auto-update week 48

middle-east/ae.json

@@ -318,13 +318,13 @@
     },
     "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "14 years"
+        "text": "16 years"
       },
       "male": {
-        "text": "14 years"
+        "text": "15 years"
       },
       "female": {
-        "text": "15 years (2017)"
+        "text": "17 years (2020)"
       }
     },
     "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": {
@@ -1064,10 +1064,10 @@
     },
     "Merchant marine": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "640"
+        "text": "623"
       },
       "by type": {
-        "text": "container ship 3, general cargo 120, oil tanker 19, other 498 (2020)"
+        "text": "bulk carrier 1, container ship 3, general cargo 117, oil tanker 19, other 483 (2021)"
       }
     },
     "Ports and terminals": {
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@
       "text": "the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces have approximately 65,000 total active personnel (45,000 Land Forces; 3,000 Navy; 5,000 Air Force; 12,000 Presidential Guard) (2021)"
     },
     "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
-      "text": "the UAE Armed Forces inventory is comprised of wide variety of mostly modern imported equipment; since 2010, the UAE has acquired military equipment from more than 20 countries with the US as the leading supplier by far, followed by France and Russia (2020)"
+      "text": "the UAE Armed Forces inventory is comprised of wide variety of mostly modern imported equipment; since 2010, the UAE has acquired military equipment from more than 20 countries with the US as the leading supplier, followed by France and Russia; in recent years, the UAE has tried to boost its domestic defense industry  (2020)"
     },
     "Military deployments": {
       "text": "estimates vary; reportedly a few hundred remain in Yemen (2021)"