auto-update week 6

africa/bc.json

@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria, sexually transmitted diseases: HIV/AIDS"
+        "text": "malaria, sexually transmitted diseases: HIV/AIDS (2024)"
       },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> on 31 August 2023, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Africa; Botswana is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine"
     },

africa/bn.json

@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "dengue fever, malaria, sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B"
+        "text": "dengue fever, malaria, sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "animal contact diseases": {
         "text": "rabies"

africa/cd.json

@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/cm.json

@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/cn.json

@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@
         "text": "last held on 19 January 2020 with a runoff on 23 February 2020 (next to be held in 2025)"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "percent of vote by party in first round - CRC 60.9%, Orange Party 4.3%, independent 30.8%, other 4%; percent of vote in the second round - CRC 54.1%, Orange Party 18.9%, independent 26.1%, other 1%; seats by party in the first round -  CRC 16, Orange Party 1, independent 2; seats by party in the second round - CRC 4, Orange Party 1; note - 9 additional seats filled by the 3 island assemblies; note - main opposition parties boycotted election; composition for elected members as of 2022 - men 20, women 4, percent of women 16.7%<br> <h3> </h3>"
+        "text": "percent of vote by party in first round - CRC 60.9%, Orange Party 4.3%, independent 30.8%, other 4%; percent of vote by party in the second round - CRC 54.1%, Orange Party 18.9%, independent 26.1%, other 1%; seats by party in the first round -  CRC 16, Orange Party 1, independent 2; seats by party in the second round - CRC 4, Orange Party 1; note - 9 additional seats filled by the 3 island assemblies; note - main opposition parties boycotted election; composition for elected members as of 2022 - men 20, women 4, percent of women 16.7%<br> <h3> </h3>"
       }
     },
     "Judicial branch": {

africa/ct.json

@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/dj.json

@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "dengue fever"
+        "text": "dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       }
     },
     "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {

africa/ek.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "Introduction": {
     "Background": {
-      "text": "<p>Equatorial Guinea consists of a continental territory and five inhabited islands; it is one of the smallest countries by area and population in Africa. The mainland region, contemporarily known as Rio Muni, was most likely predominantly inhibited by Pygmy ethnic groups prior to the migration of various Bantu-speaking ethnic groups around the second millennium BC. The island of Bioko, the largest of Equatorial Guinea’s five inhabited islands and the location of the country’s capital of Malabo, has been occupied since at least 1000 B.C. In the early 1470s, Portuguese explorers landed on Bioko Island and Portugal soon after established control of the island and other areas of modern Equatorial Guinea. In 1778, Portugal ceded its colonial hold over present-day Equatorial Guinea to Spain in the Treaty of El Pardo. The borders of modern-day Equatorial Guinea would evolve between 1778 and 1968 as the area remained under European colonial rule.<br><br>In 1968, Equatorial Guinea was granted independence from Spain and elected Francisco MACIAS NGUEMA as its first president. President MACIAS consolidated power soon after his election and ruled brutally for approximately 11 years. Under his regime, Equatorial Guinea experienced mass suppression, purges, and killings. Some estimates indicate that a third of the population either went into exile or was killed under President MACIAS’ rule. In 1979, present-day President Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, then a senior military officer, deposed President MACIAS in a violent coup. President OBIANG has ruled since and has been elected in non-competitive contests several times, most recently in November 2022. The president exerts almost total control over the political system and there is nearly no space for political opposition. Equatorial Guinea experienced rapid economic growth in the early years of the 21st century due to the discovery of large offshore oil reserves in 1996. Production peaked in 2004 and has declined since. The country's economic windfall from oil production resulted in massive increases in government revenue, a significant portion of which was designated for the development of infrastructure. Systemic corruption, however, has hindered socio-economic development and there have been limited improvements in the population's living standards. Equatorial Guinea continues to seek to diversify its economy, increase foreign investment, and assume a greater role in regional and international affairs. </p> <p> </p>"
+      "text": "<p>Equatorial Guinea consists of a continental territory and five inhabited islands; it is one of the smallest countries by area and population in Africa. The mainland region was most likely predominantly inhabited by Pygmy ethnic groups prior to the migration of various Bantu-speaking ethnic groups around the second millennium BC. The island of Bioko, the largest of Equatorial Guinea’s five inhabited islands and the location of the country’s capital of Malabo, has been occupied since at least 1000 B.C. In the early 1470s, Portuguese explorers landed on Bioko Island and Portugal soon after established control of the island and other areas of modern Equatorial Guinea. In 1778, Portugal ceded its colonial hold over present-day Equatorial Guinea to Spain in the Treaty of El Pardo. The borders of modern-day Equatorial Guinea would evolve between 1778 and 1968 as the area remained under European colonial rule.<br><br>In 1968, Equatorial Guinea was granted independence from Spain and elected Francisco MACIAS NGUEMA as its first president. President MACIAS consolidated power soon after his election and ruled brutally for approximately 11 years. Under his regime, Equatorial Guinea experienced mass suppression, purges, and killings. Some estimates indicate that a third of the population either went into exile or was killed under President MACIAS’ rule. In 1979, present-day President OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, then a senior military officer, deposed President MACIAS in a violent coup. President OBIANG has ruled since and has been elected in non-competitive contests several times, most recently in November 2022. The president exerts almost total control over the political system and there is nearly no space for political opposition. Equatorial Guinea experienced rapid economic growth in the early years of the 21st century due to the discovery of large offshore oil reserves in 1996. Production peaked in 2004 and has declined since. The country's economic windfall from oil production resulted in massive increases in government revenue, a significant portion of which was designated for the development of infrastructure. Systemic corruption, however, has hindered socio-economic development and there have been limited improvements in the population's living standards. Equatorial Guinea continues to seek to diversify its economy, increase foreign investment, and assume a greater role in regional and international affairs. </p> <p> </p>"
     }
   },
   "Geography": {
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@
       }
     },
     "Ethnic groups": {
-      "text": "Fang 85.7%, Bubi 6.5%, Ndowe 3.6%, Annobon 1.6%, Bujeba 1.1%, other 1.4% (1994 est.)"
+      "text": "Fang 85.7%, Bubi 6.5%, Ndowe (includes Bujeba 1.1%) 4.7%, Nanguedambo 1.6%, other 1.4% (1994 est.)"
     },
     "Languages": {
       "Languages": {
-        "text": "Spanish (official) 67.6%, other (includes Fang, Bubi, Portuguese (official), French (official), Portuguese-based Creoles spoken in Ano Bom) 32.4% (1994 est.)"
+        "text": "Spanish (official) 67.6%, other (includes Fang, Bubi, Portuguese (official), French (official), Fa d'Ambo spoken in Annobon) 32.4% (1994 est.)"
       },
       "major-language sample(s)": {
         "text": "<br>La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "animal contact diseases": {
         "text": "rabies"
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
     },
     "Capital": {
       "name": {
-        "text": "Malabo; note - Malabo is on the island of Bioko; in 2017, some governmental offices began to move to a new capital of Ciudad de la Paz (formerly referred to as Oyala) on the mainland near Djibloho, but a lack of funds has halted progress on construction&nbsp;"
+        "text": "Malabo; note - Malabo is on the island of Bioko; some months of the year, the government operates out of Bata on the mainland region."
       },
       "geographic coordinates": {
         "text": "3 45 N, 8 47 E"
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "named after King MALABO (Malabo Lopelo Melaka) (1837&ndash;1937), the last king of the Bubi, the ethnic group indigenous to the island of Bioko; the name of the new capital, Ciudad de la Paz, translates to \"City of Peace\" in Spanish"
+        "text": "named after King MALABO (Malabo Lopelo Melaka) (1837&ndash;1937), the last king of the Bubi, the ethnic group indigenous to the island of Bioko"
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
     },
     "Executive branch": {
       "chief of state": {
-        "text": "President Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo (since 3 August 1979 when he seized power in a military coup); First Vice President Teodoro Nguema OBIANG Mangue (since 20 November 2022)"
+        "text": "President OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo (since 3 August 1979 when he seized power in a military coup); First Vice President Teodoro Nguema OBIANG Mangue (since 20 November 2022)"
       },
       "head of government": {
         "text": "Prime Minister Manuela ROKA Botey (since 1 February 2023); First Deputy Prime Minister Clemente Engonga NGUEMA Onguene (since 23 June 2016); Second Deputy Prime Minister Angel MESIE Mibuy (since 5 February 2018); Third Deputy Prime Minister Alfonso Nsue MOKUY (since 23 June 2016)"
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
         "text": "president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 7-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 20 November 2022 (next to be held in 2029); prime minister and deputy prime ministers appointed by the president"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "<em>2022: </em>Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo reelected president; percent of vote - Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo (PDGE) 95%, other 6.1%"
+        "text": "<em>2022: </em>OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo reelected president; percent of vote - OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo (PDGE) 95%, other 6.1%"
       }
     },
     "Legislative branch": {
@@ -531,24 +531,24 @@
     },
     "Judicial branch": {
       "highest court(s)": {
-        "text": "Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the chief justice - who is also chief of state - and 9 judges&nbsp; organized into civil, criminal, commercial, labor, administrative, and customary sections); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president and 4 members)"
+        "text": "Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the President of the Supreme Court and nine judges organized into civil, criminal, commercial, labor, administrative, and customary sections); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president and 4 members)"
       },
       "judge selection and term of office": {
-        "text": "Supreme Court judges appointed by the president for 5-year terms; Constitutional Court members appointed by the president, 2 of whom are nominated by the Chamber of Deputies; note - judges subject to dismissal by the president at any time"
+        "text": "Supreme Court judges appointed by the president for five-year terms; Constitutional Court members appointed by the president, 2 of whom are nominated by the Chamber of Deputies; note - judges subject to dismissal by the president at any time"
       },
       "subordinate courts": {
         "text": "Court of Guarantees; military courts; Courts of Appeal; first instance tribunals; district and county tribunals"
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Center Right Union or UCD [Avelino MOCACHE MEHENGA]<br>Convergence Party for Social Democracy or CPDS [Andres ESONO ONDO]<br>Democratic Party for Equatorial Guinea or PDGE [Teodoro Obiang NGUEMA MBASOGO]<br>Juntos Podemos (coalition includes CPDS, FDR, UDC)<br>National Congress of Equatorial Guinea [Agustin MASOKO ABEGUE]<br>National Democratic Party [Benedicto OBIANG MANGUE]<br>National Union for Democracy [Thomas MBA MONABANG]<br>Popular Action of Equatorial Guinea or APGE [Carmelo MBA BACALE]<br>Popular Union or UP [Daniel MARTINEZ AYECABA]<br>Social Democratic Coalition Party (PCSD)[Buenaventura MONSUY ASUMU]"
+      "text": "Center Right Union or UCD [Avelino MOCACHE Mehenga]<br>Convergence Party for Social Democracy or CPDS [Andres ESONO ONDO]<br>Democratic Party for Equatorial Guinea or PDGE [OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO and Jeronimo OSA OSA Ecoro ]<br>Liberal Democratic Convention or CLD [Alfonso Nsue MOKUY]<br>Liberal Party or PL [Salvador NGUEMA MANGUE]<br>National Congress of Equatorial Guinea (CNGE) [Agustin MASOKO Abegue]<br>National Democratic Party (PNDGE) [Celestino MBOMIO AKIEME]<br>National Democratic Union or UDENA [Deogracias Dueberibe EDU]<br>National Union for Democracy PUNDGE [vacant]<br>Popular Action of Equatorial Guinea or APGE [Edouardo MBA BACALE]<br>Popular Union or UP [Alfredo Mitogo MITOGO ADE]<br>Progressive Democratic Alliance or ADP [Francisco Mba OLO BAHAMONDE]<br>Social and Popular Convergence Party or CSDP [Deogracias KUNG NSUE]<br>Social Democratic Coalition Party (PCSD) [Buenaventura MONSUY ASUMU]<br>Social Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea or PSDGE [Marcos NZE MABALE]<br>Social Democratic Union or UDS [Miguel MBA NZANG]<br>Socialist Party of Equatorial Guinea [Jusus Pablo OYONO]<br>"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, CPLP, FAO, Francophonie, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO (observer)"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
-        "text": "Ambassador Miguel Ntutumu EVUNA Andeme (since 23 February 2015)"
+        "text": "Ambassador Dr. Crisantos OBAMA ONDO (since 19 October 2023"
       },
       "chancery": {
         "text": "2020 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009"
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@
         "text": "<br>info@egembassydc.com<br><br>https://www.egembassydc.com/"
       },
       "consulate(s) general": {
-        "text": "Houston"
+        "text": "Houston, New York"
       }
     },
     "Diplomatic representation from the US": {

africa/er.json

@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF): Eritrean Ground Forces, Eritrean Navy, Eritrean Air Force (includes Air Defense Force); Hizbawi Serawit (aka People's Army or People's Militia) (2023)",
+      "text": "Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF): Eritrean Ground Forces, Eritrean Navy, Eritrean Air Force (includes Air Defense Force); People's Militia (aka People's Army or Hizbawi Serawit) (2023)",
       "note": "<strong>note: </strong>police are responsible for maintaining internal security, but the government sometimes used the armed forces, reserves, demobilized soldiers, or civilian militia to meet domestic as well as external security requirements; the armed forces have authority to arrest and detain civilians"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {

africa/ga.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "Introduction": {
     "Background": {
-      "text": "<p>In the 10th century, Muslim merchants established some of The Gambia’s earliest large settlements as trans-Saharan trade hubs. These settlements eventually grew into major export centers sending slaves, gold, and ivory across the Sahara. Between the 16th and 17th centuries, European colonial powers began establishing trade with The Gambia. In 1664, the United Kingdom established a colony in The Gambia focused on exporting enslaved people across the Atlantic. During the roughly 300 years of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the UK and other European powers may have exported as many as 3 million people from The Gambia.</p> <p>The Gambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965. Geographically surrounded by Senegal, it formed the short-lived confederation of Senegambia between 1982 and 1989. In 1994, Yahya JAMMEH led a military coup overthrowing the president and banning political activity. He subsequently won every presidential election until 2016, when he lost to Adama BARROW, who headed an opposition coalition during free and fair elections. BARROW won reelection in December 2021. The Gambia is the only member of the Economic Community of West African States that does not have presidential term limits. Since the 2016 election, The Gambia and the US have enjoyed improved relations. US assistance to the country has supported military education and training programs, capacity building, and democracy-strengthening activities.</p> <br> <p> </p> <p> </p>"
+      "text": "<p>In the 10th century, Muslim merchants established some of The Gambia’s earliest large settlements as trans-Saharan trade hubs. These settlements eventually grew into major export centers sending slaves, gold, and ivory across the Sahara. Between the 16th and 17th centuries, European colonial powers began establishing trade with The Gambia. In 1664, the United Kingdom established a colony in The Gambia focused on exporting enslaved people across the Atlantic. During the roughly 300 years of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the UK and other European powers may have exported as many as 3 million people from The Gambia.</p> <p>The Gambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965. Geographically surrounded by Senegal, it formed the short-lived confederation of Senegambia between 1982 and 1989. In 1994, Yahya JAMMEH led a military coup overthrowing the president and banning political activity. He subsequently won every presidential election until 2016, when he lost to Adama BARROW, who headed an opposition coalition during free and fair elections. BARROW won reelection in December 2021. The Gambia is the only member of the Economic Community of West African States that does not have presidential term limits. Since the 2016 election, The Gambia and the US have enjoyed improved relations. US assistance to the country has supported democracy-strengthening activities, capacity building, economic development, and security sector education and training programs. </p> <br> <p> </p> <p> </p>"
     }
   },
   "Geography": {
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"
@@ -546,10 +546,10 @@
     },
     "Executive branch": {
       "chief of state": {
-        "text": "President Adama BARROW (since 19 January 2022); Vice President Isatou TOURAY (since 15 March 2019); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government"
+        "text": "President Adama BARROW (since 19 January 2022); Vice President Muhammed B.S. JALLOW (24 February 2023; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government"
       },
       "head of government": {
-        "text": "President Adama BARROW (since 19 January 2022); Vice President Isatou TOURAY (since 15 March 2019)"
+        "text": "President Adama BARROW (since 19 January 2022); Vice President Muhammed B.S. JALLOW (24 February 2023)"
       },
       "cabinet": {
         "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president"
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction or APRC [Fabakary JATTA]<br>Coalition 2016 [collective leadership] (electoral coalition includes UDP, PDOIS, NRP, GMC, GDC, PPP, and GPDP)<br>Gambia Democratic Congress or GDC [Mama KANDEH]<br>Gambia Moral Congress or GMC [Mai FATTY]<br>Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress or GPDP [Sarja JARJOU]<br>National Convention Party or NCP [Yaya  SANYANG and Majanko SAMUSA (both claiming leadership)]<br>National Democratic Action Movement or NDAM [Lamin Yaa JUARA]<br>National People's Party or NPP [Adama BARROW]<br>National Reconciliation Party or NRP [Hamat BAH]<br>People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism or PDOIS [Halifa SALLAH]<br>People's Progressive Party or PPP [Yaya CEESAY)]<br>United Democratic Party or UDP [Ousainou DARBOE]"
+      "text": "Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction or APRC [Fabakary JATTA]<br>Gambia Democratic Congress or GDC [Mama KANDEH]<br>Gambia Moral Congress or GMC [Mai FATTY]<br>National People's Party or NPP [Adama BARROW]<br>People's Progressive Party or PPP [Yaya CEESAY)]<br>United Democratic Party or UDP [Ousainou DARBOE]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "Gambian Armed Forces (GAF; aka Armed Forces of the Gambia): the Gambian National Army (GNA), Gambia Navy, Gambia Air Force, Republican National Guard (2023)",
+      "text": "Gambian Armed Forces (GAF; aka Armed Forces of the Gambia): the Gambian National Army (GNA), Gambia Navy, Gambia Air Force, Republican National Guard (2024)",
       "note": "<strong>note: </strong>the National Guard is responsible for VIP protection, riot control, and presidential security; the Gambia Police Force under the Ministry of Interior maintains internal security"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@
       "text": "the GAF has a limited and obsolescent or secondhand equipment inventory originating from several suppliers, including China, Turkey, the UK, and the US (2023)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
-      "text": "18-25 years of age for male and female voluntary military service (18-22 for officers); no conscription; service obligation six months (2023)"
+      "text": "18-25 years of age for male and female voluntary military service (18-22 for officers); no conscription; service obligation six months (2024)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
       "text": "the Gambian security forces have a history of involvement in domestic politics, including multiple coups attempts and mutinies, with the latest being an attempted coup in 2022; since 2017, Gambia’s security sector has been undergoing reforms as part of a national reconstruction effort to recover from the 22 years of Yahya JAMMEH’s autocratic rule under which the security forces were severely under-resourced in terms of finances and equipment and were largely directed towards regime protection and suppressing dissent; international partners, including member states of the EU, particularly France and Germany, Turkey, and the US have provided support to military and police reforms; several members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have also provided security forces for stability, as well as assistance and training through the ECOWAS Mission in the Gambia (ECOMIG); as of 2023, ECOMIG continued to provide about 1,000 military and gendarmerie personnel from Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal<br><br>the GAF is a lightly armed force with about five small infantry battalions, a handful of coastal patrol boats, and a few aircraft; in addition to external defense, the responsibilities of the GAF include providing maritime security, countering human trafficking, aiding civil authorities in emergencies and natural disaster relief, and engaging in activities such as engineering, education, health, and agriculture for domestic socio-economic development; the GAF also participates in peacekeeping missions, and since its first deployments in the 1990s, has been involved in more than 10 UN peacekeeping missions while contributing about 4,000 total troops <br><br>the GAF traces its origins to the Gambia Regiment of the British Army; established in 1901, the Gambia Regiment was part of the West African Frontier Force (WAFF, later Royal West African Frontier Force or RWAFF) and served in both World Wars, including the British 1944-45 military campaign in Burma; the Gambia Regiment was disbanded in 1958 and replaced by the Field Force, a police paramilitary unit; the Field Force was responsible for The Gambia’s security until the establishment of the GAF in 1985; in addition, a defense agreement signed in 1965 between The Gambia and Senegal provided mutual assistance in the face of an external threat; from 1981-1989, The Gambia and Senegal formed a Confederal Army that was made up of troops from both countries (2023)"

africa/gb.json

@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/gh.json

@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/gv.json

@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/iv.json

@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/ke.json

@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and Rift Valley fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, Rift Valley fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: HIV/AIDS (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/li.json

@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@
       "text": "18-35 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service; no conscription (2023)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the AFL is responsible for external defense but also has some domestic security responsibilities if called upon, such as humanitarian assistance during natural disasters and support to law enforcement; it is a small, lightly equipped force comprised of 2 combat infantry battalions and supporting units; the infantry battalions were rebuilt with US assistance in 2007-2008 from the restructured AFL following the end of the second civil war in 2003 when military and police forces were disbanded and approximately 100,000 military, police, and rebel combatants were disarmed<br><br>the first militia unit established for defense of the colony was raised in 1832; the AFL traces its origins to the 1908 establishment of the Liberia Frontier Force, which became the Liberian National Guard in 1965; the AFL was established in 1970<br><br>the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) was established in 2003 as a peacekeeping force; at its height, UNMIL was comprised of about 15,000 personnel, including more than 3,000 troops absorbed from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) peacekeeping mission; Liberian forces reassumed full control of the country’s security in June of 2016, and the UNMIL mission was ended in 2018 (2023)"
+      "text": "the AFL is responsible for external defense but also has some domestic security responsibilities if called upon, such as humanitarian assistance during natural disasters and support to law enforcement; it is a small, lightly equipped force comprised of two combat infantry battalions and supporting units; the infantry battalions were rebuilt with US assistance in 2007-2008 from the restructured AFL following the end of the second civil war in 2003 when military and police forces were disbanded and approximately 100,000 military, police, and rebel combatants were disarmed<br><br>the first militia unit established for defense of the colony was raised in 1832; the AFL traces its origins to the 1908 establishment of the Liberia Frontier Force, which became the Liberian National Guard in 1965; the AFL was established in 1970<br><br>the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) was established in 2003 as a peacekeeping force; at its height, UNMIL was comprised of about 15,000 personnel, including more than 3,000 troops absorbed from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) peacekeeping mission; Liberian forces reassumed full control of the country’s security in June of 2016, and the UNMIL mission was ended in 2018 (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {

africa/lt.json

@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@
       "text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary military service for both men and women (women can serve in combat arms); no conscription (2023)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "Lesotho's declared policy for its military is the maintenance of the country's sovereignty and the preservation of internal security; in practice, external security is guaranteed by South Africa; the LDF is a small force comprised of about a half dozen infantry companies; it began in 1964 as the Police Mobile Unit (PMU); the PMU was designated as the Lesotho Paramilitary Force in 1980 and became the Royal Lesotho Defense Force in 1986; it was subsequently renamed the Lesotho Defense Force in 1993 (2023)"
+      "text": "Lesotho's declared policy for its military is the maintenance of the country's sovereignty and the preservation of internal security; in practice, external security is guaranteed by South Africa; the LDF is a small force comprised of about a half dozen infantry companies; it began in 1964 as the Police Mobile Unit (PMU); the PMU was designated as the Lesotho Paramilitary Force in 1980 and became the Royal Lesotho Defense Force in 1986; it was renamed the Lesotho Defense Force in 1993 (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {

africa/ly.json

@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@
       "text": "not available"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "Turkey has provided military advisers to trained and assist western/GNU Libyan forces and thousands of Syrian mercenaries to Libya, as well as ammunition, weapons, and aerial drones; Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt have been the main supporters of the LNA; Russia has provided as many as 2,000 private military contractors; the LNA has also used fighters from other countries, including Chad, Sudan, and Syria; GNU and LNA forces are separated by a fortified line of control running roughly from the coastal city of Sirte south to the vicinity of Al Jufra and Brak (2023)"
+      "text": "Turkey has provided military advisers to train and assist western/GNU Libyan forces and sent thousands of Syrian mercenaries to Libya, as well as ammunition, weapons, and aerial drones; Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt have been the main supporters of the LNA; Russia has provided as many as 2,000 private military contractors; the LNA has also used fighters from other countries, including Chad, Sudan, and Syria; GNU and LNA forces are separated by a fortified line of control running roughly from the coastal city of Sirte south to the vicinity of Al Jufra and Brak (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Terrorism": {

africa/ma.json

@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "31,640 km (2018)"
+        "text": "31,640 km (2017)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

africa/mi.json

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: HIV/AIDS (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@
       "text": "750 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)  (2023)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the MDF’s primary responsibility is external security; it is also tasked as necessary with providing support to civilian authorities during emergencies, supporting the Police Service, protecting national forest reserves, and participating in regional peacekeeping missions, as well as assisting with infrastructure development; it is generally considered to be a professional and effective service, although most of its equipment is aging and obsolescent; Malawi contributes regularly to African Union and UN peace support operations; the Army is the dominant service and has 3 infantry brigades while its subordinate maritime force has a few patrol boats for monitoring Lake Malawi <br><br>the MDF was established in 1964 from elements of the Kings African Rifles (KAR), a British colonial regiment raised from Great Britain's various possessions in East Africa from 1902 until independence in the 1960s; the KAR conducted both military and internal security functions within the colonial territories, and served outside the territories during the World Wars (2023)"
+      "text": "the MDF’s primary responsibility is external security; it is also tasked as necessary with providing support to civilian authorities during emergencies, supporting the Police Service, protecting national forest reserves, and participating in regional peacekeeping missions, as well as assisting with infrastructure development; it is generally considered to be a professional and effective service, although most of its equipment is aging and obsolescent; Malawi contributes regularly to African Union and UN peace support operations; the Army is the dominant service and has three infantry brigades while its subordinate maritime force has a few patrol boats for monitoring Lake Malawi <br><br>the MDF was established in 1964 from elements of the Kings African Rifles (KAR), a British colonial regiment raised from Great Britain's various possessions in East Africa from 1902 until independence in the 1960s; the KAR conducted both military and internal security functions within the colonial territories, and served outside the territories during the World Wars (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {

africa/ml.json

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/mo.json

@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@
       "text": "775 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 925 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2023)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are responsible for defending Morocco’s territorial integrity; key areas of concern for the FAR include regional challenges such as the Polisario Front in Western Sahara and Algeria; Morocco claims the territory of Western Sahara and administers the territory that it controls; the Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), an organization that seeks the territory’s independence, disputes Morocco’s claim of sovereignty over the territory; Moroccan and Polisario forces fought intermittently from 1975, when Spain relinquished colonial authority over the territory, until a 1991 cease-fire and the establishment of a UN peacekeeping mission; the Polisario withdrew from the cease-fire in November 2020, and since then there have been reports of intermittent indirect fire between the FAR and Polisario fighters across the 2,500-kilometer-long berm built in 1987 that separates the two sides; Algeria is considered a regional rival and has openly backed the Polisario Front<br><br>the FAR is a professional military and has experience in counterinsurgency, desert warfare, and international peacekeeping and security operations; it participates in both bilateral and multinational exercises and has relations with a variety of partners including the militaries of France, Spain, and the US, as well as NATO, the Arab League, and the African Union; the FAR provided fighter aircraft to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen from 2015-2019; Morocco has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation<br><br>the Royal Army has considerable artillery, armored, mechanized infantry, and motorized infantry forces formed as brigades, regiments, and independent battalions that are mostly deployed in two geographic commands focused on Western Sahara in the south and Algeria in the east and north; its armored forces include some 400 modern US-made tanks purchased since 2012; the Army also has brigades of airborne and security troops; the Navy's warships include about 6 frigates and more than 20 offshore patrol craft of varying size and capabilities; it also has a small force of naval infantry; the Air Force has approximately 100 French- and US-made combat aircraft<br> <br>the FAR was created in May 1956; large numbers of Moroccans were recruited for service in the Spahi and Tirailleur regiments of the French Army of Africa during the period of the French protectorate (1912-1956); many Moroccans fought under the French Army during both World Wars; after World War II, Moroccans formed part of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps during the First Indochina War (1946-1954); the Spanish Army recruited Moroccans from the Spanish Protectorate during both the Rif War (1921-26) and the Spanish Civil War (1936-39)<br><br>the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) was established by Security Council resolution 690 in April 1991 in accordance with settlement proposals accepted in August 1988 by Morocco and the Polisario Front; MINURSO was unable to carry out all the original settlement proposals, but as of 2022 continued to monitor the cease-fire and reduce the threat of mines and unexploded ordnance, and has provided logistic support to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with personnel and air and ground assets (2023)"
+      "text": "the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are responsible for defending Morocco’s territorial integrity; key areas of concern for the FAR include regional challenges such as the Polisario Front in Western Sahara and Algeria; Morocco claims the territory of Western Sahara and administers the territory that it controls; the Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), an organization that seeks the territory’s independence, disputes Morocco’s claim of sovereignty over the territory; Moroccan and Polisario forces fought intermittently from 1975, when Spain relinquished colonial authority over the territory, until a 1991 cease-fire and the establishment of a UN peacekeeping mission; the Polisario withdrew from the cease-fire in November 2020, and since then there have been reports of intermittent indirect fire between the FAR and Polisario fighters across the 2,500-kilometer-long berm built in 1987 that separates the two sides; Algeria is considered a regional rival and has openly backed the Polisario Front<br><br>the FAR has experience in counterinsurgency, desert warfare, and international peacekeeping and security operations; it participates in both bilateral and multinational exercises and has relations with a variety of partners including the militaries of France, Spain, and the US, as well as NATO, the Arab League, and the African Union; the FAR provided fighter aircraft to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen from 2015-2019; Morocco has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation<br><br>the Royal Army has considerable artillery, armored, mechanized infantry, and motorized infantry forces formed as brigades, regiments, and independent battalions that are mostly deployed in two geographic commands focused on Western Sahara in the south and Algeria in the east and north; its armored forces include some 400 modern US-made tanks purchased since 2012; the Army also has brigades of airborne and security troops; the Navy's warships include about six frigates and more than 20 offshore patrol craft of varying size and capabilities; it also has a small force of naval infantry; the Air Force has approximately 100 French- and US-made combat aircraft<br> <br>the FAR was created in May 1956; large numbers of Moroccans were recruited for service in the Spahi and Tirailleur regiments of the French Army of Africa during the period of the French protectorate (1912-1956); many Moroccans fought under the French Army during both World Wars; after World War II, Moroccans formed part of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps during the First Indochina War (1946-1954); the Spanish Army recruited Moroccans from the Spanish Protectorate during both the Rif War (1921-26) and the Spanish Civil War (1936-39)<br><br>the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) was established by Security Council resolution 690 in April 1991 in accordance with settlement proposals accepted in August 1988 by Morocco and the Polisario Front; MINURSO was unable to carry out all the original settlement proposals, but continues to monitor the cease-fire and reduce the threat of mines and unexploded ordnance, and has provided logistic support to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with personnel and air and ground assets (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Space": {

africa/mr.json

@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "animal contact diseases": {
         "text": "rabies"
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@
       "text": "450 (plus about 320 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2023)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "founded in 1960, the Mauritanian military is responsible for territorial defense and internal security; it also assists in economic development projects, humanitarian missions, and disaster response; securing the border and countering terrorist groups operating in the Sahel, particularly from Mali, are key operational priorities; since a spate of deadly terrorist attacks on civilian and military targets in the 2005-2011 timeframe, the Mauritanian Government has increased the defense budget (up 40% between 2008 and 2018) and military equipment acquisitions, enhanced military training, heightened security cooperation with its neighbors and the international community, and built up the military’s counterinsurgency and counterterrorism forces and capabilities; equipment acquisitions have prioritized mobility, flexibility, and intelligence collection, including light ground attack and reconnaissance aircraft, assault helicopters, patrol vessels, light trucks, and surveillance radars; Mauritania has received foreign security assistance from France, NATO, and the US in areas such as commando/special forces operations, counterterrorism, and professional military education<br><br>the Army has sought to create lighter, more nimble units capable of operating in the harsh environment of the Sahel; since 2009, for example, it has enhanced existing camel-mounted nomad patrol units and created up to 8 Special Intervention Groups (GSI), 200-man French-trained Army commando/counterterrorism units that are mounted on light vehicles, carry their own supplies, and operate in remote desert border areas for extended periods of time; in addition to the GSI and camel-mounted forces, the Army has multiple motorized infantry battalions, plus individual battalions of tanks, light armored reconnaissance, presidential guards, and airborne/commando forces to supplement garrison units stationed throughout the country in 6 military regions; the Gendarmerie has territorial-based, mobile, and specialized units such rapid reaction forces (Rapid Action Group – Surveillance and Intervention Group or GAR-SI) that conduct counterterrorism missions and work with the regular military services; the Air Force has acquired a few light attack combat aircraft in recent years, but remains small with a total inventory of about 20 patrol, transport, and trainer airplanes and helicopters; in addition to 2 offshore patrol vessels acquired from China in 2016, the Navy has a small force of coastal patrol craft and inshore patrol boats to monitor the country’s 750km-long coastline and Economic Exclusion Zone, plus a unit of marines (Fusiliers Marins); it has conducted joint patrols with the Senegalese Navy along their shared maritime border (2023)"
+      "text": "founded in 1960, the Mauritanian military is responsible for territorial defense and internal security; it also assists in economic development projects, humanitarian missions, and disaster response; securing the border and countering terrorist groups operating in the Sahel, particularly from Mali, are key operational priorities; since a spate of deadly terrorist attacks on civilian and military targets in the 2005-2011 timeframe, the Mauritanian Government has increased the defense budget (up 40% between 2008 and 2018) and military equipment acquisitions, enhanced military training, heightened security cooperation with its neighbors and the international community, and built up the military’s counterinsurgency and counterterrorism forces and capabilities; equipment acquisitions have prioritized mobility, flexibility, and intelligence collection, including light ground attack and reconnaissance aircraft, assault helicopters, patrol vessels, light trucks, and surveillance radars; Mauritania has received foreign security assistance from France, NATO, and the US in areas such as commando/special forces operations, counterterrorism, and professional military education<br><br>the Army has sought to create lighter, more nimble units capable of operating in the harsh environment of the Sahel; since 2009, for example, it has enhanced existing camel-mounted nomad patrol units and created up to eight Special Intervention Groups (GSI), 200-man French-trained Army commando/counterterrorism units that are mounted on light vehicles, carry their own supplies, and operate in remote desert border areas for extended periods of time; in addition to the GSI and camel-mounted forces, the Army has multiple motorized infantry battalions, plus individual battalions of tanks, light armored reconnaissance, presidential guards, and airborne/commando forces to supplement garrison units stationed throughout the country in six military regions; the Gendarmerie has territorial-based, mobile, and specialized units such rapid reaction forces (Rapid Action Group – Surveillance and Intervention Group or GAR-SI) that conduct counterterrorism missions and work with the regular military services; the Air Force has acquired a few light attack combat aircraft in recent years, but remains small with a total inventory of about 20 patrol, transport, and trainer airplanes and helicopters; in addition to two offshore patrol vessels acquired from China in 2016, the Navy has a small force of coastal and inshore patrol craft and boats to monitor the country’s 750km-long coastline and Economic Exclusion Zone, plus a unit of marines (Fusiliers Marins); it has conducted joint patrols with the Senegalese Navy along their shared maritime border (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Terrorism": {

africa/mz.json

@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: HIV/AIDS (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique (Forcas Armadas de Defesa de Mocambique, FADM): Mozambique Army (Ramo do Exercito), Mozambique Navy (Marinha de Guerra de Mocambique, MGM), Mozambique Air Force (Forca Aerea de Mocambique, FAM)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Mozambique National Police (PRM), the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR; police special forces), Border Security Force; other security forces include the Presidential Guard and the Force for the Protection of High-Level Individuals (2023)",
+      "text": "Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique (Forcas Armadas de Defesa de Mocambique, FADM): Mozambique Army (Ramo do Exercito), Mozambique Navy (Marinha de Guerra de Mocambique, MGM), Mozambique Air Force (Forca Aerea de Mocambique, FAM)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Mozambique National Police (PRM), the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR; police special forces), Border Security Force; other security forces include the Presidential Guard and the Force for the Protection of High-Level Individuals (2024)",
       "note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the FADM and other security forces are referred to collectively as the Defense and Security Forces (DFS)<br><strong><br>note 2:</strong> the PRM, SERNIC, and the UIR are responsible for law enforcement and internal security; the Border Security Force is responsible for protecting the country’s international borders and for carrying out police duties within 24 miles of borders<br><strong><br>note 3</strong>: the Presidential Guard provides security for the president, and the Force for the Protection of High-level Individuals provides security for senior-level officials at the national and provincial levels"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@
       "text": "registration for military service is mandatory for all men and women at 18 years of age; 18-35 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; 24-month service obligation (2023)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the FADM is responsible for external security, cooperating with police on internal security, and responding to natural disasters and other emergencies; the current primary focus of the FADM is countering an insurgency driven by militants with ties to the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) terrorist group in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, an area known for rich liquid natural gas deposits; insurgent attacks in the province began in 2017 and the fighting has left over 4,000 estimated dead and nearly 1 million displaced; the FADM is widely assessed as lacking the training, equipment, and overall capabilities to address the insurgency; several countries from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the EU, as well as Rwanda and the US are providing various forms of military assistance; the SADC countries and Zambia have sent more than 3,000 military and security personnel, while some EU member states and the US have provided training assistance<br><br>the FADM’s Army is comprised largely of light infantry supplemented by several battalions of artillery and special forces; the Air Force has small numbers of Soviet-era combat aircraft and helicopters<br><br>in 2023, the Mozambique Government legalized local militias that have been assisting security forces operating in Cabo Delgado against Islamic militants since 2020; this Local Force is comprised of ex-combatants and other civilians and is to receive training, uniforms, weapons, and logistical support from the FADM (2023)"
+      "text": "the FADM is responsible for external security, cooperating with police on internal security, and responding to natural disasters and other emergencies; the current primary focus of the FADM is countering an insurgency driven by militants with ties to the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) terrorist group in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, an area known for rich liquid natural gas deposits; insurgent attacks in the province began in 2017 and the fighting has left over 4,000 estimated dead and nearly 1 million displaced;  several countries from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the EU, as well as Rwanda and the US are providing various forms of military assistance to the FADM; the SADC countries and Zambia have sent more than 3,000 military and security personnel, while some EU member states and the US have provided training assistance<br><br>the FADM’s Army is comprised largely of light infantry supplemented by several battalions of artillery and special forces; the Air Force has small numbers of Soviet-era combat aircraft and helicopters<br><br>in 2023, the Mozambique Government legalized local militias that have been assisting security forces operating in Cabo Delgado against Islamic militants since 2020; this Local Force is comprised of ex-combatants and other civilians and is to receive training, uniforms, weapons, and logistical support from the FADM (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Terrorism": {

africa/ng.json

@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force, Niger Gendarmerie (GN)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Niger National Guard (GNN), National Police (2023)",
+      "text": "Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force, Niger Gendarmerie (GN)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Niger National Guard (GNN), National Police (2024)",
       "note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Gendarmerie (GN) and the National Guard (GNN) are paramilitary forces; the GN has primary responsibility for rural security while the GNN is responsible for domestic security and the protection of high-level officials and government buildings; the GNN in past years was known as the National Forces of Intervention and Security and the Republican Guard<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>the National Police includes the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance, which is charged with border management"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@
       "text": "<strong>note: </strong>Niger also has committed about 1,000 troops to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own country territories, although cross‐border operations are conducted periodically"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "while the FAN is responsible for ensuring external security, much of its focus is internal, particularly 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 (ISIS) in the Greater Sahara, Boko Haram, ISIS-West Africa, and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM); up to 70% of the security forces are assigned to fighting militants and protecting borders<br><br>the FAN is a lightly armed, but experienced military; it has conducted training and combat operations with foreign partners, including the French and US; the EU has also provided security assistance, particularly to the GN, GNN, and the National Police; the FAN also conducts counterterrorism operations with the G4 Sahel Group and the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), which coordinates the Lake Chad states’ operations against Boko Haram; it conducted counterinsurgency operations against Taureg rebels during the periods of 1990-95 and 2007-09<br><br>in recent years, Niger has focused on making its security services more mobile to improve their effectiveness in 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; since the 2010s, the Army has created a special operations command, several special intervention battalions, and an anti-terrorism unit known as the 1st Expeditionary Force of Niger (EFoN); the GN 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 GNN has developed 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 a few armed UAVs from Turkey<br><br>the Army was established in 1960 from French colonial forces, while the Air Force was formed as the Niger National Escadrille in 1961; the GN received its first Nigerien commander in 1962; since its establishment, Niger’s military has played a significant role in the country’s politics, conducting successful coups in 1974, 1996, 1999, and 2010, and ruling Niger for much of the period before 1999; it seized control of the government again in 2023 (2023)"
+      "text": "while the FAN is responsible for ensuring external security, much of its focus is internal, particularly 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 (ISIS) in the Greater Sahara, Boko Haram, ISIS-West Africa, and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM); up to 70% of the security forces are assigned to fighting militants and protecting borders<br><br>the FAN is a lightly armed, but experienced military; it has conducted training and combat operations with foreign partners, including the French and US; the EU has also provided security assistance, particularly to the GN, GNN, and the National Police; the FAN also conducts counterterrorism operations with the G5 Sahel Group and the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), which coordinates the Lake Chad states’ operations against Boko Haram; it conducted counterinsurgency operations against Taureg rebels during the periods of 1990-95 and 2007-09<br><br>in recent years, Niger has focused on making its security services more mobile to improve their effectiveness in 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; since the 2010s, the Army has created a special operations command, several special intervention battalions, and an anti-terrorism unit known as the 1st Expeditionary Force of Niger (EFoN); the GN 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 GNN has developed 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 a few armed UAVs from Turkey<br><br>the Army was established in 1960 from French colonial forces, while the Air Force was formed as the Niger National Escadrille in 1961; the GN received its first Nigerien commander in 1962; since its establishment, Niger’s military has played a significant role in the country’s politics, conducting successful coups in 1974, 1996, 1999, and 2010, and ruling Niger for much of the period before 1999; it seized control of the government again in 2023 (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Terrorism": {

africa/ni.json

@@ -310,10 +310,10 @@
         "text": "very high (2023)"
       },
       "food or waterborne diseases": {
-        "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever"
+        "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"
@@ -1192,13 +1192,13 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "195,000 km (2017)"
+        "text": "195,000 km (2019)"
       },
       "paved": {
-        "text": "60,000 km (2017)"
+        "text": "60,000 km (2019)"
       },
       "unpaved": {
-        "text": "135,000 km (2017)"
+        "text": "135,000 km (2019)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN): Army, Navy (includes Coast Guard), Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Police Force (NPF) (2023)",
+      "text": "Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN): Army, Navy (includes Coast Guard), Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Police Force (NPF) (2024)",
       "note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the NSCDC is a paramilitary agency commissioned to assist the military in the management of threats to internal security, including attacks and natural disasters<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Office of the National Security Advisor is responsible for coordinating all security and enforcement agencies, including the Department of State Security (DSS), the NSCDC, the Ministry of Justice, and the NPF; border security responsibilities are shared among the NPF, the DSS, the NSCDC, Customs, Immigration, and the Nigerian military<br><br><strong>note 3: </strong>some states have created local security forces in response to increased violence, insecurity, and criminality that have exceeded the response capacity of government security forces"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> Nigeria has committed an Army combat brigade (approximately 3,000 troops) to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), a regional counter-terrorism force comprised of troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger; MNJTF conducts operations against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own country territories, although cross‐border operations are conducted periodically"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the Nigerian military is sub-Saharan Africa’s largest and regarded as one of its most capable forces; the Army is organized into 8 divisions comprised of a diverse mix of more than 20 combat brigades, including airborne infantry, amphibious infantry, armor, artillery, light infantry, mechanized and motorized infantry, and special operations forces; there is also a presidential guard brigade; the Army typically organizes into battalion- and brigade-sized task forces for operations; the Air Force has a few squadrons of fighters, ground attack fighters, armed UAVs, and attack helicopter squadrons primarily for supporting the Army<br><br>the Army and Air Force are focused largely on internal security and face a number of challenges that have stretched their resources; the Army is deployed in all 36 of the country's states; in the northeast, it is conducting counterinsurgency/counterterrorist operations against the Boko Haram (BH) and Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in West Africa (ISIS-WA) terrorist groups, where it has deployed as many as 70,000 troops at times and jihadist-related violence has killed an estimated 35-40,000 people, mostly civilians, since 2009; in the northwest, it faces growing threats from criminal gangs--locally referred to as bandits--and violence associated with long-standing farmer-herder conflicts, as well as BH and ISIS-WA terrorists; bandits in the northwestern Nigeria are estimated to number in the low 10,000s and violence there has killed more than 10,000 people since the mid-2010s; the military also continues to protect the oil industry in the Niger Delta region against militants and criminal activity, although the levels of violence there have decreased in recent years; since 2021, additional troops and security forces have been deployed to eastern Nigeria to quell renewed agitation for a state of Biafra (Biafra seceded from Nigeria in the late 1960s, sparking a civil war that caused more than 1 million deaths)<br><br>meanwhile, the Navy is focused on security in the Gulf of Guinea; since 2016, it has developed a maritime strategy, boosted naval training and its naval presence in the Gulf, increased participation in regional maritime security efforts, and acquired a considerable number of new naval platforms, including offshore and coastal patrol craft, fast attack boats, and air assets; its principal surface ships currently include a frigate and a few corvettes or offshore patrol ships<br><br>the Nigerian military traces its origins to the Nigeria Regiment of the West African Frontier Force (WAFF), a multi-regiment force formed by the British colonial office in 1900 to garrison the West African colonies of Nigeria (Lagos and the protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria), Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, and Gambia; the WAFF served with distinction in both East and West Africa during World War I; in 1928, it received royal recognition and was re-named the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF); the RWAFF went on to serve in World War II as part of the British 81st and 82nd (West African) divisions in the East Africa and Burma campaigns; in 1956, the Nigeria Regiment of the RWAFF was renamed the Nigerian Military Forces (NMF) and in 1958, the colonial government of Nigeria took over control of the NMF from the British War Office; the Nigerian Armed Forces were established following independence in 1960 (2023)"
+      "text": "the Nigerian military is sub-Saharan Africa’s largest and regarded as one of its most capable forces; the Army is organized into eight divisions comprised of a diverse mix of more than 20 combat brigades, including airborne infantry, amphibious infantry, armor, artillery, light infantry, mechanized and motorized infantry, and special operations forces; there is also a presidential guard brigade; the Army typically organizes into battalion- and brigade-sized task forces for operations; the Air Force has a few squadrons of fighters, ground attack fighters, armed UAVs, and attack helicopter squadrons primarily for supporting the Army<br><br>the Army and Air Force are focused largely on internal security and face a number of challenges that have stretched their resources; the Army is deployed in all 36 of the country's states; in the northeast, it is conducting counterinsurgency/counterterrorist operations against the Boko Haram (BH) and Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in West Africa (ISIS-WA) terrorist groups, where it has deployed as many as 70,000 troops at times and jihadist-related violence has killed an estimated 35-40,000 people, mostly civilians, since 2009; in the northwest, it faces growing threats from criminal gangs--locally referred to as bandits--and violence associated with long-standing farmer-herder conflicts, as well as BH and ISIS-WA terrorists; bandits in the northwestern Nigeria are estimated to number in the low 10,000s and violence there has killed more than 10,000 people since the mid-2010s; the military also continues to protect the oil industry in the Niger Delta region against militants and criminal activity, although the levels of violence there have decreased in recent years; since 2021, additional troops and security forces have been deployed to eastern Nigeria to quell renewed agitation for a state of Biafra (Biafra seceded from Nigeria in the late 1960s, sparking a civil war that caused more than 1 million deaths)<br><br>meanwhile, the Navy is focused on security in the Gulf of Guinea; since 2016, it has developed a maritime strategy, boosted naval training and its naval presence in the Gulf, increased participation in regional maritime security efforts, and acquired a number of new naval platforms, including offshore and coastal patrol craft, fast attack boats, and air assets; its principal surface ships currently include a frigate and a few corvettes or offshore patrol ships<br><br>the Nigerian military traces its origins to the Nigeria Regiment of the West African Frontier Force (WAFF), a multi-regiment force formed by the British colonial office in 1900 to garrison the West African colonies of Nigeria (Lagos and the protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria), Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, and Gambia; the WAFF served with distinction in both East and West Africa during World War I; in 1928, it received royal recognition and was re-named the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF); the RWAFF went on to serve in World War II as part of the British 81st and 82nd (West African) divisions in the East Africa and Burma campaigns; in 1956, the Nigeria Regiment of the RWAFF was renamed the Nigerian Military Forces (NMF) and in 1958, the colonial government of Nigeria took over control of the NMF from the British War Office; the Nigerian Armed Forces were established following independence in 1960 (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Space": {

africa/od.json

@@ -988,13 +988,13 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "90,200 km (2019)"
+        "text": "90,200 km"
       },
       "paved": {
-        "text": "300 km (2019)"
+        "text": "300 km"
       },
       "unpaved": {
-        "text": "89,900 km (2019)"
+        "text": "89,900 km (2015)"
       },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> most of the road network is unpaved and much of it is in disrepair; the Juba-Nimule highway connecting Juba to the border with Uganda is the main paved road in South Sudan "
     },

africa/pu.json

@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"
@@ -1056,13 +1056,13 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "4,400 km (2018)"
+        "text": "4,400 km (2016)"
       },
       "paved": {
-        "text": "453 km (2018)"
+        "text": "453 km (2016)"
       },
       "unpaved": {
-        "text": "3,947 km (2018)"
+        "text": "3,947 km (2016)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

africa/rw.json

@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: HIV/AIDS (2024)"
       },
       "animal contact diseases": {
         "text": "rabies"

africa/sf.json

@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@
     },
     "Ethnic groups": {
       "text": "Black African 81.4%, Coloured 8.2%, White 7.3%, Indian/Asian 2.7%, other 0.4% (2022 est.)",
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> coloured is a term used in South Africa, including on the national census, for persons of mixed race ancestry who developed a distinct cultural identity over several hundred years"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> Coloured is a term used in South Africa, including on the national census, for persons of mixed race ancestry who developed a distinct cultural identity over several hundred years"
     },
     "Languages": {
       "Languages": {
-        "text": "isiZulu or Zulu (official) 25.3%, isiXhosa or Xhosa (official) 14.8%, Afrikaans (official) 12.2%, Sepedi of Pedi (official) 10.1%, Setswana or Tswana (official) 9.1%, English (official) 8.1%, Sesotho or Sotho (official) 7.9%, Xitsonga or Tsonga (official) 3.6%, siSwati or Swati (official) 2.8%, Tshivenda or Venda (official) 2.5%, isiNdebele or Ndebele (official) 1.6%, other (includes South African sign language (official) and Khoi or Khoisan or Khoe languages) 2%; note - data represent language spoken most often at home (2018 est.)"
+        "text": "isiZulu or Zulu (official) 25.3%, isiXhosa or Xhosa (official) 14.8%, Afrikaans (official) 12.2%, Sepedi or Pedi (official) 10.1%, Setswana or Tswana (official) 9.1%, English (official) 8.1%, Sesotho or Sotho (official) 7.9%, Xitsonga or Tsonga (official) 3.6%, siSwati or Swati (official) 2.8%, Tshivenda or Venda (official) 2.5%, isiNdebele or Ndebele (official) 1.6%, other (includes South African sign language (official) and Khoi or Khoisan or Khoe languages) 2%; note - data represent language spoken most often at home (2018 est.)"
       },
       "major-language sample(s)": {
         "text": "<br>Die Wereld Feite Boek, n’ onontbeerlike bron vir basiese informasie. (Afrikaans)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)"
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@
       "food or waterborne diseases": {
         "text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
+      "vectorborne diseases": {
+        "text": "sexually transmitted diseases:&nbsp; HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B (2024)"
+      },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"
       }

africa/sg.json

@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@
         "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president"
       },
       "elections/appointments": {
-        "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a single, renewable 5-year term; election last held on 24 February 2019 (next to be held on 25 February 2024)"
+        "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a single, renewable 5-year term; election last held on 24 February 2019 (next to be held on 15 December 2024)"
       },
       "election results": {
         "text": "<br><em><em>2019:</em></em> Macky SALL reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Macky SALL (APR) 58.3%, Idrissa SECK (Rewmi) 20.5%, Ousmane SONKO (PASTEF) 15.7%, other 5.5% <p><em>2012:</em> Macky SALL elected president in second round; percent of vote - Macky SALL (APR) 65.8%, Abdoulaye WADE (PDS) 34.2% </p>"

africa/sl.json

@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue feve, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis Br (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/so.json

@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "dengue fever, malaria, and Rift Valley fever"
+        "text": "dengue fever, malaria, Rift Valley fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "15,000 km (2018)"
+        "text": "15,000 km (2013)"
       }
     },
     "Merchant marine": {

africa/su.json

@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and Rift Valley fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, Rift Valley fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"
@@ -1144,13 +1144,13 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "31,000 km (2019)"
+        "text": "30,000 km"
       },
       "paved": {
-        "text": "8,000 km (2019)"
+        "text": "8,000 km"
       },
       "unpaved": {
-        "text": "23,000 km (2019)"
+        "text": "22,000 km"
       },
       "urban": {
         "text": "1,000 km (2019)"

africa/to.json

@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/tp.json

@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/ts.json

@@ -1141,8 +1141,14 @@
       }
     },
     "Roadways": {
+      "total": {
+        "text": "32,332 km"
+      },
       "paved": {
-        "text": "20,000 km (2015)"
+        "text": "12,264 km"
+      },
+      "unpaved": {
+        "text": "20,068 km (2020)"
       }
     },
     "Merchant marine": {

africa/tz.json

@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and Rift Valley fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, Rift Valley fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/ug.json

@@ -298,10 +298,10 @@
         "text": "very high (2023)"
       },
       "food or waterborne diseases": {
-        "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever"
+        "text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and Trypanosomiasis-Gambiense (African sleeping sickness)"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and Trypanosomiasis-Gambiense (African sleeping sickness), and sexually transmitted diseases: HIV/AIDS (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/uv.json

@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "dengue fever and malaria"
+        "text": "dengue fever, malaria, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/wa.json

@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria"
+        "text": "malaria, and sexually transmitted diseases: HIV/AIDS (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"
@@ -555,16 +555,16 @@
     },
     "Executive branch": {
       "chief of state": {
-        "text": "President Hage GEINGOB (since 21 March 2015); Vice President Nangolo MBUMBA (since 8 February 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government"
+        "text": "Acting President Nangolo MBUMBA (since 4 February 2024); Acting Vice President Netumbo NANDI-NDAITWAHNOTE (since 4 February 2024); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government; President Hage GEINGOB died on 4 February 2024, and Vice President MBUMBA was sworn in to run the government until the next presidential election in November 2024"
       },
       "head of government": {
-        "text": "President Hage GEINGOB (since 21 March 2015); Vice President Nangolo MBUMBA (since 8 February 2018); Prime Minister Saara KUUGONGELWA-AMADHILA (since 21 March 2015); note - the Prime Minister is appointed by the president to coordinate the work of the cabinet, advise the president, and is second in line of succession if the president is unable to serve.     <p class=\"xmsonormal\"> </p>"
+        "text": "Acting President Nangolo MBUMBA (since 4 February 2024); Acting Vice President Netumbo NANDI-NDAITWAHNOTE (since 4 February 2024); Prime Minister Saara KUUGONGELWA-AMADHILA (since 21 March 2015); note - the prime minister is appointed by the president to coordinate the work of the cabinet, advise the president, and is second in line of succession if the president is unable to serve; note - President Hage GEINGOB died on 4 February 2024, and the Vice President MBUMBA was sworn in to run the government until the next presidential election in November 2024<br> <p class=\"xmsonormal\"> </p>"
       },
       "cabinet": {
         "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president from among members of the National Assembly"
       },
       "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 on 28 November 2019 (next to be held in 2024)"
+        "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 on 28 November 2019 (next to be held in November 2024)"
       },
       "election results": {
         "text": "<br><em>2019:</em> Hage GEINGOB reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Hage GEINGOB (SWAPO) 56.3%, Panduleni ITULA (independent) 29.4%, McHenry VENAANI (PDM) 5.3%, other .9% <p><em>2014:</em> Hage GEINGOB elected president in the first round; percent of vote - Hage GEINGOB (SWAPO) 86.7%, McHenry VENAANI (DTA) 5%, Hidipo HAMUTENYA (RDP) 3.4%, Asser MBAI (NUDO)1.9%, Henk MUDGE (RP) 1%, other 2%</p>"
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2018, women comprised more than 20% of the active duty military"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the NDF’s primary responsibility is external security; it has participated in UN and regional peacekeeping and security missions and provides assistance to civil authorities as needed; it is a small and professional force that participates in multinational training exercises; the Army fields a largely mobile force centered on 3 small motorized infantry brigades and a reconnaissance regiment; the Navy has a Chinese-built multipurpose offshore patrol ship equipped with a helicopter landing platform and supported by several coastal patrol vessels, while the Air Force has a small inventory of aircraft, including a few Chinese-made fighters and Soviet-era attack helicopters <br><br>the NDF was created in 1990, largely from demobilized former members of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) and the South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF); PLAN was the armed wing of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), while SWATF was an auxiliary of the South African Defense Force and comprised the armed forces of the former South West Africa, 1977-1989; from 1990-1995, the British military assisted with the forming and training the NDF (2023)"
+      "text": "the NDF’s primary responsibility is external security; it has participated in UN and regional peacekeeping and security missions and provides assistance to civil authorities as needed; it participates in multinational training exercises; the Army fields a largely mobile force centered on three small motorized infantry brigades and a reconnaissance regiment; the Navy has a Chinese-built multipurpose offshore patrol ship equipped with a helicopter landing platform and supported by several coastal patrol vessels, while the Air Force has a small inventory of aircraft, including a few Chinese-made fighters and Soviet-era attack helicopters <br><br>the NDF was created in 1990, largely from demobilized former members of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) and the South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF); PLAN was the armed wing of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), while SWATF was an auxiliary of the South African Defense Force and comprised the armed forces of the former South West Africa, 1977-1989; from 1990-1995, the British military assisted with the forming and training the NDF (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {

africa/wz.json

@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria"
+        "text": "sexually transmitted diseases: HIV/ADIS, hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"

africa/za.json

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: HIV/AIDS (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"
@@ -1152,13 +1152,13 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "67,671 km (2018)"
+        "text": "67,671 km"
       },
       "paved": {
-        "text": "14,888 km (2018)"
+        "text": "10,150 km"
       },
       "unpaved": {
-        "text": "52,783 km (2018)"
+        "text": "57,520 km (2021)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

africa/zi.json

@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "malaria and dengue fever"
+        "text": "malaria, dengue fever, and sexually transmitted diseases: HIV/AIDS (2024)"
       },
       "water contact diseases": {
         "text": "schistosomiasis"
@@ -583,10 +583,10 @@
         "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:<br>Senate (80 seats; 60 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - 6 seats in each of the 10 provinces - by proportional representation vote, 16 indirectly elected by the regional governing councils, 18 reserved for the National Council Chiefs, and 2 reserved for members with disabilities; members serve 5-year terms)<br><br>National Assembly (280 seats; 210 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 60 seats reserved for women directly elected by proportional representation vote and 10 additional seats reserved for candidates aged between 21 and 35 directly elected by proportional representation, members serve 5-year terms)"
       },
       "elections": {
-        "text": "<p>Senate - last held for elected member on 23 August 2023 (next to be held in 2028)<br><br>National Assembly - last held on 23 August 2023 (next to be held in 2028) note: a by election was held on 11 November 2023 due to the death of a candidate during the August general election; a special by election was held on 9 December 2023 after nine opposition lawmakers were removed from their seats and disqualified from running again; another by election is set for 3 February 2024 </p>"
+        "text": "<p>Senate - last held for elected member on 23 August 2023 (next to be held in 2028)<br><br>National Assembly - last held on 23 August 2023 (next to be held in 2028) note: a by election was held on 11 November 2023 due to the death of a candidate during the August general election; a special by election was held on 9 December 2023 after nine opposition lawmakers were removed from their seats and disqualified from running again; another by election was held 3 February 2024 for six open seats</p>"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "<p>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ZANU-PF 33, CCC- 27, Chiefs 18, people with disabilities 2; composition - men 44, women 36, percent of women 45%<br><br>National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ZANU-PF 177, CCC-93; composition - men 194, women 86, percent of women 30.8%; note - total Parliament percent of women 34.3%</p>"
+        "text": "<p>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ZANU-PF 33, CCC- 27, Chiefs 18, people with disabilities 2; composition - men 44, women 36, percent of women 45%<br><br>National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ZANU-PF 190, CCC-93; composition - men 194, women 86, percent of women 30.8%; note - total Parliament percent of women 34.3%</p>"
       }
     },
     "Judicial branch": {
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Citizens Coalition for Change [vacant] <br>Movement for Democratic Change - MDC-T [Douglas MWONZORA]<br>National People's Congress- NPC- [Wilbert MUBAIWA] <br>Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF [Emmerson Dambudzo MNANGAGWA]<br>Zimbabwe African Peoples Union or ZAPU [Michael NKOMO]"
+      "text": "Citizens Coalition for Change (vacant) <br>Movement for Democratic Change - MDC-T [Douglas MWONZORA]<br>National People's Congress- NPC- [Wilbert MUBAIWA] <br>Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF [Emmerson Dambudzo MNANGAGWA]<br>Zimbabwe African Peoples Union or ZAPU [Michael NKOMO]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
@@ -1141,13 +1141,13 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "97,267 km (2019)"
+        "text": "97,267 km"
       },
       "paved": {
-        "text": "18,481 km (2019)"
+        "text": "18,481 km"
       },
       "unpaved": {
-        "text": "78,786 km (2019)"
+        "text": "78,786 km (2023)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

australia-oceania/as.json

@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@
         "text": "Senate - last held on 21 May 2022 (next to be held in May 2025)<br>House of Representatives - last held on 21 May 2022 (next to be held in May 2025)"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party/coalition - Liberal/National Coalition 40.7%, ALP 34.2%, Greens 14.5%, Pauline Hansen's One Nation 2.6%, Jacqui Lambee Network 2.6%, United Australia Party 1.3%, independent 3.9%; seats by party/coalition - Liberal/National Coalition 31, ALP 26, Australian Greens 11, Pauline Hansen's One Nation 2, Jacqui Lambee Network 2, United Australia Party 1, independent 3; composition - 33 men, 43 women; percentage of women 56.6%<br><br>House of Representatives - percent of vote by party/coalition - ALP 50.9%, Coalition 36.4%, 7.9%, 2.6%, others less than 1%; seats by party/coalition - ALP 77, Coalition 55, independent 12, Greens 4, Katter's 1, Center Alliance 1; composition as of January 2024: 93 men, 57 women; percentage of women 38% (note - one seat will be filled after a by-election on 2 March 2024)"
+        "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party/coalition - Liberal/National Coalition 40.7%, ALP 34.2%, Greens 14.5%, Pauline Hansen's One Nation 2.6%, Jacqui Lambee Network 2.6%, United Australia Party 1.3%, independent 3.9%; seats by party/coalition - Liberal/National Coalition 31, ALP 26, Australian Greens 11, Pauline Hansen's One Nation 2, Jacqui Lambee Network 2, United Australia Party 1, independent 3; composition - 33 men, 43 women; percentage of women 56.6%<br><br>House of Representatives - percent of vote by party/coalition - ALP 50.9%, Coalition 36.4%, 7.9%, 2.6%, others less than 1%; seats by party/coalition - ALP 77, Coalition 55, independent 12, Greens 4, Katter's 1, Center Alliance 1; composition as of January 2024 - 93 men, 57 women; percentage of women 38% (note - one seat will be filled after a by-election on 2 March 2024)"
       }
     },
     "Judicial branch": {

australia-oceania/nc.json

@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
         "text": "French president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); high commissioner appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; president of New Caledonia elected by Territorial Congress for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 8 July 2021 (next to be held in 2026)"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "<em><br>2021:</em> Louis MAPOU (PALIKA) elected president by Territorial Congress with 6 of 11 votes<br><br><em>2019: </em>Thieryy SANTA (The Republicans) elected president by Territorial Congress with 6 of 11 votes"
+        "text": "<em><br>2021:</em> Louis MAPOU (PALIKA) elected president by Territorial Congress with 6 of 11 votes<br><br><em>2019: </em>Thierry SANTA (The Republicans) elected president by Territorial Congress with 6 of 11 votes"
       }
     },
     "Legislative branch": {
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "no regular military forces; France bases land, air, and naval forces on New Caledonia (Forces Arm&eacute;es de la Nouvelle-Cal&eacute;donie, FANC)"
+      "text": "no regular military forces; France bases land, air, and naval forces on New Caledonia (Forces Arm&eacute;es de la Nouvelle-Cal&eacute;donie, FANC) (2024)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
       "text": "defense is the responsibility of France"

australia-oceania/nh.json

@@ -1046,13 +1046,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "1,070 km (2000)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "256 km (2000)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "814 km (2000)"
+        "text": "2,958 km (2023)"
       }
     },
     "Merchant marine": {

australia-oceania/nr.json

@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@
       "text": "no regular military forces; the police force, under the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, maintains internal security and, as necessary, external security (2024)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "Nauru maintains no defense forces; under an informal agreement, defense is the responsibility of Australia<br><br>Nauru has a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Nauru's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2023)"
+      "text": "under an informal agreement, defense is the responsibility of Australia<br><br>Nauru has a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Nauru's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {

australia-oceania/nz.json

@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@
       "text": "up to 220 Antarctica (summer season only) (2023)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the NZDF is a small and professional military with considerable overseas experience; it supports the country’s national security objectives by protecting New Zealand’s sovereignty, promoting its interests, safeguarding peace and security, and conducting peacekeeping, humanitarian, and other international missions; the Army’s primary combat units are an infantry brigade and a special forces regiment; the Navy has a small force of frigates and patrol vessels, while the Air Force has squadrons of maritime patrol, anti-submarine, and anti-surface warfare aircraft <br><br>New Zealand is a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements (FPDA), a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 embracing Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK; the FPDA commits the members to consult with one another in the event or threat of an armed attack on any of the members and to mutually decide what measures should be taken, jointly or separately; there is no specific obligation to intervene militarily <br><br>New Zealand has been part of the Australia, New Zealand, and US Security (ANZUS) Treaty since 1951; however, the US suspended its ANZUS security obligations to New Zealand in 1986 after New Zealand implemented a policy barring nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered warships from its ports; the US and New Zealand signed the Wellington Declaration in 2010, which reaffirmed close ties between the two countries, and in 2012 signed the Washington Declaration, which provided a framework for future security cooperation and defense dialogues; in 2016, a US naval ship conducted the first bilateral warship visit to New Zealand since the 1980s; New Zealand has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2023)"
+      "text": "the NZDF is a small military with considerable overseas experience; it supports the country’s national security objectives by protecting New Zealand’s sovereignty, promoting its interests, safeguarding peace and security, and conducting peacekeeping, humanitarian, and other international missions; the Army’s primary combat units are an infantry brigade and a special forces regiment; the Navy has a small force of frigates and patrol vessels, while the Air Force has squadrons of maritime patrol, anti-submarine, and anti-surface warfare aircraft <br><br>New Zealand is a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements (FPDA), a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 embracing Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK; the FPDA commits the members to consult with one another in the event or threat of an armed attack on any of the members and to mutually decide what measures should be taken, jointly or separately; there is no specific obligation to intervene militarily <br><br>New Zealand has been part of the Australia, New Zealand, and US Security (ANZUS) Treaty since 1951; however, the US suspended its ANZUS security obligations to New Zealand in 1986 after New Zealand implemented a policy barring nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered warships from its ports; the US and New Zealand signed the Wellington Declaration in 2010, which reaffirmed close ties between the two countries, and in 2012 signed the Washington Declaration, which provided a framework for future security cooperation and defense dialogues; in 2016, a US naval ship conducted the first bilateral warship visit to New Zealand since the 1980s; New Zealand has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2024)"
     }
   },
   "Space": {

australia-oceania/tv.json

@@ -905,10 +905,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "8 km (2011)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "8 km (2011)"
+        "text": "16 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Merchant marine": {

australia-oceania/ws.json

@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
         "text": "Cabinet appointed by the chief of state on the advice of the prime minister"
       },
       "elections/appointments": {
-        "text": "chief of state indirectly elected by the Legislative Assembly to serve a 5-year term (2-term limit); election last held on 23 August 2022 (next to be held in 2027); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party is usually appointed prime minister by the chief of state, approved by the Legislative Assembly"
+        "text": "chief of state indirectly elected by the Legislative Assembly to serve a 5-year term (2-term limit); election last held on 23 August 2022 (next to be held in 2026); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party is usually appointed prime minister by the chief of state, approved by the Legislative Assembly"
       },
       "election results": {
         "text": "TUIMALEALI'IFANO Va’aletoa Sualauvi II (independent) unanimously reelected by the Legislative Assembly"
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "no regular military forces; Samoa Police Force (Ministry of Police, Prisons, and Correction Services) (2023)"
+      "text": "no regular military forces; Samoa Police Force (Ministry of Police, Prisons, and Correction Services) (2024)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
       "text": "informal defense ties exist with New Zealand, which is required to consider any Samoan request for assistance under the 1962 Treaty of Friendship <br><br>Samoa has a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Somoa's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2023)"

central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json

@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
         "text": "Council of Ministers elected by the Legislature (Staten)"
       },
       "elections/appointments": {
-        "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch for a 6-year term; prime minister and deputy prime minister indirectly elected by the Staten for 4-year term; election last held on 25 June 2021 (next to be held by June 2026)"
+        "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch for a 6-year term; prime minister and deputy prime minister indirectly elected by the Staten for 4-year term; election last held on 25 June 2021 (next to be held by June 2025)"
       },
       "election results": {
         "text": "as leader of the majority party of the ruling coalition, Evelyn WEVER-CROES (MEP) elected prime minister; percent of Staten vote - NA"

central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json

@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
         "text": "<br>Senate - last appointments on 4 February 2022 (next appointments in February 2027)<br>House of Assembly - last held on 19 January 2022 (next to be held in January 2027)"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "<br>Senate - appointed; composition as of January 2024 - men 13, women 8, percent of women 38.1% <br>House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - BLP 69%, DLP 26.5%, other 4.5%; seats by party - BLP 30; composition as of August 2023 - men 22, women 8, percent of women 26.7%; note - total Parliament percent of women 32.7%"
+        "text": "<br>Senate - appointed: BLP 12, independent 9; composition as of January 2024 - men 13, women 8, percent of women 38.1% <br>House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - BLP 69%, DLP 26.5%, other 4.5%; seats by party - BLP 30; composition as of August 2023 - men 22, women 8, percent of women 26.7%; note - total Parliament percent of women 32.7%"
       },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> tradition dictates that the next election is held within 5 years of the last election, but constitutionally it is 5 years from the first seating of Parliament plus a 90-day grace period"
     },

central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json

@@ -468,10 +468,10 @@
         "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:<br>Senate (16 seats; members appointed by the governor-general - 9 selected on the advice of the prime minister, 4 on the advice of the leader of the opposition party, and 3 on the advice of the prime minister in consultation with the opposition leader; members serve 5-year terms)<br>House of Assembly (39 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)"
       },
       "elections": {
-        "text": "<br>Senate - last appointments on 24 May 2017 (next appointments in 2022)<br>House of Assembly - last held on 16 September 2021 (next to be held by September 2026)"
+        "text": "<br>Senate - last appointments on 7 October 2021 (next appointments by 31 October 2026)<br>House of Assembly - last held on 16 September 2021 (next to be held by September 2026)"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "<br>Senate - appointed; composition as of August 2023 - men 12, women 4, percent of women 25%<br><br>House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - PLP 52.5%, FNM 36.2%; seats by party - PLP 32, FNM 7; composition as of August 2023 - men 32, women 7, percent of women 18%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20%"
+        "text": "<br>Senate - appointed: PLP 12, FNM 4; composition as of August 2023 - men 12, women 4, percent of women 25%<br><br>House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - PLP 52.5%, FNM 36.2%; seats by party - PLP 32, FNM 7; composition as of August 2023 - men 32, women 7, percent of women 18%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20%"
       },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> the government may dissolve the parliament and call elections at any time"
     },

central-america-n-caribbean/es.json

@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
     },
     "Executive branch": {
       "chief of state": {
-        "text": "Acting President Claudia Juana RODRÍGUEZ de Guevara (since 1 December 2023); note - parliament granted a six-month leave of absence to President Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez and Vice President Félix Augusto Antonio ULLOA Garay (to allow them to participate in the 4 February 2024 presidential election) and approved the appointment of Claudia Juana RODRÍGUEZ de Guevara as acting president from 1 December 2023 to 1 June 2024"
+        "text": "Acting President Claudia Juana RODRÍGUEZ de Guevara (since 1 December 2023); note - parliament granted a six-month leave of absence to President Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez and Vice President Félix Augusto Antonio ULLOA Garay (to allow them to participate in the 4 February 2024 presidential election) and approved the appointment of Claudia Juana RODRÍGUEZ de Guevara as acting president from 1 December 2023 to 1 June 2024, when election winner Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez will be sworn in for a second term"
       },
       "head of government": {
         "text": "Acting President Claudia Juana RODRÍGUEZ de Guevara (since 1 December 2023)"
@@ -549,10 +549,10 @@
         "text": "Council of Ministers selected by the president"
       },
       "elections/appointments": {
-        "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a single 5-year term; election last held on 3 February 2019 (next to be held on 4 February 2024)"
+        "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a single 5-year term; election last held on 4 February 2024 (next to be held in 2029)"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "<br><em>2019:</em> Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez elected president - Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez (GANA) 53.1%, Carlos CALLEJA Hakker (ARENA) 31.72%, Hugo MARTINEZ (FMLN) 14.41%, other 0.77%<br><br><em>2014:</em> Salvador SANCHEZ CEREN elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Salvador SANCHEZ CEREN (FMLN) 48.9%, Norman QUIJANO (ARENA) 39%, Antonio SACA (CN) 11.4%, other 0.7%; percent of vote in second round - Salvador SANCHEZ CEREN 50.1%, Norman QUIJANO 49.9%"
+        "text": "<em>2024:</em> Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez reelected president - Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez (Nuevas Ideas) 83.1%, Manuel FLORES (FMLN) 7%, Joel SANCHEZ (ARENA) 6.2%, Luis PARADA (NT) 2.3%, other 1.5% <em>(preliminary results with 70% of votes counted) </em><br><br><em>2019:</em> Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez elected president - Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez (GANA) 53.1%, Carlos CALLEJA Hakker (ARENA) 31.7%, Hugo MARTINEZ (FMLN) 14.4%, other 0.8%"
       }
     },
     "Legislative branch": {

central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json

@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "no regular military forces; Royal Montserrat Defense Force (ceremonial, civil defense duties), Montserrat Police Force"
+      "text": "no regular military forces; Royal Montserrat Defense Force (ceremonial, civil defense duties), Montserrat Police Force (2024)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
       "text": "defense is the responsibility of the UK"

central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json

@@ -1136,8 +1136,8 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "Armed Forces of Nicaragua (formal name is Army of Nicaragua or Ejercito de Nicaragua, EN): Land Forces (Fuerza Terrestre); Naval Forces (Fuerza Naval); Air Forces (Fuerza Aérea) (2023)",
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> both the military and the Nicaraguan National Police (Policía Nacional de Nicaragua or PNN) report directly to the president; Parapolice, which are nonuniformed, armed, and masked units with marginal tactical training and loose hierarchical organization, act in coordination with government security forces and report directly to the National Police; they have been used to suppress anti-government protesters"
+      "text": "Armed Forces of Nicaragua (formal name is Army of Nicaragua or Ejercito de Nicaragua, EN): Land Forces (Fuerza Terrestre); Naval Forces (Fuerza Naval); Air Forces (Fuerza Aérea) (2024)",
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 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 directly to the National Police; they have been used to suppress anti-government protesters"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
       "Military Expenditures 2022": {
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@
       "text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; tour of duty 18-36 months (2023)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the military is responsible for defending Nicaragua’s independence, sovereignty, and territory, but also has some domestic security responsibilities; key tasks include border security, assisting the police, protecting natural resources, and providing disaster relief and humanitarian assistance; it has ties with the militaries of Cuba, Venezuela, and Russia; Russia has provided training support and equipment <br><br>the military’s Land Forces have a mechanized brigade and approximately 8 regional commands or detachments, each with 1 or more light infantry battalions; there is also a small special operations command; the Naval Forces operate patrol boats and have a naval infantry battalion; the Air Forces do not possess any combat aircraft <br><br>the modern Army of Nicaragua was created in 1979 as the Sandinista Popular Army (1979-1984); prior to 1979, the military was known as the National Guard, which was organized and trained by the US in the 1920s and 1930s; the first commander of the National Guard, Anastasio SOMOZA GARCIA, seized power in 1937 and ran the country as a military dictator until his assassination in 1956; his sons ran the country either directly or through figureheads until the Sandinistas came to power in 1979; the defeated National Guard was disbanded by the Sandinistas (2023)"
+      "text": "the military is responsible for defending Nicaragua’s independence, sovereignty, and territory, but also has some domestic security responsibilities; key tasks include border security, assisting the police, protecting natural resources, and providing disaster relief and humanitarian assistance; it has ties with the militaries of Cuba, Venezuela, and Russia; Russia has provided training support and equipment <br><br>the military’s Land Forces have a mechanized brigade and approximately eight regional commands or detachments, each with one or more light infantry battalions; there is also a small special operations command; the Naval Forces operate patrol boats and have a naval infantry battalion; the Air Forces do not possess any combat aircraft <br><br>the modern Army of Nicaragua was created in 1979 as the Sandinista Popular Army (1979-1984); prior to 1979, the military was known as the National Guard, which was organized and trained by the US in the 1920s and 1930s; the first commander of the National Guard, Anastasio SOMOZA GARCIA, seized power in 1937 and ran the country as a military dictator until his assassination in 1956; his sons ran the country either directly or through figureheads until the Sandinistas came to power in 1979; the defeated National Guard was disbanded by the Sandinistas (2024)"
     }
   },
   "Space": {
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {
     "Disputes - international": {
-      "text": "<p><em>Nicaragua-El Salvador-Honduras</em>: the 1992 ICJ ruling for El Salvador and Honduras advised a tripartite resolution to establish a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca, which considers Honduran access to the Pacific; the court ruled, rather, that the Gulf of Fonseca represents a condominium, with control being shared by El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua; the decision allowed for the possibility that the three nations could divide the waters at a later date if they wished to do so</p> <p><em>Nicaragua-Costa Rica</em><strong>: </strong>Nicaragua and Costa Rica regularly file border dispute cases with the ICJ over the delimitations of the San Juan River and the northern tip of Calero Island, virtually uninhabited areas claimed by both countries; there is an ongoing case in the ICJ to determine Pacific and Atlantic ocean maritime borders as well as land borders; in 2009, the ICJ ruled that Costa Rican vessels carrying out police activities could not use the river, but official Costa Rican vessels providing essential services to riverside inhabitants and Costa Rican tourists could travel freely on the river; in 2011, the ICJ provisionally ruled that both countries must remove personnel from the disputed area; in 2013, the ICJ rejected Nicaragua's 2012 suit to halt Costa Rica's construction of a highway paralleling the river on the grounds of irreparable environmental damage; in 2013, the ICJ, regarding the disputed territory, ordered that Nicaragua should refrain from dredging or canal construction and refill and repair damage caused by trenches connecting the river to the Caribbean and upheld its 2010 ruling that Nicaragua must remove all personnel; in early 2014, Costa Rica brought Nicaragua to the ICJ over offshore oil concessions in the disputed region; in 2018, the ICJ ruled that Nicaragua must remove a military base from a contested coastal area near the San Juan River, and that Costa Rica had sovereignty over the northern part of Isla Portillos, including the coast, but excluding Harbour Head Lagoon; additionally, Honduras was required to pay reparations for environmental damage to part of the wetlands at the mouth of the San Juan River</p> <p><em>Nicaragua-Colombia</em><strong>: </strong>Nicaragua filed a case with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Colombia in 2013 over the delimitation of the Continental shelf beyond the 200 nautical miles from the Nicaraguan coast, as well as over the alleged violation by Colombia of Nicaraguan maritime space in the Caribbean Sea, which contains rich oil and fish resources; as of September 2021, Colombia refuses to abide by the ICJ ruling</p> <p><em>Nicaragua-Honduras</em>: none identified</p>"
+      "text": "<p><em>Nicaragua-El Salvador-Honduras</em>: the 1992 ICJ ruling for El Salvador and Honduras advised a tripartite resolution to establish a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca, which considers Honduran access to the Pacific; the court ruled, rather, that the Gulf of Fonseca represents a condominium, with control being shared by El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua; the decision allowed for the possibility that the three nations could divide the waters at a later date if they wished to do so</p> <p><em>Nicaragua-Costa Rica</em><strong>: </strong>Nicaragua and Costa Rica regularly file border dispute cases with the ICJ over the delimitations of the San Juan River and the northern tip of Calero Island, virtually uninhabited areas claimed by both countries; there is an ongoing case in the ICJ to determine Pacific and Atlantic ocean maritime borders as well as land borders; in 2009, the ICJ ruled that Costa Rican vessels carrying out police activities could not use the river, but official Costa Rican vessels providing essential services to riverside inhabitants and Costa Rican tourists could travel freely on the river; in 2011, the ICJ provisionally ruled that both countries must remove personnel from the disputed area; in 2013, the ICJ rejected Nicaragua's 2012 suit to halt Costa Rica's construction of a highway paralleling the river on the grounds of irreparable environmental damage; in 2013, the ICJ, regarding the disputed territory, ordered that Nicaragua should refrain from dredging or canal construction and refill and repair damage caused by trenches connecting the river to the Caribbean and upheld its 2010 ruling that Nicaragua must remove all personnel; in early 2014, Costa Rica brought Nicaragua to the ICJ over offshore oil concessions in the disputed region; in 2018, the ICJ ruled that Nicaragua must remove a military base from a contested coastal area near the San Juan River, and that Costa Rica had sovereignty over the northern part of Isla Portillos, including the coast, but excluding Harbour Head Lagoon; additionally, Honduras was required to pay reparations for environmental damage to part of the wetlands at the mouth of the San Juan River</p> <p><em>Nicaragua-Colombia</em><strong>: </strong>Nicaragua filed a case with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Colombia in 2013 over the delimitation of the Continental shelf beyond the 200 nautical miles from the Nicaraguan coast, as well as over the alleged violation by Colombia of Nicaraguan maritime space in the Caribbean Sea, which contains rich oil and fish resources; as of September 2021, Colombia refuses to abide by the ICJ ruling</p> <p> </p>"
     },
     "Trafficking in persons": {
       "tier rating": {

central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json

@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {
     "Disputes - international": {
-      "text": "<p>illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic cross the Mona Passage to Puerto Rico each year looking for work</p>"
+      "text": "migrants from the Dominican Republic and Haiti attempt to cross the treacherous 148-km-wide (92 mile) Mona Passage to Puerto Rico each year looking for work"
     }
   }
 }

central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json

@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@
   "Communications": {
     "Telephones - fixed lines": {
       "total subscriptions": {
-        "text": "16,000 (2021 est.)"
+        "text": "15,700 (2021 est.)"
       },
       "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
         "text": "33 (2021 est.)"

central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json

@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
         "text": "last held on 24 April 2023 (next to be held in 2027)"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "percent of vote by party - PVIM 34.2%, VIP 31.9%, NDP 26.1%, PU 8%; seats by party - VIP 6, NDP 3, PVIM 3, PU 1"
+        "text": "percent of vote by party - VIP 39.6%, NDP 29.1, PVIM 15.7%, PU 5%, independents 10.6%; seats by party - VIP 6, NDP 3, PVIM 3, PU 1; note - percentages reflect 9 elected single seat constituents, seat total includes four nationwide at-large elected members"
       }
     },
     "Judicial branch": {

central-asia/kz.json

@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
         "text": "President Kasym-Zhomart TOKAYEV (since 20 March 2019)"
       },
       "head of government": {
-        "text": "Prime Minister Alikhan SMAILOV (since 11 January 2022); note - Prime Minister Askar MAMIN resigned on 5 January 2022 in the wake of massive protests of his government that began 2 January 2022 following a sudden, steep rise in gasoline prices"
+        "text": "Prime Minister Olzhas BEKTENOV (since 6 February 2024); note - Alikhan SMAILOV resigned on 5 February 2024"
       },
       "cabinet": {
         "text": "the president appoints ministers based on the prime minister's recommendations; the president has veto power over all appointments and independently appoints the ministers of defense, internal affairs, and foreign affairs"

central-asia/rs.json

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Natural resources": {
-      "text": "wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, bauxite, reserves of rare earth elements, timber, note, formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder exploitation of natural resources"
+      "text": "wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, bauxite, reserves of rare earth elements, timber; note - formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder exploitation of natural resources"
     },
     "Land use": {
       "agricultural land": {
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
         "text": "President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN (since 7 May 2012); no vice president position"
       },
       "head of government": {
-        "text": "Premier Mikhail MISHUSTIN (since 16 January 2020); First Deputy Premier Andrey Removich BELOUSOV (since 21 January 2020); Deputy Premiers Yuriy TRUTNEV (since 31 August 2013), Tatiana Alekseyevna GOLIKOVA (since 18 May 2018), Dmitriy Yuriyevich GRIGORENKO, Viktoriya Valeriyevna ABRAMCHENKO, Aleksey Logvinovich OVERCHUK, Marat Shakirzyanovich KHUSNULLIN, Dmitriy Nikolayevich CHERNYSHENKO (all since 21 January 2020), Aleksandr NOVAK (since 10 November 2020), Denis Valentinovich MANTUROV (since 15 July 2022)"
+        "text": "Premier Mikhail Vladimirovich MISHUSTIN (since 16 January 2020); First Deputy Premier Andrey Removich BELOUSOV (since 21 January 2020); Deputy Premiers Yuriy TRUTNEV (since 31 August 2013), Tatiana Alekseyevna GOLIKOVA (since 18 May 2018), Dmitriy Yuriyevich GRIGORENKO, Viktoriya Valeriyevna ABRAMCHENKO, Aleksey Logvinovich OVERCHUK, Marat Shakirzyanovich KHUSNULLIN, Dmitriy Nikolayevich CHERNYSHENKO (all since 21 January 2020), Aleksandr NOVAK (since 10 November 2020), Denis Valentinovich MANTUROV (since 15 July 2022)"
       },
       "cabinet": {
         "text": "the \"Government\" is composed of the premier, his deputies, and ministers, all appointed by the president; the premier is also confirmed by the Duma"
@@ -719,15 +719,15 @@
       "text": "natural resource-rich Eurasian economy; leading energy exporter to Europe and Asia; decreased oil export reliance; endemic corruption, Ukrainian invasion, and lack of green infrastructure limit investment and have led to sanctions"
     },
     "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
+      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
+        "text": "$4.027 trillion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
         "text": "$4.078 trillion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020": {
         "text": "$3.893 trillion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2019": {
-        "text": "$4 trillion (2019 est.)"
-      },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
     },
     "Real GDP growth rate": {
@@ -742,15 +742,15 @@
       }
     },
     "Real GDP per capita": {
+      "Real GDP per capita 2022": {
+        "text": "$27,500 (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Real GDP per capita 2021": {
         "text": "$28,000 (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP per capita 2020": {
         "text": "$26,600 (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Real GDP per capita 2019": {
-        "text": "$27,300 (2019 est.)"
-      },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
     },
     "GDP (official exchange rate)": {
@@ -909,35 +909,37 @@
       }
     },
     "Exports": {
+      "Exports 2022": {
+        "text": "$631.551 billion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Exports 2021": {
-        "text": "$550.035 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$550.035 billion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Exports 2020": {
-        "text": "$381.49 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$381.49 billion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Exports 2019": {
-        "text": "$481.686 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
-      }
+      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>data are in current year dollars"
     },
     "Exports - partners": {
-      "text": "China 14%, Netherlands 10%, Belarus 5%, Germany 5% (2019)"
+      "text": "China 15%, Netherlands 8%, United States 6%, United Kingdom 5%, Italy 5% (2021)"
     },
     "Exports - commodities": {
       "text": "crude petroleum, refined petroleum, natural gas, coal, wheat, iron (2019)"
     },
     "Imports": {
+      "Imports 2022": {
+        "text": "$349.175 billion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Imports 2021": {
-        "text": "$379.947 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$379.947 billion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Imports 2020": {
-        "text": "$304.837 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$304.837 billion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Imports 2019": {
-        "text": "$352.358 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
-      }
+      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>data are in current year dollars"
     },
     "Imports - partners": {
-      "text": "China 20%, Germany 13%, Belarus 6% (2019)"
+      "text": "China 25%, Germany 12%, Belarus 6%, South Korea 4%, Poland 3% (2021)"
     },
     "Imports - commodities": {
       "text": "cars and vehicle parts, packaged medicines, broadcasting equipment, aircraft, computers (2019)"
@@ -1316,8 +1318,8 @@
       "note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> in May 2022, Russia's parliament approved a law removing the upper age limit for contractual service in the military; in November 2022, President Vladimir PUTIN signed a decree allowing dual-national Russians and those with permanent residency status in foreign countries to be drafted into the army for military service<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>the Russian military takes on about 260,000 conscripts each year in two semi-annual drafts (Spring and Fall); as of 2021, conscripts comprised an estimated 30% of the Russian military's active duty personnel and most reserve personnel were former conscripts; in April of 2019, the Russian Government pledged its intent to end conscription as part of a decade-long effort to shift from a large, conscript-based military to a smaller, more professional force; an existing law allows for a 21-month alternative civil service for conscripts in hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities for those who view military duty as incompatible with their beliefs, but military conscription offices reportedly often broadly ignore requests for such service<br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> as of 2020, women made up about 5% of the active-duty military<br><br><strong>note 4:</strong> since 2015, foreigners 18-30 with a good command of Russian have been allowed to join the military on 5-year contracts and become eligible for Russian citizenship after serving 3 years; in October 2022, the Interior Ministry opened up recruitment centers for foreigners to sign a 1-year service contract with the armed forces, other troops, or military formations participating in the invasion of Ukraine with the promise of simplifying the process of obtaining Russian citizenship"
     },
     "Military deployments": {
-      "text": "information varies; approximately 3,000 Armenia; approximately 2,000 Armenia/Azerbaijan (peacekeepers for Nagorno-Karabakh); up to 5,000 Belarus; up to 10,000 Georgia; approximately 500 Kyrgyzstan; approximately 1,500 Moldova (Transnistria); estimated 2,000-5,000 Syria; approximately 3-5,000 Tajikistan (2023)",
-      "note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> in February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine with an estimated 150,000 troops; prior to the invasion, it maintained an estimated 30,000 troops in areas of Ukraine occupied since 2014; in 2023, the Russian Government claimed to have over 650,000 troops in occupied Ukraine<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>as of 2023, Russia was assessed to have about 3,000-5,000 private military contractors conducting military and security operations in Africa and the Middle East, including in the Central African Republic, Libya, Mali, Sudan, and Syria"
+      "text": "information varies and may not reflect troops transferred to support Russian military operations in Ukraine; approximately 3,000 Armenia; approximately 2,000 Armenia/Azerbaijan (peacekeepers for Nagorno-Karabakh); up to 5,000 Belarus; up to 10,000 Georgia; approximately 500 Kyrgyzstan; approximately 1,500 Moldova (Transnistria); estimated 2,000-5,000 Syria; approximately 3-5,000 Tajikistan (2023)",
+      "note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> in February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine with an estimated 150,000 troops, some of which were staged out of Belarus; prior to the invasion, it maintained an estimated 30,000 troops in areas of Ukraine occupied since 2014; in 2023, the Russian Government claimed to have over 650,000 troops in occupied Ukraine<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>as of 2023, Russia was assessed to have about 3,000-5,000 private military contractors conducting military and security operations in Africa and the Middle East, including in the Central African Republic, Libya, Mali, Sudan, and Syria"
     },
     "Military - note": {
       "text": "the Russian military is a mixed force of conscripts and professionals (contract servicemen) that is capable of conducting the full range of air, land, maritime, and strategic missile operations; it is also active in the areas of cyber warfare, electronic warfare, and space; in addition to protecting Russia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the military supports Moscow’s national security objectives, which include maintaining and projecting influence and power outside Russia, particularly in the former Soviet republics, and deterring perceived external threats from the US and NATO; in recent years, the Russian military has conducted combat operations in both Syria and Ukraine; in February 2022, Russia launched an unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the military, particularly the ground forces, continues to be heavily engaged there in what is the largest war in Europe since World War II ended in 1945; Russia has occupied Ukraine’s province of Crimea and backed separatist forces in the Donbas region of Ukraine since 2014 with arms, equipment, and training, as well as special operations forces and troops, although Moscow denied their presence prior to 2022; Russia intervened in the Syrian civil war at the request of the ASAD government in September 2015 in what was Moscow’s first overseas expeditionary operation since the Soviet era; Russian assistance has included air support, arms and equipment, intelligence, military advisors, private military contractors, special operations forces, and training; it seized the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2008; separately, Russia has provided military personnel and private military contractors to conduct missions in Africa, including in the Central African Republic, Libya, Mali, and Sudan <br><br>Russian forces are organized into five military districts and operational/joint strategic commands; the Ground Troops are configured into at least 11 combined arms armies, one tank army, and four army corps, each comprised of a mixture of tank or “motorized rifle” (mechanized or motorized infantry) division and brigade structures supplemented by artillery, tactical missile, and air defense forces; the most capable ground forces are the special forces (Spetsial’noye naznacheniye or Spetsnaz) brigades and Airborne and Air Assault Troops (VDV), which are considered strategic-level assets; the Spetsnaz forces have eight brigades, while the VDV has at least two airborne and two air assault divisions, plus some independent air assault and Spetsnaz brigades<br><br>the Navy conducts operations globally and has four fleets (Baltic, Black Sea, Pacific, and Northern), as well as a flotilla in the Caspian Sea; the principal surface warships are an aircraft carrier (under repair until at least 2024), four battlecruisers or cruisers, and over 20 destroyers and frigates; the backbone of the Navy is its submarine force, which has approximately 50-60 nuclear ballistic missile, nuclear cruise missile, nuclear attack-type, and conventional attack submarines; the ballistic missile submarines are an essential arm of Russia’s nuclear triad; the Navy has an aviation force with fighters, multipurpose fighters, and surface attack aircraft, as well as anti-submarine warfare and attack helicopters; it also has coastal defense forces and a ground force of several naval infantry brigades, which have been used as ground troops in Ukraine<br><br>the Aerospace Forces include as sub-branches the Air Force, the Air and Missile Defense Forces, and Space Forces; the Air and Air/Missile Defense elements are typically organized into armies, commands, bases, brigades, and regiments; the Air Forces are some of the largest in the world, and prior to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine included nearly 1,500 fighters, multirole fighters, and bombers, as well as nearly 1,500 combat helicopters<br><br>the Strategic Rocket Forces have both road-mobile and silo-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and are organized into three armies with 12 subordinate divisions, each further broken down into regiments<br><br>the paramilitary Russian National Guard is organized into regions or districts with subordinate divisions and brigades, which include a mix of security, special purpose, protective, and motorized units, as well as some artillery and aviation forces (2023)"
@@ -1344,7 +1346,7 @@
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {
     "Disputes - international": {
-      "text": "<p>Russia remains concerned about the smuggling of poppy derivatives from Afghanistan through Central Asian countries</p> <p><em>Russia-China</em>: Russia and China have demarcated the once disputed islands at the Amur and Ussuri confluence and in the Argun River in accordance with the 2004 Agreement, ending their centuries-long border disputes</p> <p><em>Russia-Denmark-Norway</em>: Denmark (Greenland) and Norway have made submissions to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), and Russia is collecting additional data to augment its 2001 CLCS submission</p> <p><em>Russia and Estonia</em>: Russia and Estonia signed a technical border agreement in May 2005, but Russia recalled its signature in June 2005 after the Estonian parliament added to its domestic ratification act a historical preamble referencing the Soviet occupation and Estonia's pre-war borders under the 1920 Treaty of Tartu; Russia contends that the preamble allows Estonia to make territorial claims on Russia in the future, while Estonian officials deny that the preamble has any legal impact on the treaty text; negotiations were reopened in 2012, and a treaty was signed in 2014 without the disputed preamble, but neither country has ratified it as of 2020</p> <p><em>Russia-Finland</em>: various groups in Finland advocate restoration of Karelia (Kareliya) and other areas ceded to the Soviet Union following World War II but the Finnish Government asserts no territorial demands</p> <p><em>Russia-Georgia</em>: Russia's military support and subsequent recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence in 2008 continue to sour relations with Georgia; in 2011, Russia began to put up fences and barbed wire to fortify South Ossetia, physically dividing villages in the process; Russia continues to move the South Ossetia border fences further into Georgian territory</p> <p><em>Russia-Japan:</em> the sovereignty dispute over the islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan, and the Habomai group, known in Japan as the \"Northern Territories\" and in Russia as the \"Southern Kurils,\" occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945, now administered by Russia, and claimed by Japan, remains the primary sticking point to signing a peace treaty formally ending World War II hostilities</p> <p><em>Russia-Kazakhstan</em>: Russia boundary delimitation was ratified on November 2005; field demarcation commenced in 2007 and was expected to be completed by 2013</p> <p><em>Russia-Lithuania</em>: Russia and Lithuania committed to demarcating their boundary in 2006 in accordance with the land and maritime treaty ratified by Russia in May 2003 and by Lithuania in 1999; border demarcation was completed in 2018; Lithuania operates a simplified transit regime for Russian nationals traveling from the Kaliningrad coastal exclave into Russia, while still conforming, as an EU member state with an EU external border, where strict Schengen border rules apply</p> <p><em>Russia-North Korea</em>: none identified</p> <p><em>Russia-Norway</em>: Russia and Norway signed a comprehensive maritime boundary agreement in 2010, opening the disputed territory for oil and natural gas exploration; a visa-free travel agreement for persons living near the border went into effect in May 2012</p> <p><em>Russia-Ukraine</em>: Russia remains involved in the conflict in eastern Ukraine while also occupying Ukraine’s territory of Crimea; preparations for the demarcation delimitation of land boundary with Ukraine have commenced; the dispute over the boundary between Russia and Ukraine through the Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov is suspended due to the occupation of Crimea by Russia</p> <p><em>Russia-US</em>: Russian Duma has not yet ratified 1990 Bering Sea Maritime Boundary Agreement with the US; the southwesterly \"Western Limit\" places about 70% of the Bering Sea under U.S. maritime jurisdiction</p> <p><em>Russia-various</em>: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia ratified Caspian seabed delimitation treaties based on equidistance, while Iran continues to insist on a one-fifth slice of the sea</p> <p> </p>"
+      "text": "<p><em>Russia-China</em>: Russia and China have demarcated the once disputed islands at the Amur and Ussuri confluence and in the Argun River in accordance with the 2004 Agreement, ending their centuries-long border disputes</p> <p><em>Russia-Denmark-Norway</em>: Denmark (Greenland) and Norway have made submissions to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), and Russia is collecting additional data to augment its 2001 CLCS submission</p> <p><em>Russia and Estonia</em>: Russia and Estonia signed a technical border agreement in May 2005, but Russia recalled its signature in June 2005 after the Estonian parliament added to its domestic ratification act a historical preamble referencing the Soviet occupation and Estonia's pre-war borders under the 1920 Treaty of Tartu; Russia contends that the preamble allows Estonia to make territorial claims on Russia in the future, while Estonian officials deny that the preamble has any legal impact on the treaty text; negotiations were reopened in 2012, and a treaty was signed in 2014 without the disputed preamble, but neither country has ratified it as of 2020</p> <p><em>Russia-Finland</em>: various groups in Finland advocate restoration of Karelia (Kareliya) and other areas ceded to the Soviet Union following World War II but the Finnish Government asserts no territorial demands</p> <p><em>Russia-Georgia</em>: Russia's military support and subsequent recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence in 2008 continue to sour relations with Georgia; in 2011, Russia began to put up fences and barbed wire to fortify South Ossetia, physically dividing villages in the process; Russia continues to move the South Ossetia border fences further into Georgian territory</p> <p><em>Russia-Japan:</em> the sovereignty dispute over the islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan, and the Habomai group, known in Japan as the \"Northern Territories\" and in Russia as the \"Southern Kurils,\" occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945, now administered by Russia, and claimed by Japan, remains the primary sticking point to signing a peace treaty formally ending World War II hostilities</p> <p><em>Russia-Kazakhstan</em>: Russia boundary delimitation was ratified on November 2005; field demarcation commenced in 2007 and was expected to be completed by 2013</p> <p><em>Russia-Lithuania</em>: Russia and Lithuania committed to demarcating their boundary in 2006 in accordance with the land and maritime treaty ratified by Russia in May 2003 and by Lithuania in 1999; border demarcation was completed in 2018; Lithuania operates a simplified transit regime for Russian nationals traveling from the Kaliningrad coastal exclave into Russia, while still conforming, as an EU member state with an EU external border, where strict Schengen border rules apply</p> <p><em>Russia-North Korea</em>: none identified</p> <p><em>Russia-Norway</em>: Russia and Norway signed a comprehensive maritime boundary agreement in 2010, opening the disputed territory for oil and natural gas exploration; a visa-free travel agreement for persons living near the border went into effect in May 2012</p> <p><em>Russia-Ukraine</em>: Russia remains involved in the conflict in eastern Ukraine while also occupying Ukraine’s territory of Crimea; preparations for the demarcation delimitation of land boundary with Ukraine have commenced; the dispute over the boundary between Russia and Ukraine through the Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov is suspended due to the occupation of Crimea by Russia</p> <p><em>Russia-US</em>: Russian Duma has not yet ratified 1990 Bering Sea Maritime Boundary Agreement with the US; the southwesterly \"Western Limit\" places about 70% of the Bering Sea under U.S. maritime jurisdiction</p> <p><em>Russia-various</em>: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia ratified Caspian seabed delimitation treaties based on equidistance, while Iran continues to insist on a one-fifth slice of the sea</p> <p> </p>"
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {

central-asia/uz.json

@@ -1158,13 +1158,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "86,496 km (2000)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "75,511 km (2000)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "10,985 km (2000)"
+        "text": "225,500 km (2013)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "Introduction": {
     "Background": {
-      "text": "<p>Burma, colonized by Britain in the 19th century and granted independence post-World War II, contains ethnic Burman and scores of other ethnic and religious minority groups that have all resisted external efforts to consolidate control of the country throughout its history, extending to the several minority groups today that possess independent fighting forces and control pockets of territory. In 1962, Gen. NE WIN seized power and ruled Burma until 1988 when a new military regime took control. In 1990, the military regime permitted an election but then rejected the results after the main opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) and its leader AUNG SAN SUU KYI (ASSK) won in a landslide. The military regime placed ASSK under house arrest for much of the next 20 years, until November 2010. In 2007, rising fuel prices in Burma led pro-democracy activists and Buddhist monks to launch a \"Saffron Revolution\" consisting of large protests against the ruling regime, which violently suppressed the movement by killing an unknown number of participants and arresting thousands. The regime prevented new elections until it had drafted a constitution designed to preserve the military's political control; it passed the new constitution in its 2008 referendum, days after Cyclone Nargis killed at least 138,000. The military regime conducted an election in 2010, but the NLD boycotted the vote, and the military’s political proxy, the Union Solidarity and Development Party, easily won; international observers denounced the election as flawed. <br><br>With former or current military officers installed in the government's most senior positions, Burma began a halting process of political and economic reforms. Officials freed prisoners, brokered ceasefires with ethnic armed groups (EAGs), amended courts, expanded civil liberties, brought ASSK into government in 2012, and permitted the NLD in 2015 to take power after a sweeping electoral win. However, Burma’s first credibly elected civilian government, with ASSK as the de facto head of state, faced strong headwinds after five decades of military dictatorship. The NLD government drew international criticism for blocking investigations of Burma’s military for operations, which the US Department of State determined constituted genocide, on its ethnic Rohingya population that killed thousands and forced more than 770,000 to flee into neighboring Bangladesh. The military did not support an NLD pledge in 2019 to examine reforming the military’s 2008 constitution. When the 2020 elections resulted in further NLD gains, the military denounced them as fraudulent. Burma military Commander-in-Chief Sr. General MIN AUNG HLAING launched a coup in February 2021 that returned Burma to authoritarian rule with military crackdowns that undid economic and political reforms and resulted in the detention of ASSK and thousands of pro-democracy actors, as well as widespread armed conflict and economic insecurity.<br><br>Since the coup and subsequent military crackdown, members of parliament elected in November 2020 and ousted by the military and other political actors have formed pro-democracy organizations, including the National Unity Government (NUG). Members of the NUG include representatives from the NLD, ethnic minority groups, civil society, and other minor parties. In May 2021, the NUG announced the formation of armed militias called the People's Defense Forces (PDF), and in September that same year announced the start of an insurgency against the military junta after the formation of hundreds of PDF armed groups. As of 2024, PDF groups across the country continue to fight the military regime with varying levels of support from and cooperation with the NUG and antiregime EAGs.</p>"
+      "text": "<p>Burma, colonized by Britain in the 19th century and granted independence post-World War II, contains ethnic Burman and scores of other ethnic and religious minority groups that have all resisted external efforts to consolidate control of the country throughout its history, extending to the several minority groups today that possess independent fighting forces and control pockets of territory. In 1962, Gen. NE WIN seized power and ruled Burma until 1988 when a new military regime took control. In 1990, the military regime permitted an election but then rejected the results after the main opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) and its leader AUNG SAN SUU KYI (ASSK) won in a landslide. The military regime placed ASSK under house arrest for much of the next 20 years, until November 2010. In 2007, rising fuel prices in Burma led pro-democracy activists and Buddhist monks to launch a \"Saffron Revolution\" consisting of large protests against the ruling regime, which violently suppressed the movement by killing an unknown number of participants and arresting thousands. The regime prevented new elections until it had drafted a constitution designed to preserve the military's political control; it passed the new constitution in its 2008 referendum, days after Cyclone Nargis killed at least 138,000. The military regime conducted an election in 2010, but the NLD boycotted the vote, and the military’s political proxy, the Union Solidarity and Development Party, easily won; international observers denounced the election as flawed. <br><br>With former or current military officers installed in the government's most senior positions, Burma began a halting process of political and economic reforms. Officials freed prisoners, brokered ceasefires with ethnic armed groups (EAGs), amended courts, expanded civil liberties, brought ASSK into government in 2012, and permitted the NLD in 2015 to take power after a sweeping electoral win. However, Burma’s first credibly elected civilian government, with ASSK as the de facto head of state, faced strong headwinds after five decades of military dictatorship. The NLD government drew international criticism for blocking investigations of Burma’s military for operations, which the US Department of State determined constituted genocide, on its ethnic Rohingya population that killed thousands and forced more than 770,000 to flee into neighboring Bangladesh. The military did not support an NLD pledge in 2019 to examine reforming the military’s 2008 constitution. When the 2020 elections resulted in further NLD gains, the military denounced them as fraudulent. Burma military Commander-in-Chief Sr. General MIN AUNG HLAING launched a coup in February 2021 that returned Burma to authoritarian rule with military crackdowns that undid economic and political reforms and resulted in the detention of ASSK and thousands of pro-democracy actors, as well as widespread armed conflict and economic insecurity.<br><br>Since the coup and subsequent military crackdown, members of parliament elected in November 2020 and ousted by the military and other political actors have formed pro-democracy organizations, including the National Unity Government (NUG). Members of the NUG include representatives from the NLD, ethnic minority groups, civil society, and other minor parties. In May 2021, the NUG announced the formation of armed militias called the People's Defense Forces (PDF), and in September that same year announced the start of an insurgency against the military junta after the formation of hundreds of PDF armed groups. As of 2024, PDF groups across the country continued to fight the military regime with varying levels of support from and cooperation with the NUG and antiregime EAGs.</p>"
     }
   },
   "Geography": {
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "dengue fever, malaria, and Japanese encephalitis"
+        "text": "dengue fever, malaria, Japanese encephalitis, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "animal contact diseases": {
         "text": "rabies"
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@
         "text": "Prime Minister, State Administration Council Chair, Sr. Gen. MIN AUNG HLAING (since 1 August 2021)"
       },
       "cabinet": {
-        "text": "Cabinet appointments shared by the president and the commander-in-chief; note - after 1 February 2021, the military junta replaced the Cabinet"
+        "text": "Cabinet appointments shared by the president and the commander-in-chief; note - on 2 February 2021, the military leadership replaced the Cabinet with the State Administrative Council (SAC), which is the official name of the military government in Burma"
       },
       "elections/appointments": {
         "text": "prior to the military takeover in 2021, president was indirectly elected by simple majority vote by the full Assembly of the Union from among 3 vice-presidential candidates nominated by the Presidential Electoral College (consists of members of the lower and upper houses and military members); the other 2 candidates become vice presidents (president elected for a 5-year term); general election last held on 8 November 2020; the military junta has pledged to hold new general elections but has repeatedly announced delays"

east-n-southeast-asia/id.json

@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "dengue fever and malaria"
+        "text": "dengue fever, malaria, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> on 31 August 2023, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Southeast Asia; Indonesia is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine"
     },

east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Ethnic groups": {
-      "text": "Japanese 97.9%, Chinese 0.6%, Korean 0.4%, other 1.1% (includes Vietnamese, Filipino, and Brazilian) (2017 est.)",
+      "text": "Japanese 97.8%, Chinese 0.6%, Korean 0.3%, other 1.3% (includes Filipino, Brazilian, Nepalese, Indonesian, American, and Thai) (2021 est.)",
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data represent population by nationality; up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil"
     },
     "Languages": {
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@
       }
     },
     "Religions": {
-      "text": "Shintoism 70.5%, Buddhism 67.2%, Christianity 1.5%, other 5.9% (2019 est.)",
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> total adherents exceeds 100% because many people practice both Shintoism and Buddhism"
+      "text": "Shintoism 48.6%, Buddhism 46.4%, Christianity 1.1%, other 4% (2021 est.)",
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> total adherents among persons claiming a religious affiliation"
     },
     "Age structure": {
       "0-14 years": {
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
-        "text": "Ambassador TOMITA Koji (since 17 February 2021)"
+        "text": "Ambassador YAMADA Shigeo (since December 2023)"
       },
       "chancery": {
         "text": "2520 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008"

east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json

@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note 1</strong>: 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 <strong><br><br>note 2:</strong> the Security Guard Command protects the Kim family, other senior leadership figures, and government facilities<br><strong><br>note 3: </strong>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": "between 2010 and 2019, military expenditures accounted for an estimated 20-25% of North Korea's GDP 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 &mdash; including cybercrime &mdash; 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 range 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 &mdash; including cybercrime &mdash; 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": "information varies; estimated 1-1.2 million active-duty troops; estimated 200,000 internal security forces (2023)"
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> the bulk of the KPA is made up of conscripts; as many as 20% of North Korean males between the ages of 16 and 54 are in the military at a given time and possibly up to 30 percent of males between the ages of 18 and 27, not counting the reserves or paramilitary units; women comprise about 20% of the military by some estimates"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "North Korea is one of the most militarized countries in the World, and the Korean People's Army (KPA) is one of the World’s largest military forces; the KPA’s primary responsibilities are national defense and protection of the Kim regime; it also provides considerable support to domestic economic projects such as agriculture production and infrastructure construction; North Korea views the US as its primary external security threat while South Korea and Japan are treated as extensions of perceived US aggression; the North also sees South Korea’s different economic and political systems as a threat to the regime’s legitimacy; the Kim regime is driven by fears of threats to its power from internal sources as well <br><br>in addition to the invasion of South Korea and the subsequent Korean War (1950-53), North Korea from the 1960s to the 1980s launched a considerable number of limited military and subversive actions against South Korea using special forces and terrorist tactics; including aggressive skirmishes along the DMZ, overt attempts to assassinate South Korean leaders, kidnappings, the bombing of an airliner, and a failed effort in 1968 to foment an insurrection and conduct a guerrilla war in the South with more than 100 seaborne commandos; from the 1990s until 2010, the North lost two submarines and a semi-submersible boat attempting to insert infiltrators into the South (1996, 1998) and provoked several engagements in the Northwest Islands area along the disputed Northern Limit Line (NLL), including naval skirmishes between patrol boats in 1999 and 2002, the torpedoing and sinking of a South Korean Navy corvette in 2010, and the bombardment of a South Korean Marine Corps installation on Yeonpyeong Island, also in 2010; since 2010, further minor incidents continue to occur periodically along the DMZ, where both the KPA and the South Korean military maintain large numbers of troops<br><br>the KPA was founded in 1948; 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<br><br>North Korea’s growing ballistic missile program includes close- (CRBM), short- (SRBM), medium- (MRBM), intermediate- (IRBM), and intercontinental- (ICBM) range ballistic missiles; the North received its first ballistic missiles, short-range FROGs (free rocket over ground), from the Soviet Union in the 1960s, but its modern ballistic missile program is generally thought to date back to the mid-1970s when it received a Soviet Scud-class missile, likely from Egypt; the North reverse-engineered the missile and developed an indigenously built version in 1984; it flight-tested its first Scud-based medium-range Nodong missile in 1990, and probably began development of the multi-stage Taepodong missiles around this time as well; the North revealed its first road-mobile ICBM in 2012 and conducted the first test of an ICBM-class system in 2017; it conducted additional ICBM tests in 2022 and 2023 (2023)"
+      "text": "North Korea is one of the most militarized countries in the World, and the Korean People's Army (KPA) is one of the World’s largest military forces; founded in 1948, the KPA’s primary responsibilities are national defense and protection of the Kim regime; it also provides considerable support to domestic economic projects such as agriculture production and infrastructure construction; North Korea views the US as its primary external security threat while South Korea and Japan are treated as extensions of perceived US aggression; the North also sees South Korea’s different economic and political systems as a threat to the regime’s legitimacy; the Kim regime is driven by fears of threats to its power from internal sources as well <br><br>in addition to the invasion of South Korea and the subsequent Korean War (1950-53), North Korea from the 1960s to the 1980s launched a considerable number of limited military and subversive actions against South Korea using special forces and terrorist tactics; including aggressive skirmishes along the DMZ, overt attempts to assassinate South Korean leaders, kidnappings, the bombing of an airliner, and a failed effort in 1968 to foment an insurrection and conduct a guerrilla war in the South with more than 100 seaborne commandos; from the 1990s until 2010, the North lost two submarines and a semi-submersible boat attempting to insert infiltrators into the South (1996, 1998) and provoked several engagements in the Northwest Islands area along the disputed Northern Limit Line (NLL), including naval skirmishes between patrol boats in 1999 and 2002, the torpedoing and sinking of a South Korean Navy corvette in 2010, and the bombardment of a South Korean military installation on Yeonpyeong Island, also in 2010; since 2010, further minor incidents continue to occur periodically along the DMZ, where both the KPA and the South Korean military maintain large numbers of troops<br><br>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<br><br>the KPA Ground Force is the core of North Korea’s military power and as of 2021 was assessed to be comprised of 10 regular infantry corps, two mechanized corps, one armored division, four mechanized divisions, and one artillery division plus numerous combat, combat support, and combat service support brigades and regiments; it was also estimated to have over 15,000 artillery systems and over 4,000 tanks <br><br>the Air and Air Defense Forces control over 900 combat aircraft and 300 helicopters, nearly all of which are older Soviet-era models, as well as hundreds of surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft artillery guns<br><br>the Navy is primarily a coastal force, and its surface fleet is comprised of patrol craft; however, it maintains one of the world’s largest submarine forces, which includes about 70 diesel-electric attack, coastal, and midget class submarines <br><br>the North's Special Operations Forces is assessed to have more than 100,000 personnel, making it the largest such force in the world; it includes ground, airborne, seaborne, reconnaissance, and infiltration units typically organized into brigades or regiments<br><br>North Korea’s Strategic Force operates the regime’s ballistic missiles, which include a growing inventory of close- (CRBM), short- (SRBM), medium- (MRBM), intermediate- (IRBM), and intercontinental- (ICBM) range ballistic missiles and its mission is to conduct both conventional and nuclear strikes; in 2021, it was assessed to have approximately 200 mobile ballistic missile launchers<br> (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Space": {

east-n-southeast-asia/la.json

@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "dengue fever and malaria"
+        "text": "dengue fever, malaria, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       }
     },
     "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {

east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json

@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> from 2003 to July 2021, some 3,300 Mongolian troops served in Afghanistan, including about 1,300 under the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission (2015 to 2021); since 2002, Mongolia has deployed more than 19,000 peacekeepers and observers to UN operations in more than a dozen countries"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the MAF does not face any significant external military threats and focuses instead on counterterrorism, disaster response, and international peacekeeping; the Ground Force is the military’s primary service and is centered on a motorized infantry brigade equipped largely with Soviet-era equipment; it also has a battalion devoted to peacekeeping duties and hosts an annual international peacekeeping exercise known as “Khaan Quest”; Mongolia’s primary military partner is Russia, and in addition to receiving Russian military equipment, the MAF participates in Russia’s large “Vostok” exercise, which is conducted every four years <br><br>Mongolia has been engaged in dialogue and cooperation with NATO since 2005 and is considered by NATO to be a global partner; Mongolia supported the NATO-led Kosovo Force from 2005-2007 and contributed troops to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan from 2009-2014, as well as to the follow-on Resolute Support Mission that provided training, advice, and other assistance to the Afghan security forces (2015-2021) (2023)"
+      "text": "the MAF does not face a significant external military threat and focuses instead on counterterrorism, disaster response, and international peacekeeping; the Ground Force is the military’s primary service and is centered on a motorized infantry brigade equipped largely with Soviet-era equipment; it also has a battalion devoted to peacekeeping duties and hosts an annual international peacekeeping exercise known as “Khaan Quest”; Mongolia’s primary military partner is Russia, and in addition to receiving Russian military equipment, the MAF participates in Russia’s large “Vostok” exercise, which is conducted every four years <br><br>Mongolia has been engaged in dialogue and cooperation with NATO since 2005 and is considered by NATO to be a global partner; Mongolia supported the NATO-led Kosovo Force from 2005-2007 and contributed troops to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan from 2009-2014, as well as to the follow-on Resolute Support Mission that provided training, advice, and other assistance to the Afghan security forces (2015-2021) (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Space": {

east-n-southeast-asia/my.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "Introduction": {
     "Background": {
-      "text": "<p>Malaysia’s location has long made it an important cultural, economic, historical, social, and trade link between the islands of Southeast Asia and the mainland. Through the Strait of Malacca, which separates the Malay Peninsula from the archipelago, flowed maritime trade and with it influences from China, India, the Middle East, and the east coast of Africa. Prior to the 14th century, several powerful maritime empires existed in what is modern-day Malaysia, including the Srivijayan, which controlled much of the southern part of the peninsula between the 7th and 13th centuries, and the Majapahit Empire, which took control over most of the peninsula and the Malay Archipelago between the 13th and 14th centuries. The adoption of Islam between the 13th and 17th centuries also saw the rise of a number of powerful maritime states and sultanates on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Borneo, such as the port city of Malacca (Melaka), which at its height in the 15th century had a navy and hosted thousands of Chinese, Arab, Persian, and Indian merchants.<br><br>The Portuguese in the 16th century and the Dutch in the 17th century were the first European colonial powers to establish themselves on the Malay Peninsula and Southeast Asia. However, it was the British who ultimately secured their hegemony across the territory and during the late 18th and 19th centuries established colonies and protectorates in the area that is now Malaysia. These holdings were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula except Singapore formed the Federation of Malaya, which became independent in 1957. Malaysia was formed in 1963 when the former British colonies of Singapore, as well as Sabah and Sarawak on the northern coast of Borneo, joined the Federation. The first several years of the country's independence were marred by a communist insurgency, Indonesian confrontation with Malaysia, Philippine claims to Sabah, and Singapore's expulsion in 1965. During the 22-year term of Prime Minister MAHATHIR Mohamad (1981-2003), Malaysia was successful in diversifying its economy from dependence on exports of raw materials to the development of manufacturing, services, and tourism. Former Prime Minister MAHATHIR and a newly formed coalition of opposition parties defeated Prime Minister Mohamed NAJIB bin Abdul Razak's United Malays National Organization (UMNO) in May 2018, ending over 60 years of uninterrupted rule by UMNO. Since 2018, Malaysia has undergone considerable political upheaval with a succession of coalition governments holding power. Following legislative elections in 2022, ANWAR Ibrahim was appointed prime minister after more than 20 years in opposition. His ruling coalition holds a two-thirds majority in the Malaysian parliament.</p>"
+      "text": "<p>Malaysia’s location has long made it an important cultural, economic, historical, social, and trade link between the islands of Southeast Asia and the mainland. Through the Strait of Malacca, which separates the Malay Peninsula from the archipelago, flowed maritime trade and with it influences from China, India, the Middle East, and the east coast of Africa. Prior to the 14th century, several powerful maritime empires existed in what is modern-day Malaysia, including the Srivijayan, which controlled much of the southern part of the peninsula between the 7th and 13th centuries, and the Majapahit Empire, which took control over most of the peninsula and the Malay Archipelago between the 13th and 14th centuries. The adoption of Islam between the 13th and 17th centuries also saw the rise of a number of powerful maritime states and sultanates on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Borneo, such as the port city of Malacca (Melaka), which at its height in the 15th century had a navy and hosted thousands of Chinese, Arab, Persian, and Indian merchants.<br><br>The Portuguese in the 16th century and the Dutch in the 17th century were the first European colonial powers to establish themselves on the Malay Peninsula and Southeast Asia. However, it was the British who ultimately secured their hegemony across the territory and during the late 18th and 19th centuries established colonies and protectorates in the area that is now Malaysia. These holdings were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula (except Singapore) formed the Federation of Malaya, which became independent in 1957. Malaysia was formed in 1963 when the former British colonies of Singapore, as well as Sabah and Sarawak on the northern coast of Borneo, joined the Federation. The first several years of the country's independence were marred by a communist insurgency, Indonesian confrontation with Malaysia, Philippine claims to Sabah, and Singapore's expulsion in 1965. During the 22-year term of Prime Minister MAHATHIR Mohamad (1981-2003), Malaysia was successful in diversifying its economy from dependence on exports of raw materials to the development of manufacturing, services, and tourism. Former Prime Minister MAHATHIR and a newly formed coalition of opposition parties defeated Prime Minister Mohamed NAJIB bin Abdul Razak's United Malays National Organization (UMNO) in May 2018, ending over 60 years of uninterrupted rule by UMNO. Since 2018, Malaysia has undergone considerable political upheaval with a succession of coalition governments holding power. Following legislative elections in 2022, ANWAR Ibrahim was appointed prime minister after more than 20 years in opposition. His ruling coalition holds a two-thirds majority in the Malaysian parliament.</p>"
     }
   },
   "Geography": {
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Ethnic groups": {
-      "text": "Bumiputera 62.5% (Malays and indigenous peoples, including Orang Asli, Dayak, Anak Negeri), Chinese 20.6%, Indian 6.2%, other 0.9%, non-citizens 9.8% (2019 est.)"
+      "text": "Bumiputera 63.8% (Malay 52.8% and indigenous peoples, including Orang Asli, Dayak, Anak Negeri, 11%), Chinese 20.6%, Indian 6%, other 0.6%, non-citizens 9% (2023 est.)"
     },
     "Languages": {
       "Languages": {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Religions": {
-      "text": "Muslim (official) 61.3%, Buddhist 19.8%, Christian 9.2%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 1.3%, other 0.4%, none 0.8%, unspecified 1% (2010 est.)"
+      "text": "Muslim (official) 63.5%, Buddhist 18.7%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.1%, other (Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions) 0.9, none/unspecified 1.8% (2020 est.)"
     },
     "Demographic profile": {
       "text": "<p>Malaysia’s multi-ethnic population consists of the bumiputera – Malays and other indigenous peoples – (62%), ethnic Chinese (21%), ethnic Indians (6%), and foreigners (10%).  The majority of Malaysia’s ethnic Chinese and Indians trace their roots to the British colonialists’ recruitment of hundreds of thousands of Chinese and Indians as mine and plantation workers between the early-19th century and the 1930s.  Most Malays have maintained their rural lifestyle, while the entrepreneurial Chinese have achieved greater wealth and economic dominance.  In order to eradicate Malay poverty, the Malaysian Government in 1971 adopted policies that gave preference to the bumiputera in public university admissions, government jobs and contracts, and property ownership.  Affirmative action continues to benefit well-off urban bumiputera but has done little to alleviate poverty for their more numerous rural counterparts.  The policies have pushed ethnic Chinese and Indians to study at private or foreign universities (many do not return) and have created and sustained one of the world’s largest civil services, which is 85-90% Malay. </p> <p>The country’s age structure has changed significantly since the 1960s, as fertility and mortality rates have declined.  Malaysia’s total fertility rate (TFR) has dropped from 5 children per woman in 1970, to 3 in 1998, to 2.1 in 2015 as a result of increased educational attainment and labor participation among women, later marriages, increased use of contraception, and changes in family size preference related to urbanization.  The TFR is higher among Malays, rural residents (who are mainly Malay), the poor, and the less-educated.  Despite the reduced fertility rate, Malaysia’s population will continue to grow, albeit at a decreasing rate, for the next few decades because of its large number of reproductive-age women.  The youth population has been shrinking, and the working-age population (15-64 year olds) has been growing steadily.  Malaysia’s labor market has successfully absorbed the increasing number of job seekers, leading to sustained economic growth.  However, the favorable age structure is changing, and around 2020, Malaysia will start to become a rapidly aging society.  As the population ages, Malaysia will need to better educate and train its labor force, raise productivity, and continue to increase the number of women workers in order to further develop its economy.</p> <p>More than 1.8 million Malaysians lived abroad as of 2015, including anywhere from 350,000 to 785,000 workers, more than half of whom have an advanced level of education.  The vast majority of emigrants are ethnic Chinese, seeking better educational and job opportunities abroad because of institutionalized ethnic discrimination favoring the Malays.  The primary destination country is nearby Singapore, followed by Bangladesh and Australia.  Hundreds of thousands of Malaysians also commute across the causeway to Singapore daily for work.</p> <p>Brain drain is an impediment to Malaysia’s goal of becoming a high-income country.  The situation is compounded by a migrant inflow that is composed almost entirely of low-skilled laborers who work mainly in manufacturing, agriculture, and construction.  Officially, Malaysia had about 1.8 million legal foreign workers as of mid-year 2017 – largely from Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, and Bangladesh – but as many as 3 to 4 million are estimated to be in the country illegally.  Immigrants outnumber ethnic Indians and could supplant the ethnic Chinese as Malaysia’s second largest population group around 2035.</p>"
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@
     },
     "Executive branch": {
       "chief of state": {
-        "text": "King Sultan ABDULLAH Sultan Ahmad Shah (since 24 January 2019); note - Sultan IBRAHIM Almarhum Sultan Iskandar was selected as the next king on 23 October 2023; he will be installed on 31 January 2024); the position of the king is primarily ceremonial, but he is the final arbiter on the appointment of the prime minister"
+        "text": "King Sultan IBRAHIM ibni al-Marhum Sultan Iskandar (since 31 January 2024); the position of the king is primarily ceremonial, but he is the final arbiter on the appointment of the prime minister"
       },
       "head of government": {
         "text": "Prime Minister ANWAR Ibrahim (since 25 November 2022)"
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@
     },
     "Diplomatic representation from the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
-        "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Manu BHALLA (since August 2023)&nbsp;"
+        "text": "Ambassador-designate Edgard D. Kagan (since December 19, 2023)"
       },
       "embassy": {
         "text": "376 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur"
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@
       "text": "oil palm fruit, rice, poultry, eggs, vegetables, rubber, coconuts, bananas, pineapples, pork"
     },
     "Industries": {
-      "text": "Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, petroleum and natural gas, light manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, electronics and semiconductors, timber processing; Sabah - logging, petroleum and natural gas production;Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum and natural gas production, logging"
+      "text": "Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, petroleum and natural gas, light manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, electronics and semiconductors, timber processing; Sabah - logging, petroleum and natural gas production; Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum and natural gas production, logging"
     },
     "Industrial production growth rate": {
       "text": "5.65% (2021 est.)"
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@
       "text": "830 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2023)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the Malaysian military is primarily focused on internal and maritime security and responding to natural disasters; maritime security has received increased emphasis in recent years, particularly anti-piracy operations in the Strait of Malacca and countering Chinese incursions in Malaysia’s Economic Exclusion Zone, as well as addressing identified shortfalls in maritime capabilities; as such, Malaysia has undertaken efforts to procure more modern ships, improve air and maritime surveillance, expand the Navy’s support infrastructure (particularly bases/ports) and domestic ship-building capacities, restructure naval command and control, and increase naval cooperation with regional and international partners; as of 2023, for example, the Navy had five frigates on order (due in 2026-2029), which would increase the number of operational frigates from two to seven, and complement its small inventory of littoral combat ships (comparable to light frigates in capabilities) and offshore patrol vessels; in addition, the Navy conducts air and naval patrols with Indonesia and the Philippines; it also cooperates with the US military, including on maritime surveillance and training; the Army’s force structure reflects its traditional focus on counterinsurgency operations and terrorist threats; its four divisional commands are comprised largely of infantry brigades; it also has separate brigades of airborne, security, and special operations forces; Malaysia does not have a marine corps, but places considerable emphasis on amphibious capabilities for some of its Army ground units; the Air Force has a mix of about 50 combat aircraft and helicopters <br><br>Malaysia is a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements (FPDA), a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 embracing Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK; the FPDA commits the members to consult with one another in the event or threat of an armed attack on any of the members and to mutually decide what measures should be taken, jointly or separately; there is no specific obligation to intervene militarily (2023)"
+      "text": "the Malaysian military is primarily focused on internal and maritime security and responding to natural disasters; maritime security has received increased emphasis in recent years, particularly anti-piracy operations in the Strait of Malacca and countering Chinese incursions in Malaysia’s Economic Exclusion Zone, as well as addressing identified shortfalls in maritime capabilities; as such, Malaysia has undertaken efforts to procure more modern ships, improve air and maritime surveillance, expand the Navy’s support infrastructure (particularly bases/ports) and domestic ship-building capacities, restructure naval command and control, and increase naval cooperation with regional and international partners; as of 2023, for example, the Navy had five frigates on order (due in 2026-2029), which would increase the number of operational frigates from two to seven, and complement its small inventory of littoral combat ships (comparable to light frigates in capabilities) and offshore patrol vessels; in addition, the Navy conducts air and naval patrols with Indonesia and the Philippines; it also cooperates with the US military, including on maritime surveillance and training<br><br>the Army’s force structure reflects its traditional focus on counterinsurgency operations and terrorist threats; its four divisional commands are comprised largely of infantry brigades; it also has separate brigades of airborne, security, and special operations forces; Malaysia does not have a marine corps, but places considerable emphasis on amphibious capabilities for some of its Army ground units; the Air Force has a mix of about 50 combat aircraft and helicopters <br><br>Malaysia is a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements (FPDA), a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 embracing Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK; the FPDA commits the members to consult with one another in the event or threat of an armed attack on any of the members and to mutually decide what measures should be taken, jointly or separately; there is no specific obligation to intervene militarily (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Space": {

east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json

@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "dengue fever and malaria"
+        "text": "dengue fever, malaria, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       }
     },
     "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {

east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json

@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
         "text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
       },
       "vectorborne diseases": {
-        "text": "dengue fever, malaria, and Japanese encephalitis"
+        "text": "dengue fever, malaria, Japanese encephalitis, and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B (2024)"
       },
       "note": "<strong>note: </strong>On 20 September 2023, the CDC issued a travel notice for an outbreak of diphtheria in several provinces in Vietnam (see attached map); vaccination against diphtheria is essential to protect against disease; if you are traveling to an affected area, you should be up to date with your diphtheria vaccines; Diphtheria is a serious infection caused by strains of bacteria called <em>Corynebacterium diphtheriae </em>that make a toxin; Diphtheria bacteria spread from person to person, usually through respiratory droplets, like from coughing or sneezing"
     },

europe/au.json

@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
         "text": "bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung consists of:<br>Federal Council or Bundesrat (61 seats - currently 60; members appointed by state parliaments with each state receiving 3 to 12 seats in proportion to its population; members serve 5- or 6-year terms)<br>National Council or Nationalrat (183 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
       },
       "elections": {
-        "text": "<br>Federal Council - last appointed in 2021<br>National Council - last held on 29 September 2019 (next to be held by 2024); note - election was originally scheduled for 2022, but President VAN DER BELLEN called for an early election"
+        "text": "<br>Federal Council - last appointed in 2021<br>National Council - last held on 29 September 2019 (next to be held by 23 October 2024)"
       },
       "election results": {
         "text": "<br>Federal Council - percent of vote by party - OeVP 42.6%, SPOe 31.2%. FPOe 16.4%, The Greens 8.2%, NEOS 1.6%; seats by party - OeVP 26, SPOe 19, FPOe 10, The Greens 5, NEOS 1; composition as of August 2023 - men 31, women 29, percent of women 48.3%<br><br>National Council - percent of vote by party - OeVP 37.5%, SPOe 21.2%, FPOe 16.2%, The Greens 13.9%, NEOS 8.1%, other 3.1%; seats by party - OeVP 71, SPOe 40, FPOe 31, The Greens 26, NEOS 15; composition as of January 2024 - men 108, women 75, percent of women 41%; note - total Federal Assembly percentage of women 42.6%"
@@ -1166,10 +1166,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "137,039 km"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "137,039 km (2018) (includes 2,232 km of expressways)"
+        "text": "126,233 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

europe/bk.json

@@ -1131,13 +1131,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "22,926 km"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "19,426 km (4,652 km of interurban roads)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "3,500 km (2010)"
+        "text": "8,619 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

europe/bu.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "Introduction": {
     "Background": {
-      "text": "The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, but by the end of the 14th century the country was overrun by the Ottoman Turks. Northern Bulgaria attained autonomy in 1878 and all of Bulgaria became independent from the Ottoman Empire in 1908. Having fought on the losing side in both World Wars, Bulgaria fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a People's Republic in 1946. Communist domination ended in 1990, when Bulgaria held its first multiparty election since World War II and began the contentious process of moving toward political democracy and a market economy while combating inflation, unemployment, corruption, and crime. The country joined NATO in 2004 and the EU in 2007."
+      "text": "The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, but by the end of the 14th century the country was overrun by the Ottoman Turks. Northern Bulgaria attained autonomy in 1878, and all of Bulgaria became independent from the Ottoman Empire in 1908. Having fought on the losing side in both World Wars, Bulgaria fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a People's Republic in 1946. Communist domination ended in 1990, when Bulgaria held its first multiparty election since World War II and began the contentious process of moving toward political democracy and a market economy while combating inflation, unemployment, corruption, and crime. The country joined NATO in 2004 and the EU in 2007."
     }
   },
   "Geography": {
@@ -655,15 +655,15 @@
       "text": "upper-middle-income EU economy; improving living standards and very robust economic growth; coal-based infrastructure; legacy structural vulnerabilities and widespread corruption; increasing Russian economic relations, particularly through energy trade"
     },
     "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
+      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
+        "text": "$174.307 billion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
         "text": "$167.804 billion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020": {
         "text": "$155.902 billion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2019": {
-        "text": "$162.328 billion (2019 est.)"
-      },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
     },
     "Real GDP growth rate": {
@@ -678,15 +678,15 @@
       }
     },
     "Real GDP per capita": {
+      "Real GDP per capita 2022": {
+        "text": "$27,000 (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Real GDP per capita 2021": {
         "text": "$24,400 (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP per capita 2020": {
         "text": "$22,500 (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Real GDP per capita 2019": {
-        "text": "$23,300 (2019 est.)"
-      },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
     },
     "GDP (official exchange rate)": {
@@ -846,37 +846,38 @@
       }
     },
     "Exports": {
+      "Exports 2022": {
+        "text": "$62.514 billion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Exports 2021": {
         "text": "$51.505 billion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Exports 2020": {
         "text": "$39.541 billion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Exports 2019": {
-        "text": "$44.041 billion (2019 est.)"
-      },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> Data are in current year dollars and do not include illicit exports or re-exports."
     },
     "Exports - partners": {
-      "text": "Germany 16%, Romania 8%, Italy 7%, Turkey 7%, Greece 6% (2019)"
+      "text": "Germany 14%, Romania 10%, Greece 8%, Italy 8%, Turkey 6% (2021)"
     },
     "Exports - commodities": {
       "text": "copper, wheat, electricity, refined petroleum, packaged medicines (2021)",
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> Bulgarian amphetamine production remains a significant illicit trade export"
     },
     "Imports": {
+      "Imports 2022": {
+        "text": "$62.329 billion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Imports 2021": {
-        "text": "$50.059 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$50.059 billion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Imports 2020": {
-        "text": "$38.197 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$38.197 billion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Imports 2019": {
-        "text": "$41.843 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
-      }
+      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>data are in current year dollars"
     },
     "Imports - partners": {
-      "text": "Germany 11%, Russia 9%, Italy 7%, Romania 7%, Turkey 7% (2019)"
+      "text": "Germany 12%, Turkey 8%, Greece 8%, Romania 8%, Italy 7% (2021)"
     },
     "Imports - commodities": {
       "text": "crude petroleum, copper, cars, packaged medicines, refined petroleum (2019)"
@@ -1183,13 +1184,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "19,512 km"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "19,235 km (includes 458 km of expressways)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "277 km (2011)"
+        "text": "19,117 km (2022)"
       },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> does not include Category IV local roads"
     },

europe/cy.json

@@ -1141,16 +1141,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "12,901 km (2016)"
-      },
-      "government control": {
-        "text": "12,901 km (2016) (includes 272 km of expressways)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "8,631 km (2016)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "4,270 km (2016)"
+        "text": "13,027 km (2022)"
       },
       "Turkish Cypriot control": {
         "text": "7,000 km (2011)"

europe/da.json

@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
     },
     "Executive branch": {
       "chief of state": {
-        "text": "King FREDERIK X (since 14 January 2024); Heir Apparent Crown Prince CHRISTIAN (son of the king, born 15 October 2005); note - Queen MARGRETHE II abdicated on 14 January 2024, the first Danish monarch to voluntarily abdicate since King ERIC III in 1146 (2024)"
+        "text": "King FREDERIK X (since 14 January 2024); Heir Apparent Crown Prince CHRISTIAN (son of the king, born 15 October 2005); note - Queen MARGRETHE II abdicated on 14 January 2024, the first Danish monarch to voluntarily abdicate since King ERIC III in 1146"
       },
       "head of government": {
         "text": "Prime Minister Mette FREDERIKSEN (since 27 June 2019)"
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@
     },
     "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
-        "text": "$352.436 billion (2022 est.)"
+        "text": "$353.799 billion (2022 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
         "text": "$339.472 billion (2021 est.)"
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@
     },
     "Real GDP per capita": {
       "Real GDP per capita 2022": {
-        "text": "$59,700 (2022 est.)"
+        "text": "$59,900 (2022 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP per capita 2021": {
         "text": "$58,000 (2021 est.)"
@@ -841,15 +841,16 @@
       }
     },
     "Exports": {
+      "Exports 2022": {
+        "text": "$280.167 billion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Exports 2021": {
-        "text": "$234.262 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$234.262 billion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Exports 2020": {
-        "text": "$195.729 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$195.729 billion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Exports 2019": {
-        "text": "$205.019 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
-      }
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in current year dollars"
     },
     "Exports - partners": {
       "text": "Germany 14%, United States 10%, Sweden 10%, China 6%, Norway 5% (2021)"
@@ -858,15 +859,16 @@
       "text": "packaged medicines, pork, refined petroleum, electric generators, cheese (2021)"
     },
     "Imports": {
+      "Imports 2022": {
+        "text": "$235.768 billion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Imports 2021": {
-        "text": "$208.121 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$208.121 billion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Imports 2020": {
-        "text": "$172.868 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$172.868 billion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Imports 2019": {
-        "text": "$179.356 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
-      }
+      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>data are in current year dollars"
     },
     "Imports - partners": {
       "text": "Germany 21%, Sweden 12%, China 9%, Netherlands 8%, Poland 4% (2021)"
@@ -1133,10 +1135,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "74,558 km (2017)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "74,558 km (2017) (includes 1,205 km of expressways)"
+        "text": "73,591 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

europe/ei.json

@@ -1118,10 +1118,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "99,830 km (2018)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "99,830 km (2018) (includes 2,717 km of expressways)"
+        "text": "102,227 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

europe/en.json

@@ -1134,13 +1134,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "58,412 km (2011) (includes urban roads)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "10,427 km (2011) (includes 115 km of expressways)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "47,985 km (2011)"
+        "text": "89,382 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {
@@ -1165,7 +1159,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "Estonian Defense Forces: Land Forces, Navy, Air Force, Estonian Defense League (Reserves)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Police and Border Guard Board, Internal Security Service (2023)"
+      "text": "Estonian Defense Forces: Land Forces, Navy, Air Force, Estonian Defense League (Reserves)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Police and Border Guard Board, Internal Security Service (2024)"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
       "Military Expenditures 2023": {

europe/ez.json

@@ -1154,10 +1154,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "55,744 km (2019) (includes urban and category I, II, III roads)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "55,744 km (2019) (includes 1,252 km of expressways)"
+        "text": "129,418 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

europe/fi.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "Introduction": {
     "Background": {
-      "text": "Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries, and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It gained complete independence in 1917. During World War II, Finland successfully defended its independence through cooperation with Germany and resisted subsequent invasions by the Soviet Union - albeit with some loss of territory. In the subsequent half century, Finland transformed from a farm/forest economy to a diversified modern industrial economy; per capita income is among the highest in Western Europe. A member of the EU since 1995, Finland was the only Nordic state to join the euro single currency at its initiation in January 1999. In the 21st century, the key features of Finland's modern welfare state are high quality education, promotion of equality, and a national social welfare system - currently challenged by an aging population and the fluctuations of an export-driven economy. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Finland opted to join NATO; it became the organization's 31st member in April 2023."
+      "text": "Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It gained complete independence in 1917. During World War II, Finland successfully defended its independence through cooperation with Germany and resisted subsequent invasions by the Soviet Union - albeit with some loss of territory. In the subsequent half century, Finland transformed from a farm/forest economy to a diversified modern industrial economy; per capita income is among the highest in Western Europe. A member of the EU since 1995, Finland was the only Nordic state to join the euro single currency at its initiation in January 1999. In the 21st century, the key features of Finland's modern welfare state are high quality education, promotion of equality, and a national social welfare system - currently challenged by an aging population and the fluctuations of an export-driven economy. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Finland opted to join NATO; it became the organization's 31st member in April 2023."
     }
   },
   "Geography": {
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Religions": {
-      "text": "Lutheran 66.6%, Greek Orthodox 1.1%, other 1.7%, none 30.6% (2021 est.)"
+      "text": "Lutheran 66.6%, Greek Orthodox 1.1%, other 1.7%, none 30.6% (2022 est.)"
     },
     "Demographic profile": {
       "text": "<p>Finland has a relatively high fertility rate for Europe at about 1.75 children per woman in 2023.  Finnish women have high labor force participation rates, and their educational attainment is higher than that of Finnish men. Finland’s family policy, like other Nordic countries, puts an emphasis on reconciling work and family life.  Both parents can stay at home with an earnings-based allowance until the baby is about 11 months old.  Finland also has a publicly subsidized childcare system.  Alternatively, parents can choose to take care of a small child through home care leave with a flat allowance rate.  These benefits have encouraged fathers to do a greater share of housework and childcare, although women still perform the lion’s share of domestic work.  In other instances, women have reduced the burden of household work by outsourcing domestic chores, rather than men taking on more of the responsibilities.  Finland has high family size ideals compared to other European countries, and childlessness and one-child families are not favored.  The proportion of couples having at least three children has been growing since the 1970s.</p> <p>Finland has historically been a country of emigration.  In the 20th century, Finns emigrated largely in two waves.  Before World War II, the majority of Finns went to North America, and after World War II most went to Sweden, where industrialization was generating much-needed jobs that offered higher salaries and a better standard of living.  In the 1980s and early 1990s, Finnish returnees (mainly from Sweden) began to outnumber Finnish emigrants.  Also arriving in Finland between April 1990 and 2010, were Ingrian Finns – descendants of ethnic Finns who settled near St. Petersburg, Russia, in the 17th century – who immigrated to Finland under the Right of Return Law.  In addition, the country has absorbed immigrants from Russia, Estonia, the former Yugoslavia, and Sweden for a variety of reasons, most commonly for marriage and family reunification.  Finland has also accepted refugees and asylum seekers from Somalia, Iraq, China, and Thailand.</p>"
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@
     },
     "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
-        "text": "$275.545 billion (2022 est.)"
+        "text": "$274.576 billion (2022 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
         "text": "$270.143 billion (2021 est.)"
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
     },
     "Real GDP per capita": {
       "Real GDP per capita 2022": {
-        "text": "$49,600 (2022 est.)"
+        "text": "$49,400 (2022 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP per capita 2021": {
         "text": "$48,800 (2021 est.)"
@@ -854,32 +854,34 @@
       }
     },
     "Exports": {
+      "Exports 2022": {
+        "text": "$128.15 billion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Exports 2021": {
-        "text": "$116.905 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$116.905 billion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Exports 2020": {
-        "text": "$97.789 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$97.789 billion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Exports 2019": {
-        "text": "$107.084 billion (2019 est.)"
-      }
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in current year dollars"
     },
     "Exports - partners": {
       "text": "Germany 13%, Sweden 9%, United States 8%, Netherlands 6%, China 6% (2021)"
     },
     "Exports - commodities": {
-      "text": "refined petroleum, kaolin coated paper, cars, lumber, stainless steel, wood pulp (2021)"
+      "text": "refined petroleum, kaolin-coated paper, cars, lumber, stainless steel, wood pulp (2021)"
     },
     "Imports": {
+      "Imports 2022": {
+        "text": "$134.914 billion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Imports 2021": {
-        "text": "$116.277 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$116.277 billion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Imports 2020": {
-        "text": "$97.037 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$97.037 billion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Imports 2019": {
-        "text": "$106.664 billion (2019 est.)"
-      }
+      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>data are in current year dollars"
     },
     "Imports - partners": {
       "text": "Germany 16%, Sweden 15%, Russia 11%, China 7%, Netherlands 7% (2021)"
@@ -1181,10 +1183,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "454,000 km (2012)"
-      },
-      "highways": {
-        "text": "78,000 km (2012) (50,000 paved, including 700 km of expressways; 28,000 unpaved)"
+        "text": "108,637 km (2019)"
       },
       "private and forest roads": {
         "text": "350,000 km (2012)"

europe/fr.json

@@ -1225,13 +1225,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "1,053,215 km (2011)"
-      },
-      "urban": {
-        "text": "654,201 km (2011)"
-      },
-      "non-urban": {
-        "text": "399,014 km (2011)"
+        "text": "1,090,059 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

europe/gm.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "Introduction": {
     "Background": {
-      "text": "<p>As Europe's largest economy and second most populous nation (after Russia), Germany is a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating world wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key western economic and security organizations, the EC (now the EU) and NATO, while the communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German reunification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring eastern productivity and wages up to western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro.</p>"
+      "text": "<p>As Europe's largest economy and second most-populous nation (after Russia), Germany is a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating world wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key western economic and security organizations, the EC (now the EU) and NATO, while the communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German reunification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring eastern productivity and wages up to western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro.</p>"
     }
   },
   "Geography": {
@@ -680,15 +680,15 @@
       "text": "leading EU service-based export-driven economy; highly skilled and educated labor force; fairly fiscally conservative; energy-related economic disruptions due to Russian gas cessations; increased defense spending and rising debts"
     },
     "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
+      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
+        "text": "$4.523 trillion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
         "text": "$4.424 trillion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020": {
         "text": "$4.311 trillion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2019": {
-        "text": "$4.477 trillion (2019 est.)"
-      },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
     },
     "Real GDP growth rate": {
@@ -703,15 +703,15 @@
       }
     },
     "Real GDP per capita": {
+      "Real GDP per capita 2022": {
+        "text": "$54,000 (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Real GDP per capita 2021": {
         "text": "$53,200 (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP per capita 2020": {
         "text": "$51,800 (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Real GDP per capita 2019": {
-        "text": "$53,900 (2019 est.)"
-      },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
     },
     "GDP (official exchange rate)": {
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@
       "text": "milk, pork, wheat, beef, potatoes, barley, rapeseeds, chicken, eggs, sugar beets"
     },
     "Industries": {
-      "text": "automotive, mechanical engineering, chemicals, electrical and batteries, manufacturing, metals, finance and banking, telecommunications, healthcare, retail"
+      "text": "<p>iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, automobiles, food and beverages, shipbuilding, textiles</p>"
     },
     "Industrial production growth rate": {
       "text": "3.61% (2021 est.)"
@@ -867,38 +867,40 @@
       }
     },
     "Exports": {
+      "Exports 2022": {
+        "text": "$2.079 trillion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Exports 2021": {
-        "text": "$2.004 trillion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$2.004 trillion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Exports 2020": {
-        "text": "$1.676 trillion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$1.676 trillion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Exports 2019": {
-        "text": "$1.816 trillion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
-      }
+      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>data are in current year dollars"
     },
     "Exports - partners": {
-      "text": "United States 9%, China 8%, France 8%, Netherlands 6%, Italy 6% (2021)"
+      "text": "US 9%, China 8%, France 8%, Netherlands 6%, UK 6% (2021)"
     },
     "Exports - commodities": {
       "text": "cars and vehicle parts, packaged medicines, medical cultures and vaccines, aircraft, industrial machinery, medical instruments (2021)"
     },
     "Imports": {
+      "Imports 2022": {
+        "text": "$1.999 trillion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Imports 2021": {
-        "text": "$1.775 trillion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$1.775 trillion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Imports 2020": {
-        "text": "$1.454 trillion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$1.454 trillion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Imports 2019": {
-        "text": "$1.595 trillion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
-      }
+      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>data are in current year dollars"
     },
     "Imports - partners": {
-      "text": "China 10%, Netherlands 10%, Poland 7%, Italy 6%, France 6% (2021)"
+      "text": "China 10%, Netherlands 10%, Poland 7%, France 6%, Italy 6%&nbsp; (2021)"
     },
     "Imports - commodities": {
-      "text": "cars and vehicle parts, medical cultures/vaccines, packaged medicines, crude petroleum, natural gas, computers (2021)"
+      "text": "cars and vehicle parts, packaged medicines, broadcasting equipment, medical cultures/vaccines, computers (2021)"
     },
     "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
       "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 31 December 2021": {

europe/hr.json

@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "26,958 km (2015) (includes 1,416 km of expressways)"
+        "text": "26,958 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

europe/hu.json

@@ -1185,13 +1185,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "203,601 km (2014)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "77,087 km (2014) (includes 1,582 km of expressways)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "126,514 km (2014)"
+        "text": "216,443 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

europe/ic.json

@@ -1096,13 +1096,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "12,898 km (2012)"
-      },
-      "paved/oiled gravel": {
-        "text": "5,647 km (2012) (excludes urban roads)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "7,251 km (2012)"
+        "text": "12,905 km (2021)"
       }
     },
     "Merchant marine": {

europe/it.json

@@ -1176,10 +1176,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "487,700 km (2007)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "487,700 km (2007) (includes 6,700 km of expressways)"
+        "text": "228,863 km (2021)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

europe/kv.json

@@ -959,13 +959,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "2,012 km (2015)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "1,921 km (2015) (includes 78 km of expressways)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "91 km (2015)"
+        "text": "2,248 km (2022)"
       }
     }
   },

europe/lg.json

@@ -1130,13 +1130,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "70,244 km (2018)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "15,158 km (2018)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "55,086 km (2018)"
+        "text": "57,972 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {
@@ -1195,12 +1189,12 @@
       "text": "130 Kosovo (KFOR/NATO) (2023)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the National Armed Forces are responsible for the defense of the country’s sovereignty and territory; they also have some domestic security responsibilities, including coast guard functions, search and rescue, humanitarian assistance, and providing support to other internal security services, including the State Border Service, the State Police, and the State Security Service; the Military Police provides protection to the president and other government officials, foreign dignitaries, and key facilities; for external defense, Latvia’s primary security focus is Russia, which has only increased since the Russian seizure of Crimea in 2014 and full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022; in 2004, Latvia joined NATO and the EU, which it depends on to play a decisive role in Latvia’s security policy; Latvia is actively engaged in both NATO and the EU, as well as bilaterally with its allies in order to bolster its own security and that of the surrounding region; the Latvian military has participated in NATO and EU missions abroad and regularly conducts training and exercises with NATO and EU partner forces; Latvia also hosts NATO partner forces and is a member of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, a pool of high-readiness military forces from 10 Baltic and Scandinavian countries designed to respond to a wide range of contingencies in the North Atlantic, Baltic Sea, and High North regions<br><br>the Land Forces have a single mechanized brigade; since 2017, Latvia has hosted a Canadian-led multinational NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative; in addition, Latvia hosts a NATO-led divisional headquarters (Multinational Division North; activated 2020), which coordinates training and preparation activities of its respective subordinate NATO battlegroups in Estonia and Latvia; the Land Forces are supplemented by the National Guard, which has four regionally based infantry brigades that are manned mostly by part-time personnel supplemented by some full-time professional soldiers; in peacetime, the brigades participate in emergency, fire and rescue operations, and in the “elimination of consequences caused by emergency situations”<br><br>the Air Force has no combat aircraft; NATO has provided air protection for Latvia since 2004 through its Baltics Air Policing mission; NATO member countries that possess air combat capabilities voluntarily contribute to the mission on four-month rotations; the Naval Forces feature a few patrol vessels and minesweepers; the military also has logistics, military police, special operations forces, and training commands (2023)"
+      "text": "the National Armed Forces are responsible for the defense of the country’s sovereignty and territory; they also have some domestic security responsibilities, including coast guard functions, search and rescue, humanitarian assistance, and providing support to other internal security services, including the State Border Service, the State Police, and the State Security Service; the Military Police provides protection to the president and other government officials, foreign dignitaries, and key facilities; for external defense, Latvia’s primary security focus is Russia, which has only increased since the Russian seizure of Crimea in 2014 and full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022; in 2004, Latvia joined NATO and the EU, which it depends on to play a decisive role in Latvia’s security policy; Latvia is actively engaged in both NATO and the EU, as well as bilaterally with its allies in order to bolster its own security and that of the surrounding region; the Latvian military has participated in NATO and EU missions abroad and regularly conducts training and exercises with NATO and EU partner forces; Latvia also hosts NATO partner forces and is a member of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, a pool of high-readiness military forces from 10 Baltic and Scandinavian countries designed to respond to a wide range of contingencies in the North Atlantic, Baltic Sea, and High North regions<br><br>the Land Forces have a single mechanized brigade; since 2017, Latvia has hosted a Canadian-led multinational NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative; in addition, Latvia hosts a NATO-led divisional headquarters (Multinational Division North; activated 2020), which coordinates training and preparation activities of its respective subordinate NATO battlegroups in Estonia and Latvia; the Land Forces are supplemented by the National Guard, which has four regionally based infantry brigades that are manned by part-time personnel supplemented by some full-time professional soldiers; in peacetime, the brigades participate in emergency, fire and rescue operations, and in the “elimination of consequences caused by emergency situations”<br><br>the Air Force has no combat aircraft; NATO has provided air protection for Latvia since 2004 through its Baltics Air Policing mission; NATO member countries that possess air combat capabilities voluntarily contribute to the mission on four-month rotations; the Naval Forces feature a few patrol vessels and minesweepers; the military also has logistics, military police, special operations forces, and training commands (2024)"
     }
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {
     "Disputes - international": {
-      "text": "<p><em>Latvia-Belarus</em>: Belarus and Latvia signed joint demarcation map in September 2008</p> <p><em>Latvia-Estonia</em>: demarcation reportedly completed in 1998</p> <p><em>Latvia-Lithuania</em>: boundary demarcation was completed by the end of 1998; the Latvian parliament has not ratified its 1998 maritime boundary treaty with Lithuania, primarily due to concerns over oil exploration rights</p> <p><em>Latvia-Russia</em>: Russia has criticized the Latvian Government over alleged mistreatment of ethnic Russians in Latvia; in March 2007, Latvia and Russia signed a border treaty, which included Latvia withdrawing claims to a district now in Russia that was part of Latvia before World War II; the permanent demarcation of the boundary between Latvia and Russia was completed and came into force in April 2018; as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Latvia has implemented the strict Schengen border rules with Russia</p>"
+      "text": "<p><em>Latvia-Belarus</em>: Belarus and Latvia signed joint demarcation map in September 2008</p> <p><em>Latvia-Estonia</em>: demarcation reportedly completed in 1998</p> <p><em>Latvia-Lithuania</em>: boundary demarcation was completed by the end of 1998; the Latvian parliament has not ratified its 1998 maritime boundary treaty with Lithuania, primarily due to concerns over oil exploration rights</p> <p><em>Latvia-Russia</em>: tensions with Russia have risen considerably since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which Latvia has strongly condemned and has since designated Russia a state sponsor of terrorism and expelled the Russian ambassador; Russia has criticized the Latvian Government over alleged mistreatment of ethnic Russians in Latvia; in March 2007, Latvia and Russia signed a border treaty, which included Latvia withdrawing claims to a district now in Russia that was part of Latvia before World War II; the permanent demarcation of the boundary between Latvia and Russia was completed and came into force in April 2018; as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Latvia has implemented the strict Schengen border rules with Russia</p>"
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {

europe/lh.json

@@ -1157,13 +1157,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "84,166 km (2012)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "72,297 km (2012) (includes 312 km of expressways)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "11,869 km (2012)"
+        "text": "83,821 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {
@@ -1191,7 +1185,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "Lithuanian Armed Forces (Lietuvos Ginkluotosios Pajegos): Land Forces (Sausumos Pajegos), Naval Forces (Karines Juru Pajegos), Air Forces (Karines Oro Pajegos), Special Operations Forces (Specialiuju Operaciju Pajegos); National Defense Volunteer Forces (Krašto Apsaugos Savanorių Pajegos or KASP); National Riflemen's Union (Lietuvos šaulių sąjunga) (2023)",
+      "text": "Lithuanian Armed Forces (Lietuvos Ginkluotosios Pajegos): Land Forces (Sausumos Pajegos), Naval Forces (Karines Juru Pajegos), Air Forces (Karines Oro Pajegos), Special Operations Forces (Specialiuju Operaciju Pajegos); National Defense Volunteer Forces (Krašto Apsaugos Savanorių Pajegos or KASP); National Riflemen's Union (Lietuvos šaulių sąjunga) (2024)",
       "note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the National Rifleman's Union is a civilian paramilitary organization supported by the Lithuanian Government that cooperates with the military but is not part of it; however, in a state of war, its armed formations would fall under the armed forces<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Lithuanian Police and State Border Guard Service are under the Ministry of Interior; in wartime, the State Border Guard Service becomes part of the armed forces"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
@@ -1225,7 +1219,7 @@
       "text": "<strong>note: </strong>contributes about 350-550 troops to the Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine joint military brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG), which was established in 2014; the brigade is headquartered in Poland and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units; units affiliated with the multinational brigade remain within the structures of the armed forces of their respective countries until the brigade is activated for participation in an international operation"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the Lithuanian Armed Forces are responsible for the defense of the country’s interests, sovereignty, and territory, fulfilling Lithuania’s commitments to NATO and European security, and contributing to UN international peacekeeping efforts; Russia is Lithuania’s primary security focus, which has only increased since the Russian seizure of Crimea in 2014 and subsequent full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022; Lithuania has been a member of NATO since 2004 and is reliant on the Alliance as the country’s security guarantor; it is actively engaged in both NATO and EU security, as well as bilaterally with allies such as the other Baltic States, Germany, Poland, the UK, Ukraine, and the US; the Lithuanian military has participated in NATO and EU missions abroad and regularly conducts training and exercises with NATO and EU partner forces; it hosts NATO forces, is a member of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, and contributes troops to a multinational brigade with Poland and Ukraine; Lithuania participated in its first UN peacekeeping mission in 1994<br><br>the Land Forces form the backbone of the country’s defense force; the active Land Forces comprise a mechanized infantry brigade and a motorized infantry brigade; they are supplemented by the part-time National Defense Volunteer Forces, which are organized into six district-based territorial units; since 2017, Lithuania has hosted a German-led multinational NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative<br><br>Lithuania has no combat aircraft but has a ground air defense unit, and NATO has provided air protection for Lithuania since 2004 through its Air Policing mission; NATO member countries that possess air combat capabilities voluntarily contribute to the mission on four-month rotations; NATO fighter aircraft are hosted at Lithuania’s Šiauliai Air Base; Lithuania’s Naval Forces have small patrol vessel and mine warfare squadrons; the Special Operations Forces have air, ground, and naval units for missions such as counterterrorism, direct action, hostage rescue, military assistance, and reconnaissance (2023)"
+      "text": "the Lithuanian Armed Forces are responsible for the defense of the country’s interests, sovereignty, and territory, fulfilling Lithuania’s commitments to NATO and European security, and contributing to UN international peacekeeping efforts; Russia is Lithuania’s primary security focus, which has only increased since the Russian seizure of Crimea in 2014 and subsequent full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022; Lithuania has been a member of NATO since 2004 and is reliant on the Alliance as the country’s security guarantor; it is actively engaged in both NATO and EU security, as well as bilaterally with allies such as the other Baltic States, Germany, Poland, the UK, Ukraine, and the US; the Lithuanian military has participated in NATO and EU missions abroad and regularly conducts training and exercises with NATO and EU partner forces; it hosts NATO forces, is a member of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, and contributes troops to a multinational brigade with Poland and Ukraine; Lithuania participated in its first UN peacekeeping mission in 1994<br><br>the Land Forces form the backbone of the country’s defense force; the active Land Forces comprise a mechanized infantry brigade and a motorized infantry brigade; they are supplemented by the part-time National Defense Volunteer Forces, which are organized into six district-based territorial units; since 2017, Lithuania has hosted a German-led multinational NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative<br><br>Lithuania has no combat aircraft but has a ground air defense unit, and NATO has provided air protection for Lithuania since 2004 through its Baltic Air Policing mission; NATO member countries that possess air combat capabilities voluntarily contribute to the mission on four-month rotations; NATO fighter aircraft are hosted at Lithuania’s Šiauliai Air Base; Lithuania’s Naval Forces have small patrol vessel and mine warfare squadrons; the Special Operations Forces have air, ground, and naval units for missions such as counterterrorism, direct action, hostage rescue, military assistance, and reconnaissance (2024)"
     }
   },
   "Space": {

europe/lo.json

@@ -556,10 +556,10 @@
         "text": "unicameral National Council or Narodna Rada (150 seats; members directly elected in a single- and multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
       },
       "elections": {
-        "text": "last held on 30 September 2023; next election to be held in February 2024"
+        "text": "last held on 30 September 2023 (next to be held in February 2024)"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "<br><em>2023:</em> percent of vote by party - SMER-SSD 23%, PS 18%, Hlas-SD 14.7%, OL'aNO 8.9%, KDH 6.8%, SaS 6.3%, SNS 5.6%; seats by party SMER-SSD 42, PS 32, Hlas-SD 27, OL'aNO 16, KDH 12, SaS 11, 10<br><br><em>2020</em>; percent of vote by party - OLaNO-NOVA 25%, Smer-SD 18.3%, Sme-Rodina or SR 8.2%, LSNS 8%, SaS 6.2%, Za Ludi or ZL 5.8%, other 28.5%; seats by party - OLaNO-NOVA 53, Smer-SD 38, Sme-Rodina 17, LSNS 17, SaS 13, Za Ludi 12; composition (as of April 2023) - men 117, women 33, percent of women 22%"
+        "text": "percent of vote by party - SMER-SSD 23%, PS 18%, Hlas-SD 14.7%, OL'aNO 8.9%, KDH 6.8%, SaS 6.3%, SNS 5.6%; seats by party SMER-SSD 42, PS 32, Hlas-SD 27, OL'aNO 16, KDH 12, SaS 11, 10<br><br>composition (as of April 2023) - men 117, women 33, percent of women 22%"
       }
     },
     "Judicial branch": {
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "56,926 km (2016) (includes local roads, national roads, and 464 km of highways)"
+        "text": "45,106 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

europe/md.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "Introduction": {
     "Background": {
-      "text": "<p>A large portion of present day Moldovan territory became a province of the Russian Empire in 1812 and then unified with Romania in 1918 in the aftermath of World War I. This territory was then incorporated into the Soviet Union at the close of World War II. Although Moldova has been independent from the Soviet Union since 1991, Russian forces have remained on Moldovan territory east of the Nistru River in the breakaway region of Transnistria.</p> <p>Years of Communist Party rule in Moldova from 2001-09 ultimately ended with election-related violent protests and a rerun of parliamentary elections in 2009. A series of pro-Europe ruling coalitions governed Moldova from 2010-19, but pro-Russia Igor DODON won the presidency in 2016 and his Socialist Party of the Republic of Moldova won a plurality in the legislative election in 2019. Pro-EU reformist candidate Maia SANDU defeated DODON in his reelection bid in November 2020 and the Party of Action and Solidarity, which SANDU founded in 2015, won a parliamentary majority in an early legislative election in July 2021. Prime Minister Natalia GAVRILITA and her cabinet took office in August 2021. In February 2023, Moldova's parliament confirmed a new cabinet led by Prime Minister Dorin RECEAN, which retained the majority of the former ministers.</p> <p> </p>"
+      "text": "<p>A large portion of present-day Moldovan territory became a province of the Russian Empire in 1812 and then unified with Romania in 1918 in the aftermath of World War I. This territory was then incorporated into the Soviet Union at the close of World War II. Although Moldova has been independent from the Soviet Union since 1991, Russian forces have remained on Moldovan territory east of the Nistru River in the breakaway region of Transnistria.</p> <p>Years of Communist Party rule in Moldova from 2001-09 ultimately ended with election-related violent protests and a rerun of parliamentary elections in 2009. A series of pro-Europe ruling coalitions governed Moldova from 2010-19, but pro-Russia Igor DODON won the presidency in 2016 and his Socialist Party of the Republic of Moldova won a plurality in the legislative election in 2019. Pro-EU reformist candidate Maia SANDU defeated DODON in his reelection bid in November 2020 and the Party of Action and Solidarity, which SANDU founded in 2015, won a parliamentary majority in an early legislative election in July 2021. Prime Minister Natalia GAVRILITA and her cabinet took office in August 2021. In February 2023, Moldova's parliament confirmed a new cabinet led by Prime Minister Dorin RECEAN, which retained the majority of the former ministers.</p> <p> </p>"
     }
   },
   "Geography": {
@@ -642,15 +642,15 @@
       "text": "upper middle-income Eastern European economy; sustained growth reversed by COVID-19; significant remittances; Russian energy and regional dependence; agricultural exporter; declining workforce due to emigration and low fertility"
     },
     "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
+      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
+        "text": "$33.789 billion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
         "text": "$36.637 billion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020": {
         "text": "$32.153 billion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2019": {
-        "text": "$34.715 billion (2019 est.)"
-      },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
     },
     "Real GDP growth rate": {
@@ -665,15 +665,15 @@
       }
     },
     "Real GDP per capita": {
+      "Real GDP per capita 2022": {
+        "text": "$13,300 (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Real GDP per capita 2021": {
         "text": "$14,000 (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP per capita 2020": {
         "text": "$12,200 (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Real GDP per capita 2019": {
-        "text": "$13,000 (2019 est.)"
-      },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
     },
     "GDP (official exchange rate)": {
@@ -818,35 +818,37 @@
       }
     },
     "Exports": {
+      "Exports 2022": {
+        "text": "$5.983 billion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Exports 2021": {
-        "text": "$4.197 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$4.197 billion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Exports 2020": {
-        "text": "$3.222 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$3.222 billion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Exports 2019": {
-        "text": "$3.662 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
-      }
+      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>data are in current year dollars"
     },
     "Exports - partners": {
-      "text": "Romania 27%, Russia 9%, Italy 9%, Germany 9%, Turkey 6%, Poland 5% (2019)"
+      "text": "Romania 24%, Russia 9%, Turkey 8%, Germany 7%, Italy 7% (2021)"
     },
     "Exports - commodities": {
-      "text": "insulated wiring, wheat, sunflower seeds, rolled iron, wine, corn, seats (2021)"
+      "text": "insulated wiring, sunflower seeds, wine, corn, seats (2021)"
     },
     "Imports": {
+      "Imports 2022": {
+        "text": "$10.082 billion (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Imports 2021": {
-        "text": "$7.915 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$7.915 billion (2021 est.)"
       },
       "Imports 2020": {
-        "text": "$5.918 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
+        "text": "$5.918 billion (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Imports 2019": {
-        "text": "$6.608 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
-      }
+      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>data are in current year dollars"
     },
     "Imports - partners": {
-      "text": "Romania 20%, Russia 10%, Ukraine 9%, Germany 8%, China 7%, Turkey 6%, Italy 6% (2019)"
+      "text": "Romania 18%, Russia 13%, Ukraine 11%, China 9%, Germany 7% (2021)"
     },
     "Imports - commodities": {
       "text": "refined petroleum, cars, insulated wiring, packaged medicines, broadcasting equipment (2019)"
@@ -1116,13 +1118,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "9,352 km (2012)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "8,835 km (2012)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "517 km (2012)"
+        "text": "9,488 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {
@@ -1139,7 +1135,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova (Forțele Armate ale Republicii Moldova): National Army (comprised of a General Staff, a Land Forces Command, and an Air Force Command); Ministry of Internal Affairs: General Carabinieri Inspectorate (aka Carabinieri Troops or Trupele de Carabinieri) (2023)",
+      "text": "Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova (Forțele Armate ale Republicii Moldova): National Army (comprised of a General Staff, a Land Forces Command, and an Air Force Command); Ministry of Internal Affairs: General Carabinieri Inspectorate (aka Carabinieri Troops or Trupele de Carabinieri) (2024)",
       "note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Carabinieri is a quasi-militarized gendarmerie responsible for protecting public buildings, maintaining public order, and other national security functions<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the national police force reports to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and is the primary law enforcement body, responsible for internal security, public order, traffic, border security, and criminal investigations; the Moldovan Border Police (Poliției de Frontieră) are under the Ministry of Internal Affairs; prior to 2012, Border Police were under the armed forces and known as the Border Troops"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {

europe/mj.json

@@ -1156,13 +1156,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "7,762 km (2010)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "7,141 km (2010)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "621 km (2010)"
+        "text": "9,825 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Merchant marine": {
@@ -1181,7 +1175,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "Army of Montenegro (Vojska Crne Gore or VCG): Ground Forces (Kopnene snage), Air Force (Vazduhoplovstvo), Navy (Mornarica) (2023)",
+      "text": "Army of Montenegro (Vojska Crne Gore or VCG): Ground Forces (Kopnene snage), Air Force (Vazduhoplovstvo), Navy (Mornarica) (2024)",
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Police Force, which includes Border Police, is responsible for maintaining internal security; it is organized under the Police Administration within the Ministry of Interior and reports to the police director and, through the director, to the minister of interior and prime minister"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
@@ -1212,14 +1206,14 @@
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2023, women made up over 15% of the military's full-time personnel"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the Army of Montenegro is a small military focused on the defense of Montenegro’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, cooperating in international and multinational security, and assisting civil authorities during emergencies such as natural disasters; since Montenegro joined NATO in 2017, another focus has been integrating into the Alliance, including adapting NATO standards for planning and professionalization, structural reforms, and modernization by replacing its Soviet-era equipment; the Army trains and exercises with NATO partners and actively supports NATO missions and operations, committing small numbers of troops in Afghanistan, Kosovo, and NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence mission in Eastern Europe; a few personnel have also been deployed on EU- and UN-led operations<br><br>the combat units of the Ground Forces include an infantry battalion, plus artillery and special forces; there are two additional infantry battalions in reserve; the Air Force has ground air defense units but no combat aircraft; the Navy is a coastal defense force with a small inventory of coastal patrol craft and patrol boats, plus a marine/special forces detachment  (2023)"
+      "text": "the Army of Montenegro is a small military focused on the defense of Montenegro’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, cooperating in international and multinational security, and assisting civil authorities during emergencies such as natural disasters; since Montenegro joined NATO in 2017, another focus has been integrating into the Alliance, including adapting NATO standards for planning and professionalization, structural reforms, and modernization by replacing its Soviet-era equipment; the Army trains and exercises with NATO partners and actively supports NATO missions and operations, committing small numbers of troops in Afghanistan, Kosovo, and NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence mission in Eastern Europe; a few personnel have also been deployed on EU- and UN-led operations<br><br>the combat units of the Ground Forces include an infantry battalion, plus artillery and special forces; there are two additional infantry battalions in reserve; the Air Force has ground air defense units but no combat aircraft; the Navy is a coastal defense force with a small inventory of coastal patrol craft and patrol boats, plus a marine/special forces detachment (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Terrorism": {
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {
     "Disputes - international": {
-      "text": "<p><em>Montenegro-Albania</em>: none identified</p> <p><em>Montenegro-Bosnia and Herzegovina</em>: the two countries signed a border agreement in August 2015; sovereignty of the disputed Sutorina territory was given to Montenegro</p> <p><em>Montenegro-Croatia</em>: the two countries in 2002 reached a temporary agreement designating the Prevlaka Peninsula as part of Croatia, in October 2020, a Montenegrin official resurrected the dormant dispute over the Prevlaka Peninsula by stating that Montenegro had a good chance of winning it through international arbitration</p> <p><em>Montenegro-Kosovo</em>: a 2015 border agreement was ratified by Montenegro in 2015 and by Kosovo in 2018, but the actual demarcation has not been completed</p> <p><em>Montenegro-Serbia</em>: The former republic boundary – when the two countries were one and called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – serves as the boundary until a line is formally delimited and demarcated</p> <p> </p>"
+      "text": "<p><em>Montenegro-Bosnia and Herzegovina</em>: the two countries signed a border agreement in August 2015; sovereignty of the disputed Sutorina territory was given to Montenegro</p> <p><em>Montenegro-Croatia</em>: the two countries in 2002 reached a temporary agreement designating the Prevlaka Peninsula as part of Croatia, in October 2020, a Montenegrin official resurrected the dormant dispute over the Prevlaka Peninsula by stating that Montenegro had a good chance of winning it through international arbitration</p> <p><em>Montenegro-Kosovo</em>: a 2015 border agreement was ratified by Montenegro in 2015 and by Kosovo in 2018, but the actual demarcation has not been completed</p> <p><em>Montenegro-Serbia</em>: The former republic boundary – when the two countries were one and called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – serves as the boundary until a line is formally delimited and demarcated</p> <p> </p>"
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {

europe/mk.json

@@ -1100,13 +1100,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "14,182 km (2017) (includes 290 km of expressways)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "9,633 km (2017)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "4,549 km (2017)"
+        "text": "15,170 km (2022)"
       }
     }
   },
@@ -1143,7 +1137,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2023, women made up about 10% of the military's full-time personnel"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (ARSM) is responsible for the defense of the country’s territory and independence, fulfilling North Macedonia’s commitments to NATO and European security, and contributing to EU, NATO, and UN peace and security missions; the ARSM has participated in multinational missions and operations in Afghanistan (NATO), Bosnia and Herzegovina (EU), Eastern Europe (NATO), Iraq (NATO), Kosovo (NATO), and Lebanon (UN); a key area of focus over the past decade has been improving capabilities and bringing the largely Soviet-era-equipped ARSM up to NATO standards; it has increased its participation in NATO training exercises since becoming the 30th member of the Alliance in 2020 and currently has small numbers of combat troops deployed to Bulgaria and Romania as part of NATO’s Enhance Forward Presence mission implemented because of Russian military aggression against Ukraine<br><br>the ARSM is a joint force led by a general staff with subordinate commands for operations, logistics, reserves, special operations, and training; the Operational Command includes the active air and ground combat forces, which include a mechanized infantry brigade, an air brigade with a small combat helicopter squadron, and a ground air defense unit; the Special Operations Command has battalions of rangers and special forces, while the Reserve Forces Command has an infantry brigade (2023)"
+      "text": "the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (ARSM) is responsible for the defense of the country’s territory and independence, fulfilling North Macedonia’s commitments to NATO and European security, and contributing to EU, NATO, and UN peace and security missions; the ARSM has participated in multinational missions and operations in Afghanistan (NATO), Bosnia and Herzegovina (EU), Eastern Europe (NATO), Iraq (NATO), Kosovo (NATO), and Lebanon (UN); a key area of focus over the past decade has been improving capabilities and bringing the largely Soviet-era-equipped ARSM up to NATO standards; it has increased its participation in NATO training exercises since becoming the 30th member of the Alliance in 2020 and currently has small numbers of combat troops deployed to Bulgaria and Romania as part of NATO’s Enhance Forward Presence mission implemented because of Russian military aggression against Ukraine<br><br>the ARSM is a joint force led by a general staff with subordinate commands for operations, logistics, reserves, special operations, and training; the Operational Command includes the active air and ground combat forces, which include a mechanized infantry brigade, an air brigade with a small combat helicopter squadron, and a ground air defense unit; the Special Operations Command has battalions of rangers and special forces, while the Reserve Forces Command has an infantry brigade (2024)"
     }
   },
   "Terrorism": {

europe/mt.json

@@ -1087,19 +1087,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "3,096 km (2008)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "2,704 km (2008)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "392 km (2008)"
-      },
-      "urban": {
-        "text": "1,422 km (2001)"
-      },
-      "non-urban": {
-        "text": "832 km (2001)"
+        "text": "2,855 km (2021)"
       }
     },
     "Merchant marine": {
@@ -1124,7 +1112,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) is a joint force with land, maritime, and air elements, plus a Volunteer Reserve Force (2023)",
+      "text": "the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) is a joint force with land, maritime, and air elements, plus a Volunteer Reserve Force (2024)",
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 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": {

europe/nl.json

@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "139,124 km (2016) (includes 3,654 km of expressways)"
+        "text": "139,027 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "Netherlands (Dutch) Armed Forces (Nederlandse Krijgsmacht): Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force, Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (Military Constabulary) (2023)",
+      "text": "Netherlands (Dutch) Armed Forces (Nederlandse Krijgsmacht): Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force, Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (Military Constabulary) (2024)",
       "note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Netherlands Coast Guard and the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard are civilian in nature but managed by the Royal Netherlands Navy<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the national police maintain internal security in the Netherlands and report to the Ministry of Justice and Security, which oversees law enforcement organizations, as do the justice ministries in Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@
       "text": "the military's inventory consists of a mix of domestically produced and modern European- and US-sourced equipment; in recent years, the US has been the leading supplier of weapons systems; the Netherlands has an advanced domestic defense industry that focuses on armored vehicles, naval ships, and air defense systems; it also participates with the US and other European countries on joint development and production of advanced weapons systems (2023)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
-      "text": "17 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; the military is an all-volunteer force; conscription remains in place, but the requirement to show up for compulsory military service was suspended in 1997; must be a citizen of the Netherlands (2023)",
+      "text": "17 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; the military is an all-volunteer force; conscription remains in place, but the requirement to show up for compulsory military service was suspended in 1997; must be a citizen of the Netherlands (2024)",
       "note": "<strong>note: </strong>in 2023, women made up about 14% of the military's full-time personnel"
     },
     "Military deployments": {
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note: </strong>in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including the Netherlands, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the Dutch military is charged with the three core tasks of defending the country’s national territory and that of its allies, enforcing the national and international rule of law, and providing assistance during disasters and other crises; it also has some domestic security duties, including in the Dutch Caribbean territories; the military operates globally but rarely carries out military operations independently and focuses on cooperating with the armed forces of other countries, particularly with Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the UK to include combined military units<br><br>the Netherlands has been a member of NATO since its founding in 1949, and the Dutch military is heavily involved in NATO missions and operations with air, ground, and naval forces, including air policing missions over the Benelux countries and Eastern Europe, NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative in the Baltic States and Eastern Europe, and several NATO naval flotillas, as well as standby units for NATO’s rapid response force; the military has previously deployed forces to NATO-led operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kosovo and also regularly contributes to EU- and UN-led missions<br><br>the Dutch military is a professional force and conforms to NATO standards; the Army is experienced, equipped with modern weapons, and exercises regularly, including with allied partners; it has three brigades of mechanized, light, and air mobile infantry, plus artillery, air defense, and commando/special forces units; the Army cooperates closely with the German Army, including having its air mobile and mechanized brigades assigned to German divisional headquarters; in addition, the Army shares with the Germans command of a NATO high-readiness corps-level headquarters, which can be ready for deployment inside or outside NATO territory within 20 days; in 2020, Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands formed a joint composite special operations component command<br><br>founded in the late 1400s, the Royal Netherlands Navy is one of the oldest naval forces in the World and conducts a variety of missions worldwide; in addition to its close ties with NATO, the Navy cooperates closely with the Belgian Navy, including a joint staff known as the Admiralty Benelux; it has a command responsible for the activities of Dutch naval units in the Caribbean, which includes combating drug trafficking, environmental crime, and illegal fishing, as well as providing search and rescue and disaster relief capabilities; the Netherlands has naval bases on Curaçao and Aruba; the Navy’s principal warships are 10 frigates and ocean-going patrol ships and three attack submarines; the Marine Corps has two battalion-size combat groups and special operations forces; since 1973, it has worked closely with the British Royal Marines, including jointly in the UK-Netherlands amphibious landing force<br><br>the Air Force operates globally and is equipped with about 50 modern US-origin combat aircraft, including F-35 stealth multirole fighters; the Air Force has a helicopter command with attack and other combat-capable helicopters; Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg have an agreement to allow the Belgian and Dutch Air Forces to conduct air policing patrols over the three countries<br><br>the core missions of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee’s (military police) are border security, security and surveillance, and international and military police tasks; it has 21 brigades based in eight Dutch provinces, plus Curaçao in the Caribbean, a special missions security brigade, and separate security platoons to guard and protect domestic sites that are most likely to be the targets of attacks, such as government buildings; Marechaussee detachments have been included in international police units deployed by NATO<br><br>the Dutch military is also part of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, a defense framework of 10 Northern European nations designed to provide security to the High North, North Atlantic, and the Baltic Sea Region in response to a crisis (2023)"
+      "text": "the Dutch military is charged with the three core tasks of defending the country’s national territory and that of its allies, enforcing the national and international rule of law, and providing assistance during disasters and other crises; it also has some domestic security duties, including in the Dutch Caribbean territories; the military operates globally but rarely carries out military operations independently and focuses on cooperating with the armed forces of other countries, particularly with Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the UK to include combined military units<br><br>the Netherlands has been a member of NATO since its founding in 1949, and the Dutch military is heavily involved in NATO missions and operations with air, ground, and naval forces, including air policing missions over the Benelux countries and Eastern Europe, NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative in the Baltic States and Eastern Europe, and several NATO naval flotillas, as well as standby units for NATO’s rapid response force; the military has previously deployed forces to NATO-led operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kosovo and also regularly contributes to EU- and UN-led missions<br><br>the Dutch military conforms to NATO standards; the Army is experienced, equipped with modern weapons, and exercises regularly, including with allied partners; it has three brigades of mechanized, light, and air mobile infantry, plus artillery, air defense, and commando/special forces units; the Army cooperates closely with the German Army, including having its air mobile and mechanized brigades assigned to German divisional headquarters; in addition, the Army shares with the Germans command of a NATO high-readiness corps-level headquarters, which can be ready for deployment inside or outside NATO territory within 20 days; in 2020, Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands formed a joint composite special operations component command<br><br>founded in the late 1400s, the Royal Netherlands Navy is one of the oldest naval forces in the World and conducts a variety of missions worldwide; in addition to its close ties with NATO, the Navy cooperates closely with the Belgian Navy, including a joint staff known as the Admiralty Benelux; it has a command responsible for the activities of Dutch naval units in the Caribbean, which includes combating drug trafficking, environmental crime, and illegal fishing, as well as providing search and rescue and disaster relief capabilities; the Netherlands has naval bases on Curaçao and Aruba; the Navy’s principal warships are 10 frigates and ocean-going patrol ships and three attack submarines; the Marine Corps has two battalion-size combat groups and special operations forces; since 1973, it has worked closely with the British Royal Marines, including jointly in the UK-Netherlands amphibious landing force<br><br>the Air Force operates globally and is equipped with about 50 modern US-origin combat aircraft, including F-35 stealth multirole fighters; the Air Force has a helicopter command with attack and other combat-capable helicopters; Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg have an agreement to allow the Belgian and Dutch Air Forces to conduct air policing patrols over the three countries<br><br>the core missions of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee’s (military police) are border security, security and surveillance, and international and military police tasks; it has 21 brigades based in eight Dutch provinces, plus Curaçao in the Caribbean, a special missions security brigade, and separate security platoons to guard and protect domestic sites that are most likely to be the targets of attacks, such as government buildings; Marechaussee detachments have been included in international police units deployed by NATO<br><br>the Dutch military is also part of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, a defense framework of 10 Northern European nations designed to provide security to the High North, North Atlantic, and the Baltic Sea Region in response to a crisis (2023)"
     }
   },
   "Space": {

europe/no.json

@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "94,902 km (2018) (includes 455 km of expressways)"
+        "text": "95,120 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note: </strong>in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Norway, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the Norwegian Armed Forces (Forsvaret) are responsible for protecting Norway and its allies, including monitoring Norway’s airspace, digital, land, and maritime areas, maintaining the country’s borders and sovereignty, contributing to NATO and UN missions, and providing support to civil society, such as assisting the police, search and rescue, and maritime counterterrorism efforts; the military’s territorial and sovereignty defense missions are complicated by Norway’s vast sea areas, numerous islands, long and winding fjords, and difficult and mountainous terrain; a key area of focus is its far northern border with Russia<br><br>Norway is one of the original members of NATO, and the Alliance is a key component of Norway’s defense policy; the Forsvaret participates regularly in NATO exercises, missions, and operations, including air policing of NATO territory, NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence mission in the Baltic States and Eastern Europe, and standing naval missions, as well as operations in non-NATO areas, such as the Middle East; the Forsvaret also cooperates closely with the militaries of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO; established 2009), which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; areas of cooperation include armaments, education, human resources, training and exercises, and operations; Norway contributes to the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, a pool of high-readiness military forces from 10 Baltic and Scandinavian countries designed to respond to a wide range of contingencies both in peacetime and in times of crisis or conflict with a focus on the High North, North Atlantic, and Baltic Sea regions; the Forsvaret participates in UN missions in such areas as Africa and the Middle East; Norway has close military ties with the US, including rotational US military deployments and an agreement allowing for mutual defense activities and US military forces to access some Norwegian facilities <br><br>the Forsvaret is a compact and mixed force of conscripts and professionals that trains regularly and is equipped with modern weapons systems; its origins go back to the leidangen, defense forces which were established along the coastline in the 10th century to protect the Norwegian coast; the Army was created in 1628; its principal combat forces are a mechanized infantry brigade, plus a special operations commando (group); the Finnmark Land Command safeguards Norway's northernmost land territories and the land border with Russia; the Army is supplemented by the Home Guard (Heimevernet or HV), a reserve mobilization and national emergency force consisting of some 40,000 part-time soldiers spread over 11 districts where they have territorial responsibility for protecting key civilian and military installations and may assist civil authorities during natural disasters and search and rescue operations; the HV includes several rapid-reaction intervention task forces<br><br>the Navy is comprised of the fleet, the Coast Guard, and several bases; the fleet has a small mix of frigates, corvettes, and attack submarines, as well as mine warfare vessels; it also has a special operations group and the Coastal Hunter Command (Kystjegerkommandoen), which monitors coastal seas and land; the Air Force has about 60 US-made combat aircraft and will have a new fully operational fleet of US F-35 stealth multirole fighters by 2025 (2023)"
+      "text": "the Norwegian Armed Forces (Forsvaret) are responsible for protecting Norway and its allies, including monitoring Norway’s airspace, digital, land, and maritime areas, maintaining the country’s borders and sovereignty, contributing to NATO and UN missions, and providing support to civil society, such as assisting the police, search and rescue, and maritime counterterrorism efforts; the military’s territorial and sovereignty defense missions are complicated by Norway’s vast sea areas, numerous islands, long and winding fjords, and difficult and mountainous terrain; a key area of focus is its far northern border with Russia<br><br>Norway is one of the original members of NATO, and the Alliance is a key component of Norway’s defense policy; the Forsvaret participates regularly in NATO exercises, missions, and operations, including air policing of NATO territory, NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence mission in the Baltic States and Eastern Europe, and standing naval missions, as well as operations in non-NATO areas, such as the Middle East; the Forsvaret also cooperates closely with the militaries of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO; established 2009), which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; areas of cooperation include armaments, education, human resources, training and exercises, and operations; Norway contributes to the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, a pool of high-readiness military forces from 10 Baltic and Scandinavian countries designed to respond to a wide range of contingencies both in peacetime and in times of crisis or conflict with a focus on the High North, North Atlantic, and Baltic Sea regions; the Forsvaret participates in UN missions in such areas as Africa and the Middle East; Norway has close military ties with the US, including rotational US military deployments and an agreement allowing for mutual defense activities and US military forces to access some Norwegian facilities <br><br>the Forsvaret is a compact and mixed force of conscripts and professionals that trains regularly and is equipped with modern weapons systems; its origins go back to the leidangen, defense forces which were established along the coastline in the 10th century to protect the Norwegian coast; the Army was created in 1628; its principal combat forces are a mechanized infantry brigade, plus a special operations commando (group); the Finnmark Land Command safeguards Norway's northernmost land territories and the land border with Russia; the Army is supplemented by the Home Guard (Heimevernet or HV), a reserve mobilization and national emergency force consisting of some 40,000 part-time soldiers spread over 11 districts where they have territorial responsibility for protecting key civilian and military installations and may assist civil authorities during natural disasters and search and rescue operations; the HV includes several rapid-reaction intervention task forces<br><br>the Navy is comprised of the fleet, the Coast Guard, and several bases; the fleet has a small mix of frigates, corvettes, and attack submarines, as well as mine warfare vessels; it also has a special operations group and the Coastal Hunter Command (Kystjegerkommandoen), which monitors coastal seas and land; the Air Force has about 60 US-made combat aircraft and is slated to have a new fully operational fleet of US F-35 stealth multirole fighters by 2025 (2024)"
     }
   },
   "Space": {

europe/pl.json

@@ -1175,13 +1175,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "420,000 km (2016)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "291,000 km (2016) (includes 1,492 km of expressways, 1,559 of motorways)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "129,000 km (2016)"
+        "text": "427,580 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {

europe/po.json

@@ -1135,13 +1135,7 @@
     },
     "Roadways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "82,900 km (2008)"
-      },
-      "paved": {
-        "text": "71,294 km (2008) (includes 2,613 km of expressways)"
-      },
-      "unpaved": {
-        "text": "11,606 km (2008)"
+        "text": "11,217 km (2022)"
       }
     },
     "Waterways": {