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"text": "6.2% (2019)"
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"text": "6.2% of GDP (2019)"
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"Total renewable water resources": {
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"text": "11.667 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)"
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"text": "11.67 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)"
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"Government": {
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"international": {
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"text": "country code - 213; ALPAL-2 is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the Mediterranean Sea linking Algeria and the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca; ORVAL is a submarine cable to Spain; landing points for the TE North/TGN-Eurasia/SEACOM/SeaMeWe-4 fiber-optic submarine cable system that provides links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; MED cable connecting Algeria with France; microwave radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; Algeria part of the 4,500 Km terrestrial Trans Sahara Backbone network which connects to other fiber networks in the region; Alcomstat-1 satellite offering telemedicine network (2020)"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
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"text": "state-run Radio-Television Algerienne operates the broadcast media and carries programming in Arabic, Berber dialects, and French; use of satellite dishes is widespread, providing easy access to European and Arab satellite stations; state-run radio operates several national networks and roughly 40 regional radio stations"
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"text": "2.5% (2019)"
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"text": "2.5% of GDP (2019)"
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"text": "0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
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"international": {
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"text": "country code - 244; landing points for the SAT-3/WASC, WACS, ACE and SACS fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to other countries in west Africa, Brazil, Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 29, Angosat-2 satellite expected by 2021 (2019)"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
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"Broadcast media": {
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"text": "state controls all broadcast media with nationwide reach; state-owned Televisao Popular de Angola (TPA) provides terrestrial TV service on 2 channels; a third TPA channel is available via cable and satellite; TV subscription services are available; state-owned Radio Nacional de Angola (RNA) broadcasts on 5 stations; about a half-dozen private radio stations broadcast locally"
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"Current health expenditure": {
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"text": "6.1% (2019)"
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"text": "6.1% of GDP (2019)"
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"Physicians density": {
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"text": "0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
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"international": {
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"text": "country code - 267; international calls are made via satellite, using international direct dialing; 2 international exchanges; digital microwave radio relay links to Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
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"Broadcast media": {
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"text": "2 TV stations - 1 state-owned and 1 privately owned; privately owned satellite TV subscription service is available; 2 state-owned national radio stations; 4 privately owned radio stations broadcast locally (2019)"
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"Current health expenditure": {
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"text": "2.4% (2019)"
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"text": "2.4% of GDP (2019)"
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"Physicians density": {
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"text": "0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
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"international": {
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"text": "country code - 229; landing points for the SAT-3/WASC and ACE fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe, and most West African countries; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat-Atlantic Ocean) (2019)"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
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"Broadcast media": {
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"text": "state-run Office de Radiodiffusion et de Television du Benin (ORTB) operates a TV station providing a wide broadcast reach; several privately owned TV stations broadcast from Cotonou; satellite TV subscription service is available; state-owned radio, under ORTB control, includes a national station supplemented by a number of regional stations; substantial number of privately owned radio broadcast stations; transmissions of a few international broadcasters are available on FM in Cotonou (2019)"
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"Current health expenditure": {
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"text": "8% (2019)"
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"text": "8% of GDP (2019)"
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"Physicians density": {
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"text": "0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
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"Capital": {
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"name": {
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"text": "Gitega (political capital), Bujumbura (commercial capital); note - in January 2019, the Burundian parliament voted to make Gitega the political capital of the country while Bujumbura would remain its economic capital; all branches of the government are expected to have moved from Bujumbura to Gitega by 2022"
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"text": "Gitega (political capital), Bujumbura (commercial capital); note - in January 2019, the Burundian parliament voted to make Gitega the political capital of the country while Bujumbura would remain its economic capital; as of 2022, the government's move to Gitega remains incomplete"
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"geographic coordinates": {
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"text": "3 25 S, 29 55 E"
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"international": {
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"text": "country code - 257; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); the government, supported by the Word Bank, has backed a joint venture with a number of prominent telecoms to build a national fiber backbone network, offering onward connectivity to submarine cable infrastructure landings in Kenya and Tanzania (2019)"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
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"Broadcast media": {
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"text": "state-controlled Radio Television Nationale de Burundi (RTNB) operates a TV station and a national radio network; 3 private TV stations and about 10 privately owned radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available in Bujumbura (2019)"
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"Current health expenditure": {
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
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"text": "1 state-owned TV station; 2 privately-owned TV stations; state-owned radio network, Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne (RNT), operates national and regional stations; over 10 private radio stations; some stations rebroadcast programs from international broadcasters (2017)"
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"text": "387,753 (Sudan), 124,509 (Central African Republic), 35,137 (Cameroon), 20,272 (Nigeria) (2022)"
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"text": "393,590 (Sudan), 124,509 (Central African Republic), 35,137 (Cameroon), 20,272 (Nigeria) (2022)"
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"text": "country code - 237; landing points for the SAT-3/WASC, SAIL, ACE, NCSCS, Ceiba-2, and WACS fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe, South America, and West Africa; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
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"text": "government maintains tight control over broadcast media; state-owned Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV), broadcasting on both a TV and radio network, was the only officially recognized and fully licensed broadcaster until August 2007, when the government finally issued licenses to 2 private TV broadcasters and 1 private radio broadcaster; about 70 privately owned, unlicensed radio stations operating but are subject to closure at any time; foreign news services required to partner with state-owned national station (2019)"
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"text": "country code - 269; landing point for the EASSy, Comoros Domestic Cable System, Avassa, and FLY-LION3 fiber-optic submarine cable system connecting East Africa with Europe; HF radiotelephone communications to Madagascar and Reunion (2019)"
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"text": "government-owned network, Radiodiffusion Television Centrafricaine, provides limited domestic TV broadcasting; state-owned radio network is supplemented by a small number of privately owned broadcast stations as well as a few community radio stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available (2017)"
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"text": "4.9% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "4.9% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.83 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
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|
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"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 238; landing points for the Atlantis-2, EllaLink, Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 1, 2, 3 and WACS fiber-optic transatlantic telephone cable that provides links to South America, Africa, and Europe; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)"
|
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},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "state-run TV and radio broadcast network plus a growing number of private broadcasters; Portuguese public TV and radio services for Africa are available; transmissions of a few international broadcasters are available (2019)"
|
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}
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},
|
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"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "1.8% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.22 physicians/1,000 population (2014)"
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|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 253; landing points for the SEA-ME-WE-3 & 5, EASSy, Aden-Djibouti, Africa-1, DARE-1, EIG, MENA, Bridge International, PEACE Cable, and SEACOM fiber-optic submarine cable systems providing links to Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia and Africa; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intelsat - Indian Ocean and 1 Arabsat) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<!-- x-tinymce/html --><strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<!-- x-tinymce/html --><strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "state-owned Radiodiffusion-Television de Djibouti operates the sole terrestrial TV station, as well as the only 2 domestic radio networks; no private TV or radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2019)"
|
||||
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|
|||
},
|
||||
"Transnational Issues": {
|
||||
"Disputes - international": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>Djibouti maintains economic ties and border accords with \"Somaliland\" leadership while maintaining some political ties to various factions in Somalia; Kuwait is chief investor in the 2008 restoration and upgrade of the Ethiopian-Djibouti rail link; in 2008, Eritrean troops moved across the border on Ras Doumera peninsula and occupied Doumera Island with undefined sovereignty in the Red Sea</p>"
|
||||
"text": "<p><em>Djibouti-Somalia:</em> Djibouti maintains economic ties and border accords with \"Somaliland\" leadership while maintaining some political ties to various factions in Somalia;</p> <p><em>Djibouti-Eritrea:</em> in 2008, Eritrean troops moved across the border on Ras Doumera peninsula and occupied Doumera Island with undefined sovereignty in the Red Sea; the Eritrean occupation of remote Doumeira Island and portions peninsula persists unabated as of September 2009; porous boundary over largely uninhabited areas provides access for smuggling and other illegal activities; as of 7 June 2010, Qatar was mediating Eritrea-Djibouti border dispute, </p> <p><em>Djibouti-Ethiopia:</em> While Djibouti has had significant issues along its border with neighbors such as Somalia and Eritrea, the Ethiopia-Djibouti relationship has been relatively harmonious; diplomatic relations between the two countries were initially established in 1984; historically, there is co-ownership of the Addis Ababa-Djibout railways and acts as a symbol of the healthy bi-lateral partnership between both Ethiopia and Djibouti; in 1991 a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation was signed by the two countries; Ethiopia uses the Port of Djibouti as a major hub for export and import of goods since 1998; after establishing independence, there have been no major disputes along this border.</p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
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|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "4.7% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "4.7% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.75 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -677,7 +677,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
|
||||
"chief of mission": {
|
||||
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Nicole SHAMPAINE (since 1 April 2022)"
|
||||
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Daniel RUBINSTEIN (since 23 August 2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"embassy": {
|
||||
"text": "5 Tawfik Diab St., Garden City, Cairo"
|
||||
|
|
@ -819,7 +819,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Agricultural products": {
|
||||
"text": "sugar cane, sugar beet, wheat, maize, tomatoes, rice, potatoes, oranges, onions, milk"
|
||||
"text": "sugar cane, sugar beets, wheat, maize, tomatoes, rice, potatoes, oranges, onions, milk"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Industries": {
|
||||
"text": "textiles, food processing, tourism, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons, construction, cement, metals, light manufactures"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 20; landing points for Aletar, Africa-1, FEA, Hawk, IMEWE, and the SEA-ME-WE-3 & 4 submarine cable networks linking to Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Australia ; satellite earth stations - 4 (2 Intelsat - Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat); tropospheric scatter to Sudan; microwave radio relay to Israel; a participant in Medarabtel (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<!-- x-tinymce/html --><strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<!-- x-tinymce/html --><strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "mix of state-run and private broadcast media; state-run TV operates 2 national and 6 regional terrestrial networks, as well as a few satellite channels; dozens of private satellite channels and a large number of Arabic satellite channels are available for free; some limited satellite services are also available via subscription; state-run radio operates about 30 stations belonging to 8 networks; privately-owned radio includes 8 major stations, 4 of which belong to 1 network (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "3.1% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "3.1% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4 physicians/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 240; landing points for the ACE, Ceiba-1, and Ceiba-2 submarine cables providing communication from Bata and Malabo, Equatorial Guinea to numerous Western African and European countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<!-- x-tinymce/html --><strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<!-- x-tinymce/html --><strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "the state maintains control of broadcast media with domestic broadcast media limited to 1 state-owned TV station, 1 private TV station owned by the president's eldest son (who is the Vice President), 1 state-owned radio station, and 1 private radio station owned by the president's eldest son; satellite TV service is available; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are generally accessible (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Transnational Issues": {
|
||||
"Disputes - international": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>in 2002, ICJ ruled on an equidistance settlement of Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea-Nigeria maritime boundary in the Gulf of Guinea, but a dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon over an island at the mouth of the Ntem River and imprecisely defined maritime coordinates in the ICJ decision delayed final delimitation; UN urged Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to resolve the sovereignty dispute over Gabon-occupied Mbane and lesser islands and to create a maritime boundary in the hydrocarbon-rich Corisco Bay</p>"
|
||||
"text": "<p><em>Equatorial Guinea-Cameroon: </em>in 2002, ICJ ruled on an equidistance settlement of Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea-Nigeria maritime boundary in the Gulf of Guinea, but a dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon over an island at the mouth of the Ntem River and imprecisely defined maritime coordinates in the ICJ decision delayed final delimitation</p> <p><em>Equatorial Guinea-Gabon:</em> UN urged Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to resolve the sovereignty dispute over Gabon-occupied Mbane and lesser islands and to create a maritime boundary in the hydrocarbon-rich Corisco Bay</p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Trafficking in persons": {
|
||||
"current situation": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "4.5% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "4.5% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 291 (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "government controls broadcast media with private ownership prohibited; 1 state-owned TV station; state-owned radio operates 2 networks; purchases of satellite dishes and subscriptions to international broadcast media are permitted (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "3.2% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "3.2% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.11 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 251; open-wire to Sudan and Djibouti; microwave radio relay to Kenya and Djibouti; 2 domestic satellites provide the national trunk service; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Pacific Ocean) (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "6 public TV stations broadcasting nationally and 10 public radio broadcasters; 7 private radio stations and 19 community radio stations (2017)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "406,001 (South Sudan), 250,719 (Somalia), 161,781 (Eritrea), 48,046 (Sudan) (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "406,001 (South Sudan), 250,719 (Somalia), 161,963 (Eritrea), 48,132 (Sudan) (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"IDPs": {
|
||||
"text": "2,114,653 (includes conflict- and climate-induced IDPs, excluding unverified estimates from the Amhara region; border war with Eritrea from 1998-2000; ethnic clashes; and ongoing fighting between the Ethiopian military and separatist rebel groups in the Somali and Oromia regions; natural disasters; intercommunal violence; most IDPs live in Sumale state) (2021)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "3.8% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "3.8% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 220; landing point for the ACE submarine cable to West Africa and Europe; microwave radio relay links to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>1 state-run TV-channel; one privately-owned TV-station; 1 Online TV-station; three state-owned radio station and 31 privately owned radio stations; eight community radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available, some via shortwave radio; cable and satellite TV subscription services are obtainable in some parts of the country </p> (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "2.8% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "2.8% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.65 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 241; landing points for the SAT-3/WASC, ACE and Libreville-Port Gentil Cable fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and West Africa; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "state owns and operates 2 TV stations and 2 radio broadcast stations; a few private radio and TV stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are accessible; satellite service subscriptions are available"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "3.4% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "3.4% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 233; landing points for the SAT-3/WASC, MainOne, ACE, WACS and GLO-1 fiber-optic submarine cables that provide connectivity to South and West Africa, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay link to Panaftel system connects Ghana to its neighbors; GhanaSat-1 nanosatellite launched in 2017 (2017)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "state-owned TV station, 2 state-owned radio networks; several privately owned TV stations and a large number of privately owned radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are accessible; several cable and satellite TV subscription services are obtainable"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "4% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "4% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 224; ACE submarine cable connecting Guinea with 20 landing points in Western and South Africa and Europe; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>Government maintains marginal control over broadcast media; single state-run TV station; state-run radio broadcast station also operates several stations in rural areas; a dozen private television stations; a steadily increasing number of privately owned radio stations, nearly all in Conakry, and about a dozen community radio stations; foreign TV programming available via satellite and cable subscription services </p> (2022)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
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},
|
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"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "3.3% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "3.3% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.16 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
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||||
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|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 225; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC, ACE, MainOne, and WACS fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and South and West Africa; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "state-controlled Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirieinne (RTI) is made up of 2 radios stations (Radio Cote d'Ivoire and Frequence2) and 2 television stations (RTI1 and RTI2), with nationwide coverage, broadcasts mainly in French; after 2011 post-electoral crisis, President OUATTARA's administration reopened RTI Bouake', the broadcaster's office in Cote d'Ivoire's 2nd largest city, where facilities were destroyed during the 2002 rebellion; Cote d'Ivoire is also home to 178 proximity radios stations, 16 religious radios stations, 5 commercial radios stations, and 5 international radios stations, according to the Haute Autorite' de la Communication Audiovisuelle (HACA); govt now runs radio UNOCIFM, a radio station previously owned by the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire; in Dec 2016, the govt announced 4 companies had been granted licenses to operate -Live TV, Optimum Media Cote d'Ivoire, the Audiovisual Company of Cote d'Ivoire (Sedaci), and Sorano-CI, out of the 4 companies only one has started operating (2019)"
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}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "4.6% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "4.6% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.16 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "8.5% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "8.5% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "Protestant 47.8% (Pentecostal 23.1%, Lesotho Evangelical 17.3%, Anglican 7.4%), Roman Catholic 39.3%, other Christian 9.1%, non-Christian 1.4%, none 2.3% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Demographic profile": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>Lesotho faces great socioeconomic challenges. More than half of its population lives below the property line, and the country’s HIV/AIDS prevalence rate is the second highest in the world. In addition, Lesotho is a small, mountainous, landlocked country with little arable land, leaving its population vulnerable to food shortages and reliant on remittances. Lesotho’s persistently high infant, child, and maternal mortality rates have been increasing during the last decade, according to the last two Demographic and Health Surveys. Despite these significant shortcomings, Lesotho has made good progress in education; it is on-track to achieve universal primary education and has one of the highest adult literacy rates in Africa.</p><p>Lesotho’s migration history is linked to its unique geography; it is surrounded by South Africa with which it shares linguistic and cultural traits. Lesotho at one time had more of its workforce employed outside its borders than any other country. Today remittances equal about 17% of its GDP. With few job options at home, a high rate of poverty, and higher wages available across the border, labor migration to South Africa replaced agriculture as the prevailing Basotho source of income decades ago. The majority of Basotho migrants were single men contracted to work as gold miners in South Africa. However, migration trends changed in the 1990s, and fewer men found mining jobs in South Africa because of declining gold prices, stricter immigration policies, and a preference for South African workers.</p><p>Although men still dominate cross-border labor migration, more women are working in South Africa, mostly as domestics, because they are widows or their husbands are unemployed. Internal rural-urban flows have also become more frequent, with more women migrating within the country to take up jobs in the garment industry or moving to care for loved ones with HIV/AIDS. Lesotho’s small population of immigrants is increasingly composed of Taiwanese and Chinese migrants who are involved in the textile industry and small retail businesses.</p>"
|
||||
"text": "<p>Lesotho faces great socioeconomic challenges. More than half of its population lives below the poverty line, and the country’s HIV/AIDS prevalence rate is the second highest in the world. In addition, Lesotho is a small, mountainous, landlocked country with little arable land, leaving its population vulnerable to food shortages and reliant on remittances. Lesotho’s persistently high infant, child, and maternal mortality rates have been increasing during the last decade, according to the last two Demographic and Health Surveys. Despite these significant shortcomings, Lesotho has made good progress in education; it is on-track to achieve universal primary education and has one of the highest adult literacy rates in Africa.</p> <p>Lesotho’s migration history is linked to its unique geography; it is surrounded by South Africa with which it shares linguistic and cultural traits. Lesotho at one time had more of its workforce employed outside its borders than any other country. Today remittances equal about 17% of its GDP. With few job options at home, a high rate of poverty, and higher wages available across the border, labor migration to South Africa replaced agriculture as the prevailing Basotho source of income decades ago. The majority of Basotho migrants were single men contracted to work as gold miners in South Africa. However, migration trends changed in the 1990s, and fewer men found mining jobs in South Africa because of declining gold prices, stricter immigration policies, and a preference for South African workers.</p> <p>Although men still dominate cross-border labor migration, more women are working in South Africa, mostly as domestics, because they are widows or their husbands are unemployed. Internal rural-urban flows have also become more frequent, with more women migrating within the country to take up jobs in the garment industry or moving to care for loved ones with HIV/AIDS. Lesotho’s small population of immigrants is increasingly composed of Taiwanese and Chinese migrants who are involved in the textile industry and small retail businesses.</p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Age structure": {
|
||||
"0-14 years": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "11.3% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "11.3% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.47 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1172,10 +1172,10 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "18,370 (Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 16,092 (Syria) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "17,452 (Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 16,481 (Syria) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"IDPs": {
|
||||
"text": "168,011 (conflict between pro-QADHAFI and anti-QADHAFI forces in 2011; post-QADHAFI tribal clashes 2014) (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "159,996 (conflict between pro-QADHAFI and anti-QADHAFI forces in 2011; post-QADHAFI tribal clashes 2014) (2022)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "3.7% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "3.7% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "7.4% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "7.4% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "3.9% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "3.9% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.13 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "24,591 (Burkina Faso) (refugees and asylum seekers), 14,950 (Mauritania) (refugees and asylum seekers), 14,794 (Niger) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "24,519 (Burkina Faso) (refugees and asylum seekers), 15,229 (Niger) (refugees and asylum seekers), 14,950 (Mauritania) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"IDPs": {
|
||||
"text": "370,548 (Tuareg rebellion since 2012) (2022)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> does not include data from the former Western Sahara"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "5.3% (2019)",
|
||||
"text": "5.3% of GDP (2019)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> does not include data from the former Western Sahara"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "6.2% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "6.2% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "2.71 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "3.3% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "3.3% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "7.8% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "7.8% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "5.7% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "5.7% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.04 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1237,8 +1237,8 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military and Security": {
|
||||
"Military and security forces": {
|
||||
"text": "Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force, Niger Gendarmerie (GN); Ministry of Interior: Niger National Guard (GNN; aka Republican Guard), National Police (2022)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Gendarmerie has primary responsibility for rural security; the National Guard is responsible for domestic security and the protection of high-level officials and government buildings<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>the National Police includes the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance, which is charged with border management"
|
||||
"text": "Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force, Niger Gendarmerie (GN); Ministry of Interior: Niger National Guard (GNN), National Police (2022)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Gendarmerie has primary responsibility for rural security; the National Guard is responsible for domestic security and the protection of high-level officials and government buildings<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>the National Police includes the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance, which is charged with border management<br><br>note 3: the National Guard was formerly known as the National Forces of Intervention and Security "
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1286,10 +1286,10 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "187,134 (Nigeria), 64,185 (Mali) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "187,130 (Nigeria), 65,026 (Mali) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"IDPs": {
|
||||
"text": "347,648 (includes the regions of Diffa, Tillaberi, and Tahoua; unknown how many of the 11,000 people displaced by clashes between government forces and the Tuareg militant group, Niger Movement for Justice, in 2007 are still displaced; inter-communal violence; Boko Haram attacks in southern Niger, 2015) (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "376,809 (includes the regions of Diffa, Tillaberi, and Tahoua; unknown how many of the 11,000 people displaced by clashes between government forces and the Tuareg militant group, Niger Movement for Justice, in 2007 are still displaced; inter-communal violence; Boko Haram attacks in southern Niger, 2015) (2022)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "3% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "3% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "83,244 (Cameroon) (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "85,967 (Cameroon) (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"IDPs": {
|
||||
"text": "3,030,544 (northeast Nigeria; Boko Haram attacks and counterinsurgency efforts in northern Nigeria; communal violence between Christians and Muslims in the middle belt region, political violence; flooding; forced evictions; cattle rustling; competition for resources) (2022)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "6% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "6% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -552,7 +552,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "Council of States - pending establishment as stipulated by the 2018 peace deal<br>Transitional National Legislative Assembly - 550 members; percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - 332 SPLM, 128 SPLM-IO, 90 other political parties; composition - NA"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"election results": {
|
||||
"text": "<br>Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SPLM 20, unknown 30; composition - men 44, women 6, percent of women 12%<br>National Legislative Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SPLM 251, DCP 10, independent 6, unknown 133; composition - men 291, women 109, percent of women 27.3%; note - total National Legislature percent of women 25.6%"
|
||||
"text": "Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SPLM 20, unknown 30; composition - men 44, women 6, percent of women 12%<br>National Legislative Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SPLM 251, DCP 10, independent 6, unknown 133; composition - men 291, women 109, percent of women 27.3%; note - total National Legislature percent of women 25.6%"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Judicial branch": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -567,7 +567,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Political parties and leaders": {
|
||||
"text": "Sudan People's Liberation Movement or SPLM [Salva KIIR Mayardit]<br>Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-Former Detainees [Rebecca Nyandeng Chol GARANG de Mabior]<br>Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition or SPLM-IO [Riek MACHAR Teny Dhurgon]<br>South Sudan Opposition Alliance or SSOA [Hussein ABDELBAGI Ayii]"
|
||||
"text": "<p>Democratic Change or DC<br>Democratic Forum or DF<br>Labour Party or LPSS [Federico Awi VUNI]<br>South Sudan Opposition Alliance or SSOA [Hussein ABDELBAGI Ayii]<br>Sudan African National Union or SANU [Toby MADOUT]<br>Sudan People's Liberation Movement or SPLM [Salva KIIR Mayardit]<br>Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition or SPLM-IO [Riek MACHAR Teny Dhurgon]<br>United Democratic Salvation Front or UDSF <br>United South Sudan African Party or USSAP [Louis Pasquale ALEU, Secretary]<br>United South Sudan Party or USSP [Paulino LUKUDU Obede] </p> <strong>note:</strong> only parties with seats in the Transitional National Legislative Assembly included"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"International organization participation": {
|
||||
"text": "AU, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOM, IPU, ITU, MIGA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WMO"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "309,849 (Sudan), 19,452 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"IDPs": {
|
||||
"text": "2,017,236 (alleged coup attempt and ethnic conflict beginning in December 2013; information is lacking on those displaced in earlier years by: fighting in Abyei between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in May 2011; clashes between the SPLA and dissident militia groups in South Sudan; inter-ethnic conflicts over resources and cattle; attacks from the Lord's Resistance Army; floods and drought) (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "2.23 million (alleged coup attempt and ethnic conflict beginning in December 2013; information is lacking on those displaced in earlier years by: fighting in Abyei between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in May 2011; clashes between the SPLA and dissident militia groups in South Sudan; inter-ethnic conflicts over resources and cattle; attacks from the Lord's Resistance Army; floods and drought) (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"stateless persons": {
|
||||
"text": "10,000 (mid-year 2021)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "8.4% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "8.4% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 245; ACE submarine cable connecting Guinea-Bissau with 20 landing points in Western and South Africa and Europe (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "1 state-owned TV station, Televisao da Guine-Bissau (TGB) and a second station, Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP) Africa, is operated by Portuguese public broadcaster (RTP); 1 state-owned radio station, several private radio stations, and some community radio stations; multiple international broadcasters are available (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "6.4% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "6.4% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.12 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "5.2% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "5.2% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "2.25 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "9.1% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "9.1% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.79 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "the SANDF's inventory consists of a mix of domestically-produced and foreign-supplied equipment; South Africa's domestic defense industry produced most of the Army's major weapons systems (some were jointly-produced with foreign companies), while the Air Force and Navy inventories include a mix of European-, Israeli-, and US-origin weapons systems; since 2010, Sweden has been the largest supplier of weapons to the SANDF (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service; women are eligible to serve in noncombat roles; 2-year service obligation (2021)",
|
||||
"text": "18-22 (18-26 for college graduates) years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 2-year service obligation (2022)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in 2019, women comprised about 30% of the military"
|
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},
|
||||
"Military deployments": {
|
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|
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}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "4.1% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "4.1% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
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|
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},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "11,517 (Mauritania) (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "11,489 (Mauritania) (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"IDPs": {
|
||||
"text": "8,400 (2021)"
|
||||
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|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "8.8% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "8.8% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
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|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> in 2017, the Somali Government announced a plan for the SNA to eventually number about 18,000 troops; the same plan called for 32,000 federal and regional police<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> as of 2021, there were estimates of up to 50,000 militia forces operating in the country"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the SNA is lightly armed with an inventory that includes a variety of older, second-hand equipment largely from Italy, Russia, South Africa, and the UK; since 2015, it has received small quantities of second-hand equipment from a variety of countries, usually as aid/donations (2021)"
|
||||
"text": "the SNA is lightly armed with an inventory that includes a variety of older, second-hand equipment largely from Italy, Russia, South Africa, and the UK; since 2015, it has received small quantities of second-hand equipment as aid/donations from a variety of countries (2022)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the UN Security Council imposed an arms embargo on Somalia in 1992 because of civil war and factional violence; the embargo was partially lifted in 2013 to help Somalia's security forces develop and fight Islamist militants; the remaining sanctions, which require requests for certain weapons to be approved, are renewed annually"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscription is authorized but not currently utilized (2021)"
|
||||
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscription is authorized but not currently utilized; women may volunteer (2021)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in 2019, the Federal Government of Somalia renewed its commitment to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers by signing a roadmap detailing measures and practical actions to prevent violations against children, release children associated with armed forces, and reintegrate them into communities; the signing followed a similar accord committed to ending the use of child soldiers signed by both the Somali Transitional Government and the UN in 2012"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "as of 2022, the Somali National Army (SNA) and supporting security and militia forces were actively conducting operations against the al-Shabaab terrorist group (see Appendix T); al-Shabaab controlled large parts of southern and central Somalia <br><br>as of 2022, a significant portion of the SNA was comprised of militia forces that were assessed to lack the discipline, structure, weapons, and overall capabilities for effective military operations; of the SNA’s approximately 13 brigades, the most effective were assessed to be the US-trained Danab (\"Lightning\") Advanced Infantry Brigade and those of the Turkish-trained Gorgor (\"Eagle\") Special Division; as of 2022, the Danab Brigade numbered about 1,500 troops with an eventual projected strength of 3,000, while the Gorgor Division was estimated to up to 5,000 trained troops<br><br>the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) operated in the country with the approval of the UN from 2007-2022; its peacekeeping mission included assisting Somali forces in providing security for a stable political process, enabling the gradual handing over of security responsibilities from AMISOM to the Somali security forces, and reducing the threat posed by al-Shabaab and other armed opposition groups; in April 2022, AMISOM was reconfigured and replaced with the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS); the ATMIS mission is to support the Somalia Federal Government (FGS) in implementing the security objectives of the FGS's security transition plan, a comprehensive strategy developed by the FGS and its international partners in 2018 and updated in 2021 to gradually transfer security responsibilities from ATMIS to Somali security forces; ATMIS is projected to gradually reduce staffing from its 2022 level of about 20,000 personnel (civilians, military, and police) to zero by the end of 2024 <br><br>UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM; established 2013) is mandated by the Security Council to work with the FGS to support national reconciliation, provide advice on peace-building and state-building, monitor the human rights situation, and help coordinate the efforts of the international community; the UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS; established 2015) is responsible for providing logistical field support to ATMIS, UNSOM, and the Somali security forces on joint operations with ATMIS<br><br>the European Union Training Mission in Somalia (EUTM-S) has operated in the country since 2010; the EUTM provides advice and training to the Somali military; the US, UK, and Turkey maintain separate military training missions in Somalia (the US has also supported the SNA with air strikes); the UAE maintains a military presence in Somaliland (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "as of 2022, the Somali National Army (SNA) and supporting security and militia forces were actively conducting operations against the al-Shabaab terrorist group (see Appendix T); al-Shabaab controlled large parts of southern and central Somalia <br><br>as of 2022, a significant portion of the SNA was comprised of militia forces that were assessed to lack the discipline, structure, weapons, and overall capabilities for effective military operations; of the SNA’s approximately 13 brigades, the most effective were assessed to be the US-trained Danab (\"Lightning\") Advanced Infantry Brigade and those of the Turkish-trained Gorgor (\"Eagle\") Special Division; as of 2022, the Danab Brigade numbered about 1,500 troops with an eventual projected strength of 3,000, while the Gorgor Division was estimated to up to 5,000 trained troops; the Somali Government also sent some 5,000 recruits to Eritrea for military training; the troops returned in 2022<br><br>the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) operated in the country with the approval of the UN from 2007-2022; its peacekeeping mission included assisting Somali forces in providing security for a stable political process, enabling the gradual handing over of security responsibilities from AMISOM to the Somali security forces, and reducing the threat posed by al-Shabaab and other armed opposition groups; in April 2022, AMISOM was reconfigured and replaced with the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS); the ATMIS mission is to support the Somalia Federal Government (FGS) in implementing the security objectives of the FGS's security transition plan, a comprehensive strategy developed by the FGS and its international partners in 2018 and updated in 2021 to gradually transfer security responsibilities from ATMIS to Somali security forces; ATMIS is projected to gradually reduce staffing from its 2022 level of about 20,000 personnel (civilians, military, and police) to zero by the end of 2024 <br><br>UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM; established 2013) is mandated by the Security Council to work with the FGS to support national reconciliation, provide advice on peace-building and state-building, monitor the human rights situation, and help coordinate the efforts of the international community; the UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS; established 2015) is responsible for providing logistical field support to ATMIS, UNSOM, and the Somali security forces on joint operations with ATMIS<br><br>the European Union Training Mission in Somalia (EUTM-S) has operated in the country since 2010; the EUTM provides advice and training to the Somali military; the US, UK, and Turkey maintain separate military training missions in Somalia (the US has also supported the SNA with air strikes); the UAE maintains a military presence in Somaliland (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Maritime threats": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Piracy Reporting Center (PRC) received one incident of piracy and armed robbery in 2021 for the Horn of Africa; while there were no recorded incidents, the IMB PRC warns that Somalia pirates continue to possess the capacity to carry out attacks in the Somali basin and wider Indian Ocean; in particular, the report warns that, \"Masters and crew must remain vigilant and cautious when transiting these waters.\"; the presence of several naval task forces in the Gulf of Aden and additional anti-piracy measures on the part of ship operators, including the use of on-board armed security teams, contributed to the drop in incidents; the EU naval mission, Operation ATALANTA, continues its operations in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean through 2022; naval units from China, India, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, the US, and other countries also operate in conjunction with EU forces; China has established a logistical base in Djibouti to support its deployed naval units in the Horn of Africa</p>"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "4.6% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "4.6% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.26 physicians/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1280,14 +1280,14 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Transnational Issues": {
|
||||
"Disputes - international": {
|
||||
"text": "<p><em>Sudan-Central African Republic</em>: periodic violent skirmishes persist among related pastoral populations along the border with the Central African Republic over water and grazing rights; Sudan closed its border with the Central African Republic in January 2022 due to security concerns</p> <p><em>Sudan-Chad</em>: Chad wants to be a helpful mediator in resolving the Darfur conflict, and in 2010 established a joint border monitoring force with Sudan, which has helped to reduce cross-border banditry and violence; however, since the August 2020 Juba Peace Agreement between the Sudanese Government and the Sudanese Revolutionary Front and the termination of the UN’s peacekeeping mission, UNAMID, at the end of 2020, violence continues to break out over land and water access</p> <p><em>Sudan-Egypt</em>: Sudan claims, but Egypt de facto administers, security and economic development of the Halaib region north of the 22nd parallel boundary</p> <p><em>Sudan-Eritrea</em>: none identified</p> <p><em>Sudan-Ethiopia</em>: civil unrest in eastern Sudan has hampered efforts to demarcate the porous boundary with Ethiopia; clashes continue between Sudan and Ethiopia over al-Fashaga, a fertile piece of land inhabited by Ethiopian farmers for years until the Sudanese army expelled them in December 2020, claiming the land belonged to Sudan based on colonial-era maps from over 100 years ago; in February, 2022, the two countries were discussing resuming talks over the border conflict</p> <p><em>Sudan-Libya</em>: none identified</p> <p><em>Sudan-South Sudan</em>: the South Sudan-Sudan boundary represents 1 January 1956 alignment, final alignment pending negotiations and demarcation; final sovereignty status of Abyei area pending negotiations between South Sudan and Sudan; clashes continue in the oil-rich Abyei region; the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has been deployed since 2011, when South Sudan became independent</p> <p> </p>"
|
||||
"text": "<p><em>Sudan-Central African Republic</em>: periodic violent skirmishes persist among related pastoral populations along the border with the Central African Republic over water and grazing rights; Sudan closed its border with the Central African Republic in January 2022 due to security concerns</p> <p><em>Sudan-Chad</em>: Chad wants to be a helpful mediator in resolving the Darfur conflict, and in 2010 established a joint border monitoring force with Sudan, which has helped to reduce cross-border banditry and violence; however, since the August 2020 Juba Peace Agreement between the Sudanese Government and the Sudanese Revolutionary Front and the termination of the UN’s peacekeeping mission, UNAMID, at the end of 2020, violence continues to break out over land and water access</p> <p><em>Sudan-Egypt</em>: Sudan claims, but Egypt de facto administers, security and economic development of the Halaib region north of the 22nd parallel boundary</p> <p><em>Sudan-Eritrea</em>: none identified</p> <p><em>Sudan-Ethiopia</em>: civil unrest in eastern Sudan has hampered efforts to demarcate the porous boundary with Ethiopia; clashes continue between Sudan and Ethiopia over al-Fashaga, a fertile piece of land inhabited by Ethiopian farmers for years until the Sudanese army expelled them in December 2020, claiming the land belonged to Sudan based on colonial-era maps from over 100 years ago; in February, 2022, the two countries were discussing resuming talks over the border conflict</p> <p><em>Sudan-Libya</em>: none identified</p> <p><em>Sudan-South Sudan</em>: the South Sudan-Sudan boundary represents 1 January 1956 alignment, final alignment pending negotiations and demarcation; final sovereignty status of Abyei area pending negotiations between South Sudan and Sudan; clashes continue in the oil-rich Abyei region; the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has been deployed since 2011, when South Sudan became independent; the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has condemned renewed clashes on 23 September 2022 between the Twik and Ngok Dinka communities taking place in Agok, 28 kilometres from Abyei town</p> <p> </p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "814,071 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 130,379 (Eritrea) (refugees and asylum seekers), 93,480 (Syria) (refugees and asylum seekers), 72,555 (Ethiopia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 24,285 (Central African Republic) (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "811,445 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 136,617 (Eritrea) (refugees and asylum seekers), 93,480 (Syria) (refugees and asylum seekers), 71,727 (Ethiopia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 24,369 (Central African Republic) (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"IDPs": {
|
||||
"text": "3,036,593 (civil war 1983-2005; ongoing conflict in Darfur region; government and rebel fighting along South Sudan border; inter-tribal clashes) (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "3.71 million (civil war 1983-2005; ongoing conflict in Darfur region; government and rebel fighting along South Sudan border; inter-tribal clashes) (2022)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Trafficking in persons": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "5.7% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "5.7% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "5.5% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "5.5% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.49 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "7% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "7% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.3 physicians/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "3.8% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "3.8% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -674,7 +674,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Political parties and leaders": {
|
||||
"text": "Alliance for Change and Transparency (Wazalendo) or ACT-Wazalendo [Zitto KABWE]<br>Alliance for Democratic Change or ADC [Hamad Rashid MOHAMED] <br>Civic United Front (Chama Cha Wananchi) or CUF [Ibrahim Haruna LIPUMBA]<br>National Convention for Construction and Reform-Mageuzi or NCCR-M [James Francis MBATIA]<br>National League for Democracy<br>Party of Democracy and Development (Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo) or Chadema [President Samia Suluhu HASSAN]<br>Revolutionary Party (Chama Cha Mapinduzi) or CCM<br>Tanzania Labor Party or TLP [Augustine MREMA]<br>United Democratic Party or UDP [John Momose CHEYO]"
|
||||
"text": "Alliance for Change and Transparency (Wazalendo) or ACT-Wazalendo [Zitto KABWE]<br>Civic United Front (Chama Cha Wananchi) or CUF [Ibrahim Haruna LIPUMBA]<br>Party of Democracy and Development (Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo) or Chadema [Freeman MBOWE, Chairman]<br>Revolutionary Party of Tanzania (Chama Cha Mapinduzi) or CCM [Samia Suluhu HASSAN, Chairman]<br><br><strong>note: </strong>only parties with seats in the National Assembly listed"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"International organization participation": {
|
||||
"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, EAC, EADB, EITI, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "3.8% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "3.8% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.15 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -651,14 +651,14 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Political parties and leaders": {
|
||||
"text": "Activist Party [Stephen BAMPIGGA]<br>Alliance for National Transformation or ANT [Alice ALASO, acting national coordinator]<br>Conservative Party [Walyemera Daniel MASUMBA]<br>Democratic Party or DP [Norbert MAO]<br>Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [Patrick Oboi AMURIAT]<br>Justice Forum or JEEMA [Asuman BASALIRWA]<br>National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI]<br>National Unity Platform [Nkonge KIBALAMA]<br>Uganda People's Congress or UPC [James AKENA]"
|
||||
"text": "Democratic Party or DP [Norbert MAO]<br>Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [Patrick Oboi AMURIAT]<br>Justice Forum or JEEMA [Asuman BASALIRWA]<br>National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI]<br>National Unity Platform [Robert Kyagulanyi SSENTAMU, known as Bobi WINE]<br>People's Progressive Party or PPP [Jaberi Bidandi SSALI]<br>Uganda People's Congress or UPC [James AKENA]<br><br><strong>note: </strong>only parties with seats in Parliament listed"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"International organization participation": {
|
||||
"text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, C, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNOCI, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
|
||||
"chief of mission": {
|
||||
"text": "Ambassador Mull Ssebujja KATENDE (since 8 September 2017)"
|
||||
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Santa Mary Laker KINYERA (since 20 May 2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"chancery": {
|
||||
"text": "5911 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "the UPDF's inventory is mostly older Russian/Soviet-era equipment with a limited mix of more modern Russian- and Western-origin arms; since 2010, Russia has been the leading supplier of arms to the UPDF (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military duty for men and women; 9-year service obligation (2021)"
|
||||
"text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military duty for men and women; 18-30 for those with degrees/diplomas in specialized fields such as medicine, engineering, chemistry, and education, or possess qualifications in some vocational skills; 9-year service obligation (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military deployments": {
|
||||
"text": "6,800 Somalia (6,200 ATMIS; 625 UNSOM); 250 Equatorial Guinea (training mission) (2022)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "911,255 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 452,891 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 61,853 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 40,167 (Burundi), 26,668 (Rwanda), 22,223 (Eritrea), 5,322 (Ethiopia) (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "898,299 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 452,891 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 61,694 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 40,134 (Burundi), 26,821 (Eritrea), 22,290 (Rwanda), 5,316 (Ethiopia) (2022)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Trafficking in persons": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "5.5% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "5.5% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -610,7 +610,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Executive branch": {
|
||||
"chief of state": {
|
||||
"text": "transitional President Capt Ibrahim TRAORE (since 30 September 2022); note - on 30 September 2022, a military junta led by TRAORE, took power and ousted President Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo and took over as head of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration.<br>"
|
||||
"text": "transitional President Capt Ibrahim TRAORE (since 30 September 2022); note - on 30 September 2022, a military junta led by TRAORE, took power and ousted President Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo DAMIBA and took over as head of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration."
|
||||
},
|
||||
"head of government": {
|
||||
"text": "Prime Minister Albert OUEDRAOGO (since 3 March 2022); note - transitional President Lt. Col. DAMIBA appointed OUEDRAOGO Prime Minister on 3 March 2022; the position had been vacant since 24 January 2022 when the military ousted former Prime Minister Lassina ZERBO"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 226; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "since the official inauguration of Terrestrial Digital Television (TNT) in December 2017, Burkina Faso now has 14 digital TV channels among which 2 are state-owned; there are more than 140 radio stations (commercial, religious, community) available throughout the country including a national and regional state-owned network; the state-owned Radio Burkina and the private Radio Omega are among the most widespread stations and both include broadcasts in French and local languages (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "8.5% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "8.5% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.59 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
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|
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}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "6.8% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "6.8% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
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|
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|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 268; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "1 state-owned TV station; satellite dishes are able to access South African providers; state-owned radio network with 3 channels; 1 private radio station (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
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|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "5.3% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "5.3% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.17 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
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|
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|
|||
"text": "approximately 17,000 active troops (15,000 Army; 2,000 Air) (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the ZDF's inventory is largely comprised of Chinese, Russian, and Soviet-era armaments; since 2010, China is the leading supplier of arms to Zambia (2021)"
|
||||
"text": "the ZDF's inventory is largely comprised of Chinese, Russian, and Soviet-era armaments; since 2010, China has been the leading supplier of arms to Zambia (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (16 with parental consent); no conscription; 12-year enlistment period (7 years active, 5 in the Reserves) (2021)"
|
||||
"text": "18-25 years of age (16 with parental consent) for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription; 12-year enlistment period (7 years active, 5 in the Reserves); all citizens are required to register at 16 (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military deployments": {
|
||||
"text": "930 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (May 2022)"
|
||||
|
|
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|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "60,236 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,568 (Burundi) (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "60,236 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,948 (Burundi) (2022)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Trafficking in persons": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "7.7% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "7.7% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "11,613 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 8,266 (Mozambique) (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "11,613 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 9,871 (Mozambique) (2022)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Trafficking in persons": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -817,7 +817,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 1-684; landing points for the ASH, Southern Cross NEXT and Hawaiki providing connectivity to New Zealand, Australia, American Samoa, Hawaii, California, and SAS connecting American Samoa with Samoa; satellite earth station - 1 (Intelsat-Pacific Ocean) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "3 TV stations; multi-channel pay TV services are available; about a dozen radio stations, some of which are repeater stations"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "9.9% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "9.9% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "4.13 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 61; landing points for more than 20 submarine cables including: the SeaMeWe-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable with links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; the INDIGO-Central, INDIGO West and ASC, North West Cable System, Australia-Papua New Guinea cable, CSCS, PPC-1, Gondwana-1, SCCN, Hawaiki, TGA, Basslink, Bass Strait-1, Bass Strait-2, JGA-S, with links to other Australian cities, New Zealand and many countries in southeast Asia, US and Europe; the H2 Cable, AJC, Telstra Endeavor, Southern Cross NEXT with links to Japan, Hong Kong, and other Pacific Ocean countries as well as the US; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (4 Indian Ocean and 6 Pacific Ocean), 2 Inmarsat, 2 Globalstar, 5 other (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) runs multiple national and local radio networks and TV stations, as well as ABC Australia, a TV service that broadcasts in the Asia-Pacific region and is the main public broadcaster; Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a second large public broadcaster, operates radio and TV networks broadcasting in multiple languages; several large national commercial TV networks, a large number of local commercial TV stations, and hundreds of commercial radio stations are accessible; cable and satellite systems are available (2022)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "4.8% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "4.8% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2016)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "3.1% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "3.1% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.41 physicians/1,000 population (2014)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -865,7 +865,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 682; the Manatua submarine cable to surrounding islands of Niue, Samoa, French Polynesia and other Cook Islands, the topography of the South Pacific region has made Internet connectivity a serious issue for many of the remote islands; submarine fiber-optic networks are expensive to build and maintain; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "1 privately owned TV station broadcasts from Rarotonga providing a mix of local news and overseas-sourced programs (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "3.8% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "3.8% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.86 physicians/1,000 population (2015)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 679; landing points for the ICN1, SCCN, Southern Cross NEXT, Tonga Cable and Tui-Samoa submarine cable links to US, NZ, Australia and Pacific islands of Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Fallis & Futuna, and American Samoa; satellite earth stations - 2 Inmarsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "Fiji TV, a publicly traded company, operates a free-to-air channel; Digicel Fiji operates the Sky Fiji and Sky Pacific multi-channel pay-TV services; state-owned commercial company, Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, Ltd, operates 6 radio stations - 2 public broadcasters and 4 commercial broadcasters with multiple repeaters; 5 radio stations with repeaters operated by Communications Fiji, Ltd; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Transnational Issues": {
|
||||
"Disputes - international": {
|
||||
"text": "maritime boundary dispute with Tonga"
|
||||
"text": "<em>Fiji-Tonga</em>: Fiji does not recognize Tonga’s 1972 claim to the Minerva Reefs and their surrounding waters; the Minerva Reefs’ 200-mile exclusive economic zone includes valuable fishing grounds"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Trafficking in persons": {
|
||||
"current situation": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "11.4% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "11.4% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -910,7 +910,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 689; landing points for the NATITUA, Manatua, and Honotua submarine cables to other French Polynesian Islands, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and US; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "French public overseas broadcaster Reseau Outre-Mer provides 2 TV channels and 1 radio station; 1 government-owned TV station; a small number of privately owned radio stations (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -861,7 +861,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 1-671; major landing points for Atisa, HANTRU1, HK-G, JGA-N, JGA-S, PIPE-1, SEA-US, SxS, Tata TGN-Pacific, AJC, GOKI, AAG, AJC and Mariana-Guam Cable submarine cables between Asia, Australia, and the US (Guam is a transpacific communications hub for major carriers linking the US and Asia); satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "about a dozen TV channels, including digital channels; multi-channel cable TV services are available; roughly 20 radio stations"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "10.3% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "10.3% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2013)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "5.3% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "5.3% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "NA"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "3.4% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "3.4% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2016)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -586,7 +586,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Political parties and leaders": {
|
||||
"text": "Greens Confederation or GC [Moana CARCASSES Kalosil]<br>Iauko Group or IG [Tony NARI]<br>Land and Justice Party (Graon mo Jastis Pati) or GJP [Ralph REGENVANU]<br>Melanesian Progressive Party or MPP [Barak SOPE]<br>Nagriamel Movement or NAG [Frankie STEVENS]<br>Natatok Indigenous People's Democratic Party or (NATATOK) or NIPDP [Alfred Roland CARLOT]<br>National United Party or NUP [Ham LINI]<br>People's Progressive Party or PPP [Sato KILMAN]<br>People's Service Party or PSP [Don KEN]<br>Reunification of Movement for Change or RMC [Charlot SALWAI]<br>Rural Development Party or RDP [Jay NGWELE, spokesman]<br>Union of Moderate Parties or UMP [Serge VOHOR]<br>Vanua'aku Pati (Our Land Party) or VP [Edward NATAPEI]<br>Vanuatu Democratic Party [Maxime Carlot KORMAN]<br>Vanuatu First or Vanuatu [Russel NARI]<br>Vanuatu Liberal Democratic Party or VLDP [Tapangararua WILLIE]<br>Vanuatu Liberal Movement or VLM [Gaetan PIKIOUNE]<br>Vanuatu National Development Party or VNDP [Robert Bohn SIKOL]<br>Vanuatu National Party or VNP [Issac HAMARILIU]<br>Vanuatu Republican Party or VRP [Marcellino PIPITE]"
|
||||
"text": "Green Confederation or GC [Moana CARCASSES Kalosil]<br>Iauko Group or IG [Tony NARI]<br>Land and Justice Party (Graon mo Jastis Pati) or GJP [Ralph REGENVANU]<br>Melanesian Progressive Party or MPP [Barak SOPE]<br>Nagriamel Movement or NAG [Frankie STEVENS]<br>Natatok Indigenous People's Democratic Party or (NATATOK) or NIPDP [Alfred Roland CARLOT]<br>National United Party or NUP [Ham LINI]<br>People's Progressive Party or PPP [Sato KILMAN]<br>People's Service Party or PSP [Don KEN]<br>Reunification of Movement for Change or RMC [Charlot SALWAI]<br>Rural Development Party or RDP [Jay NGWELE, spokesman]<br>Union of Moderate Parties or UMP [Alatoi Ishmael KALSAKAU]<br>Vanua'aku Pati (Our Land Party) or VP [Bob LOUGHMAN]<br>Vanuatu Democratic Party [Maxime Carlot KORMAN]<br>Vanuatu First or Vanuatu [Russel NARI]<br>Vanuatu Liberal Democratic Party or VLDP [Tapangararua WILLIE]<br>Vanuatu Liberal Movement or VLM [Gaetan PIKIOUNE]<br>Vanuatu National Development Party or VNDP [Robert Bohn SIKOL]<br>Vanuatu National Party or VNP [Issac HAMARILIU]<br>Vanuatu Republican Party or VRP [Marcellino PIPITE]"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"International organization participation": {
|
||||
"text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, IOC, IOM, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "9.8% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "9.8% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.35 physicians/1,000 population (2015)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "9.7% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "9.7% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "3.62 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "15.2% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "15.2% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.77 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "16.3% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "16.3% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.42 physicians/1,000 population (2012)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "5% (2019)"
|
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"text": "5% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.95 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
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"text": "the Tonga military's inventory includes mostly light weapons and equipment from Australia, European (primarily the UK) countries, and the US (2022)"
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},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "men and women, 18-25, may volunteer; no conscription (2021)"
|
||||
"text": "voluntary military service for men and women 18-25 (16 with parental approval for non-combat positions); no conscription (2022)"
|
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},
|
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"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "Tonga participated in World War I as part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, but the Tonga Defense Force (TDF) was not established until 1939 at the beginning of World War II; in 1943, New Zealand helped train about 2,000 Tongan troops who saw action in the Solomon Islands; the TDF was disbanded at the end of the war, but was reactivated in 1946 as the Tonga Defense Services (TDS); in 2013, the name of the TDS was changed to His Majesty’s Armed Forces of Tonga (HMAF); Tongan troops deployed to Iraq from 2004-2008 and Afghanistan to support UK forces from 2010-2014 (2022)"
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}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "24% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "24% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.19 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
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||||
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|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "6.4% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "6.4% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.6 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
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|||
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|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 297; landing points for the PAN-AM, PCCS, Deep Blue Cable, and Alonso de Ojeda submarine telecommunications cable system that extends from Trinidad and Tobago, Florida, Puerto Ricco, Jamaica, Guyana, Sint Eustatius & Saba, Suriname, Dominican Republic, BVI, USVI, Haiti, Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, through Aruba to Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile; extensive interisland microwave radio relay links (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "2 commercial TV stations; cable TV subscription service provides access to foreign channels; about 19 commercial radio stations broadcast (2017)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "4.4% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "4.4% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "2.76 physicians/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -702,7 +702,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 1-264; landing points for the SSCS, ECFS, GCN and Southern Caribbean Fiber with submarine cable links to Caribbean islands and to the US; microwave radio relay to island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "1 private TV station; multi-channel cable TV subscription services are available; about 10 radio stations, one of which is government-owned"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "6.3% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "6.3% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "2.49 physicians/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "5.8% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "5.8% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.94 physicians/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -988,7 +988,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 1-242; landing points for the ARCOS-1, BICS, Bahamas 2-US, and BDSN fiber-optic submarine cables that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2; the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network links all of the major islands; (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "The Bahamas has 4 major TV providers that provide service to all major islands in the archipelago; 1 TV station is operated by government-owned, commercially run Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB) and competes freely with 4 privately owned TV stations; multi-channel cable TV subscription service is widely available; there are 32 licensed broadcast (radio) service providers, 31 are privately owned FM radio stations operating on New Providence, Grand Bahama Island, Abaco Island, and on smaller islands in the country; the BCB operates a multi-channel radio broadcasting network that has national coverage; the sector is regulated by the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "6% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "6% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.08 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 501; landing points for the ARCOS and SEUL fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth station - 8 (Intelsat - 2, unknown - 6) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "8 privately owned TV stations; multi-channel cable TV provides access to foreign stations; about 25 radio stations broadcasting on roughly 50 different frequencies; state-run radio was privatized in 1998 (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Transnational Issues": {
|
||||
"Disputes - international": {
|
||||
"text": "<p><em>Belize-Guatemala: </em>Demarcated but insecure boundary due to Guatemala’s claims to more than half of Belizean territory. Line of Adjacency operates in lieu of an international boundary to control influx of Guatemalan squatters onto Belizean territory. Smuggling, narcotics trafficking, and human trafficking for sexual exploitation and debt bondage are all problems. Belize lacks resources to detect and extradite impoverished Guatemalan peasants squatting in Belizean rain forests in the remote border areas. </p> <p><em>Belize-Mexico:</em> Belize and Mexico are working to solve minor border demarcation discrepancies arising from inaccuracies in the 1898 border treaty. Transshipment of illegal<strong> </strong>narcotics, smuggling, human trafficking, illegal immigration, and the growing of marijuana in very low population areas are all issues in the region today.</p>"
|
||||
"text": "<p><em>Belize-Guatemala: </em>Demarcated but insecure boundary due to Guatemala’s claims to more than half of Belizean territory. Line of Adjacency operates in lieu of an international boundary to control influx of Guatemalan squatters onto Belizean territory. Smuggling, narcotics trafficking, and human trafficking for sexual exploitation and debt bondage are all problems. Belize lacks resources to detect and extradite impoverished Guatemalan peasants squatting in Belizean rain forests in the remote border areas. At present, Belize and Honduras 12-nm territorial sea claims close off Guatemalan access to Caribbean in the Bahia de Amatique. Maritime boundary remains unresolved pending further negotiation.<br><br><em>Belize-Honduras:</em> Honduras claims the Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize in its constitution, but agreed to a joint ecological park around the cays should Guatemala consent to a maritime corridor in the Caribbean under the OAS-sponsored 2002 Belize-Guatemala Differendum.</p> <p><em>Belize-Mexico:</em> Belize and Mexico are working to solve minor border demarcation discrepancies arising from inaccuracies in the 1898 border treaty. Transshipment of illegal<strong> </strong>narcotics, smuggling, human trafficking, illegal immigration, and the growing of marijuana in very low population areas are all issues in the region today.</p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Trafficking in persons": {
|
||||
"current situation": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -868,7 +868,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 1-345; landing points for the Maya-1, Deep Blue Cable, and the Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System submarine cables that provide links to the US and parts of Central and South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "4 TV stations; cable and satellite subscription services offer a variety of international programming; government-owned Radio Cayman operates 2 networks broadcasting on 5 stations; 10 privately owned radio stations operate alongside Radio Cayman"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "7.3% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "7.3% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "3.3 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 506; landing points for the ARCOS-1, MAYA-1, and the PAC submarine cables that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "over two dozen privately owned TV stations and 1 publicly owned TV station nationwide; cable network services are widely available; more than 100 privately owned radio stations and a public radio network (2022)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "11.3% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "11.3% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "8.42 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 53; the ALBA-1, GTMO-1, and GTMO-PR fiber-optic submarine cables link Cuba, Jamaica, and Venezuela; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "government owns and controls all broadcast media: five national TV channels (Cubavision, Tele Rebelde, Multivision, Educational Channel 1 and 2), two international channels (Cubavision Internacional and Caribe), 16 regional TV stations, 6 national radio networks, and multiple regional stations; the Cuban Government beams over the Radio-TV Marti signal; although private ownership of electronic media is prohibited, several online independent news sites exist; those that are not openly critical of the government are often tolerated; the others are blocked by the government; there are no independent TV channels, but several outlets have created strong audiovisual content (El Toque, for example); a community of young Youtubers is also growing, mostly with channels about sports, technology and fashion; Christian denominations are creating original video content to distribute via social media (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "5.5% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "5.5% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.1 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -929,7 +929,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 1-767; landing points for the ECFS and the Southern Caribbean Fiber submarine cables providing connectivity to other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad and to the US; microwave radio relay and SHF radiotelephone links to Martinique and Guadeloupe; VHF and UHF radiotelephone links to Saint Lucia (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<!-- x-tinymce/html --><strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<!-- x-tinymce/html --><strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "no terrestrial TV service available; subscription cable TV provider offers some locally produced programming plus channels from the US, Latin America, and the Caribbean; state-operated radio broadcasts on 6 stations; privately owned radio broadcasts on about 15 stations (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "5.9% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "5.9% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.45 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 1-809; 1-829; 1-849; landing point for the ARCOS-1, Antillas 1, AMX-1, SAm-1, East-West, Deep Blue Cable and the Fibralink submarine cables that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<!-- x-tinymce/html --><strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<!-- x-tinymce/html --><strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "combination of state-owned and privately owned broadcast media; 1 state-owned TV network and a number of private TV networks; networks operate repeaters to extend signals throughout country; combination of state-owned and privately owned radio stations with more than 300 radio stations operating (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "7.2% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "7.2% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "2.87 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 503; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<!-- x-tinymce/html --><strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<!-- x-tinymce/html --><strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and two known government-owned radio broadcast station; transition to digital transmission to begin in 2018 along with adaptation of the Japanese-Brazilian Digital Standard (ISDB-T) (2022)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Transnational Issues": {
|
||||
"Disputes - international": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on the delimitation of \"bolsones\" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras boundary, in 1992, with final agreement by the parties in 2006 after an Organization of American States survey and a further ICJ ruling in 2003; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca advocating Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador continues to claim tiny Conejo Island, not identified in the ICJ decision, off Honduras in the Gulf of Fonseca</p>"
|
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"text": "<p><em>El Salvador-Honduras:</em> International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on the delimitation of \"bolsones\" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras border in 1992 with final settlement by the parties in 2006 after an Organization of American States survey and a further ICJ ruling in 2003; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca with consideration of Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador continues to claim tiny Conejo Island, not mentioned in the ICJ ruling, off Honduras in the Gulf of Fonseca.</p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"IDPs": {
|
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|
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}
|
||||
},
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"Current health expenditure": {
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"text": "5% (2019)"
|
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"text": "5% of GDP (2019)"
|
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},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.44 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -971,7 +971,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 1-473; landing points for the ECFS, Southern Caribbean Fiber and CARCIP submarine cables with links to 13 Caribbean islands extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad & Tobago including Puerto Rico and Barbados; SHF radiotelephone links to Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to Trinidad (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
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"text": "multiple publicly and privately owned television and radio stations; Grenada Information Service (GIS) is government-owned and provides television and radio services; the Grenada Broadcasting Network, jointly owned by the government and the Caribbean Communications Network of Trinidad and Tobago, operates a TV station and 2 radio stations; Meaningful Television (MTV) broadcasts island-wide and is part of a locally-owned media house, Moving Target Company, that also includes an FM radio station and a weekly newspaper; multi-channel cable TV subscription service is provided by Columbus Communications Grenada (FLOW GRENADA) and is available island wide; approximately 25 private radio stations also broadcast throughout the country (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "6.2% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "6.2% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.24 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 502; landing points for the ARCOS, AMX-1, American Movil-Texius West Coast Cable and the SAm-1 fiber-optic submarine cable system that, together, provide connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "4 privately owned national terrestrial TV channels dominate TV broadcasting; multi-channel satellite and cable services are available; 1 government-owned radio station and hundreds of privately owned radio stations (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Transnational Issues": {
|
||||
"Disputes - international": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>annual ministerial meetings under the Organization of American States-initiated Agreement on the Framework for Negotiations and Confidence Building Measures continue to address Guatemalan land and maritime claims in Belize and the Caribbean Sea; Guatemala persists in its territorial claim to half of Belize, but agrees to Line of Adjacency to keep Guatemalan squatters out of Belize's forested interior; both countries agreed in April 2012 to hold simultaneous referenda, scheduled for 6 October 2013, to decide whether to refer the dispute to the ICJ for binding resolution, but this vote was suspended indefinitely; Mexico must deal with thousands of impoverished Guatemalans and other Central Americans who cross the porous border looking for work in Mexico and the US</p>"
|
||||
"text": "<p><em>Guatemala-Belize: </em>Demarcated but insecure boundary due to Guatemala’s claims to more than half of Belizean territory. Line of Adjacency operates in lieu of an international boundary to control influx of Guatemalan squatters onto Belizean territory. Smuggling, narcotics trafficking, and human trafficking for sexual exploitation and debt bondage are all problems. Belize lacks resources to detect and extradite impoverished Guatemalan peasants squatting in Belizean rain forests in the remote border areas. Both countries agreed in April 2012 to hold simultaneous referenda, scheduled for 6 October 2013, to decide whether to refer the dispute to the ICJ for binding resolution, but this vote was suspended indefinitely. At present, Belize and Honduras 12-nm territorial sea claims close off Guatemalan access to Caribbean in the Bahia de Amatique. Maritime boundary remains unresolved pending further negotiation.<br><em><br>Guatemala-</em><em>Mexico: </em>Mexico must deal with thousands of impoverished Guatemalans and other Central Americans who cross the porous border looking for work in Mexico and the US.</p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"IDPs": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "4.7% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "4.7% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 509; landing points for the BDSNi and Fibralink submarine cables to 14 points in the Bahamas and Dominican Republic; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>per 2019 data released by Haitian telecommunications regulator CONATEL (Conseil National des Télécommunications), there are 398 legal sound broadcasting stations on the territory, including about 60 community radio stations, and 7 radio stations on the AM band; the FM band in Haiti is oversaturated by 158 percent; most radio stations broadcast 17 to 19 hours a day; there are 105 television stations operating in Haiti, including 36 TV stations in Port- au- Prince, 41 others in the provinces, and more than 40 radio-television stations; a large number of broadcasting stations operate irregularly and some stations operate with technical parameters that do not comply with established standards, thus causing harmful interference to existing telecommunications systems; VOA Creole Service broadcasts daily on 30 affiliate stations</p> (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "7.3% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "7.3% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.5 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 504; landing points for both the ARCOS and the MAYA-1 fiber-optic submarine cable systems that together provide connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "multiple privately owned terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by multiple cable TV networks; Radio Honduras is the lone government-owned radio network; roughly 300 privately owned radio stations (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Transnational Issues": {
|
||||
"Disputes - international": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on the delimitation of \"bolsones\" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras border in 1992 with final settlement by the parties in 2006 after an Organization of American States survey and a further ICJ ruling in 2003; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca with consideration of Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador continues to claim tiny Conejo Island, not mentioned in the ICJ ruling, off Honduras in the Gulf of Fonseca; Honduras claims the Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize in its constitution, but agreed to a joint ecological park around the cays should Guatemala consent to a maritime corridor in the Caribbean under the OAS-sponsored 2002 Belize-Guatemala Differendum</p>"
|
||||
"text": "<p><em>Honduras-El Salvador:</em> International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on the delimitation of \"bolsones\" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras border in 1992 with final settlement by the parties in 2006 after an Organization of American States survey and a further ICJ ruling in 2003; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca with consideration of Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador continues to claim tiny Conejo Island, not mentioned in the ICJ ruling, off Honduras in the Gulf of Fonseca. <br><em><br>Honduras-Belize:</em> Honduras claims the Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize in its constitution, but agreed to a joint ecological park around the cays should Guatemala consent to a maritime corridor in the Caribbean under the OAS-sponsored 2002 Belize-Guatemala Differendum</p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"IDPs": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "6.1% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "6.1% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.53 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "8.4% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "8.4% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.67 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "7.6% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "7.6% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.63 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "5.4% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "5.4% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "2.77 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "4.3% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "4.3% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.64 physicians/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "7% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "7% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "4.48 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Political parties and leaders": {
|
||||
"text": "People's Democratic Movement or PDM [Sean ASTWOOD]<br>Progressive National Party or PNP [Washington MISICK]"
|
||||
"text": "People's Democratic Movement or PDM [Edwin ASTWOOD]<br>Progressive National Party or PNP [Washington MISICK]"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"International organization participation": {
|
||||
"text": "Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), UPU"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -737,7 +737,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - +599, PCCS submarine cable system to US, Caribbean and Central and South America (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "government-run TeleCuracao operates a TV station and a radio station; 2 other privately owned TV stations and several privately owned radio stations (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "4.8% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "4.8% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.66 physicians/1,000 population (2012)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -808,7 +808,7 @@
|
|||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 1-284; landing points for PCCS, ECFS, CBUS, Deep Blue Cable, East-West, PAN-AM, Americas-1, Southern Caribbean Fiber, Columbus- IIb, St Thomas - St Croix System, Taino-Carib, and Americas I- North via submarine cable to Caribbean, Central and South America, and US (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress towards 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "1 private TV station; multi-channel TV is available from cable and satellite subscription services; about a half-dozen private radio stations"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "4.5% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "4.5% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "2.21 physicians/1,000 population (2014)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "2.8% (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "2.8% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Physicians density": {
|
||||
"text": "3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
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