NA
" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "1.5%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "2.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "0.7% (2018)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "42.3% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -1015,10 +1026,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "1,029,153" + "text": "2.86 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "6.5% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "10.4% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1148,7 +1159,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "374,804 (Sudan), 121,243 (Central African Republic), 18,995 (Nigeria), 8,841 (Cameroon) (2021)" + "text": "374,804 (Sudan), 121,525 (Central African Republic), 19,321 (Nigeria), 8,841 (Cameroon) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "406,573 (majority are in the east) (2021)" diff --git a/africa/cf.json b/africa/cf.json index d438963f..38bb6bb9 100644 --- a/africa/cf.json +++ b/africa/cf.json @@ -1026,10 +1026,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "437,865" + "text": "790,000 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "8.65% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "8.65% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index ae06d54a..a96a88b1 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -816,6 +816,17 @@ "Unemployment rate": { "text": "NA
" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "8.7%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "11.3%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "6.8% (2012 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "63% (2014 est.)" }, @@ -1052,10 +1063,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "8,231,357" + "text": "21.14 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "8.62% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "8.62% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1223,7 +1234,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "210,939 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers), 221,531 (Central African Republic), 56,531 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 42,025 (Burundi) (2021)" + "text": "210,939 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers), 217,940 (Central African Republic), 56,539 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 41,834 (Burundi) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "5.268 million (fighting between government forces and rebels since mid-1990s; conflict in Kasai region since 2016) (2020)" diff --git a/africa/cm.json b/africa/cm.json index 62352aef..e1964c8e 100644 --- a/africa/cm.json +++ b/africa/cm.json @@ -1064,10 +1064,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "6,089,200" + "text": "9.15 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "23.2% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "23.2% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "333,409 (Central African Republic), 118,996 (Nigeria) (2021)" + "text": "345,471 (Central African Republic), 119,552 (Nigeria) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1,052,591 (2021) (includes far north, northwest, and southwest)" diff --git a/africa/cn.json b/africa/cn.json index 1b8d26d2..b5e9d083 100644 --- a/africa/cn.json +++ b/africa/cn.json @@ -942,10 +942,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "69,635" + "text": "74,500 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "8.48% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "8.48% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/ct.json b/africa/ct.json index b4c4f9eb..4d34b36c 100644 --- a/africa/ct.json +++ b/africa/ct.json @@ -997,10 +997,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "249,336" + "text": "557,100 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "4.34% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "4.34% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/cv.json b/africa/cv.json index 5fa048f5..932823b0 100644 --- a/africa/cv.json +++ b/africa/cv.json @@ -721,6 +721,17 @@ "text": "9% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "50.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "41.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "65.3% (2019)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "35% (2015 est.)" }, @@ -957,10 +968,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "330,623" + "text": "346,000 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "58.17% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "61.94% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index ed3edc5a..eb4ca95f 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -989,10 +989,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "492,221" + "text": "554,300 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "55.68% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "55.68% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index f6027c9e..24cf792c 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -1055,10 +1055,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "46,644,728" + "text": "59.19 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "46.92% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "71.91% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ }, "Transnational Issues": { "Disputes - international": { - "text": "Sudan claims but Egypt de facto administers security and economic development of Halaib region north of the 22nd parallel boundary; Egypt no longer shows its administration of the Bir Tawil trapezoid in Sudan on its maps; Gazan breaches in the security wall with Egypt in January 2008 highlight difficulties in monitoring the Sinai border; Saudi Arabia claims Egyptian-administered islands of Tiran and Sanafir
" + "text": "Sudan claims but Egypt de facto administers security and economic development of Halaib region north of the 22nd parallel boundary; Egypt no longer shows its administration of the Bir Tawil trapezoid in Sudan on its maps; Gazan breaches in the security wall with Egypt in January 2008 highlight difficulties in monitoring the Sinai border
" }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { diff --git a/africa/ek.json b/africa/ek.json index cd2f8f85..bce33651 100644 --- a/africa/ek.json +++ b/africa/ek.json @@ -953,10 +953,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "209,253" + "text": "374,200 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "26.24% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "26.24% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/er.json b/africa/er.json index 474ca42a..5e6761bb 100644 --- a/africa/er.json +++ b/africa/er.json @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ "text": "Tigrinya (official), Arabic (official), English (official), Tigre, Kunama, Afar, other Cushitic languages" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Sunni Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant" + "text": "Eritrean Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran, Sunni Muslim" }, "Demographic profile": { "text": "Eritrea is a persistently poor country that has made progress in some socioeconomic categories but not in others. Education and human capital formation are national priorities for facilitating economic development and eradicating poverty. To this end, Eritrea has made great strides in improving adult literacy – doubling the literacy rate over the last 20 years – in large part because of its successful adult education programs. The overall literacy rate was estimated to be almost 74% in 2015; more work needs to be done to raise female literacy and school attendance among nomadic and rural communities. Subsistence farming fails to meet the needs of Eritrea’s growing population because of repeated droughts, dwindling arable land, overgrazing, soil erosion, and a shortage of farmers due to conscription and displacement. The government’s emphasis on spending on defense over agriculture and its lack of foreign exchange to import food also contribute to food insecurity.
Eritrea has been a leading refugee source country since at least the 1960s, when its 30-year war for independence from Ethiopia began. Since gaining independence in 1993, Eritreans have continued migrating to Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Egypt, or Israel because of a lack of basic human rights or political freedom, educational and job opportunities, or to seek asylum because of militarization. Eritrea’s large diaspora has been a source of vital remittances, funding its war for independence and providing 30% of the country’s GDP annually since it became independent.
In the last few years, Eritreans have increasingly been trafficked and held hostage by Bedouins in the Sinai Desert, where they are victims of organ harvesting, rape, extortion, and torture. Some Eritrean trafficking victims are kidnapped after being smuggled to Sudan or Ethiopia, while others are kidnapped from within or around refugee camps or crossing Eritrea’s borders. Eritreans composed approximately 90% of the conservatively estimated 25,000-30,000 victims of Sinai trafficking from 2009-2013, according to a 2013 consultancy firm report.
" @@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ } }, "Administrative divisions": { - "text": "6 regions (zobatat, singular - zoba); Anseba, Debub (South), Debubawi K'eyih Bahri (Southern Red Sea), Gash Barka, Ma'akel (Central), Semenawi K'eyih Bahri (Northern Red Sea)" + "text": "6 regions (zobatat, singular - zoba); 'Anseba, Debub (South), Debubawi K'eyyih Bahri (Southern Red Sea), Gash-Barka, Ma'ikel (Central), Semienawi K'eyyih Bahri (Northern Red Sea)" }, "Independence": { "text": "24 May 1993 (from Ethiopia)" @@ -948,10 +948,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "78,215" + "text": "248,200 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "1.31% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "1.31% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index d3682f24..fdd5eae9 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -833,6 +833,17 @@ "text": "18% (2011 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "3.5%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "2.7%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "4.5% (2013 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "23.5% (2015 est.)" }, @@ -1066,10 +1077,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "19,118,470" + "text": "23.96 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "18.62% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "18.62% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1190,7 +1201,7 @@ "text": "information varies; approximately 150,000 active duty troops, including about 3,000 Air Force personnel (no personnel numbers available for the newly-established Navy) (2020)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the ENDF's inventory is comprised mostly of Soviet-era equipment from the 1970s; since 2010, Russia and Ukraine are the leading suppliers of largely second-hand weapons and equipment to the ENDF, followed by China and Hungary; Ethiopia has a modest industrial defense base centered on small arms and production of armored vehicles (2020)" + "text": "the ENDF's inventory is comprised mostly of Soviet-era equipment from the 1970s; since 2010, Russia and Ukraine are the leading suppliers of largely second-hand weapons and equipment to the ENDF; Ethiopia has a modest industrial defense base centered on small arms and production of armored vehicles (2020)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "up to 10,000 Somalia (4,500 for AMISOM); 3,300 Sudan (UNISFA); 1,500 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2021)", @@ -1215,7 +1226,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "380,320 (South Sudan), 216,558 (Somalia), 154,650 (Eritrea), 46,093 (Sudan) (2021)" + "text": "383,084 (South Sudan), 218,022 (Somalia), 154,650 (Eritrea), 46,093 (Sudan) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1,990,168 (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)" diff --git a/africa/ga.json b/africa/ga.json index 42b839d8..35c318c6 100644 --- a/africa/ga.json +++ b/africa/ga.json @@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 4 December 2021 (next to be held in 2026); vice president appointed by the president" }, "election results": { - "text": "Adama BARROW re-elected president; percent of vote - Adama BARROW (National People's Party) 53.2%, Ousainou DARBOE (United Democratic Party) 27.7%, Mamma KANDEH (GDC)12.3%, Halifa SALLAH (PDOIS) 3.77%, Essa M. FAAL (Independent) 2.00%, Abdoulie Ebrima JAMMEH (NUP) 0.96direct presidential election to be held pending election-related legislation and constitutional referendum law
" + "text": "election originally scheduled for 24 December 2021, but will likely be postponed by the election commission until a list of candidates is resolved
" }, "election results": { "text": "on 5 February 2021, a UN-led forum elected - in a runoff - Mohammed Al MENFI chairman, Presidential Council and Abdul Hamid DBEIBEH, prime minister" @@ -515,13 +515,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral House of Representatives (Majlis Al Nuwab) or HoR (200 seats including 32 reserved for women; members directly elected by majority vote; member term NA); note - the High Council of State serves as an advisory group for the HoR" + "text": "unicameral House of Representatives (Majlis Al Nuwab) or HoR (200 seats including 32 reserved for women; 188 seats filled as of December 2021; members directly elected by majority vote; member term NA); note - the HoR elected on 25 June 2014 was dissolved on 4 August 2014 and since then has served as a temporary body until a permanent legislature is elected" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 25 June 2014 ( next election to be held on 24 December 2021); note - the Libyan Supreme Court in November 2014 declared the HoR election unconstitutional, but the HoR and the international community rejected the ruling" + "text": "last held on 25 June 2014 ( next to be held on 24 January 2022)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 158, women 30, percent of women 16%; note - only 188 of the 200 seats were filled in the June 2014 election because of boycotts and lack of security at some polling stations; some elected members of the HoR also boycotted the election" + "text": "for election held on 25 June 2014 - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 158, women 30, percent of women 16%; note - only 188 of the 200 seats were filled in the June 2014 election because of boycotts and lack of security at some polling stations; some elected members of the HoR also boycotted the election" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -695,6 +695,17 @@ "text": "30% (2004 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "48.7%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "40.8%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "67.8% (2012 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "note: about one-third of Libyans live at or below the national poverty line
" }, @@ -916,10 +927,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "1,440,859" + "text": "3.19 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "21.76% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "21.76% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1030,7 +1041,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "note - in transition; the Government of National Accord (GNA) has various ground, air, and naval/coast guard forces under its command; the forces are comprised of a mix of semi-regular military units, militias, civilian volunteers, and foreign troops and mercenariesin April 2019, Libyan National Army (LNA) forces launched an offensive to seize the capital, Tripoli, from the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA); the GNA and its local supporting militia forces forced the LNA to withdraw by June 2020; at the signing of a UN-sponsored ceasefire in October 2020, GNA and LNA forces were separated by a line of control running roughly from the coastal city of Sirte south to the vicinity of Al Jufra and Brak; as of late 2021, this line had grown increasingly fortified; in April 2021, the UN Security Council endorsed plans to deploy civilian ceasefire monitoring personnel at the request of the Libyans
outside actors have played a large role in the fighting in Libya on both sides:
as of 2021, GNA forces were backed militarily by Qatar and Turkey; Turkey has been the chief supporter; it signed a security agreement with the GNA in 2019, and Turkey’s aid to GNA military forces was assessed as vital in turning back the LNA offensive in 2019-2020; Turkey’s support has included air defense, unmanned aerial vehicles (aka drones), equipment, weapons, training, and military personnel, including advisors, technicians, and equipment operators; in addition, Turkey has provided as many as 5,000 mercenary fighters from Syria
as of 2021, LNA forces (aka Libyan Arab Armed Forces, LAAF) have received varying amounts of military support from Chad, Egypt, France, Jordan, Russia, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE); Russia, Sudan, and the UAE have been the most active; Russia has provided equipment, weapons, aircraft, and air defense support, as well as an estimated 5,000 Russian mercenaries/private military contractors and Russian-sponsored Syrian mercenary fighters; Sudan reportedly provided at least 1,000 troops from its Rapid Support Forces in 2019-2020 and more than 1,000 Sudanese mercenaries were present in Libya as of late 2021; the UAE provided equipment, supplies, weapons, and air support, including air strikes from manned and unmanned aircraft; meanwhile, Egypt has provided arms, supplies, and training, as well as facilitated both Emirati and Russian operations in Libya by allowing them to use the country’s western bases and to transport arms over the border
as of late 2021, it was estimated that as many as 20,000 third-country nationals were involved in military operations in Libya, despite the confidence building measure of the October 2020 ceasefire that called for all foreign forces to leave the country by early 2021; in addition to the military and proxy forces provided by Russia, Sudan, and Turkey, foreign fighters from Libya’s neighbors (Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Mali, Niger, and Tunisia, as well as Sudan) have travelled to Libya since the civil war began in 2011 to support various armed groups, including those aligned with the GNA and the LNA, as well as the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham and Al Qa’ida terrorist group affiliates operating in Libya; most of these fighters arrived as individuals, but rebel groups from Chad and Sudan were also reportedly involved in the fighting
" diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index 1005e502..6064da31 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -764,6 +764,17 @@ "text": "1.8% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "3.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "3.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "3% (2015 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "70.7% (2012 est.)" }, @@ -1003,10 +1014,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "2,516,994" + "text": "5.45 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "9.8% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "9.8% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/mi.json b/africa/mi.json index 3cd2ff1d..eaa1a4e3 100644 --- a/africa/mi.json +++ b/africa/mi.json @@ -790,6 +790,17 @@ "text": "20.4% (2013 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "8.5%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "6.7%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "10.6% (2017 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "51.5% (2016 est.)" }, @@ -1029,10 +1040,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "2,734,305" + "text": "3.45 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "13.78% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "13.78% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1125,7 +1136,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Malawi Defense Force (MDF): Army (includes marine unit), Air Force (established as a separate service August 2019; previously was an air wing under the Army) (2021)" + "text": "Malawi Defense Force (MDF): Army (includes marine unit), Air Force (established as a separate service August 2019; previously was an air wing under the Army) (2021)", + "note": "note - the Malawi Police Service is under the Ministry of Homeland Security" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/africa/ml.json b/africa/ml.json index eedc6f83..ff38cdf4 100644 --- a/africa/ml.json +++ b/africa/ml.json @@ -798,6 +798,17 @@ "text": "7.8% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "2.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "2.6%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "2.3% (2018 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "42.1% (2019 est.)" }, @@ -1031,10 +1042,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "2,395,886" + "text": "5.74 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "13% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "13% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1142,7 +1153,7 @@ "text": "information varies; approximately 18,000 total troops (13,000 Army; 800 Air Force; 2,000 Gendarmerie; 2,000 National Guard) (2020)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the FAMa's inventory consists primarily of Soviet-era equipment, although in recent years it has received limited quantities of mostly second-hand armaments from more than 15 countries (2020)" + "text": "the FAMa's inventory consists primarily of Soviet-era equipment, although in recent years it has received limited quantities of mostly second-hand armaments from more than a dozen countries (2021)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 years of age for selective compulsory and voluntary military service (men and women); 2-year conscript service obligation (2019)" diff --git a/africa/mo.json b/africa/mo.json index 222556e6..d8347195 100644 --- a/africa/mo.json +++ b/africa/mo.json @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Muslim 99% (official; virtually all Sunni, <0.1% Shia), other 1% (includes Christian, Jewish, and Baha'i); note - Jewish about 6,000 (2010 est.)", + "text": "Muslim 99% (official; virtually all Sunni, <0.1% Shia), other 1% (includes Christian, Jewish, and Baha'i); note - Jewish about 3,000-3,500 (2020 est.)", "note": "note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara" }, "Demographic profile": { @@ -817,6 +817,18 @@ "text": "9.65% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "22.2%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "22%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "22.8% (2016 est.)" + }, + "note": "note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara" + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "4.8% (2013 est.)" }, @@ -1050,10 +1062,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "22,596,729" + "text": "27.62 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "64.8% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "84.12% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1169,7 +1181,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Royal Armed Forces: Royal Moroccan Army (includes the Moroccan Royal Guard), Royal Moroccan Navy (includes Coast Guard, marines), Royal Moroccan Air Force; Ministry of Defense: Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie; Ministry of Interior: National Police; Auxiliary Forces (provides support to the Gendarmerie and National Police; includes a Mobile Intervention Corps, a motorized paramilitary security force that supplements the military and the police as needed) (2021)" + "text": "Royal Armed Forces: Royal Moroccan Army (includes the Moroccan Royal Guard), Royal Moroccan Navy (includes Coast Guard, marines), Royal Moroccan Air Force; Ministry of Defense (aka Administration of National Defense): Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie; Ministry of Interior: National Police, Auxiliary Forces (provides support to the Gendarmerie and National Police; includes a Mobile Intervention Corps, a motorized paramilitary security force that supplements the military and the police as needed) (2021)", + "note": "note(s) - the National Police manages internal law enforcement in cities; the Royal Gendarmerie is responsible for law enforcement in rural regions and on national highways\r\nas of 2021, the country’s primary security partner was India, and Indian naval vessels often patrol Mauritian waters; the MPF has also received assistance and training from France, the UK, and the US; the MPF’s chief security concerns are piracy and narcotics trafficking
the paramilitary Special Mobile Force was created in 1960 following the withdrawal of the British garrison
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/africa/mr.json b/africa/mr.json index 4d3a0f46..0cb7ae4e 100644 --- a/africa/mr.json +++ b/africa/mr.json @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Black Moors (Haratines - Arab-speaking slaves, former slaves, and their descendants of African origin, enslaved by white Moors) 40%, White Moors (of Arab-Berber descent, known as Beydane) 30%, Sub-Saharan Mauritanians (non-Arabic speaking, largely resident in or originating from the Senegal River Valley, including Halpulaar, Fulani, Soninke, Wolof, and Bambara ethnic groups) 30%" + "text": "Black Moors (Haratines - Arab-speaking descendants of African origin who are or were enslaved by white Moors) 40%, White Moors (of Arab-Berber descent, known as Beydane) 30%, Sub-Saharan Mauritanians (non-Arabic speaking, largely resident in or originating from the Senegal River Valley, including Halpulaar, Fulani, Soninke, Wolof, and Bambara ethnic groups) 30%" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { @@ -795,6 +795,17 @@ "text": "10.1% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "21.1%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "18.8%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "24.9% (2017 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "31% (2014 est.)" }, @@ -1034,10 +1045,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "798,809" + "text": "1.56 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "20.8% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "20.8% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1135,7 +1146,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Mauritanian Armed Forces: Army, Mauritanian Navy (Marine Mauritanienne), Islamic Republic of Mauritania Air Group (Groupement Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie, GAIM); Gendarmerie (Ministry of Defense); National Guard (Ministry of Interior) (2021)" + "text": "Mauritanian Armed Forces: Army, Mauritanian Navy (Marine Mauritanienne), Islamic Republic of Mauritania Air Group (Groupement Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie, GAIM); Gendarmerie (Ministry of Defense); Ministry of Interior and Decentralization: National Guard, General Group for Road Safety (2021)", + "note": "note(s) - the Gendarmerie is responsible for maintaining civil order around metropolitan areas and providing law enforcement services in rural areas; the National Guard performs a limited police function in keeping with its peacetime role of providing security at government facilities, to include prisons; the General Group for Road Safety maintains security on roads and operates checkpoints throughout the country" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index d303c605..a0fc03c0 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -806,6 +806,17 @@ "text": "25% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "7.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "7.7%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "7.1% (2015 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "46.1% (2014 est.)" }, @@ -1045,10 +1056,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "2,855,670" + "text": "6.72 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "10% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "10% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1161,8 +1172,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Armed Defense Forces of Mozambique (Forcas Armadas de Defesa de Mocambique, FADM): Mozambique Army, Mozambique Navy (Marinha de Guerra de Mocambique, MGM), Mozambique Air Force (Forca Aerea de Mocambique, FAM)South Sudan, independent from Sudan since July 2011 after decades of civil war, is one of the world’s poorest countries and ranks among the lowest in many socioeconomic categories. Problems are exacerbated by ongoing tensions with Sudan over oil revenues and land borders, fighting between government forces and rebel groups, and inter-communal violence. Most of the population lives off of farming, while smaller numbers rely on animal husbandry; more than 80% of the populace lives in rural areas. The maternal mortality rate is among the world’s highest for a variety of reasons, including a shortage of health care workers, facilities, and supplies; poor roads and a lack of transport; and cultural beliefs that prevent women from seeking obstetric care. Most women marry and start having children early, giving birth at home with the assistance of traditional birth attendants, who are unable to handle complications.
Educational attainment is extremely poor due to the lack of schools, qualified teachers, and materials. Less than a third of the population is literate (the rate is even lower among women), and half live below the poverty line. Teachers and students are also struggling with the switch from Arabic to English as the language of instruction. Many adults missed out on schooling because of warfare and displacement.
Almost 2 million South Sudanese have sought refuge in neighboring countries since the current conflict began in December 2013. Another 1.96 million South Sudanese are internally displaced as of August 2017. Despite South Sudan’s instability and lack of infrastructure and social services, more than 240,000 people have fled to South Sudan to escape fighting in Sudan.
" @@ -687,6 +687,17 @@ "Agricultural products": { "text": "milk, sorghum, vegetables, cassava, goat milk, fruit, beef, sesame seed, sheep milk, mutton" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "38.6%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "39.5%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "37.4% (2017 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "76.4% (2016 est.)" }, @@ -988,7 +999,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "South Sudan People’s Defence Force (SSPDF): Ground Force (includes Presidential Guard), Air Force, Air Defense Forces (2021)" + "text": "South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF): Ground Force (includes Presidential Guard), Air Force, Air Defense Forces (2021)", + "note": "note - numerous irregular/militia forces operate in the country with official knowledge" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { @@ -1018,7 +1030,7 @@ "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF), formerly the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), was founded as a guerrilla movement against the Sudanese Government in 1983 and participated in the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005); the Juba Declaration that followed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 unified the SPLA and the South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF), the second-largest rebel militia remaining from the civil war, under the SPLA name; in 2017, the SPLA was renamed the South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF) and in September 2018 was renamed again as the SSPDFformed in 1977, the SPDF's primary responsibility is maritime security, particularly countering illegal fishing, piracy, and drug smuggling
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index 3fc238f2..e041b2ba 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -794,6 +794,17 @@ "text": "27.09% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "59.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "55.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "64.1% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "55.5% (2014 est.)" }, @@ -999,23 +1010,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,024,730" + "text": "2,098,802 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3.62 (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.54 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "96,972,459" + "text": "95,959,439 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "173.5 (2019 est.)" + "text": "161.8 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "one of the most advanced infrastructures on the continent; investment by operators and municipal providers to improve network capability focused on fiber and LTE to extend connectivity; increase in Internet use for e-commerce, e-government, and e-health; government funds to improve broadband to more municipalities; high mobile penetration rate and FttP to 90% of the premises; regulatory intervention has improved telecommunications market; 5G in Capetown with additional auction and tests; importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from China (2021)
(2020)" + "text": "one of the most advanced infrastructures on the continent; investment by operators and municipal providers to improve network capability focused on fiber and LTE to extend connectivity; increase in Internet use for e-commerce, e-government, and e-health; government funds to improve broadband to more municipalities; high mobile penetration rate and FttP to 90% of the premises; regulatory intervention has improved telecommunications market; 5G in Capetown with additional auction and tests; importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from China
(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 3 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular 166 telephones per 100 persons; consists of carrier-equipped open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay links, fiber-optic cable, radiotelephone communication stations, and wireless local loops; key centers are Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, and Pretoria (2019)" @@ -1041,10 +1052,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,250,356" + "text": "1,303,057 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2.24 (2019 est.)" + "text": "2.2 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1189,6 +1200,9 @@ }, "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)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "the SANDF was created in 1994 to replace the South African Defense Force (SADF); the SANDF was opened to all South Africans who met military requirements, while the SADF was a mostly white force (only whites were subject to conscription) with non-whites only allowed to join in a voluntary capacity; the SANDF also absorbed members of the guerrilla and militia forces of the various anti-apartheid opposition groups, including the African National Congress, the Pan Africanist Congress, and the Inkatha Freedom Party, as well as the security forces of the formerly independent Bantustan homelands
as of 2021, the SANDF was one of Africa’s most capable militaries; it participated regularly in African and UN peacekeeping missions and had the ability to independently deploy throughout Africa; over the past decade, however, its operational readiness and modernization programs have been hampered by funding shortfalls
" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/sg.json b/africa/sg.json index 0162b86b..a6765728 100644 --- a/africa/sg.json +++ b/africa/sg.json @@ -801,6 +801,17 @@ "text": "48% (2007 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "4.1%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "2.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "6.7% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "46.7% (2011 est.)" }, @@ -997,18 +1008,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "207,592" + "text": "207,592 (2019)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.35 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.27 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "17,880,594" + "text": "19,078,948 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "116.37 (2019 est.)" + "text": "114 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1039,10 +1050,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "152,047" + "text": "177,363 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "1.06 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1170,6 +1181,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; 20 years of age for selective conscript service; 2-year service obligation; women have been accepted into military service since 2008 (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "as of 2021, Senegalese security forces continued to be engaged in a low-level counterinsurgency campaign in the southern Casamance region against various factions of the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance; while violent incidents have decreased since a tacit cease-fire was reached in 2012, the insurgency, which began in 1982, remains one of longest running low-level conflicts in the world, claiming more than 5,000 lives and leaving another 60,000 displaced
" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/sh.json b/africa/sh.json index 1c0c8069..7275c42d 100644 --- a/africa/sh.json +++ b/africa/sh.json @@ -633,15 +633,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,921" + "text": "3,000 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "49.93 (2019 est.)" + "text": "49.93 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,228" + "text": "4,000 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "66.58 (2019 est.)" @@ -675,10 +675,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,347" + "text": "1,000 (2017 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "17 (2017 est.)" + "text": "16.64 (2019 est.)" } }, "Communications - note": { diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index 0429bdbf..1cf45f6c 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -766,6 +766,17 @@ "text": "17.2% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "9.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "14.8%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "6.1% (2014 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "56.8% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -965,18 +976,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,434" + "text": "189 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" + "text": "0 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,729,804" + "text": "6,884,201 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "103.77 (2019 est.)" + "text": "86.3 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1105,6 +1116,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-29 for voluntary military service; women are eligible to serve; no conscription (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "after the end of the civil war in 2002, the military was reduced in size and restructured with British military assistance; the RSLAF’s origins lie in the Sierra Leone Battalion of the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF), a multi-regiment force formed by the British colonial office in 1900 to garrison the West African colonies of Gold Coast (Ghana), Nigeria (Lagos and the protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria), Sierra Leone, and Gambia; the RWAFF fought in both World Wars
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index 2cc9b7ff..0446d5f4 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ "text": "74,800 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "0 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { @@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ "text": "98,000 (2017 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "less than 1 (2017 est.)" + "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1013,8 +1013,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Somali National Security Forces: Somali National Army (SNA), Somali National Police (SNP, includes a maritime unit and a Turkish-trained commando unit known as Harmacad, or Cheetah), National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) (2021)", - "note": "note: Somalia has numerous militia formations operating throughout the country; these formations include ones that are clan- and warlord-based, semi-official paramilitary and special police forces (aka darwish), and externally-sponsored militias; the SNA is attempting to incorporate some of these militia units" + "text": "Ministry of Defense: Somali National Army (SNA); Ministry of Internal Security: Somali National Police (SNP, includes a maritime unit and a Turkish-trained commando unit known as Harmacad, or Cheetah) (2021)", + "note": "note - Somalia has numerous militia formations operating throughout the country; these formations include ones that are clan- and warlord-based, semi-official paramilitary and special police forces (aka darwish), and externally-sponsored militias; the SNA is attempting to incorporate some of these militia units" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2017": { @@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "as of 2021, a significant portion of the SNA was comprised of militia forces that lacked 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; in 2020, the Danab Brigade conducted most of the SNA’s offensive operations in Somalia and nearly all counterterrorism operations against the al-Shabaab terrorist group; as of early 2021, it numbered about 1,000 troops with an eventual projected strength of 3,000, while the Gorgor Division was estimated to have 4,500-5,000 trained troops
AMISOM has operated in the country with the approval of the United Nations (UN) since 2007; AMISOM's peacekeeping mission includes 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; as of 2021, AMISOM had about 20,000 military troops from six African countries deployed in Somalia; in February 2021, the UN Security Council AMISOM renewed AMISOM's mandate until December 2021 (note - in 2017, the Somali Government drafted a Somalia Transition Plan that called for the gradual transfer of security responsibilities from AMISOM to the Somali security forces by 2021)as of late 2021, a significant portion of the country remained outside government control and under the control of the insurgent Islamist group al-Shabaab; al-Shabaab contested government control in some other areas (see Appendix T)
as of 2021, a significant portion of the SNA was comprised of militia forces that lacked 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; in 2020, the Danab Brigade conducted most of the SNA’s offensive operations in Somalia and nearly all counterterrorism operations against the al-Shabaab terrorist group; as of early 2021, it numbered about 1,000 troops with an eventual projected strength of 3,000, while the Gorgor Division was estimated to have 4,500-5,000 trained troops
the first Togolese Army unit was created in 1963, while the Air Force was established in 1964; the Navy was not established until 1976; since its creation, the Togolese military has a history of interfering in the country’s politics with assassinations, coups, influence, and a large military crackdown in 2005 that killed hundreds; over the past decade, it has made some efforts to reform and professionalize; over the same period, the military has increased its role in UN peacekeeping activities and as of 2021, more than 10% of the Army was deployed on peacekeeping missions; Togolese police have also been deployed on peacekeeping operations, and Togo maintains a regional peacekeeping training center for military and police in Lome; the Navy and Air Force have increasingly focused on combating piracy and smuggling in the Gulf of Guinea
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/africa/tp.json b/africa/tp.json index f5ca0f0c..9140c001 100644 --- a/africa/tp.json +++ b/africa/tp.json @@ -735,6 +735,17 @@ "text": "12.6% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "20.8%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "NA" + }, + "female": { + "text": "NA (2012 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "66.7% (2017 est.)" }, @@ -940,18 +951,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,784" + "text": "2,720 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2.31 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.24 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "165,761" + "text": "174,203 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "79.9 (2019 est.)" + "text": "79.49 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -982,10 +993,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,642" + "text": "2,512 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "1.15 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1057,6 +1068,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory military service; 17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary service (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "the FASTP is one of the smallest militaries in Africa and consists of only a few companies of ground troops and a few small patrol boats; as of 2021, it did not have an air force
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index d0bc707a..bbdb3c0d 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ }, "Constitution": { "history": { - "text": "several previous; latest approved by Constituent Assembly 26 January 2014, signed by the president, prime minister, and Constituent Assembly speaker 27 January 2014" + "text": "several previous; latest approved by Constituent Assembly 26 January 2014, signed by the president, prime minister, and Constituent Assembly speaker 27 January 2014; note - in mid-December 2021 President Kais SAIED announced that a constitutional referendum would be held in late July 2022" }, "amendments": { "text": "proposed by the president of the republic or by one third of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People membership; following review by the Constitutional Court, approval to proceed requires an absolute majority vote by the Assembly and final passage requires a two-thirds majority vote by the Assembly; the president can opt to submit an amendment to a referendum, which requires an absolute majority of votes cast for passage" @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "note: on 25 July 2021, President SAIED suspended the Assembly for 30 daysthe UPDF, which is constitutionally granted seats in parliament, is widely viewed as a key constituency for MUSEVENI; it has been used by MUSEVENI and the NRM to break up rallies, raid opposition offices, and surveil rival candidates; during the 2020 election cycle, senior UPDF officer said that the military would not obey a non-NRM political leader
the UPDF has conducted operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo against a Congo-based Ugandan rebel group, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which was designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the US State Department in March 2021 as the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISIS-DRC; see the Terrorist Group Appendix); beginning in 2012, the UPDF also led regional efforts to pursue the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a small, violent group of Ugandan origin that conducted widespread attacks against civilians in much of Central Africa; the UPDF withdrew from the mission in 2017 after declaring that the LRA no longer posed a security threat
Uganda intervened in the South Sudan civil war in 2013-2016 and UPDF forces have clashed with South Sudanese forces along the border as recently as 2020
" + "text": "the UPDF, which is constitutionally granted seats in parliament, is widely viewed as a key constituency for MUSEVENI; it has been used by MUSEVENI and the NRM to break up rallies, raid opposition offices, and surveil rival candidates
the UPDF has conducted operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo against a Congo-based Ugandan rebel group, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which was designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the US State Department in March 2021 as the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISIS-DRC; see the Terrorist Group Appendix); beginning in 2012, the UPDF also led regional efforts to pursue the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a small, violent group of Ugandan origin that conducted widespread attacks against civilians in much of Central Africa; the UPDF withdrew from the mission in 2017 after declaring that the LRA no longer posed a security threat
Uganda intervened in the South Sudan civil war in 2013-2016 and UPDF forces have clashed with South Sudanese forces along the border as recently as 2020
" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/uv.json b/africa/uv.json index e10e45ef..1f690358 100644 --- a/africa/uv.json +++ b/africa/uv.json @@ -577,10 +577,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Roch Marc Christian KABORE (since 29 December 2015; re-elected 22 November 2020)" + "text": "President Roch Marc Christian KABORE (since 29 December 2015; reelected 22 November 2020)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Christophe DABIRE (since 24 January 2019)" + "text": "Prime Minister Lassina ZERBO (since 10 December 2021); note - on 8 December 2021, President KABORE accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Christophe DABIRE; on 10 December 2021 Kaboré named ZERBO prime minister. (2021)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister" @@ -789,6 +789,17 @@ "text": "77% (2004)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "8.6%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "8.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "8.4% (2019)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "41.4% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -1025,10 +1036,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "3,158,834" + "text": "5.46 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "16% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "16% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/wa.json b/africa/wa.json index 35f8a9f9..2e2e3ac6 100644 --- a/africa/wa.json +++ b/africa/wa.json @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ "note": "note: Namibia has 13 recognized national languages, including 10 indigenous African languages and 3 European languages" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Christian 80% to 90% (at least 50% Lutheran), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%" + "text": "Christian 97.5%, other 0.6% (includes Muslim, Baha'i, Jewish, Buddhist), unaffiliated 1.9% (2020 est.)" }, "Demographic profile": { "text": "Planning officials view Namibia’s reduced population growth rate as sustainable based on the country’s economic growth over the past decade. Prior to independence in 1990, Namibia’s relatively small population grew at about 3% annually, but declining fertility and the impact of HIV/AIDS slowed this growth to 1.4% by 2011, rebounding to close to 2% by 2016. Namibia’s fertility rate has fallen over the last two decades – from about 4.5 children per woman in 1996 to 3.4 in 2016 – due to increased contraceptive use, higher educational attainment among women, and greater female participation in the labor force. The average age at first birth has stayed fairly constant, but the age at first marriage continues to increase, indicating a rising incidence of premarital childbearing.
The majority of Namibians are rural dwellers (about 55%) and live in the better-watered north and northeast parts of the country. Migration, historically male-dominated, generally flows from northern communal areas – non-agricultural lands where blacks were sequestered under the apartheid system – to agricultural, mining, and manufacturing centers in the center and south. After independence from South Africa, restrictions on internal movement eased, and rural-urban migration increased, bolstering urban growth.
Some Namibians – usually persons who are better-educated, more affluent, and from urban areas – continue to legally migrate to South Africa temporarily to visit family and friends and, much less frequently, to pursue tertiary education or better economic opportunities. Namibians concentrated along the country’s other borders make unauthorized visits to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, or Botswana, to visit family and to trade agricultural goods. Few Namibians express interest in permanently settling in other countries; they prefer the safety of their homeland, have a strong national identity, and enjoy a well-supplied retail sector. Although Namibia is receptive to foreign investment and cross-border trade, intolerance toward non-citizens is widespread.
" @@ -792,6 +792,17 @@ "text": "28.1% (2014 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "38%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "37.5%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "38.5% (2018 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "17.4% (2015 est.)" }, @@ -1031,10 +1042,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "1,291,944" + "text": "1.31 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "51% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "51% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1162,6 +1173,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2021)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "the Namibian Defense Force (NDF) was created in 1990, largely from demobilized former members of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) and the South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF); PLAN was the armed wing of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), while SWATF was an auxiliary of the South African Defense Force and comprised the armed forces of the former South West Africa, 1977-1989; from 1990-1995, the British military assisted with the forming and training the NDF
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/africa/wz.json b/africa/wz.json index 362c08ed..511b8e7e 100644 --- a/africa/wz.json +++ b/africa/wz.json @@ -754,6 +754,17 @@ "text": "28% (2013 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "47.1%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "44.2%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "50% (2016)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "58.9% (2016 est.)" }, @@ -990,10 +1001,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "510,984" + "text": "548,100 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "47% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "47% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/africa/za.json b/africa/za.json index 17f95a36..baa8d5b1 100644 --- a/africa/za.json +++ b/africa/za.json @@ -787,6 +787,17 @@ "text": "50% (2000 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "30.1%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "32.1%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "27.6% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "54.4% (2015 est.)" }, @@ -992,18 +1003,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "96,719" + "text": "71,844 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" + "text": "less than 1 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "17,220,607" + "text": "19,104,208 (2019)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "95.78 (2019 est.)" + "text": "103.9 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1034,10 +1045,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "88,891" + "text": "82,317 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "less than 1 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1140,7 +1151,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Zambia Defense Force (ZDF): Zambia Army, Zambia Air Force, Zambia National Service (support organization that also does public work projects); Defense Force Medical Service; the Zambia Police includes a paramilitary battalion (2021)" + "text": "Zambia Defense Force (ZDF): Zambia Army, Zambia Air Force, Zambia National Service (support organization that also does public work projects); Defense Force Medical Service; Ministry of Home Affairs: Zambia Police (includes a paramilitary battalion) (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { @@ -1163,13 +1174,16 @@ "text": "the Zambia Defense Force (ZDF) has approximately 16,500 active troops (15,000 Army; 1,500 Air) (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the ZDF's inventory is largely comprised of Chinese, Russian, and Soviet-era armaments, with a small mix of Israeli, South African, and US equipment; since 2010, China is the leading supplier of arms to Zambia (2020)" + "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)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "925 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (Sep 2021)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-25 years of age for male and female voluntary military service (16 with parental consent); no conscription; 12-year enlistment period (7 years active, 5 in the Reserves) (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "the Zambian Defense Force (ZDF) traces its roots to the Northern Rhodesia Regiment, which was raised by the British colonial government to fight in World War II; the ZDF was established in 1964 from units of the dissolved Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland armed forces; it participated in a number of regional conflicts during the 1970s and 1980s; Zambia actively supported independence movements such as the Union for the Total Liberation of Angola (UNITA), the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), the African National Congress of South Africa (ANC), and the South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO)
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/africa/zi.json b/africa/zi.json index 012a3c5a..ca7c2263 100644 --- a/africa/zi.json +++ b/africa/zi.json @@ -783,6 +783,17 @@ }, "note": "note: data include both unemployment and underemployment; true unemployment is unknown and, under current economic conditions, unknowable" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "27.5%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "25%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "31.4% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "38.3% (2019 est.)" }, @@ -980,18 +991,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "265,734" + "text": "252,067 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.86 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.7 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "13,195,902" + "text": "13,191,708 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "92.43 (2019 est.)" + "text": "88.76 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1022,10 +1033,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "204,424" + "text": "203,461 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.43 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.37 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1145,7 +1156,7 @@ "text": "18-22 years of age for voluntary military service (18-24 for officer cadets; 18-30 for technical/specialist personnel); no conscription; women are eligible to serve (2021)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the ZDF was formed after independence from the former Rhodesian Army and the two guerrilla forces that opposed it during the Rhodesian Civil War (aka \"Bush War\") of the 1970s, the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) and the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA); internal security is a key current responsibility, and the military continues to play an active role in the country’s politics since the coup of 2017" + "text": "the ZDF was formed after independence from the former Rhodesian Army and the two guerrilla forces that opposed it during the Rhodesian Civil War (aka \"Bush War\") of the 1970s, the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) and the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA); internal security is a key current responsibility, and the military continues to play an active role in the country’s politics since the coup of 2017 (2021)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/aq.json b/australia-oceania/aq.json index 9f6a30cc..c874b992 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/aq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/aq.json @@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "17,000" + "text": "22,200 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { "text": "31.3% (July 2016 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/as.json b/australia-oceania/as.json index 20bf5da5..5b440d09 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/as.json +++ b/australia-oceania/as.json @@ -764,6 +764,17 @@ "text": "5.29% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "14.3%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "15.3%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "13.2% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income": { "Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2014": { "text": "34.4 (2014 est.)" @@ -994,10 +1005,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "21,419,302" + "text": "22.82 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "86.55% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "86.55% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/cq.json b/australia-oceania/cq.json index 96c6b28c..f106d04a 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cq.json @@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "16,000" + "text": "14,500 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { "text": "30.6% (July 2016 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/cw.json b/australia-oceania/cw.json index 9354518a..64ce2625 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cw.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cw.json @@ -753,10 +753,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "4,881" + "text": "9,487 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "54% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "54% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fj.json b/australia-oceania/fj.json index ebf7f6a4..3d2799c7 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fj.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fj.json @@ -987,10 +987,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "462,860" + "text": "634,100 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "49.97% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "49.97% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fm.json b/australia-oceania/fm.json index 933e22f1..367c4cae 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fm.json @@ -879,10 +879,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "36,586" + "text": "40,800 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "35.3% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "35.3% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fp.json b/australia-oceania/fp.json index 7ba52419..23d6a907 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fp.json @@ -818,10 +818,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "211,101" + "text": "204,800 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "72.7% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "72.7% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/gq.json b/australia-oceania/gq.json index f5accd04..9381f0f1 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/gq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/gq.json @@ -597,6 +597,17 @@ "text": "3.9% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "29.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "29.7%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "28.9% (2011 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "23% (2001 est.)" }, @@ -778,10 +789,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "135,073" + "text": "136,500 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "80.51% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "80.51% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/kr.json b/australia-oceania/kr.json index e13e4811..ec60fe68 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kr.json @@ -885,10 +885,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "15,946" + "text": "17,600 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "14.58% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "14.58% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/kt.json b/australia-oceania/kt.json index c9fb7df3..52e3b3e1 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kt.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kt.json @@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "790" + "text": "1,449 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { "text": "35.8% (July 2016 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nc.json b/australia-oceania/nc.json index b4641e8e..6812a335 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nc.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nc.json @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10%" + "text": "Christian 85.2%, Muslim 2.8%, other 1.6%, unaffiliated 10.4% (2020 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ "text": "parliamentary democracy (Territorial Congress); an overseas collectivity of France" }, "Dependency status": { - "text": "special collectivity (or a sui generis collectivity) of France since 1998; note - independence referenda took place on 4 November 2018 and 4 October 2020 with a majority voting to reject independence in favor of maintaining the status quo; an additional referenda, still unsceheduled, may occur in 2022" + "text": "special collectivity (or a sui generis collectivity) of France since 1998; note - independence referenda took place on 4 November 2018, 4 October 2020, and 12 December 2021 with a majority voting in each case to reject independence in favor of maintaining the status quo; an 18-month transition period is now in place (ending 30 June 2023), during which a referendum on the new status of New Caledonia within France will take place " }, "Capital": { "name": { @@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ "text": "3 provinces; Province Iles (Islands Province), Province Nord (North Province), and Province Sud (South Province)" }, "Independence": { - "text": "none (overseas collectivity of France); note - in two independence referenda, on 4 November 2018 and 4 October 2020, the majority voted to reject independence in favor of maintaining the status quo" + "text": "none (overseas collectivity of France); note - in three independence referenda, on 4 November 2018, 4 October 2020, and 12 December 2021, the majority voted to reject independence in favor of maintaining the status quo; an 18-month transition period is now in place (ending 30 June 2023), during which a referendum on the new status of New Caledonia within France will take place" }, "National holiday": { "text": "Fete de la Federation, 14 July (1790); note - the local holiday is New Caledonia Day, 24 September (1853)" @@ -615,6 +615,17 @@ "text": "14% (2009)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "38.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "37.1%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "40% (2014 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "17% (2008)" }, @@ -787,15 +798,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "82,111" + "text": "77,719 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "28.67 (2019 est.)" + "text": "28.67 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "275,002" + "text": "260,277 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "96.02 (2019 est.)" @@ -821,10 +832,18 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "231,887" + "text": "235,200 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "82.01% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "82.01% (2019 est.)" + } + }, + "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { + "total": { + "text": "55,371 (2016)" + }, + "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { + "text": "20.43 (2019)" } } }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/ne.json b/australia-oceania/ne.json index 480e816d..822cebe8 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ne.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ne.json @@ -640,6 +640,14 @@ } }, "Communications": { + "Telephones - fixed lines": { + "total subscriptions": { + "text": "1,000 (2018)" + }, + "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { + "text": "61.77 (2018)" + } + }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { "text": "sole provider service for over 1000 landlines and fixed wireless lines; cellular telephone service operates on AMPS and GSM platforms; difficult geography presents challenges for rural areas; mobile is primary source of Internet access; mobile broadband demand is growing due to mobile services (2020)" @@ -660,10 +668,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "1,090" + "text": "1,286 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "91.6% (July 2016 est.)" + "text": "79.56% (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/nf.json b/australia-oceania/nf.json index 1b23041b..3f334899 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nf.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nf.json @@ -491,10 +491,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "765" + "text": "806 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "34.6% (July 2016 est.)" + "text": "34.6% (2016 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/nh.json b/australia-oceania/nh.json index ff9899ad..24771dc2 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nh.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nh.json @@ -696,6 +696,17 @@ "text": "1.7% (1999 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "18%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "16.1%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "20.1% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -892,18 +903,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,809" + "text": "3,472 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.3 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.13 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "265,219" + "text": "246,232 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "90.56 (2019 est.)" + "text": "80.17 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -934,10 +945,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "7,888" + "text": "2,785 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2.69 (2019 est.)" + "text": "less than 1 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1017,6 +1028,9 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF; includes Vanuatu Mobile Force (VMF) and Police Maritime Wing (VPMW)) (2021)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "the separate British and French police forces were unified in 1980 under Ni-Vanuatu officers as the New Hebrides Constabulary; the force retained some British and French officers as advisors; the Constabulary was subsequently renamed the Vanuatu Police Force later in 1980
as of 2021, the Vanuatu Mobile Force had received training and other support from Australia, China, France, New Zealand, and the US
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nr.json b/australia-oceania/nr.json index d648daf4..b5d23a27 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nr.json @@ -631,6 +631,17 @@ "text": "90% (2004 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "26.6%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "20.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "37.5% (2013)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -845,10 +856,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "5,524" + "text": "6,771 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "57% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "57% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -918,7 +929,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "no regular military forces" + "text": "no regular military forces; the police force, under the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, maintains internal security and, as necessary, external security" }, "Military - note": { "text": "Nauru maintains no defense forces; under an informal agreement, defense is the responsibility of Australia" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nz.json b/australia-oceania/nz.json index 83e61fae..9c1ee98e 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nz.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nz.json @@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Kevin COVERT (20 December 2020) note - also accredited to Samoa" + "text": "Ambassador Tom S. UDALL (since 1 December 2021) note - also accredited to Samoa" }, "embassy": { "text": "29 Fitzherbert Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington 6011" @@ -749,6 +749,17 @@ "text": "4.32% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "12.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "12.2%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "12.6% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -946,18 +957,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,801,645" + "text": "1.76 million (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "37.11 (2019 est.)" + "text": "37.11 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,550,687" + "text": "6.4 million (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "134.93 (2019 est.)" + "text": "136.1 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -980,10 +991,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "4,340,672" + "text": "4.55 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "90.81% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "90.81% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -991,7 +1002,7 @@ "text": "1.647 million (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "34.72 (2018 est.)" + "text": "33.67 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/ps.json b/australia-oceania/ps.json index d715207c..5cff8229 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ps.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ps.json @@ -718,6 +718,11 @@ "text": "4.1% (2012)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "5.6%" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "24.9% NA (2006)" }, @@ -820,18 +825,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8,808" + "text": "7,204 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "40.78 (2019 est.)" + "text": "40.78 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "29,033" + "text": "23,743 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "134.41 (2019 est.)" + "text": "134.4 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -859,6 +864,14 @@ "percent of population": { "text": "36% (July 2016 est.)" } + }, + "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { + "total": { + "text": "1,224 (2016)" + }, + "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { + "text": "6.93 (2018)" + } } }, "Transportation": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/rm.json b/australia-oceania/rm.json index c13ec979..8459a75e 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/rm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/rm.json @@ -738,6 +738,17 @@ "text": "30.9% (2000 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "26%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "31%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "14.2% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -932,10 +943,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "29,290" + "text": "23,000 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "38.7% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "38.7% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1022,7 +1033,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "no regular military forces; Marshall Islands Police Department (MIPD)" + "text": "no regular military forces; the national police (Marshall Islands Police Department, MIPD), local police forces, and the Sea Patrol (maritime police) maintain internal security; the MIPD and Sea Patrol report to the Ministry of Justice; local police report to their respective local government councils" }, "Military - note": { "text": "defense is the responsibility of the US" diff --git a/australia-oceania/tl.json b/australia-oceania/tl.json index a4fcae92..131918fb 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tl.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tl.json @@ -550,10 +550,10 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "300" + "text": "0 (2018 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "21 (July 2016 est.)" + "text": "0 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/tn.json b/australia-oceania/tn.json index 725e94c0..7084a67a 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tn.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tn.json @@ -721,6 +721,17 @@ "text": "1.1% (2006)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "8.9%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "5.7%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "13.1% (2018)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "22.5% (2010 est.)" }, @@ -923,18 +934,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,637" + "text": "6,637 (2019)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "6.25 (2019 est.)" + "text": "6.35 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "62,104" + "text": "62,104 (2019)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "58.48 (2019 est.)" + "text": "59.43 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -965,10 +976,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "3,703" + "text": "3,703 (2019)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3.49 (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.54 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1048,6 +1059,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "Volunteers, 18-25; no conscription (2019)" + }, + "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
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/tv.json b/australia-oceania/tv.json index 119c2ed8..475a1ce1 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tv.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tv.json @@ -632,6 +632,17 @@ "Unemployment rate": { "text": "NA
" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "20.6%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "9.8%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "45.9% (2016)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "26.3% (2010 est.)" }, @@ -787,15 +798,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,978" + "text": "2,000 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "17.59 (2019 est.)" + "text": "17.59 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,911" + "text": "8,000 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "70.36 (2019 est.)" @@ -829,10 +840,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,000" + "text": "450 (2017 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "9 (2017 est.)" + "text": "3.96 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -878,6 +889,9 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "no regular military forces; Tuvalu Police Force (Ministry of Justice, Communications, and Foreign Affairs)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Australia provides support to the Tuvalu Police Force, including donations of patrol boats
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/wf.json b/australia-oceania/wf.json index d0276550..5622d3cf 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/wf.json +++ b/australia-oceania/wf.json @@ -619,10 +619,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,012" + "text": "3,132 (2017)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "25.38 (2019 est.)" + "text": "25.38 (2017 est.)" + } + }, + "Telephones - mobile cellular": { + "total subscriptions": { + "text": "0 (2017)" + }, + "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { + "text": "0 (2017)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ws.json b/australia-oceania/ws.json index 2465b1f5..457b8289 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ws.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ws.json @@ -729,6 +729,17 @@ }, "note": "NA" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "31.9%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "24.6%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "43.4% (2017 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "20.3% (2013 est.)" }, @@ -913,15 +924,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8,770" + "text": "8,454 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4.33 (2019 est.)" + "text": "4.33 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "128,776" + "text": "124,211 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "63.58 (2019 est.)" @@ -955,10 +966,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,692" + "text": "1,692 (2017 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2017 est.)" + "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1019,7 +1030,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "no regular military forces; Samoa Police Force" + "text": "no regular military forces; Samoa Police Force (Ministry of Police)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "Samoa has no formal defense structure or regular armed forces; informal defense ties exist with NZ, which is required to consider any Samoan request for assistance under the 1962 Treaty of Friendship" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json index b1924785..e393d991 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json @@ -846,10 +846,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "113,277" + "text": "104,000 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "97.17% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "97.17% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json index 5ce754a3..8485de5b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json @@ -867,10 +867,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "72,870" + "text": "74,700 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "76% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "76% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json index 545eadec..1ca14485 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json @@ -695,10 +695,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "14,211" + "text": "12,300 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "81.57% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "81.57% (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json index a35426e6..9834e072 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json @@ -930,10 +930,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "239,664" + "text": "235,100 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "81.76% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "81.76% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json index 5905e7de..4441910c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json @@ -900,10 +900,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "282,739" + "text": "335,800 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "85% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "85% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json index 8da68ae7..07e7b441 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json @@ -722,6 +722,17 @@ "text": "8% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "19.3%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "12.7%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "28.5% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "41% (2013 est.)" }, @@ -953,10 +964,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "181,660" + "text": "188,900 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "47.08% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "47.08% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json index 511b1752..76ce8295 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json @@ -599,6 +599,17 @@ "text": "4.4% (2004)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "13.8%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "16.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "11.4% (2015 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -794,10 +805,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "48,328" + "text": "53,600 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "81.07% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "81.07% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index 1181edd0..1146e409 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -1016,10 +1016,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "3,694,974" + "text": "4.15 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "74.09% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "80.53% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json index de09cc1a..91ac828c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json @@ -979,10 +979,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "6,353,020" + "text": "7.7 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "57.15% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "67.97% (2019 est.)" }, "note": "note: private citizens are prohibited from buying computers or accessing the Internet without special authorization; foreigners may access the Internet in large hotels but are subject to firewalls; some Cubans buy illegal passwords on the black market or take advantage of public outlets to access limited email and the government-controlled \"intranet\"" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json index 5743b56d..43101d99 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json @@ -844,10 +844,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "51,538" + "text": "50,200 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "69.62% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "69.62% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index d707cfd3..2ae8be48 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -1032,10 +1032,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "7,705,529" + "text": "8.16 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "74.82% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "67.57% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json index 53fb014c..073f447f 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json @@ -775,6 +775,17 @@ }, "note": "note: data are official rates; but underemployment is high" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "10%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "8.3%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "12.8% (2019)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "22.8% (2019 est.)" }, @@ -1003,10 +1014,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "2,153,776" + "text": "3.28 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "33.82% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "50.49% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json index d43dc4ee..7fed7898 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json @@ -893,10 +893,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "66,281" + "text": "66,600 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "59.07% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "59.07% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json index f75ded82..3c2c87e4 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json @@ -785,6 +785,17 @@ "text": "2.4% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "4.6%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "5.7% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "59.3% (2014 est.)" }, @@ -1024,10 +1035,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "10,777,827" + "text": "11.75 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "65% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "65% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json index deceb72b..68845d22 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json @@ -978,10 +978,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "3,503,006" + "text": "4.28 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "32.47% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "12.33% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json index 9714918d..1f1061a0 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json @@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 4-year term; election last held on 28 November 2021 (next to be held in 30 November 2025); note - in 2015, the Constitutional Chamber of the Honduran Supreme Court struck down the constitutional provisions on presidential term limits" }, "election results": { - "text": "the modern Army of Nicaragua was created in 1979 as the Sandinista Popular Army (1979-1984); prior to 1979, the military was known as the National Guard, which was organized and trained by the US in the 1920s and 1930s; the first commander of the National Guard, Anastasio SOMOZA García, seized power in 1937 and ran the country as a military dictator until his assassination in 1956; his sons ran the country either directly or through figureheads until the Sandinistas came to power in 1979; the defeated National Guard was disbanded by the Sandinistas
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index 8dc4190a..e7ba655a 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -776,6 +776,17 @@ "text": "6% (2017 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "40.1%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "30.8%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "51.9% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "22.1% (2016 est.)" }, @@ -1152,7 +1163,7 @@ "text": "Panama's security forces are lightly armed; Canada, Italy and the US have provided equipment to the security forces since 2010 (2020)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Panamanian Defense Force was disbanded after the 1989 US invasion; the Army was converted into a police force in 1990, and the armed forces were officially abolished under the 1994 Constitution" + "text": "Panama created a paramilitary National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Panamá) in the 1950s from the former National Police (established 1904); the National Guard subsequently evolved into more of a military force with some police responsibilities; it seized power in a coup in 1968 and military officers ran the country until 1989; in 1983, the National Guard was renamed the Panama Defense Force (PDF); the PDF was disbanded after the 1989 US invasion and the current national police forces were formed in 1990; the armed forces were officially abolished under the 1994 Constitution
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json index d76d714d..f4d98ecc 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%" + "text": "Roman Catholic 56%, Protestant 33% (largely Pentecostal), other 2%, atheist 1%, none 7% (2014 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -641,6 +641,17 @@ "text": "11.8% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "26.6%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "28.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "23.1% (2012 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -801,18 +812,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "686,901" + "text": "711,512 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "21.19 (2019 est.)" + "text": "24.87 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,371,969" + "text": "3,483,570 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "104.03 (2019 est.)" + "text": "121.8 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -843,10 +854,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "609,943" + "text": "671,284 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "18.82 (2019 est.)" + "text": "23.46 (2020 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json index 9070f68d..295691af 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ "text": "English (official)" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Protestant 74.4% (includes Anglican 20.6%, Methodist 19.1%, Pentecostal 8.2%, Church of God 6.8%, Moravian 5.5%, Baptist 4.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4.7%, Evangelical 2.6%, Bretheren 1.8%, other .3%), Roman Catholic 6.7%, Rastafarian 1.7%, Jehovah's Witness 1.3%, other 7.6%, none 5.2%, unspecified 3.2% (2001 est.)" + "text": "Protestant 75.6% (includes Anglican 16.6%, Methodist 15.8%, Pentecostal 10.8%, Church of God 7.4%, Baptist 5.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 5.4%, Wesleyan Holiness 5.3%, Moravian 4.8%, Evangelical 2.1%, Brethren 1.7%, Presbyterian 0.3%), Roman Catholic 5.9%, Hindu 1.8%, Jehovah's Witness 1.4%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other 5%, none 8.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -839,18 +839,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "17,766" + "text": "17,293 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "33.23 (2019 est.)" + "text": "33.23 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "78,970" + "text": "76,878 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "147.71 (2019 est.)" + "text": "147.7 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -881,10 +881,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "16,400" + "text": "29,272 (2018 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "31 (2017 est.)" + "text": "55.82 (2018 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json index 7eeeb0cb..c789b221 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json @@ -679,6 +679,17 @@ "text": "20% (2003 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "37.2%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "39.6%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "34.3% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "25% (2016 est.)" }, @@ -875,18 +886,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "33,285" + "text": "36,469 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "20.05 (2019 est.)" + "text": "20.05 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "168,797" + "text": "184,944 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "101.68 (2019 est.)" + "text": "97.65 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -917,10 +928,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "32,265" + "text": "32,265 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "19 (2018 est.)" + "text": "17.56 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json index 22d23396..a25a2991 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json @@ -694,6 +694,17 @@ "text": "4% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "8.7%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "8.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "8.4% (2016 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "20% (2014 est.)" }, @@ -879,18 +890,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "343,385" + "text": "323,905 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "27.99 (2019 est.)" + "text": "23.14 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,163,725" + "text": "1,987,996 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "176.36 (2019 est.)" + "text": "142.1 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -921,10 +932,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "339,340" + "text": "375,990 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "27.66 (2019 est.)" + "text": "26.87 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1026,6 +1037,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service (some age variations between services, reserves); no conscription (2021)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "as of 2021, the primary responsibilities for the TTDF were conducting border and maritime security, providing disaster relief, and countering narcotics trafficking in support of law enforcement
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json index 43ba9c16..a95c689b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json @@ -687,10 +687,10 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,096" + "text": "4,000 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11.12 (2019 est.)" + "text": "11.12 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json index aac84369..48b35aa5 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json @@ -594,6 +594,17 @@ "text": "9.8% (2011 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "29.3%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "25.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "34.5% (2018 est.)" + } + }, "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": { "text": "-0.4% (of GDP) (2012 est.)" }, @@ -765,10 +776,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "102,359" + "text": "112,000 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "68.13% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "68.13% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json index 6cb3e10a..974b11e4 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ "text": "English, Vincentian Creole English, French patois" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Protestant 75% (Pentecostal 27.6%, Anglican 13.9%, Seventh Day Adventist 11.6%, Baptist 8.9%, Methodist 8.7%, Evangelical 3.8%, Salvation Army .3%, Presbyterian/Congregational .3%), Roman Catholic 6.3%, Rastafarian 1.1%, Jehovah's Witness 0.8%, other 4.7%, none 7.5%, unspecified 4.7% (2012 est.)" + "text": "Protestant 75% (Pentecostal 27.6%, Anglican 13.9%, Seventh Day Adventist 11.6%, Baptist 8.9%, Methodist 8.7%, Evangelical 3.8%, Salvation Army 0.3%, Presbyterian/Congregational 0.3%), Roman Catholic 6.3%, Rastafarian 1.1%, Jehovah's Witness 0.8%, other 4.7%, none 7.5%, unspecified 4.7% (2012 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -833,18 +833,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12,934" + "text": "12,483 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12.74 (2019 est.)" + "text": "11.25 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "102,700" + "text": "97,059 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "101.15 (2019 est.)" + "text": "87.49 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -875,10 +875,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "22,491" + "text": "24,494 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "22.15 (2019 est.)" + "text": "22.08 (2020 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json index c8910862..51572042 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json @@ -744,10 +744,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "27,818" + "text": "23,600 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "77.7% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "77.7% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json index a1ab621c..3b8c5a32 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json @@ -703,10 +703,10 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "77,212" + "text": "76,000 (2017)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "72.41 (2019 est.)" + "text": "72.41 (2017 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/central-asia/kg.json b/central-asia/kg.json index 926d6187..f0032810 100644 --- a/central-asia/kg.json +++ b/central-asia/kg.json @@ -759,6 +759,17 @@ "text": "2.59% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "9.6%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "7.8%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "13.4% (2018 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "20.1% (2019 est.)" }, @@ -992,10 +1003,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "2,222,732" + "text": "3.32 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "38% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "38% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-asia/kz.json b/central-asia/kz.json index d02642e8..b1506359 100644 --- a/central-asia/kz.json +++ b/central-asia/kz.json @@ -1025,10 +1025,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "14,789,448" + "text": "15.47 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "78.9% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "85.94% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index 65a92b17..cf816af7 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -831,6 +831,17 @@ "text": "4.8% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "17%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "16%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "18.2% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "12.6% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -1031,18 +1042,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "27,674,128" + "text": "27,674,128 (2019)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "19.38 (2019 est.)" + "text": "18.97 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "239,795,946" + "text": "238,733,217 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "167.9 (2019 est.)" + "text": "163.6 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1073,10 +1084,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "32,857,614" + "text": "33,872,758 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "23.01 (2019 est.)" + "text": "23.21 (2020 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-asia/ti.json b/central-asia/ti.json index b80d7554..cf75d9b2 100644 --- a/central-asia/ti.json +++ b/central-asia/ti.json @@ -959,18 +959,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "471,090" + "text": "479,000 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "5.39 (2019 est.)" + "text": "5.39 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "9,747,803" + "text": "9.904 million (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "111.53 (2019 est.)" + "text": "111.5 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1001,10 +1001,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "6,000" + "text": "6,000 (2017 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "less than 1 (2017 est.)" + "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-asia/tx.json b/central-asia/tx.json index f170fab9..b649cf0e 100644 --- a/central-asia/tx.json +++ b/central-asia/tx.json @@ -927,18 +927,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "648,223" + "text": "682,000 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11.85 (2019 est.)" + "text": "11.85 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8,908,821" + "text": "9.377 million (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "162.86 (2019 est.)" + "text": "162.9 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -969,10 +969,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "4,000" + "text": "5,000 (2017 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "less than 1 (2017 est.)" + "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-asia/uz.json b/central-asia/uz.json index e5b67df5..e4542887 100644 --- a/central-asia/uz.json +++ b/central-asia/uz.json @@ -948,18 +948,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,553,310" + "text": "3,550,069 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11.73 (2019 est.)" + "text": "10.61 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "33.38 million" + "text": "33.387 million (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110.15 (2019 est.)" + "text": "99.75 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -990,10 +990,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "4,597,265" + "text": "4,820,009 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "15.17 (2019 est.)" + "text": "14.4 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1106,6 +1106,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; 1-year conscript service obligation for males (conscripts have the option of paying for a shorter service of one month while remaining in the reserves until the age of 27); Uzbek citizens who have completed their service terms in the armed forces have privileges in employment and admission to higher educational institutions (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "
the Uzbek armed forces were established in January 1992, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, when the newly-established Ministry for Defense Affairs assumed jurisdiction over all former Soviet ground, air, and air defense units, formations, and installations then deployed on its soil; the building hosting the headquarters for the ex-Soviet Turkestan Military District became the headquarters for the Uzbek armed forces; all former Soviet troops departed Uzbekistan by 1995; as of 2021, Uzbekistan continued to maintain bilateral defense ties with Russia based on a 2005 mutual security agreement
as of 2021, Uzbekistan was not part of the Russian-sponsored Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) that is comprised of former Soviet Republics; Uzbekistan joined in the 1990s but withdrew in 1999; it returned in 2006 but left again in 2012
" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index 28a7ff7c..4b50c445 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -1040,10 +1040,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "17,064,985" + "text": "23.65 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "30.68% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "30.68% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json index b9c17603..a44b0fe1 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json @@ -917,10 +917,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "426,234" + "text": "417,500 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "94.6% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "95% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json index b4edd260..0756a6ad 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json @@ -1038,10 +1038,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "6,579,808" + "text": "8.86 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "40% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "78.8% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ "text": "information varies; approximately 100,000 total active troops including about 3,000 Navy and 1,000 Air Force; est. 10,000 Gendarmerie (2020)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces are armed largely with older Chinese and Russian-origin equipment; it has received limited amounts of more modern (mostly second-hand) equipment since 2010 with China as the principal provider (2020)" + "text": "the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces are armed largely with older Chinese and Russian-origin equipment; it has received limited amounts of more modern (mostly second-hand) equipment since 2010 with China as the principal provider (2021)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 175 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 290 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json index 066f4494..d9390dbd 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json @@ -1055,10 +1055,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "751,886,119" + "text": "939.8 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "54.3% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "70.64% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the PLA is outfitted primarily with a wide mix of older and modern domestically-produced systems heavily influenced by technology derived from other countries; Russia is the top supplier of foreign military equipment since 2010; the Chinese defense-industrial sector is large and capable of producing advanced weapons systems across all military domains; it is the world's second largest arms producer (2021)", - "note": "note: the PLA is in the midst of a decades-long modernization effort; in 2017, President XI set three developmental goals for the force - becoming a mechanized force with increased information and strategic capabilities by 2020, a fully modernized force by 2035, and a worldwide first-class military by mid-century" + "note": "note - the PLA is in the midst of a decades-long modernization effort; in 2017, President XI set three developmental goals for the force - becoming a mechanized force with increased information and strategic capabilities by 2020, a fully modernized force by 2035, and a worldwide first-class military by mid-century" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "425 Mali (MINUSMA); 225 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 320 Sudan (UNAMID); 420 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 1,050 South Sudan (UNMISS); up to 2,000 Djibouti (Sep 2021)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json index 6f8a3237..c6c97e6f 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json @@ -654,6 +654,17 @@ "text": "2.83% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "15.5%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "17.3%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "13.6% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "19.9% (2016 est.)" }, @@ -887,10 +898,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "6,450,167" + "text": "6.92 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "89.42% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "92.41% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index 4600e65d..00ef66e5 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -1053,10 +1053,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "104,563,108" + "text": "202.6 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "39.79% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "53.73% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index f008e2ea..47c0ec44 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -988,10 +988,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "106,725,643" + "text": "117.4 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "84.59% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "92.73% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json index 5f0c4925..261505ae 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "The first recorded kingdom (Choson) on the Korean Peninsula dates from approximately 2300 B.C. Over the subsequent centuries, three main kingdoms - Kogoryo, Paekche, and Silla - were established on the Peninsula. By the 5th century A.D, Kogoryo emerged as the most powerful, with control over much of the Peninsula, as well as part of Manchuria (modern-day northeast China). However, Silla allied with the Chinese to create the first unified Korean state in the late 7th century (688). Following the collapse of Silla in the 9th century, Korea was unified under the Koryo (Goryeo; 918-1392) and the Chosen (Joseon; 1392-1910) dynasties.
Korea became the object of intense imperialistic rivalry between the Chinese (its traditional benefactor), Japanese, and Russian empires in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Following the Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), Korea was occupied by Imperial Japan. In 1910, Japan formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, Korea was split with the northern half coming under Soviet-sponsored communist control. After failing in the Korean War (1950-53) to conquer the US-backed Republic of Korea (ROK) in the southern portion by force, North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK), under its founder President KIM Il Sung, adopted a policy of ostensible diplomatic and economic \"self-reliance\" as a check against outside influence. The DPRK demonized the US as the ultimate threat to its social system through state-funded propaganda, and molded political, economic, and military policies around the core ideological objective of eventual unification of Korea under Pyongyang's control. KIM Il Sung's son, KIM Jong Il, was officially designated as his father's successor in 1980, assuming a growing political and managerial role until the elder KIM's death in 1994. Under KIM Jong Il's rein, the DPRK continued developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. KIM Jong Un was publicly unveiled as his father's successor in 2010. Following KIM Jong Il's death in 2011, KIM Jong Un quickly assumed power and has since occupied the regime's highest political and military posts.
After decades of economic mismanagement and resource misallocation, the DPRK since the mid-1990s has faced chronic food shortages and economic stagnation. In recent years, the North's domestic agricultural production has increased, but still falls far short of producing sufficient food to provide for its entire population. The DPRK began to ease restrictions to allow semi-private markets, starting in 2002, but has made few other efforts to meet its goal of improving the overall standard of living. New economic development plans in the 2010s failed to meet government-mandated goals for key industrial sectors, food production, or overall economic performance. In response, the DPRK leader in early 2021 admitted these failures, but vowed to continue \"self-reliant\" policies.
North Korea has a history of provocative regional military actions and posturing that are of major concern to the international community and have limited the DPRK’s international engagement, particularly economically. These include proliferation of military-related items; long-range missile development; WMD programs including tests of nuclear devices in 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016, and 2017; and large conventional armed forces. In 2013, the DPRK declared a policy of simultaneous development of its nuclear weapons program and economy. In late 2017, KIM Jong Un declared the North's nuclear weapons development complete. In 2018, KIM announced a pivot towards diplomacy, including a re-prioritization of economic development, a pause in missile testing beginning in late 2017, and a refrain from anti-US rhetoric starting in June 2018. Since 2018, KIM has participated in four meetings with Chinese President XI Jinping, three with ROK President MOON Jae-in, and three with US President TRUMP. Since 2019, North Korea has continued developing its ballistic missile program and issued statements condemning the US, and vowing to further strengthen its military capabilities, including long range missiles and nuclear weapons. The DPRK remains one of the world’s most isolated and one of Asia’s poorest countries.
The first recorded kingdom (Choson) on the Korean Peninsula dates from approximately 2300 B.C. Over the subsequent centuries, three main kingdoms - Kogoryo, Paekche, and Silla - were established on the Peninsula. By the 5th century A.D, Kogoryo emerged as the most powerful, with control over much of the Peninsula, as well as part of Manchuria (modern-day northeast China). However, Silla allied with the Chinese to create the first unified Korean state in the late 7th century (688). Following the collapse of Silla in the 9th century, Korea was unified under the Koryo (Goryeo; 918-1392) and the Chosen (Joseon; 1392-1910) dynasties.
Korea became the object of intense imperialistic rivalry between the Chinese (its traditional benefactor), Japanese, and Russian empires in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Following the Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), Korea was occupied by Imperial Japan. In 1910, Japan formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, Korea was split with the northern half coming under Soviet-sponsored communist control. After failing in the Korean War (1950-53) to conquer the UN-backed Republic of Korea (ROK) in the southern portion by force, North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK), under its founder President KIM Il Sung, adopted a policy of ostensible diplomatic and economic \"self-reliance\" as a check against outside influence. North Korea demonized the US as the ultimate threat to its social system through state-funded propaganda, and molded political, economic, and military policies around the core ideological objective of eventual unification of Korea under Pyongyang's control. KIM Il Sung's son, KIM Jong Il, was officially designated as his father's successor in 1980, assuming a growing political and managerial role until the elder KIM's death in 1994. Under KIM Jong Il's rein, the North continued developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. KIM Jong Un was publicly unveiled as his father's successor in 2010. Following KIM Jong Il's death in 2011, KIM Jong Un quickly assumed power and has since occupied the regime's highest political and military posts.
After decades of economic mismanagement and resource misallocation, the North since the mid-1990s has faced chronic food shortages and economic stagnation. In recent years, the North's domestic agricultural production has increased, but still falls far short of producing sufficient food to provide for its entire population. North Korea began to ease restrictions to allow semi-private markets, starting in 2002, but has made few other efforts to meet its goal of improving the overall standard of living. New economic development plans in the 2010s failed to meet government-mandated goals for key industrial sectors, food production, or overall economic performance. In response, the North Korean leader in early 2021 admitted these failures, but vowed to continue \"self-reliant\" policies.
North Korea has a history of provocative regional military actions and posturing that are of major concern to the international community and have limited the North’s international engagement, particularly economically. These include proliferation of military-related items; long-range missile development; WMD programs including tests of nuclear devices in 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016, and 2017; and large conventional armed forces. In 2013, the North declared a policy of simultaneous development of its nuclear weapons program and economy. In late 2017, KIM Jong Un declared the North's nuclear weapons development complete. In 2018, KIM announced a pivot towards diplomacy, including a re-prioritization of economic development, a pause in missile testing beginning in late 2017, and a refrain from anti-US rhetoric starting in June 2018. Since 2018, KIM has participated in four meetings with Chinese President XI Jinping, three with South Korean President MOON Jae-in, and three with US President TRUMP. Since 2019, North Korea has continued developing its ballistic missile program and issued statements condemning the US, and vowing to further strengthen its military capabilities, including long range missiles and nuclear weapons. North Korea remains one of the world’s most isolated and one of Asia’s poorest countries.
9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 3 cities (si, singular and plural)
provinces: Chagang, Hambuk (North Hamgyong), Hamnam (South Hamgyong), Hwangbuk (North Hwanghae), Hwangnam (South Hwanghae), Kangwon, P'yongbuk (North Pyongan), P'yongnam (South Pyongan), Ryanggang
major cities: Nampo, P'yongyang, Rason
", - "note": "note: Nampo is sometimes designated as a metropolitan city, P'yongyang as a directly controlled city, and Rason as a city" + "text": "9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 4 cities (si, singular and plural)
provinces: Chagang, Hambuk (North Hamgyong), Hamnam (South Hamgyong), Hwangbuk (North Hwanghae), Hwangnam (South Hwanghae), Kangwon, P'yongbuk (North Pyongan), P'yongnam (South Pyongan), Ryanggang
major cities: Kaesong, Nampo, P'yongyang, Rason
", + "note": "note: Kaesong and Nampo are sometimes designated as a metropolitan cities, P'yongyang as a directly controlled city, and Rason as a city" }, "Independence": { "text": "15 August 1945 (from Japan)" @@ -979,15 +979,15 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Korean People's Army (KPA): KPA Ground Forces, KPA Navy, KPA Air Force (includes air defense), KPA Strategic Forces (missile forces); Security Guard Command (aka Bodyguard Command; protects the Kim family, other senior leadership figures, and government facilities); Ministry of Public Security: Border Guards, civil security forces (2021)", + "text": "Korean People's Army (KPA): KPA Ground Forces, KPA Navy, KPA Air Force and Air Defense Forces, KPA Strategic Forces (missile forces); KPA Special Forces (special operations forces)The first recorded kingdom (Choson) on the Korean Peninsula dates from approximately 2300 B.C. Over the subsequent centuries, three main kingdoms - Kogoryo, Paekche, and Silla - were established on the Peninsula. By the 5th century A.D., Kogoryo emerged as the most powerful, with control over much of the Peninsula, as well as part of Manchuria (modern-day northeast China). However, Silla allied with the Chinese to create the first unified Korean state in the late 7th century (688). Following the collapse of Silla in the 9th century, Korea was unified under the Koryo (Goryeo; 918-1392) and the Chosen (Joseon; 1392-1910) dynasties.
Korea became the object of intense imperialistic rivalry between the Chinese (its traditional benefactor), Japanese, and Russian empires in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Following the Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), Korea was occupied by Imperial Japan. In 1910, Tokyo formally annexed the entire Peninsula. Korea regained its independence following Japan's surrender to the US and it allies in 1945. After World War II, a democratic government (Republic of Korea, ROK) was set up in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula while a communist-style government was installed in the north (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK). During the Korean War (1950-53), US troops and UN forces fought alongside ROK soldiers to defend South Korea from a DPRK invasion supported by communist China and the Soviet Union. A 1953 armistice split the Peninsula along a demilitarized zone at about the 38th parallel. PARK Chung-hee took over leadership of the country in a 1961 coup. During his regime from 1961 to 1979, South Korea achieved rapid economic growth, with per capita income rising to roughly 17 times the level of North Korea in 1979.
Park was assassinated in 1979, and Army general Army general Chun Doo-hwan succeeded Park in a coup two months after the assassination; subsequent years were marked by political turmoil and continued authoritarian rule under the guise of democracy. South Korea held its first free presidential election under a revised democratic constitution in 1987, with former Army general ROH Tae-woo winning a close race. In 1993, KIM Young-sam (1993-98) became the first civilian president of South Korea's new democratic era. President KIM Dae-jung (1998-2003) won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000 for his contributions to South Korean democracy and his \"Sunshine\" policy of engagement with North Korea. President PARK Geun-hye, daughter of former ROK President PARK Chung-hee, took office in February 2013 as South Korea's first female leader. In December 2016, the National Assembly passed an impeachment motion against President PARK over her alleged involvement in a corruption and influence-peddling scandal, immediately suspending her presidential authorities. The impeachment was upheld in March 2017, triggering an early presidential election in May 2017 won by MOON Jae-in.
South Korea hosted the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in February 2018, in which North Korea also participated. Discord with North Korea has permeated inter-Korean relations for much of the past decade, highlighted by the North's attacks on a South Korean ship and island in 2010, the exchange of artillery fire across the DMZ in 2015, and multiple nuclear and missile tests in 2016 and 2017. North Korea’s participation in the Winter Olympics, dispatch of a senior delegation to Seoul, and three inter-Korean summits in 2018 appear to have ushered in a temporary period of respite, buoyed by the historic US-DPRK summits in 2018 and 2019. Nevertheless, relations were stagnant in 2020 and 2021.
The first recorded kingdom (Choson) on the Korean Peninsula dates from approximately 2300 B.C. Over the subsequent centuries, three main kingdoms - Kogoryo, Paekche, and Silla - were established on the Peninsula. By the 5th century A.D., Kogoryo emerged as the most powerful, with control over much of the Peninsula, as well as part of Manchuria (modern-day northeast China). However, Silla allied with the Chinese to create the first unified Korean state in the late 7th century (688). Following the collapse of Silla in the 9th century, Korea was unified under the Koryo (Goryeo; 918-1392) and the Chosen (Joseon; 1392-1910) dynasties.
Korea became the object of intense imperialistic rivalry between the Chinese (its traditional benefactor), Japanese, and Russian empires in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Following the Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), Korea was occupied by Imperial Japan. In 1910, Tokyo formally annexed the entire Peninsula. Korea regained its independence following Japan's surrender to the US and it allies in 1945. After World War II, a democratic government (Republic of Korea, ROK) was set up in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula while a communist-style government was installed in the north (North Korea; aka Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK). During the Korean War (1950-53), US troops and UN forces fought alongside ROK soldiers to defend South Korea from a North Korean invasion supported by communist China and the Soviet Union. A 1953 armistice split the Peninsula along a demilitarized zone at about the 38th parallel. PARK Chung-hee took over leadership of the country in a 1961 coup. During his regime from 1961 to 1979, South Korea achieved rapid economic growth, with per capita income rising to roughly 17 times the level of North Korea in 1979.
Park was assassinated in 1979, and Army general Army general Chun Doo-hwan succeeded Park in a coup two months after the assassination; subsequent years were marked by political turmoil and continued authoritarian rule under the guise of democracy. South Korea held its first free presidential election under a revised democratic constitution in 1987, with former Army general ROH Tae-woo winning a close race. In 1993, KIM Young-sam (1993-98) became the first civilian president of South Korea's new democratic era. President KIM Dae-jung (1998-2003) won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000 for his contributions to South Korean democracy and his \"Sunshine Policy\" of engagement with North Korea. President PARK Geun-hye, daughter of former ROK President PARK Chung-hee, took office in February 2013 as South Korea's first female leader. In December 2016, the National Assembly passed an impeachment motion against President PARK over her alleged involvement in a corruption and influence-peddling scandal, immediately suspending her presidential authorities. The impeachment was upheld in March 2017, triggering an early presidential election in May 2017 won by MOON Jae-in.
South Korea hosted the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in February 2018, in which North Korea also participated. Discord with North Korea has permeated inter-Korean relations for much of the past decade, highlighted by North Korea's attacks on a South Korean ship and island in 2010, the exchange of artillery fire across the DMZ in 2015, and multiple nuclear and missile tests in 2016 and 2017. North Korea’s participation in the Winter Olympics, dispatch of a senior delegation to Seoul, and three inter-Korean summits in 2018 appear to have ushered in a temporary period of respite, buoyed by the historic US-North Korea summits in 2018 and 2019. Nevertheless, relations were stagnant in 2020 and 2021.
the 1953 US-South Korea Mutual Defense Treaty is a cornerstone of South Korea’s security; the Treaty committed the US to provide assistance in the event of an attack, particularly from North Korea; in addition, the Treaty gave the US permission to station land, air, and sea forces in and about the territory of South Korea as determined by mutual agreement; as of 2021, the US maintained approximately 28,000 military personnel in the country
the South Korean military has assisted the US in conflicts in Afghanistan (5,000 troops; 2001-2014), Iraq (20,000 troops; 2003-2008), and Vietnam (325,000 troops; 1964-1973)
South Korea has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments
in 2016, South Korea concluded an agreement with the European Union for participation in EU Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) missions and operations, such as the EU Naval Force Somalia – Operation Atalanta, which protects maritime shipping and conducts counter-piracy operations off the coast of East Africa
South Korea has been engaged with NATO through dialogue and security cooperation since 2005 and is considered by NATO to be a global partner; it has participated in NATO-led missions and exercises, including leading an integrated civilian-military reconstruction team in Afghanistan as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, 2010-2013; it has also cooperated with NATO in countering the threat of piracy in the Gulf of Aden by providing naval vessels as escorts
" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json index d8c6d604..ac147632 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json @@ -1011,10 +1011,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "1,845,437" + "text": "3.55 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "25.51% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "25.51% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json index f51200e0..93bf4dfd 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "folk religion 58.9%, Buddhist 17.3%, Christian 7.2%, other 1.2%, none 15.4% (2010 est.)" + "text": "folk religion 58.9%, Buddhist 17.3%, Christian 7.2%, other 1.2%, none 15.4% (2020 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -598,6 +598,17 @@ "text": "1.9% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "8.1%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "9.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "6.4% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -827,10 +838,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "508,052" + "text": "565,600 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "83.79% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "86.47% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json index 31ffa55a..3c2d7053 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Buddhist 53%, Muslim 3%, Shamanist 2.9%, Christian 2.2%, other 0.4%, none 38.6% (2010 est.)" + "text": "Buddhist 51.7%, Muslim 3.2%, Shamanist 2.5%, Christian 1.3%, other 0.7%, none 40.6% (2020 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -767,6 +767,17 @@ "text": "7.9% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "17.9%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "16.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "19.5% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "28.4% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -1006,10 +1017,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "735,823" + "text": "2.01 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "23.71% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "62.5% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1143,6 +1154,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 1-year conscript service obligation in army or air forces or police for males only (can be exchanged for a 24‐month stint in the civil service or a tax voucher); after conscription, soldiers can contract into military service for 2 or 4 years; citizens can also voluntarily join the armed forces (2020)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "
Mongolia has been engaged in dialogue and cooperation with NATO since 2005 and is considered by NATO to be a global partner; Mongolia supported the NATO-led Kosovo Force from 2005-2007 and contributed troops to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan from 2009-2014, as well as to the follow-on Resolute Support Mission that provided training, advice, and other assistance to the Afghan security forces (2015-2021)
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json index 376fd45b..500a945b 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json @@ -782,6 +782,17 @@ "text": "3.33% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "12%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "11.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "13% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "5.6% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -1016,10 +1027,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "25,829,444" + "text": "27.43 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "81.2% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "89.56% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1126,7 +1137,7 @@ }, "Ports and terminals": { "major seaport(s)": { - "text": "Bintulu, Johor Bahru, George Town (Penang), Port Kelang (Port Klang), Tanjung Pelepas" + "text": "Bintulu, Johor Bahru, George Town (Penang), Pelabuhan Klang (Port Klang), Tanjung Pelepas" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { "text": "Port Kelang (Port Klang) (13,580,717), Tanjung Pelepas (9,100,000) (2019)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index 982d6644..21afc081 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ }, "Religions": { "text": "Protestant 64.3% (Evangelical Lutheran 18.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.9%, Pentecostal 10.4%, United Church 10.3%, Evangelical Alliance 5.9%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.8%, Salvation Army .4%), Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 5.3%, non-Christian 1.4%, unspecified 3.1% (2011 est.)", - "note": "note: data represent only the citizen population; roughly .3% of the population are non-citizens, consisting of Christian 52% (predominantly Roman Catholic), other 10.7% , none 37.3%" + "note": "note: data represent only the citizen population; roughly 0.3% of the population are non-citizens, consisting of Christian 52% (predominantly Roman Catholic), other 10.7% , none 37.3%" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -947,18 +947,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "158,000 (2017)" + "text": "158,000 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.87 (2017 est.)" + "text": "1.87 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4.018 million (2017)" + "text": "4.018 million (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "47.62 (2017 est.)" + "text": "47.62 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ "text": "18,000 (2017 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "less than 1 (2017 est.)" + "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1119,6 +1119,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "16 years of age for voluntary military service (with parental consent); no conscription; graduation from grade 12 required (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "as of 2021, Australia and the US were assisting Papua New Guinea with expanding and improving the Defense Force naval base at Lombrum on Manus Island; the US first established a Lombrum base in 1944 during World War II
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json index fe2d3ab8..88353608 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Roman Catholic 80.6%, Protestant 8.2% (includes Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches 2.7%, National Council of Churches in the Philippines 1.2%, other Protestant 4.3%), other Christian 3.4%, Muslim 5.6%, tribal religion 0.2%, other 1.9%, none 0.1% (2010 est.)" + "text": "Roman Catholic 79.5%, Muslim 6%, Iglesia ni Cristo 2.6%, Evangelical 2.4%, National Council of Churches in the Philippines 1.1%, other 7.4%, none <0.1% (2015 est.)" }, "Demographic profile": { "text": "The Philippines is an ethnically diverse country that is in the early stages of demographic transition. Its fertility rate has dropped steadily since the 1950s. The decline was more rapid after the introduction of a national population program in the 1970s in large part due to the increased use of modern contraceptive methods, but fertility has decreased more slowly in recent years. The country’s total fertility rate (TFR) – the average number of births per woman – dropped below 5 in the 1980s, below 4 in the 1990s, and below 3 in the 2010s. TFR continues to be above replacement level at 2.9 and even higher among the poor, rural residents, and the less-educated. Significant reasons for elevated TFR are the desire for more than two children, in part because children are a means of financial assistance and security for parents as they age, particularly among the poor.
The Philippines are the source of one of the world’s largest emigrant populations, much of which consists of legal temporary workers known as Overseas Foreign Workers or OFWs. As of 2019, there were 2.2 million OFWs. They work in a wide array of fields, most frequently in services (such as caregivers and domestic work), skilled trades, and construction but also in professional fields, including nursing and engineering. OFWs most often migrate to Middle Eastern countries, but other popular destinations include Hong Kong, China, and Singapore, as well as employment on ships. Filipino seafarers make up 35-40% of the world’s seafarers, as of 2014. Women OFWs, who work primarily in domestic services and entertainment, have outnumbered men since 1992.
Migration and remittances have been a feature of Philippine culture for decades. The government has encouraged and facilitated emigration, regulating recruitment agencies and adopting legislation to protect the rights of migrant workers. Filipinos began emigrating to the US and Hawaii early in the 20th century. In 1934, US legislation limited Filipinos to 50 visas per year except during labor shortages, causing emigration to plummet. It was not until the 1960s, when the US and other destination countries – Canada, Australia, and New Zealand – loosened their immigration policies, that Filipino emigration expanded and diversified. The government implemented an overseas employment program in the 1970s, promoting Filipino labor to Gulf countries needing more workers for their oil industries. Filipino emigration increased rapidly. The government had intended for international migration to be temporary, but a lack of jobs and poor wages domestically, the ongoing demand for workers in the Gulf countries, and new labor markets in Asia continue to spur Philippine emigration.
" @@ -795,6 +795,17 @@ "text": "5.29% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "7%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "6.1%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "8.5% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "16.7% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -1000,18 +1011,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,255,808" + "text": "4,255,808 (2019)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3.96 (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.94 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "167,322,432" + "text": "167,322,432 (2019)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "155.61 (2019 est.)" + "text": "154.8 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1042,10 +1053,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "5,920,087" + "text": "5,920,087 (2019)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "5.51 (2019 est.)" + "text": "5.48 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1157,7 +1168,7 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force (2021)", - "note": "note: the Philippine Coast Guard is an armed and uniformed service under the Department of Transportation; it would be attached to the AFP in wartime; the Philippine National Police Force (PNP) falls under the Ministry of Interior and Local Government" + "note": "note(s) - the Philippine Coast Guard is an armed and uniformed service under the Department of Transportation; it would be attached to the AFP in wartime; the Philippine National Police Force (PNP) falls under the Ministry of Interior and Local Governmentthe US and Philippines agreed to a mutual defense treaty in 1951; the Philippines has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments
as of 2021, the AFP's primary operational focus was on internal security duties, particularly in the south, where several insurgent and terrorist groups operated and up to 60% of the armed forces were deployed; additional combat operations were being conducted against the Communist Peoples Party/New People’s Army, which was active mostly on Luzon, the Visayas, and areas of Mindanaothe US and Philippines agreed to a mutual defense treaty in 1951; the Philippines has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments
as of 2021, the AFP's primary operational focus was on internal security duties, particularly in the south, where several insurgent and terrorist groups operated and up to 60% of the armed forces were deployed; additional combat operations were being conducted against the Communist Peoples Party/New People’s Army, which was active mostly on Luzon, the Visayas, and areas of Mindanaosince achieving independence, Timor-Leste has received security assistance from or has made defense cooperation arrangements with Australia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Portugal, the UN, and the US; some F-FDTL personnel train with the Indonesian military and the two countries maintain a joint Border Security Task Force to jointly monitor and patrol the border, particularly the Oecussi exclave area where smuggling and trafficking are prevalent
the F-FDTL is a small force comprised of 2 infantry battalions and operates fewer than 10 patrol boats; it does not have any combat aircraft
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json index 94a213f3..8a1c1b7c 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json @@ -818,18 +818,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12,971,902" + "text": "12,750,429 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "55.07 (2019 est.)" + "text": "53.54 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "29,049,784" + "text": "29,351,150 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "123.21 (2019 est.)" + "text": "123.2 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -860,10 +860,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "5,831,467" + "text": "5,952,411 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "24.76 (2019 est.)" + "text": "24.99 (2020 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json index bb351726..5a166f62 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json @@ -784,6 +784,17 @@ "text": "2.2% (2017 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "7.6%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "6.6%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "8.9% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "6.7% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -984,18 +995,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,658,005" + "text": "3,205,775 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3.63 (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.29 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "136,230,406" + "text": "138,934,626 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "135.32 (2019 est.)" + "text": "142.7 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1026,10 +1037,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "14,802,380" + "text": "16,699,249 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "14.7 (2019 est.)" + "text": "17.16 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1141,7 +1152,7 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN; aka Vietnam People's Army, VPA): Ground Forces, Navy (includes naval infantry), Air Force and Air Defense, Border Defense Force, and Vietnam Coast Guard; Vietnam People's Public Security Ministry; Vietnam Civil Defense Force (2021)", - "note": "note(s) - the Public Security Ministry is responsible for internal security and controls the national police, a special national security investigative agency, and other internal security units; the Vietnam Coast Guard was established in 1998 as the Vietnam Marine Police and renamed in 2013" + "note": "note(s) - the Public Security Ministry is responsible for internal security and controls the national police, a special national security investigative agency, and other internal security units; the Vietnam Coast Guard was established in 1998 as the Vietnam Marine Police and renamed in 2013; Vietnam officially established a maritime self-defense force (civilian militia) in 2010 after the National Assembly passed the Law on Militia and Self-Defense Forces in 2009; the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance (VFRS), established in 2013, is responsible for patrolling, monitoring for fishing violations, and carrying out fishery inspections; it is armed, allowed to use force if necessary, and works in tandem with the Vietnam Coast Guard" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { @@ -1173,7 +1184,7 @@ "text": "18-27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service (females eligible for conscription, but in practice only males are drafted); conscription typically takes place twice annually and service obligation is 2 years (Army, Air Defense) and 3 years (Navy and Air Force) (2020)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the PAVN is the military arm of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and responsible to the Central Military Commission (CMC), the highest party organ on military policy; the CMC is led by the CPV General Secretary
as of 2021, Vietnam maintained a security policy of non-alignment, but noted in 2019 that it would consider developing appropriate defense and security relations with other countries depending on circumstances
" + "text": "the PAVN is the military arm of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and responsible to the Central Military Commission (CMC), the highest party organ on military policy; the CMC is led by the CPV General Secretary
as of 2021, Vietnam maintained a security policy of non-alignment, but noted in 2019 that it would consider developing appropriate defense and security relations with other countries depending on circumstances
vulnerable to money laundering from illegal drugs
" diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index 24fabe78..8077a52a 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -991,10 +991,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "5,672,398" + "text": "5.69 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "97.64% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "96.55% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/ei.json b/europe/ei.json index fc2fe137..6a11612d 100644 --- a/europe/ei.json +++ b/europe/ei.json @@ -979,10 +979,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "4,283,516" + "text": "4.51 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "84.52% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "92% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index f34ea107..bca32a02 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -1012,10 +1012,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "1,111,896" + "text": "1.21 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "89.36% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "89.06% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index 4de8bed5..aa99a637 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -1002,10 +1002,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "8,622,750" + "text": "9.43 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "80.69% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "81.34% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index 347054fc..1fbf7ab6 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -753,6 +753,17 @@ "text": "7.38% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "21.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "23.2%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "19.4% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "12.2% (2019 est.)" }, @@ -989,10 +1000,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "4,922,163" + "text": "5.27 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "88.89% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "92.17% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/fo.json b/europe/fo.json index 94b2a8ee..27cddc62 100644 --- a/europe/fo.json +++ b/europe/fo.json @@ -775,10 +775,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "49,783" + "text": "47,800 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "97.58% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "97.58% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index c07a72bb..e16dde92 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Christian (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic) 63-66%, Muslim 7-9%, Buddhist 0.5-0.75%, Jewish 0.5-0.75%, other 0.5-1.0%, none 23-28% (2015 est.)", + "text": "Roman Catholic 47%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 2%, Buddhists 2%, Orthodox 1%, Jewish 1%, other 1%, none 33%, unspecified 9%", "note": "note: France maintains a tradition of secularism and has not officially collected data on religious affiliation since the 1872 national census, which complicates assessments of France's religious composition; an 1872 law prohibiting state authorities from collecting data on individuals' ethnicity or religious beliefs was reaffirmed by a 1978 law emphasizing the prohibition of the collection or exploitation of personal data revealing an individual's race, ethnicity, or political, philosophical, or religious opinions; a 1905 law codified France's separation of church and state" }, "Age structure": { @@ -803,6 +803,17 @@ }, "note": "note: includes overseas territories" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "20.2%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "20.3%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "19.9% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "13.6% (2018 est.)" }, @@ -1040,10 +1051,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "55,265,718" + "text": "59.47 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "82.04% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "83.34% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/gi.json b/europe/gi.json index f1ed320b..71422629 100644 --- a/europe/gi.json +++ b/europe/gi.json @@ -696,10 +696,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "27,823" + "text": "31,800 31,800 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "94.44% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "94.44% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/gk.json b/europe/gk.json index e360066c..37fade2f 100644 --- a/europe/gk.json +++ b/europe/gk.json @@ -588,10 +588,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "55,050" + "text": "54,600 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "83.3% (July 2016 est.)" + "text": "83.63% (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/europe/gm.json b/europe/gm.json index f20d1c20..e3382a5e 100644 --- a/europe/gm.json +++ b/europe/gm.json @@ -552,13 +552,13 @@ "text": "President Frank-Walter STEINMEIER (since 19 March 2017)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Chancellor Angela MERKEL (since 22 November 2005)" + "text": "Chancellor Olaf SCHOLZ (since 8 December 2021)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet or Bundesminister (Federal Ministers) recommended by the chancellor, appointed by the president" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president indirectly elected by a Federal Convention consisting of all members of the Federal Parliament (Bundestag) and an equivalent number of delegates indirectly elected by the state parliaments; president serves a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 12 February 2017 (next to be held in February 2022); following the most recent Federal Parliament election, the party or coalition with the most representatives usually elects the chancellor (Angela MERKEL since 2005) and appointed by the president to serve a renewable 4-year term; Federal Parliament vote for chancellor last held on 14 March 2018 (next to be held after the Bundestag elections in 2021)" + "text": "president indirectly elected by a Federal Convention consisting of all members of the Federal Parliament (Bundestag) and an equivalent number of delegates indirectly elected by the state parliaments; president serves a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 12 February 2017 (next to be held in February 2022); following the most recent Federal Parliament election, the party or coalition with the most representatives usually elects the chancellor who is appointed by the president to serve a renewable 4-year term; Federal Parliament vote for chancellor last held on 8 December 2021 (next to be held in 2025)" }, "election results": { "text": "Frank-Walter STEINMEIER elected president; Federal Convention vote count - Frank-Walter STEINMEIER (SPD) 931, Christopher BUTTERWEGGE (The Left) 128, Albrecht GLASER (Alternative for Germany AfD) 42, Alexander HOLD (BVB/FW) 25, Engelbert SONNEBORN (Pirates) 10; Angela MERKEL (CDU) reelected chancellor; Federal Parliament vote - 364 to 315" @@ -1023,10 +1023,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "72,202,773" + "text": "78.81 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "89.74% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "89.81% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index 20fab72b..8aab6659 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow or ANTARSYA [collective leadership]
drug trafficking groups are major players in the procurement and transportation of of large quantities of cocaine destined for European markets
" diff --git a/europe/hu.json b/europe/hu.json index ae7120a2..c57a9b57 100644 --- a/europe/hu.json +++ b/europe/hu.json @@ -1030,10 +1030,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "7,474,413" + "text": "8.01 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "76.07% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "84.77% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/ic.json b/europe/ic.json index 00416370..ed2dd8c3 100644 --- a/europe/ic.json +++ b/europe/ic.json @@ -975,10 +975,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "340,117" + "text": "338,900 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "99.01% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "98.26% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/im.json b/europe/im.json index 37e01e20..8785f2be 100644 --- a/europe/im.json +++ b/europe/im.json @@ -582,6 +582,17 @@ "text": "2% (April 2011 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "10.1%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "11.8%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "8.2% (2011 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -668,6 +679,11 @@ }, "Internet country code": { "text": ".im" + }, + "Internet users": { + "total": { + "text": "63,500 (2021 est.)" + } } }, "Transportation": { diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index b2015a75..614c9db5 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -1024,10 +1024,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "46,305,301" + "text": "50.54 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "74.39% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "63.08% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "3,000 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 586,598 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-November 2021)" + "note": "note: 586,704 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-December 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "important gateway for drug trafficking; organized crime groups allied with Colombian and Spanish groups trafficking cocaine to Europe" diff --git a/europe/je.json b/europe/je.json index b338eeaa..940c5a8c 100644 --- a/europe/je.json +++ b/europe/je.json @@ -660,10 +660,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "58,000" + "text": "100,300 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "59.6% (July 2016 est.)" + "text": "41.03% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/europe/kv.json b/europe/kv.json index e01387f1..f8ed7481 100644 --- a/europe/kv.json +++ b/europe/kv.json @@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ }, "Nationality": { "noun": { - "text": "Kosovar (Albanian)" + "text": "Kosovan" }, "adjective": { - "text": "Kosovo" + "text": "Kosovan" }, "note": "note: Kosovo, a neutral term, is sometimes also used as a noun or adjective as in Kosovo Albanian, Kosovo Serb, Kosovo minority, or Kosovo citizen" }, @@ -418,10 +418,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Vjosa OSMANI (since 4 April 2021); note: President Hashim THACI (since 7 April 2016) resigned 5 November 2020" + "text": "President Vjosa OSMANI-Sadriu (since 4 April 2021)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Albin KURTI (since 22 February 2021)" + "text": "Prime Minister Albin KURTI (since 22 March 2021)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet elected by the Assembly" @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ "text": "president indirectly elected by at least two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly for a 5-year term; if a candidate does not attain a two-thirds threshold in the first two ballots, the candidate winning a simple majority vote in the third ballot is elected (eligible for a second term); election last held on 3-4 April 2021 (next to be held in 2026); prime minister indirectly elected by the Assembly" }, "election results": { - "text": "Vjosa OSMANI elected president in the third ballot; Assembly vote - Vjosa OSMANI (VV) 71 votes; Albin KURTI (VV) elected prime minister; Assembly vote - 67-30" + "text": "Vjosa OSMANI-Sadriu elected president in the third ballot; Assembly vote - Vjosa OSMANI-Sadriu (Guxo!) 71 votes; Albin KURTI (VV) elected prime minister; Assembly vote - 67-30" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ "text": "last held on 14 February 2021 (next to be held in 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - VV 50%, PDK 16.9%, LDK 12.7%, AAK 7.1%, Serb List 5.1%, other 8.2%; seats by party - VV 58, PDK 19, LDK 15, Serb List 10, AAK 8, other 10; composition - NA" + "text": "percent of vote by party - VV 50%, PDK 16.9%, LDK 12.7%, AAK 7.1%, Serbian List 5.1%, other 8.2%; seats by party - VV 58, PDK 19, LDK 15, Serbian List 10, AAK 8, other 10; composition - NA" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ "note": "note: in August 2015, the Kosovo Assembly approved a constitutional amendment that establishes the Kosovo Relocated Specialist Judicial Institution, also referred to as the Kosovo Specialist Chambers or \"Special Court\"; the court, located at the Hague in the Netherlands, began operating in late 2016 and has jurisdiction to try crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other crimes under Kosovo law that occurred in the 1998-2000 period" }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Alliance for the Future of Kosovo or AAK [Ramush HARADINAJ]
drug trafficking groups are major players in the procurement and transportation of large quantities of cocaine destined for European markets
" diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index 47e56ab5..a9493562 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Alliance for Albanians or AfA [Ziadin SELA]drug trafficking groups are major players in the procurement and transportation of of large quantities of cocaine destined for European markets
" diff --git a/europe/ro.json b/europe/ro.json index 9c6e4338..a67871ff 100644 --- a/europe/ro.json +++ b/europe/ro.json @@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 10 November 2019 with a runoff on 24 November 2019 (next to be held in November 2024); prime minister appointed by the president with consent of Parliament" }, "election results": { - "text": "Klaus IOHANNIS reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Klaus IOHANNIS (PNL) 66.1%, Viorica DANCILA (PSD) 33.9%; Ludovic ORBAN approved as prime minister with 240 votes" + "text": "Klaus IOHANNIS reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Klaus IOHANNIS (PNL) 66.1%, Viorica DANCILA (PSD) 33.9%; Nicolae CIUCA approved as prime minister with 318 votes" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -587,14 +587,14 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "2020 USR-PLUS Alliance [Dan BARNA and Dacian CIOLOS]Ukraine’s media landscape is dominated by oligarch-owned news outlets, which are often politically motivated and at odds with one another and/or the government; while polls suggest most Ukrainians still receive news from traditional media sources, social media is a crucial component of information dissemination in Ukraine; almost all Ukrainian politicians and opinion leaders communicate with the public via social media and maintain at least one social media page, if not more; this allows them direct communication with audiences, and news often breaks on Facebook or Twitter before being picked up by traditional news outlets
Ukraine television serves as the principal source of news; the largest national networks are controlled by oligarchs: TRK Ukraina is owned by Rinat Akhmetov; Studio 1+1 is owned by Ihor Kolomoyskyy; Inter is owned by Dmytro Firtash and Serhiy Lyovochkin; and StarlightMedia channels (ICTV, STB, and Novyi Kanal) are owned by Victor Pinchuk; a set of 24-hour news channels also have clear political affiliations: 112-Ukraine and NewsOne tacitly support pro-Russian opposition and are believed to be controlled by political and business tycoon Viktor Medvedchuk; pro-Ukrainian government Channel 5 and Pryamyi are linked to President Petro Poroshenko; 24 and ZIK are owned by opposition, but not pro-Russian, politicians; UA: Suspilne is a public television station under the umbrella of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine; while it is often praised by media experts for balanced coverage, it lags in popularity; Ukrainian Radio, institutionally linked to UA: Suspilne, is one of only two national talk radio networks, with the other being the privately owned Radio NV
(2019)" + "text": "Ukraine’s media landscape is dominated by oligarch-owned news outlets, which are often politically motivated and at odds with one another and/or the government; while polls suggest most Ukrainians still receive news from traditional media sources, social media is a crucial component of information dissemination in Ukraine; almost all Ukrainian politicians and opinion leaders communicate with the public via social media and maintain at least one social media page, if not more; this allows them direct communication with audiences, and news often breaks on Facebook or Twitter before being picked up by traditional news outlets
Ukraine television serves as the principal source of news; the largest national networks are controlled by oligarchs: TRK Ukraina is owned by Rinat Akhmetov; Studio 1+1 is owned by Ihor Kolomoyskyy; Inter is owned by Dmytro Firtash and Serhiy Lyovochkin; and StarlightMedia channels (ICTV, STB, and Novyi Kanal) are owned by Victor Pinchuk; a set of 24-hour news channels also have clear political affiliations: pro-Ukrainian government Channel 5 and Pryamyi are linked to President Petro Poroshenko; 24 is owned by opposition, but not pro-Russian, politicians; UA: Suspilne is a public television station under the umbrella of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine; while it is often praised by media experts for balanced coverage, it lags in popularity; Ukrainian Radio, institutionally linked to UA: Suspilne, is one of only two national talk radio networks, with the other being the privately owned Radio NV
(2021)" }, "Internet country code": { "text": ".ua" @@ -1020,10 +1031,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "6,784,185" + "text": "7,769,401 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "15.44 (2019 est.)" + "text": "18.62 (2020 est.)" } }, "Communications - note": { diff --git a/europe/vt.json b/europe/vt.json index 81b1c964..68889f56 100644 --- a/europe/vt.json +++ b/europe/vt.json @@ -460,22 +460,6 @@ } }, "Communications": { - "Telephones - fixed lines": { - "total subscriptions": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, - "Telephones - mobile cellular": { - "total subscriptions": { - "text": "NA" - }, - "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { "text": "automatic digital exchange (2018)" diff --git a/middle-east/aj.json b/middle-east/aj.json index 63151b07..25a9f87d 100644 --- a/middle-east/aj.json +++ b/middle-east/aj.json @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ }, "Ethnic groups": { "text": "Azerbaijani 91.6%, Lezghin 2%, Russian 1.3%, Armenian 1.3%, Talysh 1.3%, other 2.4% (2009 est.)", - "note": "note: the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region is populated almost entirely by ethnic Armenians" + "note": "note: the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is part of Azerbaijan on the basis of the borders recognized when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, is populated almost entirely by ethnic Armenians" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { @@ -760,6 +760,17 @@ "text": "5% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "12.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "10.9%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "14.2% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "4.9% (2015 est.)" }, @@ -993,10 +1004,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "8,017,120" + "text": "8.26 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "79.8% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "81.1% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/middle-east/am.json b/middle-east/am.json index ef3d1688..c2bbeeec 100644 --- a/middle-east/am.json +++ b/middle-east/am.json @@ -747,6 +747,17 @@ "text": "18.8% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "32.6%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "31.2%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "34.4% (2019 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "26.4% (2019 est.)" }, @@ -980,10 +991,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "1,966,942" + "text": "2.02 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "64.74% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "66.54% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/middle-east/ba.json b/middle-east/ba.json index 589b4327..4ec416e5 100644 --- a/middle-east/ba.json +++ b/middle-east/ba.json @@ -956,10 +956,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "1,423,039" + "text": "1.71 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "98.64% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "99.54% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/middle-east/gg.json b/middle-east/gg.json index fc21ac73..527864aa 100644 --- a/middle-east/gg.json +++ b/middle-east/gg.json @@ -991,10 +991,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "3,151,218" + "text": "2.74 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "63.97% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "72.53% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index 05566e5e..db5a1668 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -998,10 +998,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "58,117,322" + "text": "59.16 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "70% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "84.11% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/middle-east/is.json b/middle-east/is.json index 9d07e7b2..8f0702c1 100644 --- a/middle-east/is.json +++ b/middle-east/is.json @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Michael RATNEY (since 1 June 2021)" + "text": "ambassador Thomas NIDES (since 5 December 2021)" }, "embassy": { "text": "14 David Flusser Street, Jerusalem, 9378322" @@ -1031,10 +1031,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "6,873,037" + "text": "7.68 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "81.58% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "86.79% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index 4fe96565..3f8fdb3b 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ } }, "Administrative divisions": { - "text": "18 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah (Arabic); parezgakan, singular - parezga (Kurdish)) and 1 region*; Al Anbar; Al Basrah; Al Muthanna; Al Qadisiyah (Ad Diwaniyah); An Najaf; Arbil (Erbil) (Arabic), Hewler (Kurdish); As Sulaymaniyah (Arabic), Slemani (Kurdish); Babil; Baghdad; Dahuk (Arabic), Dihok (Kurdish); Dhi Qar; Diyala; Karbala'; Kirkuk; Kurdistan Regional Government*; Maysan; Ninawa; Salah ad Din; Wasit" + "text": "18 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah (Arabic); parezgakan, singular - parezga (Kurdish)) and 1 region*; 'Al Anbar; Al Basrah; Al Muthanna; Al Qadisiyah (Ad Diwaniyah); An Najaf; Arbil (Erbil) (Arabic), Hewler (Kurdish); As Sulaymaniyah (Arabic), Slemani (Kurdish); Babil; Baghdad; Dahuk (Arabic), Dihok (Kurdish); Dhi Qar; Diyala; Karbala'; Karkuk; Kurdistan Regional Government*; Maysan; Ninawa; Salah ad Din; Wasit" }, "Independence": { "text": "3 October 1932 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration); note - on 28 June 2004 the Coalition Provisional Authority transferred sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim Government" @@ -1022,10 +1022,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "18,364,390" + "text": "30.52 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "49.36% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "49.36% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index f1eff101..b453f79f 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -1015,10 +1015,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "6,985,174" + "text": "6.84 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "66.79% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "66.79% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index 3ab93053..40c86021 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -951,10 +951,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "2,904,801" + "text": "4.26 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "99.6% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "98.6% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index 0647a3bf..af234367 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -971,10 +971,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "4,769,039" + "text": "5.31 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "78.18% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "78.18% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/middle-east/mu.json b/middle-east/mu.json index aca04845..6cc4eb41 100644 --- a/middle-east/mu.json +++ b/middle-east/mu.json @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Muslim 85.9%, Christian 6.5%, Hindu 5.5%, Buddhist 0.8%, Jewish <0.1%, other 1%, unaffiliated 0.2% (2010 est.)", + "text": "Muslim 85.9%, Christian 6.4%, Hindu 5.7%, other and unaffiliated 2% (2020 est.)", "note": "note: Omani citizens represent approximately 56.4% of the population and are overwhelming Muslim (Ibadhi and Sunni sects each constitute about 45% and Shia about 5%); Christians, Hindus, and Buddhists account for roughly 5% of Omani citizens" }, "Age structure": { @@ -742,6 +742,17 @@ "Unemployment rate": { "text": "NA
" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "13.7%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "10.3%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "33.9% (2016)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -968,10 +979,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "2,801,932" + "text": "4.92 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "80.19% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "95.23% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { @@ -1079,7 +1090,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF): Royal Army of Oman (RAO), Royal Navy of Oman (RNO), Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO), Royal Guard of Oman (RGO); Royal Oman Police (ROP): Civil Defense, Immigration, Customs, Royal Oman Police Coast Guard; Internal Security Service (2021)" + "text": "Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF): Royal Army of Oman (RAO), Royal Navy of Oman (RNO), Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO), Royal Guard of Oman (RGO); Royal Oman Police (ROP): Civil Defense, Immigration, Customs, Royal Oman Police Coast Guard (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { @@ -1109,6 +1120,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "the Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF) have a longstanding security relationship with the British military going back to the 18th century; as of 2021, the SAF and the British maintained a joint training base in Oman and exercised together regularly; in 2017, Oman and the British signed an agreement allowing the British military the use of facilities at Al Duqm Port; in 2019, the US obtained access to the port
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/middle-east/qa.json b/middle-east/qa.json index db23d723..b541a7d4 100644 --- a/middle-east/qa.json +++ b/middle-east/qa.json @@ -717,6 +717,17 @@ "text": "11.1% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "0.4%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "0.2%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "1.5% (2018 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -913,18 +924,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "461,289" + "text": "454,701 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "19.15 (2019 est.)" + "text": "15.78 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,917,571" + "text": "3,798,514 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "162.6 (2019 est.)" + "text": "131.8 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -955,10 +966,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "284,679" + "text": "296,126 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11.82 (2019 est.)" + "text": "10.28 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1067,6 +1078,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "conscription for males aged 18-35; compulsory service times range from 4 months to up to a year, depending on the cadets educational and professional circumstances; women are permitted to serve in the armed forces, including as uniformed officers and pilots (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "as of 2021, Qatar hosted more than 8,000 US military forces and the regional headquarters for the US Central Command (CENTCOM; established 1983) at various military facilities, including the large Al Udeid Air Base; Qatar also hosted as many as 5,000 Turkish military forces at two bases established in 2014 and 2019
" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index 11674100..10b02f98 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -735,6 +735,17 @@ }, "note": "note: data are for total population; unemployment among Saudi nationals is more than double" }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "27.2%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "21.5%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "43.8% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -931,18 +942,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,377,978" + "text": "5,749,058 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "15.97 (2019 est.)" + "text": "16.51 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "41,298,629" + "text": "43,215,439 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "122.66 (2019 est.)" + "text": "124.1 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -973,10 +984,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "6,801,949" + "text": "7,890,261 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "20.2 (2019 est.)" + "text": "22.66 (2020 est.)" } }, "Communications - note": { @@ -1087,8 +1098,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Ministry of Defense: Royal Saudi Land Forces, Royal Saudi Naval Forces (includes marines, special forces, naval aviation), Royal Saudi Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces, Royal Saudi Strategic Missiles Force; Ministry of the National Guard (SANG); Ministry of Interior: Border Guard, Facilities Security Force (2021)", - "note": "note: SANG (also known as the White Army) is a land force separate from the Ministry of Defense that is responsible for internal security, protecting the royal family, and external defense" + "text": "Ministry of Defense: Royal Saudi Land Forces, Royal Saudi Naval Forces (includes marines, special forces, naval aviation), Royal Saudi Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces, Royal Saudi Strategic Missiles Force; Ministry of the National Guard (SANG); Ministry of Interior: police, Border Guard, Facilities Security Force; State Security Presidency: General Directorate of Investigation (Mabahith), Special Security Forces, Special Emergency Forces (2021)", + "note": "note - SANG (also known as the White Army) is a land force separate from the Ministry of Defense that is responsible for internal security, protecting the royal family, and external defense" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { @@ -1132,7 +1143,7 @@ }, "Transnational Issues": { "Disputes - international": { - "text": "Saudi Arabia has reinforced its concrete-filled security barrier along sections of the now fully demarcated border with Yemen to stem illegal cross-border activities; Kuwait and Saudi Arabia continue discussions on a maritime boundary with Iran; Saudi Arabia claims Egyptian-administered islands of Tiran and Sanafir
" + "text": "Saudi Arabia has reinforced its concrete-filled security barrier along sections of the now fully demarcated border with Yemen to stem illegal cross-border activities; Kuwait and Saudi Arabia continue discussions on a maritime boundary with Iran
" }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "stateless persons": { diff --git a/middle-east/sy.json b/middle-east/sy.json index b1d04573..ebde0384 100644 --- a/middle-east/sy.json +++ b/middle-east/sy.json @@ -733,6 +733,17 @@ "text": "50% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "35.8%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "26.6%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "71.1% (2011 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "82.5% (2014 est.)" }, @@ -925,18 +936,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,843,103" + "text": "2,892,515 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "15.3 (2019 est.)" + "text": "16.53 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "21.115 million" + "text": "16,660,253 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "113.58 (2019 est.)" + "text": "95.2 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -967,10 +978,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,490,344" + "text": "1,548,100 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "8.02 (2019 est.)" + "text": "8.85 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1076,7 +1087,7 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "Syrian Armed Forces: Syrian Arab Army (includes Republican Guard), Syrian Naval Forces, Syrian Air Forces, Syrian Air Defense Forces, National Defense Forces (pro-government militia and auxiliary forces) (2021)", - "note": "note: the Syrian government is working to demobilize militias or integrate them into its regular forces" + "note": "note - the Syrian government is working to demobilize militias or integrate them into its regular forces" }, "Military expenditures": { "text": "not available" diff --git a/middle-east/tu.json b/middle-east/tu.json index c61f5121..2e2fbb53 100644 --- a/middle-east/tu.json +++ b/middle-east/tu.json @@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ "text": "39 56 N, 32 52 E" }, "time difference": { - "text": "UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)" + "text": "UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)" }, "etymology": { "text": "Ankara has been linked with a second millennium B.C. Hittite cult center of Ankuwash, although this connection is uncertain; in classical and medieval times, the city was known as Ankyra (meaning \"anchor\" in Greek and reflecting the city's position as a junction for multiple trade and military routes); by about the 13th century the city began to be referred to as Angora; following the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, the city's name became Ankara" @@ -595,8 +595,8 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Democrat Party or DP [Gultekin UYSAL]note: many nations (including the US) prohibit mineral resource exploration and exploitation south of the fluctuating Polar Front (Antarctic Convergence), which is in the middle of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and serves as the dividing line between the cold polar surface waters to the south and the warmer waters to the north
" }, "Marine fisheries": { - "text": "the Southern Ocean fishery is relatively small with a total catch of 330,502 mt in 2018; the Food and Agriculture Organization has delineated three regions in the Southern Ocean (Regions 48, 58, 88) that generally encompass the waters south of 40° to 60° South latitude; the most important producers in these regions include Norway (207,121 mt), China (40,497 mt), and South Korea (36,005 mt); Antarctic Krill made up 94.6% of the total catch in 2018, while other important species include Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish" + "text": "the Southern Ocean fishery is relatively small with a total catch of 380,771 mt in 2019; the Food and Agriculture Organization has delineated three regions in the Southern Ocean (Regions 48, 58, 88) that generally encompass the waters south of 40° to 60° South latitude; the most important producers in these regions include Norway (230,258 mt), China (50,381 mt), and South Korea (43,336 mt); Antarctic Krill made up 96% of the total catch in 2019, while other important species include Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish" }, "Climate": { "text": "sea temperatures vary from about 10 degrees Celsius to -2 degrees Celsius; cyclonic storms travel eastward around the continent and frequently are intense because of the temperature contrast between ice and open ocean; the ocean area from about latitude 40 south to the Antarctic Circle has the strongest average winds found anywhere on Earth; in winter the ocean freezes outward to 65 degrees south latitude in the Pacific sector and 55 degrees south latitude in the Atlantic sector, lowering surface temperatures well below 0 degrees Celsius; at some coastal points intense persistent drainage winds from the interior keep the shoreline ice-free throughout the winter" diff --git a/oceans/xo.json b/oceans/xo.json index 3dcb34c4..69dca6bc 100644 --- a/oceans/xo.json +++ b/oceans/xo.json @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ "text": "marine pollution caused by ocean dumping, waste disposal, and oil spills; deep sea mining; oil pollution in Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea; coral reefs threatened due climate change, direct human pressures, and inadequate governance, awareness, and political will; loss of biodiversity; endangered marine species include the dugong, seals, turtles, and whales" }, "Marine fisheries": { - "text": "the Indian Ocean fisheries are the third most important in the world accounting for 14.6%, or 12,283,403 mt of the global catch in 2018; tuna, small pelagic fish, and shrimp are important species in these regions; the Food and Agriculture Organization delineated two fishing regions in the Indian Ocean:
Eastern Indian Ocean region (Region 57) is the most important region and the fifth largest producing region in the world with 8%, or 6,769,644 mt, of the global catch in 2018; the region encompasses the waters north of 55º South latitude and east of 80º East longitude including the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea with the major producers including Indonesia (1,854,700 mt), India (1,384,415 mt), Burma (1,144,000 mt), Bangladesh (654,687 mt), and Sri Lanka (395,175 mt); the principal catches include shad, Skipjack tuna, mackerel, shrimp, and sardinellas
Western Indian Ocean region (Region 51) is the world’s sixth largest producing region with more than 6.5% or 5,513,759 mt of the global catch in 2018; this region encompasses the waters north of 40º South latitude and west of 80º East longitude including the western Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea as well as the waters along the east coast of Africa and Madagascar, the south coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and the west coast of India with major producers including India (2,235,730 mt), Oman (553,445 mt), Pakistan (363,578 mt), and Mozambique (231,256 mt); the principal catches include Skipjack and Yellowfin tuna, mackerel, sardines, shrimp, and cephalopods" + "text": "the Indian Ocean fisheries are the third most important in the world accounting for 15.3%, or 12,248,064 mt of the global catch in 2019; tuna, small pelagic fish, and shrimp are important species in these regions; the Food and Agriculture Organization delineated two fishing regions in the Indian Ocean:
Eastern Indian Ocean region (Region 57) is the most important region and the fifth largest producing region in the world with 8.5%, or 6,784,778 mt, of the global catch in 2019; the region encompasses the waters north of 55º South latitude and east of 80º East longitude including the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea with the major producers including India (2,362,481 mt), Indonesia (1,940,558 mt), Burma (1,114,777 mt), Bangladesh (877,837 mt), and Sri Lanka (373,369 mt); the principal catches include shad, Skipjack tuna, mackerel, shrimp, and sardinellas
Western Indian Ocean region (Region 51) is the world’s sixth largest producing region with more than 6.8% or 5,463,286 mt of the global catch in 2019; this region encompasses the waters north of 40º South latitude and west of 80º East longitude including the western Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea as well as the waters along the east coast of Africa and Madagascar, the south coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and the west coast of India with major producers including India (2,207,125 mt), Oman (580,048 mt), Pakistan (341,730 mt), and Mozambique (274,791 mt); the principal catches include Skipjack and Yellowfin tuna, mackerel, sardines, shrimp, and cephalopods" }, "Climate": { "text": "northeast monsoon (December to April), southwest monsoon (June to October); tropical cyclones occur during May/June and October/November in the northern Indian Ocean and January/February in the southern Indian Ocean" diff --git a/oceans/xq.json b/oceans/xq.json index d24b220b..435abad8 100644 --- a/oceans/xq.json +++ b/oceans/xq.json @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ "text": "climate change; changes in biodiversity; use of toxic chemicals; endangered marine species include walruses and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage; thinning polar icepack" }, "Marine fisheries": { - "text": "the Arctic fishery region (Region 18) is the smallest in the world with a catch of only 113 mt in 2018, although the Food and Agriculture Organization assesses that some Arctic catches are reported in adjacent regions; Russia and Canada were historically the major producers; in 2017, the five littoral states including Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Norway, Russia, and the US agreed to a 16 year ban on fishing in the Central Arctic Ocean to allow for time to study the ecological system of these waters" + "text": "the Arctic fishery region (Region 18) is the smallest in the world with a catch of only 515 mt in 2019, although the Food and Agriculture Organization assesses that some Arctic catches are reported in adjacent regions; Russia and Canada were historically the major producers; in 2017, the five littoral states including Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Norway, Russia, and the US agreed to a 16 year ban on fishing in the Central Arctic Ocean to allow for time to study the ecological system of these waters" }, "Climate": { "text": "polar climate characterized by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature range; winters characterized by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by continuous daylight, damp and foggy weather, and weak cyclones with rain or snow" diff --git a/oceans/zh.json b/oceans/zh.json index aa6b61e8..a8e17bbb 100644 --- a/oceans/zh.json +++ b/oceans/zh.json @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ "text": "endangered marine species include the manatee, seals, sea lions, turtles, and whales; unsustainable exploitation of fisheries (over fishing, bottom trawling, drift net fishing, discards, catch of non-target species); pollution (maritime transport, discharges, offshore drilling, oil spills); municipal sludge pollution off eastern US, southern Brazil, and eastern Argentina; oil pollution in Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Maracaibo, Mediterranean Sea, and North Sea; industrial waste and municipal sewage pollution in Baltic Sea, North Sea, and Mediterranean Sea" }, "Marine fisheries": { - "text": "the Atlantic Ocean fisheries are the second most important in the world accounting for 26.8%, or 22,636,307 mt, of the global catch in 2018; of the seven regions delineated by the Food and Agriculture Organization in the Atlantic basin, the most important include the following:
Northeast Atlantic region (Region 27) is the fourth most important in the world producing 11% of the global catch or 9,316,499 mt in 2018; the region encompasses the waters north of 36º North latitude and east of 40º West longitude with the major producers including Norway (2,278,806 mt), Iceland (1,259,169 mt), Russia (1,051,377 mt), Denmark (787,051 mt), and UK (689,851 mt); the region includes the historically important fishing grounds of the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the Atlantic waters between Greenland, Iceland, and the British Isles; the principal catches include Atlantic cod, haddock, saithe (pollock), Blue Whiting, herring, and mackerel; not all fish caught are for human consumption, half of fish catches in the North Sea are processed as fish oil or fish meal, which are used in animal fodder
Eastern Central Atlantic region (Region 34) is the second most important Atlantic fishery, and sixth largest in the world producing more than 6.5% of the global catch or 5,497,048 mt in 2018; the region encompasses the waters between 36º North and 6º South latitude and east of 40º West longitude off the west coast of Africa with the major producers including Morocco (1,330,204 mt), Mauritania (952,707 mt), Nigeria (485,967 mt), Senegal (452,747 mt), Ghana (286,767 mt), Cameroon (251,309 mt), and Sierra Leone (200,000 mt); the principal catches include pilchard, sardinellas, shad, and mackerel
Northwest Atlantic region (Region 21) is the third most important Atlantic fishery and eighth in the world producing 2% of the global catch and 1,682,461 mt in 2018; it encompasses the waters north of 35º North latitude and west of 42º West longitude including the important fishing grounds over the continental shelf of North America such as the Grand Banks, the Georges Bank, and the Flemish Cap, as well as Baffin Bay with the major producers including the US (850,088 mt), Canada (593,375 mt), and Greenland (167,548 mt); the principal catches include sea scallops, prawns, lobster, herring, and menhaden
Mediterranean and Black Sea region (Region 37) is a minor fishing region representing 1.5% or 1,307,260 mt of the world’s total capture in 2018; the region encompasses all waters east of the Strait of Gibraltar with the major producers including Turkey (283,956 mt), Italy (192,500 mt), Tunisia (105,543 mt), Russia (73,224 mt), and Spain (91,333 mt); the principal catches include European anchovy, European pilchard, Gobies, and clams
" + "text": "the Atlantic Ocean fisheries are the second most important in the world accounting for 26.4%, or 21,063,495 mt, of the global catch in 2019; of the seven regions delineated by the Food and Agriculture Organization in the Atlantic basin, the most important include the following:
Northeast Atlantic region (Region 27) is the fourth most important in the world producing 10.2% of the global catch or 8,116,507 mt in 2019; the region encompasses the waters north of 36º North latitude and east of 40º West longitude with the major producers including Norway (3,528,240 mt), Russia (1,044,153 mt), Iceland (933,019 mt), UK (823,669 mt), and Denmark (641,927 mt); the region includes the historically important fishing grounds of the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the Atlantic waters between Greenland, Iceland, and the British Isles; the principal catches include Atlantic cod, haddock, saithe (pollock), Blue Whiting, herring, and mackerel; not all fish caught are for human consumption, half of fish catches in the North Sea are processed as fish oil or fish meal, which are used in animal fodder
Eastern Central Atlantic region (Region 34) is the second most important Atlantic fishery, and sixth largest in the world producing more than 6.8% of the global catch or 5,397,726 mt in 2019; the region encompasses the waters between 36º North and 6º South latitude and east of 40º West longitude off the west coast of Africa with the major producers including Morocco (1,419,872 mt), Mauritania (705,850 mt), Senegal (472,571 mt), Nigeria (451,768 mt), Ghana (303,001 mt), Cameroon (265,969 mt), and Sierra Leone (200,000 mt); the principal catches include pilchard, sardinellas, shad, and mackerel
Northwest Atlantic region (Region 21) is the third most important Atlantic fishery and eighth in the world producing 2% of the global catch and 1,679,512 mt in 2019; it encompasses the waters north of 35º North latitude and west of 42º West longitude including the important fishing grounds over the continental shelf of North America such as the Grand Banks, the Georges Bank, and the Flemish Cap, as well as Baffin Bay with the major producers including the US (927,777 mt), Canada (615,651 mt), and Greenland (179,990 mt); the principal catches include sea scallops, prawns, lobster, herring, and menhaden
Mediterranean and Black Sea region (Region 37) is a minor fishing region representing 1.7% or 1,385,190 mt of the world’s total capture in 2019; the region encompasses all waters east of the Strait of Gibraltar with the major producers including Turkey (686,650 mt), Italy (281,212 mt), Tunisia (129,325 mt), Spain (119,759 mt), and Russia (72,279 mt); the principal catches include European anchovy, European pilchard, Gobies, and clams
" }, "Climate": { "text": "tropical cyclones (hurricanes) develop off the coast of Africa near Cabo Verde and move westward into the Caribbean Sea; hurricanes can occur from May to December but are most frequent from August to November" diff --git a/oceans/zn.json b/oceans/zn.json index 54afcb72..11d706e4 100644 --- a/oceans/zn.json +++ b/oceans/zn.json @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ "text": "pollution (such as sewage, runoff from land and toxic waste); habitat destruction; over-fishing; climate change leading to sea level rise, ocean acidification, and warming; endangered marine species include the dugong, sea lion, sea otter, seals, turtles, and whales; oil pollution in Philippine Sea and South China Sea" }, "Marine fisheries": { - "text": "the Pacific Ocean fisheries are the most important in the world accounting for 58.2%, or 49,162,169 mt, of the global marine capture in 2018; of the six regions delineated by the Food and Agriculture Organization in the Pacific Ocean, the following are the most important:
Northwest Pacific region (Region 61) is the world’s most important fishery producing 23.7% of the global catch or 20,058,661 mt in 2018; it encompasses the waters north of 20º north latitude and west of 175º west longitude with the major producers including China (12,055,144 mt), Japan (2,851,305 mt), South Korea (942,667 mt), and Taiwan (416,150 mt); the principal catches include Alaska Pollock, Japanese anchovy, chub mackerel, and scads
Western Central Pacific region (Region 71) is the world’s second most important fishing region producing 16%, or 13,540,458 mt, of the global catch in 2018; tuna is the most important species in this region; the region includes the waters between 20º North and 25º South latitude and west of 175º West longitude with the major producers including Indonesia (4,851,803 mt), Vietnam (3,190,749 mt), Philippines (1,886,599 mt), Thailand (1,104,352 mt), and Malaysia (696,935 mt); the principal catches include Skipjack and Yellowfin tuna, sardinellas, and cephalopods
Southeast Pacific region (Region 87) is the third major Pacific fishery and third largest in the world producing 12.2%, or 10,269,885 mt, of the global catch in 2018; this region includes the nutrient rich upwelling waters off the west coast of South America between 5º North and 60º South latitude and east of 120º West longitude with the major producers including Peru (7,150,340 mt), Chile (2,107,933 mt), and Ecuador (481,934 mt); the principal catches include Peruvian anchovy (68.5% of the catch), Jumbo flying squid, and Chilean jack mackerel
Pacific Northeast region (Region 67) is the fourth largest Pacific Ocean fishery and seventh largest in the world producing 3.6% of the global catch or 3,090,706 mt in 2018; this region encompasses the waters north of 40º North latitude and east of 175º West longitude including the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea with the major producers including the US (2,891,750 mt), Canada (191,228 mt), and Russia (7,728 mt); the principal catches include Alaska pollock, Pacific cod, and North Pacific hake" + "text": "the Pacific Ocean fisheries are the most important in the world accounting for 57.8%, or 46,144,490 mt, of the global marine capture in 2019; of the six regions delineated by the Food and Agriculture Organization in the Pacific Ocean, the following are the most important:
Northwest Pacific region (Region 61) is the world’s most important fishery producing 24% of the global catch or 19,151,516 mt in 2019; it encompasses the waters north of 20º north latitude and west of 175º west longitude with the major producers including China (29,080726 mt), Japan (3,417,871 mt), South Korea (1,403,892 mt), and Taiwan (487,739 mt); the principal catches include Alaska Pollock, Japanese anchovy, chub mackerel, and scads
Western Central Pacific region (Region 71) is the world’s second most important fishing region producing 17.3%, or 13,798,443 mt, of the global catch in 2019; tuna is the most important species in this region; the region includes the waters between 20º North and 25º South latitude and west of 175º West longitude with the major producers including Indonesia (6,907,932 mt), Vietnam (4,571,497 mt), Philippines (2,416,879 mt), Thailand (1,509,574 mt), and Malaysia (692,553 mt); the principal catches include Skipjack and Yellowfin tuna, sardinellas, and cephalopods
Southeast Pacific region (Region 87) is the third major Pacific fishery and third largest in the world producing 9.7%, or 7,755,134 mt, of the global catch in 2019; this region includes the nutrient rich upwelling waters off the west coast of South America between 5º North and 60º South latitude and east of 120º West longitude with the major producers including Peru (4,888,730 mt), Chile (3,298,795 mt), and Ecuador (1,186,249 mt); the principal catches include Peruvian anchovy (68.5% of the catch), Jumbo flying squid, and Chilean jack mackerel
Pacific Northeast region (Region 67) is the fourth largest Pacific Ocean fishery and seventh largest in the world producing 4% of the global catch or 3,160,372 mt in 2019; this region encompasses the waters north of 40º North latitude and east of 175º West longitude including the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea with the major producers including the US (3,009,568 mt), Canada (276,677 mt), and Russia (6,908 mt); the principal catches include Alaska pollock, Pacific cod, and North Pacific hake" }, "Climate": { "text": "planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east; trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations; tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America; continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in the North Pacific Ocean; the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian landmass back to the ocean; tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and east Asia from May to December" diff --git a/south-america/ar.json b/south-america/ar.json index 6b0a8f7d..68a5a5e8 100644 --- a/south-america/ar.json +++ b/south-america/ar.json @@ -783,6 +783,17 @@ "text": "9.18% (2018 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "30.2%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "26.8%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "35% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "35.5% (2019 est.)" }, @@ -1022,10 +1033,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "33,203,320" + "text": "36.32 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "74.29% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "74.29% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index 4f5446d3..6b5647e6 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -1043,10 +1043,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "4,955,569" + "text": "5.58 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "43.83% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "55.14% (2020 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/south-america/br.json b/south-america/br.json index e8717b5d..5852824d 100644 --- a/south-america/br.json +++ b/south-america/br.json @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "White 47.7%, Mulatto (mixed White and Black) 43.1%, Black 7.6%, Asian 1.1%, Indigenous 0.4% (2010 est.)" + "text": "White 47.7%, mixed 43.1%, Black 7.6%, Asian 1.1%, Indigenous 0.4% (2010 est.)" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { @@ -1074,10 +1074,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "140,908,998" + "text": "160 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "67.47% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "73.91% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/south-america/ci.json b/south-america/ci.json index 88070c78..09c682a2 100644 --- a/south-america/ci.json +++ b/south-america/ci.json @@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "White and non-Indigenous 88.9%, Mapuche 9.1%, Aymara 0.7%, other indigenous groups 1% (includes Rapa Nui, Likan Antai, Quechua, Colla, Diaguita, Kawesqar, Yagan or Yamana), unspecified 0.3% (2012 est.)" + "text": "White and non-Indigenous 88.9%, Mapuche 9.1%, Aymara 0.7%, other Indigenous groups 1% (includes Rapa Nui, Likan Antai, Quechua, Colla, Diaguita, Kawesqar, Yagan or Yamana), unspecified 0.3% (2012 est.)" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2%; note - shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2012 est.)" + "text": "Spanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, Indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2%; note - shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2012 est.)" }, "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "Colombia is in the midst of a demographic transition resulting from steady declines in its fertility, mortality, and population growth rates. The birth rate has fallen from more than 6 children per woman in the 1960s to just above replacement level today as a result of increased literacy, family planning services, and urbanization. However, income inequality is among the worst in the world, and more than a third of the population lives below the poverty line.
Colombia experiences significant legal and illegal economic emigration and refugee outflows. Large-scale labor emigration dates to the 1960s; the United States and, until recently, Venezuela have been the main host countries. Emigration to Spain picked up in the 1990s because of its economic growth, but this flow has since diminished because of Spain’s ailing economy and high unemployment. Colombia has been the largest source of Latin American refugees in Latin America, nearly 400,000 of whom live primarily in Venezuela and Ecuador. Venezuela’s political and economic crisis since 2015, however, has created a reverse flow, consisting largely of Colombians returning home.
Forced displacement continues to be prevalent because of violence among guerrillas, paramilitary groups, and Colombian security forces. Afro-Colombian and indigenous populations are disproportionately affected. Even with the Colombian Government’s December 2016 peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the risk of displacement remains as other rebel groups fill the void left by the FARC. Between 1985 and September 2017, nearly 7.6 million persons have been internally displaced, the highest total in the world. These estimates may undercount actual numbers because many internally displaced persons are not registered. Historically, Colombia also has one of the world’s highest levels of forced disappearances. About 30,000 cases have been recorded over the last four decades—although the number is likely to be much higher—including human rights activists, trade unionists, Afro-Colombians, indigenous people, and farmers in rural conflict zones.
Because of political violence and economic problems, Colombia received limited numbers of immigrants during the 19th and 20th centuries, mostly from the Middle East, Europe, and Japan. More recently, growth in the oil, mining, and manufacturing sectors has attracted increased labor migration; the primary source countries are Venezuela, the US, Mexico, and Argentina. Colombia has also become a transit area for illegal migrants from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean -- especially Haiti and Cuba -- who are en route to the US or Canada.
" @@ -1053,10 +1053,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "29,990,017" + "text": "34.73 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "62.26% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "65.01% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/south-america/ec.json b/south-america/ec.json index 1ef477fb..7af9d0f8 100644 --- a/south-america/ec.json +++ b/south-america/ec.json @@ -1031,10 +1031,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "9,448,692" + "text": "10.17 million (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "57.27% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "57.27% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/south-america/fk.json b/south-america/fk.json index 6c5896b0..e72a045a 100644 --- a/south-america/fk.json +++ b/south-america/fk.json @@ -705,10 +705,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "3,000" + "text": "3,393 3,393 (2020 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "98.3% (July 2016 est.)" + "text": "99.02% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/south-america/gy.json b/south-america/gy.json index 73ac23c4..183330d9 100644 --- a/south-america/gy.json +++ b/south-america/gy.json @@ -761,6 +761,17 @@ "text": "11.3% (2012)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "26.5%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "20.7%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "34.6% (2018 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "35% (2006 est.)" }, @@ -994,10 +1005,10 @@ }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "276,498" + "text": "294,300 (2021 est.)" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "37.33% (July 2018 est.)" + "text": "37.33% (2019 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { diff --git a/south-america/ns.json b/south-america/ns.json index 653ba5e9..40dddd5a 100644 --- a/south-america/ns.json +++ b/south-america/ns.json @@ -758,6 +758,17 @@ "text": "9.7% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "26.5%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "18.7%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "39.9% (2016 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "70% (2002 est.)" }, @@ -949,18 +960,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "92,756" + "text": "103,240 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "15.37 (2019 est.)" + "text": "17.6 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "813,844" + "text": "899,339 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "134.9 (2019 est.)" + "text": "153.3 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -991,10 +1002,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "80,320" + "text": "92,270 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13.31 (2019 est.)" + "text": "15.73 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1104,6 +1115,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "as of 2021, a key mission of the National Leger was assisting the Suriname police as part of the government’s overall efforts to secure the country’s borders and combat crime, particularly narco-trafficking, including joint military and police patrols, as well as joint special security teams
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/south-america/pa.json b/south-america/pa.json index 068abc67..8974354c 100644 --- a/south-america/pa.json +++ b/south-america/pa.json @@ -117,11 +117,11 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian) 95%, other 5%" + "text": "Mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian ancestry) 95%, other 5%" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official) and Guarani (official) 46.3%, only Guarani 34%, only Spanish 15.2%, other (includes Portuguese, German, other indigenous languages) 4.1% , no response 0.4%; note - data represent predominant household language (2012 est.)" + "text": "Spanish (official) and Guarani (official) 46.3%, only Guarani 34%, only Spanish 15.2%, other (includes Portuguese, German, other Indigenous languages) 4.1% , no response 0.4%; note - data represent predominant household language (2012 est.)" }, "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "as of 2021, the Peruvian security forces continued to conduct operations against remnants of the Shining Path terrorist group (aka Sendero Luminoso; see Appendix T), particularly in the Apurimac, Ene, and Mantaro River Valleys (VRAEM) of eastern Peru; the military had approximately 8,000-10,000 troops in the VRAEM under a special combined military-police command, including 3 army infantry battalions
" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/south-america/uy.json b/south-america/uy.json index 932d4f48..0bf9060e 100644 --- a/south-america/uy.json +++ b/south-america/uy.json @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006 est.)" + "text": "Roman Catholic 42%, Protestant 15%, other 6%, agnostic 3%, atheist 10%, unspecified 24% (2014 est.)" }, "Demographic profile": { "text": "Uruguay rates high for most development indicators and is known for its secularism, liberal social laws, and well-developed social security, health, and educational systems. It is one of the few countries in Latin America and the Caribbean where the entire population has access to clean water. Uruguay's provision of free primary through university education has contributed to the country's high levels of literacy and educational attainment. However, the emigration of human capital has diminished the state's return on its investment in education. Remittances from the roughly 18% of Uruguayans abroad amount to less than 1 percent of national GDP. The emigration of young adults and a low birth rate are causing Uruguay's population to age rapidly.
In the 1960s, Uruguayans for the first time emigrated en masse - primarily to Argentina and Brazil - because of economic decline and the onset of more than a decade of military dictatorship. Economic crises in the early 1980s and 2002 also triggered waves of emigration, but since 2002 more than 70% of Uruguayan emigrants have selected the US and Spain as destinations because of better job prospects. Uruguay had a tiny population upon its independence in 1828 and welcomed thousands of predominantly Italian and Spanish immigrants, but the country has not experienced large influxes of new arrivals since the aftermath of World War II. More recent immigrants include Peruvians and Arabs.
" @@ -781,6 +781,17 @@ "text": "7.9% (2016 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "33.5%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "29.4%" + }, + "female": { + "text": "38.8% (2020 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "8.8% (2019 est.)" }, @@ -981,18 +992,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,165,373" + "text": "1,165,373 (2019)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "34.47 (2019 est.)" + "text": "33.66 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,779,787" + "text": "4,779,787 (2019)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "141.39 (2019 est.)" + "text": "138.1 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1023,7 +1034,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,012,410" + "text": "1,012,410 (2019)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "29.95 (2019 est.)" @@ -1149,6 +1160,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-30 years of age (18-22 years of age for Navy) for male or female voluntary military service; up to 40 years of age for specialists; enlistment is voluntary in peacetime, but the government has the authority to conscript in emergencies (2021)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "as of 2021, the military had some domestic responsibilities, including perimeter security for a number of prisons and border security; in 2020, the military deployed more than 1,000 troops to assist the National Police in securing the land border with Brazil and the riverine border with Argentina as part of a border control law passed in 2018
" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/south-america/ve.json b/south-america/ve.json index f83df7f6..67d89474 100644 --- a/south-america/ve.json +++ b/south-america/ve.json @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%" + "text": "Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%" }, "Demographic profile": { "text": "Social investment in Venezuela during the CHAVEZ administration reduced poverty from nearly 50% in 1999 to about 27% in 2011, increased school enrollment, substantially decreased infant and child mortality, and improved access to potable water and sanitation through social investment. \"Missions\" dedicated to education, nutrition, healthcare, and sanitation were funded through petroleum revenues. The sustainability of this progress remains questionable, however, as the continuation of these social programs depends on the prosperity of Venezuela's oil industry. In the long-term, education and health care spending may increase economic growth and reduce income inequality, but rising costs and the staffing of new health care jobs with foreigners are slowing development.
While CHAVEZ was in power, more than one million predominantly middle- and upper-class Venezuelans are estimated to have emigrated. The brain drain is attributed to a repressive political system, lack of economic opportunities, steep inflation, a high crime rate, and corruption. Thousands of oil engineers emigrated to Canada, Colombia, and the United States following CHAVEZ's firing of over 20,000 employees of the state-owned petroleum company during a 2002-03 oil strike. Additionally, thousands of Venezuelans of European descent have taken up residence in their ancestral homelands. Nevertheless, Venezuela has attracted hundreds of thousands of immigrants from South America and southern Europe because of its lenient migration policy and the availability of education and health care. Venezuela also has been a fairly accommodating host to Colombian refugees, numbering about 170,000 as of year-end 2016. However, since 2014, falling oil prices have driven a major economic crisis that has pushed Venezuelans from all walks of life to migrate or to seek asylum abroad to escape severe shortages of food, water, and medicine; soaring inflation; unemployment; and violence. As of March 2020, an estimated 5 million Venezuelans were refugees or migrants worldwide, with almost 80% taking refuge in Latin America and the Caribbean (notably Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, and Brazil, as well as the Dominican Republic, Aruba, and Curacao). Asylum applications increased significantly in the US and Brazil in 2016 and 2017. Several receiving countries are making efforts to increase immigration restrictions and to deport illegal Venezuelan migrants - Ecuador and Peru in August 2018 began requiring valid passports for entry, which are difficult to obtain for Venezuelans. Nevertheless, Venezuelans continue to migrate to avoid economic collapse at home.
" @@ -739,6 +739,17 @@ "text": "27.1% (2017 est.)" } }, + "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": { + "total": { + "text": "12.1%" + }, + "male": { + "text": "10.5% NA" + }, + "female": { + "text": "14.9% NA (2017 est.)" + } + }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "33.1% (2015 est.)" }, @@ -939,18 +950,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,351,312" + "text": "5,276,274 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "18.67 (2019 est.)" + "text": "18.55 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "13,476,287" + "text": "18,028,388 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "47.01 (2019 est.)" + "text": "63.4 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -981,10 +992,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "2,560,994" + "text": "2,407,187 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "8.93 (2019 est.)" + "text": "8.47 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1090,7 +1101,7 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana, FANB): Bolivarian Army (Ejercito Bolivariano, EB), Bolivarian Navy (Armada Bolivariana, AB; includes marines, Coast Guard), Bolivarian Military Aviation (Aviacion Militar Bolivariana, AMB; includes a joint-service Aerospace Defense Command (Comando de Defensa Aeroespacial Integral, CODAI); Bolivarian National Guard (Guardia Nacional Bolivaria, GNB); Bolivarian Militia (Milicia Bolivariana, NMB)کتاب حقایق جهان، مرجعی ضروری برای اطلاعات اولیە (Dari)
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