the soil of the country and the dark past and suffering endured by the Estonian people; white refers to the striving towards enlightenment and virtue, and is the color of birch bark and snow, as well as summer nights illuminated by the midnight sun" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black, and white; blue represents faith, loyalty, and devotion, and also the sky, sea, and lakes; black stands for the soil of the country, as well as the Estonian people's past suffering; white stands for striving towards enlightenment and virtue and also for birch bark, snow, and summer nights illuminated by the midnight sun" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "barn swallow, cornflower; national colors: blue, black, white" @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "advanced, service-based EU and eurozone economy; economic downturn due to inflation, trade, and energy impacts of Ukraine war; decline in intra-EU trade; low public debt relative to EU members; recovery depends on improving private investment and productivity rates" + "text": "

high-income, service-based EU and eurozone economy; rebound in exports playing a role in economic recovery; rising food prices contributing to inflation; decrease in labor force participation and rising unemployment rate; recovery depends on boosting private investment and productivity rates

 

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index d6400a50..d993f521 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ "text": "4.35 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "6.6 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "6.6 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -324,13 +324,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "30.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "26.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "35% (2020 est.)" + "text": "30.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "26.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "23% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "high-income, diversified EU economy; manufacturing-oriented exporter led by automotive industry; growth stalled by inflation and energy supply disruption; business-friendly regulatory frameworks; tight labor market with low unemployment; seeking reforms to support decarbonization and improve energy efficiency" + "text": "

high-income, diversified EU economy; manufacturing-oriented exporter led by automotive industry; moderate growth driven by household consumption and investments, despite negative contribution from net exports; tight labor market with low unemployment; gained energy independence from Russian oil in April 2025

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index 484eef43..8ac28462 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ "text": "3.61 physicians/1,000 population (2021)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.6 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "2.8 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -334,13 +334,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "21.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "18% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "26.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "21.7% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "16.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "14.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 18": { - "text": "0.1% (2017 est.)" + "text": "0.1% (2017)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "white with a blue cross extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag); the blue represents the thousands of lakes scattered across the country, while the white is for the snow that covers the land in winter" + "text": "white with a blue cross extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag); the blue stands for the country's thousands of lakes, and the white for snow" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "lion; national colors: blue, white" @@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ "text": "2.4% of GDP (2024 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "2.5% of GDP (2023)" + "text": "2.45% of GDP (2023)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "2% of GDP (2022)" diff --git a/europe/fo.json b/europe/fo.json index 1c9e4c37..caddd310 100644 --- a/europe/fo.json +++ b/europe/fo.json @@ -258,9 +258,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "2.62 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.2 beds/1,000 population (2016)" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: NA" @@ -491,8 +488,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "white with a red cross outlined in blue extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted toward the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag); referred to as Merkid, meaning \"the banner\" or \"the mark,\" the flag resembles those of neighboring Iceland and Norway, and uses the same three colors - but in a different sequence; white represents the clear Faroese sky, as well as the foam of the waves; red and blue are traditional Faroese colors", - "note": "note: the blue on the flag is a lighter blue (azure) than that found on the flags of Iceland or Norway" + "text": "white with a red cross outlined in blue extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted toward the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag); referred to as Merkid, meaning \"the banner\" or \"the mark,\" the flag resembles the flags of Iceland and Norway and uses the same three colors in a different sequence; white represents the clear Faroese sky and sea foam; red and blue are traditional Faroese colors", + "note": "note: the blue on the flag is a lighter blue (azure) than the flags of Iceland and Norway" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "ram; national colors: red, white, blue" diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index f9fa0203..890b7306 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ "text": "3.28 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "5.9 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "6 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -354,13 +354,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "33.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "28.9% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "34.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "30.7% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "31.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "27.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -720,8 +720,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), white, and red; known as the \"Le drapeau tricolore\" (French Tricolor), the origin of the flag dates to 1790 and the French Revolution when the \"ancient French color\" of white was combined with the blue and red colors of the Parisian militia; the official flag for all French dependent areas", - "note": "note: for the first four years, 1790-94, the order of colors was reversed, red-white-blue, instead of the current blue-white-red; the design and/or colors are similar to a number of other flags, including those of Belgium, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Netherlands" + "text": "three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), white, and red; known as the le tricolore (tricolor), the flag dates to 1790 and the French Revolution, when the traditional color of white was combined with the blue and red of the Paris militia; serves as the official flag for all French dependencies", + "note": "note: for the first four years of the flag's use, 1790-94, the order of colors was reversed (red-white-blue); the design and colors are similar to a number of other flags, including those of Belgium, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Netherlands" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Gallic rooster, fleur-de-lis, Marianne (female personification of the country); national colors: blue, white, red" diff --git a/europe/gi.json b/europe/gi.json index 2d671fbf..65b2f542 100644 --- a/europe/gi.json +++ b/europe/gi.json @@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two horizontal bands of white (top, double width) and red with a three-towered red castle in the center of the white band; hanging from the castle gate is a gold key centered in the red band; the design is that of Gibraltar's coat of arms granted on 10 July 1502 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain; the castle symbolizes Gibraltar as a fortress, while the key represents Gibraltar's strategic importance - the key to the Mediterranean" + "text": "two horizontal bands of white (top, double-width) and red with a three-towered red castle in the center of the white band; a gold key hangs from the castle gate and is centered in the red band; the design comes from Gibraltar's coat of arms that was granted on 10 July 1502 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain; the castle symbolizes Gibraltar as a fortress, and the key represents Gibraltar's strategic importance -- the key to the Mediterranean" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Barbary partridge; national colors: red, white, yellow" diff --git a/europe/gk.json b/europe/gk.json index 971b8689..dd956386 100644 --- a/europe/gk.json +++ b/europe/gk.json @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) extending to the edges of the flag and a yellow equal-armed cross of William the Conqueror superimposed on the Saint George cross; the red cross represents the old ties with England and the fact that Guernsey is a British Crown dependency; the gold cross is a replica of the one used by William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066" + "text": "white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) extending to the edges of the flag and a yellow equal-armed cross of William the Conqueror superimposed on the Saint George cross; the red cross represents Guernsey's status as a British Crown dependency; the gold cross is a replica of the one William the Conqueror carried at the Battle of Hastings in 1066" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Guernsey cow, donkey; national colors: red, white, yellow" diff --git a/europe/gm.json b/europe/gm.json index 12aaf488..26e03fa3 100644 --- a/europe/gm.json +++ b/europe/gm.json @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ "text": "4.53 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "8 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "7.8 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -340,13 +340,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "22% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17.2% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "24.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "19.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "19.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "15% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and gold; these colors have played an important role in German history and can be traced back to the medieval banner of the Holy Roman Emperor - a black eagle with red claws and beak on a gold field" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and gold; the colors can be traced back to the medieval banner of the Holy Roman Emperor -- a black eagle with red claws and beak on a gold field" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "eagle; national colors: black, red, yellow" @@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "92% (2023 est.)" + "text": "94% (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index b8b94b19..b6a56e22 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ "text": "6.58 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.2 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "4.2 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -323,13 +323,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "33.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "27.3% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "36.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "30.3% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "30.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "24.6% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -647,8 +647,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white; a blue square bearing a white cross appears in the upper hoist-side corner; the cross symbolizes Greek Orthodoxy, the established religion of the country; there is no agreed upon meaning for the nine stripes or for the colors", - "note": "note: Greek legislation states that the flag colors are cyan and white, but cyan can mean \"blue\" in Greek, so the exact shade of blue has never been set and has varied from a light to a dark blue over time; in general, the hue of blue normally encountered is a form of azure" + "text": "nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white; a blue square with a white cross is in the upper hoist-side corner; the cross symbolizes Greek Orthodoxy, the established religion of the country; there is no set meaning for the stripes and colors", + "note": "note: Greek legislation states that the flag colors are cyan and white, but cyan can mean \"blue\" in Greek, so the exact shade of blue has never been set and has varied from a light to a dark blue over time; the blue is now usually an azure" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Greek cross (white cross on blue field, arms equal length); national colors: blue, white" diff --git a/europe/hr.json b/europe/hr.json index b99aeb1b..4c2cf57f 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ "text": "3.91 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "5.5 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "5.6 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -328,13 +328,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "36.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "32.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "37.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "33.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "36.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "32.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { diff --git a/europe/hu.json b/europe/hu.json index 4bf68a76..1388f285 100644 --- a/europe/hu.json +++ b/europe/hu.json @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ "text": "3.46 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "7 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "6.8 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -326,13 +326,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "31.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "28.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "35.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "33.7% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "27.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "23.8% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and green; the flag dates to the national movement of the 18th and 19th centuries, and fuses the medieval colors of the Hungarian coat of arms with the revolutionary tricolor form of the French flag; folklore attributes virtues to the colors: red for strength, white for faithfulness, and green for hope; alternatively, the red is seen as being for the blood spilled in defense of the land, white for freedom, and green for the pasturelands that make up so much of the country" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and green; the flag dates to the national movement of the 18th and 19th centuries and fuses the medieval colors of the Hungarian coat of arms with the revolutionary tricolor of the French flag; folklore attributes virtues to the colors: red for strength, white for faithfulness, and green for hope; alternatively, the red can stand for the blood spilled in defense of the land, white for freedom, and green for pasturelands " }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Holy Crown of Hungary (Crown of Saint Stephen); national colors: red, white, green" @@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "high-income EU and OECD economy; tightening fiscal policy in response to budget deficit; delayed EU cohesion fund disbursement due to judicial independence concerns; high inflation and low consumer confidence; seeking alternatives to dependence on Russian natural gas " + "text": "

high-income EU and OECD economy; modest recovery from 2024 recession driven by private consumption and moderated inflation; challenges include high fiscal deficits, frozen access to EU funds, and risks from export reliance; implementing tax exemptions, price controls, and mortgage interest caps ahead of 2026 elections

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { diff --git a/europe/ic.json b/europe/ic.json index 07f5b7c0..f6bde94c 100644 --- a/europe/ic.json +++ b/europe/ic.json @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ "text": "4.37 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.8 beds/1,000 population (2019)" + "text": "2.8 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -317,13 +317,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "12% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "11.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "12% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "blue with a red cross outlined in white extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag); the colors represent three of the elements that make up the island: red is for the island's volcanic fires, white recalls the snow and ice fields of the island, and blue is for the surrounding ocean" + "text": "blue with a red cross outlined in white extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag); red stands for the island's volcanic fires, white for the snow and ice fields, and blue for the ocean" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "gyrfalcon; national colors: blue, white, red" @@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "high-income north Atlantic island economy; non-EU member but market integration via European Economic Area (EEA); dominant tourism, fishing, and aluminum industries vulnerable to demand swings and volcanic activity; inflation remains above target rate; barriers to foreign business access and economic diversification" + "text": "

high-income North Atlantic island economy; not an EU member but market integration via European Economic Area (EEA); dominant tourism, fishing, and aluminum industries vulnerable to demand swings and disruption from volcanic activity; inflation remains above target rate; barriers to foreign business access and economic diversification

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { diff --git a/europe/im.json b/europe/im.json index cf4373c3..bd07b22c 100644 --- a/europe/im.json +++ b/europe/im.json @@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red with the Three Legs of Man emblem (triskelion), in the center; the three legs are joined at the thigh and bent at the knee; in order to have the toes pointing clockwise on both sides of the flag, a two-sided emblem is used; the flag is based on the coat of arms of the last recognized Norse King of Mann, MAGNUS III (r. 1252-65); the triskelion has its roots in an early Celtic sun symbol" + "text": "red with the Three Legs of Man emblem (triskelion) in the center; the three legs are joined at the thigh and bent at the knee; in order to have the toes pointing clockwise on both sides of the flag, a two-sided emblem is used; the flag is based on the coat of arms of the last recognized Norse King of Mann, MAGNUS III (r. 1252-65); the triskelion has its roots in an early Celtic sun symbol" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "triskelion (a motif of three legs); national colors: red, white" diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index 9e34a874..c484ca10 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ "text": "4.19 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.1 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -326,13 +326,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "23.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "19.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "26.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "23.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "19.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "16.6% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Shawn CROWLEY (since January 2025); note - also accredited to San Marino" + "text": "Ambassador Tilman J. FERTITTA (since 6 May 2025); note - also accredited to San Marino" }, "embassy": { "text": "via Vittorio Veneto 121, 00187 Roma" @@ -683,8 +683,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; design inspired by the French flag brought to Italy by Napoleon in 1797; colors are those of Milan (red and white) combined with the green uniform color of the Milanese civic guard", - "note": "note: similar to the flag of Mexico, which is longer, uses darker shades of green and red, and has its coat of arms centered on the white band; Ireland, which is longer and is green (hoist side), white, and orange; also similar to the flag of the Cote d'Ivoire, which has the colors reversed - orange (hoist side), white, and green" + "text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; design inspired by the French flag that Napoleon brought to Italy in 1797; colors are those of Milan (red and white) combined with the green uniform color of the Milanese civic guard", + "note": "note: similar to the flags of Mexico (longer, darker shades of green and red, and has its coat of arms centered on the white band), Ireland (longer and with orange instead of red), and Cote d'Ivoire (colors reversed)" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "white, five-pointed star (Stella d'Italia); national colors: red, white, green" diff --git a/europe/je.json b/europe/je.json index 1f9748d6..8c5cc027 100644 --- a/europe/je.json +++ b/europe/je.json @@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "white with a diagonal red cross extending to the corners of the flag; in the upper quadrant, surmounted by a yellow crown, a red shield with three lions in yellow; according to tradition, the ships of Jersey - in an attempt to differentiate themselves from English ships flying the horizontal cross of St. George - rotated the cross to the \"X\" (saltire) configuration; because this arrangement still resembled the Irish cross of St. Patrick, the yellow Plantagenet crown and Jersey coat of arms were added" + "text": "white with a diagonal red cross extending to the corners of the flag; a red shield with three lions in yellow is in the upper quadrant, with a yellow crown above; according to tradition, the ships of Jersey differentiated themselves from English ships flying the horizontal cross of St. George by rotating the cross to the \"X\" (saltire) configuration; because this arrangement resembled the Irish cross of St. Patrick, the Plantagenet crown and Jersey coat of arms were added" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Jersey cow; national colors: red, white" diff --git a/europe/kv.json b/europe/kv.json index 1fd31425..380ad078 100644 --- a/europe/kv.json +++ b/europe/kv.json @@ -517,8 +517,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "centered on a dark blue field is a gold-colored silhouette of Kosovo surmounted by six white, five-pointed stars arrayed in a slight arc; each star represents one of the major ethnic groups of Kosovo: Albanians, Serbs, Turks, Gorani, Roma, and Bosniaks", - "note": "note: one of only two national flags that uses a map as a design element; the flag of Cyprus is the other" + "text": "a dark blue field with a gold-colored silhouette of Kosovo in the center, with six five-pointed white stars in a slight arc over it; each star represents one of the major ethnic groups of Kosovo: Albanians, Serbs, Turks, Gorani, Roma, and Bosniaks", + "note": "note: one of two national flags that uses a map as a design element; the flag of Cyprus is the other" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "six, five-pointed, white stars; national colors: blue, gold, white" @@ -920,6 +920,9 @@ "note": "note: the Kosovo Police are under the Ministry of Internal Affairs" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -931,9 +934,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index 852ff7f6..5c377b27 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ "text": "3.4 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "5.5 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "5.3 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -326,13 +326,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "37% (2020 est.)" + "text": "28.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "50.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "43.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "23.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "16.4% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three horizontal bands of maroon (top), white (half-width), and maroon; the flag is one of the older banners in the world; a medieval chronicle mentions a red standard with a white stripe being used by Latvian tribes in about 1280" + "text": "three horizontal bands of maroon (top), white (half-width), and maroon; the flag is one of the older banners in the world -- a medieval chronicle mentions Latvian tribes using a red standard with a white stripe around 1280" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "white wagtail (bird); national colors: maroon, white" @@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "high-income EU and eurozone member; economic contraction triggered by export decline and energy shocks; recovery driven by easing inflation, wage growth, and investments supported by EU funds; challenges from skilled labor shortages, capital market access, large informal sector, and green and digital transitions " + "text": "

high-income EU and eurozone member; weak recovery following economic contraction, with slight increase in private consumption and uncertain trade environment; challenges from skilled-labor shortages, capital market access, large informal sector, and green and digital transitions

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index 297c0814..5e747d09 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ "text": "6.1 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "6.4 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "6 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -323,13 +323,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "32% (2020 est.)" + "text": "26.6% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "42.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "38% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "21.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "16.7% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -339,8 +339,11 @@ "text": "53.4% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0% (2022)" + }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "0.3% (2021 est.)" + "text": "0.2% (2022)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -645,7 +648,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), green, and red; yellow symbolizes golden fields, as well as the sun, light, and goodness; green represents the forests of the countryside, in addition to nature, freedom, and hope; red stands for courage and the blood spilled in defense of the homeland" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), green, and red; yellow stands for golden fields, the sun, light, and goodness; green represents the forests, nature, freedom, and hope; red stands for courage and the blood spilled in defense of the homeland" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "mounted knight known as Vytis (the Chaser), white stork; national colors: yellow, green, red" @@ -670,7 +673,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "high-income EU and eurozone member, largest Baltic economy; growth stalled due to Ukraine war impact on energy, exports, and fiscal spending for defense and refugee support; rebound supported by EU fund-driven investments and reduced inflation; structural challenges include pension reform, labor market inefficiencies, health care, and education spending" + "text": "

high-income EU and eurozone member, largest Baltic economy; recovery supported by private consumption and EU fund-driven investments; structural challenges include pension reform, aging workforce, and high energy-import costs

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index 364c026a..dc3fda0a 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ "text": "3.7 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "5.7 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "5.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -323,18 +323,15 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "31.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "30.3% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "37.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "34.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "25.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "26.3% (2025 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "47.9% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -646,8 +643,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red derive from the Pan-Slav colors; the Slovakian coat of arms (consisting of a red shield bordered in white and bearing a white double-barred cross of St. Cyril and St. Methodius surmounting three blue hills) is centered over the bands but offset slightly to the hoist side", - "note": "note: the Pan-Slav colors were inspired by the 19th-century flag of Russia" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red come from the pan-Slav colors; the national coat of arms (a red shield bordered in white and with a white double-barred cross of St. Cyril and St. Methodius on top of three blue hills) is centered over the bands but offset slightly to the hoist side", + "note": "note: the pan-Slav colors were inspired by Russia's flag" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "double-barred cross (Cross of St. Cyril and St. Methodius) surmounting three peaks; national colors: white, blue, red" @@ -1097,7 +1094,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "87% (2023 est.)" + "text": "90% (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/ls.json b/europe/ls.json index 32068fc1..e12ca848 100644 --- a/europe/ls.json +++ b/europe/ls.json @@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ "text": "2/9/2025" }, "parties elected and seats per party": { - "text": "Patriotic Union (VU) (10); Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) (10); Free List (FL) (3); Democrats for Liechtenstein (DpL) (2)" + "text": "Patriotic Union (VU) (10); Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) (7); Democrats for Liechtenstein (DpL) (6); Free List (FL) (2)" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "32%" @@ -554,11 +554,14 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a gold crown on the hoist side of the blue band; the colors may derive from the blue and red livery design used in the principality's household in the 18th century; the prince's crown was introduced in 1937 to distinguish the flag from that of Haiti" + "text": "two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red, with a gold crown on the hoist side of the blue band; the colors may derive from the blue-and-red livery used in the principality's household in the 18th century; the prince's crown was introduced in 1937 to distinguish it from Haiti's flag" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "princely hat (crown); national colors: blue, red" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "text": "

The six motifs on Liechtenstein's coat of arms provide a history of the royal House of Liechtenstein since 1719, when the country was founded. The small shield at the center is the royal family’s gold-and-red coat of arms, the gold-crowned eagle signifies the Silesia family, the diamond wreath represents the Kuenringer family, the red-and-silver shield is the Duchy of Troppau, the black eagle comes from the coat of arms of a family that married into the royal line, and the golden hunting horn represents the Duchy of Jägerndorf.

 

" + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"Oben am jungen Rhein\" (High Above the Young Rhine)" @@ -567,9 +570,6 @@ "text": "Jakob Joseph JAUCH/Josef FROMMELT" }, "note": "note: adopted 1850, revised 1963; uses the tune of \"God Save the King\"" - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "text": "

The six motifs on Liechtenstein's coat of arms provide a history of the royal House of Liechtenstein since 1719, when the country was founded. The small shield at the center is the royal family’s gold-and-red coat of arms, the gold-crowned eagle signifies the Silesia family, the diamond wreath represents the Kuenringer family, the red-and-silver shield is the Duchy of Troppau, the black eagle comes from the coat of arms of a family that married into the royal line, and the golden hunting horn represents the Duchy of Jägerndorf.

 

" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/lu.json b/europe/lu.json index 92d703ed..5938bfbf 100644 --- a/europe/lu.json +++ b/europe/lu.json @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ "text": "2.98 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.3 beds/1,000 population (2019)" + "text": "4.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "21.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "21% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "22.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "22.1% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "19.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "19.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and light blue; similar to the flag of the Netherlands, which uses a darker blue and is shorter; the coloring is derived from the Grand Duke's coat of arms (a red lion on a white and blue striped field)" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and light blue; similar to the flag of the Netherlands, which uses a darker blue and is shorter; the coloring is derived from the Grand Duke's coat of arms" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "red, rampant lion; national colors: red, white, light blue" @@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "high-income EU and eurozone economy; global, highly capitalized banking sector; one of highest GDP-per-capita countries; trending toward recovery after economic contraction from energy-driven inflation, reduced exports and investments, and financial sector weakness" + "text": "

high-income EU and eurozone economy; global, highly capitalized banking sector; one of highest GDP-per-capita countries; strengthened domestic demand and lower interest rates contributing to economic growth; challenges include pension-system sustainability, labor-market dynamics, and energy price volatility

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { diff --git a/europe/md.json b/europe/md.json index 740178e9..bc0a2db1 100644 --- a/europe/md.json +++ b/europe/md.json @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ "text": "4.02 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "5.7 beds/1,000 population (2014)" + "text": "5.7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -323,13 +323,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "29% (2020 est.)" + "text": "28.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "51.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "54.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "6.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "6.4% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -638,8 +638,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal vertical bands of Prussian blue (hoist side), chrome yellow, and vermilion red; emblem in center of flag is of a Roman eagle of dark gold (brown) outlined in black with a red beak and talons carrying a yellow cross in its beak and a green olive branch in its right talons and a yellow scepter in its left talons; on its breast is a shield divided horizontally red over blue with a stylized aurochs head, star, rose, and crescent all in black-outlined yellow; based on the color scheme of the flag of Romania - with which Moldova shares a history and culture - but Moldova's blue band is lighter; the reverse of the flag displays a mirrored image of the coat of arms", - "note": "note: one of only three national flags that differ on their obverse and reverse sides - the others are Paraguay and Saudi Arabia" + "text": "three equal vertical bands of Prussian blue (hoist side), chrome yellow, and vermilion red; emblem in center of flag is a Roman eagle of dark gold outlined in black, with a red beak and talons; the eagle carries a yellow cross in its beak, a green olive branch in its right talons, and a yellow scepter in its left talons; on the eagle's breast is a red-and-blue shield divided horizontally, with a stylized aurochs head, star, rose, and crescent in black and outlined yellow; colors are based on the Romanian flag, but Moldova's blue band is lighter; the reverse of the flag displays a mirror image of the coat of arms", + "note": "note: one of three national flags that differ on their obverse and reverse sides -- the others are Paraguay and Saudi Arabia" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "aurochs (a type of wild cattle); national colors: blue, yellow, red" @@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "64% (2022 est.)" + "text": "80% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1095,10 +1095,10 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2024": { - "text": "0.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + "text": "0.6% of GDP (2024 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "0.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "0.4% of GDP (2022 est.)" diff --git a/europe/mj.json b/europe/mj.json index 333dafd9..836d1bb0 100644 --- a/europe/mj.json +++ b/europe/mj.json @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ "text": "2.78 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "3.8 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -329,13 +329,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "31.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "31.6% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "31.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "29.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "31.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "33.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -346,13 +346,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1.9%" + "text": "1.9% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "5.8%" + "text": "5.8% (2018)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "3.2% (2018 est.)" + "text": "3.2% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "a red field bordered by a narrow golden-yellow stripe with the Montenegrin coat of arms centered; the arms consist of a double-headed golden eagle - symbolizing the unity of church and state - surmounted by a crown; the eagle holds a golden scepter in its right claw and a blue orb in its left; the breast shield over the eagle shows a golden lion passant on a green field in front of a blue sky; the lion is a symbol of episcopal authority and harkens back to the three and a half centuries when Montenegro was ruled as a theocracy" + "text": "a red field bordered with a narrow golden-yellow stripe and the Montenegrin coat of arms in the center; the arms consist of a double-headed golden eagle that symbolizes the unity of church and state, with a crown above; the eagle holds a golden scepter in its right claw and a blue orb in its left; the breast shield over the eagle shows a golden lion on a green field in front of a blue sky; the lion is a symbol of episcopal authority, a reference to the three-and-a-half centuries when Montenegro was ruled as a theocracy" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "double-headed eagle; national colors: red, gold" @@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "upper middle-income, small Balkan economy; uses euro as de facto currency; strong growth driven by tourism and consumption; new impetus for EU accession under Europe Now government; influx of affluent migrants from Russia and Ukraine; progress in fiscal position subject to risks from pension costs, debt service, and informal sector" + "text": "

upper-middle-income, small Balkan economy; uses euro as de facto currency; reduced growth due to slowdown in tourism and industrial production; new impetus for EU accession under Europe Now government; energy price cap and declining food and services prices easing inflation rate

 

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { @@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "88% (2022 est.)" + "text": "90% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index ec5275ab..ee7f6993 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ "text": "2.94 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.3 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "4.2 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -327,10 +327,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.3%" + "text": "0.3% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "7.5% (2019 est.)" + "text": "7.5% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { diff --git a/europe/mn.json b/europe/mn.json index 8020bca4..0d4152e7 100644 --- a/europe/mn.json +++ b/europe/mn.json @@ -268,9 +268,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "8.61 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "13.8 beds/1,000 population (2012)" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 100% of population" @@ -544,8 +541,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; the colors are those of the ruling House of Grimaldi and have been in use since 1339, making the flag one of the world's oldest national banners", - "note": "note: similar to the flag of Indonesia which is longer and the flag of Poland which is white (top) and red" + "text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; the colors are those of the ruling House of Grimaldi and have been in use since 1339, making the national flag one of the world's oldest", + "note": "note: similar to the flags of Indonesia (longer) and Poland (colors reversed)" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "red and white lozenges (diamond shapes); national colors: red, white" diff --git a/europe/mt.json b/europe/mt.json index fed45dfb..03a88991 100644 --- a/europe/mt.json +++ b/europe/mt.json @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ "text": "7.86 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.5 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "4.4 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -314,13 +314,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "24% (2020 est.)" + "text": "22.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "26.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "23.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "21.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal vertical bands of white (hoist side) and red; in the upper hoist-side corner is a representation of the George Cross, edged in red; according to legend, the colors are taken from the red and white checkered banner of Count Roger of Sicily who removed a bi-colored corner and granted it to Malta in 1091; an uncontested explanation is that the colors are those of the Knights of Saint John who ruled Malta from 1530 to 1798; in 1942, King George VI of the UK awarded the George Cross to the islanders for their exceptional bravery and gallantry in World War II; since independence in 1964, the George Cross bordered in red has appeared directly on the white field" + "text": "two equal vertical bands of white (hoist side) and red; in the upper hoist-side corner is the George Cross, edged in red; according to legend, the colors come from the red-and-white checkered banner of Count Roger of Sicily, who removed a bi-colored corner and granted it to Malta in 1091, but the colors more likely come from the Knights of Saint John, who ruled Malta from 1530 to 1798; in 1942, Britain's King George VI awarded the George Cross to the islanders for their exceptional bravery and gallantry in World War II; since independence in 1964, the George Cross bordered in red has appeared on the white field" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Maltese eight-pointed cross; national colors: red, white" @@ -1069,20 +1069,20 @@ "note": "note: the Malta Police Force maintains internal security; both the Police and the AFM report to the Ministry of Home Affairs, National Security, and Law Enforcement" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "0.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2022)" + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "0.5% of GDP (2021)" + "text": "0.5% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "0.6% of GDP (2020)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.5% of GDP (2019)" + "text": "0.6% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/nl.json b/europe/nl.json index 4035bc69..50a12fd5 100644 --- a/europe/nl.json +++ b/europe/nl.json @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ "text": "3.88 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -333,13 +333,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "22.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "18.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "24.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "21% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "19.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "16.4% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -556,14 +556,15 @@ "text": "King WILLEM-ALEXANDER (since 30 April 2013)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Dick SCHOOF (since 2 July 2024)" + "text": "Caretaker Prime Minister Dick SCHOOF (since 3 June 2025)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the monarch" }, "elections/appointments": { "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; following Second Chamber elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the monarch; deputy prime ministers are appointed by the monarch" - } + }, + "note": "note: Prime Minister Dick SCHOOF resigned on 3 June 2025 after a party withdrew from his governing coalition, but he will continue in a caretaker capacity until new elections are held, probably in the fall of 2025" }, "Legislative branch": { "legislature name": { @@ -686,7 +687,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (bright vermilion; top), white, and blue (cobalt); similar to the flag of Luxembourg, which uses a lighter blue and is longer; the colors were derived from those of WILLIAM I, Prince of Orange, who led the Dutch Revolt against Spanish sovereignty in the latter half of the 16th century; originally the upper band was orange, but because its dye tended to turn red over time, the red shade was eventually made the permanent color; the banner is perhaps the oldest tricolor in continuous use" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of bright red (top), white, and cobalt blue; similar to the flag of Luxembourg, which uses a lighter blue and is longer; the colors come from WILLIAM I, Prince of Orange; originally the upper band was orange, but the dye would turn red over time, and red was eventually made the permanent color" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "lion, daisy; national color: orange" diff --git a/europe/no.json b/europe/no.json index 7ba222ae..a38136d4 100644 --- a/europe/no.json +++ b/europe/no.json @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ "text": "4.98 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.5 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "3.4 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -331,18 +331,26 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "16.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "12% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "17% (2020 est.)" + "text": "12.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "15.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "50.2% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0% (2022)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "0% (2022)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "5.9% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -644,7 +652,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red with a blue cross outlined in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag); the colors recall Norway's past political unions with Denmark (red and white) and Sweden (blue)" + "text": "red with a blue cross outlined in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag); the colors represent Norway's past political unions with Denmark (red and white) and Sweden (blue)" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "lion; national colors: red, white, blue" diff --git a/europe/pl.json b/europe/pl.json index 863f8d02..5956e04e 100644 --- a/europe/pl.json +++ b/europe/pl.json @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ "text": "4.03 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "6.5 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "6.1 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -334,13 +334,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "24% (2020 est.)" + "text": "21.6% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "27.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "25.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "20.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17.8% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election held on 18 May 2025 first round with the second round to be held on 1 June 2025; prime minister, deputy prime ministers, and Council of Ministers appointed by the president and confirmed by the Sejm; all presidential candidates resign their party affiliation" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2025: First round Rafal TRZASKOWSKI (KO) 31.4%, Karol NAWROCKI 29.5% (PiS), Slawomir MENTZEN 14.8%, Grzegorz BRAUN 6.3%, and Szymon HOLOWNIA 5.0%; second round to be held on 1 June 2025; 

2020: Andrzej DUDA reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Andrzej DUDA (independent) 51%, Rafal TRZASKOWSKI (KO) 49%

2015: Andrzej DUDA elected president in second round; percent of vote - Andrzej DUDA (independent) 51.5%, Bronislaw KOMOROWSKI (independent) 48.5%

 

" + "text": "
2025: Karol NAWROCKI elected president in second round; percent of vote - Karol NAWROCKI (PiS) 50.9%, Rafal TRZASKOWSKI (KO) 49.1%; NAWROCKI takes office 6 August 2025

2025: First round Rafal TRZASKOWSKI (KO) 31.4%, Karol NAWROCKI 29.5% (PiS), Slawomir MENTZEN 14.8%, Grzegorz BRAUN 6.3%, and Szymon HOLOWNIA 5.0%; second round to be held on 1 June 2025; 

2020: Andrzej DUDA reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Andrzej DUDA (independent) 51%, Rafal TRZASKOWSKI (KO) 49%

2015: Andrzej DUDA elected president in second round; percent of vote - Andrzej DUDA (independent) 51.5%, Bronislaw KOMOROWSKI (independent) 48.5%

 

" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -697,8 +697,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; colors derive from the Polish emblem - a white eagle on a red field", - "note": "note: similar to the flags of Indonesia and Monaco which are red (top) and white" + "text": "two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; colors derive from the Polish emblem, a white eagle on a red field", + "note": "note: similar to the flags of Indonesia and Monaco, which are red (top) and white" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "white crowned eagle; national colors: white, red" diff --git a/europe/po.json b/europe/po.json index 3ceca1a7..6d3ed8ef 100644 --- a/europe/po.json +++ b/europe/po.json @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ "text": "5.85 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.5 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "3.5 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -324,13 +324,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "25.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "30.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "26.1% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "20.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "15.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -575,16 +575,13 @@ "text": "4 years" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "3/10/2024" - }, - "parties elected and seats per party": { - "text": "Socialist Party (PS) (78); Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) - Democratic and Social Centre - People's Party (CDS-PP) - People's Monarchist Party (PPM) (77); Chega (CH) (50); Other (25)" + "text": "5/18/2025" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "34.8%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "May 2025" + "text": "September 2029" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -651,7 +648,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two vertical bands of green (hoist side, two-fifths) and red (three-fifths) with the national coat of arms (armillary sphere and Portuguese shield) centered on the dividing line; explanations for the color meanings are ambiguous, but a popular interpretation has green symbolizing hope and red the blood of those defending the nation" + "text": "two vertical bands of green (hoist side, two-fifths) and red (three-fifths), with the national coat of arms (armillary sphere and national shield) centered on the dividing line; explanations for the color meanings are ambiguous, but a popular interpretation has green symbolizing hope and red the blood of those defending the nation" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "armillary sphere (a spherical astrolabe modeling objects in the sky and representing the Republic); national colors: red, green" diff --git a/europe/ri.json b/europe/ri.json index f3d775aa..5d81c9c1 100644 --- a/europe/ri.json +++ b/europe/ri.json @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ "text": "3.1 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "5.6 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "5.4 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -327,13 +327,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "39.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "36% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "40.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "37.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "39.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "34.5% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -344,10 +344,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1.2%" + "text": "1.2% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "5.5% (2019 est.)" + "text": "5.5% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -664,8 +664,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal stripes of red (top), blue, and white - the Pan-Slav colors representing freedom and revolutionary ideals; charged with the coat of arms of Serbia shifted slightly to the hoist side; the principal field of the coat of arms represents the Serbian state and displays a white two-headed eagle on a red shield; a smaller red shield on the eagle represents the Serbian nation, and is divided into four quarters by a white cross; interpretations vary as to the meaning and origin of the white, curved symbols resembling firesteels (fire strikers) or Cyrillic \"C's\" in each quarter; a royal crown surmounts the coat of arms", - "note": "note: the Pan-Slav colors were inspired by the 19th-century flag of Russia" + "text": "three equal horizontal stripes of red (top), blue, and white, which are the pan-Slav colors representing freedom and revolutionary ideals; the national coat of arms is shifted slightly to the hoist side; the principal field of the coat of arms represents the government and displays a two-headed white eagle on a red shield; a smaller red shield on the eagle represents the nation and is divided into four quarters by a white cross; the meaning and origin of the curved white symbols in each quarter are not clear; a royal crown is on top of the coat of arms", + "note": "note: the pan-Slav colors were inspired by Russia's flag" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "white double-headed eagle; national colors: red, blue, white" @@ -1134,6 +1134,9 @@ "note": "note: the Serbian Guard is a brigade-sized unit that is directly subordinate to the Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff; its duties include safeguarding key defense facilities and rendering military honors to top foreign, state, and military officials 
" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "2.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "2.4% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1145,9 +1148,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "2% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "2.2% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/ro.json b/europe/ro.json index b1a2d1a3..834256cf 100644 --- a/europe/ro.json +++ b/europe/ro.json @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ "text": "3.63 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "6.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "7.1 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -336,21 +336,26 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "28% (2020 est.)" + "text": "26.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "35.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "36.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "20% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17.9% (2025 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "54.8% (2023)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0.5% (2021)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "6.9% (2021)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "3.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -557,7 +562,7 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "Interim President Ilie BOLOJAN (since 12 February 2025)" + "text": "President Nicușor DAN (since 26 May 2025)" }, "head of government": { "text": "Interim Prime Minister Catalin PREDOIU (since 6 May 2025)" @@ -566,12 +571,11 @@ "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held in November 2024, but results were annulled, with new election expected in May 2025; prime minister appointed by the president with consent of Parliament" + "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 18 May 2025; prime minister appointed by the president with consent of Parliament" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2019: Klaus IOHANNIS reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Klaus IOHANNIS (PNL) 66.1%, Viorica DANCILA (PSD) 33.9%

2014: Klaus IOHANNIS elected president in second round; percent of vote - Klaus IOHANNIS (PNL) 54.4%, Victor PONTA (PSD) 45.6%" - }, - "note": "note: Romania's constitutional court has annulled the results of the most recent presidential election in November-December 2024, which resets the election cycle. A new election is expected in May 2025." + "text": "
2025: Nicușor DAN elected president in runoff; percent of vote - Nicușor DAN (unaffiliated) 53.6%, George SIMION (AUR) 46.4%

2019: Klaus IOHANNIS reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Klaus IOHANNIS (PNL) 66.1%, Viorica DANCILA (PSD) 33.9%" + } }, "Legislative branch": { "legislature name": { @@ -697,7 +701,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal vertical bands of cobalt blue (hoist side), chrome yellow, and vermilion red; modeled after the flag of France, the colors are those of the principalities of Walachia (red and yellow) and Moldavia (red and blue), which united in 1862 to form Romania; the national coat of arms that used to be centered in the yellow band has been removed", + "text": "three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red; modeled after the flag of France, the colors are those of the principalities of Walachia (red and yellow) and Moldavia (red and blue), which united in 1862 to form Romania; the national coat of arms that used to be centered in the yellow band has been removed", "note": "note: now similar to the flag of Chad, whose blue band is darker; also resembles the flags of Andorra and Moldova" }, "National symbol(s)": { diff --git a/europe/si.json b/europe/si.json index f837cc84..112e6cde 100644 --- a/europe/si.json +++ b/europe/si.json @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ "text": "3.37 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.4 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "4.2 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -318,18 +318,15 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "22% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17.3% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "24.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "19.3% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "19.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "15.3% (2025 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "46.4% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -667,7 +664,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, derive from the medieval coat of arms of the Duchy of Carniola; the Slovenian seal (a shield with the image of Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak, in white against a blue background at the center; beneath it are two wavy blue lines depicting seas and rivers, and above it are three six-pointed stars arranged in an inverted triangle, which are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Celje, the prominent Slovene dynastic house of the late 14th and early 15th centuries) appears in the upper hoist side of the flag centered on the white and blue bands" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red that come from the medieval coat of arms of the Duchy of Carniola; the Slovenian seal (a shield with Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak, in white on a blue background) is at the center, with two wavy blue lines under it to represent seas and rivers; three six-pointed stars in an inverted triangle appear on the upper hoist side of the flag and are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Celje (a Slovene dynastic house)" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Mount Triglav; national colors: white, blue, red" diff --git a/europe/sm.json b/europe/sm.json index 8e6bd683..115edf74 100644 --- a/europe/sm.json +++ b/europe/sm.json @@ -259,9 +259,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "4.63 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3.8 beds/1,000 population (2012)" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: NA" @@ -282,9 +279,6 @@ "text": "total: 0% of population (2020)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "47.7% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -546,7 +540,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and light blue with the national coat of arms superimposed in the center; the main colors derive from the shield of the coat of arms, which features three white towers on three peaks on a blue field; the towers represent three castles built on San Marino's highest feature, Mount Titano: Guaita, Cesta, and Montale; the coat of arms is flanked by a wreath, below a crown and above a scroll bearing the word LIBERTAS (Liberty); the white and blue colors are also said to stand for peace and liberty respectively" + "text": "two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and light blue, with the national coat of arms in the center; the main colors come from the shield on the coat of arms, which features three white towers on mountain peaks on a blue field; the towers represent the Guaita, Cesta, and Montale castles on Mount Titano; a wreath and a crown are around the shield, above a scroll with the word LIBERTAS (Liberty); the white and blue colors are said to stand for peace and liberty" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "three peaks each displaying a tower; national colors: white, blue" diff --git a/europe/sp.json b/europe/sp.json index cd80c40b..25695766 100644 --- a/europe/sp.json +++ b/europe/sp.json @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ "text": "4.29 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -333,18 +333,15 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "27.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "23.9% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "28.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "25.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "26.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "22% (2025 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "50.1% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -696,8 +693,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three horizontal bands of red (top), yellow (double width), and red with the national coat of arms on the hoist side of the yellow band; the coat of arms is quartered to display the emblems of the traditional kingdoms of Spain (clockwise from upper left, Castile, Leon, Navarre, and Aragon) while Granada is represented by the stylized pomegranate at the bottom of the shield; the arms are framed by two columns representing the Pillars of Hercules, which are the two promontories (Gibraltar and Ceuta) on either side of the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar; the red scroll across the two columns bears the imperial motto of \"Plus Ultra\" (further beyond) referring to Spanish lands beyond Europe; the triband arrangement with the center stripe twice the width of the outer dates to the 18th century", - "note": "note: the red and yellow colors are related to those of the oldest Spanish kingdoms: Aragon, Castile, Leon, and Navarre" + "text": "three horizontal bands of red (top), yellow (double-width), and red, with the national coat of arms on the hoist side of the yellow band; the coat of arms shows the emblems of the area's former kingdoms (clockwise from upper left: Castile, Leon, Navarre, and Aragon), which also used red and yellow as their colors; Granada is represented by the stylized pomegranate at the bottom of the shield; the two columns represent the Pillars of Hercules, which are promontories (Gibraltar and Ceuta) on the Strait of Gibraltar; a red scroll bears the imperial motto of \"Plus Ultra\" (further beyond), referring to Spanish lands outside Europe" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Pillars of Hercules; national colors: red, yellow" diff --git a/europe/sw.json b/europe/sw.json index 439ae50b..e9504254 100644 --- a/europe/sw.json +++ b/europe/sw.json @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ "text": "4.41 physicians/1,000 population (2021)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.1 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "2 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -333,18 +333,15 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "24% (2020 est.)" + "text": "19.9% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "29.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "25.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "18.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "13.9% (2025 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "53.4% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -649,7 +646,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "blue with a golden yellow cross extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag); the colors reflect those of the Swedish coat of arms - three gold crowns on a blue field" + "text": "blue with a golden yellow cross extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag); the colors come from the Swedish coat of arms" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "three crowns, lion; national colors: blue, yellow" @@ -1164,16 +1161,16 @@ "text": "2.1% of GDP (2024 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "1.7% of GDP (2023)" + "text": "1.7% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "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.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "1.2% of GDP (2020)" + "text": "1.2% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/sz.json b/europe/sz.json index 51d888e9..c51294ab 100644 --- a/europe/sz.json +++ b/europe/sz.json @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ "text": "4.48 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.6 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "4.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -329,18 +329,15 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "25.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "22.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "28.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "25.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "22.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.1% (2025 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "57.5% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -592,7 +589,7 @@ "text": "Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) (62); Socialist Party (SP/PS) (41); Centre Party (29); FDP/The Liberals (FDP/PLR) (28); Green Party (GPS/PES) (23); Liberal Green Party (GLP/PVL) (10); Other (7)" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { - "text": "38.5%" + "text": "39%" }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "October 2027" @@ -621,7 +618,7 @@ "text": "Centre Party (15); FDP/The Liberals (FDP/PLR) (11); Socialist Party (SP/PS) (9); Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) (6); Green Party (GPS/PES) (3); Other (2)" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { - "text": "34.8%" + "text": "33.3%" }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "October 2027" @@ -689,8 +686,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red square with a bold, equilateral white cross in the center that does not extend to the edges of the flag; various medieval legends purport to describe the origin of the flag; a white cross used as identification for troops of the Swiss Confederation is first attested at the Battle of Laupen (1339)", - "note": "note: in 1863, a newly formed international relief organization convening in Geneva, Switzerland sought to come up with an identifying flag or logo; they chose the inverse of the Swiss flag - a red cross on a white field - as their symbol; today that organization is known throughout the world as the International Red Cross" + "text": "red square with an equilateral white cross in the center that does not extend to the edges of the flag; the origin of the flag is unclear, but a white cross was used to identify Swiss Confederation troops at the Battle of Laupen (1339)", + "note": "note: in 1863, the newly formed International Red Cross chose the inverse of the Swiss flag -- a red cross on a white field -- as its symbol" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Swiss cross (white cross on red field, arms equal length); national colors: red, white" @@ -1167,20 +1164,20 @@ "note": "note: the federal police maintain internal security and report to the Federal Department of Justice and Police" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2023)" + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2022)" + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2021)" + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2020)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2019)" + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/uk.json b/europe/uk.json index 9780a9f7..79b96e94 100644 --- a/europe/uk.json +++ b/europe/uk.json @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ "text": "3.3 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.5 beds/1,000 population (2019)" + "text": "2.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -323,24 +323,21 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "15.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "17.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "13.3% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "13.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9.8% (2025 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "50.7% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 18": { - "text": "0.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0% (2021)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -641,7 +638,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Matthew PALMER (since January 2025)" + "text": "Ambassador Warren A. STEPHENS (since 21 May 2025)" }, "embassy": { "text": "33 Nine Elms Lane, London, SW11 7US" @@ -663,7 +660,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "blue field with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) edged in white superimposed on the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick (patron saint of Ireland), which is superimposed on the diagonal white cross of Saint Andrew (patron saint of Scotland); properly known as the Union Flag, but commonly called the Union Jack; the design and colors (especially the Blue Ensign) have been the basis for a number of other flags including other Commonwealth countries and their constituent states or provinces, and British overseas territories" + "text": "blue field with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) edged in white on top of the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick (patron saint of Ireland), which is on top of the diagonal white cross of Saint Andrew (patron saint of Scotland); the official name is the Union Flag, but commonly called the Union Jack; the design and colors have been the basis for a number of other flags" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "lion (Britain in general); lion, Tudor rose, oak (England); lion, unicorn, thistle (Scotland); dragon, daffodil, leek (Wales); shamrock, flax (Northern Ireland); national colors: red, white, blue (Britain in general); red, white (England); blue, white (Scotland); red, white, green (Wales)" @@ -1125,7 +1122,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "95% (2022 est.)" + "text": "96% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/up.json b/europe/up.json index 539aa581..edb8c550 100644 --- a/europe/up.json +++ b/europe/up.json @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ "text": "3.53 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "7.5 beds/1,000 population (2014)" + "text": "6.3 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -333,18 +333,15 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "25.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "40% (2020 est.)" + "text": "35.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "11.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8% (2025 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "61.6% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -641,7 +638,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Bridget A. BRINK (since 2 June 2022)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Ambassador Julie S. DAVIS (since 5 May 2025)" }, "embassy": { "text": "4 A. I. Igor Sikorsky Street, 04112 Kyiv" @@ -660,7 +657,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal horizontal bands of azure (top) and golden yellow; although the colors date back to medieval heraldry, in modern times they are sometimes claimed to represent grain fields under a blue sky" + "text": "two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and yellow; the colors date back to medieval heraldry, but they are sometimes said to represent grain fields under a blue sky" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "tryzub (trident), sunflower; national colors: blue, yellow" @@ -1122,7 +1119,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "79% (2021 est.)" + "text": "82% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1197,7 +1194,7 @@ "text": "4% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "4% of GDP (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "3.4% of GDP (2019 est.)" diff --git a/europe/vt.json b/europe/vt.json index e771ceaa..6beee502 100644 --- a/europe/vt.json +++ b/europe/vt.json @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two vertical bands of yellow (hoist side) and white with the arms of the Holy See, consisting of the crossed keys of Saint Peter surmounted by the three-tiered papal tiara, centered in the white band; the yellow color represents the pope's spiritual power, the white his worldly power" + "text": "two vertical bands of yellow (hoist side) and white with the arms of the Holy See, consisting of the crossed keys of Saint Peter with the three-tiered papal tiara above, centered in the white band; the yellow color represents the pope's spiritual power, and the white his worldly power" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "crossed keys beneath a papal tiara; national colors: yellow, white" @@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "75% (2021 est.)" + "text": "87% (2023 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/ae.json b/middle-east/ae.json index babfddf8..17117817 100644 --- a/middle-east/ae.json +++ b/middle-east/ae.json @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ "text": "2.99 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -321,8 +321,16 @@ "text": "0.02 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" + "Tobacco use": { + "total": { + "text": "10.7% (2025 est.)" + }, + "male": { + "text": "13.9% (2025 est.)" + }, + "female": { + "text": "2.4% (2025 est.)" + } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "72.4% (2023 est.)" @@ -626,7 +634,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and black with a wider vertical red band on the hoist side; the flag incorporates all four Pan-Arab colors, which in this case represent fertility (green), neutrality (white), petroleum resources (black), and unity (red); red was the traditional color incorporated into all flags of the emirates before their unification" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and black, with a wider vertical red band on the hoist side; the flag incorporates all four pan-Arab colors, which in this case represent fertility (green), neutrality (white), oil (black), and unity (red); red is a traditional color that was part of all the emirates' flags before their unification" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "golden falcon; national colors: green, white, black, red" @@ -1101,20 +1109,20 @@ "note": "note: each emirate maintains a local police force called a general directorate, which is officially a branch of the federal Ministry of Interior; all emirate-level general directorates of police enforce their respective emirate’s laws autonomously; they also enforce federal laws within their emirate in coordination with one another under the federal ministry; the State Security Directorate (SSD) in Abu Dhabi and Dubai State Security (DSS) have primary responsibility for counterterrorism law enforcement efforts; local, emirate-level police forces, especially the Abu Dhabi Police and Dubai Police, are the first responders in such cases and provide technical assistance to SSD and DSS" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "4% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "4% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "4.3% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "4% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "5% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "4.5% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "5.6% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "5.4% of GDP (2019 est.)" + "text": "6.1% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/middle-east/aj.json b/middle-east/aj.json index 0d6e729d..df2b0cfd 100644 --- a/middle-east/aj.json +++ b/middle-east/aj.json @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ "text": "3.19 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.8 beds/1,000 population (2014)" + "text": "3.9 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -326,13 +326,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "24% (2020 est.)" + "text": "18.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "47.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "37.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "0.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -1098,6 +1098,9 @@ "note": "note: the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Security Service (intelligence, counterterrorism) are responsible for internal security; the SSPS is under the president and provides protective services to senior officials, foreign missions, significant state assets, government buildings, etc; the National Guard also serves as a reserve for the Army" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "5.1% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "4.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1109,9 +1112,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "5% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "3.8% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/middle-east/am.json b/middle-east/am.json index 171b64bb..e319dc0b 100644 --- a/middle-east/am.json +++ b/middle-east/am.json @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ "text": "3.36 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.2 beds/1,000 population (2014)" + "text": "4.6 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -321,13 +321,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "25.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "21.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "49.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "47.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.6% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -338,13 +338,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0%" + "text": "0% (2016)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "5.3%" + "text": "5.3% (2016)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "0.4% (2016 est.)" + "text": "0.4% (2016)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -1103,10 +1103,10 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2024": { - "text": "5.3% of GDP (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "5.6% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "5.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "4.3% of GDP (2022 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/ba.json b/middle-east/ba.json index b31849a1..05b4dad6 100644 --- a/middle-east/ba.json +++ b/middle-east/ba.json @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ "text": "0.74 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.7 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.7 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -318,13 +318,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "14.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17.3% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "25.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "24.3% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "4.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.8% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -1106,8 +1106,11 @@ "note": "note 1: the Royal Guard is officially under the command of the Army, but exercises considerable autonomy 

note 2: the Ministry of Interior is responsible for internal security and oversees police and specialized security units responsible for maintaining internal order; the National Guard's primary mission is to guard critical infrastructure such as the airport and oil fields and is a back-up to the police; the Guard is under the Ministry of Interior but reports directly to the king" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "3% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "3.1% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "3.2% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "3.2% of GDP (2022 est.)" @@ -1117,9 +1120,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "4.2% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "4% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/middle-east/gg.json b/middle-east/gg.json index 312ec8d7..d8a876f2 100644 --- a/middle-east/gg.json +++ b/middle-east/gg.json @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ "text": "5.64 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2014)" + "text": "4.9 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -324,13 +324,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "31.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "28.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "56.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "53.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "7.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.5% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -341,13 +341,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.3%" + "text": "0.3% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "13.9%" + "text": "13.9% (2018)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "0.5% (2018 est.)" + "text": "0.5% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ "text": "Georgian Dream (89); Coalition for Changes (19); Unity - National Movement (16); Strong Georgia – Lelo, For people, For Liberty! (14); For Georgia (12)" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { - "text": "22%" + "text": "13.9%" }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "October 2028" @@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "white rectangle with a central red cross extending to all four sides of the flag; each of the four quadrants displays a small red bolnur-katskhuri cross; sometimes referred to as the Five-Cross Flag; although adopted as the official Georgian flag in 2004, the five-cross design is based on a 14th century banner of the Kingdom of Georgia" + "text": "white rectangle with a central red cross extending to all four sides of the flag; each of the four quadrants displays a small red bolnur-katskhuri cross; sometimes referred to as the Five-Cross Flag, the design is based on a 14th-century banner of the Kingdom of Georgia" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Saint George, lion; national colors: red, white" @@ -1144,20 +1144,20 @@ "text": "Georgian Defense Forces (GDF; aka Defense Forces of Georgia, DFG): Ground Forces, Air Force, Special Operations Forces, National Guard

Ministry of Internal Affairs: Police, Border Police of Georgia, Coast Guard of Georgia (includes naval forces, which were merged with the Coast Guard in 2009) (2025)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.7% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.7% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1.7% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.6% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "1.7% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.5% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "1.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.8% of GDP (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.6% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/middle-east/gz.json b/middle-east/gz.json index fadc68f4..96da4c37 100644 --- a/middle-east/gz.json +++ b/middle-east/gz.json @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ "text": "2.17 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2019)" + "text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -293,10 +293,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.7%" + "text": "0.7% (2020)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "13.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "13.4% (2020)" }, "note": "note: includes both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank" }, diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index 0be4b168..993afa62 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ "text": "1.81 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.6 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.9 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -335,13 +335,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "13.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "13.3% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "24.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "23.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "3.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.8% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red; the national emblem (a stylized representation of the word Allah in the shape of a tulip, a symbol of martyrdom) in red is centered in the white band; ALLAH AKBAR (God is Great) in white Arabic script is repeated 11 times along the bottom edge of the green band and 11 times along the top edge of the red band; green is the color of Islam and also represents growth, white symbolizes honesty and peace, red stands for bravery and martyrdom" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red; centered in the white band is the red national emblem, a stylization of the word Allah in the shape of a tulip, a symbol of martyrdom; ALLAH AKBAR (God is Great) in white Arabic script is repeated 11 times along the bottom edge of the green band and 11 times along the top edge of the red band; green is the color of Islam and also represents growth, white stands for honesty and peace, and red for bravery and martyrdom" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "lion; national colors: green, white, red" @@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "82% (2022 est.)" + "text": "80% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1133,8 +1133,11 @@ "note": "note 1: the Artesh Navy operates Iran’s larger warships and operates in the Gulf of Oman, the Caspian Sea, and deep waters in the region and beyond; the IRGC Navy has responsibility for the closer-in waters of the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz

note 2: the Basij is a volunteer paramilitary group under the IRGC with local organizations across the country, which sometimes acts as an auxiliary law enforcement unit for the IRGC; it is formally known as the Organization for the Mobilization of the Oppressed and also known as the Popular Mobilization Army

note 3: the Ministry of Intelligence and Security and law enforcement forces under the Interior Ministry, which report to the president, and the IRGC, which reports to the supreme leader, share responsibility for law enforcement and maintaining order

note 4: the Law Enforcement Command (FARAJA) is the uniformed police of Iran and includes branches for public security, traffic control, anti-narcotics, special forces (riot control, counterterrorism, hostage rescue, etc), intelligence, and criminal investigations; it has responsibility for border security (Border Guard Command)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "2% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "2.1% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "2.3% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "2.5% of GDP (2022 est.)" @@ -1144,9 +1147,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "2.1% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "2.5% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/middle-east/is.json b/middle-east/is.json index 8645a013..6bf66804 100644 --- a/middle-east/is.json +++ b/middle-east/is.json @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ "text": "3.8 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "3.1 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -327,13 +327,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "21.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "18.6% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "28.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "24.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "13.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "12.4% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires Stephanie L. HALLETT (since January 2025)" + "text": "Ambassador Mike HUCKABEE (21 April 2025)" }, "embassy": { "text": "14 David Flusser Street, Jerusalem, 9378322" @@ -648,8 +648,8 @@ "note": "note: on 14 May 2018, the US Embassy relocated to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv; on 4 March 2019, Consulate General Jerusalem merged into US Embassy Jerusalem to form a single diplomatic mission" }, "Flag description": { - "text": "white with a blue hexagram (six-pointed linear star) known as the Magen David (Star of David or Shield of David) centered between two equal horizontal blue bands near the top and bottom edges of the flag; the basic design resembles a traditional Jewish prayer shawl (tallit), which is white with blue stripes; the hexagram as a Jewish symbol dates back to medieval times", - "note": "note: the Israeli flag proclamation states that the flag colors are sky blue and white, but the exact shade of blue has never been set and can vary from a light to a dark blue" + "text": "white with a blue hexagram (six-pointed linear star) known as the Magen David (Star of David or Shield of David) centered between two equal horizontal blue bands near the top and bottom edges of the flag; the design resembles a traditional Jewish prayer shawl (tallit), which is white with blue stripes; the hexagram as a Jewish symbol dates back to medieval times", + "note": "note: the Israeli flag proclamation states that the flag colors are sky blue and white, but the exact shade of blue has never been set and can vary" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Star of David (Magen David), menorah (seven-branched lampstand); national colors: blue, white" @@ -1139,8 +1139,11 @@ "text": "Israel Defense Forces (IDF): Ground Forces, Israel Naval Force (IN, includes commandos), Israel Air Force (IAF, includes air defense)

Ministry of National Security: Israeli Police (2025)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "8% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "4.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "4.5% of GDP (2022 est.)" @@ -1150,9 +1153,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "5% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "5.2% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index 26c0145d..3088805b 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ "text": "1.02 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -334,13 +334,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "18.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "18.6% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "35.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "36.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -351,10 +351,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "7.2%" + "text": "7.2% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "27.9% (2018 est.)" + "text": "27.9% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -653,8 +653,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; the Takbir (Arabic expression meaning \"God is great\") in green Arabic script is centered in the white band; 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); the Council of Representatives approved this flag in 2008 as a compromise replacement for the Ba'thist SADDAM-era flag", - "note": "note: similar to the flag of Syria, which has two stars but no script; Yemen, which has a plain white band; and that of Egypt, which has a golden Eagle of Saladin centered in the white band" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; the Takbir (Arabic phrase meaning \"God is great\") in green Arabic script is centered in the white band; the colors come from the Arab Liberation flag and stand for oppression (black) overcome through bloody struggle (red), to be replaced by a bright future (white); the Council of Representatives approved this flag in 2008 as a compromise replacement for the Ba'thist SADDAM-era flag", + "note": "note: similar to the flags of Syria (two stars but no script), Yemen (plain white band), and Egypt (a golden Eagle of Saladin centered in the white band)" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "golden eagle; national colors: red, white, black" @@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "79% (2022 est.)" + "text": "82% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1124,20 +1124,20 @@ "note": "note 1: the Iraqi military and associated forces are collectively known as the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)

note 2: the PMF and TMF are a collection of more than 50 militias of widely varied sizes and political interests

note 3: the federal constitution provides the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) the right to maintain its own military/militia (peshmerga) and security forces, but the two main Kurdish political parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), each maintain their own forces; the Unit/Division 80 Forces and the Counterterrorism Directorate (CTD) are under the KDP, while the Unit/Division 80 Forces and the Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) are under the PUK; the KDP and PUK jointly staff the Regional Guard Brigades; the KDP and PUK also maintain separate police, emergency response, and internal security/intelligence (Asayish) services under nominal KRG Ministry of Interior control" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "2.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "3% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "2.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "2.1% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.8% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "3.7% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "3% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "4.1% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "3.8% of GDP (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.2% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index fd211ebb..b3a4058e 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ "text": "2.85 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.5 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -331,13 +331,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "34.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "37.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "56.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "58.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "12.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "13.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -348,13 +348,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1.5%" + "text": "1.5% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "9.7%" + "text": "9.7% (2018)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "0.1% (2018 est.)" + "text": "0.1% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), representing the Abbassid Caliphate, white, representing the Ummayyad Caliphate, and green, representing the Fatimid Caliphate; a red isosceles triangle on the hoist side, representing the Great Arab Revolt of 1916, and bearing a small white seven-pointed star symbolizing the seven verses of the opening Sura (Al-Fatiha) of the Holy Koran; the seven points on the star represent faith in One God, humanity, national spirit, humility, social justice, virtue, and aspirations; design is based on the Arab Revolt flag of World War I" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands, with black (top) representing the Abbassid Caliphate, white representing the Ummayyad Caliphate, and green representing the Fatimid Caliphate; a red isosceles triangle on the hoist side stands for the Great Arab Revolt of 1916 and has a small white seven-pointed star symbolizing the seven verses of the opening Sura (Al-Fatiha) of the Koran; the points on the star represent faith in One God, humanity, national spirit, humility, social justice, virtue, and aspirations; the design is based on the Arab Revolt flag of World War I" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "eagle; national colors: black, white, green, red" @@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "90% (2022 est.)" + "text": "93% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1170,6 +1170,9 @@ "text": "Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF; aka Arab Army): Jordanian Army (Jordanian Ground Forces; includes Special Operations Forces, Border Guards, Royal Guard), Jordanian Air Force, Jordanian Navy)  

Ministry of Interior: Public Security Directorate (includes national police, the Gendarmerie, and the Civil Defense Directorate) (2025)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "4.5% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "4.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1181,9 +1184,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "5% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "5.6% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index 33399eb7..57ba47fe 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ "text": "2.27 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "2.4 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -322,13 +322,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "17.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "22.4% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "33.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "34.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red with a black trapezoid based on the hoist side; colors and design are based on the Arab Revolt flag of World War I; green represents fertile fields, white stands for purity, red denotes blood on Kuwaiti swords, black signifies the defeat of the enemy" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red with a black trapezoid based on the hoist side; colors and design are based on the Arab Revolt flag of World War I; green stands for fertile fields, white for purity, red for blood on Kuwaiti swords, and black for defeating the enemy" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "golden falcon; national colors: green, white, red, black" @@ -1046,20 +1046,20 @@ "note": "note 1: the Emiri Guard Authority and the 25th Commando Brigade are special units within the KAF that exercise independent command authority, although activities such as training and equipment procurement are often coordinated with the other services; the 25th Commando Brigade is Kuwait's leading special forces unit; the Emiri Guard Authority (aka Emiri Guard Brigade) is responsible for protecting Kuwait's heads of state

note 2: the National Guard reports directly to the prime minister and the amir and possesses an independent command structure, equipment inventory, and logistics corps separate from the Ministry of Defense, the regular armed services, and the Ministry of Interior; it is responsible for protecting critical infrastructure and providing support for the Ministries of Interior and Defense as required" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "4.9% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "5% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "4.8% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "4.5% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "6.8% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "6.5% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "6.3% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "5.6% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index 833b9225..0616ef4d 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ "text": "2.68 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.7 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "2.7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -317,13 +317,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "38.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "34.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "47.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "43.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "28.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "25.4% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -334,10 +334,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "1.4%" + "text": "1.4% (2016)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "6% (2016 est.)" + "text": "6% (2016)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three horizontal bands consisting of red (top), white (middle, double width), and red (bottom) with a green cedar tree centered in the white band; the red bands symbolize blood shed for liberation, the white band denotes peace, the snow of the mountains, and purity; the green cedar tree is the symbol of Lebanon and represents eternity, steadiness, happiness, and prosperity" + "text": "three horizontal bands consisting of red (top), white (middle, double-width), and red (bottom), with a green cedar tree centered in the white band; the red bands stand for blood shed for liberation, and the white for peace, the snow of the mountains, and purity; the green cedar tree is the national symbol and represents eternity, steadiness, happiness, and prosperity" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "cedar tree; national colors: red, white, green" @@ -1103,6 +1103,9 @@ "note": "note: the commander of the LAF is also the head of the Army; the LAF patrols external borders, while official border checkpoints are under the authority of Directorate for General Security" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "2.9% of GDP (2022 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "3.2% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, @@ -1114,9 +1117,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "5.1% of GDP (2018 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "4.6% of GDP (2017 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/middle-east/mu.json b/middle-east/mu.json index d777892c..e4059e09 100644 --- a/middle-east/mu.json +++ b/middle-east/mu.json @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ "text": "1.99 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.5 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.2 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -325,13 +325,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.6% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "15.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "0.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.4% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three horizontal bands of white (top), red, and green of equal width with a broad, vertical, red band on the hoist side; the national emblem (a khanjar dagger in its sheath superimposed on two crossed swords in scabbards) in white is centered near the top of the vertical band; white represents peace and prosperity, red recalls battles against foreign invaders, and green symbolizes the Jebel al Akhdar (Green Mountains) and fertility" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of white (top), red, and green, with a vertical red band on the hoist side; the national emblem (a khanjar dagger in its sheath on top of crossed swords in scabbards) in white is centered near the top of the vertical band; white stands for peace and prosperity, red for battles against foreign invaders, and green for the Jebel al Akhdar (Green Mountains) and fertility" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "khanjar dagger superimposed on two crossed swords; national colors: red, white, green" @@ -1105,6 +1105,9 @@ "note": "note: in addition to its policing duties, the ROP conducts many administrative functions similar to the responsibilities of a Ministry of Interior in other countries" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "6% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "5.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1116,9 +1119,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "11% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "11.8% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/middle-east/qa.json b/middle-east/qa.json index e72d3eb1..fabd7454 100644 --- a/middle-east/qa.json +++ b/middle-east/qa.json @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ "text": "3.02 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.1 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -324,18 +324,15 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "11.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "19.2% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "21.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "24.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "1.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.3% (2025 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "65.8% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -628,8 +625,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side; maroon represents the blood shed in Qatari wars, white stands for peace; the nine-pointed serrated edge signifies Qatar as the ninth member of the \"reconciled emirates\" in the wake of the Qatari-British treaty of 1916", - "note": "note: the other eight emirates are the seven that compose the UAE and Bahrain; according to some sources, the dominant color was formerly red, but this darkened to maroon upon exposure to the sun and the new shade was eventually adopted" + "text": "maroon with a broad white serrated band on the hoist side; maroon stands for the blood shed in Qatari wars, and white for peace; the nine-pointed serrated edge is a reference to Qatar's status as the ninth member of the \"reconciled emirates\" after the Qatari-British treaty of 1916", + "note": "note: the other eight emirates are Bahrain and the seven that are part of the UAE" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "a maroon field surmounted by a white serrated band with nine white points; national colors: maroon, white" @@ -1089,10 +1086,10 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "4% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "4% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "5% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "4% of GDP (2021 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index 8636155a..5bb690da 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ "text": "3.41 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.2 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "2.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -328,17 +328,17 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "14.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17.6% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "26.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "28.3% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "3.5% (2020) NA" + "text": "3.5% (2020)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "63.2% (2023 est.)" @@ -635,8 +635,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "green, a traditional color in Islamic flags, with the Shahada or Muslim creed in large white Arabic script (translated as \"There is no god but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God\") above a white horizontal saber (the tip points to the hoist side); design dates to the early twentieth century and is closely associated with the Al Saud family, which established the kingdom in 1932; the flag is manufactured with differing obverse and reverse sides so that the Shahada reads - and the sword points - correctly from right to left on both sides", - "note": "note: the only national flag to display an inscription as its principal design; one of only three national flags that differ on their obverse and reverse sides - the others are Moldova and Paraguay" + "text": "green (traditional Islamic color) with the Shahada, or Muslim creed, in large white Arabic script that translates as, \"There is no god but God; Muhammad is the messenger of God;\" the text is above a white horizontal saber pointing to the hoist side; design dates to the early 20th century and is closely associated with the Al Saud family who established the kingdom in 1932; the flag has different sides so that the text reads correctly from right to left and the saber points in the proper direction on both sides", + "note": "note: the only national flag that has an inscription as its principal design; one of three national flags that have different sides -- the others are Moldova and Paraguay" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "palm tree surmounting two crossed swords; national colors: green, white" @@ -1102,20 +1102,20 @@ "note": "note 1: the SANG (also known as the White Army) is a land force comprised off tribal elements loyal to the House of Saud; it is responsible for internal security, protecting the royal family, and external defense

note 2: the SAAF includes the Saudi Royal Guard Command, a unit which provides security and protection to the ruling family and other dignitaries" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "7.1% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "7% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "6% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "6.5% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "6% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "7% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "8% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "8.8% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/middle-east/sy.json b/middle-east/sy.json index 3aaec797..1e260805 100644 --- a/middle-east/sy.json +++ b/middle-east/sy.json @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ "text": "1.52 physicians/1,000 population (2021)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -323,9 +323,6 @@ "text": "0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "52.6% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -599,8 +596,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; two small, green, five-pointed stars in a horizontal line centered in the white band; 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); identical to the former flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1961) where the two stars represented the constituent states of Syria and Egypt; the current design dates to 1980", - "note": "note: similar to the flag of Yemen, which has a plain white band; Iraq, which has an Arabic inscription centered in the white band; and that of Egypt, which has a gold Eagle of Saladin centered in the white band" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; two green five-pointed stars in a horizontal line centered in the white band; the band colors come from the Arab Liberation flag and represent oppression (black) overcome through bloody struggle (red), to be replaced by a bright future (white); identical to the former flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1961), where the two stars represented the constituent states of Syria and Egypt; the current design dates to 1980", + "note": "note: similar to the flags of Yemen (plain white band), Iraq (Arabic inscription centered in the white band), and Egypt (gold Eagle of Saladin centered in the white band)" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "northern bald ibis; national colors: red, white, black, green" @@ -990,7 +987,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "36% (2020 est.)" + "text": "35% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/middle-east/tu.json b/middle-east/tu.json index 0edfdba6..fd02a768 100644 --- a/middle-east/tu.json +++ b/middle-east/tu.json @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ "text": "2.24 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "3 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -336,13 +336,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "30.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "30.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "42.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "40.1% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "19.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -353,10 +353,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2%" + "text": "2% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "14.7% (2018 est.)" + "text": "14.7% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires Michael GOLDMAN (since September 2024)" + "text": "Ambassador Thomas J. BARRACK (since 14 May 2025)" }, "embassy": { "text": "1480 Sokak No. 1, Cukurambar Mahallesi, 06530 Cankaya, Ankara" @@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red with a vertical white crescent moon (the closed portion is toward the hoist side) and white five-pointed star centered just outside the crescent opening; the flag colors and designs closely resemble those on the banner of the Ottoman Empire, which preceded modern-day Turkey; the crescent moon and star serve as insignia for Turkic peoples; according to one interpretation, the flag represents the reflection of the moon and a star in a pool of blood of Turkish warriors" + "text": "red with a vertical white crescent moon and five-pointed white star centered just outside the crescent opening; the flag colors and designs closely resemble the Ottoman Empire's flag; the crescent moon and star serve as insignia for Turkic peoples; according to one interpretation, the flag represents the reflection of the moon and a star in a pool of blood of Turkish warriors" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "vertical crescent moon with adjacent five-pointed star; national colors: red, white" @@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "86% (2023 est.)" + "text": "87% (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/middle-east/we.json b/middle-east/we.json index 5dac9eff..1760f79c 100644 --- a/middle-east/we.json +++ b/middle-east/we.json @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ "text": "3.25 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2019)" + "text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -297,10 +297,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.7%" + "text": "0.7% (2020)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "13.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "13.4% (2020)" }, "note": "note: includes both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank" }, diff --git a/middle-east/ym.json b/middle-east/ym.json index bde2cdf3..20a681c4 100644 --- a/middle-east/ym.json +++ b/middle-east/ym.json @@ -285,9 +285,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "0.1 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2017)" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 83.5% of population" @@ -330,21 +327,26 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "20.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.2% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "32.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "33.1% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "8.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.3% (2025 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "39.9% (2013)" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "60.4% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "6.5% (2023)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "29.6% (2023)" + } + }, "Literacy": { "definition": { "text": "age 15 and over can read and write" @@ -646,8 +648,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; 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": "note: similar to the flag of Syria, which has two green stars in the white band, and of Iraq, which has an Arabic inscription centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Egypt, which has a heraldic eagle centered in the white band" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; the band colors come from the Arab Liberation flag and represent oppression (black) overcome through bloody struggle (red), to be replaced by a bright future (white)", + "note": "note: similar to the flags of Iraq (Arabic inscription centered in the white band) and Egypt (heraldic eagle centered in the white band)" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "golden eagle; national colors: red, white, black" diff --git a/north-america/ca.json b/north-america/ca.json index a395ad60..c65fb55c 100644 --- a/north-america/ca.json +++ b/north-america/ca.json @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ "text": "2.82 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.5 beds/1,000 population (2019)" + "text": "2.6 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -344,13 +344,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "13% (2020 est.)" + "text": "10.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "15.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "12.3% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "10.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8% (2025 est.)" } }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { @@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ "text": "Liberal Party (160); Conservative Party (119); Bloc Québécois (BQ) (32); NDP-New Democratic Party (NDP) (25); Other (2)" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { - "text": "30.9%" + "text": "30.3%" }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "October 2029" @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ "text": "105 (all appointed)" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { - "text": "54.3%" + "text": "54.8%" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/north-america/gl.json b/north-america/gl.json index 5a98d86a..dd798d43 100644 --- a/north-america/gl.json +++ b/north-america/gl.json @@ -261,9 +261,6 @@ "Physician density": { "text": "1.87 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" }, - "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "14 beds/1,000 population (2016)" - }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 100% of population" @@ -520,7 +517,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of center - the top half of the disk is red, the bottom half is white; the design represents the sun reflecting off a field of ice; the colors are the same as those of the Danish flag and symbolize Greenland's links to the Kingdom of Denmark" + "text": "two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red, with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of center; the top half of the disk is red, and the bottom is white; the design represents the sun reflecting off a field of ice; the colors are the same as those of the Danish flag and symbolize Greenland's links to the Kingdom of Denmark" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "polar bear; national colors: red, white" diff --git a/north-america/ip.json b/north-america/ip.json index ded30b04..38df6d65 100644 --- a/north-america/ip.json +++ b/north-america/ip.json @@ -138,8 +138,6 @@ }, "Economy": { }, - "Communications": { - }, "Transportation": { }, "Military and Security": { diff --git a/north-america/mx.json b/north-america/mx.json index 02819e28..4948bf02 100644 --- a/north-america/mx.json +++ b/north-america/mx.json @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ "text": "2.59 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -345,13 +345,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "13.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "13.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "19.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "21.8% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "6.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "6.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -362,10 +362,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "3.6%" + "text": "3.6% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "20.7% (2018 est.)" + "text": "20.7% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires Mark Coolidge JOHNSON (since January 2025)" + "text": "Ambassador Ronald D. JOHNSON (since 19 May 2025)" }, "embassy": { "text": "Paseo de la Reforma 305, Colonia Cuauhtémoc, 06500 Mexico, CDMX" @@ -738,8 +738,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; Mexico's coat of arms (an eagle with a snake in its beak perched on a cactus) is centered in the white band; green signifies hope, joy, and love; white represents peace and honesty; red stands for hardiness, bravery, strength, and valor; the coat of arms is derived from a legend that the wandering Aztec people were to settle at a location where they would see an eagle on a cactus eating a snake; the city they founded, Tenochtitlan, is now Mexico City", - "note": "note: similar to the flag of Italy, which is shorter, uses lighter shades of green and red, and does not display anything in its white band" + "text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; Mexico's coat of arms (an eagle with a snake in its beak perched on a cactus) is centered in the white band; green stands for hope, joy, and love; white for peace and honesty; red for hardiness, bravery, strength, and valor", + "note": "note: similar to the flag of Italy, which is shorter, has no emblem, and uses lighter shades of green and red" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "golden eagle, dahlia; national colors: green, white, red" @@ -1275,8 +1275,11 @@ "note": "note: the National Guard was formed in 2019 of personnel from the former Federal Police (disbanded in December 2019) and military police units of the Army and Navy" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.9% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)" @@ -1286,9 +1289,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.6% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.5% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/north-america/sb.json b/north-america/sb.json index 97868d60..55e48118 100644 --- a/north-america/sb.json +++ b/north-america/sb.json @@ -279,9 +279,6 @@ "text": "total: 0% of population (2020)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "64.1% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -470,7 +467,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "a yellow three-masted sailing ship facing the hoist side rides on a blue background with scattered, white, wavy lines under the ship; a continuous black-over-white wavy line divides the ship from the white wavy lines; on the hoist side, a vertical band is divided into three parts: the top part (called ikkurina) is red with a green diagonal cross extending to the corners overlaid by a white cross dividing the rectangle into four sections; the middle part has a white background with an ermine pattern; the third part has a red background with two stylized yellow lions outlined in black, one above the other; these three heraldic arms represent settlement by colonists from the Basque Country (top), Brittany, and Normandy; the blue on the main portion of the flag symbolizes the Atlantic Ocean and the stylized ship represents the Grande Hermine in which Jacques Cartier \"discovered\" the islands in 1536", + "text": "a yellow three-masted sailing ship facing the hoist side rides on a blue background with wavy white lines; a black-over-white wavy line divides the ship from the white wavy lines; on the hoist side, a vertical band is divided into three heraldic arms: the top (called ikkurina) is red with a green diagonal cross extending to the corners and overlaid with a white cross, the middle is white with an ermine pattern, and the bottom is red with two yellow lions outlined in black; the arms represent settlers from the Basque Country (top), Brittany, and Normandy in France; blue symbolizes the Atlantic Ocean, and the ship represents explorer Jacques Cartier's ship when he visited the islands in 1536", "note": "note: the flag of France used for official occasions" }, "National symbol(s)": { diff --git a/north-america/us.json b/north-america/us.json index d062e5e3..a7311c45 100644 --- a/north-america/us.json +++ b/north-america/us.json @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ "text": "3.68 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "2.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -346,13 +346,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "23% (2020 est.)" + "text": "22.1% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "28.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "27.7% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "17.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "16.7% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), ANZUS, APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS (observer), CD, CE (observer), CERN (observer), CICA (observer), CP, EAPC, EAS, EBRD, EITI (implementing country), FAO, FATF, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NAFTA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), Quad, SAARC (observer), SELEC (observer), SICA (observer), SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOOSA, UNRWA, UN Security Council (permanent), UNTSO, UPU, USMCA, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC" }, "Flag description": { - "text": "13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars; the 50 stars represent the 50 states, the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies; blue stands for loyalty, devotion, truth, justice, and friendship, red symbolizes courage, zeal, and fervency, while white denotes purity and rectitude of conduct; commonly referred to by its nickname of Old Glory", + "text": "13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner has 50 five-pointed white stars, arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars; the stars represent the 50 states, and the stripes represent the 13 original colonies; blue stands for loyalty, devotion, truth, justice, and friendship, red for courage, zeal, and fervency, and white for purity and rectitude of conduct; commonly referred to by its nickname of \"Old Glory\"", "note": "note: the design and colors have been the basis for a number of other flags, including Chile, Liberia, Malaysia, and Puerto Rico" }, "National symbol(s)": { diff --git a/oceans/oo.json b/oceans/oo.json index 5a997deb..f67752ad 100644 --- a/oceans/oo.json +++ b/oceans/oo.json @@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ }, "Economy": { }, - "Communications": { - }, "Transportation": { "Transportation - note": { "text": "Drake Passage offers alternative to transit through the Panama Canal" diff --git a/oceans/xo.json b/oceans/xo.json index bfb49625..f2e0aa83 100644 --- a/oceans/xo.json +++ b/oceans/xo.json @@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ }, "Economy": { }, - "Communications": { - }, "Transportation": { }, "Military and Security": { diff --git a/oceans/xq.json b/oceans/xq.json index ca10dc70..623b55e5 100644 --- a/oceans/xq.json +++ b/oceans/xq.json @@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ }, "Economy": { }, - "Communications": { - }, "Transportation": { "Transportation - note": { "text": "sparse network of air, ocean, river, and land routes; the Northwest Passage (North America) and Northern Sea Route (Eurasia) are important seasonal waterways" diff --git a/oceans/zh.json b/oceans/zh.json index 516635c4..3cc43d80 100644 --- a/oceans/zh.json +++ b/oceans/zh.json @@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ "text": "major chokepoints include the Dardanelles, Strait of Gibraltar, access to the Panama and Suez Canals; strategic straits include the Strait of Dover, Straits of Florida, Mona Passage, The Sound (Oresund), and Windward Passage; the equator divides the Atlantic Ocean into the North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean" } }, - "People and Society": { - }, "Environment": { "Environment - current issues": { "text": "endangered marine species; fishery issues (over-fishing, unregulated bottom trawling, drift-net fishing, discards, catch of non-target species); pollution (maritime transport, discharges, offshore drilling, oil spills, improperly disposed waste); municipal sludge pollution off eastern US, southern Brazil, and eastern Argentina; oil pollution in Caribbean Sea, Gulf of America, Lake Maracaibo, Mediterranean Sea, and North Sea; industrial waste and municipal sewage pollution in Baltic Sea, North Sea, and Mediterranean Sea" @@ -109,8 +107,6 @@ }, "Economy": { }, - "Communications": { - }, "Transportation": { "Transportation - note": { "text": "Kiel Canal and Saint Lawrence Seaway are two important waterways; significant domestic commercial and recreational use of Intracoastal Waterway on central and south Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of America coast of US" diff --git a/oceans/zn.json b/oceans/zn.json index cc00a9e0..f3db829a 100644 --- a/oceans/zn.json +++ b/oceans/zn.json @@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ }, "Economy": { }, - "Communications": { - }, "Transportation": { }, "Military and Security": { diff --git a/south-america/ar.json b/south-america/ar.json index 91996ef9..80b5f673 100644 --- a/south-america/ar.json +++ b/south-america/ar.json @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ "text": "5.11 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "5 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "3.3 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -338,13 +338,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "24.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "21.9% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "29.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "26.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "19.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -355,10 +355,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2.4%" + "text": "2.4% (2020)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "15.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "15.5% (2020)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2024": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2024 est.)" + "text": "0.6% of GDP (2024 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index 3ab1103d..2f6079dd 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ "text": "1.28 physicians/1,000 population (2021)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "12.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "20.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "18.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "4.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "3.2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -349,13 +349,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "3.4%" + "text": "3.4% (2016)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "19.7%" + "text": "19.7% (2016)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "5.2% (2016 est.)" + "text": "5.2% (2016)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -1170,6 +1170,9 @@ "note": "note: the PNB is part of the reserves for the Armed Forces; the police and military share responsibility for border enforcement" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.2% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.2% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1181,9 +1184,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.4% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/south-america/br.json b/south-america/br.json index 1ba5cb88..998c25a8 100644 --- a/south-america/br.json +++ b/south-america/br.json @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ "text": "2.36 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.1 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "2.5 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -342,13 +342,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "12.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.2% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "16.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "14.4% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "9.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -1261,6 +1261,9 @@ "note": "note: the three national police forces – the Federal Police, Federal Highway Police, and Federal Railway Police – have domestic security responsibilities and report to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Ministry of Justice)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.1% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.1% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1272,9 +1275,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.4% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/south-america/co.json b/south-america/co.json index 5786f9a9..69704253 100644 --- a/south-america/co.json +++ b/south-america/co.json @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ "text": "2.54 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.7 beds/1,000 population (2018)" + "text": "1.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -335,13 +335,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "8.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.6% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "12.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "11.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "4.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "4.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -350,6 +350,17 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "55.3% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "4.9% (2015)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "23.4% (2015)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "6.7% (2015)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "4.9% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -1200,20 +1211,20 @@ "note": "note: the PNC is a civilian force under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "3.4% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "2.9% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "3% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "3% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "3% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "3.2% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "3% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "3.1% of GDP (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/south-america/ec.json b/south-america/ec.json index 85ca00b1..8808c6a7 100644 --- a/south-america/ec.json +++ b/south-america/ec.json @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ "text": "2.31 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2016)" + "text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -329,13 +329,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "11.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "18.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "17.2% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "4.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.4% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -346,10 +346,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "3.8%" + "text": "3.8% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "22.2% (2018 est.)" + "text": "22.2% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Arthur W. BROWN (since 26 June 2024)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Lawrence PETRONI (since 17 April 2025)" }, "embassy": { "text": "E12-170 Avenida Avigiras y Avenida Eloy Alfaro, Quito" @@ -662,8 +662,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three horizontal bands of yellow (top, double width), blue, and red with the coat of arms superimposed at the center of the flag; the flag retains the three main colors of the banner of Gran Colombia, the South American republic that broke up in 1830; the yellow color represents sunshine, grain, and mineral wealth, blue the sky, sea, and rivers, and red the blood of patriots spilled in the struggle for freedom and justice", - "note": "note: similar to the flag of Colombia, which is shorter and does not bear a coat of arms" + "text": "three horizontal bands of yellow (top, double-width), blue, and red, with the coat of arms at the center of the flag; yellow stands for sunshine, grain, and mineral wealth; blue for the sky, sea, and rivers; red for the blood of patriots spilled in the struggle for freedom and justice", + "note": "note: similar to the flag of Colombia, which is shorter and does not have a coat of arms" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Andean condor; national colors: yellow, blue, red" @@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "73% (2023 est.)" + "text": "77% (2024 est.)" }, "note": "according to 2021 statistics from Ecuador's Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society, 50% of homes do not have access to fixed internet" }, @@ -1148,20 +1148,20 @@ "note": "note: the National Police of Ecuador (Policía Nacional del Ecuador) is under the Ministry of Government/Interior" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "2.2% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "2% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "2.3% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "2% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.2% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "2% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.4% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "2.3% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "2.2% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/south-america/fk.json b/south-america/fk.json index d0f8e7db..98c8f692 100644 --- a/south-america/fk.json +++ b/south-america/fk.json @@ -387,11 +387,14 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Falkland Island coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms contains a white ram (sheep raising was once the major economic activity) above the sailing ship Desire (whose crew discovered the islands) with a scroll at the bottom bearing the motto DESIRE THE RIGHT" + "text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Falkland Island coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms has a white ram above the ship Desire (whose crew discovered the islands), with a scroll at the bottom bearing the motto DESIRE THE RIGHT" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "ram" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "text": "

The Falkland Islands adopted its coat of arms in 1948. The shield highlights the national symbol, the ram, which represents the country’s agricultural industry and stands on native tussock grass. English navigator John Davis’s sailing vessel, the Desire, is shown, referencing his sighting of the islands in 1592. Below the shield is the Falklands’ motto, “Desire the Right.”

" + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"Song of the Falklands\"" @@ -400,9 +403,6 @@ "text": "Christopher LANHAM" }, "note": "note: adopted 1930s; the song is the local unofficial anthem; as a territory of the United Kingdom, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)" - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "text": "

The Falkland Islands adopted its coat of arms in 1948. The shield highlights the national symbol, the ram, which represents the country’s agricultural industry and stands on native tussock grass. English navigator John Davis’s sailing vessel, the Desire, is shown, referencing his sighting of the islands in 1592. Below the shield is the Falklands’ motto, “Desire the Right.”

" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-america/gy.json b/south-america/gy.json index 4157f589..9e98808c 100644 --- a/south-america/gy.json +++ b/south-america/gy.json @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ "text": "1.39 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.7 beds/1,000 population (2016)" + "text": "2.6 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -323,13 +323,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "12.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9.2% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "21.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "16.9% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -338,6 +338,17 @@ "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "62.6% (2023 est.)" }, + "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "6.3% (2020)" + }, + "women married by age 18": { + "text": "32.3% (2020)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "11.9% (2020)" + } + }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "4.5% of GDP (2018 est.)" }, @@ -572,7 +583,7 @@ "text": "39.4%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "May 2025" + "text": "September 2025" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -633,7 +644,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "green with a red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) superimposed on a long, yellow arrowhead; there is a narrow, black border between the red and yellow, and a narrow, white border between the yellow and the green; green represents forest and foliage; yellow stands for mineral resources and a bright future; white symbolizes Guyana's rivers; red signifies zeal and the sacrifice of the people; black indicates perseverance; also referred to by its nickname The Golden Arrowhead" + "text": "green with a red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) on top of a long, yellow arrowhead; a narrow black border sits between the red and yellow, and a narrow white border between the yellow and green; green stands for forest and foliage, yellow for mineral resources and a bright future, white for the rivers, red for zeal and the people's sacrifice, and black for perseverance" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Canje pheasant (hoatzin), jaguar, Victoria Regia water lily; national colors: red, yellow, green, black, white" @@ -986,7 +997,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "85% (2022 est.)" + "text": "82% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1043,6 +1054,9 @@ "note": "note: the Guyana Police Force under the Ministry of Home Affairs is responsible for internal security" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.9% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1054,9 +1068,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.2% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.3% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/south-america/ns.json b/south-america/ns.json index f40f36fc..60e24414 100644 --- a/south-america/ns.json +++ b/south-america/ns.json @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ "text": "1.36 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "3 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -327,13 +327,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "8.8%" + "text": "8.8% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "36%" + "text": "36% (2018)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "19.6% (2018 est.)" + "text": "19.6% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -547,16 +547,13 @@ "text": "5 years" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "5/25/2020" - }, - "parties elected and seats per party": { - "text": "Progressive Reform Party (VHP) (20); National Democratic Party (NDP) (16); General Liberation and Development Party (ABOP) (8); National Party of Suriname (NPS) (3); Other (4)" + "text": "5/25/2025" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "31.4%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "May 2025" + "text": "May 2030" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -618,7 +615,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "five horizontal bands of green (top, double width), white, red (quadruple width), white, and green (double width); a large, yellow, five-pointed star is centered in the red band; red stands for progress and love, green symbolizes hope and fertility, white signifies peace, justice, and freedom; the star represents the unity of all ethnic groups; from its yellow light the nation draws strength to bear sacrifices patiently while working toward a golden future" + "text": "five horizontal bands of green (top, double-width), white, red (quadruple-width), white, and green (double-width); a five-pointed yellow star is centered in the red band; red stands for progress and love, green for hope and fertility, and white for peace, justice, and freedom; the star represents the unity of ethnic groups" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "royal palm, faya lobi (flower); national colors: green, white, red, yellow" diff --git a/south-america/pa.json b/south-america/pa.json index e90322e1..fd7c92e6 100644 --- a/south-america/pa.json +++ b/south-america/pa.json @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ "text": "3.89 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.8 beds/1,000 population (2016)" + "text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -327,13 +327,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "11.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9.3% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "18.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "15.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "4.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "3.3% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -344,10 +344,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "3.6%" + "text": "3.6% (2016)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "21.6% (2016 est.)" + "text": "21.6% (2016)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -668,8 +668,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal, horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue with an emblem centered in the white band; unusual flag in that the emblem is different on each side; the obverse (hoist side at the left) bears the national coat of arms (a yellow five-pointed star within a green wreath capped by the words REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY, all within two circles); the reverse (hoist side at the right) bears a circular seal of the treasury (a yellow lion below a red Cap of Liberty and the words PAZ Y JUSTICIA (Peace and Justice)); red symbolizes bravery and patriotism, white represents integrity and peace, and blue denotes liberty and generosity", - "note": "note: the three color bands resemble those on the flag of the Netherlands; one of only three national flags that differ on their obverse and reverse sides - the others are Moldova and Saudi Arabia" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue, with an emblem centered in the white band; the emblem is different on each side; one side (hoist side at the left) has the national coat of arms (a five-pointed yellow star in a green wreath and capped by the words REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY, all inside two circles); the other side (hoist side at the right) has a circular treasury seal (a yellow lion below a red Cap of Liberty and the words PAZ Y JUSTICIA, or Peace and Justice); red stands for bravery and patriotism, white for integrity and peace, and blue for liberty and generosity", + "note": "note: the three color bands resemble the Dutch flag; one of three national flags that differ on each side -- the others are Moldova and Saudi Arabia" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "lion; national colors: red, white, blue" @@ -1136,6 +1136,9 @@ "text": "Armed Forces of Paraguay (Fuerzas Armadas de Paraguay; aka Armed Forces of the Nation or Fuerzas Armadas de la Nación): Paraguayan Army (Ejército Paraguayo), Paraguayan Navy (Armada Paraguaya; includes marines), Paraguayan Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Paraguaya)

Ministry of Internal Affairs: National Police of Paraguay (Policía Nacional del Paraguay, PNP) (2025)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "0.8% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1147,9 +1150,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index 6f566c38..61e86079 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ "text": "1.69 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.6 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.6 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -339,13 +339,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "8.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "5.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "13.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.1% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -356,10 +356,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "2%" + "text": "2% (2020)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "14.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "14.1% (2020)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Stephanie SYPTAK-RAMNATH (since 20 June 2024)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Joan PERKINS (since 18 April 2025)" }, "embassy": { "text": "Avenida La Encalada, Cuadra 17 s/n, Surco, Lima 33" @@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal, vertical bands of red (hoist side), white, and red with the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a shield bearing a vicuna (representing fauna), a cinchona tree (the source of quinine, signifying flora), and a yellow cornucopia spilling out coins (denoting mineral wealth); red recalls blood shed for independence, white symbolizes peace" + "text": "three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), white, and red, with the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has a shield with a vicuna (symbolizing fauna), a cinchona tree (the source of quinine, symbolizing flora), and a yellow cornucopia spilling out coins (symbolizing mineral wealth); red stands for blood shed for independence, and white for peace" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "vicuna (a camelid related to the llama); national colors: red, white" @@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "75% (2022 est.)" + "text": "80% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1188,6 +1188,9 @@ "text": "Armed Forces of Peru (Fuerzas Armadas del Perú or FAP): Peruvian Army (Ejercito del Peru), Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru, MGP, includes naval infantry and General Directorate of Captaincies and Coast Guards, DICAPI), Air Force of Peru (Fuerza Aerea del Peru, FAP)

Ministry of the Interior: Peruvian National Police (Policía Nacional del Perú, PNP) (2025)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1199,9 +1202,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.2% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.2% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/south-america/sx.json b/south-america/sx.json index c46d7c90..9e31bd26 100644 --- a/south-america/sx.json +++ b/south-america/sx.json @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ "text": "none (administered by the UK, claimed by Argentina)" }, "Flag description": { - "text": "blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms features a shield with a golden lion rampant, holding a torch; the shield is supported by a fur seal on the left and a Macaroni penguin on the right; a reindeer appears above the crest, and below the shield on a scroll is the motto LEO TERRAM PROPRIAM PROTEGAT (Let the Lion Protect its Own Land); the lion with the torch represents the UK and discovery; the background of the shield, blue and white estoiles, are found in the coat of arms of James Cook, discoverer of the islands; all the outer supporting animals represented are native to the islands" + "text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the islands' coat of arms is centered on the outer half of the flag and has a green shield with a golden lion holding a torch; a fur seal is to the left of the shield and a Macaroni penguin to the right; a reindeer appears above the crest, and below the shield on a scroll is the motto LEO TERRAM PROPRIAM PROTEGAT (Let the Lion Protect its Own Land); the lion represents the UK and discovery; the seal, penguin, and reindeer are native to the islands" } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-america/uy.json b/south-america/uy.json index ae1d91ea..7d4661f5 100644 --- a/south-america/uy.json +++ b/south-america/uy.json @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ "text": "4.67 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "2.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "2.5 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -337,13 +337,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "21.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "18% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "24.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "21.3% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "18.5% (2020 est.)" + "text": "14.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -700,8 +700,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "nine equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom) alternating with blue; a white square in the upper hoist-side corner with a yellow sun bearing a human face (delineated in black) known as the Sun of May with 16 rays that alternate between triangular and wavy; the stripes represent the nine original departments of Uruguay; the sun symbol evokes the legend of the sun breaking through the clouds on 25 May 1810 as independence was first declared from Spain (Uruguay subsequently won its independence from Brazil); the sun features are said to represent those of Inti, the Inca god of the sun", - "note": "note: the banner was inspired by the national colors of Argentina and by the design of the US flag" + "text": "nine equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom) alternating with blue; a white square in the upper hoist-side corner has a yellow sun with a human face (outlined in black) known as the Sun of May, with 16 rays that alternate between triangular and wavy; the stripes represent the country's nine original departments; the sun refers to the legend of the sun breaking through the clouds on 25 May 1810 as independence was declared from Spain (Uruguay subsequently won its independence from Brazil); the sun is said to be Inti, the Inca god of the sun", + "note": "note: the banner was inspired by the national colors of Argentina and the design of the US flag" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Sun of May (a sun-with-face symbol); national colors: blue, white, yellow" @@ -1184,20 +1184,20 @@ "note": "note: the National Police includes the paramilitary National Republican Guard (Guardia Nacional Republicana)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "2.1% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { - "text": "1% of GDP (2023 est.)" + "text": "2% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { - "text": "1% of GDP (2022 est.)" + "text": "2% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "2.3% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "2% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "2.1% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/south-america/ve.json b/south-america/ve.json index f11516ab..35db6100 100644 --- a/south-america/ve.json +++ b/south-america/ve.json @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ "text": "1.66 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -333,9 +333,6 @@ "text": "0.03 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" } }, - "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "NA" - }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "51.5% (2023 est.)" }, @@ -565,16 +562,13 @@ "text": "5 years" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "12/6/2020" - }, - "parties elected and seats per party": { - "text": "Democratic Unity Roundtable alliance (MUD) (109); United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) (55)" + "text": "5/25/2025" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "32.1%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "May 2025" + "text": "May 2030" }, "note": "note: in 2020, the National Electoral Council increased the number of seats in the National Assembly from 167 to 277 for the December 2020 election" }, @@ -616,7 +610,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), blue, and red with the coat of arms on the hoist side of the yellow band and an arc of eight white five-pointed stars centered in the blue band; the flag retains the three equal horizontal bands and three main colors of the banner of Gran Colombia, the South American republic that broke up in 1830; yellow is interpreted as standing for the riches of the land, blue for the courage of its people, and red for the blood shed in attaining independence; the seven stars on the original flag represented the seven provinces in Venezuela that united in the war of independence; in 2006, then President Hugo CHAVEZ ordered an eighth star added to the star arc - a decision that sparked much controversy - to conform with the flag proclaimed by Simon Bolivar in 1827 and to represent the historic province of Guayana" + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), blue, and red, with the coat of arms on the hoist side of the yellow band and an arc of eight white five-pointed stars centered in the blue band; the flag retains the three equal horizontal bands and three main colors from the flag of Gran Colombia, the South American republic that broke up in 1830; yellow stands for the riches of the land, blue for the courage of its people, and red for the blood shed in attaining independence; in 2006, President Hugo CHAVEZ added the eighth star -- the original seven stars represented the country's provinces that united in the war of independence -- to match Simon Bolivar's flag from 1827 and to represent the historic province of Guayana" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "troupial (bird); national colors: yellow, blue, red" @@ -1067,20 +1061,20 @@ "note": "note 1: the Bolivarian Militia and the Presidential Honor Guard are considered special/secondary components of the FANB; the Militia is composed of the Military Reserve and the Territorial Militia and is comprised of armed civilians who receive periodic training in exchange for a small stipend

note 2: the National Guard was made part of the FANB in 2007 and is responsible for maintaining public order, guarding the exterior of key government installations and prisons, conducting counter-narcotics operations, monitoring borders, and providing law enforcement in remote areas; it reports to both the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Interior, Justice, and Peace

note 3: the PNB is a federal force created by Hugo CHAVEZ in 2008 as a “preventative police force,” separate from state and local ones; the PNB largely focuses on policing Caracas’ Libertador municipality, patrolling Caracas-area highways, railways, and metro system, and protecting diplomatic missions; the PNB includes the Special Action Forces (Fuerzas de Acciones Especiales, FAES), a paramilitary unit created by President MADURO to bolster internal security after the 2017 anti-government protests " }, "Military expenditures": { - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "5.2% of GDP (2019 est.)" + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.6% of GDP (2024 est.)" }, - "Military Expenditures 2018": { - "text": "4.4% of GDP (2018 est.)" + "Military Expenditures 2023": { + "text": "0.5% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, - "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "2.9% of GDP (2017 est.)" + "Military Expenditures 2022": { + "text": "0.6% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, - "Military Expenditures 2016": { - "text": "2.2% of GDP (2016 est.)" + "Military Expenditures 2021": { + "text": "0.3% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, - "Military Expenditures 2015": { - "text": "1.8% of GDP (2015 est.)" + "Military Expenditures 2020": { + "text": "1.6% of GDP (2020 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/south-asia/af.json b/south-asia/af.json index 8f83e234..9a459069 100644 --- a/south-asia/af.json +++ b/south-asia/af.json @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ "text": "0.32 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "0.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -330,13 +330,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "23.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "20.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "39.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "36.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "7.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "5.2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -347,10 +347,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "4.2%" + "text": "9.6% (2023)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "28.3% (2017 est.)" + "text": "28.7% (2023)" + }, + "men married by age 18": { + "text": "7.3% (2015)" } }, "Education expenditures": { diff --git a/south-asia/bg.json b/south-asia/bg.json index ca6e8c2e..b2fc8e10 100644 --- a/south-asia/bg.json +++ b/south-asia/bg.json @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ "text": "0.72 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.8 beds/1,000 population (2016)" + "text": "0.9 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "34.7% (2020 est.)" + "text": "29.7% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "52.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "47.6% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "17.1% (2020 est.)" + "text": "12.5% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -349,10 +349,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "15.5%" + "text": "15.5% (2019)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "51.4% (2019 est.)" + "text": "51.4% (2019)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -636,6 +636,9 @@ "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Bengal tiger, water lily; national colors: green, red" }, + "National coat of arms": { + "text": "The coat of arms of Bangladesh features the water lily, which is the national flower and symbolizes promise, aesthetics, and elegance. The water under the lily, the rice sheaves on the sides, and the jute leaves at the top represent the Bangladeshi landscape and economy. The four stars represent the aims and ambition of the nation." + }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"Amar Shonar Bangla\" (My Golden Bengal)" @@ -652,9 +655,6 @@ "selected World Heritage Site locales": { "text": "Bagerhat Historic Mosque (c); Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur (c); Sundarbans (n)" } - }, - "National coat of arms": { - "text": "The coat of arms of Bangladesh features the water lily, which is the national flower and symbolizes promise, aesthetics, and elegance. The water under the lily, the rice sheaves on the sides, and the jute leaves at the top represent the Bangladeshi landscape and economy. The four stars represent the aims and ambition of the nation." } }, "Economy": { @@ -1142,6 +1142,9 @@ "note": "note 1: the Armed Forces of Bangladesh are jointly administered by the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Armed Forces Division (AFD), both under the Prime Minister's Office; the AFD has ministerial status and parallel functions with MOD; the AFD is a joint coordinating headquarters for the three services and also functions as a joint command center during wartime; to coordinate policy, the prime minister and the president are advised by a six-member board, which includes the three service chiefs of staff, the principal staff officer of the AFD, and the military secretaries to the prime minister and president

note 2: the RAB, Ansars, and VDP are paramilitary organizations for internal security; the RAB is a joint task force comprised of Police, Army, Navy, Air Force, and Border Guards personnel seconded to the RAB; its mandate includes internal security, intelligence gathering related to criminal activities, and government-directed investigations" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "0.9% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1153,9 +1156,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.3% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.4% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/south-asia/bt.json b/south-asia/bt.json index a6f3f9bd..d58eb749 100644 --- a/south-asia/bt.json +++ b/south-asia/bt.json @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ "text": "0.55 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "1.7 beds/1,000 population (2012)" + "text": "2.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -300,6 +300,17 @@ "text": "0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" } }, + "Tobacco use": { + "total": { + "text": "18.5% (2025 est.)" + }, + "male": { + "text": "26.1% (2025 est.)" + }, + "female": { + "text": "9.8% (2025 est.)" + } + }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "62.8% (2023 est.)" }, diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index e06527c5..bd60a4e8 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ "text": "1.14 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.2 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "4 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -321,13 +321,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "22% (2020 est.)" + "text": "18.2% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "41.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "36.3% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "2.6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -338,10 +338,10 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "0.9%" + "text": "0.9% (2016)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "9.8% (2016 est.)" + "text": "9.8% (2016)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the other larger panel depicts a yellow lion holding a sword on a maroon rectangular field that also displays a yellow bo leaf in each corner; the yellow field appears as a border around the entire flag and extends between the two panels; the lion represents Sinhalese ethnicity, the strength of the nation, and bravery; the sword demonstrates the sovereignty of the nation; the four bo leaves - symbolizing Buddhism and its influence on the country - stand for the four virtues of kindness, friendliness, happiness, and equanimity; orange signifies Sri Lankan Tamils, green Sri Lankan Moors, and maroon the Sinhalese majority; yellow denotes other ethnic groups; also referred to as the Lion Flag" + "text": "yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the larger panel has a yellow lion holding a sword on a maroon field, as well as a yellow bo leaf in each corner; the sword stands for national sovereignty, the lion for Sinhalese ethnicity, the strength of the nation, and bravery,  and the four bo leaves for Buddhism and the four virtues of kindness, friendliness, happiness, and equanimity; orange stands for Tamils, green for Moors, and maroon for the Sinhalese majority; yellow represents other ethnic groups; also referred to as the Lion Flag" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "lion, water lily; national colors: maroon, yellow" @@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "estimated 215,000 active Armed Forces (140,000 Army; 30,000 Air Force; 45,000 Navy) (2025)", + "text": "estimated 210,000 active Armed Forces (140,000 Army; 25,000 Air Force; 45,000 Navy) (2025)", "note": "note: the Sri Lankan military has been downsizing for several years; in 2025, the Sri Lankan Government announced its intent to decrease the size of the Army to 100,000, the Air Force to 18,000, and the Navy to 40,000 by 2030" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { diff --git a/south-asia/in.json b/south-asia/in.json index fa6a561e..24523baa 100644 --- a/south-asia/in.json +++ b/south-asia/in.json @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ "text": "0.72 physicians/1,000 population (2020)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.5 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "1.6 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -343,13 +343,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "27.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "21.8% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "41.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "34.1% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "13% (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.9% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -360,13 +360,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "4.8%" + "text": "4.8% (2021)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "23.3%" + "text": "23.3% (2021)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "2.6% (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.6% (2021)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal horizontal bands of saffron (subdued orange) (top), white, and green, with a blue chakra (24-spoked wheel) centered in the white band; saffron represents courage, sacrifice, and the spirit of renunciation; white signifies purity and truth; green stands for faith and fertility; the blue chakra symbolizes the wheel of life in movement and death in stagnation", + "text": "three equal horizontal bands of saffron (top), white, and green, with a blue chakra (24-spoked wheel) centered in the white band; saffron stands for courage, sacrifice, and the spirit of renunciation; white for purity and truth; green for faith and fertility; the chakra symbolizes the wheel of life in movement and death in stagnation", "note": "note: similar to the flag of Niger, which has a small orange disk centered in the white band" }, "National symbol(s)": { @@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "43% (2020 est.)" + "text": "56% (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1243,6 +1243,9 @@ "note": "note 1: the Border Security Force (BSF) is responsible for the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh borders; the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB or Armed Border Force) guards the Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan borders

note 2: the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) includes a Rapid Reaction Force (RAF) for riot control and the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) for counter-insurgency operations 

note 3: the Assam Rifles are under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs, while operational control falls under the Ministry of Defense (specifically the Indian Army)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "2% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "2.3% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -1254,9 +1257,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "2.5% of GDP (2020 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "2.4% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/south-asia/mv.json b/south-asia/mv.json index dc8eb960..33d8cca9 100644 --- a/south-asia/mv.json +++ b/south-asia/mv.json @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ "text": "2.24 physicians/1,000 population (2019)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "4.3 beds/1,000 population" + "text": "5 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -318,13 +318,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "25.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "28% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "44.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "41.5% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "6% (2020 est.)" + "text": "9.2% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -334,11 +334,14 @@ "text": "71.9% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { + "women married by age 15": { + "text": "0% (2017)" + }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "2.2%" + "text": "2.2% (2017)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "2.2% (2017 est.)" + "text": "2.2% (2017)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -617,7 +620,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "red with a large green rectangle in the center bearing a vertical white crescent moon; the closed side of the crescent is on the hoist side of the flag; red recalls those who have sacrificed their lives in defense of their country, the green rectangle represents peace and prosperity, and the white crescent signifies Islam" + "text": "red with a large green rectangle in the center and a vertical white crescent moon; red stand for those who have sacrificed their lives to defend the country, the green represents peace and prosperity, and the white crescent is a symbol of Islam" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "coconut palm, yellowfin tuna; national colors: red, green, white" @@ -985,7 +988,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "84% (2022 est.)" + "text": "85% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/south-asia/np.json b/south-asia/np.json index 5d6a971a..1cd9aa82 100644 --- a/south-asia/np.json +++ b/south-asia/np.json @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ "text": "1.01 physicians/1,000 population (2023)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.3 beds/1,000 population (2012)" + "text": "0.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -325,13 +325,13 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "30.4% (2020 est.)" + "text": "22.9% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "47.9% (2020 est.)" + "text": "40.3% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "12.8% (2020 est.)" + "text": "7.6% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { @@ -342,13 +342,13 @@ }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "7.9%" + "text": "5.8% (2022)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "32.8%" + "text": "34.9% (2022)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "9% (2019 est.)" + "text": "7% (2022)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -670,8 +670,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "crimson red with a blue border around the unique shape of two overlapping right triangles; the smaller, upper triangle bears a white stylized moon and the larger, lower triangle displays a white 12-pointed sun; the color red represents the rhododendron (Nepal's national flower) and is a sign of victory and bravery, the blue border signifies peace and harmony; the two right triangles are a combination of two single pennons (pennants) that originally symbolized the Himalaya Mountains while their charges represented the families of the king (upper) and the prime minister, but today they are understood to denote Hinduism and Buddhism, the country's two main religions; the moon represents the serenity of the Nepalese people and the shade and cool weather in the Himalayas, while the sun depicts the heat and higher temperatures of the lower parts of Nepal; the moon and the sun are also said to express the hope that the nation will endure as long as these heavenly bodies", - "note": "note: Nepal is the only country in the world whose flag is not rectangular or square" + "text": "crimson red with a blue border around the unique shape of two overlapping right triangles; the smaller upper triangle has a white stylized moon, and the larger, lower triangle displays a white 12-pointed sun; the color red represents the rhododendron (the national flower) and victory and bravery, and the blue border signifies peace and harmony; the two triangles are a combination of two pennants that originally symbolized the Himalaya Mountains, but today they refer to Hinduism and Buddhism, the country's two main religions; the moon stands for the serenity of the people and the Himalayan shade and cool weather, and the sun for the heat and higher temperatures of the rest of the country", + "note": "note: Nepal is the only country in the world with a flag that is not rectangular or square" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "rhododendron blossom; national color: red" @@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "50% (2022 est.)" + "text": "56% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/south-asia/pk.json b/south-asia/pk.json index 550b8ed8..56c59965 100644 --- a/south-asia/pk.json +++ b/south-asia/pk.json @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ "text": "1.16 physicians/1,000 population (2021)" }, "Hospital bed density": { - "text": "0.6 beds/1,000 population (2017)" + "text": "0.5 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { @@ -338,30 +338,30 @@ }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { - "text": "20.2% (2020 est.)" + "text": "15.5% (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "33% (2020 est.)" + "text": "25.7% (2025 est.)" }, "female": { - "text": "7.3% (2020 est.)" + "text": "5.4% (2025 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { - "text": "23.1% (2017/18)" + "text": "23.1% (2018)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "63.5% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "3.6%" + "text": "3.6% (2018)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "18.3%" + "text": "18.3% (2018)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "4.7% (2018 est.)" + "text": "4.7% (2018)" } }, "Education expenditures": { @@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "green with a vertical white band (symbolizing the role of religious minorities) on the hoist side; a large white crescent and star are centered in the green field; the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam" + "text": "green with a vertical white band on the hoist side, symbolizing the role of religious minorities; a large white crescent and star are centered in the green field, all of which are traditional Islamic symbols" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "five-pointed star between the horns of a waxing crescent moon, jasmine; national colors: green, white" @@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "33% (2022 est.)" + "text": "27% (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/world/xx.json b/world/xx.json index e236e7ee..7dcf3e91 100644 --- a/world/xx.json +++ b/world/xx.json @@ -290,18 +290,21 @@ "text": "total: 32.3% of population (2015 est.)" } }, + "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { + "text": "12.3% (2022)" + }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "66.2% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { - "text": "5%" + "text": "4.3% (2023)" }, "women married by age 18": { - "text": "18.7% (2022 est.)" + "text": "18.7% (2023)" }, "men married by age 18": { - "text": "2.8% (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.7% (2022)" } }, "Literacy": { @@ -453,8 +456,8 @@ "text": "note: there are 230 political entities with legislative bodies; of these 144 are unicameral (a single “house”) and 86 are bicameral (both upper and lower houses); 33 territories, possessions, or other special administrative units have their own governing bodies" }, "Flag description": { - "text": "while a \"World\" flag does not exist, the flag of the United Nations (UN) -- adopted on 7 December 1946 -- has been used on occasion to represent the entire planet; technically, however, it only represents the international organization itself; the flag displays the official emblem of the UN in white on a blue background; the emblem design shows a world map in an azimuthal equidistant projection centered on the North Pole, with the image flanked by two olive branches crossed below; blue was selected as the color to represent peace, in contrast to the red usually associated with war; the map projection chosen includes all of the continents except Antarctica", - "note": "note 1: the flags of 12 nations -- Austria, Botswana, Georgia, Jamaica, Japan, Laos, Latvia, Micronesia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Switzerland, and Thailand -- have no top or bottom and may be flown with either long edge on top without any notice being taken

note 2: the most common colors found on national flags are as follows: red (including deep red; ~75%), white (~70%), and blue (including light blue; ~50%); these three colors are so prevalent that there are only two countries, Jamaica and Sri Lanka, that do not include one of them on their flag; the next three most popular colors are yellow/gold and green (both ~45%) and black (~30%)

note 3: flags composed of three colors are by far the most common type and, of those, the red-white-blue combination is the most widespread" + "text": "a \"World\" flag does not exist, but the United Nations (UN) flag -- adopted on 7 December 1946 -- has sometimes been used to represent the entire planet; the flag displays the official emblem of the UN in white on a blue background; the emblem design shows a world map in an azimuthal equidistant projection centered on the North Pole, with the image flanked by two olive branches; blue was chosen to represent peace, in contrast to the red usually associated with war; the map projection includes all the continents except Antarctica", + "note": "note 1: the flags of 12 nations -- Austria, Botswana, Georgia, Jamaica, Japan, Laos, Latvia, Micronesia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Switzerland, and Thailand -- have no top or bottom and may be flown with either long edge on top 

note 2: the most common colors found on national flags are as follows: red (including deep red; ~75%), white (~70%), and blue (including light blue; ~50%); these three colors are so prevalent that there are only two countries, Jamaica and Sri Lanka, that do not include one of them; the next three most popular colors are yellow/gold and green (both ~45%) and black (~30%)

note 3: flags composed of three colors are by far the most common type and, of those, the red-white-blue combination is the most widespread" }, "National anthem": { "name": { @@ -803,7 +806,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { - "text": "67% (2023 est.)" + "text": "68% (2024 est.)" }, "note": "top ten countries by Internet usage (in millions): 854 China; 560 India; 293 United States; 171 Indonesia; 149 Brazil; 123 Nigeria; 119 Japan; 116 Russia; 96 Bangladesh; 88 Mexico (2023)" },